Re: [meteorite-list] Any problems with Hamburger? (OT)

2007-04-06 Thread JKGwilliam
Moni, This is what happens when the subject of a thread changes to something totally unrelated to the original. Someone on the list took a shot at Italian food, then someone else retaliated by slamming hamburgers. The subject of the original thread took an immediate left turn, hence all the

Re: [meteorite-list] Matteo's Hatred SPAM

2007-04-06 Thread JKGwilliam
Thank you Sterling...I humbly stand corrected. John At 10:32 PM 4/5/2007, Sterling K. Webb wrote: Hi, John said: About the only 'American food I can think of is pemmican... Most of the world's domesticated animals originate in the Old World hemisphere, cows and chickens, sheep and

Re: [meteorite-list] OT - Any problems with Hamburger?

2007-04-06 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 4/5/2007 11:22:01 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Moni, This is what happens when the subject of a thread changes to something totally unrelated to the original. Someone on the list took a shot at Italian food, then someone else retaliated by

Re: [meteorite-list] OT - Any problems with Hamburger?

2007-04-06 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Well, it's not so much off topic as one might think spontaneously. Hamburgers look somehow shield-oriented and use to have inclusions - not so bad for the beginning, eh? Warning: Andi Gren, as he confessed himself, is in fact a natural born Hamburger, but - forget it. This special species of

Re: [meteorite-list] Any problems with Hamburger?

2007-04-06 Thread Alexander Seidel
To set that straight: as some of you will know, Andi is, what in German is termed a Hamburger, i.e. he is a citizen of the great city of Hamburg/Germany... :-) Alex Berlin, Stade and sometimes also Hamburg/Germany Ups, didn't know there are real haters around. Hot dog? Andi

Re: [meteorite-list] Any problems with Hamburger? (OT)

2007-04-06 Thread Marco Langbroek
did I miss something? What does a hamburger have to do with a meteorite? Moni, What, you never heard of my famous collection of carbonaceous hamburgers - Marco ;-p - Dr Marco Langbroek e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek Panorama photo's:

Re: [meteorite-list] Matteo's Hatred SPAM

2007-04-06 Thread giovannisostero
Hello Fred (and all), thanks for your explanation. If misunderstandig due to unsuitable web-based transaltors is the origin of some conflicts in this list, then I will be glad to help anyone. By the way: I have nothing against hamburgers, since in all the five trips I made in the USA during

Re: [meteorite-list] Any problems with Hamburger? (OT)

2007-04-06 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Wasn't it you, Marco, who also keeps some pretty nice fresh Ironburgers in his collection? - Original Message - From: Marco Langbroek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Any

Re: [meteorite-list] Any problems with Hamburger? (OT)

2007-04-06 Thread Rob McCafferty
Having said that, I give it a week until some quack from Ohio (just a casual observation) gets a quarter pounder hurled through their window and claims it must be a meteorite because It doesn't look anything like any rock I've seen before Some expert will misidentify the sesame seeds as chondrules

Re: [meteorite-list] [OT-ish] From the Earth to the Moon

2007-04-06 Thread Rob McCafferty
This miniseries made it to the UK, I forget which channel, it may even have bee satellite. I didn't see them all but I did see a lot of it and it was brilliant, especially for someone who is fascinated by it but missed all the fun (only a baby at 34). I think my ZX Spectrum from 1983 probably had

[meteorite-list] more meteorite talk,PLEASE

2007-04-06 Thread steve arnold
Hello list.I think we have done enough talking about hamburgers,matteo,and other non-meteorite BS.Can we not get back to talking about meteorites?PLEASE!Hey even taking about boring gao is better than the crap that has been going on here the last few weeks. steve Steve

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - April 6, 2007

2007-04-06 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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[meteorite-list] AD: NWA 4716 Auctions Ending Today

2007-04-06 Thread Gary K. Foote
Hi Listoids, I have 22 auctions of NWA 4716 ending today. Endcuts and slices, all polished to a 1200 grit polish. Some beautifully veined and flecked pieces and all started at 99. Some are without bids even now [9AM Eastern Time]. You can view the auctions and click thru to them

