Hi Jeff and All,
As Jeff mentioned, these the slices of Dhofar 1575 are HIGHLY polished and
it was very difficult to capture a proper image of them. The slices look
MUCH better in person than what my photos show. I had a few other private
emails from happy purchasers who mention how much nicer their slices are in
hand.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Best regards,
Greg
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The Hupe Collection
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kuyken" <[email protected]>
To: "Greg Hupe" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dhofar 1575 Ureilite [Update]!! - AD
Hi Greg & all,
I'm a little surprised to see any of these slices still available. I
jumped on Greg's offer several weeks ago when he first offered them and I
must say that I was not disappointed! It's a gorgeous meteorite and they
are quite highly polished slices with great surface to weight ratios. I
haven't seen many Ureilites offered over the years at such large, thin
slices and at a reasonable price too. If nothing else the pics are worth a
look.
Cheers,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Hupe" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:45 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Dhofar 1575 Ureilite [Update]!! - AD
Dear List Members,
UPDATE ~ Dhofar 1575 Ureilite:
Slices: Only 5 polished slices left at $15.00/g
Fragments: Only 5 cut fragments left at $8.00/g
* See below for list of available specimens.
Last month I announced a NEW Ureilite, Dhofar 1575. As we all know
ureilites
are very difficult to cut and polish due to the numerous nano diamonds in
the matrix and most people do not invest the money or time into offering
polished
slices, it is simply not cost effective. Well, I have put the investment
into having this ureilite cut and polished and wish to offer collectors
this
rare chance to include a world-class slice at a VERY competitive rate! I
was
lucky enough to acquire 25% of this new ureilite and hired one of the
best
cutters out there to prepare this material, which was not cheap! He liked
this material so much he acquired a slice for his own collection! The
majority of this meteorite is in a private collection and very likely
will
never be made available to collectors. Submitted classification is below
the
list of specimens in this email.
Taking decent photographs of this highly polished material was a real
challenge and my images do not do the material justice. The slices are
far
better looking in person, displaying the wall-to-wall olivine crystals in
a
dazzling array which is a wonder under a microscope or 10x loupe!
Here is all that I have available of Dhofar 1575 Ureilite (Provisional):
38.44g part slice
73mm x 69mm x 2.5mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00003.jpg
34.71g part slice
74mm x 70mm x 2mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00004.jpg
31.23g part slice
70mm x 56mm x 3mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00005.jpg
28.31g part slice
68mm x 59mm x 2mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00007.jpg
27.53g part slice
69mm x 60mm x 2mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00008.jpg
122.1g cut fragment
55mm x 50mm x 27mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00013.jpg
71.7g cut fragment
49mm x 33mm x 14mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00017.jpg
65.6g cut fragment
48mm x 38mm x 17mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00015.jpg
13.5g cut fragment
40mm x 13mm x 10mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00019.jpg
12.2g cut fragment
39mm x 22mm x 10mm
http://www.lunarrock.com/Dhofar1575/dsc00020.jpg
PRICING: (Ureilites normally sell for $30.00-50.00/g, if you can find
sizable prepared slices!)
Polished slices - $15.00/g
Fragments - $8.00/g
Submitted classification for Dhofar 1575:
Fresh, coarse grained aggregate of olivine and pigeonite (both exhibiting
characteristic dark, reduced grain rims) with accessory graphite, and
Ni-free iron metal along silicate grain margins. Olivine (cores Fa21.5,
FeO/MnO = 45.5; rim Fa3.6; FeO/MnO = 7.2), pigeonite (cores
Fs17.7-17.8Wo6.0-5.8; FeO/MnO = 27.7). TKW: 4.7kg (2 stones; 1001g ASU
Collection, ~2.7kg Private Collection)
Thank you for considering a piece of Dhofar 1575 for your collection!
Best regards,
Greg
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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
[email protected]
www.LunarRock.com
IMCA 3163
====================
Click here for my current eBay auctions:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault
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