[meteorite-list] AD Tons of meteorites for sale

2005-09-27 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Hello to the List. I invite everybody to visit my website where I sell many meteorites. Sorry, description is in french but I can answer to all your questions. Chondrites : http://www.meteor-center.com/avendre/chondrites.asp Achondrites : http://www.meteor-center.com/avendre/achondrites.asp

Re: [meteorite-list] Article describing meteorite fall in Jamaica in the year 1700

2005-09-27 Thread chris aubeck
Hi, There's a little more detail but nothing that would lead to a find, I expect. I will send you a copy of the original 18th c. article in a pdf later today. Best, Chris On 9/27/05, McCartney Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is very interesting. Is there more detail? --

[meteorite-list] FW: meteorite collecting - Worth magazine

2005-09-27 Thread mark ford
Hi This chap is writing an article on meteorite collecting, and wants to interview 'affluent' US based meteorite collectors!, if anyone fits the bill please feel free to email him... Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] See text below ... Best Mark Ford From: Lee Gimpel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Baby killer tektite!

2005-09-27 Thread drtanuki
Darren, Thank you for sharing this with the list. There is NO scientifically documented evidence that tektites have been found in Tibet. I suspect many of them were transported there recently by Chinese dealers. Best, Dirk...Tokyo --- Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out the

[meteorite-list] Baby killer tektite!

2005-09-27 Thread Darren Garrison
Check out the second photo in this auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6565037549 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Tibetanites

2005-09-27 Thread Michael L Blood
Dear Dirk, I strongly disagree. I have had Tibetan monks go bonkers over tektites from Tibet, for which they had a Tibetan name. They are CLEARLY indigenous. See my article in May, 1996 METEORITE Magazine: http://www.meteor.co.nz/may96_3.html Sincerely,

[meteorite-list] Ad - Auctions and NQI Update

2005-09-27 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List, Thank you, once again for affording us the opportunity to advertise these auctions on a weekly basis. This week, I will be advertising two sets of auctions. One set is under my own listings, raremeteorites and the other is for Nature Quest International (NQI). A very talented

Re: [meteorite-list] Tibetanites

2005-09-27 Thread drtanuki
Michael,Darren,Chris(because your are interested in folklore) and List Please re-read my post. I said there is absolutely NO scientific proof tektites ever fell in Tibet, nor archaelogical evidence that they were used or existed in the past in Tibet. Monks do not know everythingI have seen

Re: [meteorite-list] Tibetanites

2005-09-27 Thread MexicoDoug
Dirk R. wrote: I will not sell anything labeled as a Tibetian tektite until I or another scientist finds one Hola Dirk, Michael et.al., This is one of those fine lines of relating to authenticity. I personally feel there is nothing wrong with calling the tektites Tibetan tektites, if

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Do you want a rare andimportantMetachondrite ?

2005-09-27 Thread stan .
complete chondrules are found in abundance in nwa 725 - it would be a petrologic grade 5 chonderite if it wasnt an acalucoite. From: M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Do you want a rare

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Do you want a rare andimportantMetachondrite ?

2005-09-27 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
yes but the age is not the same, my its many many oldest. Search this documentation: Evolution and classification of acapulcoites and lodranites from a chemical point of view Matteo --- stan . [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: complete chondrules are found in abundance in nwa 725 - it would

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Do you want a rareandimportantMetachondrite ?

2005-09-27 Thread stan .
nwa 725 is regarded as one of the most primitive acapulcoites known - if yours is odler it can only be older by a trivial amount. is an acapulcoite thats 4.578 billion years old really worth that much more than an acapulcoite thats 4.5779 billion years old? (numbers made up for the sake of

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Do you want a rareandimportantMetachondrite ?

2005-09-27 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9278/protected_NWA1058.HTM Matteo --- stan . [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: nwa 725 is regarded as one of the most primitive acapulcoites known - if yours is odler it can only be older by a trivial amount. is an acapulcoite thats 4.578 billion years

[meteorite-list] Cassini Image: 'Spongy' Hyperion Tumbles Into View

2005-09-27 Thread Ron Baalke
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-details.cfm?feiImageID=50164 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Do you want a rareandimportantMetachondrite?

