Re: [meteorite-list] Very sad news

Hello Bernd, Indeed, this is very sad news.  Thanks for your post. It should be noted that not only was John Blennert a legendary Arizona metal-detectorist in regards to gold and meteorites, he made substantial contributions to archeology.  (See links below)  He known worldwide, so it is no

Re: [meteorite-list] Artificial Meteor Science Data Gained

Thank you "newsspace" for providing this link.  I'll limit my comments to your link, although there is more information about this "Subject", but it is behind a paywall.   I'm surprised that this List didn't comment sooner on the well-documented, well-tracked recovery, and more to the point: 

Re: [meteorite-list] Artificial Meteor Science Data Gained

Thank you "newsspace" for providing this link.  I'll limit my comments to your link, although there is more information about this "Subject", but it is behind a paywall.   I'm surprised that this List didn't comment sooner on the well-documented, well-tracked recovery, and more to the point: 

[meteorite-list] Mysterious patches of glassy rock across Atacama Desert

This story caused a big splash on the Internet back in late-2021, but I'm still looking for a published paper.   Has anyone heard anything more about this speculated comet impact?   Here is a follow-up article (dated Nov. 8, 2021) regarding a reported finding of impact-melt glass from a suspect

[meteorite-list] Scientists Intrigued by Huge Structure Buried Under Australia

World’s largest asteroid impact may be buried in Australia Magnetic patterns beneath New South Wales' Murray Basin correspond to a colossal impact structure. https://interestingengineering.com/science/worlds-largest-asteroid-impact-australia    New evidence suggests the world’s largest known

[meteorite-list] Show me the Shock

https://www.space.com/boomerang-meteorite-left-earth-and-returned A dark reddish-brown stone, picked up from the Sahara desert in Morocco a few years ago, appears to be an Earth rock that was flung into space where  it stayed for thousands of years before returning home ? surprisingly intact. 

Re: [meteorite-list] Still no pics of "meteorite" that hit French woman.

ng one man and seriously injuring another. On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 02:18:21 PM PDT, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list wrote: From:  https://www.unilad.com/news/world-news/woman-hit-meteorite-size-golf-ball-france-616020-20230717  --  "Woman claims she was hit by a meteorite the size of a

[meteorite-list] Still no pics of "meteorite" that hit French woman.

From:  https://www.unilad.com/news/world-news/woman-hit-meteorite-size-golf-ball-france-616020-20230717  --  "Woman claims she was hit by a meteorite the size of a golf ball after getting rock analyzed"  --  Probably too late for this warning, but too many people are saying that the images in

[meteorite-list] Heritage "Thursday Auction" this week is mostly meteorites

The "Thursday Auction" on Heritage (which runs for a week, and is usually minerals and fossils) is mostly meteorites this week. There are 6 Sikhote-Alin currently being given away (literally) at an opening bid of $1. 

[meteorite-list] Fw: Heritage Nature & Science Auction #8073

There are also a couple of tektites offered, to include a 30gram Bediasite.Bob V. - Forwarded Message - From: Kissick, Craig - 1995 To: Kissick, Craig - 1995 Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 05:36:54 PM PDTSubject: Nature & Science Auction #8073 Dear Friend of Natural History,

[meteorite-list] Fw: January 17 Showcase Nature & Science Auction

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android - Forwarded Message - From: "Kissick, Craig - 1995" To: "Kissick, Craig - 1995" Cc: Sent: Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 21:21 Subject: January 17 Showcase Nature & Science Auction Dear Friend of Natural History,   I just wanted to reach out with

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Minerals -- the book

Hello All, Just wanted to inform the subscribers of this Met-List, that Alan Rubin and Chi Ma have written a book called "Meteorite Mineralogy", just published by Cambridge University Press as part of its Planetary Science Series. I think the readers on this List will find it of interest.  It

Re: [meteorite-list] Breja

Oued Sfayat Meteoritical Bulletin: Search the Database | | | | Meteoritical Bulletin: Search the Database | | | On Friday, July 9, 2021, 10:58:18 PM PDT, Albert Jambon via Meteorite-list wrote: Algeria Le 09/07/2021 à 19:14, John Lutzon via Meteorite-list a écrit : >

