Blaine Reed Meteorites - List 279 19MAR2025

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
[email protected]

LIST 279 - March 19, 2025


Dear Collectors,

Here is the third “after Tucson” offering. I will (likely) have a couple more at some point. However, thanks to various projects (trying to maybe pull together a larger “Spring” mailed/ e-mailed offering), possible trips (visiting the Denver Spring show next month) and more may keep me too busy to put out more of these e-mail offerings for a while (most of the remaining “new” items I brought back from Tucson are mine or belong to someone that is not in a hurry to have me return them so there is not the immediate need/ rush to offer them as some of the pieces I have already offered).

As last time, if you see something you want but need to wait for some $ to come in, let me know. I’d be happy to set things aside for you (I have permission from pretty much everyone these specimens are from to do that.).



CARICHIC, Mexico: (H5). Found 1983. Tkw = 17kg.
This has to be one of the last “new” meteorites Glenn Huss (American Meteorite Lab) offered. The find date is only a couple years earlier than when he closed/ retired. This piece is a nice complete slice. The catalog number painted on it (on the edge) is “H438.5” so it is one of the earlier pieces he traded or sold of this meteorite. I do see some records of pieces of this meteorite out there in an internet search, but not many (and didn’t find any for sale). The interior is pretty typical of a somewhat weathered H chondrite – a fair amount of (generally small) fresh metal flakes, some (but not a lot) chondrules in a mottled medium to dark brown matrix. The natural edge has the classic meteorite rounded “corners”. Much of it shows weathered fusion crust but some of it is old natural chipped (from the fall?) surfaces. This comes with its original American Meteorite Lab label.
302.8 gram complete slice – 120mm x 115mm x 7mm - $1800

DEAKIN (007), Australia: (H6). Found 1989. Tkw = 1.06kg.
I remember having some of this to sell myself years ago. Those piece came from the same place as this one: David New. For a few years, he had a good assortment of different Australian meteorites for sale. I bought specimens of all the different ones I could get for my “micro collection” and others in multiple pieces to sell (to, maybe, help pay for the ones I kept). This piece is an interesting complete slice. About 2/3 of the edge has the classic crusted meteorite shape. I don’t see actual crust on those areas though. If it is there, it is hidden under a light orange/tan layer of adhering material (dirt or caliche). The remaining areas of the edge are clearly areas where a piece has broken or chipped off (but very long ago. There are no recent looking broken/ chipped surfaces). The interior is, as to be expected with an older H find, a medium to dark brown. There are lots of metal grains (many somewhat oxidized to a quasi-metallic looking magnetite/ hematite) and, also to be expected for a Type 6, no real clear complete chondrules (some part chondrules though) visible. This comes with its (now likely 35 year old) original David New label.
74.8 gram complete slice – 85mm x 50mm x 5mm - $400

KUNYA-URGENCH, Turkmenistan: (H5). Fell June 20, 1998. Tkw = 1000kg.
The card that comes with this specimen says that Jim Schwade got this specimen from me back in June of 1999. It is apparent that he got this from my mailed offering sent out that month (I actually found a copy of it!). This piece represents the largest I had available (I had a “42.8g” piece on the list but I often have pieces similar to the pieces actually listed on those mailed lists and whomever asks first gets the largest piece in the size they asked for. I still do this today). On that list (now 25 years ago) I had this material priced at $4.50/ gram. I don’t have this piece priced much higher (I may change this if this does not sell on this offering as a quick check shows others pricing this material at closer to $15/g). To be honest, this is not a terribly pretty piece. It has a lot of rust on its surface. But then, I recall pretty much every piece I had of this did. I kind of wonder if someone, when offering to buy this material after the fall, made the mistake of offering to buy it strictly by the weight. That mistake was made with Juanchenge(which fell only a year earlier). The first pieces of that meteorite to come out were really nice (and also close to $10/g). Weeks/ months later, everything seemed to be rusty, surprisingly so soon after its fall (same as this). What I learned was the Chinese finders of Juanchenge were dropping the meteorites in buckets of water for days/ weeks. They may not look it, but stone meteorites are often quite porous. Let water sink into/ fill those pores and you get a substantially heavier meteorite that brings you more $ when you are being paid strictly by the gram (instead of adding in completeness, condition and such as part of the pricing equation). This does have a patch of fusion crust (about 30mm x 15mm) that clearly shows a thumb-printed texture. This comes with a Jim Schwade Meteorite Collection label.
43.2 gram fragment with crust – 40mm x 30mm x 15mm - $250



SARATOV, Russia: Ordinary chondrite (L4). Fell Sept. 6, 1918. Tkw = 328kg.
At one time, I had a pretty good pile of this meteorite, including pieces that were many kilos in size (this was like 25 or 30 years ago). Lately, I rarely see a piece or Saratov, large or small. This is an interesting meteorite. I have always liked it. Probably its most obvious feature is that it is quite friable (though not quite as bad as the Bjurbole, Finland meteorite). It is not hard to simply rub this thing and have chondrules start to fall out (the matrix turns to fine dirt if you do this). It is really common, when receiving a piece of this, to find at least a few chondrules that have managed to escape on their own in whatever box or bag the piece is received in. The Jim Schwade label that comes with this piece has the weight as 696 grams. My weight has it at 694.7 grams. So, only about a gram difference from when the card was made up (some years ago). Some of this MIGHT be humidity escaping the specimen (Illinois is far more humid than I am here. This meteorite is very porous and will absorb some moisture if left unprotected in a humid place) but I suspect that a good portion may be due to chondrules making a break for it (I know there were a few loose in the bag when I got it). Anyway, this is a really nice nearly fist-sized specimen that has a nice patch of fusion crust (about 55mm x 70mm in size) on one end. As mentioned above, this comes with its original Jim Schwade Collection label.
694.7 gram fragment – 100mm x 60mm x 55mm - $2100

SELMA, Alabama: Ordinary chondrite (H4). Found 1906. Tkw = 140.9kg.
This is another David New specimen. I did have some of this (smaller, much smaller) meteorite for sale years ago (and I seem to recall that all of those came from David New as well). This piece look like it might have been a museum collection specimen at some point. It has an old (looks like it has been there a long time) number painted on it in a very Nininger-like way – black numbers on a white (now cream colored due to age) rectangle. That number is “3856”. This piece is actually larger than those in some famous museum collections (and entirely missing in many others) and may be rare as such. This piece is an end piece that has part of the “bottom” cut off of it – so a “bookend”. Actually, it stands up perfectly as a bookend on its own. No display stand needed. The interior shows a lot of fine fresh metal grains in a medium to dark brown matrix. There are certainly lots of chondrules visible but you have to look a bit closer to see them. All of the exterior surfaces of this piece look to be old natural fractures. I don’t see anything that I’d feel confident in calling “weathered fusion crust” on it. Regardless, this a nice looking specimen of an older historic find that not a lot of has gotten out into the collecting world. This comes with its original David New label.
604.8 gram bookend – 120mm x 95mm x 30mm - $2400

TSAREV, Russia: Ordinary chondrite (L5). Found 1969.
Now I have had quite a bit of this meteorite in recent history. In fact, I know I have a number of slices remaining (just need to dig a little bit to find them). However, I don’t have the old David New label to go with any of those pieces. I thought that that this was a part slice, looking at it in its Riker. Nope, it is actually a cut end piece (an end piece that has two sides cut that makes it basically rectangular). The back side is original rounded natural weathered surface. What is more interesting is that the back side has a deep natural hole/ thumb-print that goes all the way through the piece. So, this specimen has a natural hole near one of the shorter ends. Interesting piece!
73.3 gram cut end piece – 65mm x 39mm x 10mm - $300

Shipping:
I will probably have to custom quote most of these. I can probably get the Kunya-Urgench in one of my standard jewelry box inside a padded envelope ($5 for “ground”). It and the Tsarev and Deakin pieces would fit just fine in a Priority small flat-rate box ($10). The other things (Carichic, Selma, Saratov) will require substantially larger packaging.

