[meteorite-list] Park Forest Slices (AD)

2003-06-30 Thread almitt
Hi All, I have some Park Forest Slices listed on ebay right now. These are nice slices and I think worth taking a look at. Thanks for your consideration. (first ad in a month :-) --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] contact

2003-06-29 Thread almitt
Hi John and all, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to add a couple more collector's trends to your list. Let's not forget Bessey Specks, dog and cow killers, and all those meteorites sitting at the bottom of the ocean. Also the horse killers like New Concord, Ohio. --AL

Re: [meteorite-list] Dealer Refunds

2003-06-28 Thread almitt
Hi Steve and list, Having read a lot of the replies and given this some thought here is my 2 grams worth. First if it was a good customer who wasn't happy with items I sold him, mainly price wise I would consider a refund figuring I could do future business with this customer later. I don't

Re: [meteorite-list] Shooting Star vs Witnessed Fall

2003-06-23 Thread almitt
Hi Maria, I'll chime in here. Usually a meteor event that delivers a meteorite is a brighter fireball or bolide (a fireball that breaks apart) that is spectacular in sight and quite blinding when it is dark or visible even during the daylight hours. The smaller streaks you see (meteor or meteor

Re: [meteorite-list] Need help naming new group

2003-06-18 Thread almitt
Hi Steve and all, Real good idea using Richard Norton (and his super nice wife) for a classification. They get my vote! --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Need help naming new group

2003-06-17 Thread almitt
Hi Adam and all, Adam Hupe wrote: It was suggested that it be named in honor of some famous pioneer in the field of meteoritics or some closely related. I would like to see Harvey Nininger's name associated with it if at all possible. He has the honor though, of having a meteoritic mineral

Re: [meteorite-list] Seems PF fell on 3/27 and NOT on 3/26...

2003-06-15 Thread almitt
Hi Steve and all, A number of the Park Forest Meteorites seem to be quite rough in outside texture while still having fusion crust. This to me indicates a low altitude breakup of the fireball. I don't know however if it could have broken up as low as 7,000 feet which also seems too low to me

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay sellers guide

2003-06-15 Thread almitt
Hi Michael, I'll look around and see if I don't have the list somewhere. --AL I did not have sex with that woman William Clinton Michael L Blood wrote: Hi All, Some time ago (when I was using aother computer far, far away) someone on the list posted a URL or just a list that

Re: [meteorite-list] Seems PF fell on 3/27 and NOT on 3/26...

2003-06-06 Thread almitt
Hi Steve A. (not from Chicago but near chicago, Dr. Martin Watson and all the rest of the detectives out there, :-) If it burnt out at 12 miles up (an average height of burn out for meteors) then I would say it would fall about 200 miles an hour the rest of the way to the ground or about 3.5 to

Re: [meteorite-list] New meteorites from Georgia/South

2003-06-04 Thread almitt
Hi All, My experiences are also similar to others who have been looking. Unfortunately we are dealing with people who have no idea what a meteorite is. One of the reasons Nininger promoted his program the way he did. He would educate people on what meteorites were (often having someone stop him

Re: [meteorite-list] New meteorite from Georgia???

2003-06-03 Thread almitt
Hi John and all, A couple of years back there were people selling South Carolina Meteorites which were in fact determine to NOT be meteorites. I don't know if this is one of those or something new. No pictures and the weight was half of what was stated on the auctions beginning but has now been

Re: [meteorite-list] re: Shirokovsky

2003-06-03 Thread almitt
Hi all, Has everyone thought like me that the last two pseudo meteorites (both Russian) one a messosiderite looking specimen and the other a pallasite looking should originate and both be stony-irons? It seems too odd to be true and I am wondering that a lot more care should be taken in the

Re: [meteorite-list] New meteorite from Georgia???

