[meteorite-list] Brachinites & NWA 4882

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:37:21 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <434786.18622.qm_at_web53209.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Greg and List,


> Greg, Thank you for the offer. I was unaware that you were
> selling it earlier at a discount rate. The post today was
> the first that I heard that you had some new brachinite. Beautiful
> meteorite!!! Great Job on cutting and polishing it.
> Best Regards, Dirk...Tokyo
>
> Nothing negative was meant by my post. Sorry you felt so.
>
>
> --- On Tue, 12/2/08, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net>
> > Subject: Brachinites & NWA 4882
> > To: drtanuki at yahoo.com
> > Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 10:18 AM
> > Hello Dirk and List,
> >
> > Dirk, since you would like to promote brachinite
> material,
> > here is a little insight you may not be aware of:
> >
> > NWA 4882 Brachinite (unpaired) - I have made private
> sales
> > several months PRIOR to Martin's public offering,
> at
> > much less than their great price per gram. I know MY
> > customers are very happy with their greatly discounted
> rate!
> > I simply do not have time to offer all of the
> different and
> > new meteorites I have at one time publicly, AND I am
> not
> > trying to interfer with their sales, but since Dirk
> brought
> > this out in what I perceive in a negative tone, here
> is one
> > heck of a Brachinite for serious collections:
> >
> > Click here to view complete slice of NWA 4882
> measuring
> > 130mm wide!
> >
> > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4882/nwa4882slice.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> > Click here to view complete NWA 4882 stone before
> cutting:
> >
> > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4882/nwa4882.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> > Click here to view close-up of polished NWA 4882
> matrix:
> >
> > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4882/nwa4882closeup.jpg
> >
> >
> > Official Classification:
> > Northwest Africa 4882
> >
> > Algeria
> >
> > Find: July 2007
> >
> > Achondrite (brachinite)
> >
> > History: Purchased by Greg Hup? in July 2007 from a
> dealer
> > in Tagounite, Morocco.
> >
> > Physical characteristics: Two dense, dark brown,
> broken
> > rounded stones (2891 g and 206 g) with weathered
> fusion
> > crust on some original exterior surfaces and thin
> desert
> > varnish coatings on hackly broken surfaces.
> >
> > Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS)
> Coarse-grained
> > rock (mostly 0.2-0.8 mm) with protogranular texture,
> > composed predominantly of olivine with subordinate
> green,
> > Cr-bearing diopside, K-poor plagioclase, chromite,
> iron
> > sulfide, and kamacite (partially altered to iron
> > hydroxides). Plagioclase is interstitial to mafic
> silicates
> > and is heterogeneous in distribution. Very
> fine-grained
> > (2-10 ?m), polyphase assemblages composed mostly of
> > orthopyroxene, Ni-bearing pyrrhotite and Ni-free metal
> with
> > variable amounts of fayalite and chromite occur around
> > larger pyrrhotite grains within olivine, and also as
> small,
> > isolated apparent inclusions within olivine.
> >
> > Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa35.0-35.2, FeO/MnO =
> 70.9-71.3),
> > clinopyroxene (Fs9.3Wo47.1, FeO/MnO = 38.6, Cr2O3 =
> 0.76wt%,
> > Al2O3 = 1.05 wt%), plagioclase (An32.1-
> 37.6Or0.3-0.5),
> > chromite [Cr/(Cr + Al) = 0.717, Mg/(Mg + Fe) = 0.239,
> TiO2 =
> > 0.71 wt%, ZnO = 0.30 wt%]. Oxygen isotopes: (D.
> Rumble, CIW)
> > Replicate analyses of acid-washed silicate material by
> laser
> > fluorination gave, respectively, ?18O = 2.064, 2.095;
> ?17O
> > = 4.368, 4.455; ?17O = -0.234, -0.248 per mil.
> >
> > Classification: Achondrite (brachinite).
> >
> > Specimens: A total of 20.4 g of sample and one
> polished
> > thin section are on deposit at UWS. GHup? holds the
> main
> > mass (actually now in a private collection).
