[meteorite-list] AD - Rosetta Stone Pieces

[Adam Hupe]

Hi Peter and List,

I am going with what Norbert Classen had to say about
this being the "Rosetta Stone".  I believe he is the
one who coined the term for this single stone. As far
as I know, it is the only stone in the Dhofar series
that has two lithologies possible tying two pairing
sets together. I think the term Rosetta is fitting in
this regards.

All the best,

Adam
 
--- Peter Marmet <p.marmet at mysunrise.ch> wrote:


> Dhofar 908...Rosetta stone?

> 

> For many years that expression was used for NWA

> 99555:

> 

> A very important new paper on our angrite SAH99555

> (Sahara 99555, a  

> 2710g single stone with black fusion crust found by

> our team in May  

> 1999) was published in the last issue of the

> scientific journal  

> Nature. In the words of co-authors Joel Baker,

> Director of Geology  

> School of Earth Sciences, University of Wellington,

> NEW ZEALAND, and  

> Martin Bizarro, Leader, MC-ICP-MS Laboratory,

> University of  

> Copenhagen, DENMARK : “Your angrite meteorite find

> SAH9955 is now the  

> oldest absolutely dated igneous rock in the Solar

> System, has clear  

> evidence for the former presence of short-lived 26Al

> in it (which  

> caused planetesimal melting), and very likely will

> become the  

> "Rosetta Stone" for early Solar System

> chronology”...

> 

> Will every a bit special meteorite be nicknamed

> "Rosetta Stone" now?

> 

> To my knowledge Dhofar 908 is paired with  Dhofar

> 302, 303, 305, 306,  

> 307, 309, 310, 311, 730, 731, 489, 908, 909, 911,

> 950, and 1085...

> It seems that Dho 908 has something that all those

> others do not  

> have. This is very interesting and I'd be very

> pleased to know more  

> about that phenomenon.

> Thank you!

> 

> Peter

> 

> 

> 

> Adam Hupe wrote:

> 

> > Dear List Members:

> >

> > Several collectors expressed an interest in pieces

> of

> > the “Rosetta Stone”.  I finally got around to

> cutting

> > this world class lunaite making for more

> affordable

> > slices.  The end-cut yielded eight pieces, all

> > beautiful as can be seen in the link below:

> >

> > Dhofar 908 Very Rare Lunar/Moon Meteorite, The

> > “Rosetta Stone”

> >

> > Complete slices and one end-cut of the Dhofar 908

> > “Rosetta Stone”, a very rare Impact Melt Breccia

> Lunar

> > meteorite found 2003 in Oman.  A Total Known

> Weight of

> > 245.46 grams is reported for this find consisting

> of

> > several individuals. This particular stone is well

> > known because it is the only example that displays

> two

> > lithologies earning the nick name, the Rosetta

> Stone

> > because it may represent the smoking gun tying two

> > sets of pairings together. Please let me know if

> any

> > of these pieces are of interest.

> >

> > Starting with top row, left to right:

> >

> > http://themeteoritesite.com/Rossetta.jpg

> >

> > Weight (grams)   Dimensions (mm)          Price

> >

> > 3.040            33 X 22 X 2            4,000.00

> > 1.494            31 X 20 X 1            2,000.00

> > 1.766            31 X 20 X 1            SOLD

> > 1.372            29 X 16 X 1.5          1,800.00

> > 1.212            27 X 17 X 1.5          1,600.00

> > 1.242            24 X 16 X 2            1,600.00

> > .906             20 X 13 X 2            1,300.00

> > .958 (end cut)   13 X 10 X 7            1,300.00

> >

> >

> > To see several auctions ending in the next few

> days,

> > click on this link:

> >

> > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites

> >

> >

> > Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good

> > luck.

> >

> >

> > Best Regards,

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> > Adam Hupe

> > The Hupe Collection

> > Team LunarRock

> > IMCA 2185

> > raremeteorites at comcast.net

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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