See you there Martin, and all of you who will make it there! The Meteoriteshow
Team (2 people, the minimum for a team!) will be
waiting for you there ready to share the good atmosphere of this great event
and of course to show you some new slices of our finds
and also some more...
I still have
This is just about as much related to meteorites as vacation photos.
Randy
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Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]pterodactyl egg (ad)
Hello Brahin Lovers,
I bought a nice (before) Brahin in Ensisheim Show from Neith Investment Ltd.
The dealer is from Russia I think. I paid 264 $ for 88 g.
You can see two pictures, before and after here:
http://www.colvir.net/prof/vincent.stelluti/
Somebody knows if Neith Investment is
Hi,
I wish to sell my 38.2g crusted slice of Allende...
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.harris580/allende3comp.jpg
first person to $250 into paypal can have it! Or at least email me to
reserve it - but payment expected within 12 hours otherwise I'll change
my mind!
Superb slice, wonderful
Hello Vincent,
A nice slice (before). Although I don't know this dealer, I would be careful to
blame him on this. Brahin is well known as a heavy ruster. If you don't store
the material in a very, very dry environment (e.g. Excicator w/desiccant),
noone can really guarantee for a lifelong
Hello Vincent, Jörn, List,
Being directly responsible for Ensisheim reservations, Neith Investment
Ttd is unknown to me as (Russian) dealer in Ensisheim. There should be
another name behind that I should know better.
This being, I fully agree with Jörn not to blame the dealer, at least for
Hello Jrn, steve and list,
I bought the slice in June 2002,
In august 2002, the slice starts to fell apart.
Then, I put it in a Tupperware full with isopropilic alcohol at 99,9% and I
sealed the Tupperware in a plastic bag. I was waiting to find a solution.
But I forgot it there and I opened
Hello Vincent,
Neith is the same as Cometshop 21 on eBay. The fellow behind
'Cometshop 21' is Serge (I'm sorry but I can't remember his last name
right now.). He is a very honest, very reasonable dealer. Wonderful
person. Hopefully he will be there and can help you.
Best of luck,
Bob
Serge's
Dear Vincent,
Then, I put it in a Tupperware full with isopropilic alcohol...
This was certainly the wrong way, because:
alcohol (ethanol as well as isopropanol) is quite hygroscopic, i.e. it will
absorb a lot of water. Even if you seal the plastic bag, it does not work as
humidity will
Most stable of all pallasites is Imilac, you will enjoy it for decades
without any traces of rust.
Similar problematic as Brahin are Brenham and Admire.
Of course Brahin is by far the cheapest of all - but from a higher
investment you will profit for the rest of your life.
Perhaps Karl/Vassiliev
Or Vincent,
easiest is to buy a sealed slice, it's not looking so perfect as it's more
shiny but then you have not so much worries anymore.
Afanasjev has such sealed ones, they are stable, Koutyrev, the second
largest Brahin supplier adverised with the gimmick, that you could keep his
stabilized
kind of a beatles rip-off i'm working on on the dulcimer. the tempo will be determined by keeping rhythm with the crackling and popping of my rusting 5lbs. megachunk of brahin. when it's done i might have a few facet-grade olivines left to cut. 2nd track of this album- "rusting away in
I repeat forever, I prefear pay many money for a
Esquel - Imilac slice and not for a brahin slice this
go in total ruin for rusty after few days
Matteo
--- vincent stelluti [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha
scritto:
Hello Brahin Lovers,
I bought a nice (before) Brahin in Ensisheim Show
from Neith
I have pay my gr.94 thin slice of Imilac from Moritz
$15.2/gr. and its perfect stable. The same for esquel,
I have pay Euro 17,44/gr. for a 51.6 gr. slice and is
the same perfect.
Matteo
--- Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha
scritto:
Most stable of all pallasites is Imilac, you will
enjoy
Hello Brahin Lovers,
I bought a nice (before) Brahin in Ensisheim Show from Neith
Investment Ltd.
The dealer is from Russia I think. I paid 264 $ for 88 g.
