[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2, 2009

2009-01-02 Thread Michael Johnson
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_2_2009.html __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] CONUS

2009-01-02 Thread Michael L Blood
Thanks everyone (got a ton of OFF LIST email on this), So, when we had King George(W) in rule, POTUS ran the CONUS but deserved no bonus cuz his style was so bogus. I think I got the locus - so now let's refocus. Thanks, again, Michael on 1/1/09 11:30 PM, Bob Loeffler at

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2, 2009

2009-01-02 Thread Dave Gheesling
Great post, Michael! What a stunning specimen, and it's great to see that Svend's superb work continues to be picked up by the community... Happy New Year to all, Dave www.fallingrocks.com -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2, 2009

2009-01-02 Thread Alexander Seidel
Doesn´t this great (!) specimen show that uncleaned iron individuals, at least in some cases (Gibeon, Sikhote-Alin, Canyon Diablo, Henbury etc..), can be much more appealing to our eyes than their cleaned counterparts? Well, I for my part think so. But as always: it may just be a matter of

Re: [meteorite-list] New AGU presentation on Holocene Start Impacts

2009-01-02 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Wu, all - One of the frustrating things for me commercially in this is if you go to amazon for Dr. Firestone's book, you'll find that the usual set of frauds, the ones who screwed me so magnificently, have their books at the bottom of the page for his book. (I except Ed Malkowsky and

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2, 2009

2009-01-02 Thread Peter Marmet
Alexander Seidel wrote: Doesn´t this great (!) specimen show that uncleaned iron individuals, at least in some cases (Gibeon, Sikhote-Alin, Canyon Diablo, Henbury etc..), can be much more appealing to our eyes than their cleaned counterparts? Hi Alex and All! I agree 100%! Please see a few

[meteorite-list] Carancas

2009-01-02 Thread Steve Dunklee
From astronomy magazine. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=aid=6726 Have a great day Steve __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Happy New Year - Ruben Garcia - Dealers List - Tucson Info

2009-01-02 Thread Paul Harris
Happy New Year and Best Wishes to Everyone! For those of you who've been looking for Ruben Garcia's website, he has moved his articles and video listings to The Meteorite Exchange. All of Rubens articles are up and I should have all Ruben's videos listed a few days after we post the January

[meteorite-list] the new fall in morroco tichka dn tahanout region

2009-01-02 Thread habibi abdelaziz
hi listoids, first happy new year. i get a sample today from what is supposed to be the new fall; i heard there is found some, i see that there are some grad of weathering already, it look like and h3 or h4, may be it fall in snow and become so weathered , when i polish without water it look fresh

[meteorite-list] the new fall contunue// tichka mountains

2009-01-02 Thread habibi abdelaziz
hi again just a short note to say, that there is may be many kilos found and there is a fight for it,split on 3 places,an area of more than 4000 km square. taddart tahanout and tichka , could be more places as far as things goes we will hear defenitly tomorow of the aproximate amount of kilo's,

[meteorite-list] RE: Happy New Year - Ruben Garcia

2009-01-02 Thread Norbert Classen
Hi Paul, and All, A Happy, Healthy and Prosper New Year to you all. Did anyone have a look at Ruben's old URL - there's an article about meteorite hunting on this new site that sounds pretty (babel-)fishy... If you want to have a good laugh have a look at:

[meteorite-list] Humor Alert! = Meteorite Dungeon: Was Ruben Garcia

2009-01-02 Thread bernd . pauli
Norbert jokingly: Good advise, huh? I'm just wondering where I could possibly get such a darn dungeon phone! Any dungeolar for sale ,-? Ahem, ... what about the London Tower??? If they can't help, you might surely ask Henry VIII or one of his beheaded loved ones :-)) Bernd

[meteorite-list] Estherville, Mesosiderite Micrographs

2009-01-02 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi list, I just took some very beautiful micrographs of Estherville, Iowa, Mesosiderite. This meteorite fell May 10,1879. The magnification is approximately 160X with a field of view of 0.40 mm taken in cross polarized transmitted light. If any one wants to take a look, just email me.