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite pictures

Dean has informed me that his specimen has been turned-in for classification, and that the general consensus is -- enstatite chondrite -- so Michael, you may be right. Time will tell, Bob V. __  HERITAGE AUCTIONS - VERY RARE MAIN MASS METEORITES

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite pictures

Hey Dean, Did you ever get an ID or resolution on your metal-grain-rich meteorite? I'm surprised that no one mentioned the possibility of it being an "HH chondrite".See these two photos by Greg Stanley of his Nova 010 purchase:

[meteorite-list] Fw: [UCLA Meteorite Gallery] UCLA Meteorite Gallery Poetry Contest 2021- Submissions Open!

https://meteorites.ucla.edu/ -- Forwarded message - From: UCLA Meteorite Collection Date: Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 11:02 AM Subject: [UCLA Meteorite Gallery] UCLA Meteorite Gallery Poetry Contest 2021- Submissions Open! To: | | UCLA Meteorite Gallery Poetry Contest | | In

[meteorite-list] Fireball over Connecticut [AMS Event# 2019 3151]

Hello Roberto and List, Thanks for posting those links.  I can only add one more, and you will have to go over to facebook to get more info on this event: https://www.facebook.com/GalacticAnalyticsLLC/ This was a widely witnessed event with more than 9 videos and more still images, so more

[meteorite-list] This year - More Gold and even More Meteorites

https://www.lot-art.com/auction-catalogue/2019-July-20-Nature-and-Science-Signature-Auction-Dallas/139588 For those of us who are not subscribed to facebook, you may have missed the notices being posted about the big auction in Dallas, including many meteorites:

Re: [meteorite-list] greenland meteor strike

reenland defense base last year? Bob? Cheers, Doug -Original Message- From: Robert Verish via Meteorite-list To: Paul Gessler ; Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list ; meteorite-list Sent: Mon, Mar 18, 2019 2:33 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] greenland meteor strike Regarding

Re: [meteorite-list] greenland meteor strike

nland defense base last year? Bob? Cheers, Doug -Original Message- From: Robert Verish via Meteorite-list To: Paul Gessler ; Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list ; meteorite-list Sent: Mon, Mar 18, 2019 2:33 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] greenland meteor strike Regarding the Berin

Re: [meteorite-list] greenland meteor strike

Regarding the Bering Sea meteor strike, the difference between the BBC reporting, versus the Fox"News" story, is the difference between a factual accounting, and another example of  anxiety-inducing "fake news".  https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2019/Bob V.  Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

[meteorite-list] Meteorites on Heritage Auction

Ending today is the Heritage Auction - Nature & Science, which includes a variety of meteorites. But, due to a clerical error, there were two items that were omitted: Lot #72220 -- La'gad Lunar Meteorite -- main-mass (171 grams)

[meteorite-list] (no subject)

This might be old news to those of you on facebook, but for those of us who are not, here is some news out of the MetSoc Meeting: Gold hunters in southern Russia might have been disappointed to learn that the speckled, yellow rock they uncovered was not a sizeable pebble of valuable metal.

Re: [meteorite-list] Recently found Algerian Iron

” surely don’t own it any more than anyone else sharing the photos. I’ve received them from people in Kenya, U.K., China, and about 1000 Moroccans. It’s a total scam. Good luck suckers. Michael Farmer > On Apr 5, 2018, at 1:51 AM, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@mete

[meteorite-list] Recently found Algerian Iron

Hello All, Finally have some good news to report. Some fellow meteorite-hunters have contacted me to report that they have recovered a 255kg iron from the Sahara Desert in Algeria. This was well before April Fools Day, and the photos of it in-situ and "oiled-up" are very convincing. I

Re: [meteorite-list] Lots of Gold and Meteorites on Heritage Auctions

Thank you, Peter, for posting again (for a 2nd time) the link to the MBD entry for the La'gad meteorite.  It was a simple, but polite, way to point out that all of the questions that have been asked about this meteorite have their answers in that entry. It shouldn't be necessary, but now that

Re: [meteorite-list] Lots of Gold and Meteorites on Heritage Auctions

questions? https://tinyurl.com/Any-ques  --   On ‎Friday‎, ‎November‎ ‎03‎, ‎2017‎ ‎12‎:‎40‎:‎58‎ ‎AM, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: Thank you, Peter, for posting again (for a 2n

