[meteorite-list] RE: Confessions of a Lunatic

From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:45 2004
Message-ID: <00de01c32485$08a22440$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com>

Hello Norbert and List,

You are much too modest Norbert about your success in the field. We traded
earlier with Norbert because we wanted a complete uncut lunar meteorite in
our collection. It is a very beautiful example and we are extremely pleased
with the transaction. Not wanting to wait for papers we scanned a small
ground corner in the microprobe and are pleased to report all the ratios are
lunar. We will be happy to endorse that these are definitely lunar, not
that we had any doubt to begin with. All of our transactions with Norbert
have always been handled very professionally.

All the best,

Adam and Greg Hupe
IMCA 2185



----- Original Message -----
From: "Norbert Classen" <trifid_at_timewarp.de>
To: <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de>; <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: Confessions of a Lunatic


> Hello Bernd and List,
>
> First, I'd like to thank you all for the congratulations on my
> article that I received on and off list. It's been a real pleasure
> to write this piece for Joel's great magazine, and I hope that
> I didn't went too far in spreading my enthusiasm for lunar rocks,
> and other planetary meteorites ;)
>
> As to my listing of lunar meteorites Bernd asked:
>
> > There is a listing of lunar meteorites on page 13. Two Japanese
> > Antarctic lunaites and one NWA are described as "LUN G": Yamato
> > 793169, Asuka 881757, and NWA 773.
> >
> > What does the "G" stand for? Yamato 793169 is basaltic, NWA 773
> > is described as a "cumulate olivine norite regolith breccia".
> > Asuka 881757, on the other hand, is described as showing
> > "... an extraordinarily coarse-grained GABBROIC structure..."
> >
> > Does the "G" stand for "gabbroic" and, if so, who classified
> > the other two lunaites as "LUN-G"?
>
> Of course, you're perfectly right: LUN-A stands for anorthosites,
> LUN-B for basalts, and LUN-G for gabbros. To tell you the truth,
> I'm not fully aware of who classified the two Antarctic lunaites,
> Yamato 793169, and Asuka 881757 as gabbros, but that's what I
> found them listed in Monica Grady's fifth edition of The Catalogue
> of Meteorites. For the gabbroic classification of NWA 773, please
> visit Randy Korotev's website, and see his article on this unique
> lunar rock, explaining why NWA 773 should be classified as an
> olivine gabbro:
>
> http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/meteorites/nwa773.html
>
> Last, but not least, let me confess one more thing - I've been
> to the deserts of the Arabian peninsula, earlier this year, and
> I re-visited the known lunar strewnfields with some sucess.
> Together with my field partner I recovered some additional
> lunar rocks that are currently under publication! The
> classification has already been done, but we don't have an
> official name, right now, and so I don't want to say too much.
> The work on these lunar rocks continues, and it should be the
> primary right of the lab to publish the first data. Anyway,
> if you're interested in a nice slice of a new lunar at most
> favourable pre-sale prices - just contact me off-list, and
> I'll come back to you, asap. Trades for other planetary
> meteorites, and achondrites that are still missing in my
> collection are most welcome, too.
>
> Again, thanks for your interest. May Sister Moon shine on you
> all ;))
>
> All the best,
> Norbert
>
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Received on Tue 27 May 2003 03:20:28 PM PDT