The 2012 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show

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Accretion Desk by Martin Horejsi

Jim's Fragments by Jim Tobin

Meteorite Market Trends by Michael Blood

Bob's Findings by Robert Verish

IMCA Insights by The IMCA Team

Micro Visions by John Kashuba

Meteorite Calendar by Anne Black

Meteorite of the Month by Editor

Tektite of the Month by Editor

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Esnandes, France: Caution Hot! by Martin Horejsi Back in the fall of 1837… a small meteorite fell in Esnandes, France. What makes this small especially interesting is that, and I quote, “A peasant, who observed the fall, said to have been burnt while collecting the stone.”

Burnt?

Yet again, someone reported that a meteorite was hot when it landed. Esnandes was a mere 1500 grams so it hardly contained enough material remain so incredibly cold that it felt hot to the touch. Nor did it likely sit baking in the sun before being picked up. Esnandes, France is a little over 46 degrees north of the equator, and while the exact fall date is not known, fall is fall which means the sun was close to or lower than the autumn equinox.

The text from the Catalogue of Meteorites lists the distribution of Esnandes as extremely narrow. The piece featured in this Accretion Desk ranks third largest in the world at half the weight of second place and one fourth the weight of first place. However, a significant amount of mass is not accounted in the list and is probably represented in a collection somewhere, likely Paris. Crust, beautiful crust!

Esnandes has wonderful crust for its age. Crust is critically important for documenting the authenticity of a historic meteorite. The matrix of Esnandes is very similar to many other chondrites so it would be easy to make a mistake identifying such rare material. A 2003 article in Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences by P. Rochette, et. al. suggests that Esnandes should be reclassified as an L chondrite. Magnetic tests and microanalysis on Esnandes samples from the Natural History Museum in Paris were the key. Visually, it makes sense to me. Although I’ve seen H chondrites that look much like Esnandes, I have seen far more L chondrites that do.

I’ve seen it advertised that Esnandes might be a so-called Hammer stone meaning that it hit a man-made object upon its arrival to earth. Unfortunately there is no supporting evidence for such a claim. Oddly, however, it would seem that if the report that a peasant burned his/her and when picking up the stone has made it through 175 years of human activity, something would have been noted had it hit a building or whatever else people had back then. Backing up this logic is that there are plenty of other hammer stones of similar or older age, and their stories of collision seemed to transcend time with little effort.

Until next time….

The Accretion Desk welcomes all comments and feedback. [email protected]

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Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2012 by Jim Tobin

Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2012 was my 20th show. I think it will turn out to be one of the most memorable of all my visits to Tucson. We changed a little from the norm by attending the week before all the big meteorite celebrations. Even before leaving for the trip we were thinking that might turn out to be a great opportunity. It certainly was. We were able to find what we wanted to get for the business without the crowds and before it had been picked over. Almost as important; being there early gave opportunities to sit and chat with dealers and friends that are often too busy working during the second week of the show. As it turned out we were leaving for home when most of the meteorite collectors were just arriving.

Meteorites, Meteorites, and More Meteorites

For me this was a show with lots of iron meteorites. I had arranged with Anne Black to get some of the ASU rare old irons that she had offered by email a couple weeks before Tucson. I always miss her offerings. I am either at work or asleep and find the emails way too late. But, I had some things going on in my personal life that required me to check my email every few minutes for a severals days. I happened to be looking at my phone right when she sent the list of rare irons. I quickly emailed her to put several aside for me and waited to hear if this time I had been fast enough to get them. Only about fifteen minutes went by and she wrote back that she was holding all but one of those I had selected. I was pretty sure I had no chance on the single piece of Cape of Good Hope and I had been right. So my acquisition of specimens really started two weeks before arriving in town. A portion of Anne Blacks display cases

Anne Black and Paul Harris

I found more great irons and other stones all week long. There was a rich selection of meteorites at the show this year. But the buzz was the new Martian fall Tissint. I was surprised a little by the number of dealers that had it for sale. It really is a remarkable meteorite. Martian falls do not happen that often and this was a large enough event to provide pieces for many collectors.

