Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian meteorite crater - friendly warningto hunters that may be considering...

2007-02-24 Thread Charles Viau
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[meteorite-list] Sikhote-Alin Picture of the Day - Saturday, February 24, 2007

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[meteorite-list] AD: reminder - auctions ending in some hours

2007-02-24 Thread Christian Anger
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Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian meteorite crater (and Pisco)

2007-02-24 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Steve and all, Great story Steve hunting the Imilac field. I believe I have a few of those imilacs in my collection! Hunting stories like that make being on this list worth while. Be careful of the company you keep :-) --AL Mitterling __ Meteorite-

[meteorite-list] Peruvian nutjob

2007-02-24 Thread Michael Farmer
What a frigging idiot this jerk is. WOW, thieves stole lots of $. It tends to happen, and outside the meteorite world I might ad. This guy is truly a nutcase. I have seen the photos of his "crater". It is not a crater, there are no meteorites, it is all a scam. So don't worry Randall, your "cr

[meteorite-list] Cold find

2007-02-24 Thread doctor death
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Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian meteorite crater - friendly warning to hunters that may be considering...

2007-02-24 Thread Michael Farmer
WOW , you seem to be off the deep end. There are robbers, thieves, and criminals all around the world. You act like it exists in the meteorite world only. Give me a break. If you are so worried about your stupid "crater" why in the heck are you posting about it here? You sound like a crazy old c

[meteorite-list] Hambleton Pallasite - reprise

2007-02-24 Thread Dave Harris
Folks ...just an observation a couple of weeks ago I mentioned a very significant find in the UK by Rob Elliott re the Hambleton Pallasite - d'you know I had 2, maybe 3 emails on the subject? One to diss it and the other to buy some. No thread, no discussion, nada, bupkiss,nowt... You guys h

Re: [meteorite-list] Cold find

2007-02-24 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:52:48 -0700, you wrote: >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160063023682 > Wow, "an actual meteorite tektite from Mars-red rock" __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlis

Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian nutjob

2007-02-24 Thread Gary K. Foote
It looks more like a volcanic cone instead of a crater to me. Gary On 24 Feb 2007 at 8:52, Michael Farmer wrote: > What a frigging idiot this jerk is. WOW, thieves stole > lots of $. It tends to happen, and outside the > meteorite world I might ad. > This guy is truly a nutcase. I have seen

Re: [meteorite-list] Hambleton Pallasite - reprise

2007-02-24 Thread Gary K. Foote
Dave, You're right. Somehow I missed the post about this pallasite. Maybe because of all the other 'stuff' the list generates. Would you mind reposting the info to me? I'm definitely interested here in itty bitty NH - another tiny US state :) Gary On 24 Feb 2007 at 17:22, Dave Harris wro

Re: [meteorite-list] Cold find

2007-02-24 Thread Notkin
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160063023682 Excellent! Our friend Mark Bostick gave me one of these as a present, and it went straight into my meteorite toys collection. Yes, I have a meteorite toys collection. I know it's weird, but the kids love it. Oh wait, I don't hav

Re: [meteorite-list] Hambleton Pallasite - reprise

2007-02-24 Thread Mark
I can just visualize cans of haggus on the shelves of Kroger...sigh...McHaggus, home of the golden entrails - Original Message - From: "Gary K. Foote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "metlist" Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hambleton Pallasite - reprise

Re: [meteorite-list] Hambleton Pallasite - reprise

2007-02-24 Thread Martin Altmann
Yep only 5 emails about that sensational find in the archives -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Dave Harris Gesendet: Samstag, 24. Februar 2007 18:22 An: metlist Betreff: [meteorite-list] Hambleton Pallasite - reprise Folks ..