[meteorite-list] Yes, stop the BS :P and look at this

2007-04-06 Thread PolandMET
Hi folks and ladies :) I have problem, I dont know what I have. I received from Morocco small eucrite. Nice, but when I cut it I was surprized that this one dont really look like normall eucrite or amphoterite. After some time Im not sure if this is chondrite or achondrite (eucrite/howardite

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Fragment That Hit Illinois Home Not A

2007-04-06 Thread Ron Baalke
I'm surprised that no one has seemed to consider the possibility that the metal object was simply thrown through the window by someone, as an act of vandalism. Ron Baalke __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Fragment That Hit Illinois Home Not A

2007-04-06 Thread Chris Peterson
The possibility was discussed. There was some question as to whether most vandals could throw the piece hard enough (from ground level) to rip through a magazine-like book and then through a particle board desk top. The big objection, of course, was the angle of the fall, which should have

Re: [meteorite-list] Yes, stop the BS :P and look at this

2007-04-06 Thread Michael Farmer
Marcin, very nice stone. I would wager that it is a very highly shocked LL6 but could also be a shocked Diogenite. Indeed the veins are similar to what I have seen in Diogenites,, but it looks to have a little more metal than I would expect. Michael Farmer --- PolandMET [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: April 2-6, 2007

2007-04-06 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES April 2-6, 2007 o THEMIS ART #80 (Released 02 April 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20070402a o Landslide (Released 03 April 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20070403a o Arsia Vent (Released 04 April 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20070404a o South Polar

[meteorite-list] Marcin's (a)chondrite

2007-04-06 Thread bernd . pauli
Marcin wrote: - I received from Morocco small eucrite. - dont really look like normal eucrite or amphoterite. - eucrite/howardite? - I not see any chondrules - even for LL chondrite this one have very little amount of iron - I cant see any troilite - strong feeling that this is not eucrite.

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Fragment That Hit Illinois Home Not A

2007-04-06 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
We did discuss it but the angle of entry, the velocity, tended to dismiss it right off. A pro baseball pitcher would have had to be standing on the running board of a helicopter to launch it successfully, and we all know it would be hard to pitch from a helicopter. Dave F Ron Baalke wrote:

[meteorite-list] Ad New Pallasite slices just in!

2007-04-06 Thread Michael Farmer
Ok, back to meteorites. I have just received a FEDEX from Germany of my new Pallasite. These were wire saw cut, and are spectacular! I am going to my acccountant to do my taxes but should be home in a few hours, then I will photograph and announce the pieces. There are NOT MANY so this is your

Re: [meteorite-list] [OT-ish] From the Earth to the Moon

2007-04-06 Thread Notkin
Greg Hupe wrote: Lets give true credit were it is due, the promoter who arranged it all! Lets quit giving Lang credit where it is not due, he did not arrange it, he helped pay the tab! Greg: That is giving credit where it's due. Al Lang, Bob Haag and the other vendors paid the tab and made

[meteorite-list] Hamburgers and meteorites?

2007-04-06 Thread doctor death
I don't know of any relationship between the two. However I do recall Robert Crumb's underground Zap Comics about people being hammered my meatballs. _ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office

Re: [meteorite-list] Yes, stop the BS :P and look at this

2007-04-06 Thread jeremy
To me it looks like a transitional brecciated eucrite/howardite, with minor impactor inclusions. The main impact on 4 Vesta had to be incredibly violent, and probably created a wider variety of lithologies than are accounted for in the HED achondrites. Your new piece might be evidence of

[meteorite-list] April Meteorite Times is up

2007-04-06 Thread James Tobin
Hello List, The April issue of Meteorite-Times is up ready for your reading enjoyment. http://www.meteorite-times.com Once again we want to thank all the contributing writers and picture takers. And of course thanks to all of you who read it for keeping it fun for Paul and I. Best regards,

