[meteorite-list] NWA 6292 (BRA) IS paired to NWA 5400 !

Tue Sep 28 18:34:49 EDT 2010

Mike G and Greg H and Listers,

Mike G great point about how exclusivity is misconstrued with NWAs and before you know it, you have multiple pairs. Good example, NWA 2999, yeah there is a lot of pairs with that one and some say that the other pairs don't me squat and only buy the real deal. So you see that's where the problem lies with price points and collecting NWA's. I personally from a collectors stand point only collect some NWAs that I deem fit, Lunars and Mars and a couple others, but for the most part, I stay away and let the scientist do their work. But for other meteorites, I go for the historic ones and rare types with real importance, not ones that have multiple meteorite from the same parent body but with slight differences in  composition.  

Greg H you say that O isotope is the only factor to determine pairing... your wrong there are other factors with paring meteorites. Some body told me this........

" O isotopes don't "prove" that one specimen is matched with another.  It is certainly possible that two separate but related meteorites will have very similar O-isotopic compositions.  They also could have similar olivine Fa compositions, similar refractory lithophile abundances, etc.  It is certainly very suggestive of pairing if the textures, compositions (chemical and isotopic), and CRE ages match.  But more supportive would be the terrestrial residence ages, i.e., if they fell at around the same time.  The best proof of pairing is if the different samples fit together."

So you see there are other factors involved with pairing and I have a dieing question.... What is the CRE of NWA 5400? If it came from Earth 4 billion years ago that you suggested, wouldn't the CRE be around 4 billion years? I heard that the oldest CRE to this date for a stoney meteorite is around 100 million years. I find it odd that this hasn't been test when this test is simple compared to other test to prove it might have a connection to Earth.

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[meteorite-list] NWA 6292 (BRA) IS paired to NWA 5400 !
Galactic Stone & Ironworks meteoritemike at gmail.com 
Tue Sep 28 17:20:58 EDT 2010 

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Hi Greg and List, 

I wasn't trying to take a shot at anyone. But the marketplace has 
changed, even in the brief 3 years I have been active on it. There 
was a time, not long ago, that the number of stateside dealers who 
bought directly from the Moroccan sources could be counted on two 
hands - not counting buying from a wholesaler at a show like Tucson. 
10 years ago, how many people were wiring money to the Moroccans for 
Fed-Ex packages full of meteorites that were destined for resale? I 
would wager that it was not very many compared to now. On Facebook 
alone, there are no less than 2 dozen overseas and Moroccan dealers 
who are selling directly to the end collector. These sellers know 
they can get more money for their stones by selling to a newbie dealer 
or end collector, than selling to a veteran dealer. I wasn't taking a 
shot at NWA 5400 or the Hupes. I think that nowadays, any meteorite 
that is offered to one dealer, is going to be offered to several 
dealers and collectors - to maximize profit. Our overseas friends are 
eager students of capitalism and they are simply applying the same 
lessons they have learned after years of watching their stones get 
sold for pennies on the dollar and then flipped onto the market of end 
collectors for a profit. This is happening more and more now. 
Speaking from personal experience, I have now processed (sliced and 
polished) a new NWA meteorite from 2 independent Moroccan sources. 
Guess what? It's the same meteorite and there is a 3rd dealer 
offering this same material. All 3 meteorites are exactly the same 
and have 3 different NWA numbers. Of course, I am making a casual 
pairing based on handling the material and I cannot say for certain 
they are exactly the same without microprobe and/or O-isotope. But 
from talking to these dealers, each one had no idea that other dealers 
were being offered the same material. Each one thought they were 
getting an exclusive deal. 

If I am an overseas source, I know I will get more money per gram for 
my stones if I sell them to a collector on Facebook versus selling 
them to a seasoned dealer like Adam or Greg. Now that this fact is 
well known, the genie is out of the bottle. Exclusivity for NWA finds 
is dead. 

Best regards, 

MikeG 

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On 9/28/10, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net> wrote: 

> Hello Eric and All, 

> 

> MikeG wrote: 

> "So, if NWA 5400 turned up in the Hupe inventory, you can bet your bottom 

> dollar that the same meteorite will show up in other dealer inventories 

> under a different NWA number(s)." 

> 

> MikeG obviously made a hip-shot, knee-jerk uninformed comment. Considering 

> there are plenty of single stone classifications discovered by 

> me, Adam and other people throughtout. At least some people are finally 

> discussing that 

> in order to make an NWA 5400 pairing, oxygen isotope work MUST be 

> completed, period!! This has been my argument from Day 1 when "NWA 5363" was 

> claimed as a pairing without any oxygen work being performed! 

> People need to go back and re-read my very first announcement of NWA 5400, 

> and then my first comments about "NWA 5363". As mentioned in my last email 

> regarding this thread, I do not feel I need to keep harping on these facts. 

> I appreciate a few cool heads making these statements on their own, 

> refreshing to know a few people still understand the value of patience and 

> thorough work! 

> 

> Best regards, 

> Greg 

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> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Meteorites USA" <eric at meteoritesusa.com> 

> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> 

> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 4:15 PM 

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 6292 (BRA) IS paired to NWA 5400 ! 

> 

> 

>> What do you mean, am I reading this right? You assume because 1 person 

>> has a piece of a rare meteorite that it's an absolute that more of that 

>> meteorite exists? 

>> 

>> This certainly doesn't take into account single meteorite 

>> classifications at all. Are you saying the EVERY NWA ever classified has 

>> a pairing? Because that's what this sounds like. 

>> 

>> Regards, 

>> Eric 

>> 

>> 

>> On 9/28/2010 12:36 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote: 

>>> So, if 

>>> NWA 5400 turned up in the Hupe inventory, you can bet your bottom 

>>> dollar that the same meteorite will show up in other dealer 

>>> inventories under a different NWA number(s). 

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