Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-06 Thread David Weir
Tom wrote: Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market? Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by the Nomenclature Committee only this past October, I would imagine there are likely other relict meteorites in our collections which have not

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-06 Thread Jeff Kuyken
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 1:20 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828 Tom wrote: Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market? Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by the Nomenclature Committee only this past

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-06 Thread Jeff Grossman
: Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828 Tom wrote: Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market? Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by the Nomenclature Committee only this past October, I would imagine there are likely other relict

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-06 Thread tett
PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828 They certainly should be considered relict meteorites if there is evidence that they were once meteorites, although a hunk of Canyon Diablo iron-shale would

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-06 Thread stan .
Tom wrote: Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market? Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by the Nomenclature Committee only this past October, I would imagine there are likely other relict meteorites in our collections which have not

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-06 Thread Mr EMan
The Sardis Stone in Georgia is also a paleo meteorite well Paleo find I believe there is a smidgen of iron within the 12-20ft(?) diameter shale ball. Elton --- stan . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what about lake murray? wasnt that dug out from solid limestone 100ft deep or so?

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-06 Thread Matt Morgan
How long does it take to be considered paleo? All the means is old. Please shed some light on this for me... Matt Morgan Mr EMan wrote: The Sardis Stone in Georgia is also a paleo meteorite well Paleo find I believe there is a smidgen of iron within the 12-20ft(?) diameter shale ball. Elton

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-06 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:47:26 -0700, you wrote: How long does it take to be considered paleo? All the means is old. Please shed some light on this for me... Yeah, no kidding. I have a bunch of stuff that I got in a cheap lot on Ebay (not from any of the list members, I think) that sure looks

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-05 Thread Greg Hupe
Hello Dirk, Stan and List, As an after thought, what might we suppose is the ratio of fresh blue material to more weathered brown? Perhaps that should be a consideration when we talk about TKW in regards to NWA 2828 is primarily 'fresher blue' than NWA 2965's brown look... Of course that would

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-05 Thread PolandMET
So guyz if You have hundreds of tons ;-P of this material, then anyone found a specimen that was originaly on the surface of this meteorite ? Or this meteorite was displaced through thousand of years inside of sand ? -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-05 Thread stan .
Hello Dirk, Stan and List, As an after thought, what might we suppose is the ratio of fresh blue material to more weathered brown? Perhaps that should be a consideration when we talk about TKW in regards to NWA 2828 is primarily 'fresher blue' than NWA 2965's brown look... Of course that

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-05 Thread drtanuki
Dear Greg and List, Some of the nicest blue material that I have seen, in a photo, on eBay, is being sold by Michael Cottingham. Since he uses the NWA2828 number, I would guess that he has some material from you? Very beautiful. Michael is very good at taking photographs. I did not see all of

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-05 Thread Greg Hupe
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828 Dear Greg and List, Some of the nicest blue material that I have seen, in a photo, on eBay, is being sold by Michael Cottingham. Since he uses the NWA2828 number, I would guess

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-05 Thread drtanuki
] To: Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828 Dear Greg and List, Some of the nicest blue material that I have seen, in a photo, on eBay, is being sold by Michael

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-05 Thread Greg Hupe
] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 - Original Message - From: drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828 Dear Greg, Stan, and List

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-05 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hey, it's about time some of the coolest stuff in the meteorite world is available to all! Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market? Also, Greg, Stan, Mike and who ever knows. Some of the brown (presumably collected on the surface) SEEMS to have remnants of

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-05 Thread stan .
Some of the brown (presumably collected on the surface) SEEMS to have remnants of crust, over lipping etc. 99% of the black stuff ont he outside of the brown material is simply the oxidized metal veining that is seen int he matrix of this material. the material weathered preferentially