[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2014-09-20 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 2465 Contributed by: Paul Swartz http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] The Cloud and doing Science

2014-09-20 Thread Paul H. via Meteorite-list
This is a Ted Talk that is about aspects of doing science that scientists do not normally talk about to the lay public Uri Alon, 2013, Why truly innovative science demands a leap into the unknown TEDGlobal 2013, Film 2013.

Re: [meteorite-list] New Hoba meteorite search

2014-09-20 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hi Bob - Right off, I'd have to say that I concur with you generally on an asteroid source for irons. The problem is that we do not know the composition of the centers of comets. (And Hoba does lack an impact crater, indicating a low velocity of impact.) We do not know the composition and

[meteorite-list] AD - NWA 8171, Black Beauty web page just updated! - 20 Ebay auctions ending in less than one day!

2014-09-20 Thread Peter Marmet via Meteorite-list
Hello All, FYI: We just updated our Black Beauty (NWA 8171, Martian basaltic breccia) web page: http://www.spacejewels.ch/SpaceJewels/Black_Beauty_for_sale.html In addition, we have 20 ebay auctions, ending in less than one day: http://shop.ebay.com/pema9/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=

[meteorite-list] Papers which may be of interest

2014-09-20 Thread Mark Grossman via Meteorite-list
Three items which may be of interest. First, I came across a reference to a paper by M. Littmann and T. Suomela, 'Crowdsourcing, the great meteor storm of 1833, and the founding of meteor science', Endeavour 38(2), 130-138 (2014). Abstract available via

[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update : Assorrted Melts and OC's

2014-09-20 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks via Meteorite-list
Hi Bulletin Watchers, There are six new approvals from the NWA DCA. There are four melts and two ordinary chondrites. Linkage :