Blaine Reed Meteorites- List #278 11MAR2025

LIST 278 - March 11, 2025

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
[email protected]

Dear Collectors,
Here is the second in a series of “After Tucson” offerings. It is likely that I will be cramming more of these offerings much closer together time wise than I usually do (but then, last year, I hardly did any of them the entire year). This is partly because many of these things are consigned items. The owners may want some of these back before I get a chance to try and sell them. I’d rather try to earn a little $ sending them to a buyer than just spending shipping money to send them back home. I don’t think some of them would be terribly happy if I waited until summer to offer their items to collectors (but then, maybe I could hold them for the Denver show if they didn’t sell then).

I do know “tax time” is upon us. I myself need to get that taken care. I generally have to wait as various museums and institutes send me 1099 forms (that MUST be reported on/ in my taxes). Unfortunately, a good number of them wait until the last legal day (March 31st I think) to send them out to me. Anyway, I do know many of us are worried about taxes. I also know many of us will be getting a refund (I will this year, thanks to the solar/ battery backup system I spent the later part of last year getting up and running). IF you are one of those lucky folks that are going to be getting a refund AND you see something on this list (or past and future ones for that matter) you want and would like to spend some of that refund $ on it, just let me know. I’ll be happy to set aside the item you want until your refund money comes in. All I ask is, if you do set something aside with me for this, let me know ASAP if, for some reason, you change your mind on wanting the specimen after all.

CAPE YORK, Greenland: Iron. Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1815.
This piece does belong to me. It did not come with any kind of label. I couldn’t do anything with it in Tucson as I was not exactly certain just what it was (I had my suspicions though). Yes, I had the XRF and I could have run it to get its makeup (Ni, Co, Ge, P, S…). However, the actual data I needed (analysis results on different iron meteorites) were all in a book sitting on a shelf in my office. Thankfully, my suspicions (from remembering very similar pieces floating around years ago) turned out to be correct (or this would have ended up being very expensive Toluca or El Sampal for me). The XRF data clearly says this IS a piece of the famous Cape York meteorite. There was indeed a fair amount of this available years ago. Not so much these days. I don’t think I have had a piece of it in around 10 years or so. I do have people asking for pieces of this from time to time. So, (this is NOT intended to be any kind of threat) if this does not sell as is fairly soon, I will cut this into smaller pieces to offer on a future list (maybe even my Spring 2025 mailed list, if I do one). This is a very typical rectangular slice (all cut edges) with a nice medium octahedrite etch and only a few tiny troilite inclusions. I’ll make up some kind of label for this and (if the buyer wants) put it in a Riker.
211.1 gram rectangular slice – 95mm x 80mm x 3.5mm - $3000

DALGETY DOWNS, Australia: Ordinary chondrite (L4). Found 1941. Tkw = 217kg.
I offered some of this material on a recent mailed catalog (my January 2024 one, actually). I ended up selling quite a lot of it from that offering. All of those were substantially smaller than this piece. This is a piece that came (years ago) from David New (I think I even bought a number of pieces of this meteorite from him when he first brought it out all those years ago). Like my smaller pieces, this has a good amount of metal (not a ton – remember, this is an L-type) in a matrix that is mixed chocolate brown and light tan. This piece is a thick part slice. It has one cut edge with the remainder being the typical old natural fractured surfaces this meteorite typically shows (I don’t ever recall seeing ANY actual fusion crust, weathered or not, on a piece of this meteorite). This specimen comes in a Riker with its original David New label.
106.8 gram part slice – 70mm x 50mm x 10mm - $425

FORREST LAKE (b), Australia: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Found Oct. 1980, Tkw = 26kg.
I sure remember this meteorite! I think it was the second stone meteorite I ever got a piece of. I got a nice slice of it from Robert Haag, actually. At that point, he had it listed as Forrest(b). Now (with the finding of many more meteorites in the “Forrest” area) this is officially Forrest (002). I suspect that this particular specimen got into collector’s hands very early after this meteorite was found and recognized. At least before the area was “simplified” to just Forrest (otherwise there might have been lots of odd names. Forrest Lake, Forrest ditch, Forrest rock…..). Regardless, this is actually one of the better pieces of this meteorite I have seen. Just looking at it in the Riker, I thought it was a thick slice. Nope, this is actually a nice end piece. Most of the back side does look to be an old natural fracture surface but the edges do show fusion crust (and thumb-printing) in some areas. The interior is the typical fine-grained metal in a nice mottled light tan to brown matrix. This comes with its original David New label.
132.8 gram end piece – 80mm x 60mm x 10mm - $600



GRETNA, Kansas: Ordinary chondrite (L5). Found 1912. Tkw = 58.7kg.
Interestingly, this one comes with an old Cureton Minerals Co, Tucson label. I remember them from very early in my collecting days. I even remember visiting them at their house in Tucson and buying a few things from them one time. I know I had some pieces of this meteorite (both as collection pieces and for sale) and those came from them. This is a nice ½ slice. It has one cut edge. The remainder is split between fusion crusted and old natural fractured edges. This has a good amount of metal visible in a nice mottled brown and tan matrix. This comes in a Riker and (of course) comes with its Cureton label.
95.5 gram ½ slice – 70mm x 55mm x 8mm - $450

SALAICES, Mexico: Ordinary chondrite (H4). Found 1981. Tkw = 24.5kg.
This is actually a really nice specimen. It has a ton of fresh metal in a mottled dark green and brown matrix. This has a high polish on both sides. This would, actually, make really nice lapidary material (cabochons and such). NOT going to do that to this piece though. This is a complete slice – no cut edges. A bit less than half of the edge is obviously weathered fusion crust. The remainder is old natural fracture surfaces. I may be showing a bit of ignorance here, but this has a clear “S167” painted on the edge in Huss or Nininger style but I do not know who’s collection (private or University) this may have come out of. This comes in a Riker with its David New label.
98.2 gram complete slice – 80mm x 65mm x 5mm - $450

SELDEN, Kansas: Ordinary chondrite (LL5). Found 1960.Tkw = 1.56kg.
Here is a meteorite that I am fairly certain that I have never had a piece of. This is not terribly surprising as only a single stone was found. Also, looking over the listing of what institutions have how much of this in the British Museum’s “Catalogue of Meteorites”, it shows that Fort Hayes Kansas State College has the main mass where they list the “main mass” and list that as the total 1.56kg found weight as their collection piece size. Well, that cannot be completely correct as other institutions (but only around 6) have (generally fairly small) pieces. This is an interesting piece. It has the odd look of many classic LL meteorites – very little metal and a mottled light to medium brown matrix that just looks different from H’s and L’s. This piece is basically an end piece (and probably quite rare as such) that has had its bottom and one small end cut off. Maybe call it a bookend? It does stand up very nicely on its own outside of its Riker. The best part though, is the fact that the “natural” part of its backside is (mostly) obvious thumb-printed fusion crust. A likely rare (locality/ name anyway) meteorite that I have not seen a piece of before. This comes with its original David New label (where it has this as an “AMPHOTERITE” – what they used to call LL type meteorites years ago).
48.6 gram part end piece – 53mm x 35mm x 15mm - $500

Shipping:
Pretty much any of these should be able to be safely shipped in a small Priority flat-rate box (if you are only buying one of them anyway). As such, US shipping on any of these is $10. I probably need to check overseas rates again (they seem to change almost weekly these days) but I think it cost me around $45 to send a small flat-rate box to Europe a couple months ago and around $32 on one going to Canada more recently.