You can see two pictures, before and after here:
http://www.colvir.net/prof/vincent.stelluti/
urh terrible
I agree with Matteo. You get what you pay for. Esquel, Imilac, Albin,
Glorietta, and a few others are investment quality pallasites.
Brahin, Brenham and Admire have always had a bad reputation in general
although there are some speicmens that have lasted for years with no traces
of rust. I
In august 2002, the slice starts to fell apart.
Then, I put it in a Tupperware full with isopropilic alcohol at 99,9% and
I
sealed the Tupperware in a plastic bag. I was waiting to find a solution.
But I forgot it there and I opened the Tupperware last week.
I found no more alcohol and the
Hi List,
Jörn wrote:
Alcohol is only good for pulling off liquid water from a specimen after it
has been dipped in water. Even then, the specimen has to be dried in an
oven to get the remaining humidity off.
Here is a tip of an old timer chemist.
To remove alcohol (ethanol) that was used in
Dear List,dear Jörn,
Jörn wrote:
My advice: always store known rusters under desiccant. Best is to use
silica geel with color indicator (cobalt) so you see when its time to change
it. If the storage box isn't really hermetic (.e.g plastic boxes), you have
to change and re-generate the desiccant
Hello,
Thanks to all for the advices.
However, I think I will never by a Bhahin again.
I have a piece of Esquel since June 2000 (Ensisheim show) and it is still as
I bought.
Vincent
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From: Zelimir Gabelica [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
This being, I fully agree with Jörn not to blame the dealer, at least for
Brahin the Ruster.
The best thing a dealer could (and should) do is to provide his (her)
customer with all the proper information about his (her) material, be that
as it may, to the best of his (her) knowledge. If this
... that is about one of the saddest pics I've seen.
Trouble is, as I understand it, Brahin's Ni content is heterogeneous so one
can get completely stable slices too that never rot away. Trouble is, one
doesn't know until it is too late!
One can have similar probs with Brenham too...
Very
Humm, Eagle Station is a Ni bomb,
but quite unaffordable
- Original Message -
From: Dave Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; metlist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:29 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Poor Brahin
... that is about one
my big Esquel slice is 100% fine despite living about 100 meters away from the sea and it is continuously damp, gray and horrible here in Portslade. Jim Hartman did a fine job in polishing it - I am sure that proper preparation helps
Best!
dave
IMCA #0092
Sec.BIMS
www.bimsociety.org
Hello list,
The Arnolds Awesome Arabian Adventure '05
$10.00 plus shipping via Steve Arnold, IMB. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
The meteorite finds start slow, but that's okay, the Arnold's entertain us
with Wildlife footage and general adventure commentary, and it gives us time
to be introduced to
Hello List,
The latest info is that Alain Carion, although not present this year at the
show, will provide us with a DVD report (26 minutes) on the recent
(December 2004) joint French-Egyptian expedition in Southern Egypt lead by
Philippe Paillou collaborators (among which Carion) to
Greetings Listees. With a heavy heart, I will be
selling and listing my desert eucrite collection on
eBay in the coming weeks. I`m purchasing a new house
in September, and need a little extra money for
upgrading when I move in. Some things just have to
take precidence. Listed will be maim
Dave Schultz wrote:
... maim masses...
Hmmm. I wonder what Freud would say?
On another note, any chance you will cut loose some of
your eucrite falls?
Cheers,
Martin
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http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn7523
Mars Express deploys second radar boom
Maggie McKee
New Scientist
June 15, 2005
The second of two identical radar booms has been deployed on Europe's
Mars Express spacecraft - but it is not yet clear if the operation was
successful. If it
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7522
Magma oceans sloshed across early asteroids
Jeff Hecht
New Scientist
June 15, 2005
Oceans of molten rock, or magma, covered some asteroids in the early
solar system, reveals a new study of meteorites. But researchers are
still puzzled over why
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June05/Athena.6.8.lg.html
Lucky Spirit and even luckier Opportunity continue their odyssey
beyond 1,000 Martian days
June 14, 2005
Cornell University News Service
Contact: Lauren Gold
Phone: (607) 255-9736
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Media Contact: Blaine P.
