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entropydave · 13 April 2008, 09:23 PM

If you are going to have a meteorite dial then this is the meteorite I would use...a seriously large (relatively!) slice of Martian meteorite weighing in at 1.234 grams.
I love this stuff - there's only 280 grams of this rock on the entire Earth...
It has a mottled green colour punctuated with reddish spots (the same red that makes the planet Mars look red, in fact). Technically this rock is largely orthopyroxene and olivine.
...My new acquisition BTW - as you probably guessed.
You can keep your etched Gibeon slices for dials - I use them as coasters at home - but this stuff is unique!
Sorry, but so-o-o excited about this rock - been trying to think of how it could be used! Seriously though it will not be cut any further as it's too expensive to waste as a watch dial.
But subtle though I think!

Trurolexer · 13 April 2008, 10:46 PM

WOW!!! What A Rock!!! Nice Meteorites!!! Rolex can make a lot of dial with that Meteorites...

entropydave · 14 April 2008, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Trurolexer

WOW!!! What A Rock!!! Nice Meteorites!!! Rolex can make a lot of dial with that Meteorites...

that's just it - they couldn't - there is only 280 grams and I would think that you would find it difficult to cut what is left into a dial -sized piece - it would probably have to be 2 pieces - god knows what they would charge! I don't know if anyone has any idea how much Rolex charge for a regular meteorite dial, but this would be at least a thousand times more expensive per gram to buy, that's for sure.
And yeah, I would love a bathroom lined with this stuff as well as my kitchen!

Remarkable stuff

SPACE-DWELLER · 13 April 2008, 10:52 PM

Great looking rock, Dave!

frostie · 13 April 2008, 11:25 PM

The colour of the meteorite looks interesting

I am trying to imagine how the dial will look like

Lisa · 13 April 2008, 11:29 PM

So you mean I can't have this for my kitchen countertops?

oneillba · 16 April 2008, 08:11 AM

Good one!

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Originally Posted by Lisa

So you mean I can't have this for my kitchen countertops?

Toxicant · 16 April 2008, 09:20 AM

Looks like it would skip pretty well across a pond, I loved skipping stones as a kid.

cmr · 16 April 2008, 10:12 AM

send a piece of it to rolex and tell them to make your dial from it. lol

entropydave · 16 April 2008, 07:50 AM

And this comes from Mars! A piece of Martian rock... only about 30 kgs (all via meteorites) on the whole planet!

This slice is worth the same as a seadweller or a sub... depending on how bad you'd want it!

I reckon you could possibly get a single slice in 1 piece for the dial, but as I don't know what the stone looks like I can't guarantee there being a big enough cross section.
But I reckon it would cost - "retail" $15000 at least ( 10g grams or so in weight price negotiable I would have thought!) - so Rolex would make it VERY expensive!

JostheBoss · 16 April 2008, 07:55 AM

It certainly is exotic, but would need some finishing work. It looks to be quite pouous? But I can see it with say a rose gold daytona!!

Bobareno · 16 April 2008, 07:57 AM

Nice rock!

pol · 16 April 2008, 10:17 AM

Thats a pretty remarkable rock...certainly a nice acquisition!

marshallr47 · 16 April 2008, 10:23 AM

Cool pics. Nice acquisition and yes it would look amazing as a dial.

bewithabob · 19 April 2008, 04:56 PM

Yummy METEORITE!

vukotab · 19 April 2008, 07:02 PM

That rock just

ThreeBlindMice · 19 April 2008, 08:40 PM

It look to me like sliced pate.

It might be very rare but not for a watch. It is too awful for a watch face design.

entropydave · 20 April 2008, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ThreeBlindMice

It look to me like sliced pate.

It might be very rare but not for a watch. It is too awful for a watch face design.

You've a point there! I think the meteorite scientific community would be really pi$$ed if this material was used in such a way - they are very very reluctant for even collectors to have it - if it was down to them, ALL meteorites - common (like Gibeon) or rare (like Martian and the Lunars) would never see light of day and only be used for research. And actually, in truth, I too would not want to see this material EVER used in something as trivial as a watch dial. Maybe for a 1-off for the first persons to return frm a trip to Mars maybe, only maybe...

