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

2013-03-03 Thread Carsten Giessler
Hello List, i have some auctions at Ebay ending today, please see here: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=221152343239pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item337db4f4c7_ssn=gipometeoritesrt=ncLH_Auction=1 There is also an new classified Howardite! Best greetings, Carsten Giessler

[meteorite-list] The stones from the desert.

2013-03-03 Thread A.V.Leonenko
Hi List! What can you say these stones? Thank you! http://www.meteoritics.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=755 Yours faithfully. Aleksandr. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Will exportation of the Chelyabinsk meteorite be banned?

2013-03-03 Thread valparint
Heck yes it will. Mr. Framer has promised us $2/gram material and I've been savin' up! Paul Swartz From: James Masny (sciflye...@gmail.com) Check ou the link: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mobile/news/article/meteorite-export-ban-proposed-in-duma/476236.html Will some of this

[meteorite-list] Baygorria/Campo in Tucson 2005

2013-03-03 Thread Chauncey Walden
When I bought from them in 2005 I knew it was Campo. They had such a huge selection and with prices less than $35 a kilo it was hard to pass up. I found a piece shaped just like a sea otter balancing a shell on its chest and picked up a couple of small pieces for their silicate contents. It

[meteorite-list] Is this from space?

2013-03-03 Thread SatWatch.org
I am by no means an expert at this meteorite stuff... but many of you seem to be the best at it. I found this in a rock garden pile, it looked very different from the rest of the rocks. If someone has the time, could you look at it and let me know if it was blackened while coming from space...

Re: [meteorite-list] Baygorria/Campo in Tucson 2005

2013-03-03 Thread Brandon
Speaking of silicated Campos, I am looking for a nice specimen, and have a 47.9g endcut of Zag w/ about 30% black crust in trade. It comes with Húpe provenance and is displayed in a display box with silica gel for protection. This isn't some of the rusted away junk you see these days, this is

Re: [meteorite-list] The stones from the desert.

2013-03-03 Thread Pict
Aleksandr, Has the appearance of an igneous porphyry of some sort. Looks like the larger light phenocrysts are feldspars (fairly pale colour so possibly plagioclase?) and possibly the dark flecks are biotite. It appears finely veined with quartz or calcite so may have undergone some hydrothermal

Re: [meteorite-list] The stones from the desert.

2013-03-03 Thread Pict
Put it this way. There is nothing in the texture that I can see that would say it is definitely not terrestrial. Saying it is possibly extraterrestrial would take someone with experience to spot something I don't see. Looks pretty coarse grained and too differentiated (andesite? sort of

[meteorite-list] AD: Looking for nice slice of Silicated Campo in trade for 47.9 brecciated Zag endcut

2013-03-03 Thread Brandon
Hello Everyone, I am looking for a nice Silicated Campo slice, and have a 47.9g endcut of Zag w/ about 30% black crust in trade. It comes with Húpe provenance and is displayed in a display box with silica gel for protection. This isn't some of the rusted away junk you see these days, this is

[meteorite-list] AD: new finest etched Imilchil irons

2013-03-03 Thread Mirko Graul
Dear List Members, today i have listed on ebay some new finest etched Imilchil irons. Highlight today is a nice Individual, what was cut in two halfs. This both pieces shows a reaheated rim, crazy Neumann lines, large Troilite inclusions and some nice Schreibersite. Thats are real all in one

Re: [meteorite-list] JASON, be carefull what you say about my meteorites on the Meteorite List, I am warning you...

2013-03-03 Thread Bob Loeffler
Busted!!! That is proof of blatant deception. I'm glad I have not purchased anything from Jorge! Bob -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013

Re: [meteorite-list] ALTERNATIVE dealing with eBay Fraud! JASON, be carefull what you say about my meteorites on the Meteorite List, I am warning you...

2013-03-03 Thread Chris Spratt
Hi all: I'm must plead somewhat guilty in that I sometimes purchase small meteorites (usually micro-bits) from certain sellers listing items on EBay, usually because those particular sellers can supply what I want at a relatively, for me, good price (despite the increasing shipping costs). I'm

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this from space?

2013-03-03 Thread Guenther
To me it looks like it's been heated with a torch on the one end or maybe it was in or near a campfire. It doesn't look like a meteorite to me but I am not an expert. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this from space?

2013-03-03 Thread Michael Farmer
Not even close to be a meteorite. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net wrote: To me it looks like it's been heated with a torch on the one end or maybe it was in or near a campfire. It doesn't look like a meteorite to me but I am not an expert.

Re: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk meteorite?

2013-03-03 Thread Ken Newton
No. It is NOT a meteorite ken newton On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Alex Nobody alexrocksandsto...@yahoo.com wrote: This one

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this from space?

2013-03-03 Thread Ken Newton
Something else. kn On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:19 AM, SatWatch.org cont...@satwatch.org wrote: I am by no means an expert at this meteorite stuff... but many of you seem to be the best at it. I found this in a rock garden pile, it looked very different from the rest of the rocks. If someone

[meteorite-list] Question on Book Copyright date??

2013-03-03 Thread Don Merchant
Hi List. I have a question about the book A Comet Strikes The Earth by H H Nininger. How do I actually know what edition it is? It does come with a meteorite fragment placed in hole cutout. Here is the info looking at the first 2 pages. Reads: * American Meteorite Museum Sedona, Arizona.

