[meteorite-list] Rocks-Paper-Scissors - AD
From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:36:03 -0500 Message-ID: <AANLkTi=LUy41srM5jKVKd+Zz237WpJWU8h3gUEfY1_B4_at_mail.gmail.com> If someone would kindly loan me about $20K, I would go on a shopping spree here. LOL Seriously though, those are some awesome specimens. Those big olivine diogenite pieces are super. The big endcut reminds me of a piece of marble cake. The big palm-sized slice looks like a gourmet pancake. Yummy. :) On 12/16/10, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net> wrote: > Dear List Members, > > In the spirit of the Holidays, I would like to try something fun and offer a > few select meteorites, including a new Lunar that has never been offered > publicly. Here is how this special will work: > > Rock - I have several great 'meteorites' listed below. > Paper - Make me a 'cash' offer, and if acceptable... > Scissors - ... I will 'cut' you a great deal! > > NEW!! - Shisr 161 Lunar - Fragmental Breccia (TKW 57.2g, unpaired) > * This is the first time this meteorite has been offered publicly, in fact > only one part slice has been sold to a particular Lunatic friend overseas. > ** These are the only specimens that will be offered. I am presenting these > for the owner, Best Offer over reserve (Please email for reserve). > Randy's Lunar web site entry: > http://www.meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/stones/shisr161.htm > 4.37g complete slice > 55mm x 23mm x 2mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/shisr161slice_4_370.jpg > 350mg part end cut > 11mm x 8mm x 4mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/shisr161_350mg.jpg > 128mg fragment > ~4mm x 4mm x 4mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/shisr161_128mg.jpg > ~1mg two specks > in 30mm Gem Jar > http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/shisr161_1mg.jpg > > NWA 4468 Primitive Martian > 11.3g part slice (Largest available)(crust along ~50% edge) > 41mm x 37mm x 2.5mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4468/dsc00021.jpg > > NWA 3163 Lunar Granulite > 45.2g complete slice (Largest available)(crust along ~30% edge) > 104mm x 55mm x 3mm (Polished BOTH sides!!) > 1) front http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/nwa3163_45_2a.jpg > 2) back http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/nwa3163_45_2b.jpg > > NWA 5480 Olivine Diogenite > 168.3g complete Slice (Largest available) > 122mm x 119mm x 4mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa5480/large/dsc00005.jpg > > NWA 5480 Olivine Diogenite > 87.9g part End Cut > 56mm x 58mm x 13mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa5480/endcutprepared/dsc00001.jpg > > NWA 4932 Lunar Feldspathic Impact-Melt Breccia (Unpaired)(Low TKW) > 2.812g Complete Slice > 44mm x 20mm x 2mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00009.jpg > Randy's web site: http://www.meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/stones/nwa4932.htm > > Glorieta Individuals: > 58g Pallasite (Large crystal, has some flow lines and lip-over): > http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/glorieta10-2-2008/dsc00001.jpg > 37.1g Pallasite (Several crystals w/ mostly original crust!): > http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/glorieta10-2-2008/dsc00003.jpg > 22.5g Pallasite (Many crystals, difficult to photograph): > http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/glorieta10-2-2008/dsc00007.jpg > 26.7g Siderite: http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/glorieta10-2-2008/dsc00019.jpg > 16.2g Siderite: http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/glorieta10-2-2008/dsc00021.jpg > > NWA 3171 Martian Shergottite (Last Piece!) > 1.51g Part Slice > 25mm x 13mm x 2mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/nwa3171.jpg > > NWA 2696 Howardite > 686g Individual (50% crusted!) > http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/nwa2696_686g.jpg > > NWA 3143 Diogenite > 50.5g Part Slice (Largest piece available) > 95mm x 48mm x 4mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/nwa3143.jpg > > Ocate, NM IAB Iron > 162.8g Complete Slice (Last slice left!) > 117mm x 62mm x 4mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/dsc00009.jpg > Meteoritical Bulletin entry: > http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=ocate&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=48976 > > Ocate, NM IAB Iron > 910g End Cut (1 of 2 Pieces left) > 117mm x 51mm x 60mm at widest points > front http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/nm910a.jpg > back http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/nm910b.jpg > another view http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/nm910c.jpg > > Oum Dreyga (Amgala) H3-5 Chondrite > 136.6g End Cut (nice candidate for cutting) > 65mm x 60mm x 20mm > front1 http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/oumdreyga1.jpg > front2 http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/oumdreyga2.jpg > back http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/oumdreyga3.jpg > > NWA 4446 CV3 (Never offered publicly) > 73g Individual w/ Huge CAI > 48mm x 35mm x 30mm (CAI is 15mm x 14mm) > side1 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4446/nwa4446a.jpg > side2 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4446/nwa4446b.jpg > Close-up of CAI http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4446/nwa4446cai.jpg > > NWA 4446 CV3 (Never offered publicly) > 49.3g Complete Slice > http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/dsc00001.jpg > > NWA 4446 CV3 MAIN MASS (Never offered publicly) > 2203g Individual (Awesome!) > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4446/nwa4446_2203g.jpg > > NWA 1879 Mesosiderite (Only 2 pieces left!) > 1) 63g Complete Slice 91mm x 60mm x 2-4mm (slight wedge cut): > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa1879/dsc00002.jpg > 2) 186g End Cut 80mm x 70mm x 13mm: > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa1879/dsc00001.jpg > > Tagish Lake Ungrouped Carbonaceous Kits > 1) 50mg Kit: http://www.lunarrock.com/tagishlake/TagishLakeKit_50mg.jpg > 2) 100mg Kit: http://www.lunarrock.com/tagishlake/TagishLakeKit_100mg.jpg > > Carbonaceous Chondrite (unclassified) > 1325g Individual w/ Huge CAI > 128mm x 95mm x 50mm (CAI measures 20mm x 15mm!!!) > view1 http://www.lunarrock.com/Carbonaceous1325g/dsc00001.jpg > view2 http://www.lunarrock.com/Carbonaceous1325g/dsc00002.jpg > view3 http://www.lunarrock.com/Carbonaceous1325g/dsc00003.jpg > view4 http://www.lunarrock.com/Carbonaceous1325g/dsc00004.jpg > Ted Bunch stated in October, 2008: > "Greg - probably one of the biggest (CAI's) that I have seen. We did years > of work on > Allende that had a few whoppers like this one, but we looked at over 1000 sg > cm of slices in addition to 6 individuals, the largest was 10 kg. So, you in > one stone have the big Kahona. Sometimes your luck amazes me!" > > Dhofar 1575 Ureilite > 34.71g Part Slice > 74mm x 70mm x 2mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00004.jpg > > Dhofar 1575 Ureilite > 122.1g Fragment > 55mm x 50mm x 27mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00013.jpg > > NWA 1195 Martian Shergottite > 3.326g Complete Slice (1 of only 3 left!) > 38mm x 36mm x .5mm(1/2 mm) > http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/nwa1195_3_326g.jpg > > NWA 4301 Ungrouped Enstatite (Just like Zaklodzie!!) > 23.5g Complete Slice (Largest I have left!) > 83mm x 35mm x 2.5mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4301/dsc00006.jpg > > NWA 4587 Ungrouped (Paired to NWA 011) > 13.7g Part Slice (Largest slice I have) > 40mm x 25mm x 4mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa4587/dsc00023.jpg > > Park Forest Garza Meteorite Impact Kit #121/200 > front http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/GarzaKit121.jpg > back http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/GarzaKit121b.jpg > > NWA 3151 Brachinite > 14.9g Part Slice (Largest I have) > 58mm x 42mm x 1.5mm > http://www.lunarrock.com/12-16-2010/nwa3151_14_9g.jpg > > Alamo Impact Breccia (Nevada) > (Trade ONLY on this polished slice! I sent it out for cutting/polishing) > 1095g Complete Slice (Polished one side) > 22.5cm x 25cm x 1cm > http://www.lunarrock.com/AlamoBreccia/dsc00004.jpg > > If you are interested in any of the above listed specimens, please contact > me Off-List with your offers, price requests/offers in case of Shisr 161 or > Trade offers for the Alamo Breccia. I will consider offers for a couple days > to make sure everyone interested has a chance to go over these. First to > offer has the first chance at these! > > "Thank You" for considering these, I wish everyone a great Holiday Season!! > > 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 > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Meteorite Top List - http://meteorite.gotop100.com EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 -----------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Thu 16 Dec 2010 09:36:03 PM PST |
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