[meteorite-list] Ad - Weekly Rare Material Special

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 18 14:44:45 2004
Message-ID: <017601c4cda7$123915a0$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Come on Adam, can't you take a little prodding? It was meant in fun. I don't
have time to call Ted to ask about L4 chondrites.
Mike.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net>
To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - Weekly Rare Material Special


> 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.
>> >
>> >
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>> >
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>> > 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 02:44:48 PM PST