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Dear List Members,
I promised I would share the results of the
O-isotope analysis on Iriqui (NWA 1459), the only olivine diogenite in private
hands. For you lucky winners of the contest and the three winners of the
specimens offered on ebay, it has been reconfirmed, today, that NWA 1459 is the
rarest sample of 4 Vesta or any other meteorite class in existence! Three
aliquots analyzed separately plotted NWA 1459 in the HED class or more
accurately the HEDO (O is for Olivine Diogenite) main class group.
Because it has the highest amount of olivine and chromite it has
now become the most scientifically important HEDO sample in existence. It
is also the deepest known achondrite sample from the Vesta parent
body.
We are starting to get isotope data from
several samples submitted months ago. Some very exciting results are
expected so be prepaired for another mystery meteorite contest
soon. We will manage this contest a little better this time limiting
it to one response per entrant.
Wishing everybody the very best,
Adam and Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
IMCA 2185
3 > Iriqui plots with the
HED's.
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