2003-06-03 Thread almitt
Hi All, By bidding on the item or other items people have that haven't been tested, proven, it rewards those putting on non-meteorites and opens the flood gates for many more. If every other specimen is a meteorwrong, how effectively will be be able to sell items in the future. --AL

[meteorite-list] eBay Ad

2003-06-01 Thread almitt
Hello to those interested, I have some eBay items closing in about 20 hours. I have the following: Tuxtuac Mexico (LL5), Kora Korabis (H5) nice 2 gram slice with area, Zag, Morroco (H3-6), Forestburg,TX, Imilac, Chile Stony-Iron Pallasite (small 1.75 gram whole) not as weathered as the newer

Re: [meteorite-list] Collection of Park Forest Meteorites

2003-05-31 Thread almitt
Hi all, Something I don't usually do but want to this particular time is to make mention that I have seen all the specimens Mark is offering up. He has some real nice material if anyone is interested and I will personally vouch for his integrity as far as dealing fairly with people. If you don't

Re: [meteorite-list] Crow eaters

2003-05-31 Thread almitt
Hi Marcia and all, I'll have to join the group at the banquet table (what does one serve with crow, some kind of kidney bean and Chianti? Opps wrong movie). I will say this, out of all of the meteorwrongs we have investigated, commented on, persuaded people they didn't have a meteorite, made

[meteorite-list] Park Forest Dark Matrix Specimens

2003-04-05 Thread almitt
Hi All, Anyone who has the dark black Park Forest Specimens contact me off list if you would please. These are the jet black matrix looking types with some metal imbedded in them. This is important! --AL Mitterling Mitterling Meteorites __

Re: [meteorite-list] Saint Joe

2003-04-03 Thread almitt
Hi Anne and all, Thanks for the information regarding this name. I think I am dealing with a false meteorite (meteorwrong, Leave or ite) :-) --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle

2003-03-29 Thread almitt
Hi List, Mike Farmer mentioned the specimens being worth $500.00 an ounce but when we were in the library asking around one of the ladies there told us they were worth $2,000.00 an ounce ($73.00/ gram) so it keeps going up in price. People in that area need to really get a grip on this one. There

[meteorite-list] Big Irons

2003-03-25 Thread almitt
Hi List, If anyone has a very larger iron in the 200 to 400 lbs size they would be interested in selling, email me off list. I am NOT interested in Campos and ideally would prefer a Gibeon. I will need to see the specimen before purchase. Thanks! --AL

Re: [meteorite-list] Wanted, list of Mars Meteorites

2003-03-23 Thread almitt
Hi Ed, Our own Ron Baalke maintains such a page with all the announcements of new Mars Meteorites when they are official. He does quite an outstanding job on this page with plenty to read and investigate. I used the google search engine and put in the words Mars Meteorites and his page was on

[meteorite-list] Re-Post Nininger Moment #10

2003-03-21 Thread almitt
Subject: A Nininger Moment 10 Date: Mon, 24 Dec 1999 05:00:33 -0540 From: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Harvey H. Nininger published a number of papers during his career as both a professor at McPherson College and during his long and distinguished career

Re: [meteorite-list] Having fun in Denver

2003-03-19 Thread almitt
Hi Ann and all, Looks like you got a little snow. You can still see the houses though. Looks like your neighbor likes to park his truck under a tree. Al Lang likes to shovel snow from what I can remember when I called him one time. Maybe you can get him to head up your way :-) I am sure it is

Re: [meteorite-list] Favorite Ordinary Chondrites

2003-03-14 Thread almitt
Hi List, My favorite ordinary chondrite (are any of them really ordinary??) are the ones that don't land on me but land close around me so I can collect them before any of the other dealers out there :-) ! My favorites are: Plainview, Texas (a) great typical chondrite Richfield, Ks

Re: [meteorite-list] Favorite Ordinary Chondrites

2003-03-14 Thread almitt
Subject: A Nininger Moment 9 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 05:32:33 -0500 From: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nininger's Program Of Meteorites Dr. Nininger was good at both presenting information on his numerous talks throughout central and western United States

