Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Bassikounou
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Dear Friends,
A PhD. dissertation about Martian periglacial features can
downloaded as PDF files. It is:
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Hi List,
OK, maybe I am a little slow on the uptake, and I've been called Captain
Obvious on more than one occasion. But Sonny's comment on how fragile this
fall is made me wonder if the reason why so little of this meteorite has
been found is because most of it literally blew-up into dust
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Hi Adam and List,
Agree there on all points.
Something worth noting - the Matin stone is a confirmed hammer-stone.
It struck her garage.
I would have taken the $20,000 and ran with it also. Maybe, just
maybe, the stone might be worth $50,000, but whether she will
actually get that is unknown.
Hi List,
This is great stuff. Thanks to Alan and Larry for enlightening us on this.
There has been some talk of the volatiles content of CM meteorites.
So, is it safe to assume that CM meteorites also originate from the
darker outer reaches of the asteroid belt where Tagish Lake hails
from?
Hi Anne and List,
There is still some confusion about Robert Ward's finds apparently. I
keep hearing the total of 10g from several sources. But I also heard
from someone in private communication, who is a friend and partner of
Ward's, that he found a total of 6g, comprising the broken stone
Hey All,
For me personally, and I can comfortably say for my immediate partners here, we
are being educated about local history and current events as much as we are
informing locals about 'meteors', 'meteorites' and this particular meteorite.
Most all locals (99%) that I have met are more than
I really love this place, except for the poison oak. In fact, I have
already made plans to prospect for gold with two different property owners in
the near future... How cool is that?! :)
Best Regards,
Greg Hupe
I don't know what method you will be using, but you can count on it not
Hi GeoZay,
Thanks for the note. I am very well aware of the legalities in gold here in CA.
I am also very well used to the hard work it will take to get to the material,
I dig like on dog on a daily basis! ;-)
Best Regards,
Greg Hupe
On May 3, 2012, at 8:43 AM, geo...@aol.com wrote:
I
Not guilty!
It was 1.2 AU away from the Earth at the time--nice try! There are,
however other C-type NEOs that are around and could keep our supply up.
By the way, 13 of the 20 largest asteroids in the Main Belt are either
C-type or B-type and I think that all of them have the spectral signature
Hello Rob, All,
Thanks for the note - still amazed at our luck out there. I wasn't
sure that the reporter would use any of the photos or notes they took,
but it looks like they settled on some of each. I did mention the
radar returns and showed the data to the reporters to give them an
idea of
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=220
MESSENGER Mission News
May 3, 2012
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
MESSENGER's Cameras Capture 100,000th Image from Mercury Orbit
This week, MESSENGER's Mercury Dual Imaging System delivered the
100,000th image of Mercury since the
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_04_30_12.asp
Dawn Journal
Dr. Marc Rayman
April 30, 2012
Dear Dawnright Spectacular Readers,
Dawn is wrapping up a spectacularly rewarding phase of its mission of
exploration. Since descending to its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO)
in December, the
Watch out for the blimp !
A new way of hunting the Sutter's Mill 'main mass':
Scientists today are mounting a massive search in the Sierra Nevada foothills
for meteorite fragments [...]
Experts from NASA and the SETI institute are en route to Sacramento this
morning aboard a zeppelin
Hi Martin,
I've actually been aboard a zeppelin just like this one while using it for
radar phenomenology studies in southern California about a decade ago. It's
a very cool ride, and certainly among the more unique modes of transportation
that you can take! --Rob
-Original Message-
Hi All,
Surely this line from the story in the Sacramento Bee cannot be right
(or at the very least it is misleading):
The team will use cameras and binoculars to look for burn patches on
the ground, then direct ground crews to those locations to hunt for
meteorite particles. The search is
From the news article:
The team will use cameras and binoculars to look for burn patches on the
ground, then direct ground crews to those locations to hunt for meteorite
particles. The search is expected to continue on Friday.
Really, burn patches? That's a little silly.
Phil Whitmer
Hi list,
I would like to draw your attention to my eBay auctions ending in two days.
Next to a polished CO3 end-cut and an Olivine Diogenite slice, the 268g Main
Mass of NWA 6593 ( http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/index.php?code=53729 ;
http://alturl.com/oyy7s ) is up for sale.
NWA 6593 is a
Could they be trying to take images to generate an image of a possible strewn
field. Then try And locate possible areas to hunt. I think a birds eye view
like this would be helpful, although, they could use Google.
-Original Message-
From: Matson, Robert D.
Sent: 3 May 2012 19:53:54
The problem with Google is the maps are not current. What looks barren on
Google is waist high grass now. I think getting areal photography of the
strewn-field with the current vegetation would be helpful. I doubt however they
will find a large mass and/or crater. My feeling is it disintegrated
They're looking for the million dollar mother-lode.
Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum
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From: Thunder Stone stanleygr...@hotmail.com
To: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com; met-list
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012
It sounds like an excuse to have fun! A serious searcher would be on the
ground. I don't think Bob Haag ever spotted a meteorite from his ultralight
although he probably had a blast. There is no better way of
finding a meteorite than having boots on the ground, be it yourself or
somebody
Also a good way to spot grow-ops.
Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
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Hi All,
As I wrote off-list (and others have mentioned) the ground cover is
seasonal, so it's important to have current information in order to
scope out the best areas that can be searched most efficiently. Time
is their enemy in terms of terrestrialization/rain, so I know Peter
wants to recover
While walking the Equestrial trail along the South Fork of the American River I
thought about coming back with a radio controlled helicopter and a go-pro
camera to sweep the grasslands and brush a few hundred yards off the path. I've
seen some good video done this way. So I'm not surprise that
Hi Rob, all,
If the chief reason for using a blimp is to get the current information on the
ground cover, I think it would have been more effective to get current air
photos from a fixed wing aircraft set up for that type of air survey, unless
they need real time data. Of course, they could
Hi All
Several new goodies plus reduced prices from last list.
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Allende CV3 Fall 1969 Mexico Here are several unusual specimens well
below retail..
54g lot 12 pieces $7.50/g = $405.00
13.7g $8.50/g = $116.50
9.7g $8.50/g = $82.50
9.1g
Better take a supply of
BLIMP PATCHES!
http://www.blimpguys.com/serviceRepair.htm
Sterling K. Webb
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From: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday,
And absolutely useless for a meteorite hunt. What a waste of taxpayer money.
And they can't pay a penny for the stones people find?..
Sent from my iPhone
On May 3, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com
wrote:
Hi Martin,
I've actually been aboard a
My god, these are the people who can't pay a dime or samples but can piss away
our taxpayer money on this? My wife is a pilot, I fly with her often, you can
not see a 50 gallon barrel from 500 ft up. Good luck with that plan.
Must be nice to work on the expense account!
Michael Farmer
Sent
Sounds to me more like a publicity stunt from the blimp company,
offered to scientists free for publicity they can get for their blimp
rides. Pretty good marketing on the company's part, IMO. As for
scientists, pretty sure they are going for free, just their fixed
overhead expense will be
...The team will use cameras and binoculars to look for burn patches on
the ground...
Really? I wonder why they would be looking for burn patches. They're not
referring to burn patches caused by flaming meteorites. Are they?
...then direct ground crews to those locations to hunt for
Would this work flown close to the ground taking sequential stills?
One stone would pay for this.
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Wow! New main mass??
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NOT. Too big for it to have been found where the founder
said he/she found it. --Rob
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From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Dennis
Miller
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 7:49 PM
To:
If anyone authenticated it we'd all know about it by now. Secondly, in one
picture it's completely flat like a slice had been done. I'm sorry, but I'm not
buying it.
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It would have been nice if the auction photos clearly showed the sliced/cut
surface. But if Rob is correct (and I expect he is) that would have proven
it to be a wrong.
Ed
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From: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
It has not been cut and is exactly the way he found it. It is just unusually
flat on one surface. Congratulations! It is interesting that the asking price
is $700,000.00. My guess will be a no-sell by time the 10-day auction is up,
especially if a 5 kilo piece shows up.
Kind Regards,
Hi List,
I uploaded some pictures of my Sutter's Mill find along with several
great pictures from the hunting trip including the Trouble Maker
Rapids. I hope to shoot these rapids next month in my new kayak.
Hi Adam,
I would have bet money that it was cut. The one photo shows how flat it
is - and yes, it is unusually flat indeed!
Best Regards,
Ed
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From: Adam Hupe raremeteori...@yahoo.com
To: Adam meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012
It looks like the Cosmic Easter Egg hunt might have paid off handsomely for a
used car salesman! Talk about finding the mother load, pun intended! It would
not surprise me at all to see it cut up if it fails to sell whole on eBay. I
can imagine a complete slice of it right now. I wonder if
Yo,
Texture's all wrong - it's a river-rock. Looks like hematite,
goethite, ilmenite, etc - hard to say.
Jason
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Ed Deckert edeck...@triad.rr.com wrote:
It would have been nice if the auction photos clearly showed the sliced/cut
surface. But if Rob is correct
It looks like a clast of some sort right above the penny. It is interesting
that somebody thinks they can simple throw a find on eBay without any sort of
verification, blurry images and get 3/4 of million for it. Maybe he is in some
kind of a hurry before it is claimed like the Old Woman was
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