Re: [meteorite-list] Cold find

2007-02-24 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:43:59 -0700, you wrote: >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160063023682 > >Excellent! > >Our friend Mark Bostick gave me one of these as a present, and it went >straight into my meteorite toys collection. Yes, I have a meteorite >toys collection. I know

Re: [meteorite-list] Hambleton Pallasite

2007-02-24 Thread Notkin
Dave Harris posted: >> You guys have been going on about Holbrook as if it was the most >> important thing in the world and also on and on about this >> speculative Peru fall - >> isn't this all a bit parochial? Is the Hambleton pallasite really >> that >> boring? Maybe you all know about it al

Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian nutjob

2007-02-24 Thread Göran Axelsson
I think it looks more like a erosion form, but then maybe we got different pictures. I got 09180026.jpg and 09180031.jpg. The first looks like a collapsed wall of a canyon complete with traces where water has drained off in a small ditch. The second shows a canyon in a mountainous area with only

[meteorite-list] Hambleton Pallasite - reprise

2007-02-24 Thread bernd . pauli
Dave: "I am surprised that no one had any real questions regarding this fantastic find." Martin: "Yep only 5 emails about that sensational find in the archives" Gary: "Dave, You're right." Hello All, As for myself, I don't quite agree for at least two reasons: 1) I knew about Hambleton as e

[meteorite-list] Hambleton Pallasite

2007-02-24 Thread Mike Bandli
I thought that Hambleton was old news? I remember reading Rob’s great story on his site last year and even trying to buy some in November. Has there been more Hambleton found or something I don’t know about? Kind regards,   Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com   _

Re: [meteorite-list] Info needed

2007-02-24 Thread Michael L Blood
In my never ending quest of hammers and information re same, I have come across this puppy a couple of times: Dec. 8, 1929 YugoslaviaMeteor hits bridal party, killed 1 Note that no name is provided for this fall. It is, of course, not on the Walter Branch "Hits" page. Any info an

Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian nutjob

2007-02-24 Thread dean bessey
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Good One. This is the best one that I have herd since the pellisons reported that they see terrorists behind every rock and on the other side of their shot glasses. I was going to respond to this a couple days ago but well, its hard to type when you cant stop laughing at the stupidy a

Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian nutjob

2007-02-24 Thread dean bessey
I have been to peru maybe 20 times or more. I love the place and have a lot of friends there. And as somebody said yesterday on this list I can attest that the pisco sour is the worlds best drink (Worth going to peru just to drink it). Most of the time I go to arequipa where most of my peruvian fri

Re: [meteorite-list] Info needed

2007-02-24 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Michael, The source is a newspaper: New York Times (published in New York, New York, USA) Date (of report in NYT): December 8, 1929 Date of Incident: Not Specified Location: Zvezvan, Yugoslavia Details: A meteortite struck a wedding party in Zvezvan, killing one person. I think t

Re: [meteorite-list] Sikhote-Alin Picture of the Day - Saturday, February 24, 2007

2007-02-24 Thread Gerald Flaherty
I, for one NEVER tire of these SA photos. One more facinating the the previous. So dramatic an event in "our" own time, recorded magnificently and represented with such seductive vividness. And of course its "abundance" and durability makes it a collector's dream. All Hail Sikhote-Alin and its ma

Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian nutjob - NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

2007-02-24 Thread dean bessey
I found the newspaper clipping but unfortunately it seems that the online paper (http://www.larepublica.com.pe/) has taken down the link so I no longer have the photos of the bomb crater and volcanic basalt meteorites. All I have is the email that my friend sent to me with the forwarded text. But o

Re: [meteorite-list] Info needed

2007-02-24 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Michael, forgive me if this has been asked and answered but has there been any corroboration of the relatively recent report of NOMADS being struck and killed. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: "Michael L Blood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite List" Sent: Saturday, February

Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian meteorite crater - friendly warning to h unters that may be considering...

2007-02-24 Thread Steve Schoner
>Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian meteorite crater - friendly warning to >hunters that may be considering... >Michael Farmer >Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:00:17 -0800 >WOW , you seem to be off the deep end. There are >robbers, thieves, and criminals all around the world. >You act like it exists in the meteo

[meteorite-list] zacataces

2007-02-24 Thread steve arnold
Hi list.I just wanted to share with you all my soon to be new iron to my collection.A 390 gram slice of ZACATACES,MEXICO.Another pic will follow later,but for now this can be seen on my website under my iron page.Let me know what you think and please sign my guest book. steve Steve R.Arnold,c

Re: [meteorite-list] zacataces

2007-02-24 Thread Bruce Yankewitz
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[meteorite-list] AD: BIG Huckitta PAL Part Slice 1,105.0 g

2007-02-24 Thread Norbert F. Kammel
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Re: [meteorite-list] more on Info needed

2007-02-24 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi Sterling, Do you know if there is a name for this fall? (Is it "Zvezvan?" Thanks, again, Michael on 2/24/07 12:16 PM, Sterling K. Webb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, Michael, > > The source is a newspaper: New York Times > (published in New York, New York, USA) > Date (of r

[meteorite-list] I don't think congratulations are in order.....