[meteorite-list] Nininger Moment #9

2003-03-14 Thread almitt
To All, See my post on Favorite Ordinary Chondrites for the Nininger Moment #9. I forgot to change the subject line. My apology for this inconvenience. --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] eBay AD Thin Sections

2003-03-14 Thread almitt
To those interested, I have some of my last remaining thin sections up on eBay and closing this Saturday and Sunday. Some notable sections listed are: Bondoc, Philippines mesosiderite (one of the nicest sections I have listed) Allan Hills, Antarctica L6 Zag, Moroco H3-5 NWA 801 carbonaceous

[meteorite-list] Re-Post Nininger Moment #8

2003-03-07 Thread almitt
Subject: A Nininger Moment 8 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 06:13:57 -0500 From: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Mitterling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Back in the middle to late 1800's as cowboys rode their horses across the prairie in what is now Kiowa County, they came across from time to time heavy black

Re: [meteorite-list] Re-Post Nininger Moment #8

2003-03-07 Thread almitt
Hi Rob, That darn Frank, and those prairie farmers :-) In Space Rocks and Buffalo Grass Frank's wife is Eliza and Mary is their daughter. In Nininger's Book Find a Fallen Star where the vast amount of information for Nininger Moments come from Harvey suggests that Mary is Frank's wife. Someone

[meteorite-list] Re: Nininger Moment #8

2003-03-07 Thread almitt
Hi Bernd, Rob and all, Curiously Nininger even makes mention of Mary, Franks wife and a note wrote to them after the wife's death from their daughter (but doesn't site the name of the daughter). Could the Sky and Tel article been siting the Space Rocks and Buffalo Grass and which one is right??

Re: [meteorite-list] WAY OT: Moving!

2003-02-22 Thread almitt
Hi tracy and all, With the new house, does this mean that you will have more room for meteorites that many of the fine dealers on this list would like to help you acquire??? ;-) --AL tracy latimer wrote: To all the fine members of Da List: I'm sorry I've dropped off the radar lately; my

Re: [meteorite-list] cool meteorite comp

2003-02-22 Thread almitt
O.K. My 2 grams worth. Meteorites are cool because that is the way they fall :-) --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] A Nininger Moment #7

2003-02-21 Thread almitt
Subject: A Nininger Moment 7 Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 03:15:39 -0500 From: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Mitterling [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Nininger Museum part 2 After the arrival of the Nininger's and their collection, came the task of setting up display cases

Re: [meteorite-list] OT? NASA Radioactive Risks

2003-02-21 Thread almitt
Hi Geoff and all, I will probably be over my head here but will make a comment. Those more in the know can set me straight. I don't know at what time NASA activates its small reactors but plutonium-238, if it is like the fuel in reactors that produce electricity, can be held in an unprotected

[meteorite-list] Nininger Moment #6

2003-02-16 Thread almitt
Subject: A Nininger Moment 6 Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 03:30:57 -0500 From: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Nininger Museum On a now deserted road where grass grows in the cracks of the now famous and former route 66

Re: [meteorite-list] Ureilites ????? can anyone give me more info ?

2003-02-16 Thread almitt
Hi Ian and all, This topic has been discussed before on the list and you might do a word search to find more information about it. I believe the conclusion is that Ureilites can't be from Venus due to other properties and age. --AL Ian Barrett wrote: I've been reading up on Ureilites and the

Re: [meteorite-list] Polarizing adapters?

2003-01-24 Thread almitt
Hi Elton, Steve Schoner produced such a product. I bought one from him and it works well. Got tired of using my camera polarizers to do such. His filters contain a holder for the slide and you could twist the filters to get the desired results. Steve is ill right now but looking forward to his

Re: [meteorite-list] oldest collector

2003-01-23 Thread almitt
Hi All, Looks like we have some old collectors out there errr.I mean people that have collected for quite some time. My first collection piece was from Meteor(ite) Crater in the 1960's. Probably 1965 or 1966. Went to the crater as a kid. They sold Canyon Diablo Meteorite oxide (shale) on

Re: [meteorite-list] Nevada Meteorites

2003-01-18 Thread almitt
Hi Bernd and all, Bernd Pauli HD wrote: Beer Bottle Pass AL says: This had to be found by a meteorite dealer as it follows true tradition. There are a few beer bottle passes at the Tucson and Denver Shows. Just won't be the same otherwise. My main concern was it warm or cold ;-) --AL

Re: [meteorite-list] Atwater ice hole mystery - Pictures??