It is a dark green colour - the red spot you see on one of the pics is a x16 photomicrograph of one of the olivines that was originally weathered on the Martian surface (ie the reason why Mars is red in fact)and the blackish rim is caused by the action of the heat of the basalt outflow sweeping across the Martian surface when the meteoritic parent rock was first formed on surface of Mars by either an ancient volcano or impact melt from an asteroid strike onto the surface of the planet.

timackerman · 20 April 2008, 02:22 PM

Wow, that is quite the treasure you have there

stevemulholland3 · 20 April 2008, 10:30 PM

is it magnetic?I have heard that meteorites become magnetized when they fall thru our atmosphere,can you confirm?
thanks

entropydave · 20 April 2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by stevemulholland3

is it magnetic?I have heard that meteorites become magnetized when they fall thru our atmosphere,can you confirm?
thanks

Now that's a myth I haven't heard before! Nope it is not magnetic, nor would I expect this type of meteorite to be so -it is an achondrite, and is then, by definition, the product of a differentiated planet/planetismal and will have no free metallic iron in it like a chondrite would (once an asteroid gets about 500km across, gravity starts to turn the asteroid from a potato-odd shaped lump into a sphere and "layers" like an onion start to form with iron at the centre due the effects of heating (Compressive adiabatic heating) and radiaoactive decay mainly from Al26). Gravity drags the molten iron to the centre which is why we have a molten iron core on earth.

And no, meteorites do NOT get magnetised (not measurably anyway) as they go thru the atmosphere nor are they "burning hot" when they land! in fact the opposite - they are freezing cold in fact and often frost will form on a fractured surface.

Ooops sorry!

cmr · 21 April 2008, 12:09 AM

that was a very informative post!

MrClean · 21 April 2008, 05:30 AM

the rareity of it, invites me to ask, how does someone secure a piece of a meteroite when the scientific community is apparently so protective of the stuff

did a private individual find it, have it identified and then put up for sale?

just curious

seantk · 22 April 2008, 02:39 AM

Nice - whatever Rocks your Dial

Sean

entropydave · 21 April 2008, 01:26 AM

Yeah but totally

and for that I do apologise!!

Jimbits76 · 21 April 2008, 02:36 AM

I want a moon rock dial.

Get me some of that moon green cheese and I'll be there.

A true moonwatch!!!!!

J

entropydave · 21 April 2008, 03:33 AM

Lunar material is available too! And in a variety of colours form light gray to quite dark!

toph · 21 April 2008, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by entropydave

Lunar material is available too! And in a variety of colours form light gray to quite dark!

Is it rhodium plated?

That would be an amazing dial though.

Chris B · 21 April 2008, 05:02 AM

Thats amazing Dave, always find your posts so interesting

Chris B · 21 April 2008, 05:02 AM

That's amazing Dave, always find your posts so interesting

13 April 2008, 09:23 PM	#1
entropydave "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Dave Location: Huntington, IN Posts: 680	Now THIS is what I want a dial made of... If you are going to have a meteorite dial then this is the meteorite I would use...a seriously large (relatively!) slice of Martian meteorite weighing in at 1.234 grams. I love this stuff - there's only 280 grams of this rock on the entire Earth... It has a mottled green colour punctuated with reddish spots (the same red that makes the planet Mars look red, in fact). Technically this rock is largely orthopyroxene and olivine. ...My new acquisition BTW - as you probably guessed. You can keep your etched Gibeon slices for dials - I use them as coasters at home - but this stuff is unique! Sorry, but so-o-o excited about this rock - been trying to think of how it could be used! Seriously though it will not be cut any further as it's too expensive to waste as a watch dial. But subtle though I think! Attached Images

13 April 2008, 10:52 PM	#4
SPACE-DWELLER "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Real Name: Bo Location: Denmark Watch: Rolex, of course! Posts: 22,436	Great looking rock, Dave! __________________ With kind regards, Bo LocTite 221: The Taming Of The Screw...

13 April 2008, 11:25 PM	#5
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16 April 2008, 10:12 AM	#9
cmr "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Real Name: marcus Location: us, oklahoma Posts: 1,646	send a piece of it to rolex and tell them to make your dial from it. lol __________________ cmr OA-Black dial SS Daytona, V-White dial SS Daytona, Z-GMT2C Wife, Z-Platinum Yacht Master, Black ceramic White dial SS Daytona,

16 April 2008, 07:55 AM	#11
JostheBoss "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Real Name: Jos Location: South Africa Watch: SS GMT IIc Posts: 741	It certainly is exotic, but would need some finishing work. It looks to be quite pouous? But I can see it with say a rose gold daytona!! __________________ Life isn't what it is...it's what it looks like

13 April 2008, 10:46 PM	#2
Trurolexer Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA Watch: 5513MaxiI+PreComex Posts: 18,421	WOW!!! What A Rock!!! Nice Meteorites!!! Rolex can make a lot of dial with that Meteorites...

13 April 2008, 11:29 PM	#6
Lisa "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oklahoma city Posts: 15,741	So you mean I can't have this for my kitchen countertops?

