[meteorite-list] New to the list

2006-09-07 Thread bernd . pauli
Let's mention also Rocks From Space by O. Richard Norton and The Art of Collecting Meteorites by Kevin Kichinka! Hello Trace and List, Here's another must-have: NORTON O. R. (2002) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites (Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 62143 7, pp. 354). Welcome to

Re: [meteorite-list] Photo of the new Indian iron

2006-09-07 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Hi Ruben, Exactly what I was thinking too! ;-) Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Ruben Garcia To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 4:26 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Photo of the new Indian iron No fusion crust, No thumb prints, and

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

2006-09-07 Thread Jeff Grossman
What the heck is a paleometeorite, how is it different from a fossil meteorite, and why is NWA 2828 called this? jeff At 01:33 PM 9/5/2006, Greg Hupe wrote: Dear List Members, I am pleased to announce a new and very rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite. It is NWA 2828 and was originally thought to be

[meteorite-list] AD 145g Villalbeto de la Pena on ebay : only 21$/g

2006-09-07 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Hello List, I recently reduced the price of my 145g Villalbeto from 5000 to 3900 euros. As I need cash quickly, I decided to sell it on ebay for 10 days at the incredibly low price of 2450 euros (that's about 21$ a gram). That's a fantastic price for a witnessed and filmed, recent fall. This

AW: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA2828

2006-09-07 Thread Martin Altmann
Take a Nantan, place it in the bathroom and in 1 months, you'll have a paleometeorite. I guess, that is the meaning of that term... Or? Martininho __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

RE: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA2828

2006-09-07 Thread mark ford
Or : Take a Nantan, place it somewhere dry and in 1 months, you'll have a paleometeorite. I guess, that is the meaning of that term... :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Altmann Sent: 07 September 2006 14:16 To: 'Jeff Grossman';

[meteorite-list] Eltanin Impact Area - A Few References - was Eltanin - Part 2 of 2

2006-09-07 Thread Paul
In the post Eltanin - Part 2 of 2, bernd.pauli wrote: Bostwick J.A. et al. (1995) Asteroid sample return mission II: Eltanin recovered (abs. Meteoritics 30, 490) A few of a number of other papers about the Eltanin Impact Area are: Kyte1, F. T., 2001, Chapter 9, Data Report: A Search for

Re: [meteorite-list] Photo of the new Indian iron

2006-09-07 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 19:14:53 +1000, you wrote: Hi Ruben, Exactly what I was thinking too! ;-) Here are the two known photos so far together: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/ironish.jpg __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA2828

2006-09-07 Thread PolandMET
Or : Take a Nantan, place it somewhere dry and in 1 months, you'll have a paleometeorite. I guess, that is the meaning of that term... Or: Take fresh EL3 meteorite, let him fall on desert, then let camels piss on it for hundreds of years and You will get a nicetasty Paleo-meteorite :-D

[meteorite-list] SMART-1 Impact Flash and Debris: Crash Scene Investigation

2006-09-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://smart.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39969 SMART-1 impact flash and debris: crash scene investigation European Space Agency 7 September 2006 The SMART-1 observation campaign latest results bring new evidences on SMART-1 impact: timing, location, detection of flash and

Re: [meteorite-list] Photo of the new Indian iron

2006-09-07 Thread ken newton
I agree with 'slag'! But this is no ordinary slag. It is so rare that the sample that we have collected could fetch up to a million dollars if we sell it in the international market,” says Geological Survey of India (GSI) Director Dr. (Evil) Dinkar Shrivastav in Jaipur. Not only that, GSI

Re: [meteorite-list] Southwest Airlines Magazine article

2006-09-07 Thread Dave Mouat
Dear Listees I have more than enough "takers" for the September issue. You will all receive a copy. Darren Garrison has also offered to post the article so when I'm back in my office next Monday, I will scan it, send to him and he will post it to all. Hopefully the scanned version will have high

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Abdellah , Anyone know this Moroccan Meteorite Dealer?

