[meteorite-list] NWA 5400 - Last Specimens Available - AD

Mon Jul 26 14:04:23 EDT 2010

Hi Greg,

I'm sure I'm speaking for others as well as myself when I ask if you could explain your rational of taking offers for the material.  I am reluctant to make an offer as  I'm not sure what it should be.  

That said I'm wondering how  I, or others, would feel, if for the sake of example, I offered $100 a gram and you accepted my offer, but also accepted other offers at $50 per gram?

Sincerely,

Mike Fowler

(a chicago collector who is especially interested in ungrouped meteorites.)

> Dear List Members, 
> 
> After returning home for some much needed R&R over the last couple months, I 
> would like to send an update of what is available of NWA 5400. After the 
> original 4.818kg single stone was partially cut and proper type samples were 
> provided to a team of dedicated, knowledgeable and professional scientists, 
> only 978.2 grams of polished slices and fragments were made available to 
> collectors, along with the 3.426kg Main Mass. Since my first announcing "NWA 
> 5400 - Earth-Related Meteorite" two months ago, I have placed a majority of 
> NWA 5400 in public and private collections, including the Main Mass. This 
> leaves far less material of NWA 5400 available to collectors and museums. I 
> am again considering reasonable offers on the remainder of available 
> specimens of NWA 5400. I will be able to reply and ship accepted offers 
> through mid-Friday, July 30th, just four days from now. I can reply to 
> emails via iPhone after that date but can not ship until I return home by 
> August 9th or 16th. In the words of the classifying scientist just today, 
> "...NWA 5400 is the only "certified" material (well-studied, official, 2 
> abstracts)[oxygen isotope analysis performed]". 
> 
> NWA 5400: Available Specimens (Updated 7-26-2010): 
> 
> 95.8g cs 148mm x 97mm x 3mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00001.jpg 
> 75.3g cs 149mm x 95mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00002.jpg 
> 69.2g cs 142mm x 93mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00003.jpg 
> 65.5g cs 129mm x 86mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00004.jpg 
> 59.5g cs 137mm x 88mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00005.jpg 
> 58.9g cs 139mm x 90mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00006.jpg 
> 50.7g cs 124mm x 81mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00007.jpg 
> 46.9g cs 113mm x 73mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00008.jpg 
> 42.9g cs 108mm x 71mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00010.jpg 
> 34.8g cs 104mm x 68mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00011.jpg 
> 29.5g csw 100mm x 72mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00012.jpg 
> 38.9g polished fragment 36mm x 21mm x 32mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00013.jpg 
> 8.8g ps 35mm x 33mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00014.jpg 
> 7.9g ps 36mm x 34mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00015.jpg 
> 6g ps 44mm x 28mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00017.jpg 
> 5.4g ps 34mm x 23mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00018.jpg 
> 1.9g ps 27mm x 15mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00022.jpg 
> 1.8g ps 26mm x 13mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00024.jpg 
> 1.082g ps 14mm x 9mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00025.jpg 
> 988mg ps 17mm x 6mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00027.jpg 
> 740mg ps 15mm x 10mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00029.jpg 
> 686mg ps 15mm x 6mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00030.jpg 
> 362mg 7mm x 6mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00035.jpg 
> 354mg ps 9mm x 6mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00036.jpg 
> 344mg ps 12mm x 5mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00037.jpg 
> 340mg ps 10mm x 5mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00038.jpg 
> 318mg ps 12mm x 5mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00039.jpg 
> 2.156g cut fragment 18mm x 13mm x 7mm (not polished, good for thin sections) 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00042.jpg 
> 2.062g cut fragment 22mm x 9mm x 6mm (not polished, good for thin sections) 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00043.jpg 
> 1.284g fragment 18mm x 10mm x 4mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00044.jpg 
> 1.134g cut fragment 19mm x 8mm x 5mm (not polished, good for thin sections) 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00045.jpg 
> 582mg fragment 10mm x 8mm x 3mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00047.jpg 
> 454mg fragment 8mm x 6mm x 3mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00049.jpg 
> 298mg fragment 10mm x 7mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00050.jpg 
> 258mg fragment 8mm x 6mm x 2mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00051.jpg 
> 174mg fragment 6mm x 4mm x 3mm 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/dsc00052.jpg 
> cs - complete slice 
> ps - part slice 
> 
> Thank you for considering these, I appreciate being the opportunity to bring 
> such amazing meteorites such as NWA 5400 and others to the scientific and 
> private communities. There is no need to accept anything other than NWA 5400 
> when it comes to such a scientifically important meteorite which is in a 
> class all its own! 
> 
> Please see below my original announcement of "NWA 5400 - Earth-Related 
> Meteorite". 
> 
> Best regards, 
> Greg 
> 
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> ==================== 
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> 
> Original announcement of "NWA 5400 - Earth-Related Meteorite" June 8, 2010: 
> 
> 
> >> 
> 
> Dear List Members, 
> 
> I would like to announce an important new meteorite that has been under 
> intense analysis over the last two years by a select group of scientists 
> from around the world... 
> 
> NWA 5400: Earth-Related Ungrouped Meteorite 
> 
> Northwest Africa 5400 may be a sample from a large asteroid or dwarf planet, 
> which accreted in the early solar nebula in the vicinity of proto-Earth or 
> Theia. NWA 5400 has oxygen isotope ratios indistinguishable from those of 
> rocks from the Earth and the Moon, which plot on the TFL (Terrestrial 
> Fractionation Line). A precise formation age has not yet been measured, but 
> it cannot be older than 4.54 billion years, which likely makes NWA 5400 
> anomalously young among primitive achondritic objects from the early Solar 
> System. It is generally accepted that the Earth-Moon system was created when 
> Theia collided with proto-Earth about 4.3 billion years ago. Is it possible 
> that NWA 5400 is somehow related to this phenomenal event? 
> 
> NWA 5400 adds valuable understanding of events that took place in the early 
> evolution period of the Solar System. After two years of intense analysis, 
> scientists at prominent institutions from around the world continue to 
> diligently study this 'stand-alone' meteorite, which will add to the already 
> incredible information NWA 5400 has to offer. 
> 
> Link to 2009 LPSC abstract on NWA 5400: 
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2332.pdf 
> 
> Link to 2010 LPSC abstract on NWA 5400: 
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/1492.pdf 
> 
> NWA 5400 has a Total Known Weight of 4.818 kg in a single stone that was 
> discovered in Northwest Africa in 2008. The chocolate-brown mottled matrix 
> takes an extremely nice polish, which reveals the dazzling olivine crystals 
> exhibited in this scientifically important new meteorite! 
> 
> Cross-polarized light optical thin section image of NWA 5400 (width of field 
> = 1.2mm): 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/nwa5400xpl.jpg 
> 
> Image of 58.9-gram complete slice with hologram-like olivine crystals that 
> dance across the polished surface when tilted from side to side: 
> http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA5400/nwa5400slice.jpg 
> << 
> 
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