Re: [meteorite-list] Red Rain From Comets?

2006-03-06 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, This particular red rain story has been around for 5 years, since the rain fell in 2001. The news here is that it's finally being tested by someone other than the initial Indian investigators, whose paper on the red rain particles was accepted by Astrophysics and Space Science, a

Re: [meteorite-list] Largest Crater in the Sahara Desert and LDG

2006-03-06 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Mike, The hypervelocity impact has always been in the running for The Tektite Source, off and on. The worse case would be a comet with an orbital eccentricity of .99 in a retrograde orbit. In other words, a first-timer falling out of the Oort Cloud from 10,000 AU or 20,000 AU out

Re: [meteorite-list] Red Rain From Comets?

2006-03-06 Thread Rob McCafferty
I have a couple of problems with this article. One is that the rain continued for a couple of months in one area and I would expect significant dispersal over this time from high altitude. Secondly, I did some work trying to measure the atmospheric absorption due to meteor showers (at Sheffield

Re: [meteorite-list] Red Rain From Comets?

2006-03-06 Thread Kevin Forbes
Hi Sterling and list, After a rather long ponder after reading,.. I look at the elemental composition, I see the possible component ratios of a particular type of star. Something that perhaps blew itself to pieces, perhaps the composition relates to a particular layer in that star.

RE: [meteorite-list] Red Rain From Comets?

2006-03-06 Thread mark ford
HI Stirling and list, This is indeed an interesting one. I'm not an expert, but the large algal blooms that periodically appear in the pacific/atlantic and Indian oceans would be a likely suspect to me... It is well known that algae (and other simple life forms) reproduce by water evaporation

[meteorite-list] meteorites in situ in the desert

2006-03-06 Thread stan .
I know the comet shop guys have a large number of photos of meteorites found in situ, but I was wondering if anyone else would ahve any, or have any links to meteorites found in situ, preferably in dry, desert type environemnts. Preferably rocks that are hard to distinguish as meteorites such

FW: [meteorite-list] Red Rain From Comets?

2006-03-06 Thread mark ford
According to this article, Louis now seems to have made the cells divide!? HOWEVER, a scientist called Godfrey Louis, who has written a paper arguing in favor of a panspermic explanation for the red rain, says he has cultured the red rain cells in unconventional nutrients such as cedar wood

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorites in situ in the desert

2006-03-06 Thread Meteoriteshow
Hi Stan, Should you be interested, there are in situ pictures on our website, of the meteorites that we found in the Sahara: http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20angl/pages%20navigation/gallery-navbanner-contact.html You can click on meteorite names within the gallery to reach its

AW: [meteorite-list] meteorites in situ in the desert

2006-03-06 Thread Dr. Svend Buhl
Hi Stan and others, we do have a number of insitu photographs shown in our expedition journals: http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/libyen2004_fotostory.htm But if you plan to prospect for meteorites in hot deserts I would recommend to study the morphology of rocks common on your target

AW: [meteorite-list] meteorites in situ in the desert

2006-03-06 Thread Dr. Svend Buhl
Hi Stan and others, we do have a number of insitu photographs shown in our expedition journals: http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/libyen2004_fotostory.htm But if you plan to prospect for meteorites in hot deserts I would recommend to study the morphology of rocks common on your target

[meteorite-list] Mile Wide Asteroid Passes Close On March 6 (2000 PN9)

2006-03-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Mile_Wide_Asteroid_Passes_Close_On_Monday.html Mile Wide Asteroid Passes Close On Monday SpaceDaily March 5, 2006 Boulder CO (SPX) - An asteroid named 2000 PN9 will fly past Earth at a distance of about 2 million miles on March 6. There is no danger of a

[meteorite-list] Researchers Push Back Dates of First Life on Earth

2006-03-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635189628,00.html Researchers push back dates of first life on Earth By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News March 6, 2006 In the last few years, scientists have discovered that the early Earth cooled much faster than had been believed earlier, a finding

[meteorite-list] Moon Water: A Trickle of Data and a Flood of Questions

2006-03-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/060306_lunar_ice.html Moon Water: A Trickle of Data and a Flood of Questions By Leonard David space.com 06 March 2006 NASA is in the process of scripting how best to plant new bootprints on the Moon and take advantage of lunar resources that could prolong

