[meteorite-list] Wisconsin Slices - Best Available - AD

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 10:21:07 -0400
Message-ID: <C67097BD5E614BBBBAFE8C9F1259AD16_at_greg323a964987>

Hi Darryl,

"Beautiful specimens and love the crystal cube---but the real reason I'm
writing is to applaud your perseverance. Best/ d,"

Thank you for the nice comments. I am not known to give up, and often keep
going until I drop. Kudos should go to all who were out there trudging
through the countryside, making discoveries or weeding out areas with no
meteorites. ;-)

Huge kudos and "Thanks" to all who helped behind the scenes as well, without
their input, the recovery of Wisconsin's meteorite fall over the 'Iowa-Grant
Counties' would have been a completely different story with less stones
being recovered. And of course, an even bigger "Thank You" go to all of the
wonderful land owners who gave permission to us all and put up with the
"circus-like" atmosphere created by the fall, as one of my new Livingston
friends called it. :-)

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>
To: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at htn.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Wisconsin Slices - Best Available - AD


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> Beautiful specimens and love the crystal cube---but the real reason
> I'm writing is to applaud your perseverance.
>
> Best/ d,
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> On May 11, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Greg Hupe wrote:
>
>> Dear List Members,
>>
>> After nearly three weeks of hunting time in the Wisconsin
>> strewnfield, I managed to find two meteorites with a combined weight
>> of just 64 grams. During my second trip to WI, I met with Joe
>> Kerchner and purchased a thick 42-gram slice (54mm x 35mm x 5-8mm)
>> from his 332-gram find. I sent it to have thin slices made on a wire
>> saw and just received them from the cutter. One word to describe
>> these slices, "Wow!" The cost and cut loss was well worth the effort
>> as it makes for some outstanding parallel-cut slices with a generous
>> surface area-to-weight ratio, which displays the awesome brecciation
>> of this meteorite, something the tiny fragments and part slices
>> being offered do not display. Each slice will be shipped in a 100mm
>> x 75mm membrane box.
>>
>> I have just six slices and a gem jar of fragments. I am offering
>> these on a "Best Offer" basis (No Trades, please), and if accepted,
>> I will notify the person with the highest offer. I will include
>> three newspapers with articles of the fall and recovery efforts. The
>> 'scale cube' in the photos measures 1cm on visible sides (not
>> included) and is a Galena crystal (lead sulfide) I collected from a
>> road cut on Highway 151 in Mineral Point, a stone's throw from the
>> strewnfield. The area around the meteorite fall has a rich history
>> in lead mining.
>>
>> I will consider all offers up until 5:00 PM (EST - Florida)
>> Thursday, May 20th.
>>
>> 9.47g complete slice (fusion crust along ~60% of edge)
>> 54mm x 35mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/WisconsinMeteorite/dsc00001.jpg
>>
>> 6.94g complete slice (crust along ~60% of edge)
>> 52mm x 38mm x 1.5mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/WisconsinMeteorite/dsc00002.jpg
>>
>> 6.26g complete slice (crust along ~60% of edge, has slight raised
>> area on back at original angle cut)
>> 52mm x 35mm x 1mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/WisconsinMeteorite/dsc00003.jpg
>>
>> 4.91g part slice (crust along ~50% of edge,
>> 50mm x 33mm x 1-0mm (very thin, can be trimmed down to make smaller
>> part slices)
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/WisconsinMeteorite/dsc00004.jpg
>>
>> 4.53g complete slice (crust along ~60% of edge)
>> 53mm x 35mm x 1mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/WisconsinMeteorite/dsc00005.jpg
>>
>> 1.58g part slice (crust along ~10% of edge)
>> 49mm x 16mm x 1-0mm (very thin, can be trimmed down to make smaller
>> part slices)
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/WisconsinMeteorite/dsc00006.jpg
>>
>> 134mg fragments in jem jar
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/WisconsinMeteorite/dsc00007.jpg
>>
>> Newspapers included with each slice:
>> 1) The Platteville Journal, April 21, 2010
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/WisconsinMeteorite/dsc00008.jpg
>> 2) The Dodgeville Chronicle, April 22, 2020
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/WisconsinMeteorite/dsc00010.jpg
>> 3) Fennimore Times, April 29, 2010
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/WisconsinMeteorite/dsc00014.jpg
>>
>> Shipping :
>> United States ($8.00, 2 packages): Slices will be shipped Priority
>> Mail, newspapers mailed separately in padded envelope First-Class.
>> Overseas ($15.00, 2 packages): International First-Class, newspapers
>> will be mailed separately in padded envelope.
>>
>> Thank you for your interest, and "Good Luck" to those who are
>> interested!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Greg
>>
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>> www.LunarRock.com
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