2005-09-27 Thread stan .
the CRE for 1058 is 39 my where as typical CRE for acapulcoites is around 6my - is that what makes your meteorite so special? call me silly but i dont see whats so spectacular about a meteorite floating around in space for 40 millio years before landing on the earth. Nothing else on David

[meteorite-list] Unusual Meteorite Unlocks Treasure Trove of Solar System Secrets (Tagish Lake)

2005-09-27 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/514887 Unusual Meteorite Unlocks Treasure Trove of Solar System Secrets Florida State University September 27, 2005 Description An unusual meteorite that fell on a frozen lake in Canada five years ago has led a Florida State University geochemist to a

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2005-09-27 Thread Michael Farmer
Hi everyone, I have over $15,000 in meteorites ending tomorrow. Here is a list of the great pieces up for grabs, some real museum pieces! First and foremost! Superb bullet-shaped Sikhote-Alin, hundreds of flow lines! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=6564558994

[meteorite-list] Japanese Asteroid Probe Readied to Make History (Hayabusa)

2005-09-27 Thread Ron Baalke
http://space.com/missionlaunches/050927_hayabusa_update.html Japanese Asteroid Probe Readied to Make History By Leonard David space.com 27 September 2005 BOULDER, Colorado - Japan's Hayabusa space probe is poised to edge closer to asteroid Itokawa - a move that sets the stage for an historic

Re: [meteorite-list] Tibetanites

2005-09-27 Thread Michael L Blood
Dear Dirk, No problemo. I am sure some western guy will take a photo of one in the dry lake beds and document finding them - some time. I, too, am familiar with Dzi beads and have been amazed at some of the quality of the fakes. However, the fakes are based on well established REAL

[meteorite-list] Deflecting Asteroids Could Lead To More Versttile Spaceprobes

2005-09-27 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/eaps-dac092705.php Public release date: 27-Sep-2005 Contact: Natasha Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 44-1-793-444-404 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council http://www.epsrc.ac.uk Deflecting asteroids could lead to more versatile

[meteorite-list] meteorite photo galleries on the web

2005-09-27 Thread harlan trammell
can anybody out there give me links to large meteorite photo websites? the more specimens, the better. i will be gradually switching over to yahoo mail (it has 100 FREE megs of storage). please cc to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Re: meteorite photo galleries on the web

2005-09-27 Thread Notkin
Dear Harlan: Allan Lang's is the largest that I'm aware of, with close to 250 specimens on display. Most of the photos were taken by his wife Iris: http://www.nyrockman.com/museum.htm I'd also recommend the Monnig Meteorite Gallery: http://www.monnigmuseum.tcu.edu/photos.htm The Michael

[meteorite-list] Re: meteorite photo galleries on the web

2005-09-27 Thread Arizona Skies Meteorites
Hi Harlan. Here's the link to our photo gallery. It's modest, and is still a work in progress, but we think it has some very interesting pieces. http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/Meteorite_Photos/index.html Cheers -John Dawn Arizona Skies Meteorites --- harlan trammell

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: meteorite photo galleries on the web

2005-09-27 Thread Jeff Kuyken
That's an awesome donut shaped CAI in NWA 2364 John. Great piece. http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/Meteorite_Photos/Chond rites/ There's also a collection page on my site with 190+ photos with links to dozens more on other pages. www.meteorites.com.au/collection/ Cheers,

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Do you want a rareandimportantMetachondrite?

2005-09-27 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
sharpen seen I not ruin the prices type others put a acapulcoite for $30-50/gr. for sale...However I have not certain need of you seen I sell the same the meteorite to serious collectors that they understand the real value of the meteorites Matteo --- stan . [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: the

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite photo galleries on the web

2005-09-27 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
my collection site obviously --- harlan trammell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: - can anybody out there give me links to large meteorite photo websites? the more specimens, the better. i will be gradually switching over to yahoo mail (it has 100 FREE megs of

[meteorite-list] 10 950 gram gibeon complete slice for sale

2005-09-27 Thread harlan trammell
you just can't buy these this big (or the stone to cut 'em from or the saw to cut 'em with). the first $850 take this wonderful display piece that has been in my collection for years. pix on request. i will be gradually switching over to yahoo mail (it has 100 FREE megs of storage). please cc to:

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Do you want a rareandimportantMetachondrite?

2005-09-27 Thread stan .
i happen to think 30 to 50$ a gram is pretty fair for 'retail' on small pieces of acapulcoite - just because you can find someone to pay 150$/g doesnt mean thats thew real value of the stone. with regards to being a 'serious collector' i have about 6 kgs of acapulcoite in my own collection -