2007-02-24 Thread Pat Brown
Hi Randall, Your diatribe about Peruvian jails and such was very un-cool. This is supposed to be a friendly list aimed at helping fellow meteorite hunters and collectors. Threatening to have members of the meteorite community thrown in jail is not in the spirit of this list as I understand it.

Re: [meteorite-list] Info needed

2007-02-24 Thread Michael L Blood
I heard of a Kossak being knocked off his horse... (unsubstantiated, of course). Don't know about nomads... Michael on 2/24/07 12:25 PM, Gerald Flaherty at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Michael, forgive me if this has been asked and answered but has there been > any corroboration of the rel

[meteorite-list] Fw: zacataces

2007-02-24 Thread Jose Campos
Hi Chicagoan Steve Arnold, I think that might be a "namewrong" for a "meteorwrong", or some pong... :) Perhaps you mean ZACATECAS? José Campos - Original Message - From: "steve arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 8:44 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] zacataces

Re: [meteorite-list] Polujamki/Markovka pairing: second try

2007-02-24 Thread E.P. Grondine
Thaddeus - Why not go out and try to find some more pieces? good hunting, Ed --- Mr EMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There isn't enough information to reach a > conclusion. > The original masses and how they were assembled > prior > to fragmentation are missing values and presently > beyond

Re: [meteorite-list] more on Info needed

2007-02-24 Thread Jeffrey Shallit
Ask and ye shall receive: "Little thing like a meteor fails to discourage bride" New York Times December 8 1929 p. E1 Special correspondence of the New York Times Belgrade, Nov. 20. - The heavens "blessed" a bride in unwonted and unwelcome form in the village of Zvezvan today. As the wedding p

Re: [meteorite-list] ill need more

2007-02-24 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi Jeffrey, Thanks! However, I was wondering what the NAME of this meteorite is "Zvezvan" is not listed in Meteorites A to Z. Michael on 2/24/07 5:26 PM, Jeffrey Shallit at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ask and ye shall receive: > > "Little thing like a meteor fails to

Re: [meteorite-list] ill need more

2007-02-24 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Michael Blood asked: "However, I was wondering what the NAME of this meteorite is "Zvezvan" is not listed in Meteorites A to Z." Because newspaper reports are not always correct. I wouldn't add any of these to your list either Michael. http://www.meteoritearticles.com/meteorwrongsMT.html C

[meteorite-list] Rosetta Timeline for Mars Swingby

2007-02-24 Thread Ron Baalke
ESA News http://www.esa.int 23 February 2007 Timeline: Mars swingby at 36 000 km per hour The timeline for Rosetta's speedy swingby of Mars on 25 February includes a series of slew manoeuvres, an occultation and signal blackout, an eclipse and some excellent opportunities for scientific observ

Re: [meteorite-list] ill need more

2007-02-24 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Michael, Jeffrey, List Michael, as you well know, if the stone is not preserved, conserved, abducted by a museum, university, or government agency, examined by a geologist, mineralogist, scholar, savant, published, mentioned, noted, or abstracted, and then, in more scientific times, cut, s

Re: [meteorite-list] ill need more AGAIN

2007-02-24 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Mark is certainly correct about the hoaxing propensities of 19th century (and early 20th century) newspapers. The ultimate example is that is the "Great Moon Hoax" of 1832: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax You will note that Mark's list is of very dramatic accounts. OK, th

Re: [meteorite-list] ill need more

2007-02-24 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi Sterling, While I agree with pretty much all you have to say, I do not agree with what you seem to imply: that we should accept as fact every reported fall. Arguments against this are at least as strong as the argument to accept none of them. For instance, look at some of the "re