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2007
METEORITE COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER FOR THE PEOPLE OF GREENSBURG, KANSAS |
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LIST OF PRIZES Thank you to our generous donors! |
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CANYON DIABLO SPHEROIDS These diminutive Canyon Diablos were hand collected by the great H.H. Nininger himself Donated by Matt Morgan |
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ODESSA IRON A lovely sculptural complete Odessa, Texas iron Donated by Matt Morgan |
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FUKANG PALLASITE Polished part slice, 21 grams with nice large olivine crystals
Donated by Matt Morgan |
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THE
ROBERT HAAG COLLECTION An autographed copy of Bob Haag's beautiful collection catalog, specially inscribed for the raffle (see inset photo). The inscription reads: "GREENSBURG LIVES & ROCKS" . . . and is signed and dated by the mighty Robert Haag Donated by Diane Luchterhand |
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THE
ART OF COLLECTING METEORITES A signed and numbered copy of this terrific guide to the world of meteorites and meteorite collecting. 220 pages, trade paperback, full color throughout
Donated by the author |
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TRINITE SPECIMENS Very similar in appearance and consistency to meteoric impact glass, Trinitite is a glass formed by the fusion of soil, mainly desert sand, by the intense heat from the detonation of the first atomic bomb at Trinity Site, Tularosa Basin, Alamogordo, Socorro County, New Mexico, U.S.A at 5:29:45 AM (Mountain War Time) July 16, 1945 Three specimens: 0.93 grams, 1.08 grams, 1.18 grams, each with detailed information sheet Donated by Don Cracraft |
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CANYON DIABLO A superb complete iron with excellent character, and many sharp points. A particularly nice example of America's most famous meteorite. 1,023.4 grams Anonymous Donor |
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CAMPO DEL CIELO Highly sculptural Campo del Cielo individual with a very pleasing shape. From a certain angle, it looks like a comet. Very unusual and attractive iron meteorite specimen. 1,283 grams Anonymous Donor |
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$100 IN MEMBRANE SUSPENSION BOXES $100 worth of boxes from www.membranebox.com (single prize to one winner), including free shipping to the winner. These excellent storage and display boxes are very popular among the meteorite collecting community and are particularly useful for protecting valuable meteorite slices.
Donated by Ron Hartman and Jim Hartman |
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SPACE
ROCKS AND BUFFALO GRASS Here is an amazing meteorite collectible. A rare copy of Ellis Peck's Space Rocks and Buffalo Grass, which chronicles the history of the Brenham meteorite. This is Steve Arnold's personal copy, which was inside his Greensburg house, when the tornado struck and destroyed the building. It shows storm damage but, like Stockwell's thousand-pounder, this book survived the tornado. The book is also signed by Robert Peck, the son of author Ellis Peck (see insert). Truly a one-of-a-kind piece of meteorite history. Donated by Steve Arnold |
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VREDEFORT A beautiful polished slice of this very difficult-to-obtain impact breccia from the 200,000-year old Vredefort Dome impact structure. Situated in the Free State Province of South Africa, the Vredefort Dome is believed to have originally been over 250 km in diameter, which would make it the largest verified impact structure on Earth. This specimen was personally collected in the Vredefort structure by popular Denver COMETS member Fred Olsen. 57.3 grams Donated by Fred Olsen |
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NWA 2749 Part slice of this H5 classified in 2005. Total known weight is 1.21 kg Polished part slice, 15.7 grams Donated by "Chicago" Steve Arnold |
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CANYON DIABLO AND GAO INDIVIDUALS A striking highly sculptural Canyon Diablo individual and a small fusion crusted Gao-Guenie stone (see inset). Canyon Diablo 60 grams; Gao 7 grams Donated by "Chicago" Steve Arnold |
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KUNYA-URGENCH THIN SECTION A professionally prepared thin section of witnessed fall Kunya-Urgench, Turkmenistan, June 20, 1998.
Donated by Don Edwards |
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VACA MUERTA THIN SECTION A professionally prepared thin section of the Vaca Muerta mesosiderite, originally found in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Donated by Fred Olsen |
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GHUBARA THIN SECTION A professionally prepared thin section of Ghubara (L5) from Oman.
