Hello
I have update my collection site now arrive to 639
pieces, the first in Italy for a private collection. I
have update with this pieces:
DOrbigny ( Angrite )
Arroyo Aguiar ( H5 )
Etter ( L5 ) fantastic slice from M.Morgan
NWA 2943 ( R Chondrite )
NWA 4025 ( Bencubbinite )
Gujba (
Hello list,
I am starting a new business and need some cash fast. So I decided to make
special offer on great pieces as Lunar and Martian individual. For example I
am ready to sell one of the lunar meteorites I found in Oman for less than
$300/g! Thus, the whole mass of the lunar meteorite
hello, I live in southern Indiana; and I'm new to this discussion/interest, and have never tried looking for meteorites. Have any meteorites been found in Indiana before? Does a map exist such as one of the google maps that might show where meteorites have been found before??
I found one such
Oh yes!
That gave me flashback... wow... still dizzy from it ;-)))
Back in the fifties to late sixties there was several hypes created around
some books that were written by pseudo-scientists like Immanuel Velikovsky
or even a reporter named Erich Von Daniken.
Velikovsky (
Hi all.
Some of you may remember the AMSAT stamps on ebay referenced in the email
below. Well Kevin, your email finally did light a fire under me. I have
known about the photostamps website for some time now ever since my
girfriend showed to me but never go around to making any
A little side note:
von Däniken bought a large part of the meteorites of the Bally-Prior Museum
in Switzerland,
which closed down in 2003. They had a remarkable meteorite collection,
consisting of specimens from the colln of Bally-Prior (1847-1926), who
bought meteorites from the Ward-Coonley
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 07:30:16 +, tracy latimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And here us silly humans are buggering up their mapping system by
collecting, rearranging, and CUTTING UP their interstellar markers. Curse
us monkey boys! ;)
Lest anyone think I'm exaggerating the goofyness of the
Hi Martin and All,
Thank for the info on the Bally-Prior Museum.
In my current Accretion Desk article in the MeteoriteTimes.com, I
asked viewers to share any information about the source of a crusted
specimen of the Mern meteorite that moved through the J.M. DuPont
collection.
There was a
Hi Martin and list,
actually it was not E. von Däniken who bought the meteorite collection.
It was a privat person, a certain Dr. Meier who bought the collection
and gave it as a loan to the Mystery Park.
Unfortunately the whole collection is hidden in a very small, dark
room and therefore
Yes, I've been there, and yes, the only thing I can say is poor meteorites
Rather futuristic display, bad lighting, no explanation on what a
meteorite is, all the meteorites in 4 sq meters place, I think you get
the point.
But indeed, it was the most interesting part of the Mystery park :-(
Hola J.J., Welcome !! It is great to have you here...
Maybe this map will help for an orientation:
http://igs.indiana.edu/geology/extraTerrestrial/meteorites/mapWhereFound-257x3
08.jpg
It comes from this page, where you can see the official names of all 13 from
Indiana on the map, and
Was anybody of our Suisse friends already there to visit the poor
meteorites?
One can only imagine the suffering those poor meteorites must endure...
Knowing Von Däniken's feeling for authenticity, I would guess he has spray
painted them fluo-green to illustrate the fact that they are
Hello Everyone!
We have new features on MeteoriteClassifieds.com and in the upcoming
MeteoriteTimes for December.
http://www.meteoriteclassifieds.com/
1. you can now have up to 3 pictures on each Ad. - See NAKHLA from Cairo
ad with 2 images.
2. Jason and Matt each have an item in the
In this days I have received a email from a person
called lautaro correia where he sale a new brasilian
meteorite found in a city a south of Brasil and
analyzed from the University of Brasilia. Well, I have
ask to this University if is real this information and
the answer is:
Prezado Matteo,
A
PECK ELLIS (1979) The Fate of a Kansas Meteorite
Crater (Sky Telescope, August 1979, pp. 126-128):
The rich farmland of Kiowa County, Kansas, is devoid of normal stones, but lots
of odd,
heavy ones dotted it when homesteaders arrived there in the 1870's. Some of
these strange
looking rocks
Hi Josiah and M.Doug,
If I may add to Mexico Doug's excellent post. You may wish to read Jeff
Grossman's directions for Google Earth link:
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2005-November/178712.html
You will need to install Google Earth and IE browser on your computer.
(this
PECK ELLIS (1979) The Fate of a Kansas Meteorite
Crater (Sky Telescope, August 1979, pp. 126-128):
Nininger was one of the few American scientists of the day who was very active
in field
studies of meteorites. The few who kept up with the subject of impact craters -
this was
the third one
Hi list,
I haven't seen this book yet. Can you tell me whether the author
claims any of the meteorites have weird properties? This is the
folklore I'm studying.
Thanks,
Chris
On 11/18/05, Charles O'Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have to admit that I can thank good old Erich Von Daniken for
Notkin wrote:
Well, thanks for making us feel good about all our hard work. Always
nice to receive feedback from an expert.
Geoff,
Please don't get twitchy. You're reading
email insult where none was intended. Relax!
You did a marvelous job.
The element of luck operates in the
Erich V. D. proved the existence of prehistoric spaceflight by introducing
ancient pottery as evidence.
The potter who made this earth ware for E.V.D. was found and extensively
interviewed by several papers and TV-stations. Still lots people believe in
his insane writings.
I have only one excuse
If anything, you should read my comments as praise for accomplishing
an up-hill task so well.
Dear Sterling:
I did misinterpret your comments, and thank you for be so thoughtful as
to clarify. We did work hard on promoting the story, and I appreciate
your compliment. Sorry for the
Hi,
For List members not familiar with the Chinguetti story,
see this web page (and following pages) which recount the story:
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/E/ends/meteorite1.html
Theodore Monad's paper:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989CRASM.309..547M
A picture of the
Hello List,
I don't know how many of you haven't heard the leading proposed
formation history for the bencubbinites, but to me this is probably the
most fascinating meteorite group (or CR clan) described (for example,
see Campbell et al., MAPS, August 2005). It is thought by some, with
Just ran across this today:
http://www.ucomics.com/ziggy/2005/11/06/
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Unfortunately, the bragging meteorite studmuffin is back and in business...
SSTTEEVVEY, further to your exceptionally well written note, I am quite sure
you hoodwinked ol' Bob with your superior meteoritic and financial prowess
and stole that meteorite right out from under him. We just
List,
Sorry if I'm boring you, but this is driving me nuts!
The moldavite faceting rough that is constantly
listed on ebay, so gorgeously apple green but devoid
of normal moldavite skin character IS NOT REAL. I can
only presume that the faceted gems offered by the
same sellers are also man-made
Here Here!!!
Roman Jirasek
www.meteoritelabels.com
- Original Message -
From: Norm Lehrman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 11:09 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Warning: ebay Moldavite faceting rough
andassociated gems
List,
Sorry
Hi Geoff and All
I noticed that Steve Arnold was quoted in the latest issue of Newsweek
Magazine. In the Perspectives section on page 25 it reads:
It is esthetically the type of meteorite that makes collectors
drool...It's going to make first graders go Wow! Professional
meteorite hunter Steve
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