[meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices NWA 4931 6391 and D'Orbigny AD

From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:42:41 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <502565.74722.qm_at_web46403.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Wow, this is really an awesome time for buyers!
Many incredible and super rare angrites to choose from.
 
I will match Greg Hupes awesome price of $75.00 per gram for my NWA 6291.

You want an Angrite, I dont think there will ever be a better time to buy then now...

slices of D'Orbigny:
http://www.impactika.com/Meteorities/Dorbig.htm (http://www.impactika.com/Meteorities/Dorbig.htm)
Same amazing vugs, and great crystals, clast, basaltic texture.
Several slices available.
$400/a gram!


NWA 6291 at $75.00 per gram
http://www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com/NWA_6291.php


***Last Nine Available specimens of angrite NWA 4931*** at $75.00 per gram

685g Fragment (no coring was done on this piece).
110mm x 90mm x 40mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00001.jpg

302g end cut
100 x 70 x 32
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00003.jpg

32.2g part slice
67 x 49 x 3.5
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00008.jpg

29.8g part slice
68 x 53 x 3
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00009.jpg

23.3g part slice
64 x 45 x 3
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00010.jpg

22.7g part slice
62 x 43 x 3
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00011.jpg

22.4g part slice (has part of core hole along back edge).
62 x 40 x 3
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00012.jpg

17.2g part slice (has part of core hole along back edge).
58 x 40 x 3
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00014.jpg

14.8g part slice
68 x 23 x 3.5
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00016.jpg





Greg Catterton
www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
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--- On Wed, 8/18/10, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net> wrote:

> From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 12:04 PM
> Dear List Members,
>
> GregC. wrote yesterday, "Will any of you match that price
> [$100.00/g] on your angrites?" My answer is "Yes, and I will
> beat it!" Here is an Ad I ran September 22, 2009 where I
> offered NWA 4931, the Main Mass of the now famous NWA 2999
> Angrite pairings where I offered specimens at just $75.00/g.
> I have only nine specimens left so if you want the "Original
> Good Deal", send me an email off List. Here is my original
> emails below with the specimen list for your consideration:
>
> [September 22, 2009]:
> About a week ago I announced NWA 4931, the angrite that was
> flown to MIT in
> 2007 where a core sample was taken for magnetism analysis.
> I was able to get
> large slices cut from the largest mass after the coring was
> completed. It
> was cut and polished by one of the best professionals out
> there! I would
> like to offer what I have available at discounted prices.
> Here is the list
> with photo links (measurements are in millimeters). The
> description of NWA
> 4931 is below the list in this email.
>
> ***Last Nine Available specimens of angrite NWA 4931***
>
> 685g Fragment (no coring was done on this piece).
> 110mm x 90mm x 40mm
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00001.jpg
>
> 302g end cut
> 100 x 70 x 32
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00003.jpg
>
> 32.2g part slice
> 67 x 49 x 3.5
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00008.jpg
>
> 29.8g part slice
> 68 x 53 x 3
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00009.jpg
>
> 23.3g part slice
> 64 x 45 x 3
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00010.jpg
>
> 22.7g part slice
> 62 x 43 x 3
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00011.jpg
>
> 22.4g part slice (has part of core hole along back edge).
> 62 x 40 x 3
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00012.jpg
>
> 17.2g part slice (has part of core hole along back edge).
> 58 x 40 x 3
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00014.jpg
>
> 14.8g part slice
> 68 x 23 x 3.5
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00016.jpg
>
> I have priced these at $75.00 per gram for the polished
> slices and can offer
> further discounts on the large fragment and end cut. If you
> are interested
> in any of these specimens, please email me Off-List. Thank
> you for
> considering these beautiful angrite specimens!
>
> Here is my description of NWA 4931 with photo links of the
> coring and
> overall meteorite:
>
> Start>>
> NWA 4931, the Main Mass to the now famous angrite, NWA
> 2999. NWA 4931 has a
> Total Known Weight (TKW) of 2140 grams in two interlocking
> fragments, which
> form a complete stone. Surprisingly, the two parts were
> recovered by nomads
> months apart in the Sahara Desert in 2007. The first
> 1314-gram half was
> flown to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston
> where scientists
> extracted a core sample in order to conduct magnetism
> tests, which they
> hoped would provide vital evidence indicating the size of
> the Angrite Parent
> Body (APB).
>
> Image of 1314-gram stone representing 60% of entire mass
> (cube: 1-inch
> square):
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/nwa4931complete1.jpg
>
> Link to image of core sampling at MIT laboratory:
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/nwa4931core.jpg
>
> Image of 66-gram complete slice displaying abundant
> xenocrysts:
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/nwa4931slice.jpg
>
> An international consortium of scientists, led by Dr.
> Benjamin Weiss of MIT,
> took a new approach to the problem by testing samples from
> several angrites
> with an extremely sensitive magnetometer. They discovered
> the material
> showed evidence of ancient magnetic fields similar to those
> of rocks formed
> on Earth within the planet's magnetic field. In other
> words, as the team
> reported in the October 31, 2008 issue of Science, these
> 4.56
> billion-year-old meteorites once were part of bodies that
> were either big
> enough or hot enough to produce central, molten, metallic
> cores.
>
> Link to LPSC abstract on magnetic field on Angrite Parent
> Body:
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/2143.pdf
>
> "The meteorites, therefore, are essentially magnetic
> recording tapes," says
> Weiss. The magnetic fields that they recorded were probably
> generated by
> molten metal swirling around inside the planet's core like
> a giant, rotating
> dynamo, as happens on Earth. Angrites are among the oldest
> known pristine
> basaltic meteorites ever found and have provided new clues
> about the
> conditions that existed at the beginning of the solar
> system, solving a
> longstanding mystery and overturning some accepted ideas
> about the way
> planets form. They still contain magnetic records about the
> earliest stages
> of planet formation and differentiation.
>
> ScienceNOW Daily News: October 30, 2008:
> http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1030/2
>
> Science October 31, 2008:
> http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/5902/713
>
> Link to abstract reporting ages of angrites NWA 2999, NWA
> 4801 and NWA 4590
> "Tamassint":
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metchron2007/pdf/4061.pdf
>
> BSE image of corona textures in NWA 4931.
> http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/nwa4931bse.jpg
> End<<
>
> Best regards,
> Greg
>
> ====================
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> gmhupe at htn.net
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at htn.net>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:07 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 -
> AD
>
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