Dear List Members, In a continued effort to make new and exciting material available to collectors we would like to announce this weeks rare special. This weeks meteorite is called NWA 1793. Its formal classification is a Black Chondrite L3, S3-5, W1. What makes this meteorite interesting is that the so-called Black Chondrites only make up12% of all chondrites. Add the fact that it is an L3 and so highly shocked and you may only come up with one or two others in the world.
We thought this was an Impact Melt Breccia at first because of the deformed metal and vesicles. We had to question the laboratory twice just in case there was a mix up. They explained that shock and metamorphism are two different things. Even though the chondrules are deformed and shock blackened this has nothing to do with its petrologic grade other than it would make it very difficult to subclass. So there you have it, an L3 with very difficult to see chondrules, veined metal and vesicles, a rare beast to be sure. To see this rarity, check out the eBay link below under NWA 1793: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meteoritelab/ Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck. All the best, Adam and Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection IMCA 2185 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
