Re: [meteorite-list] ‘Space junk’ crashes into Florida home from International Space Station, NASA says

2024-04-16 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Will NASA pay for the damage to the guy's roof? On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 11:41, John Lutzon via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > uh, watch that decimal point. Correction: how bout 1,763,680 Lbs. > > > On 04/16/2024 1:38 PM EDT John Lutzon via Meteorite-list < >

Re: [meteorite-list] TUCSON METEORITE THEFT

2024-02-12 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
As someone who lives in Tucson, I'll add that many Tucson storage units are notoriously unsafe! I know of numerous thefts from storage units, and the storage facility owners will not even necessarily inform you after your unit has been burglarized. Especially for foreign dealers who only visit

Re: [meteorite-list] Gobble, gobble

2023-11-23 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Spanish turkeys say gluglú gluglú gluglú. On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 at 09:34, Matthias Bärmann via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > In German, at least: > > habedi-habedi-habedi-habedi. > > Bit more nervous, hectic even. > > > Am 23.11.2023 um 17:29 schrieb Michael

Re: [meteorite-list] Show me the Shock

2023-07-25 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
There could be pieces of iron from Earth's core floating around the solar system, left over from the collision that created the Moon. Since we have no direct chemical analyses of Earth core material, when an iron meteorite falls, how would we know whether it was originally Earth material or not?

Re: [meteorite-list] Leonard David FYI: damage hand magnets used by amateurs do to meteorites

2023-04-12 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Re the destruction of magnetic data in meteorites by hand magnets, I wonder whether the thousands of professionally collected fresh Falls, and professionally collected Antarctic Finds, aren't sufficient for all the paleomagnetism research that will ever get done? At some point the relatively small

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA sending ship to asteroid worth 70, 000 times more than the global economy

2023-01-31 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
This news report rather distorts the meaning of the word "worth". It's not "worth" quadrillions of $$$. It's not "worth" anything at all, because the costs of cutting it up and lowering it down through Earth's gravity well (safely, without destroying all civilization) far exceeds the value of the

Re: [meteorite-list] CERTIFICATION OF AUTHENTICITY

2022-07-25 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Meteorite "Certificates of Authenticity" are mainly just a marketing tool to appeal to the general public, as in many cases they are printed by the seller, so they are no different from any other seller-issued "product guarantee", and are in fact unnecessary because, in most countries, commercial

Re: [meteorite-list] Anyone have a meteorite with one of these inclusions?

2022-01-20 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
The article makes it sound as if the diamond landed in Dubai as a meteorite. It didn't. If it is really a true carbonado, and not a hoax, then it came from a diamond deposit in Africa or Brazil, and not from a meteorite. There's a lot wrong with the way the popular press is depicting this thing.

Re: [meteorite-list] David New

2021-07-19 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
David New retired, I heard, and his stock went to Tony Nikischer at Excalibur Minerals - www.excaliburmineral.com - in Virginia. Alfredo Petrov On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 at 15:43, Gregory Shanos via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > Dear Meteorite Enthusiasts. > > On Page

Re: [meteorite-list] Ownership of Space-X Debris Question

2021-04-05 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
In maritime law, if a private (non-military) vessel was insured, then the insurance company can claim any wreckage. I don't know whether any court will extrapolate that to space wreckage. On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 11:57, Keith D Lemons via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

2020-12-28 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Lots of Moroccans already set up in Quartzsite. Obviously outdoor shows have an advantage in these pandemic times. On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 at 17:41, AL Mitterling via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > Is there still going to be a show this year? Looks like Arizona is

Re: [meteorite-list] More USA Lunar meteorite strewn fields, ... again

2019-12-05 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
"*Also, meteorites can be worth a lot of money, and you know, when there's big money involved, you can count on lies and deception*." ...Ha, ha, ha. True words spoken by the seller himself. Alfredo Petrov On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 21:45, Anne Black via Meteorite-list <

Re: [meteorite-list] Nannodiamond plant microfossils created by extraterrestrial impact (open access paper)

