[meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:46:56 -0400
Message-ID: <293B4390C4C9445FB600781132B3C65D_at_greg323a964987>

MikeG wrote,
"I love a good price war! :)
Do I hear a bid of $50 per gram? How about $20 per gram? ;)"

I did say I would consider offers on the two largest pieces I have left, the
685g fragment and the 302g end cut, but don't expect to get them for just
$20/g! ;-)

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
To: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at htn.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD


> Hi Greg #1, Greg #2, subsequent lurking Gregs, and Listees,
>
> I love a good price war! :)
>
> Do I hear a bid of $50 per gram? How about $20 per gram? ;)
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
> On 8/18/10, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net> wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> ====================
>> 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: "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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