Re: [meteorite-list] PDF on risk assessment of Tunguska-type events

2009-09-27 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Very interesting, Arnaud, thanks for sharing. Wishing all of us a sunny and asteroid-free sunday, such as here in southern Germany, Matthias - Original Message - From: The Tricottet Collection tricottetc...@live.com To: MeteoriteList meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent:

[meteorite-list] lunar meteorite

2009-09-27 Thread Francesco Moser
Hello! I'm looking for the pictures of the 2 meteorite that was found on the Moon. Yesterday I try to find them for more than an hour, but nothing. Could someone send them to me or give me a link? The meteorite names are: Bench Crater Hadley Rille The second one was just 3mg and was found

[meteorite-list] Outstanding 4.9 kg sculpted iron meteorite - AD

2009-09-27 Thread i...@niger-meteorite-recon.de
Ladies gentlemen,   as I pointed out last week I currently have the rare pleasure to offer a small number of outstanding meteorites from my personal collection. You'll find a brief list and description in the following, the busy people may just click the quick link to find all auctions:

[meteorite-list] question on cleaning irons

2009-09-27 Thread Michael Murray
I'd like to try cleaning a small suspect iron so that I can see what it looks like without all the rust and other buildup. Anyone have experience with using an electrolysis bath on an iron to clean it up? If so, another question...Will it remove the black oxide? Mike in CO

Re: [meteorite-list] Question.....

2009-09-27 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Michael and List, I am glad to hear that this book is being finished - my bookshelf is always hungry for another meteorite book. I can't wait to see all of the photos of oriented specimens. :) BTW - remember that oriented UNWA stone that I sent you some photos of? It is now available and

[meteorite-list] Acapulcoites

2009-09-27 Thread Greg Catterton
Can someone familiar with testing Acapulcoites contact me off list please. I have questions about this stone: http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/uNWA46gec2a.jpg Thanks, Greg C. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] freebies update/ odds and ends

2009-09-27 Thread steve arnold
Hello list.All the freebies from the last session are on thier way out the door.Sorry for the delay.I have posted a few meteorites forsale lately.I am willing to take decent offers on them to sell.I also got 2 more freeies today.A 80 and 143 gram whole stones to giveaway.Please chime in because

[meteorite-list] The Fallen Sky Reading in Tucson Tomorrow + Odessa Episode

2009-09-27 Thread Notkin
Dear Listees: I would like to invite those of you in southern Arizona to meet my friend Chris Cokinos and hear him read from his wonderful new book The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars tomorrow, Monday, here in Tucson. Chris is a brilliant writer, an accomplished editor

[meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work

2009-09-27 Thread Jim Strope
After playing all summer, I find that I must get back to work. So I have started listing on ebay again. All items so far are buy it now listings with some of them accepting reasonable offers. Noteable items are a complete Portales Valley Stone, nice Esquel slices, complete Millbillillie,

Re: [meteorite-list] question on cleaning irons

2009-09-27 Thread countdeiro
Mike in Co List, Good question Mike. I have a big ugly Nantan of about 2000 gr. that was covered in concretions and rust. I ended up high pressure sandblasting it and ended up with a very even grey patination. I then struck it with a hammer and it cleaved along natural lines. When I blasted

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 72, Issue 76

2009-09-27 Thread Pizzimenti Luigi
Mr. Mignan, Thanks for your work, I am very interested to: documents, pictures and videos on Sikhote Alin. You can publish the pdf on my web site? Best Regards, Luigi Pizzimenti IMCA#1117 http://www.collectionspace.it/index.METEORITE.htm - Original Message - From:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 72, Issue 76

2009-09-27 Thread Pizzimenti Luigi
Errata corrige!!! Tunguska Luigi - Original Message - From: meteorite-list-requ...@meteoritecentral.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 6:00 PM Subject: Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 72, Issue 76 Send Meteorite-list mailing list submissions

Re: [meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work

2009-09-27 Thread Mexicodoug
I have a question that has puzzled me for some time... On a cheap item, $20- buy it now, why would anyone bother to watch it? Hello Jim ! Maybe the IRS. $20 is more money than 2/3 's of the current eBay prices in the collectibles category. Maybe they debate between (grocery shopping