16 April 2008, 09:20 AM	#8
Toxicant "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Real Name: Ron Location: Maine, USA Posts: 374	Looks like it would skip pretty well across a pond, I loved skipping stones as a kid.

16 April 2008, 07:50 AM	#10
entropydave "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Dave Location: Huntington, IN Posts: 680	And this comes from Mars! A piece of Martian rock... only about 30 kgs (all via meteorites) on the whole planet! This slice is worth the same as a seadweller or a sub... depending on how bad you'd want it! I reckon you could possibly get a single slice in 1 piece for the dial, but as I don't know what the stone looks like I can't guarantee there being a big enough cross section. But I reckon it would cost - "retail" $15000 at least ( 10g grams or so in weight price negotiable I would have thought!) - so Rolex would make it VERY expensive!

16 April 2008, 07:57 AM	#12
Bobareno Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Phoenix Posts: 739	Nice rock!

16 April 2008, 10:17 AM	#13
pol "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2007 Real Name: Joe Location: Missouri, USA Watch: YG Day-Date/SS Sub Posts: 273	Thats a pretty remarkable rock...certainly a nice acquisition! __________________ Rolex...the only way to go...

16 April 2008, 10:23 AM	#14
marshallr47 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Real Name: Ron Location: Alabama Watch: Daytona,TT Sub,GMT Posts: 4,673	Cool pics. Nice acquisition and yes it would look amazing as a dial. __________________ Ron

19 April 2008, 04:56 PM	#15
bewithabob "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Real Name: Bob Location: Dallas, Texas Watch: Daytona Meteorite Posts: 3,417	Yummy METEORITE! __________________ meteor flying to Earth onto my wrist... 116509 Daytona Meteorite, 116520 Daytona Black, 116710 GMTIIC, 16013 DATEJUST, CARTIER SANTOS 100 W20090X8, IWC Big Pilot, IWC Top Gun "Everything works out in the end. If it hasn't worked out, it's not the end."

19 April 2008, 07:02 PM	#16
vukotab "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Real Name: Vukota Brajovi Location: Belgrade,Serbia Watch: ing movies! Posts: 3,812	That rock just __________________ My fashion blog and Instagram: https://stylebyvukota.com/ https://instagram.com/vukotabrajovic/

19 April 2008, 08:40 PM	#17
ThreeBlindMice "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Paris / U.K Posts: 12	It look to me like sliced pate. It might be very rare but not for a watch. It is too awful for a watch face design.

20 April 2008, 02:22 PM	#19
timackerman "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Real Name: Tim Location: Calgary Posts: 1,117	Wow, that is quite the treasure you have there __________________ Daytona 116520

20 April 2008, 10:30 PM	#20
stevemulholland3 Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: steven Location: tampa bay Watch: 1680 18k sub Posts: 6,672	is it magnetic?I have heard that meteorites become magnetized when they fall thru our atmosphere,can you confirm? thanks

21 April 2008, 12:09 AM	#22
cmr "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Real Name: marcus Location: us, oklahoma Posts: 1,646	that was a very informative post! __________________ cmr OA-Black dial SS Daytona, V-White dial SS Daytona, Z-GMT2C Wife, Z-Platinum Yacht Master, Black ceramic White dial SS Daytona,

21 April 2008, 05:30 AM	#23
MrClean Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Real Name: Larry Location: Virginia Watch: tudor 7928 Posts: 200	while i like it, i'll agree with threeblindmice, but the rareity of it, invites me to ask, how does someone secure a piece of a meteroite when the scientific community is apparently so protective of the stuff did a private individual find it, have it identified and then put up for sale? just curious

22 April 2008, 02:39 AM	#24
seantk "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: Sean Location: West Florida Posts: 2,671	Nice - whatever Rocks your Dial Sean __________________ "Life is frittered away with detail... simplify, simplify!" Henry D. Thoreau

21 April 2008, 01:26 AM	#25
entropydave "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Dave Location: Huntington, IN Posts: 680	Yeah but totally and for that I do apologise!!

21 April 2008, 02:36 AM	#26
Jimbits76 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Posts: 9,407	I want a moon rock dial. Get me some of that moon green cheese and I'll be there. A true moonwatch!!!!! J

21 April 2008, 03:33 AM	#27
entropydave "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Dave Location: Huntington, IN Posts: 680	Lunar material is available too! And in a variety of colours form light gray to quite dark!

21 April 2008, 05:02 AM	#29
Chris B "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Peterborough Posts: 9,631	Thats amazing Dave, always find your posts so interesting

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