[meteorite-list] NWA 5400: Earth-Related Meteorite

From: Stuart McDaniel - Action Shooting Supply <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 21:12:56 -0400
Message-ID: <B872F7DF91684819BB34E3E3B5689542_at_toshibauser>

I'm in for a piece.
This is truly exciting!!



Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secr., CCAS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Kowalski" <damoclid at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 5400: Earth-Related Meteorite


> In my opinion, this is by far one of the most, if not the most important
> meteorite in the field of meteoritics! Imagine, a meteorite that could
> very well be a remnant of the object that impacted the proto-Earth and
> causing the formation of the moon, or possibly a remnant of that very
> impact. Either way there no doubt that this material is highly some
> amazing stuff!
>
> I can't see any meteorite research facility or collector for that matter,
> that wouldn't want some of this meteorite in their collection, even if it
> is just a single milligram!!!
>
> Congrats Greg!
>
> Awesome!
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081
>
>
> --- On Tue, 6/8/10, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 5400: Earth-Related Meteorite
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 4:31 PM
>> Dear List Members,
>>
>> I would like to announce an important new meteorite that
>> has been under intense analysis over the last two years by a
>> select group of scientists from around the world...
>>
>> NWA 5400: Earth-Related Ungrouped Meteorite
>>
>>
>> Northwest Africa 5400 may be a sample from a large asteroid
>> or dwarf planet, which accreted in the early solar nebula in
>> the vicinity of proto-Earth or Theia. NWA 5400 has oxygen
>> isotope ratios indistinguishable from those of rocks from
>> the Earth and the Moon, which plot on the TFL (Terrestrial
>> Fractionation Line). A precise formation age has not yet
>> been measured, but it cannot be older than 4.54 billion
>> years, which likely makes NWA 5400 anomalously young among
>> primitive achondritic objects from the early Solar System.
>> It is generally accepted that the Earth-Moon system was
>> created when Theia collided with proto-Earth about 4.3
>> billion years ago. Is it possible that NWA 5400 is somehow
>> related to this phenomenal event?
>>
>>
>>
>> NWA 5400 adds valuable understanding of events that took
>> place in the early evolution period of the Solar System.
>> After two years of intense analysis, scientists at prominent
>> institutions from around the world continue to diligently
>> study this 'stand-alone' meteorite, which will add to the
>> already incredible information NWA 5400 has to offer.
>>
>>
>>
>> Link to 2009 LPSC abstract on NWA 5400:
>>
>> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2332.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> Link to 2010 LPSC abstract on NWA 5400:
>>
>> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/1492.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> NWA 5400 has a Total Known Weight of 4.818 kg in a single
>> stone that was discovered in Northwest Africa in 2008. The
>> chocolate-brown mottled matrix takes an extremely nice
>> polish, which reveals the dazzling olivine crystals
>> exhibited in this scientifically important new meteorite!
>>
>>
>>
>> Cross-polarized light optical thin section image of NWA
>> 5400 (width of field = 1.2mm):
>>
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/nwa5400xpl.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>> Image of 58.9-gram complete slice with hologram-like
>> olivine crystals that dance across the polished surface when
>> tilted from side to side:
>>
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/nwa5400slice.jpg
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Greg
>>
>> ====================
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>> IMCA 3163
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