I can (and generally will) look into rates for “Ground Advantage” here in the US. However, I have found recently that there are substantial penalties for not using a “standard box size/ shape” (basically any box that is not post office supplied) that often make the costs of shipping “Ground” as much or even more than using whatever size Priority flat-rate box would hold the item(s). I’ll let you know if Ground will save you money. As for overseas/ out of US shipments, I can only use priority, unfortunately. This is because First-Class is not allowed for a package that has a value at or above $400 (a value that all of the pieces here exceed, at their listed prices anyway).

Blaine Reed Meteorites for Sale- List 277 03MAR2025

LIST 277 - March 3, 2025

Dear Collectors

I survived Tucson, though there were some difficulties. Those “difficulties” were that I managed to catch whatever bug it was going around early in the show. It seems that everyone ended up catching it at some point during the show. I just seem to have gotten hit harder than pretty much anyone else around me (I think this has to do with one of the medications for gout I am taking. Apparently, it weakens the immune system making it more likely for you to get ill and be more ill when it happens. I am dropping that med from my routine for now). It wasn’t that I was feeling all that bad, actually, I was just tired and was fighting a fair amount of “brain fog”. These things caused me to alter my usual M.O. at the show. I felt fine during the day but, as evening set in, I’d get really tired. I just couldn’t stay fully awake, with it and social. So, this year, I ended up closing up early (around 9:30 or so) compared to what I’d usually want. I hated to be anti-social this way but I just needed the extra rest. Hopefully, things will be back to normal next year (but then who knows what bug will be going around next year’s Tucson Germ and Malady exchange. There always seems to be something).

Anyway, this first “after Tucson” offering is composed of things that are consignment and fairly expensive (overall price, not when considering price/gram and/or what they are). I want to see if I can sell some of these things BEFORE sending them back to whatever home they may need to go to. I am pricing most of these a bit below what they were priced at the show. All of these are in Riker (where possible), even if the “group photo” does not show them that way.



GARNETT, Kansas: ordinary chondrite (H4). Found 1938. Tkw = 4788grams.
Here is a piece of a meteorite that I am not sure I have ever had a piece of. This probably not terribly surprising as some 3400g of this stuff is locked up in museum collections. Regardless, this piece must be a slice (complete slice) right out of the middle of the meteorite. This is a (comparatively) large complete slice weighting 276.8g (a bigger piece of this meteorite than many/ most museums have). This is a nice looking thing, actually. The interior shows some breccia texture and lots of metal in a mixed/ mottled greenish and brown matrix. This meteorite was obviously found a considerable amount of time after it fell. The exterior edges have the nice softened, rounded edges you’d expect but there is no (apparent) remaining fusion crust. The edges are weathered to a distinct orangish brown. This weathered edge is actually about 1/8”thick. This really looks nice and offsets the interior beautifully. The best part of this specimen is that it is a NININGER piece and has its original early AML label! This label supports the thought that there are probably not that many pieces of this meteorite out there (or, at least, that this was an early/ important piece of it) as it has the number 428.3 (the 3rd piece of this meteorite Dr. Nininger cataloged). This particular label also has handwritten info (in pencil). That consists of “#36” and “contains Cu” (this meteorite contained grains of native copper). This also comes with a David New label. A nice piece that is probably rarer and more important than it looks at first glance.
276.8 grams complete slice – 140mm x 100mm x 8mm - $2900

KENNA, New Mexico: Achondrite (Ureilite). Found 1972. Tkw = 10.9kg.
This will most likely be the most expensive thing I have on any of these “after Tucson” lists. This is a Huss American Meteorite Lab specimen. It has a very clear number (H159.80) painted on its back side and comes with its proper matching paper AML label. This is a one half slice. It has one cut edge. The remainder is natural/ fusion crusted edge. It is obvious, looking at the back of this specimen, that Kenna is NOT a soft meteorite to cut (as most Ureilites are not). Glenn Huss used his wire saw to cut this (he had one many years before any of the rest of us even knew about them). The deep, meandering grooves tell the story that the saw had considerable trouble cutting this. There is easily 1/8” variance in the cut surface levels. I really hate to think the time (and diamond sanding belts) Glenn had to use to polish the front side of this. Can’t recall the last time I even saw a piece of this meteorite. Not sure I have ever had one in my hands that had the AML label either.
31.7 grams part slice – 90mm x 35mm x 3mm - $7900

NOYAN-BOGDO, Mongolia: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Fell Sept. 1933.
Well, it is clear that the Catalog of Meteorite and the Meteoritical Bulletin have something wrong on this. The Tkw is listed as 250g. The piece I have here is almost 50 grams more than that. I suspect that more was found at some point (but not terribly long after the fall or reporting as this piece is very fresh). I do see pictures of other pieces that do indeed show that this is “the right stuff”. However, I did not find anyone offering any of this meteorite for sale at this time. This is a really nice complete slice (with fusion crust complete around the edge). I do realize that it IS large and beyond the budget of most collectors. As such, IF I get interest in numerous smaller pieces of this (closer to $20/g) I may end up buying this piece myself and breaking it up for those collectors (like me) that would like to have a smaller piece of this. This comes with its RA Langheinrich Meteorite Collection label.
297.4 gram complete slice – 140mm x 130mm x 6mm - $4900


OURIQUE, Portugal: Ordinary chondrite (H4), brecciated. Fell December 28, 1998. Tkw = 20kg.
Now this piece is NOT in a Riker (for obvious reasons). This is a large natural fragment. It has fusion crust (with obvious thumb-printing) covering about 1/3 of the specimen. The remainder is natural fractured surfaces that clearly show the brecciated structure of the interior of this meteorite. I suspect that this would look really good as slices (a possibility if it does not sell as it is – I wouldn’t mind a nice slice of this myself). Mike Farmer saw this in my case and commented how rare a piece this size is. He could not think of where a piece this large would have come from (he was the original distributer of this meteorite). Well, it clearly came from him, as it has its original Michael Farmer Meteorites label (with his original address that was walking distance from where I set up in Tucson these days). What little digging around I did, it looks like most of this material is being priced right at $20/g (admittedly smaller pieces) these days.
373.4 gram crusted fragment – 100mm x 60mm x 50mm - $4000

PIERCEVILLE (b), Kansas: Iron oxide. Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1952. Tkw = 104.5kg.
I have had pieces of this meteorite in the past. They were all small (10g or 20g sized fragments) and certainly did NOT have a Nininger label. Buchwald’s “Iron Meteorites” book says about half of this meteorite went to London and 22.7kg went to ASU in Tempe, AZ. This piece is a complete slice of whatever fragment it was cut from (it has no cut edges). The interior is the quasi metallic blue-gray typical of magnetite and hematite (which much of this probably is). This has a couple interesting natural holes that go completely through the slice. The edges of these have a quasi- layered look and are likely reflecting remains of the crystal structure of the original metal. Not certain, but I suspect these holes are where inclusions (graphite, troilite) weathered out. This has a fairly strong Nininger number (that was likely white but now is more cream colored) – 675.84 – painted on the edge. This comes with its original and proper AML label.
297.7 gram complete slice – 120mm x 115mm x 6mm - $1900

ZHOVTNEVYI, Ukraine: Ordinary chondrite (H6). Fell October 10, 1938. Tkw = 107kg.
Here is yet another meteorite that I don’t believe I have ever had a piece of. This is (as it should be) a very fresh slice. It does have one cut edge (along the bottom as I have it set up in the Riker. The remaining edged is mostly fully fusion crusted, except a several cm long area (upper right corner in the photo) where the stone probably chipped on impact. Not sure exactly how rare this meteorite is in collections (72kg of it is in Russia), but I suspect that there are not too many pieces floating around out there (I couldn’t find anyone offering any when I looked). I’d hate to do it, BUT if I get enough people asking for smaller pieces (closer to $20/g) I may break this piece up (I’d like to keep a piece myself) like the Noyan Bogdo above. . However, I suspect that someone out there will realize that they can make some good money doing the same (particularly those that have better access to on line retail venues than I have). This comes with its original RA Langheinrich Meteorite collection label.
310.5 gram part slice – 160mm x 100mm x 5mm - $4500

Shipping:
On these items, I'll probably have to custom quote shipping.

