[meteorite-list] Mystery Meteorite Contest II
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:27 2004 Message-ID: <002e01c2d4a3$0d29dbc0$ba06e70c_at_attbi.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C2D45F.FEC37840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear List Members, One final note on this contest. It has come to my attention in a few = emails by other List members that Martin Horejsi listed all three as = eucrites. He is the only entrant who named all three as eucrites. The = other winning entry was picked because a correct subclassification was = picked for number three first. No correct subclassification was picked = for number one so the closest guesses were drawn from a hat. Martin deserves acknowledgment for his keen observation skills. I = believe he must have developed these skills by examining and = photographing thousands of meteorites. Overall he was the closest to = getting all three correct. Since subclassifications were submitted by = several entrants we thought that it would be fair to use these in the = final determination of winners. We will have another contest soon and = hope it is a little bit less confusing than this one. Wishing everybody the best, Adam and Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection IMCA 2185 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Adam Hupe=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Meteorite Contest II Dear List Members and contest participants, First of all, I would like to thank everybody for their patience. The = classifications were supposed to be announced in Tucson. This was = overlooked at the very successful Blood auction because of the hectic = pace. Michael did not get out of there until after 1:00 am and did a = remarkable job of managing hundreds of details. =20 This contest was designed to test visual identification skills. = Nobody guessed all three correctly but we will still award all of the = specimens to different entrants. The reason I used the word "guess" is = because that is all one can do in the field. I was wrong myself on the = first two so do not feel bad if you did not get the answers correct. = This exercise demonstrates the importance of laboratory confirmation. I = have seen several people make pairing decisions on appearance alone. = This is not a good practice because several rarities can be overlooked. = We would have missed a rare polymict diogenite if we did not insist that = every achondritic stone be tested. Without further delay here are the classifications and winners: 1) NWA 1646 Cumulate Eucrite Breccia This was the most confusing of the lot with guesses ranging from = Lunar to Mercury. Nobody guessed this one correctly so we drew a name from a hat.=20 Congratulations to Mark Fox =20 2) NWA 1647 Shocked Basaltic Eucrite (monomict) Most people guessed an Aubrite which was my first impression, as = well. Congratulations to Martin Horejsi who was the first to guess this = one. =20 3) NWA 1650 Polymict Eucrite Breccia This one had the most correct responses. A lot of entrants = guessed a Howardite. Congratulations to Mike Tettenborn who was the first to get this = one correct.=20 This shows the diversity of Eucrites which can range greatly in = appearance. None of these samples look even remotely alike, yet they = all fall into the Eucrite class. With close to 40 entrants this was a = fun contest. We were impressed with the number of List Members willing = to step up to the plate and compete in a very difficult contest. We = hope this was educational and justified the bandwidth taken from = Meteorite Central. If you are a winner please send us an email with your mailing address = so that we can distribute these specimens. =20 Wishing everybody the very best, Adam and Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection IMCA 2185 ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C2D45F.FEC37840 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear List Members,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One final note on this contest. = It has come=20 to my attention in a few emails by other List members that Martin = Horejsi listed=20 all three as eucrites. He is the only entrant who named all three = as=20 eucrites. The other winning entry was picked because a correct=20 subclassification was picked for number three first. No correct=20 subclassification was picked for number one so the closest guesses were = drawn=20 from a hat.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Martin deserves acknowledgment for his = keen=20 observation skills. I believe he must have developed these skills = by=20 examining and photographing thousands of meteorites. Overall he = was the=20 closest to getting all three correct. Since = subclassifications were=20 submitted by several entrants we thought that it would be fair to use = these in=20 the final determination of winners. We will have another = contest soon=20 and hope it is a little bit less confusing than this one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wishing everybody the = best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Adam and Greg Hupe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Hupe Collection</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>IMCA 2185</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:adamhupe_at_attbi.com" title=3Dadamhupe@attbi.com>Adam = Hupe</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"=20 = title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>meteorite-list@meteoritecentr= al.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 14, 2003 = 12:21=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = Mystery=20 Meteorite Contest II</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear List Members and contest=20 participants,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>First of all, I would like to thank = everybody for=20 their patience. The classifications were supposed to be = announced in=20 Tucson. This was overlooked at the very successful Blood auction = because=20 of the hectic pace. Michael did not get out of there until after = 1:00 am=20 and did a remarkable job of managing hundreds of details.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This contest was designed to = test visual=20 identification skills. Nobody guessed all three correctly but we = will=20 still award all of the specimens to different entrants. The = reason I=20 used the word "guess" is because that is all one can do in the = field. I=20 was wrong myself on the first two so do not feel bad if you did not = get the=20 answers correct. This exercise demonstrates the importance of = laboratory=20 confirmation. I have seen several people make pairing decisions = on=20 appearance alone. This is not a good practice because several = rarities=20 can be overlooked. We would have missed a rare polymict = diogenite if we=20 did not insist that every achondritic stone be tested.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Without further delay here are the=20 classifications and winners:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1) NWA 1646 Cumulate Eucrite = Breccia</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> This was the most = confusing of=20 the lot with guesses ranging from Lunar to Mercury.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Nobody guessed = this one=20 correctly so we drew a name from a hat. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Congratulations to = Mark=20 Fox</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2) NWA 1647 Shocked Basaltic Eucrite=20 (monomict)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Most people = guessed an=20 Aubrite which was my first impression, as well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Congratulations to = Martin=20 Horejsi who was the first to guess this one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3) NWA 1650 Polymict Eucrite = Breccia</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> This = one had the=20 most correct responses. A lot of entrants guessed a=20 Howardite.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Congratulations to = Mike=20 Tettenborn who was the first to get this one = correct. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This shows the diversity of Eucrites = which can=20 range greatly in appearance. None of these samples look even = remotely=20 alike, yet they all fall into the Eucrite class. With = close to 40=20 entrants this was a fun contest. We were impressed with the = number=20 of List Members willing to step up to the plate and compete in a = very=20 difficult contest. We hope this was educational and = justified the=20 bandwidth taken from Meteorite Central.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you are a winner please send us an = email with=20 your mailing address so that we can distribute these = specimens.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wishing everybody the very = best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Adam and Greg Hupe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Hupe Collection</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>IMCA 2185</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C2D45F.FEC37840-- Received on Fri 14 Feb 2003 10:33:48 PM PST |
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