[meteorite-list] Call for Olivine fragments for Research

Greetings.  A colleague at the University of Tennessee @Knoxville Department of Planetary Science and Geology working on a grant for NASA is conducting an extensive spectral survey of pallasites in the lab to help inventory asteroid parent bodies. We need slivers of Olivine crystals for

[meteorite-list] Career Announcement

I am excited to announce that after a lengthy absence, I am officially returning to school to complete my P.h.D in Planetary Science and Meteoritics at the University of Tennessee , Knoxville.  I look forward to working in our community in pursuit of our advancement of knowledge in Meteoritical

Re: [meteorite-list] Sales

I am afraid I don't recognise you by your email handle.  Could you be more open on who you are, your credentials and if your research papers have been submitted to the NOMCOM? ELTON JONES. AKA Eman. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 10:51 AM, orgamet--- via

Re: [meteorite-list] Do the meteorite police need to get involved?

Speaking recently of "Judge" Curry--Iron Meteorite found in "Montrose Colorado", for a "Dalla Bill!!!. Is this item out of the former "Curry Collection?" Sounds like a B Horror film of the 1950s "The Scam that wouldn't Die" Staring S. Curry, Son of S Curry, Ghost of S Curry etc Elton

Re: [meteorite-list] Was [IMCA List] Campaign ... NOW WTF???...((((rolling eyes)))))

I am rolling my eyes so hard I may have to go to the emergency room...IMCA content again and again AND again on a public list. You haven't learned to keep IMCA business private in 10 years-- never will-- so face the consequences-- it speaks for IMCA reputation in ways you never considered. You

Re: [meteorite-list] was Skull ...Cosby Creek Iron Meteorite

For perspective --and trivia. Be it remembered that the Cosby Creek 3 ton(?) Meteorite found in the early 1800s was "mined" for iron which was used to make Tennessee and Pennsylvania Long Rifles--and horse shoes. In fact one of the test used by collectors of these 200 year old flintlocks to

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Bitcoin Holders

Since when is it a requirement that EVERYTHING or ANYTHING on this list be related to meteorite "classification"? HINT: It is not a requirement... Strike 1 This is NOT an advertisement, but a throwback report (to when meaningful information was routinely shared on this list), on the "meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Location of Mauerkirchen Meteorite Samples

Check the British Muse. Catalog of Meteorites.  They had a good handle on the holdings of world currations. Remember a lot of German samples were lost in a bombing raid in WW2.  Regards.Elton Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Herbert Raab via

Re: [meteorite-list] Nininger's Meteorite Museum Ruins

One consults a public record-- known in some jurisdictions as the "tax roll" in the tax assessors office. Now days, most county tax rolls are online. You go to the county tax map , locate the plot of land's ID number then look up the owner's name of record. This varies from jurisdiction to

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject)

AS I understod it, Doug they did an isotope /element count(?) of a breccia known as the Buttermere Formation believing it to be composed of bombarded Earth Rock. I didn't catch that the age was Ordovician but I might have missed that. I do not know the time span nor if their are any other

Re: [meteorite-list] Algeria Bolide 2100 Local 01OCT2016 w/ videos

Because they are ultimately clueless, "too dumb to get a real job-- 'journalist"; so used to distorting the world they correctly assume that 99.9% of the viewers will believe what they are told to believe. " Yeah, Bishar this looks like a meteor trail to me wink wink, lets use it and get an

Re: [meteorite-list] Hot vs Cold again...wasmMeteorite Crashes Through Thailand House Roof

This was looked into several times in the list history. I am recalling details from those discussions/my research. Any body arriving from space is at least -60°c and closer to -120°c to -180°c based on some black body studies of asteroids-- IIRC The temperature at the air-meteoroid boundary

Re: [meteorite-list] Pot Coloring The Kettle Black

Hey!!! i resemble that remark! Elton From: Count Deiro via Meteorite-list To: John Lutzon ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pot

Re: [meteorite-list] The US World Record Mars Meteorite Discovery

Hello Glyn-- Giving your claim all advantages with a cursory review: Using your 0.22 cubic meter figure and putting in the highest measured martian density of 3.48 gr per cc, I get 76kg launch weight and 38 Kg ( assuming 50% ablation by weight) landing under perfect conditions. My max weight

Re: [meteorite-list] Thank you Was Local to Las Vegas expert needed ...

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. I am in the process of responding to the contacts sent to me. Just wanted to thank everyone again who wrote and the subsequent discussion on the state of affairs for classification. Elton __ Visit our

[meteorite-list] Local to Las Vegas expert needed to rewiew a find.

I am in contact with a Las Vegas resident who has, by all appearances fair-sized, fresh chondrite. If you are willing and able to inspect in person and get her stone into the system, please send me your contact information for forwarding. Pics on request. Regards, Elton

[meteorite-list] Judge Steve Curry of Colorado?

I just read a crackpot posting-- about the US Marshals from a crackpot group-- that was signed by an apparent self-appointed Common-Law Judge Curry to wit: Steve Curry cwhei...@gmail.com. Is this the infamous Steve Curry convicted of selling faux meteorites? Elton

[meteorite-list] Accepting Inquiries From Accredited Scientific or Educational Institutions...

Dear Peter, invoking the name Steve Curry--inferring that he was a victim and even the slightest hint that you might be being Curry-boated, speaks volumes-- all in the negative. Unless this thread gets into some substantial technical detail, I agree with John that it is fruitless to continue

[meteorite-list] Fw: Small Near-Earth Asteroids as a Source of Meteorites

- Forwarded Message - From: MEM mstrema...@yahoo.com To: Shawn Alan shawna...@meteoritefalls.com; Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Small Near-Earth Asteroids as a Source of Meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] Czech meteorite fragments 20 years

I haven't read the entire article nor do I know if it has been raised in the dozen emails but editors have been known to insert their own stock photos into pubs for a sundry of reasons. The duel lithology remains a red flag. Elton __ Visit the

[meteorite-list] Fw: [Geology2] Meteorite fragments discovered 20 years after bolide event in Czech Republic

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141014142736.htm Meteorite fragments discovered 20 years after bolide event in Czech Republic Date: October 14, 2014 Source: Astronomy Astrophysics Summary: Scientists have discovered meteorite fragments 20 years after the corresponding bolide was seen

[meteorite-list] Australian Bolide likely a Soyuz Reentry

Bright meteor over Australia likely a Soyuz rocket reentry | EarthSky.org Bright meteor over Australia likely a Soyuz rocket reent... The bright meteor over Australia on July 10 was probably the reentry of the upper state of a Soyuz rocket, launched two...    ===View on earthsky.org      

Re: [meteorite-list] Off Topic: Camelopardalids

For anyone not already aware, there is a smart phone app called GoogleSkyMap which in conjunction with your internal GPS and motion sensors, allows you to point in any direction and see sky charts right on your phone.  Free for android at Google's Playstore or for the iPhone's Apple Store.  I