This is largely due to the fact that they are far bigger than something I can put into one of my usual small shipping packages (all of these but the Kenna are too big for a small Priority Flat-rate box as well). I might end up having to use Medium Flat-rate boxes for most of these. I certainly WILL look into using other "custom" (not standard size priority flat-rate) boxes. However, with the postage changes (which seem to be happening almost monthly these days) I have noticed BIG penalties (higher costs) for using "your own box". In some cases, you can still get off cheaper than the Flat-rate box big enough for the item (generally by shipping by "ground advantage" which, as far as i can tell, gets things done just as fast as 'First Class" ever did), but it is becoming ever less common.

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
[email protected]

Blaine Reed Meteorites for Sale- List 276 12JAN2025

Blaine Reed Meteorites for Sale- List 276  12JAN2025

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
[email protected]

LIST 276 - January 11, 2025

Dear Collectors

Happy New Year!

TUCSON SHOW INFO: I will be on the road from January 27th until around February 18th. For the show itself, I will be in my usual spot “Days Inn” (665 N. Freeway, Tucson) and I’ll be in my usual room - #134. I should be open by mid to late morning Friday January 31st. I will likely stay through the bitter end (unless security issues become a problem like they did in the “second week” of the Covid year’s April show) which would be February 15th. I open the door most days at 10AM. I will have the door open most evenings until around 9:30pm or so (or later if people are visiting/ still wandering about) but there may be a couple nights I will be out for dinner or such for a couple hours but that should be rare.



ALETAI, China: Medium octahedrite (IIIE-anom). Found 1898. Tkw = around 74 tons.
Here is find that may end up making Gibeon look small. Several multi-ton pieces have been found (including the 1898 28 ton Armanty meteorite – now recognized to be a piece of this material- that was the 4th largest meteorite known until recently). The strewn field is already recognized to be 430km in length! Apparently, the incoming meteoroid hit the atmosphere at a very shallow angle and skipped along the top of it, dropping meteorites as it went. This is nice looking material. It has a wonderful, vibrant etch. Some pieces have graphite inclusions, sulfides and even chromite. I have a few pieces that even have crystals of pyroxene or olivine (this is a detail my XRF will not sort out) as well. These are listed below. In Denver, I saw some sources of this asking around $5/g (and quoted me $3.50/g wholesale) on similarly prepared material (for the usual non-silicated pieces. I had no idea that pieces with olivine or pyroxene crystals existed until I saw these in my batch).
1) Etched part slices. Etched on both sides and spry coated.
a) 4.9 grams - 16mm x 15mm x 2mm - $16
b) 9.5 grams - 28mm x 17mm x 2mm - $30
c) 18.3 grams - 36mm x 25mm x 2mm - $55
d) 27.2 grams - 45mm x 30mm x 2mm - $80
e) 47.7 grams - 70mm x 42mm x 2mm - $140 – only one this size.
f) 82.3 grams - 95mm x 33mm x 3mm - $225 – only one this size.
2) Etched slices with some olivine/pyroxene in them:
a) 5.9 grams - 27mm x 13mm x 2mm - $35
b) 10.8 grams - 40mm x 14mm x 2mm - $60 - not the piece in the photo.
c) 22.1 grams - 40mm x 32mm x 2mm - $125
d) 31.4 grams - 51mm x 31mm x 2mm - $175



GOLD BASIN, Arizona: Ordinary chondrite (L4). Found Nov. 2005. Tkw = 127kg.
As promised on an earlier list, I did cut some of the pieces I got from the retired metal detector guy that called me right before I left for Tucson last January. This is a VERY old fall. Research suggests that this fell around 20,000 to 25,000 years ago. As such, this represents the oldest known strewn field known outside of Antarctica. Regardless, most of these are quite nice inside. They show still plenty of fresh metal, lots of chondrules in a pleasant mottled light tan and gray(almost blue, actually) matrix. I have a fair number of the smaller pieces but don’t have a lot of the “larger” ones (I have only ONE of the 131g size pieces) as not many “large” (several hundred grams and bigger) pieces of this were found.
1) End pieces:
a) 9.5 grams - 24mm x 22mm x 8mm - $15
b) 18.2 grams - 31mm x 23mm x 10mm - $27
c) 30.9 grams - 34mm x 27mm x 16mm - $45
d) 61.3 grams - 45mm x 35mm x 20mm - $85
e) 131.0 grams - 68mm x 59mm x 18mm - $170




SEYMCHAN, Russia: Stony-iron meteorite (Pallasite). Found 1967.
Well, I have no idea the total known weight of this meteorite, but it is a fairly large amount. I do know that there does not look to be any more of this coming out. Whoever has it, has it. I have talked with the folks that recovered this material and they told me “no more looking”. The expeditions to the recovery area are very difficult and expensive. After spending a couple $million
and finding only 100kg or so on the last two attempts it is NOT hard to see why they say “no more”. I got a good deal on these particular specimens and I suspect that these will be the last sub $10/g Seymchan Pallasite I will be able to offer. These pieces ARE all pallasite. However, the crystals in these tend to be larger, darker and in large, dense masses (very little metal in the areas where the olivine resides). The metal areas, likewise, seem to be concentrated. The plus of that (aside from the overall aesthetics) is that the metal areas do (for the most part, there are some exceptions) show nice etch structure (pallasites, in general, do not). I have had similar type pieces in the past and they do sell well. I’ll have these in Tucson but will probably have them priced a little higher than here. The “replacement” prices I am being offered on Seymchan pallasite of any type are getting quite high (my “better quality” pieces that I like to put in custom frames were now $18/g my cost in Denver this past September!).
1) Part slices. Iron areas etched both sides:
a) 10.8 grams - 22mm x 22mm x 4mm - $85
b) 17.0 grams - 37mm x 25mm x 4mm - $130
c) 27.0 grams - 37mm x 34mm x 5mm - $200
d) 37.9 grams - 60mm x 32mm x 4mm - $275
e) 104.7 grams - 70mm x 70mm x 4mm - $735 – only one this size.