2003-01-18 Thread almitt
Hi Martin and Bjørn, It goes without saying (but I'll say it all the same :-) that some holes could be from ice fishing, though there should be some signs of foot prints and so forth. Also could blue ice break through from airliners? I would think natural causes would be more in number than

[meteorite-list] Nininger Moment #4 Re-Post

2003-01-17 Thread almitt
Subject: A Nininger Moment 4 Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 02:12:56 -0500 From: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Two nights before the Nininger party reached Mexico City while trying to set up camp, several unfriendly characters approached them. They managed to catch

[meteorite-list] eBay AD, Auctions Closing

2003-01-12 Thread almitt
Hi All, To those who are interested, I have a few eBay Auctions closing today in about 14 or 15 hours. I also have other items that will close in the next few days, some very hard to get items that aren't too often seen. Here is a listing of items. Somervell County, TX Meteorite

[meteorite-list] Nininger Moment Re-Post #3

2003-01-11 Thread almitt
Subject: A Nininger Moment (3) Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 04:31:29 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 04:29:49 -0500 From: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Trip To Mexico In the fall of 1929 Nininger began planning a trip

Re: [meteorite-list] Another mag bites the dust!

2003-01-09 Thread almitt
Jim and Paul, After reading most of the posts related to this most tragic event I would ask you to reconsider your decision to close down this informative online publication. I can also offer what I think is a reasonable solution to the problems. I know there may be other items that I am not

Re: [meteorite-list] stolen lunar meteorites

2003-01-06 Thread almitt
Hi Ron and all, I had always heard that the cost of the samples if you took the whole Apollo series into consideration would be about $60,000 per gram. However that doesn't take into consideration all of the science, and knowledge we learned from Apollo. Also the spin-offs from the research and

Re: [meteorite-list] stolen lunar meteorites

2003-01-06 Thread almitt
Hi Tom and list, It is my believe and opinion that America, its tax payers benefited greatly from this sound investment of going to the moon. The computer you are typing on now is one such spin off and there are hundreds of more spin-offs not to mention the Lunar Samples that were returned. The

Re: [meteorite-list] stolen lunar rocks

2003-01-06 Thread almitt
Hi Mark and all, One great place by you that has Moon Rocks is Hutchison, Kansas at the Space Center. It to me was out in the middle of no where but boy what a display they have there and it serves that area of the country well as it is a reasonable drive by many large cities in that area. Best!

[meteorite-list] A Nininger Moment #2 Re-Post

2003-01-01 Thread almitt
Subject: A Nininger Moment Resent-Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 03:17:41 -0400 (EDT) Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 02:16:28 -0700 From: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] After the November 9th, 1923 fireball event that inspired Nininger, he set out

Re: [meteorite-list] Another eBay meteor

2002-12-28 Thread almitt
Hi Anne and all, Ken did a really good job on this ebay auction and gives a lot of good information as well as links on meteorites and meteorwrongs. I would really like to see this ran once every couple of months to educate the masses out there, though you are bound to have some buyers and

Re: [meteorite-list] utah meteorites

2002-12-28 Thread almitt
Hi David, Michael F., Bill Jensen and all, I'm not so sure we haven't open Pandora's Box here ;-) A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing :-) --AL David Freeman wrote: Don't be so cheap and buy the Catalogue of meteorites or Anne's Book. D Freeman (the not cheap collector)

Re: [meteorite-list] metal detector help?