Re: [meteorite-list] Lots of Gold and Meteorites on Heritage Auctions

Thank you, Peter, for posting again (for a 2nd time) the link to the MBD entry for the La'gad meteorite.  It was a simple, but polite, way to point out that all of the questions that have been asked about this meteorite have their answers in that entry. It shouldn't be necessary, but now that

Re: [meteorite-list] Lots of Gold and Meteorites on Heritage Auctions

La'gad doesn't show up in the Meteoritical Bulletin. What institution or scientist examined this exact specimen or is it unofficial or self-paired? Adam On 11/2/2017 3:07 PM, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list wrote: > > > I had the honor and the pleasure (while they were temporarily in m

Re: [meteorite-list] Lots of Gold and Meteorites on Heritage Auctions

n ‎Wednesday‎, ‎November‎ ‎01‎, ‎2017‎ ‎05‎:‎23‎:‎41‎ ‎PM, Luther Jackson via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: What’s your involvement in this auction Bob, just to be clear? Luther UK > On 11/1/17, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list > &

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Lots of Gold and Meteorites on Heritage Auctions

There is a Eucrite in this auction that may look familiar, and I don't mean because it looks like Bierschinken.  It is NWA 7496 -- and here is where you have seen it before: http://meteorites.wustl.edu/mugshots/nwa_7496_polymict_eucrite.htm All photos by Randy L. Korotev And it made an

Re: [meteorite-list] Lots of Gold and Meteorites on Heritage Auctions

There is a Eucrite in this auction that may look familiar, and I don't mean because it looks like Bierschinken.  It is NWA 7496 -- and here is where you have seen it before: http://meteorites.wustl.edu/mugshots/nwa_7496_polymict_eucrite.htm All photos by Randy L. Korotev And it made an

Re: [meteorite-list] First recorded visit to this solar system by an interstellar object

Rob has made a good point about this object not being a comet, and for that matter, the presumption that this thing is natural and unguided.  Personally, I am very disappointed that this object wasn't a comet and that it didn't leave a trail of dust and gases, that one day we could have

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Newfoundland Meteorite

Dean, You neglected to mention the more "entertaining" article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/meteorite-hunters-southside-hills-1.4370650 Priceless, Bob V. On ‎Wednesday‎, ‎October‎ ‎25‎, ‎2017‎ ‎12‎:‎08‎:‎53‎ ‎PM, dean bessey via Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Fw: Lots of Gold and Meteorites on Heritage Auctions

I just received my copies of the Heritage Nature & Science Auction catalog.   The photography is stunning.  There are so many items and the images are so large, they had to make two separate catalogs:  one catalog for all of the gold nuggets, gemstones, and fine minerals -- and in the other, are

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: New shipment of Lunars from Western Sahara

Hello all Lunar collectors and dealers,  Well, it's another month and the finders of these "new Lunar" stones are still sending them to the US market, even though their prices are at historic lows.  This is clearly a Lunar "buyer's market", giving collectors the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

[meteorite-list] AD: New shipment of Lunars from Western Sahara

Hello all Lunar collectors and dealers, Well, it's another month and the finders of these "new Lunar" stones are still sending them to the US market, even though their prices are at historic lows. This is clearly a Lunar "buyer's market", giving collectors the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Re: [meteorite-list] Sad News :-(

Hello Dana, I just gave the sad news to Moni.  We are very saddened, but also very heartened that we got to know this very gentleperson.  I introduced Moni to Larry a decade ago at Majuba Hill when she joined Larry and me on a hunt at the Placers. John Wolfe introduced me to Larry back in the

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Crashes Through Thailand House Roof

People that have unknowingly picked up a piece of dry ice with their bare hands have sworn that it is burnt their fingers. Bob Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Tommy via Meteorite-list wrote:   Hi Peter!     I get the

Re: [meteorite-list] Natiional Forest Rules

Adam is right about National Forest rules not permitting meteorite collecting. And, I'm not surprised that many of their forest service rangers are unaware of that fact and, more importantly, among the rangers that I have spoken with, most don't really know why it isn't permitted. It's

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd recovered U.S. fall of 2016 - more details

Hello Rob, You could not have explained anymore succinctly everyone's contribution to this most successful recovery effort, without the risk of leaving out someone, or omitting a significant plot-turn to this remarkable story. I wonder, when this story hits the newswires, if the general