Hello Martin, Dave and list,
Dave Schultz wrote:
... maim masses...
Martin wondered, Hmmm. I wonder what Freud would say?
I think Freud would blame it on his mother. I always tend to lean towards
Wasson. Wasson would blame the general collecting community I think.
Clear Skies,
Mark
Doh! Where`s that damn spell-checker when you need
it??? ;)
Dave
Hello Martin, Dave and list,
Dave Schultz wrote:
... maim masses...
Martin wondered, Hmmm. I wonder what Freud would
say?
I think Freud would blame it on his mother. I
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES
June 9-15, 2005
The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on
the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available:
o Daedalia Flow (Released 09 June 2006)
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/06/09
o Inverted Channels (Released 10 June
Hi,
well, as there was a good response to the Allende slice
I have a 1.7g piece of Dong Ujimqin Qi mesosiderite to go
This is a very rare Inner Mongolian fresh (1995) meso.
As before, first to reserve paypal $100 incl. shipping can have it!
best
dave
IMCA #0092
Sec.BIMS
Hello Walter and list, Walter wrote;
Actually, Freud was quite fond of saying, sometimes a cigar is just a
cigar.
I thought that Bill Clinton said that! Or was Bill just fond of cigars, I
forget.
Thanks, Tom
peregrineflier
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From: Walter Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yeah, that's the problem with "unstable" pallasites - there are portions that havehigher Ni content and they seem to be fine.!
What one needs to do is to slice and prepare some "rusters", let them mature for ayear or two, then one can sell them as stable examples of the genre if they
Dear List Members,
I have many eBay auctions starting to end in one hour, many still at just 99
cents under my seller name, naturesvault.
I have several new classifications ending today, here are the direct links:
New Rumuruti ending.
NEW - NWA 2702 R4 - 9.4g Complete Slice
Hello Steve,
The 04 being over the 05 misled me therealthough one member did point
out the four A's.
Steve asked: How does Arnold's Awesome April Arabian Adventure '05 sound?
I kinda like Another Arnold's Awesome Arabian Adventure '06:^)
Thanks again for the entertaining DVD.
One Google says:
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar is attributed to Sigmund Freud. But there
is no evidence that he actually said it. It means that sometimes a cigar is
what it is and not a phallic symbol -- an elongated object representing a
penis. This line is beloved by showboat psychology
Steve's message either didn't make it through, or is being slow, so I am
forwarding it, as it was sent to the list as well. If Steve's does come
through, please delete this.
Clear Skies,
Mark
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: The
Hi list and good evening.For those who have inquired on my new 78 gram
slice of RED ROCK iron,I got it from COSMIC CUTLERY.As of today they still
had some pieces to buy.I also put up a picture of the piece on my website
homepage as well as updated pic of my display case.
Before and after WHAT???
My God.
You can see two pictures, before and after here:
http://www.colvir.net/prof/vincent.stelluti/
Rob Wesel
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
--
We are the music makers...
and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
Willy Wonka, 1971
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on 6/15/05 3:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: : : : (They probably imitate Groucho because he was another cigar smoker.
The cigar story associated with him is that a woman explained her many
children by saying, I love my husband. And Groucho responded, I love my
cigar
But trying to find a nearby invisible star is a truly daunting technical
problem
concerning which no light bulbs have turned on in my brain... It's as dim
in there as
the L dwarves themselves!
Sterling K. Webb
infared won't detect the L's??? Jerry Flaherty
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That's the question!
Vincent
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From: Rob Wesel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: vincent stelluti [EMAIL PROTECTED];
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ensisheim
Before and after WHAT???
My God.
You can
Hi Darren,
Yes, it has.
Yes, it does belong in a museum. Would you like to buy it and
donate it to the museum of your choice?
