Hi John, Excellent photos! Thank you for sharing. This really is a fascinating meteorite.
Best regards, Greg ==================== Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 ==================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kashuba, Ontario, California" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Greg Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 Pairing - NWA 4587 > Greg, Bernd and list, > > Yes, David's site is a great resource. > > Here are a few thin section pictures I took of NWA 2976, one of the > pairings of this cool stone. > > http://www.johnkashuba.com/Pages/Meteorite%20Pages/Pictures/NWA2976AnomAch.htm > > Regards, > > - John > > John Kashuba > Ontario, California > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:59 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 Pairing - NWA 4587 > > >> Hi Bernd and List, >> >> Thank you Bernd for directing interested parties to David's web site. He >> really does have a great deal of information regarding NWA 4587 noted. >> One >> question that I have been asked a few times today is, "What are those >> occasional dark inclusions within the orange matrix?" In an email I >> received >> when I asked the scientists the very same question last month, this is >> the >> reply, ""Based on our experience with NWA 2400 and NWA 2976, the large >> black >> grains >> in the slice of GH-231 (NWA 4587) you sent is chromite and ilmenite..." >> Scientists at the University of Washington will be probing those dark >> inclusions for further study soon, so perhaps something new will be >> gleaned >> by studying larger samples provided by the 530-gram NWA 4587 stone. If we >> learn more, I will report back here with any additional information. >> >> Best regards, >> Greg >> >> ==================== >> Greg Hupe >> The Hupe Collection >> NaturesVault (eBay) >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> www.LunarRock.com >> IMCA 3163 >> ==================== >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 4:29 PM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 Pairing - NWA 4587 >> >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Most of us will by now have read and seen Greg's AD re: NWA 4587. >>> If you are looking for a thorough and in-depth description of this >>> unique >>> meteorite that had at first been classified as a highly metamorphosed, >>> unbrecciated eucrite similar to the vesicular Ibitira and was then found >>> to be similar to the CR clan (!) - by the way, visually it resembles the >>> sugary-textured Agoult - then I would recommend you go to David's >>> excellent website: >>> >>> http://www.meteoritestudies.com/ >>> >>> .. go to UNGROUPED ACHONDRITES and then click on: NWA 011 where you >>> will find a wealth of information on this NWA achondrite beauty! >>> >>> Pardon? Oh, you would like to know if I have purchased some of this >>> unique >>> material? Yes, I must proudly admit. I have. Here is the item number of >>> my >>> beautiful, little partslice just in case you care ;-) >>> >>> Item number: 180075858766 >>> >>> Best achondritic wishes, >>> >>> Bernd >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list