Hi Steve D,
Since Steve is starting to get to pricing he considers deeper discounts, I think he is generally asking us to go on a treasure hunt via the archives in the previous pre-meteorite and pre-summer meteorite sales he has posted over the last week, in which all of these names and
Hello Everybody, Just a friendly note that I currently have around 500 auctions on eBay, including over 200 meteorite auctions. Meteorite Books, Covert (Historic Nininger Find), the first offering of any of the Rites and Wrongs original artworks (signed by Bruce Bollinger and me), the new
Every odd rock in New Zealand now starts to be a meteorite it seems. Here's
the newest:
http://times-age.co.nz/news2004/040616b.html
No likely meteorite if I look at this picture. Markasite nodule perhaps?
- Marco
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Marco Langbroek
Leiden, the Netherlands
52.15896 N, 4.48884 E (WGS 84)
Hello to Everyone,
Before Oktoberfest, is Vestafest or better yet, Vesta Fiesta, which will happen during the Mexican Independence Day Celebrations. I put together a Finder Chart for Vesta good from now until February 2005, and the details of Vesta at September Opposition - the best chance until
Looks exactly like a marcasite/pyrite nodule. We get loads from the Cretaceous Lower Chalk in Southern England that look identical. They are also regularly confused with meteorites.
AubreyMarco Langbroek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Every odd rock in New Zealand now starts to be a meteorite it seems.
Aloha, all!
My husband is in the middle of what amounts to a 'bar bet'. He is trying to
find out annual meteorite fall rates, and whether, in recent years, there
has been an increase. I have been searching for fall rates online without
much success; I even attempted to contact the meteorobs
Heating could drive off volitiles or breakdown organic compounds depending on the
temperature. For bubbles in halite crystals heating enough to vaproize the liquid
could rupture the crystal and the primoral liquid could be lost. None of this would
be observable to the ordinary collector, but
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3573097
Roxburgh 'Meteorite' exposed
The New Zealand Herald
June 71, 2004
Dunedin-based scientists say the famed Lawrence meteorite - a
heavy, hollow object found in a long-drop hole in Roxburgh - came
from inner, rather than outer,
Marco,
For an unknown meteorite that has got to be terrible advice, wouldn't you think? The mindset of "a stone" vs. an unknown sample of the universe, is probably part of the problem. All the "natural" lighter components would be volatilized, and there is alway the risk of microscopic sintering.
Hello Anne, List,
Anne, how sure are you that the 2 SAHARA x meteorites that are on
your list are from Algeria ? So far, to my best knowledge, the Labenne's
did not want to disclose the actual country of their finds. Was that done
recently ?
If it is so (I may have missed that), are the
Tracy wrote:
My husband is in the middle of what amounts to a 'bar bet'. He is
trying to find out annual meteorite fall rates, and whether, in recent
years, there has been an increase. I have been searching for fall
rates online without much success. I even attempted to contact the
meteorobs
197902
197803
197709
197611
197504
197407
197303
197203
197108
1970 08
196912
196804
196709
196606
196504
196406
196306
196208
196107
1960 05
195907
195804
195706
195609
195505
195406
195303
1952
194914
194803
194706
194606
194503
194407
194303
194208
194104
1940 05
193910
193811
193707
193607
193509
193411
193318
193209
193107
1930 11
192908
192806
192708
192607
192509
192410
192306
1922
191907
191806
191709
191610
191503
191408
191304
191204
191105
191010
190902
190808
1907 05
190607
190505
190405
190308
190208
190106
190008
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Hi Bernd,
Great listing. I am loading it into excel to play around with some
patterns I noticed.
