[meteorite-list] Angrite "Front Runners" and Abstracts

[Greg Hupe]

Dear List Members and Angrite Collectors,

Pete asks:
"Of the three (angrites) listed (NWA 2999, NWA 4590 "Tamassint", NWA 4801), 
Greg, which would you consider as the front runner? I hope it's NWA 2999 as 
that's the only one I have of those three that you've listed. Pete"

Pete, I consider all three of the angrites I have brought to the scientific 
and collecting world, with help from the nomadic finders and my Moroccan 
partners, as front runners. If it were not these angrites, many analytical 
testing may not have been considered. Take for instance the abstract titled 
"Magnetism On The Angrite Parent Body" by Dr. Benjamin Weiss of MIT in 
Boston. I and my most recent angrite, NWA 4931 (new 2140 gram main mass 
paired to NWA 2999) were flown up to MIT to have a core sample taken from 
this large stone. This was important because Dr. Weiss could then perform 
"clean" magnetism testing from a sample that was hopefully not subjected to 
Moroccan or other's magnets. This is a very time consuming testing process 
and the coring took place in October 2007. Here is Dr. Weiss's abstract, 
which does not include NWA 4931 because it was not yet discovered during his 
initial testing:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/2143.pdf

Here is an abstract presented by Drs Amelin and Irving reporting ages of 
angrites NWA 2999, NWA 4590 "Tamassint" and NWA 4801:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metchron2007/pdf/4061.pdf



Here is another interesting abstract discussing constraints for existence of 
a core on the APB:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/1936.pdf



I hope this helps you decide which is the "front runner", which may be in 
the scientific data each reveals or simply a matter of beauty as seen by 
each individual collector. All three are completely different in appearance.


Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Shugar" <pshugar at clearwire.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 12:33 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Mecurian meteorites


> Of the three listed, Greg, which would you consider as the front runner? I 
> hope it's NWA 2999 as that's the only one I have of those three that 
> you've listed.
> Pete
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