[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2014-06-03 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: St. Louis Contributed by: Shawn Alan http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] AD -Very Last Set Of EBay Auctions Ending

2014-06-03 Thread Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
Dear List Members, My very last set of eBay meteorite auctions will be ending this evening. All were started at just 99 cents with no reserve. You will find multiples of almost every specimen so you will have more than one chance to add some planetary pieces that may not be represented in

[meteorite-list] Images of 4 different Martian meteorite thin sections

2014-06-03 Thread J Sinclair via Meteorite-list
Hi List, Here are comparison pictures of 4 different Martian shergottites using relatively inexpensive microscope and camera equipment. Not professional images, but here is what I get.. http://www.meteoriteusa.com/ts.htm John __ Visit the Archives

[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday to Comayagua

2014-06-03 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks via Meteorite-list
Hi Listees, Today is the 2nd anniversary of the Comayagua meteorite fall in Honduras - June 03, 2012. Any news about that fall or recoveries to mention? Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook -

[meteorite-list] Happy centenarium of hungarian isvarsany

2014-06-03 Thread cbo via Meteorite-list
Dear List! Nowadays was the centenarium of Kisvarsany L6 chondrite fallen on 25/05/2014. The TKW is 1550 gr. In MetBull:

Re: [meteorite-list] Images of 4 different Martian meteorite thin sections

2014-06-03 Thread Peter Scherff via Meteorite-list
Hi John, You have some great images of some beautiful thin sections. What did you use to capture them? Thanks, Peter Sent from my iPad On Jun 3, 2014, at 2:30 PM, J Sinclair via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Hi List, Here are comparison pictures of 4

[meteorite-list] NASA Begins Testing of New Spectrograph on Agency's Airborne Observatory

2014-06-03 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
June 3, 2014 NASA Begins Testing of New Spectrograph on Agency's Airborne Observatory Astronomers are eagerly waiting to begin use of a new instrument to study celestial objects: a high-resolution, mid-infrared spectrograph mounted on NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday to Comayagua

2014-06-03 Thread Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list
Nothing new other than the stone has vanished. Supposedly sold for $80,000 to the local university. Anyone who has been to Honduras would know that could never happen. Sad loss for a stone which penetrated a roof and bed while a man was laying in it watching TV! He came a few mm from being one

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday to Comayagua (Recent Falls)

2014-06-03 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks via Meteorite-list
That's a shame. It's one of those meteorites that is destined just be an obscure footnote. I wonder if any of it will ever surface, and if so, the chain of provenance will be murky. For those that are interested, here are the known and/or official falls since 2012 : 2014 - Feb 17, 2014 -

[meteorite-list] Chilean Antarctica gives clues to origin of life

2014-06-03 Thread Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
hello listers just think we all come from something we like to collect and trade :) check put this article and enjoy the read . A meteorite found in Chile’s Antarctica could lend weight to the argument that life on Earth may have resulted from debris falling on our planet from outer

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday to Comayagua (Recent Falls)

2014-06-03 Thread Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list
Why do you list the Canada thing, nothing was found that O ever heard about. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Jun 3, 2014, at 5:51 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: That's a shame. It's one of those meteorites that is destined just be an obscure footnote.

[meteorite-list] 2014 St. Thomas meteor

2014-06-03 Thread Rob Matson via Meteorite-list
Hi Mike/Mike/All, I wondered if I had missed something. As far as I knew, nothing had been found (yet) for the St. Thomas fall east of Toronto. The fall location is pretty well constrained by video (and possibly radar as well), so if anything survived to the ground I expect something will