2019-11-02 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Thanks, Paul, for the link to the very interesting paper on diamond fossils. I would however like to point out that the authors should not be inventing new mineral-type names (ie. "...ite") for something that isn‘t a new mineral; it‘s diamond afterall. And if they are going to unilaterally

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2019-02-04 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Because everyone is busy in Tucson? (or Cuba) ;)) On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 at 09:00, Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > No picture was submitted for today. > > http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=02/03/2019 >

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite impact on moon during eclipse

2019-01-23 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Remember that from any given spot on Earth, we can see tens or hundreds of meteors every night and, if we had no atmosphere, almost all of those would impact and create a flash, instead of burning up in the atmosphere. Assuming that the same number of loose stones per unit volume of space pass by

Re: [meteorite-list] Skull Carved Out of an Iron Meteorite

2018-09-16 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Not my taste and I would never buy such a monstrosity, but let's keep in mind that from the point of view of "destruction" of valuable scientific material, this is really no big deal in this particular case. Gibeon is abundant; no scientist needs a piece for study anymore. And if one objects to

Re: [meteorite-list] Brazil National Museum Completely Gutted by Fire

2018-09-05 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Not specifically about meteorites, but rather a mineral collection that was partially destroyed by fire, creating similar recovery problems, described in Dr Steven Chamberlain's article in Rocks & Minerals, vol 83 (2008), #2 This has a lot of helpful information that would apply to meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] SETI, The Silurian Hypothesis, and Defining the Anthropocene

2018-04-23 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
There is an interesting modern model for this: We are all familiar with the Inca civilization, thanks to its enormous stone ruins, but how many people are familiar with the Inca's contemporaries in the Amazon jungle? The Amazon culture was magnificently well organized, developed methods for

Re: [meteorite-list] Why Extraterrestrial Life May Be More Unlikely Than Scientists Thought

2018-04-09 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Apart from possible paucity of phosphorus, there are several other reasons why advanced life could be much rarer than previously thought. Currently everyone is looking for planets in the "habitable zone" around stars, but we don't know what % of planets within a habitable (ie. temperature suitable

Re: [meteorite-list] interstellar meteorite anyone?

2018-03-08 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Other possible Kuiper Belt or Oort Cloud objects: Khatyrka meteorite - https://www.mindat.org/loc-2717.html - Has undergone an enormous amount of study because of the presence of quasicrystals in it (the first known from a natural source). All known fragments are in the hands of researchers; none

Re: [meteorite-list] First meteorite identified Japan in 15 years

2018-03-01 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
One hundred years laying outdoors in that humid climate and it's still "black and gleaming"? Wouldn't it have rusted? On 1 March 2018 at 21:49, Tommy via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180301_27/ > > Regards! > > Tom > >

[meteorite-list] worst misidentification ever

2018-01-23 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
This has got to be the worst, and funniest, in a schadenfreude sort of way, hoped-to-be-a-meteorite ever: https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/gurugram-residents-store-poop-falling-from-aircraft-in-fridge-thinking-that-it-s-a-rare-mineral-338089.html __

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien Minerals

2017-12-17 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Osbornite has however been reported from terrestrial mantle rock, so not quite true to say that it's an exclusively "alien" mineral. On 16 December 2017 at 20:30, Graham Ensor via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > Interesting stuff eh! StirlingMore detail here

[meteorite-list] Suevite, today on the BBC

2017-11-24 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
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Re: [meteorite-list] What Happens If China Makes First Contact?

2017-11-19 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Let's hope that no one ever makes contact, because it would be a disaster for one of the parties, us or them. In first contacts between cultures, the less developed one is usually destroyed, if not by violence then by inferiority complexes, addictions and other mental issues. Making contact with

Re: [meteorite-list] help me in understand analysis

2017-10-06 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
Well, we would have all died of starvation long ago if terrestrial rocks didn't contain K and P. ;)) On 6 October 2017 at 20:30, Francesco Moser via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > Hello! > a man have send me some pictures of a dozen stones and asked me wich types