[meteorite-list] AD Sale ebay store marked down items - Faucett MO and others

2011-09-01 Thread Warren Sansoucie
Hello all,  I've got some already reduced items on sale right now until 9-2 including the large Faucett MO specimen. Thank you for looking. http://stores.ebay.com/Resurrectio-Ad-Referendum?_rdc=1 Warren Sansoucie

[meteorite-list] VideoAtlantans see a visitor from Mars

2011-09-01 Thread John Teague
Video from Tellus Museum skycam and interview at: http://duluth.11alive.com/news/news/79929-atlantans-see-visitor-mars CARTERSVILLE, Ga -- If you were awake at about 4:00am Sunday and you were outside looking up, you may have seen a bright meteor flash across the sky. It happens all the time

Re: [meteorite-list] OT Juno Looks Back Home

2011-09-01 Thread Eric Wichman
Truly humbling... o . And amazing at the same time. Thanks for sharing Pete! Eric On 8/31/2011 10:21 PM, Pete Pete wrote: Hi, All, While there's a lull, here's one of the most awing astrophotos I've ever seen: Jupiter-Bound Space Probe Captures Earth And Moon PASADENA, Calif.

[meteorite-list] (AD) OUM DREYGA,BILLY GOAT DONGA

2011-09-01 Thread steve arnold
   Hi list.I have 2 meteorites for sale.The first one is a 5.4 gram part-slice of BILLYGOAT DONGA, AUSTRALIA.It comes from the mike bandli historic meteorite collection as well as with his card and the a mike cottingham card $175  plus $7 usa shipping and $12 other world shipping.I also have a

Re: [meteorite-list] VideoAtlantans see a visitor from Mars

2011-09-01 Thread Anita Westlake
That's where I work! (Except it's called Tellus Science Museum, not Center) Too bad I was home, asleep at the time. Anita From: John Teague volg...@icx.net To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, September 1, 2011 9:49:40 AM Subject:

Re: [meteorite-list] VideoAtlantans see a visitor from Mars

2011-09-01 Thread John Teague
Anita! You know ... if you snooze, you lose! ... right? There will be enough time for sleeping when you're dead! ;-p Also, you KNOW that you have true Dream Job, right? If I lived closer I would be doing volunteer work there (don't think that they would ever get desperate enough to hire me

[meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread Michael Farmer
Hello all, one week after getting stones in Kenya last sunday I bought pieces of my househitter from Muguga which had been sent all night by bus from Mombassa, I flew to Mexico and this sunday bought another stone, a househitter from San Juan Ocotan, Zapopan, Guadalajara. This meteorite 1,369

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread James Baxter
Killer! Looks like the day it fell! Congratulations, Jim Baxter - Original Message - From: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 8:37:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [meteorite-list] New househitting

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread Michael Mulgrew
Great stones, Michael.  Thank you for sharing! The first link only works if you add .jpg to it: http://meteoriteguy.com/guadalajara.jpg -Michael in so. Cal. On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com wrote: Hello all, one week after getting stones in Kenya last

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread Michael Farmer
Yes, perfectly preserved, some scratchmarks where they used a key trying to scratch it, and they almost smashed it with a hammer to see inside, but the owner said each time he decided not to mess with it. Thankfully it is intact. Will cut an end off to classify, but not interested in chopping

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread Michael Farmer
It will be submitted and classified like every other meteorite, not sure why it would not be accepted, have all data needed. Will be building a page about it as soon as I can, a little tired with more than 45000 miles flown in the last month. Kihum Wiri (proposed name of the Kenya fall) is an

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite some pics soon please?