[meteorite-list] First HiRISE Images of Mars To Come Soon (MRO)

2006-03-06 Thread Ron Baalke
POWERFUL ORBITING CAMERA WILL SEND ITS FIRST VIEW OF MARS TO UA SOON From Lori Stiles, University Communications, 520-621-1877 - Monday, March 06, 2006 --- Contact Information Alfred S. McEwen 520-621-4573 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Eliason

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Water: A Trickle of Data and a Flood ofQuestions

2006-03-06 Thread Walter Branch
space lawyers are at the ready to voice legal opinions on tapping into any water ice found You have got to be kidding me... Wasn't a treaty signed long ago, similiar to one for Antartica, which basically stated the moon was owned by no one? -Walter Branch

[meteorite-list] Test Delete

2006-03-06 Thread dfpens
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[meteorite-list] funny spam

2006-03-06 Thread Marcin Cimala
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[meteorite-list] AD: Dar al Gani 489 - Martian Shergottite Basalt - 0.05g fragment

2006-03-06 Thread Moser Francesco
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Re: [meteorite-list] funny spam

2006-03-06 Thread Darren Garrison
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Re: [meteorite-list] Hunting hours vs recovery rate

2006-03-06 Thread dfpens
Dear List: I am just an amateur, but went to the Gold Basin strewnfield in November of 2001, not only to search for meteorites but also to photograph the Leonid's meteor storm from dark skies. I met Don O'Keeffe there, and also Bill Fisher, a gold and meteorite hunter from California. Bill

Re: [meteorite-list] Largest Crater in the Sahara Desert and LDG

2006-03-06 Thread MexicoDoug
Sterling W. writes: Doug, the actual language Kroeberl uses is that the F/B ratio of tektites should tend toward 1.0. This is Professional Science Speak for too complex to model exactly, but most of the cows ought to stampede in this direction... Hola Sterling, I asked you where you got the

Re: [meteorite-list] Red Rain From Comets?

2006-03-06 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, If these were algae or their spores, they would grow, bloom, or whatever it is algae do. They would also give you a big positive in the kind of DNA test that was performed on the funny cells. The fellow at Sheffield interviewed by the BBC talked about this particular test being done on

Re: [meteorite-list] Hunting hours vs recovery rate

2006-03-06 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Dave, BTW, the Leonid's storm was awesome from the strewnfield. How poetic and fitting. Congratulations on your finds! -Walter Branch - - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Norm Lehrman [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

[meteorite-list] its over for me

2006-03-06 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
Hello list.It is a sad day for me.I have decided to leave meteorites.I am putting up most of my collection forsale.I will keep a few speciemns,but by large,most will be up forsale.I will put up on my website what I will be selling.Lets just say,I value you my marriage more than I do meteorites.Let

[meteorite-list] Leonids - Was: Hunting hours vs recovery rate

2006-03-06 Thread bernd . pauli
Dave wrote: BTW, the Leonid's storm was awesome from the strewnfield. According to the Sky and Telescope reports, the 2001 Leonid storm must really have been awesome from the dark skies of Arizona or from western Texas where 1,559 (!) Leonids were counted during a five-hour observing period. In

Re: [meteorite-list] Michael Blood's Meteorite Market Trends

2006-03-06 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi Mike and all, Mostly good questions, so, I will attempt to respond to them one at a time: on 3/5/06 8:02 PM, Michael Fowler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Since The Tucson Gem Mineral Show is the most --significant single event yearly influencing the meteorite --market, as usual, I

Re: [meteorite-list] Michael Blood's Meteorite Market Trends

2006-03-06 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
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[meteorite-list] Michael Blood's Meteorite Market Trends

2006-03-06 Thread Mike Fowler
Hi Michael, Thanks for your thorough response to my post. The absence of response up till now had led me to believe that I was the only one on the list who didn't go to Tuscon, and that everyone else was already in the know!! Mike Fowler Hi Mike and all, Mostly good questions, so, I

AW: [meteorite-list] Red Rain From Comets?