NWA (14682): HED achondrite. (Eucrite, unbrecciated). Found before 2020. Tkw = 14kg.
Hated to break up the big slice I had of this good looking material. IF this material did not have some caliche along some edges and if the crust, where present, was less wind-polished, it would be VERY easy to mistake this meteorite as a piece of Millbillillie. Millbillillie was the first eucrite we collectors (back in the mid 1980’s) ever got to see and buy (and it was $20/g back then when it first came out!). This has exactly the equigranular light/ dark salt/ pepper texture that most all Millbillillie showed (and pieces of this that don’t have a natural edge could easily pass as Millbillillie – so keep these separate from any Millbillillie slices you might have). There were a few brecciated pieces of Millbillillie, but not many. We collectors got really excited by these pieces (and they did command a premium). Now, with NWA material, it is easy to see that the unbrecciated texture is far, far rarer. Personally, I really like this texture in a eucrite.
1) Part slices:
a) 5.2 grams - 29mm x 20mm x 3mm - $40
b) 10.3 grams - 45mm x 25mm x 3mm - $77
c) 20.5 grams - 65mm x 38mm x 3mm - $145
d) 42.1 grams - 75mm x 70mm x 3mm - $270
e) 89.6 grams - 130mm x 85mm x 3mm - $525




ATACAMAITE, Chile: Impact crater glass.
These are not actual tektites (though they were thought to be right after they were found) but more “processed” than most crater glasses (like Darwin Glass, Irghizites…). I have seen them referred to as “Tektoids”, close to tektite but just not quite. We do know that these ARE associated with a meteorite impact. These things have a high concentration of the impacting body mixed in them. I have seen listed ranges as from around 5% to 15% of their mass being from the impactor. From this large amount of impactor material we can see some pretty clear info on the ratios of Fe to Ni to Co. These ratios suggest that it was the impact of a type IIAB iron that formed these. Age dating suggests that they formed close to 8my ago. Even though these have been found over a large area (roughly 650sq km area) no evidence of a source crater has been found (and may have been destroyed/ buried by later volcanic action). These are typical rounded shape specimens. They are all a little larger than the typical .5g average for those that have been found so far.
Natural individuals as found:
a) .6+ grams – around 10mm x 7mm x 5mm in size - $10.00 each
b) 1.1+ grams – around 12mm x 11mm x 5mm in size - $13.00 each
c) 1.4+ grams – around 15mm x 10mm x 6mm in size - $15.00 each.

Shipping:
US Shipping: It does seem that I can, generally, send small orders (jewelry box in a padded envelope kind) for around $5 still. This is by what they are now calling “Ground Advantage”. Though it is claimed to be going by trucks (and supposedly a couple days longer) I have found that things are getting to where they need to be pretty much the same time as the old “first class” used to. For things people prefer to send “Priority”, the costs are $10 for fairly small things (whatever can fit in a small flat-rate box) and around $18 for large things (things that need a medium flat-rate box).

For overseas shipping, it does look like the “First Class” option still exists (thankfully, because most overseas small flat-rate costs are bumping up against $50 these days). I will, likely, need to custom quote even the “first class” jewelry box in a padded envelope none the less. Those used to be around $15 or $16. However, I seem to recall that such a package was quoted at closer to $35 going to France a couple months ago (that customer decided to go with the faster Priority).

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 275- more after Denver plus 12NOV2024

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 274- more after Denver plus 12NOV2024

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
[email protected]


Dear Collectors,

This is another offering of things I picked up in Denver (and one from back in Tucson) and odd things I found while doing what inventory work I have accomplished so far.

Chinga, Russia- Ataxite
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CHINGA, Russia: Iron. Ungrouped. Anomalous Ni-rich Ataxite. Found 1913.
It has been awhile since I have had a piece of this meteorite. My last “pieces” were slices and that was around 4 or 5 years ago. This is a nice complete individual. I seem to recall some of these things liking to rust scale. Not this one. It spent most of its “collector” life in a collection out East, in a NOT dry area. A couple of the Canyon Diablo specimens I got with this were in pretty rough shape. This is nice and solid, no evidence of rust scaling. This has a nice a pleasant chocolate brown color with nice smooth surfaces. A great, solid, fill your hand kind of specimen.
1305.2 gram complete individual – 95mm x 80mm x 45mm - $1500

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ADMIRE, Kansas: stony-iron (Pallasite). Found 1881.
This is the piece I actually picked up in Tucson. It kind of got misplaced (put with other things it shouldn’t have) so I forgot I even had it until re-discovering it while doing some recent inventory work (I am starting that tedious process early this year). Actually, “loosing” this piece for months is a good thing. I get a little nervous about selling pieces of this meteorite as some just really, really want to fall apart. This one has not had any special storage conditions what so ever – just sitting in a plastic bag in a beer flat box with some other things. At this point, it has remained perfect. I can see no signs of rust anywhere on the piece (keep in mind though, I do live in a fairly dry environment so you should consider special storage solutions (desiccant, air tight container if possible) if you do not. This is a nice complete slice. One side has been etched and the other has a very light etch but is basically just polished. This has a nice range of crystal sizes, from tiny up to a couple cm or so in size. Several of the larger crystals pass light. A nice piece that has proven itself (in my climate anyway) for the past 10 months.
84.7 gram complete slice – 120mm x 65mm x 3mm - $850

GIBEON, Namibia: Iron. Fine octahedrite (IVA). Found 1836. Tkw = ?? lots.
This used to be the most common, cheapest meteorite you could get (25 years or so ago anyway). I remember selling foot-ball sized individuals of Gibeon for right around $1000 back then. These days, the stuff is not so easy to come by (and expensive when you do). This was a “walk-in” piece at Denver this year. Someone simply walked in with it and asked if I might be interested in buying it. The answer was “yes” and he accepted my offer. These kind of things can really help at what might otherwise be a “slow” or challenging show. This was NOT coated in any way. As such, it had some surface rust (as well as some rust along a natural crack line). It was no trouble to clean this off though. I did that and then (after drying the piece) gave it a good spray coating (so it should be fine from now one – as long as you don’t leave it nest to your shower, hot tub or fish tank anyway). This is a complete slice that has been etched on both sides.
164.9 gram complete slice – 105mm x 70mm x 5mm - $330

KORRA KORRABES, Namibia: Ordinary chondrite (H3). Found 1996. Tkw = about 140kg.
These are a couple end pieces I kind of forgot I had. I knew I had them, they were just in a box with some other things. I have inventoried these piece for years now and always just put them back (thinking that I will cut up the bigger piece into a bunch of nice slices and sell those. I just might end up doing that yet if it does not sell here). I decided that, maybe after 10 or more years of not doing this, I should simply try to sell them (and remove a line from my inventory records). So, I’ll offer them here and now and save myself the cutting and polishing work (maybe). Both are natural fragments as they were found with a cut face. They both show lots of chondrules and breccia fragments (the smaller piece, interestingly is fresher, so things are a little easier to see).
a) 73.0 gram cut fragment – 50mm x 25mm x 23mm - $200
b) 444.0 gram cut fragment – 50mm x 48mm x 60mm - $800

KOSICE, Slovakia: Ordinary chondrite (H5). Fell Feb. 28, 2012. Tkw = 4.3kg.
I got this “left” with me in Denver. A friend dropped it off with me and I put it one of the locked display cases for the show. It (obviously) didn’t sell there (if it did, I would not have it offered here). He left the show before it closed and I agreed to let it stay with me. I didn’t have a lot of hope that it would sell at that show (not many actual collectors showed up this year) but figured I could offer it from home (and return it to him when I see him in Tucson, if I still have it). I have pretty much no experience with this meteorite. I don’t believe I have ever had a piece of it before. It IS a reasonably important meteorite though. Its fall was recorder by camera networks (that aided in its recovery) and not a lot was found (the Met Bull reports that 77 stones were recovered. The largest one makes up just over half the total recovered weight on its own). This is an individual as found. It does have a roughly 22mm x 8mm broken area (late fall break or maybe from hitting something hard on the ground) but is otherwise fully covered in nice thick fusion crust. The broken area does show oxidation (not surprising for an H type that spent some time in a wet environment before it was picked up) but the fusion crust shows only minor orange spotting.
29.7 gram complete individual – 28mm x 23mm x 20mm - $500

