[meteorite-list] Ad -Rare Weekly Material Special

From: David Weir <dgweir_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:47 2004
Message-ID: <3FB28F7E.F7681693_at_earthlink.net>

Hello Adam and List,

NWA 1235 caught my interest earlier this year when I read the abstract
you referenced. With help from a friend I was able to acquire a small
specimen and construct a webpage based on information from this
abstract. BTW, contrary to the statement in this abstract that only NWA
1235 and Y-82189 have been found to contain phlogopite, it was reported
that the CV3 chondrite Grosnaja contains sodium phlogopite as mentioned
on my website:

"The Bali-like mineralogy of Grosnaja includes the phyllosilicates
saponite and sodium phlogopite replacing Ca-rich minerals in chondrules
and CAIs."

I look forward to further research results on NWA 1235.

Sorry about the difficulty in linking to my page. It was only after the
5th case (that I am aware of) of somebody using my texts verbatim on
their commercial website (making it a violation of the Digital Millenium
Copyright Act) that I was compelled to install an HTML protector
program. This is more trouble for me to use, but gives me some degree of
satisfaction knowing that these vultures (as you so succinctly put it)
will now have to type out the texts by hand to steal them. The page URL
still appears in the address bar and you'll notice that the previous
page name is now simply preceeded by "protected_". I've always given
permission to use my compiled texts when asked, only requesting that a
credit to meteoritestudies.com be given on the page. In the future, if
anyone on the List wants to use my texts, just ask and I'll provide a
usable copy.

David

Adam Hupe wrote:
>
> Dear John and List,
>
> Good questions because I personally thought that mica has never been found
> in a meteorite. I will ask scientists more questions regarding this very
> odd meteorite. David Weir's site has a discussion regarding NWA 1235 but I
> cannot provide a link because he had to protect his site from vultures who
> were using his material on their own web sites. Here is a scientific
> abstract describing this stone:
>
> Here is a link describing this enigmatic meteorite:
> http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/publication/lorenzlpsc03-e.pdf
>
> All the best,
>
> Adam
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <j.divelbiss_at_att.net>
> To: "Adam Hupe" <adamhupe_at_comcast.net>
> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 8:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad -Rare Weekly Material Special
>
> > 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
> > >
Received on Wed 12 Nov 2003 02:52:30 PM PST