Donated by Fred Olsen |
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BRENHAM
PALLASITE Stunning 1,900-gram Brenham pallasite slab, with green crystals. Polished on both sides. An amazing meteorite specimen. 1,900 grams Donated by Philip C. Mani, |
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NWA 869 A large half stone of the NWA 869 chondrite, with polished face, abundant colorful chondrules and fine brecciation. A lovely piece. 386.2 grams Donated by Philip C. Mani |
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NWA 3137 A large thin full slice of NWA 3137, a basaltic eucrite (type 6) found in Morocco. 29.4 grams Donated by Philip C. Mani |
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NWA 3138 Very attractive full slice of NWA 3138, a basaltic eucrite (type 5), with fusion crust all around the edge. 6.3 grams Donated by Philip C. Mani |
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VACA MUERTA Lovely half stone of the Vaca Muerta mesosiderite from Chile's Atacama Desert. With polished face and nice metallic inclusions. 77.2 grams Donated by Philip C. Mani |
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IBITIRA Two specimens of the rare witnessed fall eucrite from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Fell JUne 30, 1957 2.3 grams and 0.3 grams (with fusion crust) Donated by Paul Harris and Jim Tobin |
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SIKHOTE-ALIN Oriented, highly regmaglypted Sikhote-Alin with natural hole! 48.6 grams Anonymous Donor |
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CAMPO WALL CLOCK A 21-cm fully functional wall clock, displaying an authentic Campo del Cielo etched part slice. Takes one AA battery. A celestial timepiece! Donated by Mark Zalcik |
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CHICAGO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Part slice of new L5 found by meteorite hunter Sonny Clary. Total known weight of this meteorite is only 26 grams! Sonny tells us that none of this meteorite will be made available for sale, so this is your only chance to add a piece of this new California meteorite to your collection. 0.9 grams Donated by Sonny Clary |
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COYOTE SPRINGS, NEVADA Part slice of new Nevada H5 found by meteorite hunter Sonny Clary. Total known weight is just 260 grams. Sonny tells us that none of this meteorite will be sold. Your only chance to acquire a piece of this rare Nevada meteorite. 2.3 grams Donated by Sonny Clary |
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STARVATION FLAT, NEVADA Full slice of another new find from the prolific Sonny Clary, and what a cool name it has too. TKW is just under a kilo. This is the only piece of Starvation Flat available to collectors. 31.4 grams Donated by Sonny Clary |
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A COMET STRIKES THE EARTH A rare copy of H.H. Nininger's famous book, 1969 edition, with a genuine Canyon Diablo fragment affixed to the front cover.
Donated by David Pensenstadler |
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METEORITE HUNTING AT FRANCONIA Ten DVD copies of treasure hunter Wayne Holmes' documentary film about meteorite hunting in Franconia, AZ, including interviews with successful meteorite hunters. One copy each will go to ten lucky prize winners. Donated by Wayne Holmes |
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SAU OOI The extensive SAU strewnfield was discovered in the deserts of Oman in the year 2000. This lovely part slice has fusion crust on its edge, and a galaxy of colorful chondrules. 50.7 grams Donated by Mal Bishop |
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METEORITE HUNTER A mint condition hardback copy of Professor Roy Gallant's gripping autobiography. This book is an Aerolite Meteorites favorite, and is now out-of-print and difficult to find. Read a full review of this book here
Donated by Mal Bishop |
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METEORITE MAGAZINE NUMBER 1 In February of 1995 our favorite magazine came into existence. Here is an extremely rare copy of Issue 1, Volume 1. The cover story is the mighty Roy Gallant's expedition to Tunguska. A very hard-to-get and desirable meteorite collectible. Published and edited by our good friend Dr. Joel Schiff of Pallasite Press. Buy extra tickets! Donated by Dorothy Norton |
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METEORITE CRATERS A rare hardback copy, in very good condition, of Kathleen Mark's excellent book on meteorite craters, published by the University of Arizona Press in 1987. Donated by Dorothy Norton |
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GIBEON PENDANT A silver pendant containing an etched part slice of Gibeon. Donated by Dorothy Norton |
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SCALE CUBES "Hey, does anyone know where I can get one of those scale cubes?" Every meteorite collector wants one and we are giving them away! Well . . . if you have the right raffle ticket. One cube each will be awarded to three lucky winners Donated by Moni Waiblinger |
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NWA 2482 A lovely, perfect end cut of Northwest Africa 2482, a polymict eucrite. Cut and prepared by Mike Bandli. 4.92 grams Donated by Mike Bandli |
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ONE OF H.H.'s BRICKS A genuine brick from the wall of H.H. Nininger's famous (and long-closed) meteorite museum on old Route 66. A super cool meteorite-related collectible. 564.8 grams. Donated by Maria Haas |