Amongst the stones I bought was a large unclassified chondrite from a tent dealer. The price was ok if it actually was a meteorite. A magnet was attracted to it sort of weakly. It looked weird enough that I wanted to get a diamond file and grind off a spot just to check it out. And wouldn’t you know we were never near a tool dealer for the next two days. I did finally get a $2 diamond file and that night ground a spot off the crazy looking rock. Sure enough about an eighth of an inch in I hit a tiny grain of iron which comforted me that I was right about it being meteoritic. I had picked up three other unclassified stones and there was no doubt in my mind about them. The crust and color of the large one was strange. There were little circular rings on the surface. They made me think of bubbles that had been broken off leaving just the bottom ring and cup like depressions behind. When I got home I put it in the saw to get a view of the insides. I cut off an end piece and about jumped out of my socks. Here is where I would usually insert a couple photos of the cut face, but you will have to wait because this one was off for characterization (the same day) to a lab. There will be photos and an article about it later. My weird stone that is a secret for now

We always visit a very friendly dealer of tektites and get a flat or two and I usually find one or two individuals for myself. This year I really limited my glass buying. I got one large Chinese dumbbell, and two moldavites with strange color, one of which I gave away. It was that large dumbbell that got my bag pulled aside at the airport x-ray machine. It was tucked away in a zipper pouch and it took the inspector a minute or so to find it. Then he said, “just another rock, thanks.”

As I mentioned, this year going early we had the chance to spend some time talking to friends. Most shows they are so busy that we just pock our head in and say hi and let them get back to work. I got to actually sit down and have a great conversation with Edwin Thompson for the first time in years. We chatted about old friends and other things, I found out that Patrick is fascinated by the Titanic story like me. I was so comfortable in one of ET’s chairs that I let Paul go on without me and caught back up with him later.

Larry, Patrick and Edwin all pretty happy I think to be back at another Tucson show.

There are always some exciting meteorites at the show. This year we had Tissint the recently arrived Martian Shergottite. But, there were others of a more strange and unusual nature. High on that list has to be D’Orbigny. As an Angrite it is rare enough. With its numerous and large vugs up to 2.3 cm in diameter, druses containing augite, and huge green olivine crystals it sets a new standard for strange. D’Orbigny may be exceeded in strangeness by NWA 6693 another of ET’s wonderful treasures. Nicknamed “Super Green” it is under continuing investigation by researchers. What a beautiful meteorite it is. Unpolished side of a slice of D'Orbigny with several vugs.

Close up shot of the edge of a slice of D'Orbigny

We finished up most of our business stuff by the end of the second day and decided to head down to the wholesale show and look for treasures for our wives on the third day. What a surprise when we got there to find out the Holodrome show was not to open until the day after we left. But, there were several huge tents for another part of the wholesale show that were open. We had great fun looking through them. Paul found something beautiful for his wife and I found a ruby pendant for Sara my lovely wife. We got a few other little things there too. Then we headed a couple blocks over to the Tucson Electric Park to look around. We walked a while, got an early lunch and ran into Steve Arnold one of the Meteorite Men. I was just finishing buying that diamond file finally. We chatted and looked a booth he was interested in. But, he showed us the most tremendous metal sculptures. It may even reveal the source of his information about where meteorites can be recovered. He seems pretty friendly with this very tough looking alien or even Predator.

We had dinner plans out of town with Paul’s brother Tony and his girlfriend Tricia. We had met them for dinner the first night and had a wonderful time. They had another evening free so we met them in the middle over at Casa Grande for dinner again. It was another great time with two people who have become dear friends of mine.