Re: [meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work

2009-09-27 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Jim, Doug and List, eBay is a fickle mistress. I have heard one well-known dealer describe eBay as a hell for sellers and a heaven for buyers. I've been selling collectibles on eBay for about 10 years - since the days before PayPal (remember BillPoint?) and the behavior of other eBay members

Re: [meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work

2009-09-27 Thread Greg Catterton
Watchers are funny. I have some items with up to 12 watchers, but no buyers. Greg C. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZwanderingstarmeteoritesQQhtZ-1 --- On Sun, 9/27/09, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: From: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com

[meteorite-list] AD - Goodies Ending Today

2009-09-27 Thread Rob Wesel
Hello all A baker's dozen of this and that ending today. Sulagiri, West, Wardwell Draw, and others http://shop.ebay.com/nakhladog/m.html Rob Wesel www.nakhladogmeteorites.com www.facebook.com/nakhladog -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy

Re: [meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work

2009-09-27 Thread Mike Miller
I have always thought that the item is being watched while the potential buyer tries to talk his or her spouse into the purchase. On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com wrote: Watchers are funny. I have some items with up to 12 watchers, but no buyers.

Re: [meteorite-list] question on cleaning irons

2009-09-27 Thread Jason Utas
Hello Guido, All, Regardless of how well you cleaned your Nantan, whatever you found under the surface was not flow lines. The material you removed from the surface of your iron was a good portion of the exterior of the meteorite itself; you were likely centimeters below the original surface of

Re: [meteorite-list] question on cleaning irons

2009-09-27 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Jason and List, I concur with Jason here about flowlines on a Nantan. Oxidation/weathering is a replacement process - any oxide rind that is on the specimen is representative of lost mass and surface area. Since flowlines reside in the outer millimeter or so of the crust, any such flowlines on

Re: [meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work

2009-09-27 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi List, Regarding watchers. They're worthless... Not the person mind you, but the fact that they are nothing more than a number in the My Ebay section, they mean nothing to the seller and provide no benefit at all other than to let the seller know they aren't buying. The only time a

Re: [meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work

2009-09-27 Thread Bob King
Hi Eric, If eBay let you contact watchers, they'd lose cash on all the under the table dealings. I personally use the watch function to remind me of items I might like to bid on. When I see one of my watched items go too high for my wallet, I just delete it from the list. If it's still in my range

Re: [meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work

2009-09-27 Thread Meteorites USA
No they wouldn't... Ebay has a second chance offer, Best offer, and other ways for buyers to make offers. If they use the same/modified system to allow sellers to offer, or request watcher to buy by offering the buyer a deal, it would be the same as a best offer deal and allow Ebay to track

Re: [meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work

2009-09-27 Thread Michael Blood
Hi Eric and all, As long as no bid has been placed, it is entirely ethical to remove An item from an auction. Once ANY bid has been placed, removing that item is very much an illegal action and, more importantly, an unethical action (who would prosecute it as a crime given the eBay

[meteorite-list] AD - Ebay listings - 10% off

2009-09-27 Thread Greg Catterton
I have some very nice meteorites listed for sale on ebay at good deals. Due to the ever increasing fees of selling on ebay, I am trying to do more off ebay sales. If you see an item you want and are willing to buy it off ebay, I will give you 10% off the ebay price. I save on ebay fees, and

[meteorite-list] eBWW - Watchers Welcome, Bidders Encouraged - AD

2009-09-27 Thread Greg Hupe
eBWW - (eBay Bidder Watcher Warning), Hello One and All, I have 14 excellent eBay auctions ending tomorrow (Monday, Sept. 28th), several still at just 99 cents and many 'Watchers', who I think, are Watching in order to snag or snipe great deals when they see them! Lots of Planetary and

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 28, 2009

2009-09-27 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/September_28_2009.html __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: September 21-25, 2009

2009-09-27 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES September 21-25, 2009 o Proctor Crater (Released 21 September 2009) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20090921a o Proctor Crater (Released 22 September 2009) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20090922a o Pityusa Patera Dunes (Released 23 September 2009)

[meteorite-list] OT eBay (was AD Time to get back to work)

2009-09-27 Thread Mexicodoug
Or.. they are just saving up money from cashing in all their empty beer cans. Case in Point Sikhote-alin stamp Buy It Now for $20- and I have 9 of the left. It has 3 watchers: BTW the auction has had only 25 hits since I loaded it ! Hi Jim You're right: that is a case-in-point.