[meteorite-list] Aubres Meteorite Fragment For Sale

2004-04-20 Thread Jeff Kuyken
G'day List, For the first time, one of the Monthly Favourites from my site is up for sale. It's a 23mg fragment of Aubres (Aubrite) which featured back in August 2002 and is the only substantial fragment under $500 on the market at present. (That I know of anyway.) Price is $80 + postage

[meteorite-list] Huss Number H175.7 identification help needed

2004-04-20 Thread Martin Altmann
Hello list, is someone able to identify a possible Huss Number: H175.7 I don'town the right catalogue. Should be Calliham, Texas, L6, Tkw: 40kg.. I have a nice 43g slice with that number and the first ones, who will answer can have it for 150$ (approx. 3.5$/gm) free airmail shipping

[meteorite-list] Ad - LA001 / Lake Murray

2004-04-20 Thread Roman Jirasek
Hi all, I need cash! This is the only Lake Murray specimen I could find for sale, please have a look: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItemsuserid=roman...include=0since=-1sort=3rows=50 If anyone is interested in a very rare world class .972g specimen of LA 001,

Re: [meteorite-list] Huss Number H175.7 identification help needed

2004-04-20 Thread martinh
Hi Martin, According to the Huss catalog (1976), the H175.x number is Calliham, Texas. And speaking about Huss numbers, I have a ebay auction for one ending in about 24 hours. Along with the Huss numbered piece, I have 25 other localities from the USA, Europe, Australia, Africa, Russia, and

[meteorite-list] Atacama desert meteorite new look

2004-04-20 Thread Rodrigo Martinez
Good morning list I am finishing the new look of my web www.meteorites.cl with old fashion (Atacama map). In Science area I am making the history of pioneer in the chilean meteoritics, for me found these old and original bibliography was so exciting as found a meteorite. Best regards Rodrigo

[meteorite-list] Meteorite pairing

2004-04-20 Thread bernd . pauli
Greeting list members, Greetings Bob and List, what Meteorite Pairing or Paired Meteorites exactly is. OK, here we go :-) Best wishes, Bernd HERPERS U. et al. (1987) Cosmic Ray Records In Antarctic Achondrites As Indicators Of Pairing (Meteoritics 22-4, 1987, p. 407): Summary of the

[meteorite-list] Boorish comments on a tektite website: a reply

2004-04-20 Thread Norman Lehrman
Everyone, You've all been wondering about the silence from me. Nope, it's not newly learned restraint. I've been out in the field with no Internet access. My apologies if you get several copies of this. I've tried sending it multiple times and it doesn't seem to have gone throught to the

[meteorite-list] New Meteorite Articles Mailing List, now on Yahoo

2004-04-20 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello, I have done away with my old mailing list and have replaced it with this one at Yahoo (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meteoritearticles). The old server was having some problem and spam would sometimes come from them. I have used Yahoo for several years and have not had any problem. If you

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - April 19, 2004

2004-04-20 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: 'Missoula Crater' in Sight - sol 102-104, Apr 19, 2004 Spirit had a busy weekend, culminating with a 75-meter (246-feet) drive toward Missoula Crater on sol 103, which ended at 2:33 a.m. PST on April 18. The sol before the

[meteorite-list] Gibeon Meteorite Smuggling Case Withdrawn

2004-04-20 Thread Ron Baalke
http://allafrica.com/stories/200404200352.html Meteorite Smuggling Case Withdrawn The Namibian (Windhoek) April 20, 2004 Werner Menges Windhoek REPEATED delays in getting the case to trial dealt a blow to the prosecution in the case of a Windhoek resident accused of the theft and illegal

Re: [meteorite-list] Gibeon Meteorite Smuggling Case Withdrawn

2004-04-20 Thread Sharkkb8
Ron Baalke's meteorite article quote: Meteorites from Gibeon are being advertised for sale on collectors' websites on the Internet - all illegally, since export is forbidden. We've frequently discussed the Campo issue, and Australian/Canadian export laws, but I don't recallhearing much

[meteorite-list] RE: Escoria

2004-04-20 Thread tracy latimer
I just received my bit of Escoria from Norm yesterday. It's a good thing someone is collecting this material; despite several layers of bubble wrap and a padded envelope, the U.S. Snail still managed to fracture the piece I ordered into 5 fragments and some dust. That's how light and fragile

RE: [meteorite-list] Gibeon Meteorite Smuggling Case Withdrawn

2004-04-20 Thread Frank Prochaska
Hello all, My understanding was that the vast majority of the Gibeon on the market came out BEFORE Namibia instituted their legal restrictions. The export of Gibeons actually prompted the government to put those restrictions in place. Can one of the longer term dealers or hunters

Re: [meteorite-list] Gibeon Meteorite Smuggling Case Withdrawn

2004-04-20 Thread David Freeman
Dear All, Not to feed ducks; but shouldn't a line in the sand be drawn somewhere on this issue, and all meteorite issues regarding a national grandfather clause..ex-post-facto-habius-corpus some fan dangled lawyer phrase anyway? Much bologna is being laid on the meteorite

[meteorite-list] Comets To Put On Morning Sky Show

2004-04-20 Thread Ron Baalke
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3642725.stm Comets to put on morning sky show By Dr David Whitehouse BBC News April 20, 2004 Astronomers say there could be three comets visible to the unaided eye in the night sky in a few weeks' time. Comet Bradfield has just rounded the Sun and

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Escoria / boxes

2004-04-20 Thread Michael L Blood
on 4/20/04 11:16 AM, tracy latimer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: despite several layers of bubble wrap and a padded envelope, the U.S. Snail still managed to fracture the piece I ordered into 5 fragments and some dust. --- Hi Tracy, Norm All, I managed to refrain from comment re

[meteorite-list] Comet Bradfield

2004-04-20 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Ron and List, Comet Bradfield was discovered by veteran comet hunter William Bradfield of Australia. He saw it on 23 March whilst sweeping the evening twilight with his home-made telescope. He saw it on 23 March ??? Sky and Telescope, March 1980, p. 210: More important to

[meteorite-list] Nininger to Perry, April 11, 1952

2004-04-20 Thread MARK BOSTICK
(American Meteorite Museum Letterhead) AMERICAN METEORITE MUSUEM OPPOSITE METEOR CRATER ON HIGHWAY 66 POST OFFICE BOX 1171 WINSLOW ARIZONA Apr, 11 '52 Dear Stuart: Under separate cover I'm sending you the sawing from Tambo Quimada (?), Lima, Peru. Sorry I forgot it. I cut only your slice from

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Escoria / boxes

2004-04-20 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 4/20/2004 2:34:53 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is one of the primary reasons I send EVERYTHING PriorityMail. It is very safely boxed. (exceptions are use of Registered Mail,in boxes, for overseas and material over $1,000 in value)This post is

[meteorite-list] 3rd attempt

2004-04-20 Thread Matson, Robert
Title: 3rd attempt Hi All, This is getting frustrating, but I think I've figured out a pattern to which posts make it to Met Central, and which ones go to the twilight zone. I guess I'll know in a moment. I'm sending this message to BOTH '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' and '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', as the

[meteorite-list] Boxes to shipping issues

2004-04-20 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; I thought I'd offer a handful of rolled oats for the quackers. I have shipped a bunch of larger 5-15 pound and a few 30 pound rocks in cardboard boxes recently. I roll the specimens up in about three layers of newspapers, put them in a box full of styrofoam peanuts, settle the