[meteorite-list] NWA 1459 (was: Steve Witt's AD)

From: Frank Cressy <fcressy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:03:05 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <537491.34283.qm_at_web80202.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Bernd,

Thanks for bringing up the memories.? I?remember that the winners were to be
announced at the Denver show and that everyone was anxiously waiting the
results.? I checked my computer?more than a few times?and was extremely happy to
come in behind the master and "win" my monster (at the time) 0.088 gram part
slice.

Cheers,

Frank


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From: Bernd V. Pauli <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thu, January 27, 2011 2:28:13 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 1459 (was: Steve Witt's AD)

Do you remember what a hustle that was, what a bustle that was when the Hup?s
announced the availability of an olivine-bearing (!) diogenite?! Do you remember

their NWA 1459 contest? How happy those of us were who were lucky enough to
obtain a tiny crumb of what was almost beyond anyone?s dreams because the price
per gram was exorbitantly high at the time ? and there were only 49 grams
available! Protruding from the fusion crust were large chromite grains making
this ?harzburgitic peridotite? even more appealing. Olivine and pyroxene grains
are up to 10 mm (!) in size.

Best wishes from Bernd,

(Happy owner of 0.122 grams of NWA 1459)


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