2006-09-07 Thread joseph_town
The thing that gets me is the fact that this Moroccan dealer uses many names and all the emails come from France. I was impressed by Joels recommendation of course but Joel and that astrocomical research guy recommend this person by all his names. What's the deal? Why can't he use one identity?

[meteorite-list] 10 new small pieces from MOSS / Norway with nice black crust on ebay

2006-09-07 Thread Mirko Graul
Hello List, i have offer 10 new small pieces from the new fall MOSS / Norway on ebay. Thanks for looking to my ebay store.http://stores.ebay.com/Mirko-s-Meteorite-Shop_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQpZ2QQtZkmGreetings to allMirko Was ist Glück? Schlafen Fische überhaupt? Die

Re: [meteorite-list] Eltanin Impact Area - A Few References - was Eltanin - Part 2 of 2

2006-09-07 Thread Steve Dunklee
Thankyou for the links Paul !I find meteorite fossil verry interesting. Best reguards Steve Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] moss forsale or trade

2006-09-07 Thread joseph_town
Stefan, Are you questioning genius? Steve knows when to hold them or fold them. He knows when to walk away too. He is the mysterious meteorite man. The Green Giant with a cold shoulder ;). I quote his introduction exactly, I am an important meteorite dealer. Bill -- Original

Re: [meteorite-list] New to the list

2006-09-07 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Good call Thomas... My picks: #1 by a long shotRocks From Space O. Richard Norton #2 METEORITES ARE HIGHLY PICTORIAL IF YOU DON'T OWN A BUNCH to fondle.. SO, Bob Haags picture book/collection (a perfect compliment to the reading of Rock From Space) #3 TECHNICAL STUFF A to Z by

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

2006-09-07 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear Jeff and other NWA 2828 EL3 enthusiasts, paleo-meteorite or fossil meteorite? That is the question... In a short conversation with one of the lead scientists who have and are studying NWA 2828 and the other recent enstatite meteorites, they referred to 2828 as a paleo-meteorite instead

[meteorite-list] Re: Tunguska

2006-09-07 Thread meteoriteplaya
Hi List Thought everyone might like to buy some Tunguska. It is available tomorrow. :) http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1product%5Fid=646644 Mike -- Mike Jensen Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 303-337-4361 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

2006-09-07 Thread Jeff Grossman
Greg, I'd like to hear more about this find. The MetBull entry says that 36 stones were found. Was there a meteorite-rich layer found in a rock outcrop? Why didn't this get reported? If it ever got transported in a stream, I'm surprised 36 stones were found in one place. Can you tell us

Re: RE: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA2828

2006-09-07 Thread Alexander Seidel
By the way - here are some famous words originating from quite a distant past, the Ninetees or so: ON A QUIET DAY YOU CAN HEAR A NANTAN RUST! Which may be quite possible, but I choose not to prove it. Now, who was the one who first said this? In my memory, Blaine Reed works well for the

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

2006-09-07 Thread MexicoDoug
Hello Greg and Listees, There are a few posters and other scientific references that google up for paleometeorite. I liked your rationale given, though I have this question based on your explanation: All meteorites are ancient and to our knowledge a record of the early formation of the Solar

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

2006-09-07 Thread PolandMET
Dear Greg Do You know how they was able to find this meteorite ? They maybe use any special trained Camels to search for meteorites ? Becouse this meteorite uncut is rather difficult to recognize as meteorite. This material looks like pieces of dirty something from outside, not magnetic,

AW: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Abdellah , Anyone know this Moroccan Meteorite Dealer?

