[meteorite-list] Ad -Rare Weekly Material Special

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:47 2004
Message-ID: <111220030454.7528.6d2a_at_att.net>

Just to confirm that a suspicious name like Phlogopite has been confirmed to
NOT be another name for "snake oil"...I looked it up and it(phlogoplite) is a
name for a rare iron poor mica (a mineral).

A mica rich meteorite? Does this give the possibility that water might have
been involved in the formation/transformation of this rock? Maybe not...just
curious. I thought micas were sometimes caused/triggered by water intrusion
into a magma?

John

> Dear List Members,
>
> This weeks rare material special is NWA 1235, a strange ungrouped
> Phlogopite-bearing Enstatite achondrite.
>
> It is classified as an ungrouped Phlogopite-bearing Enstatite Achondrite, in
> other words a unique one-of-a-kind meteorite with a Total Known Weight (TKW)
> of only 80 grams. We were lucky to get a few grams of this material in
> trade for some planetary specimens so it was not an inexpensive acquisition.
> We are keeping the largest piece for our collection and are offering the
> rest. This meteorite is even odder than NWA 011, which garnered a lot of
> press in the last couple years after speculation it may have originated from
> the planet Mercury. Just like NWA 011 the parent body is unknown. It will
> be interesting to see where the O-isotopes place it. We were told the
> finder is keeping the rest in his collection so very little will be
> available so now may be the time to bid. We are starting all of the NWA
> 1235 specimens out at just .99 and will let the market decide their value.
>
> In this weeks auction we are also introducing nine never before offered
> meteorites. To see these just look for "NEW" in the title and to see this
> week's special look at "NWA1235". Link to eBay auctions below:
>
> Action Link:
> http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meteoritelab/
>
> Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck.
>
> All the best,
>
> Adam and Greg Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
> IMCA 2185
>
>
>
>
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Received on Tue 11 Nov 2003 11:54:20 PM PST