[meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

Thu Sep 7 11:47:45 EDT 2006

Dear Jeff and other NWA 2828 EL3 enthusiasts,

paleo-meteorite or "fossil" meteorite? That is the question...

In a short conversation with one of the lead scientists who have and are 
studying NWA 2828 and the other recent enstatite meteorites, they referred 
to 2828 as a paleo-meteorite instead of "fossil" meteorite so people would 
not think they referred to ancient life being found in it. The term "fossil" 
meteorite has been used to describe several ancient meteorites that were 
found in rocks or sediments; a 480 million year old quarried Swedish 
limestone, a meteorite found in a drillcore through the impact melt sheet of 
the 145 million year old Morokweng Crater, to name a couple. The word fossil 
in geology has the strong connotation as evidence of life but literally 
means "dug up". The prefix paleo- means ancient, so a paleo-meteorite would 
be an ancient meteorite. That term does not necessarily mean that it was 
excavated nor does it say how old it is, but sedimentary processes on earth 
tend to bury objects on the surface after tens to hundreds of thousands of 
years. It definitely was transported and abraded by water flow, then buried 
and cemented into a terrestrial conglomerate and then dug up. In short, the 
best way to describe NWA 2828 is either "fossil" meteorite or 
paleo-meteorite but has nothing to do with ancient life. Terrestrial age 
dating is currently being performed and a new abstract has been submitted.

I hope this answers some of the questions this "new" and exciting meteorite 
has brought up.

Best regards,
Greg
P.S. I loaded several more slices of NWA 2828 if anyone wants to have a 
look.

====================
Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
IMCA 3163
====================

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Grossman" <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

> What the heck is a "paleometeorite", how is it different from a fossil 
> meteorite, and why is NWA 2828 called this?
>
> jeff
>
> At 01:33 PM 9/5/2006, Greg Hupe wrote:
>>Dear List Members,
>>
>>I am pleased to announce a new and very rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite. It is 
>>NWA 2828 and was originally thought to be an aubrite but after additional 
>>material was cut and analyzed at the University of Washington and NAU, a 
>>few radial pyroxene chondrules were discovered. EL3's are even rarer than 
>>aubrites so the re-classification turned out to a pleasant surprise. What 
>>is interesting about NWA 2828 is the very low count of chondrules 
>>throughout the individual stones, less than 1%! It has taken nearly a year 
>>of hard work by myself and the scientists to get this properly classified 
>>so if you are interested, purchase your EL3 material from the official 
>>source for NWA 2828 where you know you will get a great deal and the right 
>>meteorite.
>>
>>I have loaded 36 slices, end cuts and individuals on eBay under my seller 
>>name, NaturesVault. Here are the direct links to these very low 
>>introductory-priced specimens:
>>
>>NWA 2828 EL3 Meteorite Specimens:
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>>
>>Best regards and Thank You for looking and/or bidding, I appreciate it!
>>Greg
>>
>>====================
>>Greg Hupe
>>The Hupe Collection
>>NaturesVault (eBay)
>>gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
>>IMCA 3163
>>====================
>>
>>
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