We spend a lot of time at the Tucson City Center Hotel which I guess will always be called the Inn Suites by meteorite people. But, we did hit several other hotels during our stay. We had spent a morning over at the Riverpark with Erich and Silvia Haiderer. That is always fun and we find some great items both for the business and me personally. This year I got a couple of eucrite cumulates amongst other meteorites. We had also been by the Ramada to see Blaine Reed and I always find something there. A neat little slice of Apache Junction went home with my this year. We ran into Eric Twelker in Blaine‘s room. It had been at least twelve years since I saw him. He is always at the show but I had not run into him for all that time. We went over and said hello to Mike Miller on the other side of the hotel and had a great visit with him. We were really benefiting from being there early. Normally, we would never have been able to spend the time we did. Mike’s room just glitters from the brightly etched iron slices. Beautiful material and he should certainly be proud of the fine work he does. Slice of Apache Junction from Blaine Reed

Slice of Apache Junction from Blaine Reed

After our hunting was mostly done we do what many others do. We wander around revisiting rooms. Bruno and Carine are always one of our first stops, but we return a couple more times. I have to find that special meteorite we need to offer the next year and get something neat for myself. They are fun to chat with too. After that we go just a few doors down and see Peter Heydelaar in his room with meteorites and gold. He and his wife are great to spend some time with. They were way too busy the first time we pocked our heads in, so we just waved and came back later. A few nice meteorites left with us on that return visit. We paid a couple visits to Pani Ahmed who always has a smile. Some LDG left with us for the business and I found a slice of NWA 4328 an impact melt for my collection. At this point it has to be a pretty special classified NWA for me to buy it. I am moving more and more to the historic meteorites for my collection. But, I have a second database that I run; and that is for just my unclassified stones. I do add a few to that list each year. We stopped by Mike Farmer’s room when we first got to the show and went back a couple more times over the next days. Always a great display of exotic meteorites for sale in his suite. There is also material from Moritz and Eric Olson. Just next door is the room of Serge and Dima. We chatted with them and saw some of their photos from meteorite hunting trips. They are always full of enthusiasm. A nice room to visit if you are feeling the blues.

We were in and out of Geoff Notkin’s Aerolite Meteorites suite several times. He was each time very busy doing what he does best, being an ambassador of meteorites to a knowledge hungry public. He had some particularly wonderful meteorites this year. I will present just a few for your viewing pleasure. Here he is holding a very fine Sikhote Alin. While it goes without saying that he had a room full of exquisite speccimens two more caught my eye this year. The first is a wonderfully shaped Campo in the more natural state that I really like my irons left in, and the second is a slice of Esquel so thinly cut and transparent that it really shows the clarity Esquel is known for. There is a long list of other personalities from the meteorite community that we ran into. And unfortunately a long list of friends we missed who came in after we left. Overall we really had a fine time this year. We got done with work early and got to enjoy ourselves more. I guess in summary this trip was as much about our friends as it was about the meteorites.

Here are a few more pictures from the 2012 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.

This is a large 1/4 x 3/8 inch inclusion of what I image is troilite in a slice of Goronyo an H4 chondrite. But, it is the most coppery colored inclusion I have ever seen. A small fragment of Limerick a meteorite on my want list for a while

Here is something you do not see every day. Iron shale pieces from the largest Mundrabilla individual. They were collected after it was hauled away to the museum where it now resides. Meteorite-Times Magazine

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The 2012 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show by Robert Verish

An Article In Meteorite-Times Magazine by Robert Verish The 2012 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show

Some images of meteorites by the people that collect them taken at the Show.

Because the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show occurs each year during the first half of February, which is the same time that the Meteorite-Times.com articles are published, the editors have decided to postpone this current issue until the end of February. This delay would give everyone time to return from the Show, digest what had transpired, and then if desired, write an article about the Show. Well, I think it's a great plan, but with all of the events that have transpired this past month since the Show, it now seems like a distant memory. As I said, "it was a good plan", but how do you plan for a meteorite fall in the middle of Texas? With so much attention drawn to locating the meteorite fall in eastern Texas, and now the fall in South Carolina (even as I write this article), the "recently" concluded Tucson Gem Show of 2012 already seems like ancient history. But I thought it would be nice to give readers (particularly, those that didn't get to attend this years Show and have to vicariously view it from the lenses of various photographers) the convenience of having all of those disparate links listed on one webpage.

