[meteorite-list] Symphony of Science: Carl Sagan, Neil

2009-11-04 Thread Meteorites USA
Very cool... Thanks to Darren for the last one that was posted. I found this one just a little bit ago. featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk Enjoy... Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive or dinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-04 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Greg, you're going wrong and wherefrom you came to your distorted image of the meteorite world, is a riddle for me. The nowadays remarkably risen prices for new falls out of Africa have in my opinion other causes than you presume. I'll try to delineate them later this day. (Cause now we have

[meteorite-list] AD: Ebay Auction Ending Tonight.....

2009-11-04 Thread Jim Strope
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Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-04 Thread al mitt
Hi Jason and all, Good post Jason and I agree with a great deal of what you said. I should have been a bit more specific when I commented and will here. I am sure there is some fault that people will be able to find and I'll read with interest further comments. Surely details of an

[meteorite-list] AD Esquel and more

2009-11-04 Thread Tomasz Jakubowski
Dear List Members, I have superb Esquel transparent slice for sale, weight 132.4 grams. Size 147x131x2 mm. Photo: http://picasaweb.google.pl/illaenus/Esquel132g#5394993049372854786 Also last huge slice of new Ureilite NWA 5928 36.9 grams. Size 67x62x4. Specimen have beautiful green, yellow

[meteorite-list] AD: Lunar Meteorite NWA 5000

2009-11-04 Thread Jose Villavicencio
Hi List!!! I hate to do this, but I have no other option. I'm selling a nice piece of NWA 5000 (0.45 grams) priced at 1,100/gram and open to offers, for list memebers shipping will be FREE. Right now it's listed on eBay, but I'm able to close it at any time if I get a good offer.

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - November 4, 2009

2009-11-04 Thread Michael Johnson
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Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-04 Thread wahlperry
Hi Greg and list, I really think that the price is more about who gets there first and who is allowed to hunt the field. Meteorites are competitive and my eyes were opened to just how much so due to recent falls. Please don't take this wrong. If you only knew how much work it is to open

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-04 Thread Jim Strope
I have to agree with the points that Sonny made on hunting protocol. I couldn't understand the logic of expecting Jack to release the Benson fall co-ordinates after he had done all the leg work. What if he had discovered a gold nugget honey hole on some stream high in the Sierra Mountains?

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek Prices.

2009-11-04 Thread Greg Catterton
First off, I would like to say I am not whining. I did not make any personal remarks towards you, and you are totally out of line... The ONLY remark I made with your name in it was about Carancas and your experience. Perhaps you took that as negative, it was not. I was offering my opinions as

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek Prices.

2009-11-04 Thread Greg Stanley
456462.77680...@web46409.mail.sp1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Wow: What is it about Ash Creek that gets people so bent.=A0 I went there and fo= und one stone in three days.=A0 I must say that being a

[meteorite-list] [AD] The Chemical Classification of Iron Meteorites by John T. Wasson

2009-11-04 Thread ja...@meteorites.pl
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[meteorite-list] Messenger spies iron on Mercury

2009-11-04 Thread Greg Stanley
List: Greg S. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8342000.stm Mercury is even more of an iron planet than scientists had previously supposed. Richer concentrations of iron and titanium have been seen on Mercury's surface by Nasa's Messenger probe. Previous Earth and

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Questions / photos

2009-11-04 Thread Michael Blood
Fellow collectors, I am wondering if others have noticed this and Have concerns as do I: I have noted two recent trends with eBay (at least regarding meteorites, which are 99 % of my eBay interest) 1: Up until very recently a perspective bidder could send a question To the seller

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Questions / photos

2009-11-04 Thread Greg Catterton
Hey, hope this will help some... 1. questions tab - You have to scroll all the way down to see the ask question tab, its there, but skillfully buried at the bottom of the page where most people think it has vanished. I can help on the picture thing other then comment I have been having issues

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Men 6 More Episodes

2009-11-04 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
Looks like they got 6 more shows: http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/23118 Science Channel Commissions More Meteorite Men By Kristin Brzoznowski Published: October 29, 2009 SILVER SPRING: Science Channel has commissioned LMNO Cable Group for six further episodes of Meteorite Men,

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men 6 More Episodes

2009-11-04 Thread Greg Stanley
List: Can any of these shows be seen on an internet based site?  I do not get the Science Channel. Greg S. From: joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:01:27 -0500 Subject: [meteorite-list]

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Questions / photos

2009-11-04 Thread Gary Fujihara
Aloha Michael, listees, Fellow collectors, I am wondering if others have noticed this and Have concerns as do I: I have noted two recent trends with eBay (at least regarding meteorites, which are 99 % of my eBay interest) 1: Up until very recently a perspective bidder could send a

[meteorite-list] Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks.

