[meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:09:04 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <889101.97273.qm_at_web53206.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Greg and List,
   Please disregard my previous post. Greg explains
now why NWA2828 is Very Rare. Thank you Greg for
clearing up the issue. Best Regards, Dirk...Tokyo


--- Greg Hupe <gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi Dirk and List,
>
> Ah, I see I didn't make the change to these older
> unsold lots when I
> re-loaded them earlier this morning. If you look at
> one of the last
> paragraphs, I had made this change ready for the
> start of next week's
> auctions:
>
>
> "Oxygen isotope results were obtained at the
> Carnegie Institution in
> Washington D.C. Further studies are underway on NWA
> 2828 including bulk rock
> chemical analysis at the University of Cologne, and
> attempted measurement of
> terrestrial age using carbon isotopes at the
> University of Arizona. The
> Total Known Weight (TKW) for NWA 2828 is officially
> recorded as 34,186 grams
> consisting of many stones. With pairings, the
> combined weight is in access
> of 100kg."
>
>
>
> I was sent a direct link to the abstract which
> mentions the pairing numbers
> and but it does not seem to work as a link because
> of some difficulty with
> the hosting site. We went round and round last month
> trying to make it work,
> but had to settle without the link. I am sure a
> quick Google search for "NWA
> 2828" will result in finding the abstract which is
> the same as I posted to
> the list earlier.
>
> I will have to go back to the eBay auctions and make
> the changes when I get
> done with some other duties here.
>
> I would not agree with your statement that there is
> "...another 1000kgs..."
> of this material. When this was first thought (and
> classified) to be an
> aubrite, I was in Morocco no less than every 30 days
> buying up all of the
> "blue" or "fresher" material (NWA 2828 at the time).
> Even with the
> realization and work of Drs Tony Irving and Ted
> Bunch, among others, the
> more weathered material combined with the fresher
> blue material did not
> amount to that much. I saw first hand what was
> available, what I bought
> and/or left behind (none of the blue that I saw).
>
> Anyway, we could ramble on for days (again), but I
> think this horse has been
> beaten, rode hard and sent out for collectors to
> consider.
>
> Happy Trails!
> Greg
>
> ====================
> Greg Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
> NaturesVault (eBay)
> gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
> www.LunarRock.com
> IMCA 3163
> ====================
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "drtanuki" <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
> To: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com>;
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded
> on eBay for one
> cent.4.779 kilograms.
>
>
> > Dear Greg and List,
> > Greg, if you are agreeing that this is a paired
> > meteorite with NWA 2965 (prov) then why don`t you
> > mention it in your eBay sales information; and yes
> the
> > offically NomCom recorded TKW of NWA is ?25kgs,
> but
> > with your eBay AD the buyer is lead to conclude
> that
> > there isn`t another 1000kgs of paired meteorite on
> the
> > market?
> > Thank you for addressing this on the list. I am
> > sure other metlist members would like to
> understand
> > your reasoning also. Best Regards, Dirk...Tokyo
> >
> >
> > --- Greg Hupe <gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi John and List,
> >>
> >> If you want to see many more fine examples, go to
> >> eBay and type "NWA 2828".
> >> I loaded several slices and complete stones where
> >> you can see this
> >> occurrence and of the fresher material. I wasn't
> >> going to try and make this
> >> a sale ad but it is an ongoing thread of
> interest.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Greg
> >>
> >> ====================
> >> Greg Hupe
> >> The Hupe Collection
> >> NaturesVault (eBay)
> >> gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
> >> www.LunarRock.com
> >> IMCA 3163
> >> ====================
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "JKGwilliam" <h3chondrite at cox.net>
> >> To: "David Weir" <dgweir at earthlink.net>; "stan ."
> >> <laser_maniac at hotmail.com>;
> >> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:59 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite
> loaded
> >> on eBay for one
> >> cent.4.779 kilograms.
> >>
> >>
> >> > Thanks to Stan and David.
> >> > This is a very good example of the old saying "
> >> one picture is worth a
> >> > thousand words."
> >> >
> >> > Best,
> >> >
> >> > John Gwilliam
> >> >
> >> > At 02:14 PM 1/4/2007, David Weir wrote:
> >> >>Hello,
> >> >>
> >> >>Stan mentioned a better photo of the transition
> >> between the brown and
> >> >>blue components of NWA 2965 than that on my
> >> webpage. He sent me the
> >> >>following excellent picture some time ago, I
> >> believe from NAU
> >> >>originally, that best illustrates this
> transition:
> >> >>
> >> >>http://meteoritestudies.com/N2965blu.jpg
> >> >>
> >> >>David
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