(See below, "REFERENCES")

And besides, I can use this article next year as a review to remind me of what I saw this year, and may quite possibly see at next years Tucson Show 2013. So, instead of the "usual" article, this month's edition of "Bob's Findings" will simply be a list of links to various people's images that documented what had occurred way back - 23 days ago - during the first weekend of February 2012.

Enjoy!

"Best in Show" and "Meteorite of the year"

Our Tucson Show 2012 trip has come to an end. It's now time to "hit the road" and head home (or that new strewn-field;-).

REFERENCES:

2012 Tucson Show Attendees - From Matthew Martin at Meteorite Treasures.com

[meteorite-list] Tucson Page Update - post by Matthew Martin on Wed Jan 11 10:58:23 EST 2012

Jim's Fragments: Tucson Gem Show Memories - by Jim Tobin • January 1, 2012

2012 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show - Fossils, Meteorites, Arizona in February! [meteorite-list] Anyone want some Tucson Photos - post by Keith Vazquez on Mon Jan 30 01:37:44 EST 2012

[flicker] Arizona Keith's Tucson Show Photos 2012 - are by Keith Vazquez and are from 29 Jan 2012

[flicker] Arizona Keith's Tucson Show Photos 2012 - are by Keith Vazquez and are from 31 Jan 2012

[flicker] IMCA Dinner Tucson AZ - images by Keith Vazquez on 2 Feb 2012

[flicker] The Thirteenth Annual Meteor Mayhem Birthday Bash & Harvey Awards at the Onyx Room, Tucson AZ. 3 Feb 2012 - are by Keith Vazquez

[flicker] Bloods Tucson Meteorite Auction 2012 - images by Keith Vazquez on 4 Feb 2012

[flicker] Tucson Hotel City Center Dinosaurs 2012 - images by Keith Vazquez from between 29 Jan 2012 & 10 Feb 2012

[flicker] ArizonaViking's photostream - aka Arizona Keith - aka Keith Vazquez - all of the above 6 sets of his Tucson Show 2012 Photos.

Meteorite Picture of the Day - hosted by Tucson Meteorites - for the first 9 days of February Various images from the Tucson Show contributed by Paul Swartz:

Meteorite Picture of the Day - hosted by Tucson Meteorites - 2012 February 01 Various contributed by KD Meteorites

Meteorite Picture of the Day - hosted by Tucson Meteorites - 2012 February 02 Muon and Henbury - contributed by T&M Stones

Meteorite Picture of the Day - hosted by Tucson Meteorites - 2012 February `03 Various contributed by Mike Miller

Meteorite Picture of the Day - hosted by Tucson Meteorites - 2012 February 04 Various contributed by Geoff Notkin<

Meteorite Picture of the Day - hosted by Tucson Meteorites - 2012 February 05 Various contributed by Blaine Reed

Meteorite Picture of the Day - hosted by Tucson Meteorites - 2012 February 06 Bolide contributed by James Ivy

Meteorite Picture of the Day - hosted by Tucson Meteorites - 2012 February 07 Various contributed by Michael Farmer

Meteorite Picture of the Day - hosted by Tucson Meteorites - 2012 February 08 Various contributed by Hans Koser

Meteorite Picture of the Day - hosted by Tucson Meteorites - 2012 February 09 Various contributed by Bruno Fectay

[meteorite-list] tucson, day one - by steve arnold [chicagosteve] posted on Thu Feb 2 20:09:04 EST 2012

[meteorite-list] TUCSON, DAY TWO - by steve arnold [chicagosteve] posted on Sat Feb 4 00:11:31 EST 2012 [meteorite-list] TUCSON, DAY 3 HIGHLITES - by steve arnold [chicagosteve] posted on Sun Feb 5 10:45:32 EST 2012

[meteorite-list] 2nd Annual Eating Around Tucson - 2012 - by John Teague

[meteorite-list] Tucson Met. Auction Results - by Michael Blood - posted on Mon Feb 13 16:45:20 EST 2012.

