Re: [meteorite-list] Latest round of Brad Sampson problems

2002-08-12 Thread Matteo Chinellato
Hello --- Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mark, Matteo and List, Matteo: sorry to hear about your difficulties with Brad. The mounting evidence is that Brad, while he does sell legitimate meteorites and almost always comes through when pressed, is a procrastinator. Be

[meteorite-list] Old Woman meteorite, part III (or IV?)

2002-08-12 Thread Sharkkb8
I've just driven through the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas (so as to havea good Perseid-viewing-headquarters ONLY, of course ;-) and will be stopping by the "Desert Discovery Center" in Barstow on my way back to LA Tuesday. We've briefly touched on the "Old Woman" meteorite a few times on the list,

[meteorite-list] Other Ebay Auctions

2002-08-12 Thread Matteo Chinellato
Hello all I have put others pieces on Ebay, the others is go sold immediately when I have put look the unique piece for sale of NWA 1256 go here http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Regards Matteo = M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email:

[meteorite-list] a possible meteorite find (just going for a walk)

2002-08-12 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Good morning all. And what a morning it might be. Last night at about 7:30, I was out for a walk, nothing new, I do it all the time. I was just walking when about 400 yards from my house, I saw a brownish looking rock just lying on the ground. It looked a little unusual. So I picked it up and I

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2002-08-12 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
I forgot to mention that this stone individual looks alot like some of the NWA stuff that comes from Dean Bessey. It has all the likeness of those meteorites. steve = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 The Midwest Meteorite

[meteorite-list] An Inexpensive Rooftop Fireball Patrol

2002-08-12 Thread Julien . Courtois
Hello list, I cannot remember to have seen this article mentionned on this list: http://skyandtelescope.com/news/current/article_679_1.asp BTW, is Ed still on this list? An Inexpensive Rooftop Fireball Patrol By David L. Chandler Edward Albin's fireball monitor keeps an eye out for bright

Re: [meteorite-list] Brad Sampson Update

2002-08-12 Thread Mark Miconi
Matteo, If you used PayPal to pay this auction, you can dispute the payment with PayPal and they will return your money. Go to the HELP section of PayPal, and click on Protection Policies and then click on Buyers Complaint Process. There you will find this information: Protection Policies What

Re: [meteorite-list] Nakhla and the dead mutt!

2002-08-12 Thread John Gwilliam
Hello List, Those of you that have been on the List a long time can remember the Nakhla dog issue being an annual event. With the limited documentation that is available, it is impossible to know for sure if the dog did or didn't exist. It's somewhat like the debate whether God exists or not, and

Re: [meteorite-list] Brad Sampson Update

2002-08-12 Thread Michael Farmer
Why do you people keep buying from people who repeatedly have problems? This has been a recurring event, every few months I hear the same things about the same people. Everyone who has ever bought from me knows I ship my ebay items the very next day when possible, most of the time, buyers recive

Re: [meteorite-list] Brad Sampson Update

2002-08-12 Thread Matteo Chinellato
Hello all Where I have to go on Ebay for block Sampson no bid on my auctions? Thanks for info. Regards Matteo = M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site:

[meteorite-list] chunk-o-brahin- wanna buy

2002-08-12 Thread harlan trammell
had so much fun buying that last one that i want another- anybody got brahin slices/ chunx 200- 1200g for sale?Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: Click Here __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Details of 1825 Hawaii fall... (fwd)

2002-08-12 Thread Tracy Latimer
Thank you to Mark Bostick for posting those old news reports of various falls. It's very interesting to hear about what was seen and found at that time, rather like a time capsule. Just to throw my 2g worth in, here is a report that another list member sent me some time ago; I'm not sure it

[meteorite-list] BIG NWA SALE ON EBAY

2002-08-12 Thread dean bessey
I have just listed many dozens of unclassified NWAs on ebay and some NWA869s. most have buy it nows only slightly higher than the starting

[meteorite-list] tektite sale

2002-08-12 Thread TektiteDawg
I have the following item for sale: Bediasite, 36.0 grams, Grimes-Washington County area, from the Monnig Collection. Flat face with a partial starburst pattern. Opposite side is a tetrahedron. A possible thermal ablation core. Absolutely flawless with no chips whatsoever. $150.00 Bikolite,

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2002-08-12 Thread Waldron Cluett
Hello ListI too had to wait much too long to get an order sent from Brad Sampson...many e-mails later he did sent the auction...I will not buy from him again... I recently purchased a "rock" from a Tibetian artifact dealer that said it was "Tibetian Sky Stone".. It's black, heavy and looks

[meteorite-list] new forsale page

2002-08-12 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi list. Just want to pass on some news about my website. I added a sale page for my meteorites and fossils. Feel free to visit and see if there is anything you like. Please let me know. There is a very rare piece for sale. Please email for price. Only serious buyers for this piece please.

