[meteorite-list] NWA's 4590 & 4801 Angrites: AD-2-more

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:49:01 -0400
Message-ID: <CEFD77C1BD864241B1ACE99CBBAEAD0B_at_greg323a964987>

Hello List and Angrite Lovers!

Looks like there are several folks interested in angrites so instead of
answering each individually, I would like to request a chance to post a
second AD today encompassing all of my available angrites. I appreciate your
tolerance in my posting two Ads today, or basically it would be just two Ads
for heat of the summer since I have been away from the keyboard for a couple
months!

Here is a list of the remaining specimens of both NWA 4590 and NWA 4801
Angrites, both are extremely fresh and have VERY Low TKW's, pricing upon
request Off-List:

NWA 4590 "Tamassint" Specimens:
66g Main Mass
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/NWA4590/dsc00001.jpg
1.502g fragment (no crust)
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/NWA4590/dsc00017.jpg
996mg fragment
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/NWA4590/dsc00021.jpg
1.128g fragment
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/NWA4590/dsc00033.jpg

NWA 4801 Angrite Specimens:
7.870g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00003.jpg
7.632g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00004.jpg
7.350g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00005.jpg
6.790g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00009.jpg
6.632g end cut
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00010.jpg
6.542g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00011.jpg
5.416g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00013.jpg
4.834g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00014.jpg
4.252g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00015.jpg
3.870g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00016.jpg
3.548g end cut
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00018.jpg
3.434g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00019.jpg
3.132g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4801/dsc00021.jpg
ps = Part Slice

Other than these, I only have small fragments, these are the largest that I
have left of these two beautiful angrites! Thank you again for considering
these!

Best regards,
Greg

====================
Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe at htn.net
www.LunarRock.com
IMCA 3163
====================
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http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault

----- Original Message -----
From: <karmaka at email.de>
To: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at htn.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD


Hello Greg

please send me the list of available
specimens of NWA 4801 and NWA 4590.

Thank you

Martin




-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net>
Gesendet: 18.08.2010 19:17:23
An: Peter Scherff <peterscherff at rcn.com>
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD

>Hi Peter,
>While I do not have an Angras, I do have a small amount of these two
>extremely fresh and beautiful unpaired angrites:
>
>NWA 4801
>Photograph of slice displaying matrix and large white anorthite clasts:
>
>http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4801/nwa4801slice.jpg
>
>
>
>NWA 4590 "Tamassint"
>
>It is featured in the November 2008 issue of "Astronomy" Magazine, along
>with angrites, NWA 2999 and NWA 4801.
>
>
>
>Group image of NWA 4590 "Tamassint" fragments that make up a single broken
>stone:
>
>http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4590/nwa4590group.jpg
>
>
>
>Microscopic image of NWA 4590 matrix at 12x magnification::
>
>http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4590/nwa4590micro.jpg
>
>
>
>Close-up image of NWA 4590 fusion crust at 10x magnification:
>
>http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4590/nwa4590crust.jpg
>
>
>
>Enjoy! If anyone would like to receive a list of available specimens of
>these two angrites, let me know.
>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: "Peter Scherff"
>To: "'Greg Hupe'" <gmhupe at htn.net>; "'Galactic Stone & Ironworks'"
><meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:06 PM
>Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> With all this talk about Angrites I am wondering if anyone has any
>> Angras dos Reis for sale?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Peter Scherff
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Greg
>> Hupe
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:47 PM
>> To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks
>> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ====================
>> 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: "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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