[meteorite-list] Tucson Show 2012 meteorite images - by Michael Mulgrew

[facebook] Tucson meteorite pics 2012 - by Doug Ross

[facebook] Meteorite Men/Ruben Garcia-Birthday Bash-Tucson Gem and Mineral Show '12 - By Carol Lynn Springer

There are many more good images of meteorites from this years Tucson Show on facebook, but most are not "linkable".

My previous articles can be found *HERE*

For for more information, please contact me by email: Bolide*chaser

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Sixth Annual IMCA Dinner In Tucson by IMCA TEAM

This year’s sixth annual IMCA dinner was held at el Charro Mexican Restaurant in downtown Tucson. We reserved the restaurant’s entire patio and although it was a little chilly, it was a good fit for us. Well, kind of. The dinner has become so popular that the number of guests outgrew the seating capacity of the patio before we even sat down! No worries though. We squeezed a few more tables onto the patio and reserved two small adjacent rooms.

Look at the crowd! (Photo by Gary Fujihara)

Jana Becker, Johnny Humphries, Jack Schrader, Robert Ward, Richard Kowalski, Larry Lebofsky, Carol Kochert, Dolores Hill, Rik Hill, Fern Goudreault, Bea Goudreault, Don Skidmore and standing to the left rear, Bob Falls and Dave Gheesling (Photo by Keith Vasquez)

A better view of the right side of that table Cathy Kochert, Twink Monrad, Dolores Hill, Rik Hill, Jim Shorten, Fern Goudreault, Bea Goudreault, Don Skidmore (Photo by Jim Shorten)

Don Hurkot, Linda Hurkot, Keith Jenkerson, Dana Jenkerson, Ralph Balkcom, Fred Olson, Carol Falls, Twink Monrad (speaking to Carol), Bill Jensen, Mike Jensen and standing up, Bob Falls (Photo by Gary Fujihara*)

Thos Lesser, Marilyn Lesser, Dave Gheesling, Russ Finney, Ryan Dillon, Willie Boedecker, Robert Boedecker, Qynn Arnold, Carol Ehlmann, Darryl Pitt, Denise Stone, Dr. Art Ehlmann, Steve Arnold, Fredrick Stephan, Sean Murray, Karen Rohr, Linton Rohr (Photo by Gary Fujihara)

Carol Ehlmann, Darryl Pitt, Denise Stone, Dr. Art Elhmann (Photo by Keith Vasquez)

Karen Bowling, Mark Bowling, Ken Domanik, Anne Black, Maria Haas, Paul Kurimski, Lai Kurimski, Paul Swartz, Wendy Swartz, Sam Kumar (Photo by Gary Fujihara)

A nice picture of Fred Olsen and his life-long good friend, Ralph Balkcom (Photo by Keith Vasquez)

Nice group shot! (Photo by Richard Kowalski*)

Keith Vasquez checks out the door prizes (Photo by Gary Fujihara)

We had quite a few door prizes donated to the event by members. A big thanks to the following for their generosity:

Mike Reynolds – Falling Stars, A Guide to Meteors & Meteorites by Mike D. Reynolds, Ph.D. Dorothy Norton – Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites by O. Richard Norton and Lawrence A. Chitwood Sambath Kumar – A nice Sikhote Alin shrapnel (Sorry, could not weigh it at the dinner) Arlene Schlazer – 12” x 14” Metal Print using shock pattern from a Canyon Diablo Graphite Nodule and four matching placemats Johnny Humphries – Meteor Crater/Canyon Diablo collector’s kit Twink Monrad – Space pattern fabric hand-sewn (by Twink) drawstring bag, NWA 869 slice pendant, Gold Basin fragment with a polished edge, Gold Basin slice, Gold Basin whole stone with Dolores Hill U of A label. Funny story about that label: Dolores Hill told me that if she had known those labels would be so important to us she would have written more legibly. :-) Dana Jenkerson – KD Meteorites hat and KD Meteorites t-shirt Anne Black – Meteorites by Alain Carion Anonymous – Arizona Highways, May 1948, Featuring a profile and interview with Harvey Nininger, and Life Magazine, Sept. 6, 1937, featuring a profile and interview with Harvey Nininger The door prize table (Photo by Keith Vasquez)

