[meteorite-list] BS AD: 20% off everything on this list tonight ONLY!!!! Meteorites!

2003-10-08 Thread Michael L Blood
on 10/7/03 8:29 PM, Michael Cottingham at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Michael Cottingham Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:28 PM Subject: Fw: 20% off everything on this list tonight ONLY Meteorites! Michael, What sort of BS is this? Earlier you post: 31. PASAMONTE,

[meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% off everything on this list tonight ONLY!!!! Meteorites!

2003-10-08 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
and is the time to stop this spam, today other 10 emails with the same subjectis ok only one to only one list. When I have put 2 messages of Ebay to week I am heard to say myself that I send only spam, here instead 10 messages for day no people opens mouth. And then we understood what

[meteorite-list] Re: I got a 7 kilograms meteorite from allende Mexico for sale...

2003-10-08 Thread Roman Nakonechny
Hi Hector, You have a very special meteorite there, as I'm sure you know if your grandpa told you anything. And it's a huge piece of it. Some people might want to buy the whole stone for quite a high price, so dont butcher it up, man. I mean , break it up or slice it until you check with

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% off everything on ...

2003-10-08 Thread Sharkkb8
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Matteo and Michael Blood should go back to bed...you nit wits! C'mon Michael (C.) - that doesn't really addressMichael (B.)'sinquiry about your "discount" pricing. If it's just a(moderately-insulting)marketing ploy to get the same net amount of money for a rock, just

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% off everything on ...

2003-10-08 Thread Michael Cottingham
It is something else Michael - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:05 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% off

Re: [meteorite-list] BS AD: 20% off 120% rocks

2003-10-08 Thread Sharkkb8
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is something else Okey dokey. Guessthat REALLY makes mea PAST customer. ;-) Gregory

[meteorite-list] Wales phenomenon:7 kg Allende:Calcutta

2003-10-08 Thread jim
Hello list I'd like to express my delight at the debate that ensued following the Wales event.Amazing stuff.Being just a layperson I assumed it was a fireball but after seeing Mr. Matsons calculations and being made aware of concordes overpass at that time I had no choice but to vote for

[meteorite-list] Oh, Calcutta

2003-10-08 Thread MARSROX
Dear fellow travelers, I've been to Calcutta twiceon mytrips toNepal and since there seems to be some interest in the city I'll contribute a few written snapshots. Mike's a lucky guy to be there. Mike has already noted the flooded streets. Like many Asian cities that are at or a few meters

[meteorite-list] a few words to know

2003-10-08 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hey mike just a few words to know over there: KEMSHO= HELLO SALAAM WALI KU=PRAISE SHUKIRIA=THANK YOU OOW JO=GOOD BYE AABAD=ALSO GOOD BYE DOUNKIN DONUTS :) Those few words will help getting you along way. steve arnold, chicago,

[meteorite-list] Wales: A few comments

2003-10-08 Thread Bjørn Sørheim
Hello List, I'm not shure if I can go along with the Concorde interpretation at this time, but it could be... At least it was not 'a boring aeroplane', but rather the most special airliner there is. And that's more than a twisting of words. As I have written, the contrails of all the airliners I

Re: Re-2: [meteorite-list] NWA request

2003-10-08 Thread Bernhard Rems
Bernd, let me tell you this: If I politely ask list members if they have to sell NWAs - and someone responses: Go collect marbles instead, I really cant see any grain of decency in this reply. I want noi fight, but I WILL respond to replies like this. And I already aopolgized for my reply to the

Re: [meteorite-list] ULTRA BIG chondrule ???????

2003-10-08 Thread Lars Pedersen
Hello For me to see it is a xenolithic inclusion. a xenolith is a fragment of rock differing in origin, composition, structure, etc., from the rock enclosing it. It looks alot like the NWA900 (NWA869?) taht Matteo have sold, and is pictured in Nortons The Cambridge encyclopedia of meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh, Calcutta

2003-10-08 Thread David Freeman
Dear Kevin; Thanks for the post. Reading this brings back many memories of SE Asia. I just loved Singapore. Cultures, the lure of things not found in US: every good, bad, and ugly thing that momma warned me about. Be careful Mike and watch the soup too! Dave Freeman Central Rocky Mountains,

[meteorite-list] Re: Ad--Alan Rubin Book Collection

2003-10-08 Thread Mikestockj
We recently purchased some extra books that Alan Rubin no longer needed. There are several books on the list that are quite interesting and affordably priced. http://jensenmeteorites.com/Rubin.htm We have lots of other meteorite books for sale please check out the links on this page; meteorite

[meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Images - October 2-8, 2003

2003-10-08 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES October 2-8, 2003 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available: o Mesas and Troughs (Released 02 October 2003) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/10/02/index.html o Small Impact

Re: Re-2: [meteorite-list] NWA request

2003-10-08 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; Let me tell you this doesn't grab me as polite this time either! I continue to look and see no politely ask in a post that calls for cheap and junk meteorites. I do realize that some list members have had positive transactions with this collector. Bah, such manners!

