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Copyright (c) Bernd Pauli.
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21.4 gram slice. Iron, IIIAB
TKW 32 kg. Fall not observed. Found 2000, Tafrawet, Algeria.
  
Bernd writes:
Soon after I had purchased this beautiful Tafrawet slice from the Hupé Brothers in 2004 I, like other owners of NWA 860, was contacted by Peter and Jason Utas. In an attempt to protect meteorites such as this one from distribution and thus preserve them as a whole for scientific research, they inquired if I was willing to resell it. But I had already fallen in love with this unique desert beauty so I declined and it is still in my collection.
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Jason Utas
7/17/2020 2:13:45 PM |
>The pioneer of piggy-backing and self-pairing has spoken.
You screwed up this self-pairing in 2004, Adam. I've never sold anything mis-paired. Quit your gaslighting. |
Adam Hupe
6/25/2018 10:12:09 AM |
The pioneer of piggy-backing and self-pairing has spoken. Let us all listen in disbelief! Perhaps, we can be enlightened once again about the pairing to "Black Beauty", the first major planetary piece to be self-classified! |
Jason Utas
6/25/2018 3:19:08 AM |
In short, this is not a slice of NWA 860. It is NWA 3200.
Longer version: Peter contacted other eBay users who had purchased slices of this ~500 gram *new mass of Tafrawet* after we realized that the Widmanstatten pattern of these small slices didn*t look like NWA 860. Peter wanted to reassemble the new iron, one of the first few from Northwest Africa. I thought he made that clear, but this was nearly 15 years ago...
We submitted a slice for analysis, and it was shown to be a new IAB, later approved as NWA 3200. The slice pictured above is not a IIIAB, and not paired with Tafrawet.
This is a perfect example of a dealer *self pairing* un-paired meteorites, despite having *submitted a type specimen.* |
Jarkko Kettunen
6/24/2018 3:34:45 AM |
Nice piece Bernd! Sorry for going to personal matters, but when we can Enjoy Your company in Facebook? :) |
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