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Fragment That Hit Illinois Home Not A

2007-04-06 Thread Ron Baalke
We did discuss it but the angle of entry, the velocity, tended to dismiss it right off. A pro baseball pitcher would have had to be standing on the running board of a helicopter to launch it successfully, and we all know it would be hard to pitch from a helicopter. Dave F But rather

Re: [meteorite-list] more meteorite talk,PLEASE

2007-04-06 Thread Jerry A. Wallace
OK! There we have it. The pot has officially called the kettle black. Jerry steve arnold wrote: Hello list.I think we have done enough talking about hamburgers,matteo,and other non-meteorite BS.Can we not get back to talking about meteorites?PLEASE!Hey even taking about boring gao is better

Re: [meteorite-list] more meteorite talk,PLEASE

2007-04-06 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear Jerry, List; I was laughing so hard at Sstevees post that I had to take a sedative to calm down. I wanted to send him an email thanking him for a great laugh.I do not know if he realizes that this is how horridly we find his repeated posts on GAO (gao-ed to death already), or trade,

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Fragment That Hit Illinois Home Not A

2007-04-06 Thread Gerald Flaherty
I hope this inference does not shine a light into some of your less than noteable youthful enterprizes, Ron.[just kidding] Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Fragment That Hit Illinois Home Not A

2007-04-06 Thread MexicoDoug
Hi Dave, not sure exactly how many are in the we who dismissed it right off is as we argued the opposite and never went along. Chris injected a little friendly sarcasm by asking me it came from a potato canon, which now seems ironically the funniest comment of all. We posted only after carefully

[meteorite-list] Dawn's Early Light - April 2007

2007-04-06 Thread Ron Baalke
D A W N ' S E A R L Y L I G H T April 2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The eleventh issue of the Dawn team newsletter, Dawn's Early Light, has been posted on the Dawn website. Follow the links below to view

[meteorite-list] Ad New pallasite slices available right now.

2007-04-06 Thread Michael Farmer
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Re: [meteorite-list] Ad New pallasite slices available right now.

2007-04-06 Thread Ruben Garcia
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[meteorite-list] Searching for the Grandest Asteroid Tour

2007-04-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1335 Searching for the Grandest Asteroid Tour Jet Propulsion Laboratory April 05, 2007 Asteroids are Earth's closest celestial neighbors, sometimes passing closer to Earth than even the Moon. And yet, to date, only two spacecraft have ever

[meteorite-list] Re Nevada picture of the day / April issue of Meteorite-Times

2007-04-06 Thread wahlperry
Hi Bob ,and List, With the new Nevada Meteorite, Starvation Flat . I found 4 meteorites . With these meteorite, I also found many fragments, over 100 small pieces . I don't think that I should get numbers for all of the fragments . That would be a waste of time. It would be like finding 100

[meteorite-list] Magnetic rock with free metal inclusions, any idea?

2007-04-06 Thread Moser Francesco
Hi ALL, some months ago I found a strange green-white rock, it's about 55x35x20mm for about 60g. It attracts the magnet like a LL6 meteorite, Bensour or Benguerir. Some days ago I cut this rock and inside I found some oval white inclusions and a lot of magnetic metallic clast. Here you can find

[meteorite-list] Fw: Magnetic rock with free metal inclusions, any idea?

2007-04-06 Thread PolandMET
Here you can find some pictures: http://web.tiscali.it/francesco.moser/outside.jpg http://web.tiscali.it/francesco.moser/slice.jpg http://web.tiscali.it/francesco.moser/metal.jpg Any idea is welcome :-) !! Matteo lost his newly found italian mars rock in your garden ? You was lucky to find it

[meteorite-list] Disko Island pic of day 3/31

2007-04-06 Thread debfred
Robert and List, Looking at this slice from Disko it seems to show Dendritic Iron crystals, It looks more like dendridic silver. This is something I have never seen in Putorano. Putorano has blebs and blobs. Also I believe that Denmark limits visiting and collecting on Disko. If anyone knows

