[meteorite-list] Ensisheim-St Marie shows

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Farmer
Hi everyone, I am sitting in Frankfurt right now, but driving back to France today. I just wanted to report a little about the Ensisheim show. It was great, lots of friends I haven't seen in a year, we caught up on meteorite news, tales of great hunts and new goodies. I did not see much new

Re: [meteorite-list] Call for Articles for the November issue ofMeteorite magazine

2008-06-24 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, The link to the page to send your name to the Moon on the LRO mission is at: http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/# Best, Dirk Ross...Tokyo --- On Tue, 6/24/08, Greg Redfern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Greg Redfern [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Call for Articles for

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - June 24, 2008

2008-06-24 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - June 24, 2008

2008-06-24 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
H Chondrite? I have the same material and its classificated Enstatite Chondrite Mateo - Original Message - Da : [EMAIL PROTECTED] A : meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Oggetto : [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - June 24, 2008 Data : Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:09:43 EDT

[meteorite-list] NWA 4716: RFS Picture of the Day - June 24, 2008

2008-06-24 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Pete, Matteo and List, Pete wrote: New NWA 4716 [Provisional] Meteorite... If the meteorite pictured is NWA 4716, it is no longer provisional. According to the Met.Bull., it is now an official meteorite name! See here:

Re: [meteorite-list] Lighten up, it's just semantics OT Hoot

2008-06-24 Thread Pete Shugar
This was and will forever be the finest written piece of doubletalk I ever had the privilage of reading in my entire life Wat to go. Pete - Original Message - From: Mr EMan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Michael Gilmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[meteorite-list] Lighten up, it's just semantics

2008-06-24 Thread valparint
The trouble with astrologers is they vote, they influence, and they pass their ignorance on to the next generation. Dog-kicking is not a problem because the dog can take a bite out of the offending leg. If an astrologer influences a politician (Nancy and Ronald, e.g.), it's not something to

Re: [meteorite-list] Lighten up, it's just semantics

2008-06-24 Thread Chris Peterson
I'm reminded of something that happened after the great Montrose fireball on Thanksgiving 2002. As usual, I was receiving calls from newspapers and TV stations. However, being a big holiday, all the news staffers were pretty much interns, with little experience. I answered a bunch of questions

[meteorite-list] Astrology/Astronomy

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi, My dearly-departed and beloved grandmother was an avid astrologer. I don't share her beliefs, which were admittedly from somewhere way out past left field. But she was a loving, kind, and INTELLIGENT woman with a masters degree. She just believed in a few goofy things like astrology

Re: [meteorite-list] Lighten up, it's just semantics

2008-06-24 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:04:11 -0700, you wrote: The trouble with astrologers is they vote, they influence, and they pass their ignorance on to the next generation. Dog-kicking is not a problem because the dog can take a bite out of the offending leg. If an astrologer influences a politician

Re: [meteorite-list] Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites now Available

2008-06-24 Thread Pat Brown
I pre-ordered on May 26th and my Amazon account shows that the book shipped by 2nd day air (I have joined Amazon's Prime program that offers expedited order fulfillment and 2nd day air shipment on all orders for $80/yr) on Monday the 23rd and shows expected delivery on Wednesday June the 25th.

Re: [meteorite-list] Astrology/Astronomy

2008-06-24 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Mike, I whole heartily agree. I see now we are adding politics in the argument which is a good way to open a can of worms to get a big off topic of politics going on here. Sooner or later someone will do a search and see the discussion and invite all his/her friends to dive in to the off

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites' now Available

2008-06-24 Thread lebofsky
Pat: Great! Thanks Larry On Tue, June 24, 2008 10:36 am, Pat Brown wrote: I pre-ordered on May 26th and my Amazon account shows that the book shipped by 2nd day air (I have joined Amazon's Prime program that offers expedited order fulfillment and 2nd day air shipment on all orders for

[meteorite-list] poor picture, nice surface features

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Murray
For anyone who likes different surface features, here is a gouged out grove along one edge of a small blackened (suspect) stone. It is running nearly the length . If you're like me, that ablation feature is exciting to see. Sorry the pic is not so good. Took it through the m-scope.

[meteorite-list] Wizards (?) of osmium

2008-06-24 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Sterling, all Another possibility is that the impacting objects were comets rather than asteroids, and contained much less osmium to begin with. But chemical traces of the impactors left behind in rocks and reported in previous studies suggest otherwise. Ackk. Resistance continues to

[meteorite-list] Looking for material. Any material...

2008-06-24 Thread Eric Wichman
Hi All, Usually I don't post to list unless I'm having a sale, making an announcement, or rarely responding to a post, so please excuse this post. I've been not so quietly building my inventory, collection and selling material for some time now and would like to be able to offer more of a

[meteorite-list] Santa Fe, NM Impact Crater article

2008-06-24 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, A recent article about the newly discovered Santa Fe impact crater: http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19826604.800-roadside-crater-should-have-made-more-of-an-impact.html?feedId=space_rss20 Best, Dirk Ross...Tokyo __

Re: [meteorite-list] Astrology/Astronomy

2008-06-24 Thread Dave Gheesling
Mike All, Astrology is what it is, but your point below hits the nail right on the head. Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Gilmer Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:14 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject:

[meteorite-list] Glass in meteorites

2008-06-24 Thread Darren Garrison
Have any studies been done on decay of glasses in meteorites into crystaline configurations? Is there a mesurable rate, or does it not happen? This story brought that to mind-- if impact-generated glasses in meteorites HAVE NOT decayed into crystaline material in 4 billion years, it's fairly

Re: [meteorite-list] Glass in meteorites

2008-06-24 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi, Several years ago I ran onto an unusual chondrule in JaH 055 that looks like glass but it is forming in crystals. I have had various explanations presented to me and all involved Glass This might be On topic? If any one is up to taking a look and sharing their observations, I would

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - June 25, 2008

2008-06-24 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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