[meteorite-list] NWA is Far Better Than Antarctica
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:30 2004 Message-ID: <122a01c39437$a0d60ac0$d2dbe60c_at_attbi.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_1227_01C393FC.F42C6E20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Kevin and List members, Since planetary meteorites are well documented in both the Saharan and = Antarctic collections I used them for comparative purposes. It is = simply amazing what is coming out of Northwest Africa. A lot of = collectors believe that the stones recovered from the ice are for some = reason pristine. If you look at the weathering grade system used for = Antarctic meteorites (A,B,C) and look in the data base you will see that = a good portion are well weathered. I am not saying that weathering is = not an issue with the dry desert finds because it is. I am stating that = a lot of very fresh (W0/1) material has been pulled from the desert and = I think this fact should not go unnoticed. Thank you for asking why I feel NWAs are so important. I hope you do = not mind me sharing this with the List because I feel it is a good = question. I posted a list of planetary meteorites a couple of months = ago when members were asking about pairing ratios, Antarctic versus NWA. All the best, Adam ----- Original Message -----=20 From: MARSROX_at_aol.com=20 To: adamhupe_at_comcast.net=20 Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA is Far Better Than Antarctica Adam: Interesting "concept". But can you back it up? Did you create a list = of what you consider scientifically significant finds? Regards, Kevin=20 ------=_NextPart_000_1227_01C393FC.F42C6E20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: = 10pt"> <DIV>Hi Kevin and List members,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Since planetary meteorites are well documented in both the Saharan = and=20 Antarctic collections I used them for comparative = purposes. It is=20 simply amazing what is coming out of Northwest Africa. A lot of = collectors=20 believe that the stones recovered from the ice are for some reason=20 pristine. If you look at the weathering grade system used for = Antarctic=20 meteorites (A,B,C) and look in the data base you will see that a good = portion=20 are well weathered. I am not saying that weathering is not an issue with = the dry=20 desert finds because it is. I am stating that a lot of very fresh = (W0/1)=20 material has been pulled from the desert and I think this fact should = not go=20 unnoticed.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you for asking why I feel NWAs are so important. I hope = you do=20 not mind me sharing this with the List because I feel it is a good=20 question. I posted a list of planetary meteorites a couple of = months ago=20 when members were asking about pairing ratios, Antarctic versus = NWA.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All the best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Adam</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:MARSROX_at_aol.com" = title=3DMARSROX_at_aol.com>MARSROX@aol.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href=3D"mailto:adamhupe_at_comcast.net"=20 title=3Dadamhupe_at_comcast.net>adamhupe@comcast.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 16, = 2003 2:44=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = NWA is Far=20 Better Than Antarctica</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Adam:</DIV> <DIV>Interesting "concept". But can you back it up? Did you create a = list of=20 what you consider scientifically significant finds?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_1227_01C393FC.F42C6E20-- Received on Thu 16 Oct 2003 06:48:33 PM PDT |
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