2006-09-07 Thread Martin Altmann
Nobody is forced to purchase from such offers via e-mail. For whom it is to risky: Don't buy or buy at your next mineral show or travel by your own to Morocco to see the stones there. But then you have to take the expenses. In general the Moroccans are francophone and only seldom they know

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

2006-09-07 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Metal detectors come to NWA? good hunting, Ed --- PolandMET [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Greg Do You know how they was able to find this meteorite ? They maybe use any special trained Camels to search for meteorites ? Becouse this meteorite uncut is rather difficult to

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

2006-09-07 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Jeff and Everyone interested, Please have a look at one of my eBay descriptions where I detail out much of the new information that has come to light since the original NWA 2828 abstract. Here is a direct link to one of the additional slices that has the description:

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

2006-09-07 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi Doug and all, Unless I am mistaken Paleo is Greek for ancient. (Scientists are particularly fond of Greek and Latin) While all meteorites are ancient, Paleo meteorite, meaning one that has been subjected to the earth's atmosphere for millions of years, would seem to be an appropriate

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Abdellah , Anyone know this Moroccan Meteorite Dealer?

2006-09-07 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Si, Fra Martinus, I agree absolutely. By the way: I'm somehow in a loose E-Mail exchange with Abdellah - Hello to Marocco! - and my impression, without having dealed with him until now, is quite good and positive - it's simply one of the normal and friendly contacts such as I have with other

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - September 7, 2006

2006-09-07 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/September_7.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Rare EL3 Paleo-Meteorite - NWA 2828

2006-09-07 Thread MexicoDoug
Hello Michael, However Greg feels like describing his meteorite is perfectly fine with me, thanks, as I'd posted before - and paleo- works for me, for which I appreciate your thoughts as well. Most importantly, thanks to Greg for doing the hard work allowing us to engage in this discussion at

[meteorite-list] Pluto Added To Official 'Minor Planet' List

2006-09-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn10028-pluto-added-to-official-minor-planet-list.html Pluto added to official minor planet list David Shiga New Scientist 07 September 2006 Pluto will henceforth be known as minor planet 134340 Pluto, according to a new designation by the International

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto Added To Official 'Minor Planet' List

2006-09-07 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi All: As an asteroid scientist, I have some words for the people at the Minor Planets (oh sorry, there are no minor planets) Small Solar System Bodies Center. I do not wish to be barred from this listserv by using any of them. I personally think that it is a little premature for them to be

[meteorite-list] Re: Pluto Added To Official 'Minor Planet' List

2006-09-07 Thread Ron Baalke
Mike Brown gave a talk today at JPL about the discovery of his large Kuiper Belt objects and the planet definition stuff. Just before the talk, I informed him of the new numbers for Pluto (134340) and 2003 UB313 (136199), which he did not know about yet. This was Brown's first talk he has

[meteorite-list] wonder and awe

2006-09-07 Thread Martin Altmann
Meteorites, as Humboldt pointed out, are the only medium with which the inhabitants of the earth are brought into interplanetary and also into interstellar space. They have, therefore, a fascination for the ordinary man's mind which nothing terrestrial can have. A survey of the heavens, with the

Re: [meteorite-list] wonder and awe

2006-09-07 Thread Gerald Flaherty
yea! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:39 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] wonder and awe Meteorites, as Humboldt pointed out, are the only medium with which the

[meteorite-list] Ad, Oriented meteorites just listed on ebay!

2006-09-07 Thread Michael Farmer
I have loaded 3 special meteorites on ebay, some flight-oriented specimens, all of museum quality! Gao, flight-oriented to the hilt, see this one even if you don't want to bid on it. http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ130025139788 Juancheng, again, flight-oriented, one of the best I have ever owned.

[meteorite-list] (AD) ebay auctions

2006-09-07 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
Hi list.Just an FYI to all.I have 4 auctions ending late tomorrow.I have a whole stone of DAG 005,10 grams,a fragment of 8 grams of ROACH DRY LAKE 014,also a 2.3 gram slice of FUKANG,and finally a 26 gram fragment of DHOFAR 671.Finally ending in 3 days is whole stone which is 99% fusion crusted of