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

[Frank Cressy]

Hi Bernd,

Thanks for bringing up the memories.  I remember that the winners were to be 
announced at the Denver show and that everyone was anxiously waiting the 
results.  I checked my computer more than a few times and was extremely happy to 
come in behind the master and "win" my monster (at the time) 0.088 gram part 
slice.

Cheers,

Frank


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From: Bernd V. Pauli <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thu, January 27, 2011 2:28:13 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 1459 (was: Steve Witt's AD)

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)


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