Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-11 Thread info
www.meteorite-recon.com - Original Message - From: Pat Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question Hi Jasoon, Peter

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-11 Thread Sterling K. Webb
- - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:27 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question Pat, Sterling, others, moving or resting sand is not conserving

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-10 Thread Zelimir . Gabelica
Hi Peter, List, This question also puzzled me some time until I learned that deserts in Mongolia are rarely sand deserts but rather grass filled steppes or a kind of bush where it is not easy to spot dark meteorites. I learned that from a meteorite hunter who had an (unsuccessful) try some

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-10 Thread Jason Utas
Hola Peter, All, I know individual aspect of your questions have been addressed, but I'd like to as well... I know the Sahara desert is about a galgillion square miles. Then there are the deserts in Calif., South America, the Antarctic continent and God only knows where else. Why don't I see any

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-10 Thread Pat Brown
Hi Jasoon, Peter and the List, Some thoughts on why the Sahara is so productive: Another significant factor is the climate over the past several thousand years. The sahara and parts of the American southwest have been dry for a long time, this increases the terrestrial recognizability time of

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-10 Thread Sterling K. Webb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:41 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question Hi Jasoon, Peter and the List, Some thoughts on why the Sahara is so productive: Another significant factor is the climate over the past

[meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-09 Thread Peter A Shugar
Hello, I'm the newbie, so please explain this to me. This is an intriguing question. I can't figure it out. I know the Sahara desert is about a galgillion square miles. Then there are the deserts in Calif., South America, the Antarctic continent and God only knows where else. Why don't I see any

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-09 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 21:01:06 -0600, you wrote: and God only knows where else. Why don't I see any meteorites from the Gobi desert, or maybe the Mongolia desert. Probably because the typical meteorite dealer doesn't like having his head cut off by the Chinese government.

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-09 Thread Jerry
Flaherty - Original Message - From: Peter A Shugar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LIST meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:01 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question Hello, I'm the newbie, so please explain this to me. This is an intriguing question. I