[meteorite-list] NEW - NWA 4932 Lunar - AD

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:27:31 -0500
Message-ID: <6498FC8EF10B4AA3BA347CE10B10817F_at_Gregor>

Dear List Members,

I would like to announce a NEW and unpaired Lunar meteorite that I have had
for two years. Since that time, no pairings have been found, this new Impact
Melt Breccia (IMB) stands by itself in the world's known lunar inventory!
"Thank You" Michael Johnson for dedicating November 9, 2009 as the 'Picture
of the Day' for NWA 4932!

NWA 4932 is an unusual new lunar meteorite found in the Sahara Desert in
October 2007. A single 93.3 gram stone was found, and after continuous
searching of the area since the find, no pairings have been recovered. Being
an Impact Melt Breccia (IMB), it takes a very high polish, which strongly
displays the minute details such as very fine-grained texture, many small
white clasts and occasional nickel-iron metal grains dispersed throughout
the stone. These metal grains have been analyzed by a prominent laboratory
and have the same composition as that of enstatite chondrite metal (from
previous impactors that struck the Moon).



NWA 4932 is compositionally very similar to material brought back to Earth
by NASA's Apollo 16 mission in 1972. With such a low Total Known Weight,
there are only a small handful of slices available to collectors and
museums. Each slice has been expertly polished to a high luster on one side
to display the characteristics of this lunaite.

Here is a list of the only available specimens of NWA 4932, four have
already sold!!

24.5g Main Mass
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00001.jpg
4.020g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00004.jpg
3.844g cs
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00005.jpg
3.776g ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00006.jpg
3.332g cs
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00007.jpg
3.112g cs
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00008.jpg
2.812g cs
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00009.jpg
284mg ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00012.jpg
268mg ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00013.jpg
230mg ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00014.jpg
156mg ps
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00015.jpg
852mg fragment
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00017.jpg
3.548g cut fragment
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4932/dsc00018.jpg

cs = complete slice
ps = part slice

If you are interested in one of these fascinating stand-alone lunar
specimens, please email me Off-List for pricing.

Thank you for your interest, and if you are just looking, please enjoy the
photos!

I also have eBay auctions of other planetary and other rare meteorites
ending tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 11th). Of particular interest is a small
piece of Hoba Ataxite, sizable specimens of achondrites and other goodies.
Click here for my current eBay auctions:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault

Best regards,
Greg

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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe at htn.net
www.LunarRock.com
IMCA 3163
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Click here for my current eBay auctions:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault
Received on Tue 10 Nov 2009 04:27:31 PM PST