[meteorite-list] Dean's NWA 4755 Diogenite

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 31 Aug 2007 16:37:04 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000B300001DED_at_paulinet.de>

Dean wrote:

Here is my (Recycled but reduced price) Diogenite site:

http://www.meteoriteshop.com/metsale/diogenite.html

This will all get updated on my website next week but
a 20% discount on anything of interest this weekend.


Hello List,

I presently have 9 different diogenites in my collection (Bilanga, Johnstown,
NWA 1459, NWA 2286, NWA 3143, NWA 4302, NWA 4473, Shalka, and, Tatahouine),
so I thought I might add a piece of Dean's NWA 4755 diogenite if the price
is right. And, with a discount of 20%, I'd say that ca. $17/g is definitely
a very good price. It looks like NWA 4755 may be paired with NWA 3143. I paid
ca. $50 per gram for my 2.1 grams of that diogenite. What shall I say: I couldn't
resist and purchased an 18.3-gram, regmaglypted, partially crusted (glossy, veiny
crust!) piece of that NWA beauty! Close to the area where the fusion crust is intact,
there is an area where the fusion crust has spalled off, and right there you can see
beautiful hypersthene (orthopyroxene) crystals meeting in triple junction (120?).
Furthermore, it looks like the two cut interior faces reveal the telltale cracks
along a large pyroxene crystal but this may be an optical illusion.

Thank you, Dean, for this one! I can hardly wait to welcome and ogle it!
 
Anyone interested in acquiring a beautiful diogenite for their collection
at a very fair price, don't miss out on this one. There are still a few very
nice pieces at very affordable prices!

Diogenitically
Yours,

Bernd
Received on Fri 31 Aug 2007 12:37:04 PM PDT