[meteorite-list] BIG VENUS NEWS

2007-11-29 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, List, ESA had a big (press) conference to release the first findings of the Venus Express spacecraft. There will be nine papers by principal investigators in Nature, next issue. So all the science reporters were there, of course, to get the inside story. The spacecraft detected whistlers.

Re: [meteorite-list] AL HAGGOUNIA 001 (NOT AUBRITE)

2007-11-29 Thread Philippe Thomas
Dear Greg and all, It is not usual for me to participate in the debates because by experience often these remain sterile and my level of English does not allow me to make me understood completely. Here is that I have to say as comment of this meteorite: First, all the Moroccan having a

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Re: [meteorite-list] AL HAGGOUNIA 001 (NOT AUBRITE)

2007-11-29 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Philippe et al, I see no reason for bringing commotion or even personal aspects in the debate as substantion, why one classification should be preferred to others. It is simple - scientists got differing results or drew different conclusions from their results or maybe analysed different

Re: [meteorite-list] AL HAGGOUNIA 001 (NOT AUBRITE)

2007-11-29 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear Jeff, Philippe and Martin, Thank you all for your contributions to this discussion regarding NWA 2828 EL3 (Aubrite?) and all of its pairings (named or otherwise). I can certainly see where all of the confusion lays with this one, I was directly involved from the beginning and was in

[meteorite-list] Al Haggounia strewnfield

2007-11-29 Thread jambon
Listees, for those who are interested in the description of the strewnfield near Al Haggounia you can read the abstract by Chennaoui et al. (#5329) from the last Met Soc Meeting in Tucson. You will find our contribution. What others report we said, or wrote, or whatever, is gossip, devoid of

Re: [meteorite-list] AL HAGGOUNIA 001 (NOT AUBRITE)

2007-11-29 Thread Michael Farmer
I am confused, if some pieces have chondules (which I know they do as I also was in Morocco more than once or twice:) then it is a chondrite, and if it is a chondrite, it cannot be an Aubrite. I myself cut more than 50 kilos of pieces most of it was absolute garbage, since it is millions of years

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2007-11-29 Thread Michael Farmer
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Re: [meteorite-list] BIG VENUS NEWS

2007-11-29 Thread lebofsky
Hello Sterling: I have not had a chance to read the articles in general, but if Venus is still losing its water, and we are talking about this happening with the last 1/2 billion years or so, is there any chance that it was realted to the global resurfacing of Venus? Maybe Venus did have swamps

Re: [meteorite-list] AL HAGGOUNIA 001 (NOT AUBRITE)

2007-11-29 Thread mexicodoug
Mike wrote: ... chondrules in most pieces ... if some ... chondules ... then it is a chondrite, if ... a chondrite, it cannot be an Aubrite. Dr. Grossman posted that the aubrite classification, or the E-chondrite classification, like all classifications in the Bulletin, is not peer reviewed

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2007-11-29 Thread Paul Harris
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Re: [meteorite-list] AL HAGGOUNIA 001 (NOT AUBRITE)

2007-11-29 Thread Philippe Thomas
Michael, I was maybe not enough complete and precise in my first message. It is evident that the scientists which makes the declaration as an aubrite did not find chondrules. For them, the circular forms which could be confused with chondrules are not chondrules. The claimed chondrules are

Re: [meteorite-list] BIG VENUS NEWS

2007-11-29 Thread Jason Utas
Larry, Sterling, Even supposing that there had been some sort of life on Venus, the odds that the development of life there would have even somewhat paralleled evolution on Earth is so unlikely as to be, in my opinion, nearly impossible. Should there have been any life on Venus, it is logical to

Re: [meteorite-list] AL HAGGOUNIA 001 (NOT AUBRITE)

2007-11-29 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi List, I have some cool photos of the chondrules found in this meteorite. When I had sent some samples to ASU I would send a photo and they would let me know if it was any thing they wanted to look at. My hobby is micrographs but most of the chondrules were way to large for

[meteorite-list] anyone have an extra EPMA lying around they're currently not using?

2007-11-29 Thread Jerry
Brownlees in rain H2O http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2007/pdf/5188.pdf Jerry Flaherty __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Pallasite lust

2007-11-29 Thread David Kitt Deyarmin
Do you have a Pallasite Sphere :) -- I don't think this went out the first time; I apologize if it shows up twice. OK, I admit it. I love pallasites. However, it's gotten to the point where I have reached the 3-sigma (or

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - November 29, 2007

2007-11-29 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Rover Perseveres Despite Stall in Robotic Arm - sol 1355-1360, Nov 29, 2007: Opportunity spent much of the week conducting ongoing studies of a layer of rock known as Smith, part of a bathtub ring of rocks that

[meteorite-list] AD: Accepting Reasonable Offers for a 360 Gram Canyon Diablo Graphite Nodule End Cut

2007-11-29 Thread David Kitt Deyarmin
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[meteorite-list] QMIG REQUEST

2007-11-29 Thread Bob WALKER
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - November 30, 2007

2007-11-29 Thread Jerry
Fine picture John. Certainly dispells any doubt of the presence of chondrules. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:02 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day -

[meteorite-list] Meteorite in World Languages (86 languages) and Japanese Impact Crater pages

2007-11-29 Thread drtanuki
Hello List, I have updated my Meteorite in World Languages page to now include 86 languages. Also, I have added a new page on reported possible Japanese impact craters (with links and references). If you are interested please take a look. Both pages can be accessed from:

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching an Iron Meteorite (Meteorite Mag)

2007-11-29 Thread Ruben Garcia
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[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - November 30, 2007

2007-11-29 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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[meteorite-list] Etching an Iron Meteorite (Meteorite Mag)

2007-11-29 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi all, I posted a youtube video on etching a few months ago. Since then I've received so many emails regarding etching. Many of you want to know all of the specifics that I left out of the video. I received my Meteorite Mag. today and was surprised to see that my article on etching is included.

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching an Iron Meteorite (Meteorite Mag)

2007-11-29 Thread mckinney trammell
REMEMBER -ALWAYS AD ACID TO WATER- NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. ask anita- she can tell what happens- you all kinds a firetrux and stuff w/ guys in DEVO suits and what not. --- Ruben Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I posted a youtube video on etching a few months ago. Since then I've