2006-03-06 Thread Martin Altmann
Hiho Sterling, Mark, List, Blood rain belong to the broad repertoire of natural phenomenons (comets, halos, strange clouds, animalic monstrosities, earthquakes, rains of frogs, corn, sulphur and and and) as bad omens as they were plentifully reported, printed and spread in somewhat hysterical

[meteorite-list] specimens up on my website

2006-03-06 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
Hello again list.I have put some nice pieces up on my website.Payment will be by money order,check,cash or cashiers check.NO MORE PAYPAL.I closed out my account.I will add more later. steve arnold,chicago Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 Illinois

AW: [meteorite-list] Red Rain From Comets?

2006-03-06 Thread Martin Altmann
Here a picture of red rain (AD 1503, Jakob Mennel). http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.history.data.jpg/008751.jpg Buckleboo Martin __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Michael Blood's Meteorite Market Trends

2006-03-06 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi All, Mike asked some astute questions and I (hopefully) provided some adequate responses. I asked him off list and he graciously agreed to allow me to put his post and my responses into my column as an addendum. I know they are few, but some people do read the METEORITE TIMES that are

Re: [meteorite-list] Michael Blood's Meteorite Market Trends

2006-03-06 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Nice responce Michael. Sorry to hear about your friend and Angel's foot. Clear Skies, Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorites in situ in the desert

2006-03-06 Thread Ivan Kutyrev
Hi Stan! Here you can find more meteorite desert pictures. Mostly they are not researched yet. All pictures made in situ. http://www.rockssearch.com/Desert_Pictures.html and http://www.rockssearch.com/Desert_Pictures2.html Thanks for looking, Ivan On 3/6/06, stan . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorites in situ in the desert

2006-03-06 Thread Bob Evans
Ivan, Is it customary to hunt in speedos?? - Original Message - From: Ivan Kutyrev [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: stan . [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorites in situ in the desert Hi Stan! Here

[meteorite-list] list is up

2006-03-06 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
Hello again list.I have 31 meteorites up forsale on my website.I believe the prices are fair.Shipping will be at your expence.I will add some more later,but right now it is the right thing to do.I am not willing to give up my wife,whom I love very much for meteorites.

Re: [meteorite-list] Largest Crater in the Sahara Desert and LDG -- ONE MORE TIME!

2006-03-06 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Doug, Not being in an academic environment with access to journals and not being able to afford costly internet access to them, given the attitude of academic publishers (how many thousand bucks a year?). I don't even have a decent library to use. although I sometimes drive I'm restricted to

[meteorite-list] Yet another ebay scam

2006-03-06 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, These scammers don't give up! Here is another one I got today. Whenever you get one of these and it smells suspicious (and this one reeks), right click, go to properties then details (for OE users) and you will see that it actually is not from ebay.

Re: [meteorite-list] Michael Blood's Meteorite Market Trends

2006-03-06 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 3/6/2006 3:10:41 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Michael, Thanks for your thorough response to my post. The absence of response up till now had led me to believe that I was the only one on the list who didn't go to Tuscon, and that everyone

[meteorite-list] Ad eBay items closing

2006-03-06 Thread star-bits
Greetings I added a number of auctions to eBay tonight and have 70+ buy it now listings that close tomorrow including 2 complete El Sampal slices, vigarano, a large number of small (less than 10 gram) complete millbillillie individuals, a couple 40+ gram allende fragments with ASU lables,

[meteorite-list] NASA Announces First Stardust Comet Sample Results on March 13

2006-03-06 Thread Ron Baalke
March 6, 2006 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-1726 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston (281) 483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: 06-040 NASA ANNOUNCES FIRST STARDUST COMET SAMPLE RESULTS Results from the first studies of cometary samples returned to Earth by NASA's

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another ebay scam

2006-03-06 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear Walter, List; Another great thing to do if you are in any doubt if it is a spammer...check the user ID of the sender...normally they will not even be in the system as they have stolen a closed out eBay ID that has been closed for months/years. This is pretty easy if there is any doubt of

[meteorite-list] Oriented meteorite? A meteorite that's not lost.

2006-03-06 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.pratttribune.com/articles/2006/03/06/news/03_rural.txt __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list