[meteorite-list] Newcomers and the Meteorite world

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:43:38 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <290717.65356.qm_at_web30706.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Thank you, Greg,

It is both a desert patina and fusion crust. The gray area is where the fusion
crust was etched very thin by the prevailing winds and sand over the 1,000 year
period it spent in Western Sahara. You can still observe contraction cracks in
the gray areas where the crust is so thin that you can see the matrix through
it. Most collectors do not realize that Lunar meteorites, for the most part,
have brown fusion crusts. A few Mare pieces have smooth black fusion crusts and
a few Highlands have translucent green fusion crusts. This is one of many clues
that we have a prospective Lunaite in front of us. You will never see a wrinkly
Eucrite-like black fusion crust on a lunar meteorite.

Best Regards,

Adam




----- Original Message ----
From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
To: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 10:27:33 AM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Newcomers and the Meteorite world


Adam/Greg:

Very impressive.
Is that a fusion crust on NWA 5000 or desert varnish?

Greg S.

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> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:31:50 -0700
> From: raremeteorites at yahoo.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Newcomers and the Meteorite world
>
> The question was presented. How many dealers have a personal collection?
>
> My brother Greg and I started out as collectors and continue to this day. I
> believe we have more planetary main masses than anybody in the world.
>
> Here is an image of part of the Hupe Planetary Collection.
>
> http://themeteoritesite.com/HupeCollectionMainMasses.jpg
>
> We have a few more planetary main masses that are not included in this image,
> either because they were out on loan or too small.
>
> Enjoy and Best Regards,
>
> Adam
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