Re: Fw: [meteorite-list] Question

2003-12-20 Thread joseph_town
You come to Chicago Matteo. You can learn the Chicago way. Of course i'm most likely wrong and have misunderstood poor Matteo. Maybe that movie translated to italian as poorly as he translates his bs to English. My lack of capitalization of italian is not meant for any other italian but you.

Re: [meteorite-list] Discovery of a Double Impact Crater in Libya

2003-12-20 Thread N Lehrman
Charles, Exactly the right question! The source crater for LDG is still absolutely unknown. Whether these new features might be the source was my INSTANT question, and I was disappointed that the subject received no comment. I'm sure it will in due time, as this is still one of the big missing

Re: [meteorite-list] Portales Valley and PF SF's

2003-12-20 Thread MexicoDoug
I'd guess that a particular "tailwind" is not required to make the situation you describe happen, as it impacts me as a bit too simple. The particles are not falling at the same rate (terminal velocity depends on mass, cross sectional area, their ratio and aerodynamics in general, so differing

Re: [meteorite-list] Discovery of a Double Impact Crater in Libya

2003-12-20 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Charles, That was my question exactly! First, they are close enough for the LDG to come from them, no further than moldavites to the Ries. Second, they're big enough to be the source. The real question is How old are they? LDG is 28.x million years old. The article says the

[meteorite-list] email address for Ms Latimer

2003-12-20 Thread Dave Harris
Hi, Ms Tracy Latimer! I do not appear to have a current email address for you.. ! Please let me know! thanks! dave IMCA #0092 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Portales Valley and PF SF's

2003-12-20 Thread Mark Jackson
Rex and List, That's an interesting point Rex. I have seen that effect. One of my theories about Park Forest had been that it may have been a multi-stage breakup followed by a detonating main mass. Once breakoff pieces separate, they immediately lose energy to the process of seeking aerodynamic

FW: [meteorite-list] Discovery of a Double Impact Crater in Libya

2003-12-20 Thread Charles Viau
Sterling, Norm and List.. That is really interesting. It follows that for a meteorite impact to make glass, there has to be some rather special conditions. I got some information on how people made the cheapest green glass, over a hundred years ago. Look at the ingredience they used:

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2003-12-20 Thread PolandMET.com
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[meteorite-list] Question

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[meteorite-list] Lunar/Martian controversy

2003-12-20 Thread Mark Jackson
Dear List, Another curiosity that I struggled with intellectually while out there on the lakes was this controversy over the find ratio of lunars to martians (It currently stands close to even, I beleive). It's easy for me to holistically contemplate that, all other things being equal, it should

Re: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Martian controversy

2003-12-20 Thread ks1u
Mark: Hello, you pose an interesting observation and question. The first thing which comes to mind is thatpredictions based on statistics are more likely to fall within predicted ranges when relatively high numbers are involved. I don't recall off-hand how many of each (lunar and Martian)

[meteorite-list] trade

2003-12-20 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi and good morning list.Since I have so much of this new nevada meteorite, I have decided to put a piece for trade if anyone is interested.It is a 75 gram fragment.It measures 7cm x 3.5cm x 1.5cm.It is very good size.It has alot of crust and on the underside there is still alot of the desert

Re: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Martian controversy

2003-12-20 Thread j . divelbiss
Q: When were most space floaters from Mars and the Moon created? A: A couple billions of years ago when most of the planetary bombardments were occurring. Q: How long have these planetary meteorites been on earth? A: Probably all less than 25,000 years. So we know the rate of finds from

Re: [meteorite-list] trade

2003-12-20 Thread j . divelbiss
Here is an idea for Tucson. Trade or sell all the puzzle pieces to the usual attendees...then every year there could be the Humpty Dumpty Puzzle Party hosted by Steve. You could invite Bob to come and put it all the pieces back together again for posterity...and for some laughs of course. You

Re: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Martian controversy

2003-12-20 Thread Starbits
In a message dated 12/20/2003 8:24:13 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Q: When were most space floaters from Mars and the Moon created? A: A couple billions of years ago when most of the planetary bombardments were occurring. Actually they are much, much

[meteorite-list] MARS EARTH Crater identification?