[meteorite-list] NWA 3159 Eucrite Xpol micrographs

2007-04-06 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi List, This is Tom Phillips, I just posted (With the help of Paul, Meteorite Times) some great new micrographs. Most of my images are high magnification in reflected light but the NWA 3159 was so beautiful in Xpol you have to look. Go to my Gallery

[meteorite-list] Re Nevada picture of the day / April issue of Meteorite-Times

2007-04-06 Thread Robert Verish
Hello List, This subject may be Off-Topic given the recent threads and small percentage of Nevada meteorites that are represented in our collections, but I wanted to say something before someone else jumped into this discussion and got defensive about California Dry Lakes. Sonny isn't talking

Re: [meteorite-list] Re Nevada picture of the day / April issue of Meteorite-Times

2007-04-06 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi Bob, Sonny, Moni and List, I have some questions regarding this subject. First of all, I don't want this to sound like I completely agree with Sonny. I don't. In fact we disagree quite vehemently on my aspects regarding meteorites and meteorite hunting. You, Moni and Sonny are fantastic

Re: [meteorite-list] Re Nevada picture of the day / April issue of Meteorite-Times

2007-04-06 Thread wahlperry
Hi Bob, If anything, Sonny is probably making reference to a dry lake that we were both hunting (keep in mind this was many years ago). We were hunting independently, but each know what the other was finding. Since I was already given an approved provisional name, I offered to get Sonny numbers

[meteorite-list] Re Nevada picture of the day / April issue of Meteorite-Times

2007-04-06 Thread Robert Verish
Ruben, Sonny, innocent bystanders, Why do you guys pick a Friday night to start a discussion so near and dear to my heart? When do you guys go meteorite hunting? On weekdays? I've gotta finish packing and get up in a few hours to drive to where I'm going to search. Nevertheless these are

Re: [meteorite-list] Re Nevada picture of the day / April issue of Meteorite-Times

2007-04-06 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Good luck Bob! List, I would just die to know who is catching how many of my trout and where and what they are hitting on. I can ask my buddies but I fear it would be offensive if I asked strangers these questions. I guess I shall go hunt rocks in the morning, drive 5 miles to a good spot, or

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 3159 Eucrite Xpol micrographs

2007-04-06 Thread tett
Tom, Outstanding! I also liked the super high 1600x magnification. The metal bleb is awesome. Is this perhaps toilet? I should be receiving my 3159 thin section within the month and now can't wait to get it. Cheers, Mike Tettenborn - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 3159 Eucrite Xpol micrographs

2007-04-06 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 23:29:28 -0400, you wrote: I also liked the super high 1600x magnification. The metal bleb is awesome. Is this perhaps toilet? I think that you may need to update that spellchecker. __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 3159 Eucrite Xpol micrographs

2007-04-06 Thread tett
Damn spell checker!!! Lets try troilite!!! Not toilet Cheers and I am way too tired after a day in Toronto with relatives and a three hour drive home. Mike - Original Message - From: tett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday,

Re: [meteorite-list] Magnetic rock with free metal inclusions, any idea?

2007-04-06 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
for what I seen its a classic Gabbro Matteo - Original Message - Da : Moser Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] A : ZZ ML Meteorite-List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Oggetto : [meteorite-list] Magnetic rock with free metal inclusions, any idea? Data : Sat, 7 Apr 2007 00:51:25 +0200 Hi

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad New pallasite slices available right now.

2007-04-06 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
My ex Seymchan slice it had the same patterns and I not have pay $80/gr..for similar price I prefear buy Esquel. Matteo - Original Message - Da : Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] A : meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Oggetto : [meteorite-list] Ad New pallasite slices available

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 3159 Eucrite Xpol micrographs

2007-04-06 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
In a message dated 4/6/2007 9:29:52 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tom, Outstanding! I also liked the super high 1600x magnification. The metal bleb is awesome. Is this perhaps toilet? I should be receiving my 3159 thin section within the month and now can't wait