Thanks, Michael
on 6/14/05 9:58 PM, Darren Garrison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has this find been examined by paleontologists yet? Something
Hello List,
I am very happy to announce that the chondrite I found in January is now
classified by Lora Bleacher at ASU. I do not have all the information yet,
but it looks to be an
L5, S1, W3
If some of you remember your guesses just by looking were right on the
money!
This sure is
Hi Bill,
I had to dig through my old e-mails to remind myself what my
guess was:
... hard to guess from a single photo -- almost certainly an H-
or an L-chondrite. Doesn't look unequilibrated, but it doesn't
look completely equilibrated either. My best guess would be H5
or L5, though the
Hello List,
Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what it is?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=3239item=6538683982rd=1
-Larry
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I believe that a week ago we determined this to be a crackpot. Iron rich
olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may be. I have some somewhere.
DF
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello List,
Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what it is?
Congratulations!
Three cheers for Bill!
Larry
-Original Message-
From: Bill Southern [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:36:05 -0700
Subject: [meteorite-list] New Arizona Find
Hello List,
I am very happy to announce that the
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:53:55 -0700, Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, it does belong in a museum. Would you like to buy it and
donate it to the museum of your choice?
Thanks, Michael
No, I'm sure that if I sold my home and everything that I owned I still
wouldn't be
Dave, List,
I must've missed that thread. There certainly seems to be a hint of
crackpotedness for sure! The rock is very interesting however, I've
never seen anything like it before. Do you have any pic's Dave?
Thanks,
Larry
-Original Message-
From: Dave Freeman mjwy [EMAIL
Dear List Members,
We are proud to announce another new, unique and beautiful Mesosiderite,
some slices have etched metal inclusions. It is NWA 2711 and is available on
eBay under my seller name, naturesvault.
Here are the direct links to the specimens I have listed tonight:
NEW - NWA 2711
Dave,
In a career working frequently with basalts, I've
never seen megascopic free metal. I also have never
heard of the same. Basalts are, by nature, iron rich,
but for all practical purposes, most of the iron is
present in silicate phases. This thing isn't a
basalt. I don't have any better
Hi Bill and All
Bill ,I wish you the very best congrads my friend !! And A great big Atta
Boy !! :o)
Happy Huntin
John Blennert
- Original Message -
From: Bill Southern [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 5:36 PM
Subject:
I am not sure but I think that one of the iron rich olivine basalts I
speak of is on Tim Heinz meteorwrong page from a few years back.
Dave F.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave, List,
I must've missed that thread. There certainly seems to be a hint of
crackpotedness for sure! The rock is very
Hi, Jerry,
Because of their low temperatures, these stars are brighter in the infrared
than visible light. That is how they were discovered by 2MASS. The problem is
determining their distance. Is this or that super-faint object near or far?
Many conventional means of estimating
Slow down Dave,
I didn't say it is a winner; I just don't know what
it is. I can't seem to get the picture back up (I
think the auction has been cancelled), but it looked
to me like all the phases were very coarsely
crystalline. In this case, metal or no metal, it
couldn't be a basalt (which
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:37:49 -0700 (PDT), Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7522
Magma oceans sloshed across early asteroids
Jeff Hecht
New Scientist
June 15, 2005
Oceans of molten rock, or magma, covered some asteroids in the early
solar system,
Hi List.
Checkout this great meteorwrong page. - See Item #34, terrestrial basalt
conglomerate. Cut that and polish it, and it would probably look better than
the slab this idiot has. It even looks like there is sulfur in his slab,
and if you look close, there are holes, or vesicles in the
Hi all! We have just listed several really beautiful,
metal rich mesosiderites starting at under $3/gram.
They range in size from 35 grams up to a whopping 860
grams! This meso has awesome, big metal nodules and
tons of metal. They are worth a look even if you're
not in the market.
Dear John and list members,
I would like this opportunity to make sure everyone knows that the
mesosiderite, NWA 2711, I just announced today and the one John announced
right after ours are NOT paired. NWA 2711 is very fresh and even had some
thick black crust visible before cutting. I have
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