[meteorite-list] NWA 5400 - Last Specimens Available - AD

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:27:04 -0400
Message-ID: <0ED74F1BCBC34F5C8121766891AD922E_at_greg323a964987>

Hi Michael,

Thank you for your email and interest in NWA 5400. I am accepting offers
privately because NWA 5400 is such a unique meteorite which requires
different pricing per gram such as, but not limited to considerations such
as:
1) Size of specimen.
2) Number of specimens desired.
3) Is the purchaser going to cut down material for Thin Section manufacture
or other resale purpose?
4) Is the purchaser going to donate the piece to a museum?
5) Is the specimen going to be used by a qualified lab?

As you can see, there are many considerations that make it impossible for me
to set a single per-gram rate for the masses. That said, as I stated in my
original offering nearly two months ago, please make an offers that you are
comfortable with. I look forward to all reasonable offers and look for to
placing NWA 5400, the first "Earth-Related Ungrouped Meteorite" that has
'impacted' the meteorite world! :-)

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Fowler" <mqfowler at mac.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: "Michael Fowler" <mqfowler at mac.com>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 5400 - Last Specimens Available - AD


> Hi Greg,
>
> I'm sure I'm speaking for others as well as myself when I ask if you could
> explain your rational of taking offers for the material. I am reluctant
> to make an offer as I'm not sure what it should be.
>
> That said I'm wondering how I, or others, would feel, if for the sake of
> example, I offered $100 a gram and you accepted my offer, but also
> accepted other offers at $50 per gram?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mike Fowler
>
> (a chicago collector who is especially interested in ungrouped
> meteorites.)
>
>
>
>> Dear List Members,
>>
>> After returning home for some much needed R&R over the last couple
>> months, I
>> would like to send an update of what is available of NWA 5400. After the
>> original 4.818kg single stone was partially cut and proper type samples
>> were
>> provided to a team of dedicated, knowledgeable and professional
>> scientists,
>> only 978.2 grams of polished slices and fragments were made available to
>> collectors, along with the 3.426kg Main Mass. Since my first announcing
>> "NWA
>> 5400 - Earth-Related Meteorite" two months ago, I have placed a majority
>> of
>> NWA 5400 in public and private collections, including the Main Mass. This
>> leaves far less material of NWA 5400 available to collectors and museums.
>> I
>> am again considering reasonable offers on the remainder of available
>> specimens of NWA 5400. I will be able to reply and ship accepted offers
>> through mid-Friday, July 30th, just four days from now. I can reply to
>> emails via iPhone after that date but can not ship until I return home by
>> August 9th or 16th. In the words of the classifying scientist just today,
>> "...NWA 5400 is the only "certified" material (well-studied, official, 2
>> abstracts)[oxygen isotope analysis performed]".
>>
>> NWA 5400: Available Specimens (Updated 7-26-2010):
>>
>> 95.8g cs 148mm x 97mm x 3mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00001.jpg
>> 75.3g cs 149mm x 95mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00002.jpg
>> 69.2g cs 142mm x 93mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00003.jpg
>> 65.5g cs 129mm x 86mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00004.jpg
>> 59.5g cs 137mm x 88mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00005.jpg
>> 58.9g cs 139mm x 90mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00006.jpg
>> 50.7g cs 124mm x 81mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00007.jpg
>> 46.9g cs 113mm x 73mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00008.jpg
>> 42.9g cs 108mm x 71mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00010.jpg
>> 34.8g cs 104mm x 68mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00011.jpg
>> 29.5g csw 100mm x 72mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00012.jpg
>> 38.9g polished fragment 36mm x 21mm x 32mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00013.jpg
>> 8.8g ps 35mm x 33mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00014.jpg
>> 7.9g ps 36mm x 34mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00015.jpg
>> 6g ps 44mm x 28mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00017.jpg
>> 5.4g ps 34mm x 23mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00018.jpg
>> 1.9g ps 27mm x 15mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00022.jpg
>> 1.8g ps 26mm x 13mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00024.jpg
>> 1.082g ps 14mm x 9mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00025.jpg
