[meteorite-list] Ad - Weekly Rare Material Special

From: Karin Hughes <x377835_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 18 14:48:18 2004
Message-ID: <BAY15-F4525144679A7D230DF491BAC20_at_phx.gbl>

I guess things have been too civil here lately. Let the BULLSHIT fly.

This remark to Adam's post was uncalled for. Let individual collectors
decide for themselves, please

K

>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 02:47:09 PM PST