[meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD
From: M come Meteorite <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:11:45 +0200 Message-ID: <L7D17L$B774D32CE9046E01E615FA469A65AA2B_at_aruba.it> fantastic, another meteorite price ruined, from the $1000 of the d'Orbigny to $75/gr. of this. Happy who have pay $1000/gr. for have a angrite piece.... Matteo M come Meteorite Meteoriti info at mcomemeteorite.it http://www.mcomemeteorite.it http://www.mcomemeteorite.org Mindat Gallery http://www.mindat.org/gallery-5018.html ChinellatoPhoto Servizi Fotografici http://www.chinellatophoto.com Da: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com A: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com Cc: Data: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:04:34 -0400 Oggetto: [meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD > 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" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:07 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Wed 18 Aug 2010 02:11:45 PM PDT |
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