[meteorite-list] NEW H7 For Sale

[Adam Hupe]

Good Job Ken!

An H7 (primitive achondrite), what a very rare find!  Considering the rarity
of this specimen $200.00 a gram seems very reasonable.  Any chance of a
trade/part trade?

Kind Regards,

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Adam Hupe
The Hupe Collection
Team LunarRock
IMCA 2185
raremeteorites at comcast.net




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> At the request of some collectors and the sugestion of  Ted Bunch
> I am happy to say we have a NEW H7 from Morocco NWA 2353
>
> For thoes who would like a slice of this new find the price is $200 per
gram
> and I will cut to your needs .
>
> Anyone interested may contact me by email direct.
> A picture of the specimen is on my web site.
>
> http://www.arn-meteorites.com
>
>   Northwest Africa
>   Purchased 2004
>   Primitive Achondrite (recrystalled H chondrite)
>
> A single, poorly crusted stone of 580 g was purchased in Erfoud, Morocco.
> Description and classification (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU): completely
> recrystallized and highly equilibrated H chondrite (H7), no relict
> chondrules; grain size < 0.5 mm, mean = 0.2 mm; intensely fractured with
> abundance of subparallel compression fractures. Olivine, Fa 17.9, FeO/MnO
=
> 34; orthopyroxene, Fs15.6Wo3.1, FeO/MnO = 19; plagioclase, An13.1Or2.6;
> chromite, cr# = 87; FeS, Ni = 1.65 wt %; metal (taenite only), Ni = 21.6
wt
> %; trace of merrilite. Weathering grade, W3 and lightly shocked (S2).
> Specimens: type specimen, 20.1 g, NAU; main mass, Regelman.
>
> ______________________________________________
>
> The above is a working classification and will be submitted shortly to the
> Nom Com after receipt of oxygen isotope data.
>
> T. E. Bunch
> Professor of Geology
> Northern Arizona University
>
>
>
> Nov. 20, 2004
>
>
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