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ENSISHEIM Fragment of one of the meteorites most sought-after by collectors, the witnessed fall from November of 1492 in Alsace, France. 0.289 grams Donated by Anne Black |
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GIBEON An unusually large, and rare Gibeon crystal. 80.92 grams Donated by Anne Black |
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SCALE
CUBE "Hey, does anyone know where I can get one of those scale cubes?" Every meteorite collector wants one, and now you know where you can get one. Buy an extra raffle ticket. Donated by Anne Black |
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TATAHOUINE 4.3-gram specimen of the famous diogenite from Tunisia Donated by Anne Black |
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LIBYAN
DESERT GLASS Lovely translucent specimen of Libyan Desert Glass, a meteorite-related impactite found near the Egyptian/Libyan border. Donated by Anne Black |
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SIKHOTE-ALIN A beautifully oriented Sikhote-Alin bullet. Donated by Anne Black |
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MOLDAVITE
JEWELRY A translucent moldavite specimen in sterling silver jewelry mount. Donated by Anne Black |
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GRETNA,
KS 1.55-gram fragment of the Kansas L5, found in 1912. Donated by Don Edwards |
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SILICATED CAMPO SLICE A beautiful complete slice of silicated Campo del Cielo, cut and prepared by Floyd "Griff" Griffith. Floyd has kindly offered to etch one or both sides for the winner. Your choice! 39 grams and 73 mm x 57 mm x 2.5 mm Donated by Floyd "Griff" Griffith |
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A COMPLETE SET OF MARS BOXES A complete set of all eight of the beautiful Mars boxes designed and manufactured in Europe by Chladni's Heirs. Each full-color display box contains a specimen of the Martian meteorite Dar al Gani 735. Accompanied by a beautifully-designed Chladni's Heirs certificate of authenticity. Donated by Kevin Decker |
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GAO A nice 44.2-gram fusion-crusted Gao stone. Witnessed fall March 5, 1960. Burkina-Faso. Donated by "Chicago" Steve Arnold |
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$100 CREDIT VOUCHER One hundred dollars worth of any meteorite item(s) of your choice from Nakhla Dog Meteorites of Oregon. Donated by Rob Wesel |
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TWODOT The Twodot meteorite was found by an elk hunter during 1999 on a hillside in Wheatland, Montana. One beautiful oriented stone of 21.4 kg., was noticed by the hunter, who thought the stone looked different and brought it home with him. A couple years later he responded to a meteorite wanted poster, which led to its identification by Marlin Cilz. This is the only stone meteorite ever found in Montana. H6 stone chondrite, S2, W3. Published in the Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 87 Donated by Mark Bostick |
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MCKINNEY The McKinney meteorite was found in Collin County, Texas during 1870. Two stone, 100 kg. and 38 kg. , were found about eight miles west of McKinney, Texas. This meteorite is an L4 black chondrite, S4. Despite its large total known weight (TKW), very little of this meteorite is available on the collectors' market. Donated by Mark Bostick |
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TWO METEORITE BOOKS A very rare hardback copy of Space Geology by the late Dr. Elbert King, a meteorite expert who designed NASA's Lunar Receiving Lab and chronicled his work on the Apollo program in the much-loved autobiography Moon Trip. A hardback copy of Harry McSween's important work Meteorites and Their Parent Planets Donated by Mark Bostick |
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BRENHAM SIDERITE (Found near Greensburg, KS) A complete etched and polished slice of a rare siderite from the Brenham pallasite strewnfield. This is a genuine Steve Arnold find, and comes from a mass weighing 20.1 Kg, found by Steve and Dr. Denton Ebel of the American Museum of Natural History in Brenham, Kansas on July 8, 2006. 396.5 grams and 189 mm x 132 mm x 3 mm Donated by Geoffrey Notkin |
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A UNIQUE METEORITE PHOTO COLLECTIBLE A custom 8 by 10 inch color print of Steve Arnold and Geoff Notkin, with "The Becky Stone" — the 92-pound pallasite recovered by Becky Worley, Steve Arnold, and Geoff Notkin during the filming of Cash & Treasures in 2006 in Brenham, Kansas. The photograph was taken by Sonny Clary about five miles from Greensburg, KS. This will be the only copy of this photograph ever printed. Signed by Steve and Geoff, it will be numbered "1 of 1," with commemorative Greensburg Fundraiser caption. Donated by Geoffrey Notkin |
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UNIQUE SIKHOTE-ALIN PENDANT A complete oriented Sikhote-Alin individual, elegantly wrapped in sterling silver. This one-of-a-kind meteorite pendant was made by Crystal Spirit exclusively for Aerolite Meteorites. Comes with sterling silver chain. Donated by Geoffrey Notkin |
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DHOFAR 1289 Fragment of Dhofar 1289, an L4 chondrite. Weight: 70 grams
Donated by Jason Philips |
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NWA 1930 Full slice of Northwest Africa 1930, an LL3 Weight: 28.92 grams
Donated by Jason Philips |
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CANYON DIABLO Complete individual iron with nice shape Weight 15.2 grams
Donated by Jason Philips |