>> 988mg ps 17mm x 6mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00027.jpg
>> 740mg ps 15mm x 10mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00029.jpg
>> 686mg ps 15mm x 6mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00030.jpg
>> 362mg 7mm x 6mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00035.jpg
>> 354mg ps 9mm x 6mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00036.jpg
>> 344mg ps 12mm x 5mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00037.jpg
>> 340mg ps 10mm x 5mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00038.jpg
>> 318mg ps 12mm x 5mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00039.jpg
>> 2.156g cut fragment 18mm x 13mm x 7mm (not polished, good for thin
>> sections)
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00042.jpg
>> 2.062g cut fragment 22mm x 9mm x 6mm (not polished, good for thin
>> sections)
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00043.jpg
>> 1.284g fragment 18mm x 10mm x 4mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00044.jpg
>> 1.134g cut fragment 19mm x 8mm x 5mm (not polished, good for thin
>> sections)
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00045.jpg
>> 582mg fragment 10mm x 8mm x 3mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00047.jpg
>> 454mg fragment 8mm x 6mm x 3mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00049.jpg
>> 298mg fragment 10mm x 7mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00050.jpg
>> 258mg fragment 8mm x 6mm x 2mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00051.jpg
>> 174mg fragment 6mm x 4mm x 3mm
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00052.jpg
>> cs - complete slice
>> ps - part slice
>>
>> Thank you for considering these, I appreciate being the opportunity to
>> bring
>> such amazing meteorites such as NWA 5400 and others to the scientific and
>> private communities. There is no need to accept anything other than NWA
>> 5400
>> when it comes to such a scientifically important meteorite which is in a
>> class all its own!
>>
>> Please see below my original announcement of "NWA 5400 - Earth-Related
>> Meteorite".
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Greg
>>
>> ====================
>> Greg Hupe
>> The Hupe Collection
>> NaturesVault (eBay)
>> gmhupe at htn.net
>> www.LunarRock.com
>> IMCA 3163
>> ====================
>> Click here for my current eBay auctions:
>> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault
>>
>> Original announcement of "NWA 5400 - Earth-Related Meteorite" June 8,
>> 2010:
>>
>>
>> >>
>>
>> Dear List Members,
>>
>> I would like to announce an important new meteorite that has been under
>> intense analysis over the last two years by a select group of scientists
>> from around the world...
>>
>> NWA 5400: Earth-Related Ungrouped Meteorite
>>
>> Northwest Africa 5400 may be a sample from a large asteroid or dwarf
>> planet,
>> which accreted in the early solar nebula in the vicinity of proto-Earth
>> or
>> Theia. NWA 5400 has oxygen isotope ratios indistinguishable from those of
>> rocks from the Earth and the Moon, which plot on the TFL (Terrestrial
>> Fractionation Line). A precise formation age has not yet been measured,
>> but
>> it cannot be older than 4.54 billion years, which likely makes NWA 5400
>> anomalously young among primitive achondritic objects from the early
>> Solar
>> System. It is generally accepted that the Earth-Moon system was created
>> when
>> Theia collided with proto-Earth about 4.3 billion years ago. Is it
>> possible
>> that NWA 5400 is somehow related to this phenomenal event?
>>
>> NWA 5400 adds valuable understanding of events that took place in the
>> early
>> evolution period of the Solar System. After two years of intense
>> analysis,
>> scientists at prominent institutions from around the world continue to
>> diligently study this 'stand-alone' meteorite, which will add to the
>> already
>> incredible information NWA 5400 has to offer.
>>
>> Link to 2009 LPSC abstract on NWA 5400:
>> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2332.pdf
>>
>> Link to 2010 LPSC abstract on NWA 5400:
>> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/1492.pdf
>>
>> NWA 5400 has a Total Known Weight of 4.818 kg in a single stone that was
>> discovered in Northwest Africa in 2008. The chocolate-brown mottled
>> matrix
>> takes an extremely nice polish, which reveals the dazzling olivine
>> crystals
>> exhibited in this scientifically important new meteorite!
>>
>> Cross-polarized light optical thin section image of NWA 5400 (width of
>> field
>> = 1.2mm):
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/nwa5400xpl.jpg
>>
>> Image of 58.9-gram complete slice with hologram-like olivine crystals
>> that
>> dance across the polished surface when tilted from side to side:
>> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/nwa5400slice.jpg
>> <<
>>
>>
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