[meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 "The King of Angrites" for sale -...

From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:49:04 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <585409.46228.qm_at_web46407.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

I posted this yesterday, but it didnt show up...

I am not disputing other crystals in angrites, my comments were to the translucent slices like mine has.
While many chimed in and claimed to have seen such, still, nobody has shown pictures of an angrite with back lit translucent crystals (like in a pallasite) that are 1cm x 1cm in size.

I find it interesting how fast some people seem to want to discredit my new Angrite. This is a really awesome meteorite!

Had it been someone like the Hupes, or Farmer that announced this, I really dont think that would have happened.

Greg Catterton
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--- On Wed, 7/21/10, Impactika at aol.com <Impactika at aol.com> wrote:

> From: Impactika at aol.com <Impactika at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 "The King of Angrites" for sale -...
> To: meteoritekid at gmail.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 9:09 PM
>
>
> Jason,
>
> Will this one do?? ? _http://www.impactika.com/DOrbVug.jpg_
> (http://www.impactika.com/DOrbVug.jpg)
>
> Taken in Sept. 2001 in Denver, in Eduardo's show room.
>
> Anne M. Black
> _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
> _IMPACTIKA at aol.com_
> (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com)
>
> Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
> _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/21/2010 6:44:57 PM Mountain Daylight
> Time,
> meteoritekid at gmail.com
> writes:
> Hello Greg, All,
>
> Sheesh...you might read that paragraph again.? The
> Hupe's don't sell
> martian material with the statement "may contain traces of
> martian
> life."? At least they didn't the last time I
> checked....
>
> And, yes, D'Orbigny contains cm-sized crystals of
> translucent, gemmy,
> pallasite-like olivine.? They compose about 1%
> of???the meteorite, by
> volume.? I've seen some in some hand-sized specimens
> that E.T. had for
> sale a few years ago, but can't find any great photos
> online.
> Apparently Asu88 contains upwards of 10% similar crystals
> by volume
> (see article linked-to above), but I couldn't find any
> pictures of
> that one.
>
> The interesting thing about your Angrite is the fact that
> the
> translucent crystal is anorthosite.? So far as I know,
> it's the first
> time that a translucent *anorthosite* crystal has been
> found in an
> Angrite.
>
> Best,
>
> Jason
>
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