[meteorite-list] Forwarded AD - BURNWELL

[Greg Hupe]

Hi David and List,

Interesting that this comes up. I have been sitting on NWA 3161 for almost 
two years to let the scientists do their jobs. They at first were leaning 
towards "anomalous", but classified in the "LL" category. Regardless, NWA 
3161 is a very interesting and dazzling meteorite as can be seen by this 
photo of a couple slices (note the ringed chondrules!): 
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3161/nwa3161.jpg

 I have never offered this material before, or even shared photos (other 
than to the scientists) so this is just a 'Show-n-Tell' email :-) (sort of 
an early "Friday Fun").

Best regards,
Greg

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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
www.LunarRock.com
IMCA 3163
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Weir" <dgweir at earthlink.net>
To: <Impactika at aol.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Forwarded AD - BURNWELL


> There is an interesting abstract about these reduced metal-rich and 
> metal-poor chondrites in the latest LPSC abstracts, this one by D. Rumble, 
> III, A. Irving, M. Kuehner, and T. Bunch. Also, I have been compiling 
> related information on these anomalous chondrites on my Moorabie webpage 
> at meteoritestudies.com. Here is the link to the Rumble et al. paper:
>
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/2230.pdf
>
> David
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>> Hi everyone,
>> I know I haven't been active in the meteorite  community lately due to 
>> work and family obligations but I'm here today to raise  a bit of money 
>> by selling one of the crown jewels of my collection; a 4.1g slice  of 
>> Burnwell.  For those of you unfamiliar with Burnwell, depending on  where 
>> you read about it, it is classified as either an anomalous H4 or  HH4. 
>> Yes, HH4.  There is a total of one of these in the world and it  hit a 
>> house in Burnwell, KY USA on September 4, 1990 and a total of around 3kg 
>> TKW.  Almost all of this meteorite is in the Smithsonian.  I say  almost 
>> all of it because in 2001 I was lucky enough to be the only person to 
>> receive part of it (a little over 12g).  I had it cut up and sold or 
>> traded  most of it away to other collectors while keeping the largest 
>> portion of it for  myself.  This piece has beautiful dark crust on one 
>> edge as well as a  Smithsonian number painted on it.  There is NO 
>> weathering on it at all and  it looks like a stone that fell yesterday. 
>> The many visible chondrules  (some armored) are easy to spot and truth be 
>> told, I'm kind of surprised that  this was classified as a HH4 and not an 
>> HH3.  Other than cutting it has  been treated by expert Jim Hartman to 
>> prevent any aging and has been in a  membrane case for the past 5 years. 
>> I will also include the shipping  papers from the Smithsonian so you can 
>> track the ownership from space to your  door.  To read more about how the 
>> Smithsonian obtained this meteorite read  here 
>> http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/dec99/feature.html  For those of you  wary 
>> of purchasing a meteorite from someone you may not know, check out the 
>> IMCA's site at http://imca.cc/insights/2006/IMCA-Insights01.htm to read 
>> about  how I helped form the association.
>> Put simply, this is the largest privately  owned piece of an entire class 
>> of meteorite that has hit a house in America, has  excellent pedigree, 
>> and is simply beautiful.  How often does a chance like  this come up? 
>> Asking price is $8,000.  I'll pay for first class  insured shipping to 
>> your door.
>> If interested please feel free to call me at  812-484-8369 at any time or 
>> write back to me.  This offer stands until noon  March 15, 2007, Eastern 
>> Standard Time.
>> Thank you for your time,
>> Rhett  Bourland
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