[meteorite-list] AD: Excellent Ensisheim slice on eBay

2006-06-19 Thread Herbert Raab
Dear fellow collectors, I have listed an excellent slice of the Ensisheim meteorite from my personal collection on eBay. The 3.88g slice shows nice brecciation features, and even fusion crust is present along one edgle. It's the best small slice I came across in 20+ years of collection. But I

[meteorite-list] glorietta mountain

2006-06-19 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
Hi list.I am looking for a siderlite piece (non olivine) of glorietta mountain.Maybe 50 to 100 grams.I am willing to trade for it.Let me know what you have. steve arnold,chicago __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Wanted Meteorites with Craters

2006-06-19 Thread Jason Utas
Hello All, If anyone can host some images for me, I can send them some pics of cratered Sikhotes to be put up. I've been collecting them at shows over the last few years and have examples on both the trailing and leading edges of specimens, as well as a few on non-oriented irons. Mark Bostick

[meteorite-list] AD- Rare Microporphyry Meteorite and Others

2006-06-19 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear List Members, After taking a few weeks off to enjoy some underwater treasure hunting, I am back with an extremely rare and exciting offering. It is a new meteorite which has been classified by Dr. Ted Bunch of NAU as a Microporphyry. Basically it is an extremely rare L chondrite

[meteorite-list] Russian Spaceship Set For Fiery End Tonight

2006-06-19 Thread Ron Baalke
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060619/49694074.html Russian spaceship set for fiery end in Pacific after leaving ISS RIA Novosti June 19, 2006 MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian launch vehicle will be sunk in the Pacific Ocean Monday evening after being undocked from the world's sole

Re: [meteorite-list] Small iron for fire making needed

2006-06-19 Thread MexicoDoug
Ed wrote: What type of irons would be good for fire-starting? Any ideas? Small sized ones should be adequate (only large enough to hold between your left thumb and forefinger, along with some dried plant strands or a piece of char-cloth.) From what I've seen, I think that slices should

[meteorite-list] MeteoriteArticles AD: ebay items with TCU labels, et al....

2006-06-19 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Today I have ending on ebay several nice items. Most of the following meteorites are from the Monnig collection and come with TCU/Monnig labels, complete with Monnig specimen numbers. Many of these, such as Grand Rapids or Romero are meteorites you never see offered for saleand they have

[meteorite-list] Scientists work to colonize space

2006-06-19 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1c=Articlecid=1150672506621call_pageid=968332188774col=968350116467 Scientists work to colonize space Hurdles loom before Hawking's goal realized Needs include oxygen, water, food at outpost Jun. 19, 2006. 07:31 AM