[meteorite-list] New Orleans fall - 23rd Sept 2003

2003-10-24 Thread Dave Harris
Hi, I am getting a few non-deliverable postmaster messages back from those individuals who wanted some of the New Orleans fall. I have resent, but in case you do not get my notification, hopefully you'll get it via the MetList. Just advising you all that I have the New Orleans fall for sale now -

[meteorite-list] Gueretaro Mexico

2003-10-24 Thread Martin Altmann
Hola list, I'm searching for informations on a more recent find (iron?) from Mexico, Gueretaro (or similar). Does somebody knows something about? SaludosGracias Martin A.

Re: [meteorite-list] Gueretaro Mexico

2003-10-24 Thread Sharkkb8
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm searching for informations on a more recent find (iron?) from Mexico, Gueretaro (or similar). Does somebody knows something about? Probably Queretaro - it's an H4, found in 1971. The blurb in the NHM database: A complete, very weathered individual weighing 11lbs

RE: [meteorite-list] Recognizing a Venusian meteorite

2003-10-24 Thread mark ford
More to the point where are all the earth meteorites? We should be able to recognize them, (one would hope!), I guess as most of the earths immediate surface is soil, or sedimentary rock(s), an earthite meteorite would be pretty strange do date no true 'sedimentary' meteorites have been found?,

RE: [meteorite-list] Earthite

2003-10-24 Thread mark ford
Zelmir, Indeed!, I was being ironic when I said Earthites would look like Tektites. I think it is widely accepted that Tektites are Terrestrial! (wait for the barrage of posts :) The fact that fused silica is found around impact craters ought to be a blimming clue !! But also, surley there

[meteorite-list] Re: Green Glow Over North Carolina Could Have Been Meteor Shower

2003-10-24 Thread Marco Langbroek
Message: 7 From: Bob Martino [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Green Glow Over North Carolina Could Have Been Meteor Shower Orionids at 8:45 pm??? No way! The radiant is far below the horizon then. Sorry, but this isn't correct. One can indeed see meteors from a shower when the

[meteorite-list] Tektites-Earthites

2003-10-24 Thread Zelimir Gabelica
Mark, I believe it is well understood that tektites are of terrestrial origin (one, probably the most widely accepted theory). My remark was more subtle. Without having data on hand to check, I believe that a tektite is considered as a terrestrial (silica -rich or -enriched) material ejected (by

RE: [meteorite-list] Tektites-Earthites

2003-10-24 Thread mark ford
Zelmir, To me the very fact that there are no known Earthites, (other than Tektites) or any known 'venusites', (or indeed any meteorites of types not believed to be from asteroids/persolar nebula/mars/moon/and maybe mercury?) raises some interesting questions... Either, 1. The mechanism we

Re: [meteorite-list] Tektites-Earthites

2003-10-24 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Well, if the moon has once been a part of the earth, do we have lunaites at all? Are they in fact earthites? ;- take care, pekka mark ford wrote: 2. or we have misidentified some of the Lunar or Martian or other rock types when in fact they are from other planet(s) (although this is

[meteorite-list] Ne Orleans informations

2003-10-24 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello I am under buy some little fragments and a fragment of the New Orleans fall, what probably name is give to this meteorite from the Nom Com, New Orleans? The total mass is 20 kg. or up? News on the classification? Regards matteo = M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina

[meteorite-list] ebay AD - 72g individual of a year 2002 fall

2003-10-24 Thread Svend Buhl
Hello all, Id like to take a chance to present a beautiful individual of last years fall in Thuathe / Lesotho. Currently for sale on ebay at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2197780822category=3239rd=1 Item ends sunday Oct-26-03 21:00:00 PST, reserve price is 4,80 / g The

Re: [meteorite-list] Recognizing a Venusian meteorite

2003-10-24 Thread tracy latimer
Considering that all the extrasolar planets we have found so far have been gas giants, and some in highly weird orbits to boot, maybe Earth _is_ an anomaly, astrophysically speaking. Of course, our means of locating smaller planets isn't as effective, yet. Possibly being smacked by whatever

[meteorite-list] 22-Kilogram Meteorite Found In Morocco

2003-10-24 Thread Ron Baalke
http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/11153_meteorite.html Meteorite of a Football Size Discovered in Morocco Pravda (Russia) October 24, 2003 The unearthly origin of the find is proved by its crystal structure A large meteorite has been discovered near the city of Oujda to the

[meteorite-list] Visitors From Outer Space

2003-10-24 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.abc.net.au/goldfields/stories/s973813.htm Visitors from outer space Irene Montefiore Australian Broadcasting Corporation October 24, 2003 Have you ever looked up to the night sky, seen a blazing object appear coming earthwards, and wondered where it came from? A new project will

[meteorite-list] NASA Opens Kecksburg Docs

2003-10-24 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-10/24/12.00.sfc NASA Opens Kecksburg Docs Sci Fi Channel October 24, 2004 NASA has agreed to turn over documents relating to the alleged crash of a UFO in Kecksburg, Pa., in 1965, the SCI FI Channel announced. The news comes a day after SCI

[meteorite-list] Story from the Journal Sentinel Online

2003-10-24 Thread Mark Langenfeld
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Langenfeld) Subject: Story from the Journal Sentinel Online This story was sent from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online: http://www.jsonline.com. It was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Langenfeld) on 10/24/2003 2:39:06 PM

[meteorite-list] The first LL from Atacama desert

2003-10-24 Thread Rodrigo Martinez
Hola List I have ready the pictures of La Yesera 002 (LL5). www.meteorites.cl Buenas tardes Best Regards Rodrigo Martinez Atacama Desert Meteorites http://www.meteorites.cl __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] New-Orleans and Saint Aubin now available

2003-10-24 Thread Impactika
Hello everybody! I have just received some tiny fragments of the New-Orleans meteorite, and a few slices of Saint Aubin, the new ungrouped octahedrite from France (more coming soon). And they are all ready for you to enjoy. The New-Orleans meteorite is indeed very friable, and the fragments are