Re: [meteorite-list] the new fall contunue// tichka mountains

2009-01-02 Thread Michael Farmer
What do you mean 4000KM 2, this would be one of the largest falls known. I have not heard much about it, so I doubt that it could be that impressive. More likely pieces of a fresh chondrite, or chergach, or Bassikounou. Michael Farmer --- On Fri, 1/2/09, habibi abdelaziz azizhab...@yahoo.com

[meteorite-list] Ad/sale Etched Taza added to my web site

2009-01-02 Thread Mike Miller
Hi all I have added a couple VERY nice end cuts of the Taza Plessetic octahedrite meteorite to my site you can see them here http://www.meteoritefinder.com/whats-new-sale.htmThanks -- Mike Miller 230 Greenway Dr. Kingman Az 86401 www.meteoritefinder.com 928-753-6825

[meteorite-list] Anyone in the area of Tok Alaska?

2009-01-02 Thread Michael Murray
Possible bolide in that area today. Mike in CO __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy New Year - Ruben Garcia

2009-01-02 Thread tracy latimer
It looks like the new owner ported all his old blog entries over to the site. He has entries going back into 2005, at which time I know Ruben still controlled it. Howlers indeed! Tracy Latimer From: riffr...@timewarp.de To: p...@meteorite.com;

[meteorite-list] Estherville pic

2009-01-02 Thread bernd . pauli
Good morning Tom and List, Well, good morning because it's 01:40 our time and I had better go to bed now! Always interested as you probably know! Here's one of my Estherville pics that I took some years ago. Magnification is only 8x, but so beautiful, so very color- ful!!! All the best for

[meteorite-list] Re : the new fall contunue// tichka mountains

2009-01-02 Thread habibi abdelaziz
hi mike 4000km power 2 means 100 km* 40km. that's mean it has been heard over irghem and over tichka and over tahenout so between all its over 4000 km square , not exponential, it has been seen over the third of morroco;so calculate and you will see, the fireball make the entry in atmosphere and

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas

2009-01-02 Thread Jerry Flaherty
. You just wonder how many other lakes and ponds were created by stony meteorites, says Schultz. I live in Plymouth, MA, the land of 360 ponds, many of which are actually moderate sized lakes.. Thanks for the article Steve. An additional motivation to invest in an underwater detector to

[meteorite-list] AD SALE METEORITE AUCTIONS ON EBAY ENDING BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/09/09

2009-01-02 Thread Brian Cox
Hello List Members, Happy New Year! I hope everyone is having a Great week! I have several ebay auctions ending 1/4 and over the next few days. Please take a look. WESTON METEORITE RARE .254 gm H4 COA IMCA USA FIRST MET AMERICA'S FIRST METEORITE 0.254 gm FROM BRITISH MUSEUM Item

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas

2009-01-02 Thread Mr EMan
Hey stimulate the economy buy the detector and wetsuit and have at it, Jerry you might defeat the odds at that. BUT of those 360+ natural ponds, at least 359 of them are kettle lakes with glacial origins..any impact pit/crater older than 8000-13,000 years would have been filled by glacial

[meteorite-list] Alaska Town Abuzz Over Mystery Sky Explosion

2009-01-02 Thread Sterling K. Webb
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475291,00.html Alaska Town Abuzz Over Mystery Sky Explosion Friday, January 02, 2009 FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Was it a meteor falling from space? Officials think that might be what residents saw shooting through the Alaska sky near Tok on Monday afternoon. A

[meteorite-list] Pallasite vs. Mesosiderite

2009-01-02 Thread Mr EMan
This is a lost draft regarding the question about pallesites vs mesosiderites in the for what it is worth category. These two types of meteorites were trasditionally lumped together for a very long long time as stony-irons. We know now they have little in common chemically nor in point of