2002-12-18 Thread almitt
Hi Tom, Someone on the list wrote: This may be a dumb question but I have nil experience with metal detectors. Wouldn't it be possible to detect meteoritic debris with the help of high-precision metal detectors even if it is covered by several inches of snow? Ron Baalke wrote: If the

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor-doubtful

2002-12-18 Thread almitt
Hi Rob and all, It has to be a meteorite because it was still warm 3 weeks after the fall ;-) --AL Matson, Robert wrote: Hi All, http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2900909851 The story says it all. And yet someone is willing to throw $100 at it... No exact mass, no

[meteorite-list] Nininger Memorabilia Brick and Crapper IMCA $

2002-12-12 Thread almitt
I think everyone fell asleep at the wheel as no one has bid on this item for a few days :-) If your reading this message I think I am the big winner on this one :-) hehe --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Re: Nininger Memorabilia Brick and Crapper IMCA $

2002-12-12 Thread almitt
Good try nakhladog(292) :-) Glad not everyone was asleep :-) --AL almitt wrote: I think everyone fell asleep at the wheel as no one has bid on this item for a few days :-) If your reading this message I think I am the big winner on this one :-) hehe --AL

Re: [meteorite-list] Help, I have alzheimers...

2002-12-07 Thread almitt
Hi Dave, Robert V. and list, David Freeman wrote: Does anyone remember the U of Wyoming gentleman that posted to the list about four years ago, he moved down to Georgia or the south. Yes, I remember him. His name was Frank Stroik and he used to be a regular on here and post to the list. As I

Re: [meteorite-list] Info please

2002-11-19 Thread almitt
Hi Andre, The author of this book is Harry Y. McSween Jr. and an excellent book if I do say so myself. Well worth the reading time. All my best and hope you can buy a copy. --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] a couple of really basic questions

2002-11-07 Thread almitt
Hi Kalli, Probably one of the best books to read for someone starting out is Richard Norton's book Rocks From Space. He is an excellent writer and covers the topics you need to know about meteorites. I would also recommend a subscription to Meteorite Magazine (from New Zealand) as they cover a

Re: [meteorite-list] Shill bids on ebay meteorite auctions

2002-11-06 Thread almitt
Hi Mike and all, At least we have a good picture of this guys fingerprint ;-) Mike Reynolds wrote: Hi List guys n gals. Here's an interesting couple of recent ebay auctions that are comprised of the same seller/high bidder combinations on what looks to be the same meteorite. I wonder how many

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Color Clans

2002-11-04 Thread almitt
Hi Bernd and all, Bernd reported from a S T article: at least 90 percent of asteroids are associated with families. Which leads to the interesting topic of which meteorites sample which asteroids. So far we have some good ideas where some of the meteorites are from. Examples are: HED type

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Color Clans

2002-11-04 Thread almitt
Hi John, I'll take a stab at this but Bernd really has great resources for answering this no doubt better than I can. The topic that Bernd had started was on asteroid color clans and that at least 90 percent of asteroids are associated with families (from collisions in the past). No doubt the

[meteorite-list] Hunting Meteorites, Some of Nininger's Thoughts

2002-11-02 Thread almitt
Harvey Nininger was one of the most successful meteorite hunters of all times. Here are some of his ideas that have been taken out of his great book Find A Falling Star. Meteorites are where you find them. Many people had suggested that looking for meteorites in areas where rocks are abundant

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite's Location Found In Siberia

2002-10-31 Thread almitt
Hi Ron and all, Ron Baalke wrote: I once took a number of meteorites to a store that sold metal detectors to test out. I tried out various types meteorites with about a dozen different metal detectors. They all had no problem with the irons and stony-irons. However, all of the metal detectors

Re: [meteorite-list] Pay Pal update

2002-10-23 Thread almitt
Hi Mark and all, I have a few people gripe that they can't make pay pal payments (or other online payments) to me on my ebay sells. It is what just happened to you (and your not the first or is this the first time this has happened) the reason for my NOT taking online payments. It is fairly