Gary Fujihara chose the Life Magazine as his door prize (Photo by Keith Vasquez)

Qynn Arnold, Sam Kumar, and Dolores Hill choose their door prizes (Photo by Keith Vasquez)

Rik Hill and Cathy Kochert choose their door prizes (Photo by Keith Vasquez)

Robert Ward and Rik Hill chatting at the door prize table (Photo by Keith Vasquez)

Great picture of Paul and Wendy Swartz with Arlene’s metal print (Photo by Gary Fujihara)

Nice picture of Gary Fujihara and Anne Black (Photo by Gary Fujihara)

Bob Falls, Paul Swartz, Jack Schrader, I do not recognize those two ladies, Jim Shorten, Steve Arnold (Photo by Keith Vasquez)

Three big smiles from Anne Black, Sara Kowalski, and Richard Kowalski (Photo by Jim Shorten)

More smiles from Ryan Dillon and Steve Arnold (background) Jack Schrader, Robert Ward and Sara Kowalski (foreground) (Photo by Jim Shorten)

Two more smiling faces by Cathy Kochert and Twink Monrad (Photo by Jim Shorten)

Outside the restaurant with Bea Goudreault and Dolores Hill (Photo by Gary Fujihara)

We’re all hamming it up for the camera! Maria Haas, Anne Black, Bob Falls, Gary Fujihara, Ryan Dillon, Jim Shorten, Russ Finney (Photo by Jim Shorten)

Anyone know this character? :-) (Photo by Gary Fujihara)

Thank you so much to Larry Lebofsky, Dolores Hill, and Rik Hill for help setting up and to our photographers, who did another great job this year. Most of all, thank you to the members who took time out of their busy Tucson schedule to attend the dinner. Hoping to see even more of you next year, Maria Haas Treasurer To The Stars Photo by Jim Shorten

*All photos taken by Gary Fujihara and Richard Kowalski were acquired from their respective public Facebook pages.

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Estherville Meteorite, a Mesosiderite by John Kashuba

Mesosiderite meteorites are stony irons with roughly 50-50 proportions of each. The iron is asteroidal core and the stone is the crust of a differentiated asteroid. Mantle material is rare. Several formation scenarios have been proposed and scientists continue to discuss the matter. Mesosiderites are classified by mineralogy and texture. Estherville is an A3/4. That is, plagioclase content of the stony portion is greater than 25% (volume) with much of the remainder calcium-poor pyroxene. The matrix is a highly recrystallized melt breccia.

Metal (gray) and troilite (bronze color) among silicate clasts and a recrystallized silicate matrix. Estherville Mesosiderite. Incident light. Field of view is 3 mm wide.

Flecks of metal appear to have been injected with other material into fractures in mineral grains. Estherville Mesosiderite. Incident light. Field of view is 3 mm wide.

The same view in incident and cross-polarized light.

In thin section the silicate portion of the Estherville Mesosiderite is generally transparent because of the extensive recrystallization. Transmitted light. Field of view is 3 mm wide.

Views of Estherville Mesosiderite thin section in cross-polarized light at different magnifications. Zoning appears in some mineral grains.

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Meteorite Calendar – February 2012 by Anne Black

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Imilac by Editor

Our Meteorite of the Month is kindly provided by Tucson Meteorites who hosts The Meteorite Picture of the Day.

12.9 gram individual. 5 x 2 x 2 cm. Photo by Katherine Rambo, contributed by Twink Monrad, IMCA 9454

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Philippinites by Editor

Below are some very nice Philippinites. In the pictures you can see three Philippinites that resemble Australite cores.

Photo Credit: Daniel Sutherland

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