This is probably the 'dumb question of the year' but, is there any
magnetic susceptability detectable on NWA 5000 or, for that matter any
of your planetary pieces? See, told you it was going to be a dumb
question.
Mike in CO
On Aug 16, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Adam Hupe wrote:
Thank you, Greg,
It is both a desert patina and fusion crust. The gray area is where
the fusion
crust was etched very thin by the prevailing winds and sand over the
1,000 year
period it spent in Western Sahara. You can still observe
contraction cracks in
the gray areas where the crust is so thin that you can see the
matrix through
it. Most collectors do not realize that Lunar meteorites, for the
most part,
have brown fusion crusts. A few Mare pieces have smooth black
fusion crusts and
a few Highlands have translucent green fusion crusts. This is one of
many clues
that we have a prospective Lunaite in front of us. You will never
see a wrinkly
Eucrite-like black fusion crust on a lunar meteorite.
Best Regards,
Adam
----- Original Message ----
From: Thunder Stone <stanleygr...@hotmail.com>
To: Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com>; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 10:27:33 AM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Newcomers and the Meteorite world
Adam/Greg:
Very impressive.
Is that a fusion crust on NWA 5000 or desert varnish?
Greg S.
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:31:50 -0700
From: raremeteori...@yahoo.com
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Newcomers and the Meteorite world
The question was presented. How many dealers have a personal
collection?
My brother Greg and I started out as collectors and continue to
this day. I
believe we have more planetary main masses than anybody in the world.
Here is an image of part of the Hupe Planetary Collection.
http://themeteoritesite.com/HupeCollectionMainMasses.jpg
We have a few more planetary main masses that are not included in
this image,
either because they were out on loan or too small.
Enjoy and Best Regards,
Adam
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