SIKHOTE-ALIN, Russia: Iron. Coarsest octahedrite (IIB). Fell February 12, 1947.
This is a lot nicer piece than I had originally given it credit for when I bought it. At first glance, you can see it is a nicely thumb-printed individual. You can also see that it has some browning to it (from a very light dusting of oxidation. So thin, I really wouldn’t call it “rust”. Some of it looks almost like the reddish/ purple “smoke” areas on some Allende individuals). Looking just a bit more though, it becomes obvious that this is a really, really nice oriented specimen (this is hidden a bit by the fact that the “back side” also has a lot of thumb-printing). This has a really nice (and clear, once you actually bother to look at it) fusion crust roll-over rim all the way around it. This piece look like someone might have attempted to lightly clean it at some point in the past (just an area on the bottom/ back) but is, overall, fully original un-messed-with condition (and I’d suggest leaving it as such). One note: I am pricing this (per gram) a bit less than the Russians were asking for average, small fusion crusted individuals at this past Denver show.
337.9gram oriented individual – 60mm x 50mm x 30mm - $1900

WILUNA, Australia: Ordinary chondrite (H5). Fell September 2, 1967. Tkw = 150kg.
This is another specimen that was left with me at the show. Years ago (like 25 to 30 years) I used to get this fairly often. It was not cheap (compared to other things, like Tenham) but it was not really expensive either. This is a piece that came from Geoff Notkin (Aerolite Meteorites) at some point (and comes with its Aerolite Meteorites label). This is really a classic example of this meteorite. This is basically a complete individual. It does have a small (roughly 18mm x 5mm) broken area that shows the light tan interior (which contrasts nicely with the fusion crust around it). The rest of the stone is completely crusted. The crust does have some signs oxidation. Not a lot, but this does help show off the contraction cracking in the crust (these lines form when the glass that is the crust cools. It shrinks a tiny bit and that can result in an interesting kind of geometric crack structure. Think “mud cracks” on a tiny scale.
63.6 gram individual – 42mm x 30mm x 28mm - $950

Shipping:
US Shipping: I can still send my typical “small” orders (item in a jewelry box in a padded envelope) for $5. Actually, it costs me closer to $6, but $5 is ok for now (I am not trying to make $ on “shipping and handling”). Now, this method though is “ground”. So far, it seems to get things where they need to be just as fast as “first-class” did (which was supposedly mostly air). For those that feel better using “Priority” mail, starting costs are right around $10 (small flat-rate box). I’ll probably need to custom quote larger things but I’d think that $18 (medium flat-rate box) would likely be the upper limit (I don’t have many things that would require even a medium flat-rate box).

For overseas shipping, it does look like the “First Class” option still exists, thankfully. However that last overseas thing I shipped (a couple weeks ago to Europe) it seems that “First-Class” rates have risen quite drastically. I think for an order that fit in a small priority flat-rate box first class would have been something like $35. For that order, we decided on priority (largely because the overall value was above the $400 limit for first-class) which ran $48. Overall, Ill need to custom quote pretty much any out of country orders.

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 274 - meteorites from Denver show and more 14OCT2024

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 274 - meteorites from Denver show and more 14OCT2024

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
[email protected]

LIST 273 - October 14, 2024


Dear Collectors

Here is an offering of some things I have picked up over time by buying a couple smallish collections. I had a few of these in Denver for the show, but they were in a corner of a display case that was not really in “center view”.  Also, I had few actual collectors visit the show this year, so people that would likely be interested in these kind of things simply did not show up in any real numbers. I had thought about holding these back for Tucson. Many of these would be ideal for my tall glass display case in Tucson (right next to the door). Some of these may yet end up there if they don’t sell before the show.

I do have more travels to do. Right now I am thinking one of those longer trips will be kind of near the end of this month. I am trying to pull together meeting with multiple people and, at times, that feels a bit like herding cats. So, until I have them all corralled (or as many as I am going to be able to) I will not know the exact dates (but it shouldn’t interfere with this offering).

There also is a pretty good chance that I will be gone all morning and part of the afternoon on Wednesday (the 16th) this week.

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ALLENDE, Mexico; Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Fell February 8, 1969.
This is a nice little, interesting end piece that some may consider to be somewhat “historic” (in addition to its actually being a piece of a historic fall). Just looking at the cut surface (in its little 2” x 2” display box) you can see that it is mostly the classic Allende texture. There is one obvious (but not terribly large) CAI in this. Using the filtered UV LED light I have I can see that this does fluoresce a bit (pinkish purple). However, the more interesting feature is the fine-grained inclusion at the top of the piece. It has a texture (though not the same really black color) of a CM2 meteorite. I have seen these things in Allendes over the years, but these inclusions are not terribly common. This comes with a meteoritelabels.com metal label. However, it is the other label/ “info” that comes with this that will likely make it interesting to many collectors. First, this comes with an ACTUAL original Robert Haag Allende label. This is NOT one of my rip-off copies that I have made and given away for nearly 40 years now (yes, Robert gave me permission to use some of his labels. Off hand, I can only think of Canyon Diablo as another one he gave me permission to copy). What is more interesting is that this comes the original Robert Haag sales invoice (showing the buyer paid $25 dollars for this piece back in January of 2004. Heck I think I was buying this from Robert for closer to $.35/g – but that WAS 40 plus years ago.
4.6 gram end piece – 28mm x 19mm x 8mm - $110

CANYON DIABLO, Arizona. Coarse octahedrite (IAB). Found 1891.
This is a piece I picked up in Denver, like the Sikhote below, this came out of an old collection. Actually, I got several Canyon Diablos out of that collection but THIS is the winner. The other two were, putting it nicely, “genuine”. They were what they were but they were pretty un impressive in their size, shape and condition (they both required considerable work to get them in sellable condition and once there, I simply dropped them in my Canyon Diablo bucket). This is super nice specimen. Actually, one of the nicest I have seen in its size range. It has a great sculpted shape and is really solid (not rust scaling like the two it came with). This was purchased years ago from Alan Lang and comes with an Lang’s Fossils, R.A. Langhienrich Meteorites business card and one of his smaller Canyon Diablo paper labels.
438.4gram sculpted individual – 60mm x 60mm x 20mm - $825

MILLBILLILLIE, Australia. HED achondrite (eucrite). Fell October 1960. Tkw = about 330kg.
When this material first came out, it was the first true eucrite I had ever seen (well, one I could actually own anyway). There was quite a lot of it around. Now it is quite scarce. The only pieces I have seen recently are some larger individuals that Mike Martinez had to sell (and may still have some) in Tucson. I have had very little lately. This is a nice small end piece. It is the classic “salt and pepper” color texture that most Millbillillies were. There were some brecciated textured ones that we all got excited about when we first saw them but this texture is still my preferred one. The back side of this has great thick, heavily flow-lined fusion crust. Unfortunately, as with the vast majority of Millbillillies, that crust has been stained orange from the dirt it sat decades in before being picked up (I did learn a way to chemically remove this BUT that process left a white/ light gray film coating the crust that I never found a solvent or method to remove so I left all of my Millbillillies alone after that). This comes with a meteoritelabels.com metal label. I also have a printout of the page this collector originally chose this from (it seems he paid a touch over $107for it back in January of 2003).
5.3 gram end piece – 26mm x 18mm x 7mm - $120

