[meteorite-list] NWA 1459 (was: Steve Witt's AD)

[Bernd V. Pauli]

Do you remember what a hustle that was, what a bustle that was when the Hupés announced the availability of an olivine-bearing (!) diogenite?! Do you remember their NWA 1459 contest? How happy those of us were who were lucky enough to obtain a tiny crumb of what was almost beyond anyone’s dreams because the price per gram was exorbitantly high at the time 
 and there were only 49 grams available! Protruding from the fusion crust were large chromite grains making this “harzburgitic peridotite” even more appealing. Olivine and pyroxene grains are up to 10 mm (!) in size.

Best wishes from Bernd,

(Happy owner of 0.122 grams of NWA 1459)