[meteorite-list] AD: Weekly Rare Material Plus Planetary Bonuses

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:37 2004
Message-ID: <00eb01c33089$7fed0b40$17c643d8_at_malcolm>

I think they are among the most interesting posts to grace the list! Sorry
to who ever it is that does not like them!
Thanks, Tom
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_attbi.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 7:13 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: Weekly Rare Material Plus Planetary Bonuses


> Dear List Members,
>
> Thank you, once again, for affording us the opportunity to present weekly
> rare material specials. A disgruntled dealer contacted us and asked us
when
> we were going to stop running these specials because he found them
> irritating and monopolistic. This is the only complaint we have received.
> We received numerous other emails (19 count) thanking us for presenting
rare
> meteorites on a weekly basis, even by a well respected scientist in which
we
> made material available free of charge for study purposes. One collector
> expressed that he could not afford a specimen and we sent him a small
> specimen for free because we believed him. We have done this a few times
in
> the past and we are sure that more than a few List members can vouch for
> this. It is not a matter of making money for us. It is about paying
> several thousand dollars each month in lab and preparation costs. Many
> collectors, dealers and scientists are looking for new things to add to
> their ever-growing collections and what better way to let them know?
>
> Now that we got that out of the way, we would like to introduce this weeks
> special, NWA 1650. NWA 1650 is a Polymict Eucrite Breccia. What makes
this
> one different from NWA 1109 and pairings is that it is much fresher, is
> finer grained, is less friable and contains orthopyroxene clasts (a few
more
> percent and it would have been classed as a Howardite). What we are
> offering this week is all that we have because only one stone weighing 39
> grams is all that was found.
>
> Now, to the meat of this post, we are offering ten different mostly
> good-sized planetary meteorite specimens, all starting at 99 cents. Some
of
> these specimens are worth thousands at current retail prices. We are
> offering NWA 032, NWA 482, NWA 998, NWA 1110, NWA 1195, DAG 476, DHO 081,
> DHO 303, SAU 005 and a yet to be announced New Lunar. To see these
> fantastic specimens check the eBay link below:
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> http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meteoritelab/
>
> Stay tuned next week because we just found out we have a possible history
> making classification coming up.
>
> Wishing everybody the very best, even the disgruntled dealer : ),
>
> Adam and Greg Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
> IMCA 2185
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Received on Wed 11 Jun 2003 10:22:38 PM PDT