[meteorite-list] AD-Oriented Amgala individuals ending tonight

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Dec 6 10:21:51 2004
Message-ID: <09c701c4dbaf$ae272fe0$b6b22041_at_Gregor>

Dear list,

Just a quick note to let you know that my Oriented Amgala individuals sale
will end tonight at 11:00PM EST (USA). At this time or tomorrow, I will
contact those who have the winning offers. Please see picture and
description links below in my original post from Thursday the 2nd.

Best regards and good luck,

Greg


> Dear Frank and List,
>
> This is a fun subject. I knew I had a few oriented Amgala's in my
> collection, but when I looked through the 3 kilos or so of material I
> have, I found that I have 20 oriented Amgala's. Most are 100% crusted and
> have excellent features such as lip-over, flow lines and frothing, along
> with some that have a nice florescent "sheen" on the trailing end. There
> are a few that are just the beginning of orientation where you can see the
> black, thicker crust starting to roll over the less burnt brown layer.
>
> Since I have so many, there is no need for me to hold all of these. What I
> will do is consider the highest offer on any of these 20 specimens. I will
> review all offers until Monday, December 6, 11:00PM EST (USA). I will
> contact the highest bidder and let them know if I accept their offer. I
> will most likely accept the highest bids so do not be bashful with your
> offers. I will not end one early as to give everyone a fair chance to make
> an offer up until the deadline.
>
> Here is the list with picture links, even if you do not want to make an
> offer, they are worth looking at:
>
> 33.3g 100% crust, lip-over, flow lines, frothing
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00001.jpg
>
> 2.4g 100% crust, lip-over, flow lines
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00004.jpg
>
> 4.1g 100% crust, lip-over
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00006.jpg
>
> 5.7g 99% crust, lip-over
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00008.jpg
>
> 4.8g 100% crust, lip-over, frothing, florescent sheen
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00010.jpg
>
> 5.5g 96% Primary, 4% Secondary crusts, lip-over
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00012.jpg
>
> 2.5g 55% crust, lip-over, flow lines
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00014.jpg
>
> 11.5g 100% crust, lip-over, flow lines, frothing
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00016.jpg
>
> 6.5g 99% crust, lip-over
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00018.jpg
>
> 7.2g 70% Primary, 30% Secondary crusts, lip-over
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00020.jpg
>
> 16.1g 100% crust, lip-over, flow lines, frothing
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00022.jpg
>
> 10.2g 98% crust, lip-over, frothing
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00024.jpg
>
> 13.9g 99% crust, lip-over
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00026.jpg
>
> 7.6g 90% Primary, 8% Secondary crusts, lip-over, florescent sheen
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00028.jpg
>
> 20.7g 85% Primary, 15% Secondary crusts, lip-over
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00030.jpg
>
> 54.5g 100% crust, lip-over
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00032.jpg
>
> 45.6g 100% crust, lip-over, frothing
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00034.jpg
>
> 94.6g 80% crust, lip-over, flow lines
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00036.jpg
>
> 58g 95% crust, lip-over, some exterior oxidation
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00039.jpg
>
> 260g 99% crust, lip-over
> http://www.lunarrock.com/12-2/dsc00041.jpg
>
> Email your highest offers to gmhupe_at_tampabay.rr.com and include the weight
> and/or the picture link so I can accurately track them. I will contact the
> highest bidders Monday evening or Tuesday. NOTE: I retain the right to
> refuse any offer.
>
> Thank you for looking and good luck to the highest bidders,
>
> Greg Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
> gmhupe_at_tampabay.rr.com
> naturesvault (eBay)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "fcressy" <fcressy_at_prodigy.net>
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 11:33 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Oriented Amgala individuals
>
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Todays "Rocks From Space Picture of the Day" of the oriented Amgala
>> individual brought a question to mind. In the May 2004 issue of
>> "Meteorite"
>> magazine, Martin Horejsi wrote: "While the Bensour shower was filled with
>> wonderfully oriented individuals, Amgala was almost devoid of them with
>> just
>> three found to date." Since that time additional Amgala individuals
>> obviously have been found and brought to market. As an "oriented Amgala"
>> owner, I'm curious as to the approximate number that now might be out
>> there.
>> So, if you fellow "oriented Amgala owners" out there don't mind sending
>> me
>> their information in, I'll go ahead and tabulate the results and then
>> report
>> to the list.
>> As an aside, my oriented Amgala is a 32.5 gram stone.
>> Cheers,
>> Frank
>>
>>
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Received on Mon 06 Dec 2004 11:21:45 AM PST