PARK FOREST, Illinois: (L5). Fell March 26, 2003. Tkw = about 18kg.
Gads, has it really been that long since this fell? It seems like yesterday (well, maybe the day before) when everyone was so stirred up about this fall. I never have had many pieces of it (probably could count all I have handled on my fingers and toes and maybe have a few fingers and toes left over). This is a wonderful little oriented individual that, according to the hand written card the original owner made for it, was found by Steve Arnold’s daughter (in the S.E. part of the strewn field). This was found some time after the fall itself (there is a small brown oxidation spot on it – likely with a metal bleb right underneath). The owner’s notes say he “won it on E-Bay in May of 2003” so it this wasn’t out in nature for terribly long. This is a great little strongly oriented individual. The front dome has nice smooth almost shiny black crust. There is a nice ridge of bubbly/ frothy crust around the entire edge of the back side (surprisingly thick in some areas).Wish this could be blown up to hundreds of grams/ a kilo size, it would be a real show stopper. This comes with the above mentioned original owner’s written note and a Meteoritelables.com metal label.
.86g oriented individual – 10mm x 8mm x 5mm - $100 -- SOLD

SIKHOTE–ALIN, Russia. Coarsest octahedrite (IIAB). Fell February 12, 1947.
This is a piece I picked up while in Denver. It is a wonderful highly thumb-printed fusion crusted individual. It is mostly covered in nice, original fusion crust. There are some areas where minor rusting has damaged the surface a bit but the rest of it is perfectly original. This piece had not been messed with (dipped in acid, wire-brushed, gun blued…..) as oh so many crusted Sikhote-Alins have been. In Denver, I saw the Russians (the original sources of this material) were asking $6/g for their pieces. These pieces were just average size (10g to 50g or so) and average shape (mostly roundish). This is a great piece that was quite clearly not picked up long after the fall and came out of an old collection.
164.1g beautiful crusted individual – 60mm x 30mm x 15mm - $820 -- SOLD

TATAHOUINE, Tunisia: HED achondrite (diogenite). Fell June 27, 1931.
This one kind of makes me think of Star Wars. I head the name ‘Tatahouine” there (the name of a planet in the movie – the dry dusty one I believe, similar in nature to where I live) looong before I ever heard of it as a meteorite. I have always thought this to be a weird/ interesting meteorite. IF I were to see a hunk of something like this on its own, I certainly wouldn’t think “meteorite” upon looking at it (I probably shouldn’t have said that publicly. Now every greedy crack pot that has stubbed his toe on a weird looking rock will take that to mean their river cobble/ slag, coal furnace clinker COULD be a meteorite). Strange blocky bright green crystals with dark veins through it does not look meteorite (though the dark veins do give it away a bit – as they are shock veins). I have not had many “large” pieces of this meteorite. By that, I mean pieces that are larger than a couple grams. This thing really blew itself apart (low in the atmosphere – low enough that only small traces of fusion crust can be found on any of this. One has to look really carefully to find this. This piece does have quite a few small (really small) fusion crust patches scattered about its surfaces. However one (pointed) end has a pretty nice patch of small fusion crust lines overlapping each other. These ARE rare in this kind of size (and once commanded well over $100/g because of that rarity). This comes with a meteoritelabels.com metal label as well as an ELKK Meteorites business card and label..
6.10 grams – 20mm x 15mm x 11mm - $250

ZAGAMI, Nigeria: Martian (Shergottite). Fell October 3, 1962. Tkw = 18kg.
I remember when Robert Haag was able to get his hands on a chunk (a big chunk) of this. Prior to that, owning a piece of Mars was an expensive proposition. I had a tiny crumb of Chassigny in a capsule that cost me $100 (1985 time frame maybe) and I was thrilled to have it. Robert brought out the Zagami at $100/g and we all bought (and bought, and bought) it. I upgraded to a bigger piece every chance I got (then, many years later, stupidly sold the piece. I think it might have helped me buy a piece of land or such so it wasn’t sold just to “turn into dollars”). This is a nice little rectangular slice that shows one clear thin shock vein. This came from Eric Twelker/ Meteorite Market (so you know you have no reason to doubt its authenticity). It comes with one of his (weight recorded) info card and a meteorite labels.com metal label.
.28gram part slice – 11mm x 5mm x 1.5mm - $300

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Shipping:

US Shipping: It does seem that I can, generally, send small orders (jewelry box in a padded envelope kind) for around $5 still This is by what they are now calling “Ground Advantage”. Though it is claimed to be going by trucks (and supposedly a couple days longer) I have found that things are getting to where they need to be pretty much the same time as the old “first class” used to. For things people prefer to send “Priority”, the costs are $10 for fairly small things (whatever can fit in a small flat-rate box) and around $17 for large things.

Overseas shipping: it does look like the “First Class” option still exists (thankfully, because most overseas small flat-rate costs are bumping up against $50 these days). Though I have not sent much this way, what research I have done seems to indicate that those small orders (jewelry box in padded envelope) are still around $15 or $16 to send. Obviously, I’ll have to custom quote shipping on larger items (as usual).

Blaine Reed Meteorites for Sale- List 273 19SEP2024

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
[email protected]
LIST 273 - September 2024

Dear Collectors
I am back from the shortened (for me) Denver show. It was, not surprisingly, fairly slow as far as people visiting was concerned. It was also relatively slow as far as sales went, but not horribly so (certainly not as bad as I feared it might be). The folks that did show up seemed willing to spend money once they had made the, difficult at times, trek down I-25 through the heart of Denver to see us. Sales down, yes BUT I was only set up for 5 days (half the normal length of the show). Would I have sold as much as a “normal” show if we were able to stay set up - ? no idea. Just know that I am happy to have sold as well as I did (but I still was better at spending than selling – as usual). I did get a number of calls from people that did not get the message that we had moved. A number of people called me from the now weed-filled parking lot of the Crowne Plaza wondering where I was. Unfortunately, I got those calls after I had already packed up and left town (one guy wanted to “come see me”. He wanted to simply hop in his car and come visit me at home. Once I let him know that I was a 6 hour drive away (12 hours for someone coming from Denver and then going back to catch a flight) he decided to see me in Tucson).

I already have info on next year’s show timing and location. We will be at the Delta Hotel by Marriott Denver Northglenn (10 E. 120th Ave). We will be able to have our normal length show (though having a 5 day show this year was kind of nice. Some of these events are getting waaaay to long). We are scheduled to be open from September 5th through the 13th. I was NOT able to get a semi-private meeting room like I had at the Crowne Plaza (and at this year’s show) as one really didn’t exist in the layout of the new venue. I was able to get a ground floor room though. I plan to have the furniture emptied out, hoping to recreate the open feel (that seems to invite people to hang around more) that those meeting rooms had the best I can.

I do have a couple large trips I need to do this fall. These are not set in stone at this point. I am thinking the bigger of the two will be towards the later part of October (certainly after sales and responses to the offering have died down). So, if possible, let me know if there is something you are interested in on this list (even if you just need it “set aside” to buy from me later) before the middle of October.


A note concerning the photos in this offering:
I want everyone receiving this post with imbedded group photos of the items on this list to know that the item pictured MAY NOT be the identical item you receive (except for cases where I have clearly labeled an item as “the only one this size” or similar). I usually have (and sell) multiple pieces of each size of the items listed (sometimes MANY of them – far to many to put all in a photograph for people to pick from). What I normally do is send the first person that asks for a particular item the largest piece available in whatever size range it is that the specimen they are buying belongs to (when I send a piece that is not in the photo, you generally get a very similar but slightly larger piece). This came about as MOST of my sales from these periodic larger catalogs come from the paper mailed version of this offering where no photos exist so customers don’t know exactly what the piece they ordered looks like (and are usually quite happy to receive a slightly larger specimen instead). So, you can certainly request the exact item in the group photo and I am happy to send it if someone else hasn’t already requested it. Please let me know if you would likely ONLY be happy with receiving that actual pictured piece(s) and I will NOT do any substitution(s) in your order.