2003-12-20 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I am curious, men mistook meteor crater for a volcanic vent for years and even today we have to look for signs before we can call an impact crater an impact crater. How come we are so confident about the identification of impact craters on Mars vs. volcanic vents from pics with out

[meteorite-list] Hosting meteorite related sites

2003-12-20 Thread Bernhard \Rendelius\ Rems
Title: Nachricht Good morning, I'd like to ask you if you would be interested in hosting your meteorite site on a dedicated server that will be reserved for meteorite related sites and those sites only. I know how to manage a server, and I could get hold of a fast machine with an excellent

[meteorite-list] ** Meteorite Book Dealers **

2003-12-20 Thread Paul Harris
Dear Meteorite Book Dealers, Please review and or add your listing to our Meteorite Book List. http://www.meteorite.com/book_list.htm Thank you! Paul and Jim ** Paul Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Tobin [EMAIL

[meteorite-list] ** Meteorite Identification ** List of Meteorite Identification web pages

2003-12-20 Thread Paul Harris
I should have added... Please reply to this e-mail with your URL to be listed. Thank you! Dear List, Jim and I are going to start a page on our meteorite.com site to list all web pages dealing with meteorite identification. This will be similar to our Dealers Listing web page. We will also

Re: AW: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Martian controversy

2003-12-20 Thread j . divelbiss
Norbert, Thanx for correction as always. This does answer reinforce the Mars material late arrival notion? Still too complicated is a start... Time, time, time... JD Hi Mark, John, and List, Since Eric already addressed an error in the first answer regarding the absolute ages of

AW: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Martian controversy

2003-12-20 Thread Norbert Classen
Hi Mark, John, and List, Since Eric already addressed an error in the first answer regarding the absolute ages of Martian, and lunar meteorites, let me address an error in the second answer: Q: How long have these planetary meteorites been on earth? A: Probably all less than 25,000 years. So

Re: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Martian controversy

2003-12-20 Thread j . divelbiss
Thanx Eric, If our max 19 million year CRE ages are correct relative to the carbon dating, then materials from the ancient impacts are not around, or at least in space or evident on Earth. Maybe on other planets...maybe. Q: Does this imply that the Asteroid Belt is out of bounds for this

[meteorite-list] Fellowship of the puzzle meteorite.

2003-12-20 Thread Howard Wu
Wonderful idea, Lets not loose thisNevada treasure to bad stewardship. Sell the frags togetherat Tuscon and keep a registry of the puzzle owners. Maybe at Blood's Auction, or raffle them.I'd take a piece under those conditions. Howard Wu[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is an idea for Tucson.Trade

[meteorite-list] AD Sale eBay

2003-12-20 Thread almitt
To those interested, Since this has become the meteorite advertising list :-) I have a number of ebay auctions ending to day in the next 12 to 18 hours. Also auctions ending in the next two days including a number of nice thin sections, some are historical falls. Some nice quality items at fair

Re: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Martian controversy

2003-12-20 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Just as it's hard to get to the Moon (from Earth, that is, I haven't made it yet), it's even harder to get TO the Earth FROM the Moon. Yeah, I know, it flies in the face of the obvious (Earth LOOKS flat)! There's the Moon just hanging around up there in the heavenly neighborhood,

[meteorite-list] WHere is Bernd?

2003-12-20 Thread jensan
Hi folks, Has anyone heard from Bernd lately? He use to contribute alot to the list. Sarah Kennedy __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Martian controversy

2003-12-20 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Easiest expalnation is that the moonrocks we do find on Earth have gotten here in a short timeframe. Probably zinged around in the Earth-Moon system for a while and then had the bad luck to smack us. And a short cosmic ray exposure age is a long time, at least for us humans. Tektites

Re: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Martian controversy

2003-12-20 Thread Ron Baalke
Another curiosity that I struggled with intellectually while out there on the lakes was this controversy over the find ratio of lunars to martians (It currently stands close to even, I beleive). It's easy for me to holistically contemplate that, all other things being equal, it should be