[meteorite-list] How To Collect Meteorites

2002-10-20 Thread almitt
Hello all, Don't know if this subject has come up before (probably has) but thought I would try to start a thread that might be useful to all the collectors out there on how you might collect. Don't want to suggest that I have all the answers on how different people collect or even how one should

[meteorite-list] How To Collect Meteorites Part 2

2002-10-20 Thread almitt
Hello again, One thing I left out on the last (long message) is a thin section is also a good way to go. (disclaimer: I sell thin sections and in no way am I promoting this here. There are other good sources for these but they offer a good choice with good surface area over very small costly

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite show?

2002-10-14 Thread almitt
Hi Tom, We usually do this in Tucson or Denver. There are a lot of get together(s) and both collectors and dealers make several parties. Probably the biggest is at Jim Kriegh's house in Tucson. I don't know if the Crater people would be receptive to us converging on the Crater for a meeting. I

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite show?

2002-10-14 Thread almitt
Hi Rob, but we've found 25+ individuals fragments between the two of us so far. Rabbit droppings or meteorites :-) --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite show?

2002-10-14 Thread almitt
Hi Tom and all again, Oh yes, there are a couple of guys, I think they are twins or something who have a birthday party at the local Mexican Restaurant near the Ramada. Can't seem to remember their names but anyway there are quite a few people who gather at that occasion and it is one of THE

[meteorite-list] Ebay Items AD

2002-10-04 Thread almitt
specimen, a nice small Canyon Diablo, an Albin Wyoming pallasite (very, very stable like Imilac and Esquel), Ozona, Texas, Mt. Egerton, Selma, Alabama and much more. Feel free to ask questions. Check link below: http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItemsuserid=almitt

[meteorite-list] Ebay Items AD

2002-10-04 Thread almitt
Try this link: http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItemsuserid=almitt%40kconline.comamp;include=0amp;since=7amp;sort=3amp;rows=25

Re: [meteorite-list] Ugliest Gibeon?

2002-10-02 Thread almitt
Hi Ken, This doesn't look like a Gibeon to me either. I believe the same individual also listed another large specimen that looked to me to be a Campo and listed it as a Gibeon. There is a lot of danger in guessing meteorites from looks but where there is money to be made, there are always those

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite hunting

2002-10-01 Thread almitt
Hi Bob, I think an extremely good book on the subject of hunting (talks about many aspects of the hunt so you know a bit about how to go about it) is Harvey Nininger's book Find a Falling Star. It also inspires you so much that you want to go hunting for meteorites. It is an extremely good book

[meteorite-list] Ebay Items Ending

2002-09-01 Thread almitt
To those that are interested, I have a number of thin sections and meteorite specimens listed on ebay including an R type NWA 753 thin, Pena Blanca Springs (aubrite), Hassayampa, AZ Meteorite Thin section H4, and also Axtell, Texas CV3 (hard to get) micro mounted, Tenham, Australia (haven't seen

[meteorite-list] TEST Delete

2002-08-30 Thread almitt
TEST __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Ebay Items Ending

2002-08-30 Thread almitt
To those that are interested, I have a number of thin sections and meteorite specimens listed on ebay including an R type NWA 753 thin, Pena Blanca Springs (aubrite), Hassayampa, AZ Meteorite Thin section H4, and also Axtell, Texas CV3 (hard to get) micro mounted, Tenham, Australia (haven't

[meteorite-list] Ebay Auctions Ending A D

2002-08-30 Thread almitt
To those that are interested, I have a number of thin sections and meteorite specimens listed on ebay including an R type NWA 753 thin, Pena Blanca Springs (aubrite), Hassayampa, AZ Meteorite Thin section H4, and also Axtell, Texas CV3 (hard to get) micro mounted, Tenham, Australia (haven't

