Hi Bernd,
Thanks for bringing up the memories. I remember that the winners were to be announced at the Denver show and that everyone was anxiously waiting the results. I checked my computer more than a few times and was extremely happy to come in behind the master and "win" my monster (at the time) 0.088 gram part slice. Cheers, Frank ________________________________ From: Bernd V. Pauli <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, January 27, 2011 2:28:13 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 1459 (was: Steve Witt's AD) Do you remember what a hustle that was, what a bustle that was when the Hupés announced the availability of an olivine-bearing (!) diogenite?! Do you remember their NWA 1459 contest? How happy those of us were who were lucky enough to obtain a tiny crumb of what was almost beyond anyone’s dreams because the price per gram was exorbitantly high at the time … and there were only 49 grams available! Protruding from the fusion crust were large chromite grains making this “harzburgitic peridotite” even more appealing. Olivine and pyroxene grains are up to 10 mm (!) in size. Best wishes from Bernd, (Happy owner of 0.122 grams of NWA 1459) ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