[meteorite-list] PRL To Unravel India Meteor Mystery

2003-10-08 Thread Ron Baalke
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=65145 PRL to unravel meteor mystery Ahmedabad Newsline (India) October 7, 2003 Ahmedabad: A piece of rock is the centre of attraction at Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad these days. The 250-gm rock piece that holds the promise

Re: [meteorite-list] PRL To Unravel India Meteor Mystery

2003-10-08 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; This post and the Newsline impression seems quite interesting. Radioactive... most primitive (yet has iron veins, with iron flow in the cracks), mmm...interesting reporting. Meteoric rains? Dave F. Ron Baalke wrote: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=65145

Re: [meteorite-list] PRL To Unravel India Meteor Mystery

2003-10-08 Thread Ron Baalke
This post and the Newsline impression seems quite interesting. Radioactive I think they are referring to isotope ratios. Meteoric rains? or meteorite showers. Ron Baalke __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Large Ice Age Floods Moved 16-Ton Willamette Meteorite To Oregon

2003-10-08 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2003/10/07/news/local/znews03.txt Floods' footsteps By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER Associated Press October 7, 2003 Institute looks to mark route of Glacial Lake Missoula's overflow THE DALLES, Ore. - Picture an ice dam 30 miles wide forming a lake 2,000 feet deep

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% offeverything on ...

2003-10-08 Thread Michael Cottingham
Hello, DON'T YOU GET IT! THERE IS NO STABILITY IN ANY MARKET That is Wishful thinking and an Illusion. Yeah my prices might be lower next week and then again maybe not. You can wait or you can buy...the choice is up to THE CUSTOMER. I don't care if my selling effects other dealers.. that

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% offeverything on ...

2003-10-08 Thread Martin Altmann
Hello Michaels BloodCottingham, I can't agree with Bood's opinion and in at least one point I have to defend Cottingham. Since 3 years I'm reading his posted SALES and as far as the prices are concerned, they aren't especially cheap, they are quite the normal average prices for each

[meteorite-list] Stone Soup?

2003-10-08 Thread Howard Wu
I've heard of stone soup before but never tried using meteorites. Howard WuMartin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And please don't email me, because you want to have my lists! It's a horrible work to makethem and a good cook never will publish his book with secret receiples.Want to chat

Re: [meteorite-list] glorieta

2003-10-08 Thread harlan trammell
very cool! was just wondering about 'em 'cuz i bought one on ebay that had olivene +some gun barrel blue-black crust on it that looked very sikhote-ish. the olivene's actual crust was straight black and the metal was heat-treated blue. the place must not get much rain to rust 'em away. From:

[meteorite-list] Wales: why no sonic boom

2003-10-08 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Jim and list, Just a quick reply to one of the questions Jim posed in his post: ... I'm curious why there was no supersonic boom mentioned by the observers.Was the plane too high?? For environmental reasons, the Concorde doesn't go supersonic until it is out over open ocean. I'm not sure

Re: [meteorite-list] Wales: why no sonic boom

2003-10-08 Thread Ron Baalke
... I'm curious why there was no supersonic boom mentioned by the observers.Was the plane too high?? They could have been too far away. You can have sightings of fireballs without hearing the sonic booms. In fact, meteorites have been known to land without anyone having heard a sonic boom. A

[meteorite-list] orientated SA trade?

2003-10-08 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, Sorry to bother you all, the delete key is normally on the right side of the keyboard if you don't care to continue. : ) As a lot of you know, I believe in bigger being better. Because of that belief, I was wondering if any one would be interested in a trade? I have a very nice 207g

[meteorite-list] Space Subcommittee Approves Pete Conrad Astronomy Awards Act

2003-10-08 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.house.gov/science/press/108/108-121.htm Committee on Science Press Contacts: SHERWOOD BOEHLERT, CHAIRMAN Heidi Mohlman Tringe Ralph M. Hall, Texas, Ranking DemocratJeff Donald (202) 225-4275 SPACE

Re: [meteorite-list] New Orleans strike...

2003-10-08 Thread bernd . pauli
Hi Dave and List, I got the first batch of data, high Mg-olivine, 32-44 % MgO, 11-16 % FeO, plus 0.5 % MnO! Rather surprising, a bit high for a meteorite. The pyroxenes are diopsidic to hgh Mg-pigeonitic. And the plagioclases are surprisingly Na-rich for a meteorite, over 8% Na2O. A weird

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20%offeverything on ...

