[meteorite-list] Ad -Rare Weekly Material Special

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:47 2004
Message-ID: <3FB1C20A.8090408_at_fascination.com>

Dear All;
I have at auction a "RARE WYOMINGITE 11.5LBS" that has a realtively
concise (well for a rock hound that never heard of phlogophite micas
anyway) description of Wyomingite, a rare mantle derived rock type.
 Diamonds are found in AUS. from this rock type. If you are bored, the
pictures give you a glimpse of what a phlogophite would look like if I
had better pictures. The article is from our state precious stones and
metals geologist, W. Dan Hausel, my friend.
Best,
Dave Freeman
IMCA # 3864
eBay user ID mjwy with auctions running.

j.divelbiss_at_att.net wrote:

>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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