[meteorite-list] AD: Weekly Rare Material Plus Planetary Bonuses

From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:37 2004
Message-ID: <006601c33088$2a134fa0$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com>

Dear List Members,

Thank you, once again, for affording us the opportunity to present weekly
rare material specials. A disgruntled dealer contacted us and asked us when
we were going to stop running these specials because he found them
irritating and monopolistic. This is the only complaint we have received.
We received numerous other emails (19 count) thanking us for presenting rare
meteorites on a weekly basis, even by a well respected scientist in which we
made material available free of charge for study purposes. One collector
expressed that he could not afford a specimen and we sent him a small
specimen for free because we believed him. We have done this a few times in
the past and we are sure that more than a few List members can vouch for
this. It is not a matter of making money for us. It is about paying
several thousand dollars each month in lab and preparation costs. Many
collectors, dealers and scientists are looking for new things to add to
their ever-growing collections and what better way to let them know?

Now that we got that out of the way, we would like to introduce this weeks
special, NWA 1650. NWA 1650 is a Polymict Eucrite Breccia. What makes this
one different from NWA 1109 and pairings is that it is much fresher, is
finer grained, is less friable and contains orthopyroxene clasts (a few more
percent and it would have been classed as a Howardite). What we are
offering this week is all that we have because only one stone weighing 39
grams is all that was found.

Now, to the meat of this post, we are offering ten different mostly
good-sized planetary meteorite specimens, all starting at 99 cents. Some of
these specimens are worth thousands at current retail prices. We are
offering NWA 032, NWA 482, NWA 998, NWA 1110, NWA 1195, DAG 476, DHO 081,
DHO 303, SAU 005 and a yet to be announced New Lunar. To see these
fantastic specimens check the eBay link below:

http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meteoritelab/

Stay tuned next week because we just found out we have a possible history
making classification coming up.

Wishing everybody the very best, even the disgruntled dealer : ),

Adam and Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
IMCA 2185
Received on Wed 11 Jun 2003 10:13:06 PM PDT