2009-11-04 Thread Meteorites USA
A little fun response to all the gripes about prices and hunting... (no offense to anyone of course) http://www.meteoritesusa.com/fun/rocks.wav Enjoy... Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing

[meteorite-list] Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks

2009-11-04 Thread bernd . pauli
http://www.meteoritesusa.com/fun/rocks.wav Hmm, ... have been listening to it quite a few times but can't hear the aren't :-( All I can hear is an are :-) Is it only me? Well, maybe I need a pair of new ears ;-) Bernd __

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Questions / photos

2009-11-04 Thread GeoZay
2: Up until recently one could download (a) photo(s) of what one was Buying. Now, about 95% of the time one cannot. (It seams curiously Inconsistent that in a very small minority of cases one still can) to tell the truth, with a little persistance, I've been able to copy most photos

Re: [meteorite-list] Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks

2009-11-04 Thread Meteorites USA
That's weird, maybe it's the player. It's a .wav file and should play in almost all browsers players without a problem. What media player do you have installed? Regards, Eric bernd.pa...@paulinet.de wrote: http://www.meteoritesusa.com/fun/rocks.wav Hmm, ... have been listening to it

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks

2009-11-04 Thread bernd . pauli
What media player do you have installed? = Windows Media Player Cheers, Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Sometimes there just ont enough rocks

2009-11-04 Thread Linton Rohr
Yep, sometimes der jes ONT 'nuff. ;^) I jes got me suma dat der Peekskill rock. Kewl. Der ain't mucha dat n 'round. Linton - Original Message - From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com To: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, November 04,

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - November 3, 2009

2009-11-04 Thread Jerry Flaherty
What a wonderful kaleidoscope John -- From: Michael Johnson rocksfromsp...@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:33 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - November 3,2009

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek Prices.

2009-11-04 Thread Jason Utas
Michael, Frankly, I'm insulted by your crassness and apparent lack of knowledge about practically everything I wrote - or at least, your negligence in addressing it in your email paired with the other things you said seems to say as much. You sent and addressed that message to me, and yet it

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek Prices.

2009-11-04 Thread Jason Utas
Michael, You wrote my name at the top of your post; it wasn't the accident of a reply-function that put me there. True, I didn't weight the averages, but take a look at the March 24th post; most of the stones *were* between ten and twenty grams. And all of the other numbers I stated - that the

[meteorite-list] sharing some pictures of little [suspect] irons

2009-11-04 Thread Michael Murray
Hi List, Thought some of you might like to see some more pictures of my little suspect irons that I have been trying to get cleaned up. It is a slow process. Here is a few of them. This little guy has what appears to be flow lines running down to the point, wouldn't you say? It took

[meteorite-list] Cryptic AZ fall?

2009-11-04 Thread Dave Gheesling
What is the official name of the meteorite that fell in southern Arizona this summer? Heard it was Benson from someone. Everybody was looking for that one, but it's been quiet since Jack Schrader posted his announcement. This is probably because of all the other distractions. Stone number one

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek Prices.

2009-11-04 Thread Martin Altmann
Hmm Jason, I just returned from Munich show. The halls were full of thousands of precious and semi-precious stones, all of them mined by the tonnes a year - and most of them priced higher per weight than any Ash Creek or any Lunar. Can't follow that debate, we slowly should get aware, how

Re: [meteorite-list] Cryptic AZ fall?

2009-11-04 Thread Bob Holmes
Hello List- Great post Dave. With all this talk of the West fall, I am surprised at the lack of interest in the AZ fall. There has been much less recovered and the tale of Jack's recovery effort provides an equally (if not moreso) interesting story. Further, I have not seen any of this new fall