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SpecimenBackstory:
Sombrerete -Thisfantastic IAB-sHL specimen wasdiscovered in 1958, in Zacatecas, Mexico.
Thisspecimen is rarely found in circulation, with the main mass still in Washington, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Comes with JPMC card and copy of the Jim Schwade collection card
METBASE7.3=(known): 1kg: Washington, Natl. Mus. Nat. Hist. [approx. weight], 433g: Indianapolis, Jay Piatek Colln., 377g: Chicago, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 318g: New York, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 85g: Malta, Montana, M.Cilz Colln., 48.0g: Tempe, Arizona State Univ., 47g: Algonquin, DuPont Colln., 27.4g: Paris, Mus. d\'Hist. Nat., 20g: Houston, E.A.King Colln.,11g: Colorado Springs, Tiara Observatory
Specimen cut and prepared by Marlin Cilz.
SpecimenStatistics listed below:
Class...................... IAB-sHL
Specimenweight … 16.74g
Source .................... Jim Schwade
TheJay Piatek Meteorite Collection is one of thelargest andmostdiverse.Dr. Piatek was quite aggressive in hisprocurementadding manyspecimens to his collection that were felt tobe impossible to acquire. Most were added via institutional exchangesthat required much time and effort.. Most of the specimensthereforeare of museum quality and with excellentprovenance.Over the years Dr. Jay Piatek has acquiredmany main masses. Some of the morerenowned being,NWA7034 \"Black Beauty\", the new Martian basaltic breccia,Milton, Zinder, Jaybird Springs,and many more. He holds manylocations individually. His collectioncurrentlyhouses56 unique pallasite locations for instance. For reference, alarge selection of specimens in the collection can be viewed simplyby searching \"jay piatek meteorite\" in Google Images.
Dr.Piatekhasrecently decided to specialize the collection and reduce many of theearly holdings.This is your chance to obtain a specimenfrom this highlyregarded collection. All sales will come with alaminated JayPiatek Meteorite Collection Card illustratingthemeteorites\'name, class ,specimen weight, total known weight,aswell as the important criteria-provenance which in Dr Piatek\'sopinion should be one of the most importantfactors to considerbefore one purchases a specimen. So purchase from a trusted sourceand pass down a small piece of meteorite history from his collectionto yours.
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