Re: [meteorite-list] Lake Eyre meteorite 'Crown property', researchers required to hand findings over

Hey Galactic Stone, why don't you tell us how you REALLY feel?  ;-) Did this line in that article hit you too close to home: "Professor Bland said he suspects there are amateur astronomers who are frustrated by legislation requiring them to hand back their discoveries from outer space." I find

[meteorite-list] Ad: End of Year Sale - Nevada Fall (L6)

Yes, it's Nevada's first and only witnessed fall: Battle Mountain (L6) Taking offers on a 25.7g complete slice with 2/3 of edge fusion-crusted. 5cm X 4cm X 0.35cm -- See links to images, below. Year-end Sale ending at midnight tomorrow. Yes, 12PM PST 31Dec2015 Happy New Year! Have

Re: [meteorite-list] Introducing the Worlds Newest Meteorite fall -Creston

Congrats to Robert Ward for his persistence and diligence in researching this fall. It was well-earned and deserving that he should make the first find. The only thing that I can add to this thread is that (over on facebook) Marc Fries has given credit to Rob Matson for doing the

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Bright Fireball Over Europe on Halloween Night

Yes Doug, I agree with you. In fact, I witnessed the very scenario you described. It was a long duration (earth-grazing) fireball that I was lucky enough to catch early-on in its flight. While it was at high elevation the fireball was a bright-blue ball with a greenish coma. As it

[meteorite-list] Time for change - here in US (was, Re: something about Las Vegas)

Hi Sonny, Apparently, you haven't read any of my articles where I clearly pointed to the top of the pyramid where the funding for meteorite studies are rationed-out, and why there is a lack of funding for classifying US meteorites. I commiserate with the classifiers on this lack of funding

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

No Larry, There actually is a problem. John's "opinion" is a common misconception that I even held until I personally learned of this recent trend. This is a concern that others have shared with me, and has prompted me to write on this subject in three separate articles, which essentially

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

I agree with Michael. I frequently get similar requests from people needing their "chondrite" authenticated and "placed into the system". Not much of a problem getting their stone identified, but the owners are becoming more and more dismayed by the increasing difficulty finding someone to

[meteorite-list] Helpful Tips For Nuking An Asteroid

A recent article about the importance of knowing the composition and physical properties of asteroids. And as I have always said, we need to know everything we can learn from all of the meteorites (large and small) that we can find and study, as well as their rate of influx:

Re: [meteorite-list] Salinas man finds meteorites in Nevada

Just in case you were wondering, If you try to search in the Met Bulletin Database for Misfit Flats, it will result in No Matches Found. You will have to type-in the correct name for the locality, Misfits Flat in order to get results for Misfits Flat 001 002. This is a rare case where a

Re: [meteorite-list] Methane detected in meteorites adds fuel to life on Mars theories

Here is a link to the actual abstract/paper: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150616/ncomms8399/full/ncomms8399.html Evidence for methane in Martian meteorites - by Nigel J. F. Blamey, John Parnell, Sean McMahon, Darren F. Mark, Tim Tomkinson, Martin Lee, Jared

[meteorite-list] Fossil Meteorite Video

To Shawn and List, Yes, an interesting video. But, This is not the original video! Here is the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aEdhZP8g-s I don't know who Linda Ryan is but that person is using someone else's video to promote their erroneous opinion that there are fossils

[meteorite-list] Son of Man

The following text is from Dr. Alan Rubin we're still trying to work out a html-to-text conversion problem hope this makes it to the Met-List. (You can charge me for this AD; I still have one more to my credit;-) Bob V. ***+___ It may offend some, but my new

Re: [meteorite-list] Wanted: Saffordites/Colombianites

Hello Matija, Please report back to the list should any of your specimens NOT bubble-up when heated-up in a microwave oven. Here are some other tektite tests: http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/January/Jims_Fragments.htm http://tektitesource.com/Tektite_tests.html Bob V.

