[meteorite-list] NWA 011 Pairing - NWA 4587

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:06:55 -0500
Message-ID: <069b01c73aad$b5bca1e0$cc135c18_at_Gregor>

Hi John,

Excellent photos! Thank you for sharing. This really is a fascinating
meteorite.

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kashuba, Ontario, California" <mary.kashuba at verizon.net>
To: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com>; <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 Pairing - NWA 4587


> Greg, Bernd and list,
>
> Yes, David's site is a great resource.
>
> Here are a few thin section pictures I took of NWA 2976, one of the
> pairings of this cool stone.
>
> http://www.johnkashuba.com/Pages/Meteorite%20Pages/Pictures/NWA2976AnomAch.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> - John
>
> John Kashuba
> Ontario, California
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
> Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 Pairing - NWA 4587
>
>
>> Hi Bernd and List,
>>
>> Thank you Bernd for directing interested parties to David's web site. He
>> really does have a great deal of information regarding NWA 4587 noted.
>> One
>> question that I have been asked a few times today is, "What are those
>> occasional dark inclusions within the orange matrix?" In an email I
>> received
>> when I asked the scientists the very same question last month, this is
>> the
>> reply, ""Based on our experience with NWA 2400 and NWA 2976, the large
>> black
>> grains
>> in the slice of GH-231 (NWA 4587) you sent is chromite and ilmenite..."
>> Scientists at the University of Washington will be probing those dark
>> inclusions for further study soon, so perhaps something new will be
>> gleaned
>> by studying larger samples provided by the 530-gram NWA 4587 stone. If we
>> learn more, I will report back here with any additional information.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Greg
>>
>> ====================
>> Greg Hupe
>> The Hupe Collection
>> NaturesVault (eBay)
>> gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
>> www.LunarRock.com
>> IMCA 3163
>> ====================
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
>> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 4:29 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 Pairing - NWA 4587
>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Most of us will by now have read and seen Greg's AD re: NWA 4587.
>>> If you are looking for a thorough and in-depth description of this
>>> unique
>>> meteorite that had at first been classified as a highly metamorphosed,
>>> unbrecciated eucrite similar to the vesicular Ibitira and was then found
>>> to be similar to the CR clan (!) - by the way, visually it resembles the
>>> sugary-textured Agoult - then I would recommend you go to David's
>>> excellent website:
>>>
>>> http://www.meteoritestudies.com/
>>>
>>> .. go to UNGROUPED ACHONDRITES and then click on: NWA 011 where you
>>> will find a wealth of information on this NWA achondrite beauty!
>>>
>>> Pardon? Oh, you would like to know if I have purchased some of this
>>> unique
>>> material? Yes, I must proudly admit. I have. Here is the item number of
>>> my
>>> beautiful, little partslice just in case you care ;-)
>>>
>>> Item number: 180075858766
>>>
>>> Best achondritic wishes,
>>>
>>> Bernd
>>>
>>>
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Received on Wed 17 Jan 2007 10:06:55 PM PST