Re: [meteorite-list] Cracking Brahin Pallasite

2002-08-27 Thread almitt
Hi Rob and all, I have both Brahin and Brenham in my collection. My experience is the Brahin in rather thick chunks with some outside crust (if kept proper) can be fairly stable. I don't think Brahin is more stable than Brenham but rather the other way around. Mainly it depends on the pieces and

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: --Just a suggestion for your Tucson Ring-(Flame delete if under 18 )

2002-08-25 Thread almitt
Hi Elton and all, Although I hate to address this issue, Elton is 100% right in his assessment of Steve Arnold from Chicago. When Steve started posting to the list, I tried to help him out and tell him what the list was for. I even tried to suggest some lists that might be more for what he was

[meteorite-list] Ebay Auctions closing (AD)

2002-08-18 Thread almitt
To those interested, I have some ebay auctions closing in the next few minutes to an hour. I have some inexpensive thin sections that are really nice and detailed. Check this link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2130339098amp;ssPageName=ADME:B:DS:US:3 --AL

[meteorite-list] Ebay Auctions, Thin Sections! AD

2002-08-17 Thread almitt
To those interested, I have a small number of ebay auctions closing tomorrow. I am offering some super nice thin sections. If interested in these ( you should have a look at the Ghubara) check the link out and click on sellers other items. Best! --AL

Re: [meteorite-list] Museum Online Collections

2002-08-11 Thread almitt
Hi Rob and all, This is splitting hairs just a bit but is better than the arguments raging on the list that belong off the list. Having been to both the Field Museum in Chicago and just recently to the Institute of Meteoritics in Albuquerque, I was told by the curators in both cases the number

[meteorite-list] Meteor Fall July 30

2002-08-01 Thread almitt
Hi all, I haven't checked the meteor observer pages yet but I witnessed an impressive meteor fall on July 30th of 2002. As I was driving home and on an north/south road heading south I saw behind clouds an explosion of a sort, lighting up the night time sky (and ground). Figuring this to be a

[meteorite-list] Re: Blue flash in Ohio sky still a mystery

2002-08-01 Thread almitt
Hi Bob, This wasn't a Perseid meteor at all as it wasn't coming from that radiant. Actually it was headed more for the radiant! I am am amateur astronomer of over 35 years with a backyard observatory housing an 16 inch newtonian. I'll give a more detailed account in a bit for you. I know Steve

Re: [meteorite-list] micromounts!

2002-07-27 Thread almitt
Hi Michael and all, Good topic but dang it you left out the Nakhla Dog ;-) --AL Michael Blood wrote: I collected everything I could put my hands on that hit something - a horse, a car, a mailbox, a person - etc. and made what I consider an absolutely KILLER collection (in some cases,

Re: [meteorite-list] Cyclic mass extinction?

2002-07-25 Thread almitt
Hi Edward and all, Recently it was announced (on this list) that the Sun was made primarily of iron and doesn't have the hydrogen that was once thought. This is a new theory based on observations by astronomers. It was said that the sun formed from a single supernova event and probably was a

[meteorite-list] Collection For Sale (AD)

2002-07-25 Thread almitt
Hello to all, To those that are interested, I have been given a collection to sell which contain many interesting and unique meteorites. These are name brand specimens, most with a history and not NWA (not that NWA is bad, I have many). For those interested in this collection, email me off list

[meteorite-list] Thin Sections For Sale (AD)

2002-07-14 Thread almitt
://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItemsuserid=almitt%40kconline.cominclude=0since=-1sort=3rows=25 If the link doesn't work, look under my email address using the search feature on ebay and under seller. --AL Mitterling Mitterling Meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] nwa869

2002-07-07 Thread almitt
Hi John, Probably in the past when ordinary chondrites were classified by oxidized iron to iron metal percentages there was no doubt room for more error. Today using the microprobe for chemical analysis, scientists are looking at about ten different items and trace chemical signatures to

Re: [meteorite-list] nwa869

2002-07-07 Thread almitt
Hi John, I don't think your post should offend anyone and in my opinion is a very relevant question and I wish more people would post along such lines. Until we learn about something then we have to ask questions and anyone putting another person down for asking a GOOD question along these lines