One note: I think 1964 should have 7 falls instead of 6. The 1964
discovery of the Changxing stone has been listed as a find with
little more info available. However, the great work by Anne Black
One note: I think 1964 should have 7 falls instead of 6. The 1964
discovery of the Changxing stone has been listed as a find with
little more info available. However, the great work by Anne Black
and the Jensens in Meteorites A-Z (second ed.) now list Changxing
as a fall (referenced to
I recall reading somewhere ("Astrophysical Quantities" maybe) that
there are on average 2 "recoverable" meteorites falling to Earth every
day. I believe that "recoverable" was defined as being 10 grams or
larger. Of course three quarters of those fall in the oceans, leaving
approximately 180
Hi Bernd and All,
Out of curiosity, I looked up the falls of 1933 since it has the most
witnessed falls at 18 compared to the overall average number of
falls of 6.6 falls per year.
But now the surprise:
L6: 3
L5: 1
H4: 1
H3.5-4.5: 1
LL6: 2
Chondrite unknown: 1
Stone unknown: 1
CM2: 1
Hello again,
If Binda is really a fall instead of a find, as Martin stated
in a private mail, then there would be five falls for 1912.
See Catalogue of Meteorites:
A mass of 12 lb was found; it possibly fell on the night of
May 25, 1912, when a luminous meteor was seen and
detonations heard.
Martin and List,
Martin wrote: "Hardly an average year. Any thoughts?"
2 posisble options:
1. Maybe the heavens were helping Harvey get his business going during the heart of the Great Depression. If there ever was a year that he needed the help it probably would have been that year. Having
Would like to see some images of those nodules from
the Chalk Beds. Especially if they look different
from these sulfide nodules:
http://www.galleries.com/scripts/item.exe?LIST+Minerals+Sulfides+Marcasite
http://www.mindat.org/phorum/download.php?f=17file=marcasiteresized.jpg
Hi Steve and All,
Looking at the locations opens up more questions than answers. I
doubt Nininger gained much from most of the falls, but oddly,
three of them are in New Mexico!
Here is a breakdown of the locations alphabetically:
Argentina
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lithuania
Mongolia
Papua-New
Martin,
Well, OK.
I am not sure if Nininger got any Souix Co. Nebraska, but even I would have been more than happy to have gotten a corner on just the Pasamonte strewnfield. Then I would have cared less about the other 17!
I think the publicity of Pasasmonte probably helped in the recovery
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9869400%255E1702,00.html
Meteorite sighted in NSW
news.com.au (Australia)
June 17, 2004
A METEORITE reportedly the size of a house fell on the NSW south
coast overnight, exploding in a bright flash, police said today.
A driver on the Hume
Hello List,
I'mworking on new page of my website. This page concernfireball explosions.
Justsome questions:
If a fireball explode and create a sonic(shock) wave observed in seismic stations; if the same fireball create thump rumble or thump deflagrations; can we suppose find a meteorite on the
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Marjorie Chan, chair and professor of geology and geophysics
Available afternoon June 15-morning June 17 only via cellular,
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SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Reaches the 'Columbia Hills!' - sol 156-158,
June 16, 2004
On sol 156, Spirit roved 42 meters (138 feet) closer to a vantage
point where it could observe the hill outcrops. Some of the images
that Spirit sent back
Hello Everyone,
Determining whether meteorite falls has remained
constant over a given period of time is more difficult than it first
appears. At least other two variables have to be considered.
First, as I point out on my site, increasing
population density may account for an increase
Doesn't look like a meteorite - since it's very heavy, could it be a
hematite nodule? Then again, hematite isn't usually hard enough grind
granite, right?
Did the Inca's even grind building stones? I thought they shaped them by
impact - bang a shaping stone onto the building stone. I think it
Hi List,
I agree with Walter on both points. I would throw more meteorite
awareness in with the increase in population density. Does that sound
reasonable?
However, just because there is a lack of sample data, that doesn't mean
there can't be a true increase of fall rate. I sometimes think
Take your pick,
random rate ?
coincident that earth runs into the path of errant rocks in space!
chaos...meaning no pattern at all ?
happenstance (slang of course) ...sh_t happenscyclic ? (based on what?)
or steady rate/average of falling material...just inconsistent witnessing and followup
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