I have at auction a "RARE WYOMINGITE 11.5LBS" that has a realtively concise (well for a rock hound that never heard of phlogophite micas anyway) description of Wyomingite, a rare mantle derived rock type. Diamonds are found in AUS. from this rock type. If you are bored, the pictures give you a glimpse of what a phlogophite would look like if I had better pictures. The article is from our state precious stones and metals geologist, W. Dan Hausel, my friend.
Best,
Dave Freeman
IMCA # 3864
eBay user ID mjwy with auctions running.
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Just to confirm that a suspicious name like Phlogopite has been confirmed to NOT be another name for "snake oil"...I looked it up and it(phlogoplite) is a name for a rare iron poor mica (a mineral).
A mica rich meteorite? Does this give the possibility that water might have been involved in the formation/transformation of this rock? Maybe not...just curious. I thought micas were sometimes caused/triggered by water intrusion into a magma?
John
Dear List Members,
This weeks rare material special is NWA 1235, a strange ungrouped Phlogopite-bearing Enstatite achondrite.
It is classified as an ungrouped Phlogopite-bearing Enstatite Achondrite, in other words a unique one-of-a-kind meteorite with a Total Known Weight (TKW) of only 80 grams. We were lucky to get a few grams of this material in trade for some planetary specimens so it was not an inexpensive acquisition. We are keeping the largest piece for our collection and are offering the rest. This meteorite is even odder than NWA 011, which garnered a lot of press in the last couple years after speculation it may have originated from the planet Mercury. Just like NWA 011 the parent body is unknown. It will be interesting to see where the O-isotopes place it. We were told the finder is keeping the rest in his collection so very little will be available so now may be the time to bid. We are starting all of the NWA 1235 specimens out at just .99 and will let the market decide their value.
In this weeks auction we are also introducing nine never before offered meteorites. To see these just look for "NEW" in the title and to see this week's special look at "NWA1235". Link to eBay auctions below:
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Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck.
All the best,
Adam and Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection IMCA 2185
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