[meteorite-list] Ad - Weekly Rare Material
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:40 2004 Message-ID: <02fa01c3360e$7dfd4c20$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02F7_01C335D3.D1647860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Howard and List, I believe we snapped a few pictures right after the first cut when we = realized we were not dealing with an ordinary meteorite. It was not very = exciting looking on the outside displaying only about 25% crust. Now = that it has been cleaned the intact portion of crust is pretty = interesting. I will take some images of the main mass and see if I can = point out some areas of interest in a few days. =20 All the best, Adam ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Howard Wu=20 To: Adam Hupe ; meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - Weekly Rare Material Adam and Greg, Wonderful looking pictures on ebay. Do you have a picture available = for us of the original mass? Howard Wu Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_attbi.com> wrote: Dear List Members, Thank you for a fun auction tonight. A lot of buyers picked up some = pretty nice planetary specimens at bargain basement prices. I wish we could = have these kind of auctions more often but they are too costly for us. As most of you already know this weeks rare material is NWA 1877 (provisional), a so-called "Olivine Diogenite". It is the most = olivine-rich yet found. NWA 1459 still holds the record for being the most Iron = and Chromite-rich. I believe NWA 1459 is also the freshest even though = there is some staining to the olivine crystals. NWA 1877 has some of the = biggest crystals I have seen meaning preparation was a very serious = undertaking. The problem with these giant crystals is that they have cleavage = planes meaning they are susceptible to breakage or worse yet plucking = during preparation. We consulted a scientists and he told us to use an = optically correct penetrant which worked very well keeping this material = together during prep. Then all these pieces were diamond lapped to 3500. The = end product is nice looking material that resists breakage and = deterioration. We are starting these out at less than a tenth of what NWA 1459 = trades for. We are doing this for the next week only. The reason for the much = lower price is that we have more weight to work with, we were able to = acquire it a much lower price and we do not need to pay bonuses to our partners = on this specimen. Even though this is the rarest class in private hands we = felt a lower introduction price would get this material into more = collections thus generating more interest. It seems to have worked as three of the = eighteen specimens have already sold before I could finish this announcement. Here is a link to our eBay auctions: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meteoritelab/ Wishing everybody the best, Adam Hupe IMCA 2185 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! = Messenger ------=_NextPart_000_02F7_01C335D3.D1647860 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>Hi Howard and List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I believe we snapped a few pictures = right after the=20 first cut when we realized we were not dealing with an ordinary=20 meteorite. It was not very exciting looking on the outside=20 displaying only about 25% crust. Now that it has been = cleaned the=20 intact portion of crust is pretty interesting. I will take some = images of=20 the main mass and see if I can point out some areas of interest in a few = days. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All the best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Adam</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:freewu2000_at_yahoo.com" = title=3Dfreewu2000_at_yahoo.com>Howard Wu</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href=3D"mailto:adamhupe_at_attbi.com"=20 title=3Dadamhupe_at_attbi.com>Adam Hupe</A> ; <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> Wednesday, June 18, 2003 = 7:37=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = Ad - Weekly=20 Rare Material</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Adam and Greg,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wonderful looking pictures on ebay. Do you have a picture = available for=20 us of the original mass?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Howard Wu<BR><BR><B><I>Adam Hupe <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:adamhupe_at_attbi.com">adamhupe@attbi.com</A>></I></B>=20 wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dear=20 List Members,<BR><BR>Thank you for a fun auction tonight. A lot of = buyers=20 picked up some pretty<BR>nice planetary specimens at bargain = basement=20 prices. I wish we could have<BR>these kind of auctions more often = but they=20 are too costly for us.<BR><BR>As most of you already know this weeks = rare=20 material is NWA 1877<BR>(provisional), a so-called "Olivine = Diogenite". It=20 is the most olivine-rich<BR>yet found. NWA 1459 still holds the = record for=20 being the most Iron and<BR>Chromite-rich. I believe NWA 1459 is also = the=20 freshest even though there is<BR>some staining to the olivine = crystals. NWA=20 1877 has some of the biggest<BR>crystals I have seen meaning = preparation was=20 a very serious undertaking.<BR>The problem with these giant crystals = is that=20 they have cleavage planes<BR>meaning they are susceptible to = breakage or=20 worse yet plucking during<BR>preparation. We consulted a scientists = and he=20 told us to use an optically<BR>correct penetrant which worked very = well=20 keeping this material together<BR>during prep. Then all these pieces = were=20 diamond lapped to 3500. The end<BR>product is nice looking material = that=20 resists breakage and deterioration.<BR><BR>We are starting these out = at less=20 than a tenth of what NWA 1459 trades for.<BR>We are doing this for = the next=20 week only. The reason for the much lower<BR>price is that we have = more=20 weight to work with, we were able to acquire it a<BR>much lower = price and we=20 do not need to pay bonuses to our partners on this<BR>specimen. Even = though=20 this is the rarest class in private hands we felt a<BR>lower = introduction=20 price would get this material into more collections = thus<BR>generating more=20 interest. It seems to have worked as three of the = eighteen<BR>specimens have=20 already sold before I could finish this announcement.<BR><BR>Here is = a link=20 to our eBay=20 = auctions:<BR><BR>http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meteoritelab/<BR><BR>Wis= hing=20 everybody the best,<BR><BR>Adam Hupe<BR>IMCA=20 = 2185<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_________________________________________= _____<BR>Meteorite-list=20 mailing=20 = list<BR>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pairlist.net/ma= ilman/listinfo/meteorite-list</BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR SIZE=3D1> <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Want to chat instantly with your online=20 friends? <A=20 = href=3D"http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_messenger/*http://uk.messenge= r.yahoo.com/"><B>Get=20 the FREE Yahoo! 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