.. and I am glad I did not "jump on the lower opening price" so that the piece that was my "perfect size" has not been "lost to another bidder!"
I received mine (1.024 grams) today. It sports patches of shiny, glossy fusion crust today and it is a pleasure to hold and a feast for the eyes to behold! Will have to wait for the weekend before I find some time to read the Lunar and Planetary abstract on NWA 4590 and look at this little gem under my stereo microscope. Wish I had a thin section of this gorgeous plutonic angrite. The mottled appearance of the NWA 4590 crystals in cross-polarized light resembles that of the NWA 3151 brachinite but the crystals are substantially larger in this *plutonic* angrite and there is much more plagioclase (almost pure anorthite): http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4590/nwa4590xpl.jpg Best wishes, Angritically, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