TOLUCA, Mexico: Iron. Coarse octahedrite (IA). Found 1776.
This is one of the classic “historic” meteorites. It was first recognized in 1776. Prior to that though, people had been finding and forging pieces of this meteorite into agricultural equipment for many, many years. This stuff used to be readily available. I haven’t seen much of it at all in recent years and even less as cut and etched pieces. Though this is a “coarse” octahedrite it has a much more “medium” octahedrite etch look to it. Nice uniform bands in a nice uniform texture (many “coarse” octahedrites have kind of a mess going for their etch structure). I got these in Tucson this year. I don’t have much of it and have no idea when/ where I might be able to get more.
1) Etched part slices:
a) 10.4 grams - 9mm x 18mm x 4mm - $35
b) 18.7 grams - 35mm x 23mm x 3mm - $62
c) 35.1 grams - 40mm x 31mm x 3mm - $110
d) 55.9 grams - 59mm x 48mm x 3mm - $170




COFFEYVILLE, Kansas: Ordinary chondrite. (H5). Found2006. Tkw = 35.9kg.
A single stone was found by a racecar driver driving (presumably racing) on his property. He and his wife were nearly tossed off/out of the vehicle they were riding when they hit an odd looking large rock. They realized it was very different from the usual light colored weathered limestones of the area. It did not take them long to realize they might have found a meteorite. However, it did take 3 years before they finally had it looked at, confirmed and classified. There is, to be honest, nothing really exciting about this stone (it is just a typical fairly weathered H5 that shows plenty of light colored chondrules in a medium brown matrix) other than it is a really affordable example of a named (and US no less) meteorite. I don’t get many named meteorites (and few US ones) these days and few are remotely affordable.
1) Slices:
a) 10.2 grams - 35mm x 22mm x 5mm - $25
b) 20.5 grams - 40mm x 40mm x 5mm - $50
c) 33.1 grams - 58mm x 45mm x 5mm - $75
d) 72.7 grams - 70mm x 60mm x 6mm - $150
e) 144.0 grams - 110mm x 85mm x 5mm - $275



NWA (7181): Ordinary chondrite. (L3.5). Found 2011. Tkw = 543 grams.
This was a single stone that Matt Morgan picked up 10 years ago at the Denver show. He got it studied and then it sat in a drawer for nearly 10 years until I picked it up from him during the 2021 Denver Spring show. This has lots of gray chondrules hiding in a darker gray matrix. There are some lighter, more brown colored breccia fragments visible in some of the larger pieces. Not super exciting to look at BUT in preparing this meteorite for sale, I found L3.5s are surprisingly rare. As of July 2021, only 12 are known from outside of Antarctica! There is only ONE named stone (Ioka, Utah being the largest ever recorded at 31.5kg). Two from Oman (totaling 3656 grams) and 9 NWA finds (totaling 3509 grams INCLUDING this stone!). So, a surprisingly rarer item than I would have ever thought or expected.Slices: a) 2.5 grams - 25mm x 10mm x 3mm - $15
b) 5.4 grams - 30mm x 18mm x 4mm - $30
c) 9.4 grams - 40mm x 28mm x 3mm - $50
d) 20.2 grams - 47mm x 35mm x 4mm - $100
e) 44.6 grams - 70mm x 54mm x 4mm - $210 – complete slice.
2) 84.9 gram end piece/ Main Mass – 70mm x 45mm x 12mm - $380.00 - possible sale pending




NWA (16087): HED achondrite. (Howardite). Found 2023. Tkw 7450 grams.
Here is a howardite that could pass (or get mistaken for) Kapoeta if one were not careful. This is super fresh internally. It has lots of nice clasts of various colors and sizes in a really light gray matrix. These clasts are Diogenite (14%), Cumulate eucrite (28%) and Basaltic eucrite (57%) along with minor amounts of chromite, ilmenite and magnetite. A really “classic” howardite example and at a reasonable price.
1) Slices:
a) 2.0 grams - 15mm x 14mm x 4mm - $22
b) 3.9 grams - 34mm x 15mm x 4mm - $40
c) 7.8 grams - 45mm x 17mm x 4mm - $80
d) 16.3 grams - 55mm x 45mm x 3mm - $160
e) 30.9 grams - 75mm x 60mm x 3mm - $295
f) 55.4 grams - 110mm x 75mm x 3mm - $500 – possible sale pending




NWA (4576): Stony-iron (Mesosiderite). Found Jan. 2005. Tkw = 30kg.
Here are some slices of a really nice mesosiderite I picked up while in Tucson this year. These were all largish square/ rectangular pieces. I cut a number of these down (hated to – they were really nice as larger pieces) to pieces affordable for most collectors. There really isn’t any info on this meteorite out there, so I don’t really have any “interesting info” on this. Regardless, this is a really wonderful, classic mesosiderite example. It has LOTS of metal, nice rounded (cm or so sized) lithic clasts and the occasional round metal-rich nodule. I can say that mesosiderites (particularly nice ones) are quite a bit harder to come by then pallasites in the collecting world.
1) Part slices:
a) 4.0 grams - 20mm x 13mm x 3mm - $50
b) 8.0 grams - 23mm x 22mm x 3mm - $90
c) 14.8 grams - 32mm x 27mm x 4mm - $150
d) 25.7 grams - 42mm x 26mm x 5mm - $250
e) 53.2 grams - 54mm x 47mm x 5mm - $500
f) 108.2 grams - 88mm x 58mm x 5mm - $1000




BHUTAN: 3-D space themed stamps.
I hesitated to offer these as I have so few of them. But then, never offering them means, they will simply sit here getting older. I got them when it turned out that there was a stamp convention next door to the watch convention I was attending. I stumbled onto these by pure accident. I thought they were kind of neat. They have that ridged plastic coating that gives them a 3-D effect (quite well, actually). As a kid I liked the football and baseball cards that were this form (those, for me anyway, were quite scarce). These, actually, are every bit as old, or older, than those cards I desired back then (early 1970s). This quite surprised me. When I got these (7 or 8 years ago maybe). I thought that these were basically really modern. What little research I have done on them shows that they are actually from around 1967 to around 1970. These are an assortment of “types” (some space craft, some astronauts in space, on the moon and some clearly Apollo) but all are space themed (and, I believe, were part of a “Man’s Conquest of Space” series). Not particularly rare or valuable, but interesting and fun (wish I could have gotten more).

a) Astronauts in space: 4 piece set - $20.00 (I have only 3 sets available).
b) Apollo on way to Moon (command module/ Lander connected). 2 piece set - $10.00 (I have only 3 sets).
c) Astronauts on the Moon. 3 piece set - $15.00(I have only 2 of these).
d) 1970 assortment of 4 space scenes (galaxy, “earth rise” from moon, etc.) - $20.00 (only 1 available)\
e) 1970 5 older space craft (V2, Mercury capsule, Verne’s, etc) - $25.00 (only 1 set available)
f) Apollo launch (2) and capsule recovery after splashdown (1) - $15.00 (only 1 set available).


Shipping: For small US orders (things that fit in a jewelry box in a padded envelope) - $5 is still OK (for now).
Larger things will be around $10 (small priority flat rate box, smallish "private" type box) to around $18 (medium flat-rate box). Insurance is extra if desired (I’ll look it up for you if think you want this cost ahead of shipping the item(s)).

Overseas prices have gone up A LOT the past couple years. Now small overseas orders are around $18 (Canada seems to be right around $15) for a small jewelry box in a padded envelope. Most overseas small flat-rare prices are in the $45 range (!!!!). I’ll have to custom quote any larger items/ orders. These rates change rapidly (I think we have already had two increases this year) so I'll have to custom quote things that are larger/heavier. Registration (recommended on more valuable overseas orders) is $18 more with insurance being extra (though there are fairly low limits of insurance allowed to many destinations).