Re: [meteorite-list] Question on Book Copyright date??

2013-03-03 Thread Don Merchant
I am guessing that by the last Revised Copyright that it is from 1957? If so any value? Sincerely Don Merchant - Original Message - From: Don Merchant dmerc...@rochester.rr.com To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: Don Merchant dmerc...@rochester.rr.com Sent: Sunday, March 03,

[meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk meteorite?

2013-03-03 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Looks a lot like hematite / goethite or industrial slag! Cheers, Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Question on Book Copyright date??

2013-03-03 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Hi Don and List, My copy shows this on page 2: A Comet Strikes the Earth H.H. Nininger American Meteorite Laboratory and on page 3, only this: © 1942, 1969 By H.H. Nininger - Cheers, Bernd __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Question on Book Copyright date??

2013-03-03 Thread Martin Goff
Hi Don/list, I have a few of these booklets in different colours and i asked the question to Mike Jensen a while ago. Below is his reply: Those are available in several different colors. I seem to find the bright orange? color the most. But I have seen a more red cover and one closer to the 1969

Re: [meteorite-list] Question on Book Copyright date??

2013-03-03 Thread Martin Goff
Hi Bernd, Don and list, Upon checking the three copies i have, the orange and blue coloured copies are from 1942 and the copyright is just shown as copyright H H Nininger 1942. The later 1969 yellow edition is marked as Bernd describes. Hope that helps. Cheers Martin On 3 March 2013 20:11,

[meteorite-list] Question on Book Copyright date??

2013-03-03 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Hello Don, Martin, List, So it appears that the 1969 edition has the yellow cover My © 1942, 1969 edition is definitely *orange* Cheers, Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Question on Book Copyright date??

2013-03-03 Thread Martin Goff
My theory busted straight away then Bernd :-) Cheers Martin On 3 March 2013 20:27, Bernd V. Pauli bernd.pa...@paulinet.de wrote: Hello Don, Martin, List, So it appears that the 1969 edition has the yellow cover My © 1942, 1969 edition is definitely *orange* Cheers, Bernd

Re: [meteorite-list] Question on Book Copyright date??

2013-03-03 Thread Don Merchant
Thanks Martin and Bernd. My color is yellow. Don - Original Message - From: Martin Goff msgmeteori...@gmail.com To: Don Merchant dmerc...@rochester.rr.com Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question on Book

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite market talk on radio

2013-03-03 Thread Count Deiro
Hello Mike, Carl, Jason, Ted and List, Carl Esparza began hunting the original Cat Mountain location, which is practically in his back yard, after I casually mentioned to him that a newbie, Mr. Mike Holden, had sent me a 107 gram rock that Mike had found near the location of the original Cat

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite market talk on radio

2013-03-03 Thread cdtucson
Mike, Why are you always on the attack? The truth is that I do not risk jail by committing illegal acts. Never have and never will. But, if I were ever jailed I certainly would never brag about it. The point of my post was to relinquish the blame of the state of the market from Geoff and Steve.

Re: [meteorite-list] sharp protrusion from an iron meteorite

2013-03-03 Thread Jason Utas
Hello Martin, All, No, no, no, and no. I do not directly refer to the NWA 7034-paired material on my website as NWA 7034. I merely state that it is paired material. In the case of 7034, I scrutinized even the smallest fragments and volunteered a fragment for destructive analysis here at

[meteorite-list] Poland Fireball Meteor 02MAR2013

2013-03-03 Thread drtanuki
List, Poland Fireball Meteor 02MAR2013 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/03/poland-fireball-meteor-02mar2013.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] AD - Auctions Ending

2013-03-03 Thread Rob Wesel
Hello all Some good stuff closing in about an hour Large Diablo Imilchil with hole Nadiabondi Sikhote And More... http://www.ebay.com/sch/nakhladog/m.html Rob Wesel -- Nakhla Dog Meteorites www.nakhladogmeteorites.com www.facebook.com/Nakhla.Dog.Meteorites

[meteorite-list] The future reputable Chelyabinsk sales

2013-03-03 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - It would seem to me that most of the major dealers have dealt with Russian collectors, dealers, and laboratories for years and will get their specimens through them. The important news is that Putin's decision on professional organizations now makes it possible for the Russian

[meteorite-list] preference question on scale cubes and a poll

2013-03-03 Thread rexscates
I am getting a bunch more made and I have a question on the dot (.) after each number 1. do people want the dot or not? basically every custom cube I made the people did not want the dot. At that time I asked around and people said yes no dot on next batch would be nice. I removed the dot and

Re: [meteorite-list] preference question on scale cubes and a poll

2013-03-03 Thread Gary Fujihara
Without the dot. The letters represent the abbreviation of North, South, East, West, Top and Bottom, and most people know or can guess this without the dot or period after the letter. The hash marks detract from the aesthetic simplicity of a scale cube. Besides, I think printing hashmarks on a

Re: [meteorite-list] preference question on scale cubes and a poll

2013-03-03 Thread Ed Deckert
Hi Rex, I have no preference on the dot, but I agree with Gary Fujihara about leaving the hash marks off. They do tend to get in the way (IMHO) and Gary is right about having an oversized cube to accommodate 10 mm marks. I would prefer to use a small metric ruler in closeup photos to get

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2013-03-03 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: LDG Contributed by: Thomas Stalder http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com