2003-10-08 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Michael, But there aren't so much real Blow Out sales announced on this list, nor on the yahoo-groups, nor on the webpages of the dealers. Like so many others I would be glad to find cheap material, but in fact in the last 3 years I bought only three times from those socalled opportunities.

Re: [meteorite-list] Large Ice Age Floods Moved 16-Ton Willamette Meteorite To Oregon

2003-10-08 Thread almitt
Hi Ron and all, Ron Baalke wrote: The Willamette Meteorite, at nearly 16 tons the largest ever found in the United States and the sixth-largest in the world, apparently also rode the flow. It was identified near West Linn south of Portland in 1902 and resides at the American Museum of Natural

[meteorite-list] Help, I am seeing circles!

2003-10-08 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, terrestrially speaking, what can make inclusions in a rock round? I have a rock that has perfectly round black and white inclusions. It also has some odd shaped black, white and an almost round yellow inclusion. The matrix has a green tinge to it. I have pics if anyone cares to look. :

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% offeverything on ...

2003-10-08 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, I have added a new entry on my page devoted to buying meteorites and questionable seller activities. I call it the disappearing discount http://www.branchmeteorites.com/metbuying.html Those list members new to buying meteorites may want to take a look at the page. -Walter

Re: [meteorite-list] New Orleans strike...

2003-10-08 Thread Steve Schoner
A bulk analysis of small mm samples of a chondrite might not reflect the bulk analysis of a larger contiguous sample that represents the structure of the entire mass. So, before any conclusions are made it might be best to wait for that bulk analysis made from a larger sample.. Steve

[meteorite-list] Concerning your branchmeteorites.com/metbuying.html page...

2003-10-08 Thread Jerry A. Wallace
Hi Walter, In reference to your email to the MetList at 4:31 PM this afternoon: I thought What a fine thing to do for the meteorite community in general. Walter would certainly be the person who would do a bang-up job on a page like this. I immediately linked to the page with a great deal of

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% offeverything on ...

2003-10-08 Thread Randy Mils
Here is an idea.. Reputable retailers (like at the mall) will give you a reduction in price ifan item you buy goes on sale within a reasonable amount of time. Why wouldn't this work for meteorite dealers? Example If I sell XXX meteorite this week for $100- per gram and then put it

Re: [meteorite-list] PRL To Unravel India Meteor Mystery

2003-10-08 Thread Randy Mils
WOWZER! All this from a common L5 (most likely) Meteorite? Randy From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Meteorite Mailing List) Subject: [meteorite-list] PRL To Unravel India Meteor Mystery Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 09:44:55 -0700 (PDT)

Re: [meteorite-list] Concerning your branchmeteorites.com/metbuying.html page...

2003-10-08 Thread dfpens
Walter: You are certainly a crafty guy. Your subtle sense of humor is admirable. Keep up the good work! Dave Hi Walter, In reference to your email to the MetList at 4:31 PM this afternoon: I thought What a fine thing to do for the meteorite community in general. Walter would

[meteorite-list] Understanding ROCKS from Meteorites and other notions

2003-10-08 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; If you are rather new to meteorites and rocks.and the difference between the two is confusing, try visiting Bob's Rockshop Website, the home of Rock and Gem Magazine. There are plenty of links for your study of rocks. My favorite rock book for my education is The Audubon

[meteorite-list] Check this ebay add out!!!

2003-10-08 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2194471420 Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Garza Impact Display and Other Concerns

2003-10-08 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, It is with deep regret that we have to announce that the Garza bedroom interpretative impact display will not debut in Tucson 2004. As most of you know this project was to be managed in a partnership between Adam and Greg Hupe (66.6%) and R.A. Langheinrich Meteorites, A.k.a.

Re: [meteorite-list] Concerning your branchmeteorites.com/metbuying.html page...

2003-10-08 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Jerry, Ha! I just found (and corrected) that. Don't know how long that was there! -Walter -- www.branchmeteorites.com Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites PO Box 60492 Savannah, GA 31420 - Original Message - From: Jerry A. Wallace

[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Peekskill

2003-10-08 Thread geoking
Greetings Dear Listees: Eleven years ago today -- on October 9, 1992, at around 8 pm -- the Peekskill meteorite pummelled Michelle Knapp's Chevy Malibu as it sat innocently in her driveway. During the intervening years, Peekskill has become one of the most sought-after witnessed falls, and on

[meteorite-list] Attention, more ebay SPOOF emails

2003-10-08 Thread David Freeman
Dear List members; There are fraudulent ebay email requests flying around that seem to be genuine ebay requests for credit card information. I have contacted/reported a number of these to ebay and have received notice that they were fraudulent email requests from a third party. PLEASE do