[meteorite-list] AD - Rosetta Stone Pieces

[Adam Hupe]

Hi Peter and List,

I am going with what Norbert Classen had to say about
this being the "Rosetta Stone".  I believe he is the
one who coined the term for this single stone. As far
as I know, it is the only stone in the Dhofar series
that has two lithologies possible tying two pairing
sets together. I think the term Rosetta is fitting in
this regards.

All the best,

Adam
 
--- Peter Marmet <p.marmet at mysunrise.ch> wrote:

> Dhofar 908...Rosetta stone?
> 
> For many years that expression was used for NWA
> 99555:
> 
> A very important new paper on our angrite SAH99555
> (Sahara 99555, a  
> 2710g single stone with black fusion crust found by
> our team in May  
> 1999) was published in the last issue of the
> scientific journal  
> Nature. In the words of co-authors Joel Baker,
> Director of Geology  
> School of Earth Sciences, University of Wellington,
> NEW ZEALAND, and  
> Martin Bizarro, Leader, MC-ICP-MS Laboratory,
> University of  
> Copenhagen, DENMARK : “Your angrite meteorite find
> SAH9955 is now the  
> oldest absolutely dated igneous rock in the Solar
> System, has clear  
> evidence for the former presence of short-lived 26Al
> in it (which  
> caused planetesimal melting), and very likely will
> become the  
> "Rosetta Stone" for early Solar System
> chronology”...
> 
> Will every a bit special meteorite be nicknamed
> "Rosetta Stone" now?
> 
> To my knowledge Dhofar 908 is paired with  Dhofar
> 302, 303, 305, 306,  
> 307, 309, 310, 311, 730, 731, 489, 908, 909, 911,
> 950, and 1085...
> It seems that Dho 908 has something that all those
> others do not  
> have. This is very interesting and I'd be very
> pleased to know more  
> about that phenomenon.
> Thank you!
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> Adam Hupe wrote:
> 
> > Dear List Members:
> >
> > Several collectors expressed an interest in pieces
> of
> > the “Rosetta Stone”.  I finally got around to
> cutting
> > this world class lunaite making for more
> affordable
> > slices.  The end-cut yielded eight pieces, all
> > beautiful as can be seen in the link below:
> >
> > Dhofar 908 Very Rare Lunar/Moon Meteorite, The
> > “Rosetta Stone”
> >
> > Complete slices and one end-cut of the Dhofar 908
> > “Rosetta Stone”, a very rare Impact Melt Breccia
> Lunar
> > meteorite found 2003 in Oman.  A Total Known
> Weight of
> > 245.46 grams is reported for this find consisting
> of
> > several individuals. This particular stone is well
> > known because it is the only example that displays
> two
> > lithologies earning the nick name, the Rosetta
> Stone
> > because it may represent the smoking gun tying two
> > sets of pairings together. Please let me know if
> any
> > of these pieces are of interest.
> >
> > Starting with top row, left to right:
> >
> > http://themeteoritesite.com/Rossetta.jpg
> >
> > Weight (grams)   Dimensions (mm)          Price
> >
> > 3.040            33 X 22 X 2            4,000.00
> > 1.494            31 X 20 X 1            2,000.00
> > 1.766            31 X 20 X 1            SOLD
> > 1.372            29 X 16 X 1.5          1,800.00
> > 1.212            27 X 17 X 1.5          1,600.00
> > 1.242            24 X 16 X 2            1,600.00
> > .906             20 X 13 X 2            1,300.00
> > .958 (end cut)   13 X 10 X 7            1,300.00
> >
> >
> > To see several auctions ending in the next few
> days,
> > click on this link:
> >
> > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites
> >
> >
> > Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good
> > luck.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > Adam Hupe
> > The Hupe Collection
> > Team LunarRock
> > IMCA 2185
> > raremeteorites at comcast.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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