[meteorite-list] AD - NWA 5000 Specimens, Auctions and Renfrow

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:53:49 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <607312.83911.qm_at_web30706.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear List Members,

I have several auctions ending this afternoon worth a
look. 18 fragments of Northwest Africa 5000, "The
Cosmic Masterpiece" were put up yesterday with
buy-it-nows and 16 are still available. A complete
slice of Renfrow from the Robert Haag Collection, page
103 of his catalog is being offered too.

NWA 5000 Availability Note:
There is less than 13 grams available in unrated
fragment form, some being mini masterpieces and all
bargain priced. This is the least expensive way to
get a sizable piece of "The Rock." Less than 750
grams of rated and certified part slices is all that
will ever be available to collectors. The rest of
Northwest Africa has been tabled pending ongoing
negotiations or committed to science. We have no
plans of ever cutting the main mass again. No
pairings will probably ever be found as the same
original finders spent months scouring a 40 kilometer
by 40 kilometer perimeter without finding so much as a
single gram more. I firmly believe when CRE ratios
are measured in the laboratory, it will demonstrate
that NWA 5000 came in as a single body and did not
fragment upon hitting the atmosphere, much like no
pairings were ever found for NWA 482 despite dozens of
rumors.

Meteorites from the Moon are the most coveted of all
including those from Mars. Although Martian
meteorites are rare, Lunaites are 8 times rarer by
weight. Many Martian meteorites have been observed as
falls but not a single one from the Moon has ever been
witnessed. Lunar meteorites are so rare that not a
single lunar meteorite has ever been found on the
North American continent!

Lunaites are by far the most valuable type and at the
very top of the collecting chain as stated in the
Smithsonian Magazine, March 1999, Article "Mining for
Meteorites."

All of the auctions can be seen at this link:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites


Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good
luck.


Best Regards,

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Adam Hupe
The Hupe Collection
Team LunarRock
IMCA 2185
raremeteorites at comcast.net
Received on Tue 19 Feb 2008 11:53:49 AM PST