> >
> >
> >
> > I sent this to a professional cutter who used a wire
> saw
> > and cut these at 3mm thick and polished to a high
> luster. If
> > you want a large museum quality specimen at an even
> BETTER
> > rate, be sure to contact me off list.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have already placed over half of this material into
> large
> > collections, which only leaves 15 slices and the 206g
> > fragment. Half are the larger slices like the one
> featured
> > above.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Greg
> >
> > ====================
> > Greg Hupe
> > The Hupe Collection
> > NaturesVault (eBay)
> > gmhupe at htn.net
> > www.LunarRock.com
> > IMCA 3163
> > ====================
> > Click here for my current eBay auctions:
> > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From:
> "drtanuki"
> > <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
> > To: <STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com>;
> > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NEW Olivine Diogenite -
> NWA
> > 4223 - AD
> >
> >
> > > Hello Tom and List,
> > > I would suggest that you check out the fantastic
> NWA
> > 5471 brachinite that Martin and Stefan are selling for
> a
> > VERY REASONABLE price; more than 2 grams of the
> material
> > instead of a thin section (you can make your own thin
> > sections- several).
> > >
> > > Thank you Martin and Stefan for your very
> generous
> > price for such a rare classification.
> > >
> > > Dirk Ross...Tokyo
> > > http://www.meteoritesjapan.com
> > > http://www.insekijapan.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Tue, 12/2/08, STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com
> > <STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> From: STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com
> > <STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com>
> > >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NEW Olivine
> > Diogenite - NWA 4223 - AD
> > >> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > >> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 9:23 AM
> > >> Hi list members, For those who are
> interested in
> > thin
> > >> sections. Greg has
> > >> been kind enough to (previously) lend me the
> NWA
> > 3151
> > >> Brachinite that he has
> > >> for sale. My micrograph article in Meteorite
> > Times
> > >> December is on this thin
> > >> section.
> > >>
> > >> I felt obliged to say it is a wonderful
> sample
> > prepared
> > >> splendidly! I
> > >> worked with it up to a magnification of 760X
> with
> > great
> > >> results. If you are
> > >> thinking of adding a thin to your
> collection, I
> > would
> > >> recommend this one and check
> > >> out the article. Bernd Pauli has provided
> me
> > with three
> > >> excellent wide
> > >> field cross polarized light micrographs that
> are
> > also
> > >> included.
> > >>
> > >> Tom Phillips
> > >>
> > >> In a message dated 12/1/2008 4:36:02 P.M.
> Mountain
> > >> Standard Time,
> > >> gmhupe at htn.net writes:
> > >> Dear List Members,
> > >>
> > >> It is my pleasure to announce a NEW Olivine
> > Diogenite, NWA
> > >> 4223, the third
> > >> member of this exclusive group. It took me
> three
> > years to
> > >> get to this point
> > >> of first public offering so you know the
> science
> > has been
> > >> done! It has a TKW
> > >> of just 329 grams and is very
> course-grained. I
> > managed
> > >> through eBay's site,
> > >> so you can find all of the available
> material and
> > >> "Official" classification
> > >> of NWA 4223 with the "Buy it Now"
> > feature here:
> > >>
> > >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault
> > >>
> > >> In addition to these rare specimens, I have
> also
> > listed
> > >> these, most at
> > >> reduced prices for the holidays:
> > >> NWA 1878 Mesosiderite (Fantastic etch!)
> > >> NWA 1879 Mesosiderite
> > >> NWA 2932 Mesosiderite
> > >> NWA 869 L4-6 1kg Lot
> > >> NWA 3118 CV3 100g Lot
> > >> NWA 3151 Brachinite Thin Section
> > >> NWA 4528 H5 500g Lot
> > >> Unclassified 2kg Lot
> > >> Chergach Individual 92.1g (99% crusted)
> > >> Chergach Individual 64.1g (100% crusted)
> > >> Gao Individual 154g (from Haag Collection)
> > >> Glorieta Pallasite Individual 13.7g
> > >> Muonionalusta End Cut 76.9g (starts at just
> 99
> > cents)
> > >>
> > >> Thank you for checking out what I have to
> offer,
> > I
> > >> appreciate it!
> > >>
> > >> Best regards,
> > >> Greg
> > >>
> > >> ====================
> > >> Greg Hupe
> > >> The Hupe Collection
> > >> NaturesVault (eBay)
> > >> gmhupe at htn.net
> > >> www.LunarRock.com
> > >> IMCA 3163
> > >> ====================
> > >> Click here for my current eBay auctions:
> > >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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Received on Mon 01 Dec 2008 08:37:21 PM PST