[meteorite-list] Dogs and Meteorites

2002-08-12 Thread Chuck
Hello list and Tom, My name is Chuck Jenkins, I am a medically retired Firefighter (M.S.) I have been training Search and Rescue Dogs for over 20 years. There is probably very, very little that I do not know about Search Dogs and how they use their noses to search with. 1. It will take a lot of

[meteorite-list] Lucerne Dry Lake mystery item revealed

2002-08-12 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi All, Back about two weeks ago I posed a question to the list asking how many of you had paid a visit to Lucerne Dry Lake in southern California prior to April 2002. A number of you replied privately, some who had been there, some not. There were a number of guesses as to the mystery item

[meteorite-list] Perseid Meteor Shower....now

2002-08-12 Thread Mark Bostick
Hello All, Havent seen anyone mention this but the Perseid Meteor Shower is going on right now in North America. (Looks like no sleep tonight). Here is link with more info on the shower... http://www.msnbc.com/news/791665.asp?pne=msn#BODY Mark Bostick

[meteorite-list] Vizsla not visla

2002-08-12 Thread James_TOM Knudson
Sorry List, in that last dog post i misspelled VIZSLA! I am not fluent in my7 hungarian spelling! Thanks, Tom MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Occurence of Shocked Quartz within the Sudbury Inpact Complex

2002-08-12 Thread littlejo
Of the various rock types, e.g. grey melt, black onaping,,fallback breccia, and so forth found in the Sudbury Complex, where would a person expect to find the best preserved shocked quartz? I would like to have a a thin section containing shocked quartz in my thin section collection.

[meteorite-list] New meteorite hunting method?

2002-08-12 Thread James_TOM Knudson
Hello List,lets put the dogs aside for a moment;When I have to locate under ground utilities, When the going gets tough I put my companies$2000 dollar locator back in the truck and get out my trusty copper rods and do it the old fashion way! Yes I am talken Witching or dousing! Has any one

Re: [meteorite-list] New meteorite hunting method?

2002-08-12 Thread Mike Groetz
Hi Tom- Yes, I have done it since I was about 12 years old. My rods are 14 long, bent at 4 right angle. Hold the 4 pieces vertical in your fists adjacent to each other with the long 10 ends parallel outward maybe 2 apart and horizontal to the ground. Walk foward slightly shuffling your feet.

Re: [meteorite-list] New meteorite hunting method?

2002-08-12 Thread Michael Farmer
I dont know about that dousing crap guys, I saw a man in Canada doing it, pointing at streams and saying that there was GOLD down there over and over, porr guy had about $1 to his name. Not sure why he knew gold was there but didnt bother finding it. Mike Farmer - Original Message - From:

Re: [meteorite-list] New meteorite hunting method?

2002-08-12 Thread James_TOM Knudson
Hey, two copper rods are cheaper than a metal detector! You can tell the poor guys from the rich one that way! I have a better sucsess rate with the rods than a $2000 cable locator, Go figure! I am going to try it someday in a strewn field. I can aford that! infact I have a set of rods now!

Re: [meteorite-list] Lucerne Dry Lake mystery item revealed

2002-08-12 Thread Rosemary Hackney
woohoo Why does that road into the mountains remind me of Groom Lake? Rosie - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Lucerne Dry Lake mystery item revealed Hi All, Back

[meteorite-list] Deciphering Denshal Dog Data (delete if dull)

2002-08-12 Thread David Weir
Hello List, Even though my skeptical nature leads me to scrutinize the impact dog event, I remain open-minded to any new evidence supporting either side. Despite the absence of eyewitnesses and newspaper articles, I am of the mind that the probability of such a dog impact in Denshal can be

[meteorite-list] How do you know?

2002-08-12 Thread thornysahuaro
Greetings to all. I have been told that only one in one thousand rocks submitted to the experts at the universities and other meteorite identification labs, turns out to be an actual meteorite. If this is true, how can the hundreds of uncut, unclassified rocks from northwest Africa be passed off

Re: [meteorite-list] How do you know?

2002-08-12 Thread meteorite1.com
Thorny wrote ...If this is true, how can the hundreds of uncut, unclassified rocks from northwest Africa be passed off as meteorites? Good question Thorny: There are specific areas where, geologically, meteorites have accumulated for tens (hundreds) of thousands of years. These areas are

[meteorite-list] Perseids?

2002-08-12 Thread Sharkkb8
The list used to receive dozens of Perseid-reports by this point in the evening of Aug 12.can we assume that it's not much of a show this year, last night or tonight? I'm about to head out north of the Neon Desert (Las Vegas) but can only assume that the lack of discussion suggests that it