[meteorite-list] Angrite NWA 4590 auctions have ended now, ...

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 18 Apr 2007 19:44:20 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000C2000019C0_at_paulinet.de>

.. and I am glad I did not "jump on the lower opening price" so that the
piece that was my "perfect size" has not been "lost to another bidder!"

I received mine (1.024 grams) today. It sports patches of shiny, glossy fusion
crust today and it is a pleasure to hold and a feast for the eyes to behold!

Will have to wait for the weekend before I find some time to read the Lunar
and Planetary abstract on NWA 4590 and look at this little gem under my
stereo microscope. Wish I had a thin section of this gorgeous plutonic angrite.

The mottled appearance of the NWA 4590 crystals in cross-polarized light resembles
that of the NWA 3151 brachinite but the crystals are substantially larger in this *plutonic*
angrite and there is much more plagioclase (almost pure anorthite):

http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4590/nwa4590xpl.jpg

Best wishes,
Angritically,

Bernd
Received on Wed 18 Apr 2007 03:44:20 PM PDT