[meteorite-list] AD: Special: New uncommon Martian meteorite - NWA6710 prov.

Wed May 4 17:53:45 EDT 2011

Hi Greg,

Here is the writeup from my collection catalog about NWA 5960:

NWA 5960 (Mali, o-Shergottite, depl. pmaf ol-phy), found 2009, tkw: 1 at 147 g.

Zelimir
(will be in touch with you again tomorrow)

> Hello Martin,
>
> Congrats on the NWA 6710 Martian! I am saddened to hear about the  
> stolen NWA 5960 pairing. I only just heard about this today and here  
> through your announcement. What was the weight of 5960? I heard who  
> the stone was shipped to and who the Moroccan dealer is. If this is  
> a clear-cut case of theft by the recipient, then that person's name  
> should be made known to all dealers, collectors and police if  
> possible. I do not know any details, you know more than I do and I  
> am sure you are helping the Moroccan dealer who was ripped off  
> either by the shipping company or the recipient. This kind of  
> behavior should not be tolerated. I hope the thief, whoever it is,  
> finds a conscience and sends the stone back to the rightful owner!  
> In the possibility that it "got lost" in shipping by the carrier,  
> lets hope the wayward package, with stone, finds its way to the  
> recipient or back to the Moroccan owner!
>
> Best Regards,
> Greg
>
> ====================
> Greg Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
> gmhupe at centurylink.net
> www.LunarRock.com
> IMCA 3163
> ====================
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Chladnis Heirs
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:54 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: Special: New uncommon Martian  
> meteorite - NWA6710 prov.
>
> Good Day meteorite and planetary lovers,
>
>
> Proudly we announce, that our next Martian has arrived, is sliced and
> grinded already and waits now for flying into your collection!
>
> NWA 6710 (provisional)
>
> will be its name and according the newer more systematic nomenclature it is
> a
>
> Intermediate Permafic Olivine-Phyric Shergottite.
>
> Already a first glance reveals, that NWA 6710 doesn’t meet the usual viewing
> habits for shergottites and that it must be in several aspects a fairly
> uncommon material.
>
> We see a matrix of very fresh appearance, which is so incredibly
> fine-grained that macroscopically it almost looks uniformly.
> Very sparsely we find a few patches of dark maskelynite, though the clou of
> this Martian is:
> Over and over it is peppered with fine olivines of an intensive pastel
> green!
>
> An amazing stone.
>
> The planetary connoisseur is immediately aware:  there is only one such
> Martian – it has to be a pairing of NWA 2990.
> This grouplet consist of four members;  NWA 2990, NWA 5960, NWA 6234 and now
> NWA 6710.
>
> NWA 2990 is long ago gone.  NWA 5960 had a tragic fate, the main mass was
> stolen in mail (a fate, which makes us all angry as it happened by such a
> stupidity. Such a stone is absolutely unsalable for any thief and it is the
> rarest matter on the globe, almost irreplaceable. Please alert us or the
> owner immediately for the case, that such material will be offered to you).
> And NWA 6234 seems already to be sold out too.
>
> The characteristics of the entire stones were, that they are covered with a
> very green skin.
> Only NWA 2990 had one side with a good black fusion crust, while NWA 5960
> and NWA 6234 were naked.
> Not so our new NWA 6710, it has some dark fusion crust left, but worn and
> not so fine preserved as with NWA 2990.
> Internally all stones are very fresh.
>
> NWA 6710 prov. has a tkw of 74 grams.
>
> Astonishingly few is published yet about the NWA 2990-group, we think, that
> will change now with the recent finds.
> So that we can refer you at the moment only to the introductory paper for
> NWA 2990 from two years ago,
> where you can find the essential details about this uncommon Mars rock:
>
> T. E. Bunch, A. J. Irving, J. H. Wittke, D.Rumble, III, R. L. Korotev, M.
> Gellissen and H. Palme:
> PETROLOGY AND COMPOSITION OF NORTHWEST AFRICA 2990: A NEW TYPE OF
> FINEGRAINED, ENRICHED, OLIVINE-PHYRIC SHERGOTTITE.
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2274.pdf
>
>
> In medias res,
> here you find our complete stock of available slices
> - from the complete cross sections
>
> http://www.chladnis-heirs.com/specials/special-nwa6710.html
>
> down to smallest partial slices, small but more than meaningful enough to
> serve for more than a sole place holder of the number.
>
> http://www.chladnis-heirs.com/specials/special-nwa6710-2.html
>
> And the best is, although it is a fresh and fairly uncommon shergottite, it
> costs only half as much as our recent three Martians went for.
>
> You'll love it!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stefan & Martin
>
> Martin Altmann & Stefan Ralew
> Chladni's Heirs
> Munich - Berlin
> Fine Meteorites for Science & Collectors
>
> http://www.chladnis-heirs.com
>
>
>
>
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