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball over PA

Thanks for posting this to the List, John. Those that are not subscribed to facebook might have missed this discussion. Having a lot of relatives in this part of PA, I'm very familiar with this area. But, this area has had a long history of visitations from out there in space, and has

Re: [meteorite-list] Ron Hartman Collection items coming to Tucson

via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: I'm forwarding a message from the curator for the Ron Hartman Collection, that he will be in Tucson later this week and will be making available some specimens from that collection. Here is a short list of some

Re: [meteorite-list] Ron Hartman Collection items coming to Tucson

collection and will continue to do so. I will also continue to buy old collections, so if anyone is considering doing so then let me know. Best, Mendy Ouzillou On Feb 3, 2015, at 1:20 AM, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: I'm forwarding

[meteorite-list] Ron Hartman Collection items coming to Tucson

I'm forwarding a message from the curator for the Ron Hartman Collection, that he will be in Tucson later this week and will be making available some specimens from that collection. Here is a short list of some of the specimens being offered for trade or sale: ID# 35) Clover Springs

[meteorite-list] Karoonda specimens larger than 2grams

Hello All, Hope everyone is having a pleasant and apparently quiet weekend. This post is directed to those of us who have specimens of Karoonda (CK4) in their collection that are greater than 2grams. I realize that it is highly unlikely that none are available, but I am curious how many 2g

Re: [meteorite-list] Finding organic compounds is not proof life has been found on Mars

http://tinyurl.com/m32oa36 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] M 009

Hi Bernd and All, Thanks for the many leads and suggestions that you have given me, Bernd, but I'm starting to accept the possibility that the M (with a line through it) signifies that it is a Meteor-wrong. :-( Which would explain why it was in the Ron Hartman Collection without a label.

[meteorite-list] M_009.

Good afternoon All, Requesting your help in getting additional information about a specimen which has a label with this: M 009. ?? (Please see links to images of this label.) http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/misplaced/m_009_a.jpg

Re: [meteorite-list] M_009.

Today at 8:14 PM I agree with Michael Farmer. Agoult is way fresher than this specimen. I was hoping that Michael would chime-in because I know that a lot of Agoult has gone through his hands. And Bernd has been writing to me off-List trying to help me get this stone ID'd. He recognized

Re: [meteorite-list] [IMCA List] Martin Goff's Out Reach

Good Morning Michael, Thanks for taking the time to compose your excellent explanation. It gives not only newcomers to the meteorite market, but all of us, a better appreciation of the perils of pairing (not to mention self-pairing). With best regards, Bob V. On Sunday, November 23,

Re: [meteorite-list] [IMCA List] Martin Goff's Out Reach

Maybe Michael's questions are rhetorical, but I haven't read any answers or replies. After all, in the past others have asked these same questions, and still never any satisfactory answers. But, allow me to answer the question of how do you guarantee authenticity?, by stating the obvious:

Re: [meteorite-list] Still Arguing About Pluto

Pluto is a planet, and an infinite number of angels can dance on the head of a pin. Sorry for bringing up old debates, Bob V. On Friday, October 3, 2014 10:30 AM, Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Larry, And a dwarf star is still a small

[meteorite-list] Ice-rafted rocks on dry-lakes

It's now official.  We can stop calling them sailing stones.  New video shows that playa rocks are being barged across the lakebed. Apparently, wind-driven, floating sheets of ice are dragging or pushing the rocks leaving their tracks in the wet lakebed sediment. Photos in the article show

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture by Katie Paterson

I still can't grasp the reason why the meteorite had to be melted.  Would it have been any less artistic if, instead, the artist had melted leftover end-cuts/saw-cuttings/trimmings from other Campos and poured that into the mold?  And if including these handiworks of humanity into the 

[meteorite-list] Fossils Found in Impact Glass

A short article, but it gave me much to chew-on.  But I still haven't swallowed: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25462#.U9gI1aZ0y70 Instant fossils found trapped in asteroid impact glass When asteroids strike Earth, it can mean death and destruction. But they can also be flashbulbs,

[meteorite-list] Fw: Greg Hupe Nature's Vault, Inc. - Meteoritic Future Guaranteed!

On Tuesday, July 8, 2014 4:00 PM, bolidecha...@yahoo.com bolidecha...@yahoo.com wrote: Never in doubt in my mind. As ever, Bob V. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:  Greg Hupé via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; To:  

[meteorite-list] In memory of a good friend

Can't believe that it is already 1 year gone by since I received the bad news about my friend and fellow meteorite-hunter, John P. Wolfe http://www.imorial.com/JohnWolfe/ Gone too soon, but not too soon forgotten, Bob V. __ Visit the Archives at