[meteorite-list] AD: Thin Sections, Peekskill, NWA 5000, etc, iron meteorite,

2015-10-21 Thread cbo via Meteorite-list
For Sale Quality and rare super polished Thin Sections. NWA 5000 famous Lunar feldspathic breccia - very nice!- 250USD Peekskill- witnessed fall H6 chondrite - 170USD Nkayi - witnessed fal L6 chondrite (shocked!) - 150USD Tafassasset - CR-anomalous (super rare type) awsome! - 150USD Tathounie -

[meteorite-list] Landing Site Recommended for ExoMars 2018

2015-10-21 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Landing_site_recommended_for_ExoMars_2018 Landing Site Recommended for ExoMars 2018 European Space Agency 21 October 2015 Oxia Planum has been recommended as the primary candidate for the landing site of the ExoMars 2018 mission. ExoMars 2018,

[meteorite-list] New Research Shows Impacts From Comet or Asteroids Could Have Created Europa's Chaos Terrain

2015-10-21 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://blogs.agu.org/geospace/2015/10/14/new-research-shows-impacts-from-comets-or-asteroids-could-have-created-europas-chaos-terrain/ New research shows impacts from comets or asteroids could have created Europa's chaos terrain By Mary Dettloff 14 October 2015 What began as Williams College

[meteorite-list] NASA Spots the 'Great Pumpkin': Halloween Asteroid a Treat for Radar Astronomers

2015-10-21 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news190.html NASA Spots the 'Great Pumpkin': Halloween Asteroid a Treat for Radar Astronomers October 22, 2015 [Graphic] This is a graphic depicting the orbit of asteroid 2015 TB145. The asteroid will safely fly past Earth slightly farther out than the moon's orbit

[meteorite-list] AD - Another small Famenin hammerstone fragment

2015-10-21 Thread Michael Mazur via Meteorite-list
Once again, I have a small piece of the Famenin H/L3 (provisional) hammerstone for sale. It's a nice little fragment about 2cm long and fairly thin. The backside is mostly fusion-crusted while front side shows some nice light clasts. Under a microscope / hand lens areas with troilite and metal