Re: [meteorite-list] nwa869

2002-07-06 Thread almitt
Hi John and all, Many of the parent bodies have yet to be identify to the many of the meteorites we have accumulated here on Earth. However there are some suspect parent bodies which have been identified by spectral matches to the asteroids and meteorites. One such match is asteroid Hebe for the

[meteorite-list] Ebay Auctions (AD)

2002-06-29 Thread almitt
Hello, I have some ebay auctions ending today and tomorrow. I have some quality thin sections listed which include Portales Valley, NM, Happy Canyon, Texas (an enstatite E6 shock melt!), Tuxtuac. I also have listed a very nice and cheap Mundrabilla, Aust. iron as well as a hard to get item

[meteorite-list] Thiel Mountains Pallasite (AD)

2002-06-01 Thread almitt
Hi all and sorry for the intrusion, I have a buyer for half of the 4.17 gram piece that I had on ebay which didn't meet reserve. If anyone would be interested in half of this piece for a somewhat reduced price than my reserve, let me know and I will get back to you. All my best.

[meteorite-list] Theil Mountains, Ebay AD

2002-05-27 Thread almitt
Hello all, I have listed on ebay at this time a small 4.17 gram piece of Theil Mountains for those who might be interested in this. It is listed for 5 days. This is a hard to get item so those interested should check out the auction or contact me for further details photos and so forth. Also

[meteorite-list] Re: Astronomers Searching For Asteroids Near The Sun

2002-05-24 Thread almitt
Hi list, Ron Baalke's post on astronomers searching for a cloud of tiny planets (asteroids) near the sun, seems to fit into the idea of where some of the meteorites like enstatite might come from. We have had a list discussion on this and if some meteorites may be from Mercury or Venus and with

Re: [meteorite-list] More details.... thanks! Got had need help.

2002-05-23 Thread almitt
Hello list, I have been following this thread which has split into threads now and would like to comment on it. I hope I don't come across wrong as that isn't my intention but merely to inform. I realize that in Jeannie's case that the items have been misrepresented as something they are not. It

Re: [meteorite-list] Any info about the meteorites fell to the water needed

2002-05-05 Thread almitt
Hi Frank and all, Frank Prochaska wrote: Pena Blanca Springs, Texas was said to land in the spring or watering hole of some sort. Yes, it was a big splash at their picnic that day. :-) This has also been brought up (I think). I have a picture from one of the Ripley Believe it or Nots that

Re: [meteorite-list] Plotting Months and Days - Part 1

2002-04-26 Thread almitt
Hi Jeff and all, Keep in mind that meteor showers and bright meteors and bolides that produce meteorites are two different animals. We don't have any evidence yet for a meteor shower producing a meteorite. Meteor Showers are produced when the Earth passes through the stream of a comets orbit and

Re: [meteorite-list] The Fireball Trio from Europe--- Any Radiant?

2002-04-21 Thread almitt
Hi Mark and all, Mark Fox wrote: I for one, am quite intrigued by the recent information comparisons, tying the H5 chondrite Pribram with the EN060402 bolide. It's about time such an association has been made, since the likely hood of there not being meteorite streams is quite

Re: [meteorite-list] Hamlet

2002-04-08 Thread almitt
Hi Martin, Rhett and all, I have a nice whole slice of Nobelsville and will take a photo and send on to anyone who might want to see it. It shows nice breccia and has a very light gray color to it. --AL Martin Horejsi wrote: Hi Dave, The Nobelsville meteorite is really a nice stone. Well,

Re: [meteorite-list] Sand Dunes and Meteorites

2002-03-30 Thread almitt
Hi Dave and all, I think that a number of people, myself and some of my friends who are also meteorite aficionados, have not only thought of this but have hunted the dunes in Indiana and Michigan. One word of caution though, the Gary Steel Mills has deposited both small and larger flakes and

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