Re: [meteorite-list] Dan Wray

Thank you so much for the report on Dan's condition, Anne!   Those of us who knew Dan and were there at the NM Mineral Symposium, had heard Sunday morning that Dan had had "something heart-related" happen and was at a hospital in Albuquerque, but no one knew anything of the details, nor what his

Re: [meteorite-list] Big news

Mass extinction researchers have been debating back and forth about the evidence for periodicity, for decades.  My take is, people who think they ought to be able to find a periodicity, do find it in their analysis of the data.  Researchers who are skeptical of such a periodicity, find not much

Re: [meteorite-list] Red Hot Meteorite cooks fish

Really sent by you, Paul? I get that this linked me to (after the first ad played) a video about "how they forge a quality hand-crafted kitchen knife". Pete -Original Message- From: Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list To: meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Fwd: [MSA-talk] Searching high quality photos of Seymchan pallasite meteorite

Dear meteorite-list members, I thought I would forward this request, which I read via the Mineralogical Society of America's listserv, MSA-talk. Giulio Solferino is looking for photographs of the Seymchan pallasite for digital image analysis. Perhaps some of you can help him or suggest

Re: [meteorite-list] R: R: R: iron meteorite natural color

Dear Francesco, The active ingredient in "Naval Jelly" is phosphoric acid. I see that this can also be purchased (in the U.S.) as several other commercial cleaning products, including some simply labeled as "Phosphoric Acid Cleaner". (I am only verifying what the product is, I do not have

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite dust changes theory of life’s origin

Tom, it appears to be a subscriber-only access. (But I have a hard time believing that anyone's "new meteorite dust theory" is really going to change in any significant way, our ideas about the origin of life.) Pete -Original Message- From: Tommy via Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented vs Orientated

My other favorite word that gets used by non-geologists: metamorphosized . (Do you Brits use that one, by chance?) I think it fits the rhythym better in some songs and poems. Cheers, Pete -Original Message- From: howardites via Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - Oriented vs. Orientated: What’s the Difference?

I've never thought that "orientated" was a real word--I always just figured it was what ignorant people say who didn't get very far in school... (my apology to any and all who like to use it!) Pete -Original Message- From: Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Signs of life uncovered inside meteorite found in western Turkey

A good abstract, but "signs of life" isn't an appropriate title to describe it, as amino acids can be formed by non-biologic processes, as has been the interpretation of those previously reported from carbonaceous chondrites. Pete -Original Message- From: Pelé Pierre-Marie via