Re: [meteorite-list] Interesting way to describe a meteorite for sale

2009-09-06 Thread countdeiro
Thanks for posting this item. I love to mess with these guys. It's worth getting burnt every once in a while. I've just sent him a query. Count Deiro -Original Message- From: Richard Kowalski damoc...@yahoo.com Sent: Sep 6, 2009 1:27 AM To: meteorite list

Re: [meteorite-list] Slow cooling rate of irons in space

2009-09-06 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Chris, List, Well, Venus is shrouded in doubts on hundreds of details. Yes, the core could be frozen, but it would require Venus to be of radically different composition than the Earth. If the Earth rotated once every 224.7 days, as Venus does, instead of once every 24 hours, I doubt we'd

[meteorite-list] - AD - Ebay Auctions Ending Soon!

2009-09-06 Thread Carsten Giessler
Hola List, i have some auctions at ebay ending soon, i would be glad if you take a look here: http://shop.ebay.com/gipometeorites/m.html?LH_Auction=1_ipg=25_trksid=p3911.c0.m301 Many thanks for viewing, best wishes Carsten -- Carsten Giessler Gipometeorites - www.gi-po.de - email:

[meteorite-list] AD : Buzzard Coulee Special Oriented

2009-09-06 Thread tett
List, As some of you know, I am selling just a couple of special pieces to help finance my motorcycle trip to the Arctic Circle. Unfortunately this means getting a new bike I need to sell just a couple of meteorites. My D'Orbigny went really fast and now I hope to entice someone to

[meteorite-list] test

2009-09-06 Thread Gary Fujihara
push ... Gary Fujihara AstroDay Institute 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, HI 96720 (808) 640-9161, fuj...@mac.com http://astroday.net __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Sonny Clary

2009-09-06 Thread Dave Gheesling
Please contact me off list Dave Gheesling IMCA #5967 www.fallingrocks.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] AD-Labor Day weekend sale

2009-09-06 Thread Gary Fujihara
Hope you're enjoying this long Labor Day weekend (I apologize if this becomes a double post-my first announcement has not emerged). I have an ebay auction ending Sunday (6:43 pm PDT). Up on the block are: NWA 869 - cherry and oriented individuals Sah 02500 - 31.88g individual Bjurbole -

[meteorite-list] AD - Ebay listings ending Today - Free Tatahouine with purchase

2009-09-06 Thread Greg Catterton
Hi to everyone, hope all is good. I have several items listed on ebay and some nice meteorites that end today. Some outstanding Camel Donga samples and a lot more! Visit my ebay listings here: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZwanderingstarmeteoritesQQhtZ-1 Free Tatahouine fragment with all

[meteorite-list] AD-Labor Day weekend sale

2009-09-06 Thread Gary Fujihara
Hope you're enjoying this long Labor Day weekend. I have an ebay auction ending Sunday (6:43 pm PDT). Up on the block are: NWA 869 - cherry and oriented individuals Sah 02500 - 31.88g individual Bjurbole - 0.12g micro SaU 001 - 60g individual Henbury - 4.78g sculpted individual Nadiabondi -

[meteorite-list] AD: Ebay auctions

2009-09-06 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
Hello List! I have some nice ebay auctions ending in 24 hours: 1. Small crusted Vetluga (AEUC-M): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190332109694 2. Small olive from Krasnojarsk (PAL-MG): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190332114652 3. Dar al Gani 400 (ALUN-A)

[meteorite-list] AD: Auctions ending tonight on EBAY

2009-09-06 Thread Don Merchant
Hi List. I have several auctions ending tonight starting at 6 pm PST (9 pm EST) of some very nice and not so easy to find MNH (mint never hinged) meteorite stamps. I am almost completely out of my inventory of these stamps and once their gone their gone, as I do not plan on tracking down more

[meteorite-list] Limits of Carbonaceous Chondrite observability from Earth

2009-09-06 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hello everyone - I have a problem to work and I'd like your input. I think that the current analysis is that a 30-60 (more likely 60 in my guess) comet fragment hit at Tunguska in 1908. We know the luminence (reflectivity) of carbonaceous chondrites. Carbonaceous chondrites are usually

[meteorite-list] Scale recommendations?

2009-09-06 Thread Richard Kowalski
Several months ago I bought a basic ~$20 digital pocket scale (100 g capacity, 0.01g precision) and it worked fine for a while. Recently it started to give am error message on start up and then a constantly changing weight, even with nothing on the scale. Trying to tare or calibrate does not

Re: [meteorite-list] What is and isn't a Widmanstatten Pattern was Cooling rates

2009-09-06 Thread Mr EMan
We had a metallurgist on the list a few years back that insisted Widmanstatten patterns were found everywhere and posted some micrographs supporting his assertion. As I recall he got very ill with us when we pointed out why, what he had photos of, weren't Widmanstatten patterns. It was focused

Re: [meteorite-list] Limits of Carbonaceous Chondrite observability from Earth

2009-09-06 Thread Richard Kowalski
Carbonaceous Chondrites usually run between 5% - 10% albedo http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/1996.pdf 2008 TC3, an approximately 5 meter diameter object, was about 515,000 km (~320,000 miles) away at discovery. Its albedo was ~5% and it was at 19.0V magnitude when discovered.

[meteorite-list] AD - slices of a really nice NWA xxxx for sale.

2009-09-06 Thread Greg Catterton
Hi again to everyone, a second AD, sorry... wont happen much. Recently I posted pics of a really nice NWA stone I cut up. I need to raise some cash and have decided to offer up the ONLY slices of this I will offer, prior to testing being complete. The complete stone weighed 165g prior to

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 7, 2009

2009-09-06 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/September_7_2009.html __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] AD: A Bunch Of Sales Going On-PLUS Another GREAT Auction Run Started-Seriously Worth A LOOK!

2009-09-06 Thread michael cottingham
Hello, Check This Auction Run Out: http://shop.ebay.com:80/merchant/meteorite-collector_W0QQLHQ5fAuctionZ1QQ OR the SALES HERE: http://stores.ebay.com/voyage-botanica-natural-history Thanks and Best Wishes Michael Cottingham __

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 7, 2009

2009-09-06 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Michael and List, Very cool Pic-o-Day! Those rounded droplets in the vug are very interesting. Do those look like 'melted' matrix droplets forming while this meteorite went through super heating at some point and created the gaseous voids (vugs)? Best regards, Greg