2011-09-01 Thread Steve Dunklee
must be realy nice if you hesitate to cut it! Cheers Steve Dunklee --- On Thu, 9/1/11, Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com wrote: From: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico To: James Baxter jbaxter...@pol.net Cc:

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread karmaka
Two names for this fall? Mwana Wikio and Kihum Wiri Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com Gesendet: 01.09.2011 18:24:55 An: Michael Gilmer meteoritem...@gmail.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico It will

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread karmaka
What a coup again! Congratulations! It should stay intact indeed. Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com Gesendet: 01.09.2011 18:34:50 An: James Baxter jbaxter...@pol.net Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread David R Childs
Way to go Mike! Take a well earned break. Dave IMCA 5112 - Original Message - From: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 4:37 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico Hello all,

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread Michael Farmer
It fell in 4 different villages, Graystone, Muguga, Kihum Wiri and Mwana Wikio. I wanted Mwana Wikio, but it does not exist in a database of names, nor does any of them, but they exist, they are real villages and it should be named for where it fell. Kihum Wiri is where the first stone fell and

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - September 1, 2011

2011-09-01 Thread Ron Baalke
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_09_01_11.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman September 1, 2011 Dear Magdawnificents, Dawn has completed the first phase of its exploration of Vesta with tremendous success, and the peripatetic adventurer is now in powered flight again, on its way to a new

[meteorite-list] Phobos-Soil (Phobos-Grunt) Announcement of Opportunity for Guest Investigators

2011-09-01 Thread Ron Baalke
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=49042 Phobos-Soil (Phobos-Grunt) Announcement of Opportunity for Guest Investigators European Space Agency 01 Sep 2011 This Announcement of Opportunity (AO) solicits research proposals for scientific analysis of data, or theoretical

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - August 31, 2011

2011-09-01 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES August 31, 2011 o Flow Structures in Noctis Region Trough http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_020313_1720 The tectonic forces that opened this canyon also disrupted the crust in this location and led to the formation of many isolated blocks

[meteorite-list] NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Study of Martian Crater

2011-09-01 Thread Ron Baalke
Sept. 1, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webs...@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-284 NASA'S MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY BEGINS STUDY OF MARTIAN CRATER

[meteorite-list] Remarks Concerning Stones Said To Have Fallen From The Cloud, Both In These Days, And In Antient Times. By Edward King 1796

2011-09-01 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Lister Speaking of meteorites falling I was searching the intern art and found this great website that offers over 100,000 books on the web for free and I decided to type in word Meteorites and I got back a book written by Edward King on REMARKS CONCERNING STONES SAID TO HAVE FALLEN FROM

[meteorite-list] WTB - Dhofar 961

2011-09-01 Thread Rob Wesel
Please let me know off-list if you have any for sale. Thanks, Rob Wesel -- Nakhla Dog Meteorites www.nakhladogmeteorites.com www.facebook.com/Nakhla.Dog.Meteorites www.facebook.com/Rob.Wesel -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams.

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread Richard Montgomery
Absolutely stunning - Original Message - From: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 8:37 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico Hello all, one week after getting stones in

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread Richard Montgomery
Mwana Wikiomy votea name worthy of the aesthetic! Rolls off the tongue (roof of my mouth?) - Original Message - From: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; karmaka karm...@email.de Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:32 AM Subject:

[meteorite-list] Search for Irish meteorite in progress

2011-09-01 Thread Paul H.
Search for Irish meteorite worth weight in gold, Belfast Telegraph, Belfast, ireland, September 1, 2011, http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/search-for-irish-meteorite-worth-weight-in-gold-16043949.html Preliminary analysis suggests it may have landed in Co

Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

2011-09-01 Thread meteoriteguy.com
Mwana Wikio means hard working child in kikuyu, the local tribe language. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 1, 2011, at 6:54 PM, Richard Montgomery rickm...@earthlink.net wrote: Mwana Wikiomy votea name worthy of the aesthetic! Rolls off the tongue (roof of my mouth?) - Original

Re: [meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite Names

2011-09-01 Thread bill kies
I understand that some of these names seem funny when translated from other languages, compared to slang terms, used as idioms or otherwise misinterpreted but I don't see how any are actually silly. This thread is silly in the true sense of the word. I thought the naming process allowed for a