[meteorite-list] Forwarded AD - BURNWELL

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:44:42 -0400
Message-ID: <034e01c7669b$1efab7a0$2648b848_at_Gregor>

Hi David and List,

Interesting that this comes up. I have been sitting on NWA 3161 for almost
two years to let the scientists do their jobs. They at first were leaning
towards "anomalous", but classified in the "LL" category. Regardless, NWA
3161 is a very interesting and dazzling meteorite as can be seen by this
photo of a couple slices (note the ringed chondrules!):
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3161/nwa3161.jpg

 I have never offered this material before, or even shared photos (other
than to the scientists) so this is just a 'Show-n-Tell' email :-) (sort of
an early "Friday Fun").

Best regards,
Greg

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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
www.LunarRock.com
IMCA 3163
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Weir" <dgweir at earthlink.net>
To: <Impactika at aol.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Forwarded AD - BURNWELL


> There is an interesting abstract about these reduced metal-rich and
> metal-poor chondrites in the latest LPSC abstracts, this one by D. Rumble,
> III, A. Irving, M. Kuehner, and T. Bunch. Also, I have been compiling
> related information on these anomalous chondrites on my Moorabie webpage
> at meteoritestudies.com. Here is the link to the Rumble et al. paper:
>
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/2230.pdf
>
> David
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>> Hi everyone,
>> I know I haven't been active in the meteorite community lately due to
>> work and family obligations but I'm here today to raise a bit of money
>> by selling one of the crown jewels of my collection; a 4.1g slice of
>> Burnwell. For those of you unfamiliar with Burnwell, depending on where
>> you read about it, it is classified as either an anomalous H4 or HH4.
>> Yes, HH4. There is a total of one of these in the world and it hit a
>> house in Burnwell, KY USA on September 4, 1990 and a total of around 3kg
>> TKW. Almost all of this meteorite is in the Smithsonian. I say almost
>> all of it because in 2001 I was lucky enough to be the only person to
>> receive part of it (a little over 12g). I had it cut up and sold or
>> traded most of it away to other collectors while keeping the largest
>> portion of it for myself. This piece has beautiful dark crust on one
>> edge as well as a Smithsonian number painted on it. There is NO
>> weathering on it at all and it looks like a stone that fell yesterday.
>> The many visible chondrules (some armored) are easy to spot and truth be
>> told, I'm kind of surprised that this was classified as a HH4 and not an
>> HH3. Other than cutting it has been treated by expert Jim Hartman to
>> prevent any aging and has been in a membrane case for the past 5 years.
>> I will also include the shipping papers from the Smithsonian so you can
>> track the ownership from space to your door. To read more about how the
>> Smithsonian obtained this meteorite read here
>> http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/dec99/feature.html For those of you wary
>> of purchasing a meteorite from someone you may not know, check out the
>> IMCA's site at http://imca.cc/insights/2006/IMCA-Insights01.htm to read
>> about how I helped form the association.
>> Put simply, this is the largest privately owned piece of an entire class
>> of meteorite that has hit a house in America, has excellent pedigree,
>> and is simply beautiful. How often does a chance like this come up?
>> Asking price is $8,000. I'll pay for first class insured shipping to
>> your door.
>> If interested please feel free to call me at 812-484-8369 at any time or
>> write back to me. This offer stands until noon March 15, 2007, Eastern
>> Standard Time.
>> Thank you for your time,
>> Rhett Bourland
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Received on Wed 14 Mar 2007 08:44:42 PM PDT