[meteorite-list] Ad - Weekly Rare Material Special

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 18 14:41:37 2004
Message-ID: <00a101c4cda5$1d2e7ba0$6401a8c0_at_c1720188a>

Mike,

Talk to Dr. Bunch who claimed this meteorite has the most extreme range he
has seen in a regolith breccia. After talking to NAU please report to the
List your findings.

Regards,

------------------------------------
Adam Hupe
The Hupe Collection
Team LunarRock
IMCA 2185
raremeteorites_at_comcast.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - Weekly Rare Material Special


> Adam, not to be a pain, but there is absolutely nothing rare or important
> about an L4 S2-4 W1 meteorite. I have piles of common chondrites sitting
in
> my garage. So why the "hupelah" about this one:)
> Michael Farmer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:46 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Ad - Weekly Rare Material Special
>
>
> > Dear List Members,
> >
> > This weeks special is NWA2127, a very rare and almost unheard of L4,
S2-4,
> > W1 Regolith Breccia Chondrite found in Northwest Africa 2004. When we
> > first
> > looked at this meteorite we thought we were looking at an achondrite.
We
> > took a second slice and saw what appeared to be a chondrule in the
middle
> > of
> > an achondrite-type matrix. Our curiosities were peeked prompting us to
> > send
> > out a type specimen for priority study. NAU, a NomCom approved
facility,
> > reported back that we had a regolith from a chondrite parent body with
the
> > widest range of differing clasts ever observed in a single sample. It
was
> > classified as an L4 because the majority of the observed chondrules fell
> > into this range. A more accurate classification might be L4-6, S2-5, W1
> > because these are the ranges found. A total known weight of only 45.2
> > grams
> > is officially recorded for this very fascinating and scientifically
> > important find so there is very little to go around. We arranged to
have
> > the finders look for more but unfortunately no more was found.
> >
> > To see NWA 2127 please click on the link below and go to "Go see all
> > current
> > items for sale by this member." The weekly rare material specials are
> > always listed last so you will have to go to the bottom of the list.
> >
> >
http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=meteoritelab
> >
> > Be sure to check out our other auctions because true bargains can always
> > be
> > found on our ebay auctions. There are never reserves and most items are
> > started out at just 99 cents.
> >
> > Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck.
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > Adam and Greg Hupe
> > The Hupe Collection
> > Team LunarRock
> > IMCA 2185
> > raremeteorites_at_comcast.net
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Thu 18 Nov 2004 02:29:40 PM PST