[meteorite-list] mistake on ebay

2006-11-08 Thread Fred Caillou Noir
Dear All, Please consider this post as an information and not as an AD. I simply wish to inform you all that I made a wrong copy paste when preparing one of our pending auctions that displays a false subtitle. You will find this mistake on a ZAG endcut, supposed to have 2 slickensides

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - November 8, 2006

2006-11-08 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/November_8.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] mistake on ebay

2006-11-08 Thread almitt
Hi Frederic, I've made a number of mistakes also with the cut and paste features. It's easy to do but mainly want to tell people that working with you and your representative was a very positive thing and that your a good source to deal with! You can go into the auctions and change

RE: [meteorite-list] Ghubara...

2006-11-08 Thread mark ford
Yes I agree there!, Ghubara is probably the perfect meteorite, a good combination of 'cheap and clean'. One of my slices has been perfectly 'flat mirror polished' and even looks just like the black obelisk in the film '2001 a space odessey!! (frankly it scares me every time I look at it :)

[meteorite-list] Ground Team Stays Busy on 10th Anniversary of Mars Global Surveyor Launch

2006-11-08 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1226 Ground Team Stays Busy on 10th Anniversary of NASA Mars Launch Media contact: Guy Webster (818) 354-6278/JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 07, 2006 Engineers are striving to restore full communications with NASA's Mars Global Surveyor

[meteorite-list] New Lunar - NWA 4472 - Auctions Ending - AD

2006-11-08 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear List Members and Lunar Enthusiasts, Here is the original post I emailed last week of eBay auctions which are ending now of NWA 4472, new lunar - I am very happy to announce a NEW and not paired lunar meteorite. It is NWA 4472 and is classified as a lunar Mare Basalt-Granitic Breccia. It

[meteorite-list] Holbrook strewnfield expedition

2006-11-08 Thread justin weippert
Hello to all list members! I have been on this list for sometime but not have comunicated with all of you. I've been hunting Holbrook meteorites for sometime now and I was wondering if anyone would like to join me in a hunt for thesehard to find meteorites.I have other friends that got me into

re: [meteorite-list] Monacensia - Munich 2006

2006-11-08 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
a 10 kg. Gibeon I have buy from Haiderer in this days. - Original Message - Da : Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] A : meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Oggetto : [meteorite-list] Monacensia - Munich 2006 Data : Tue, 7 Nov 2006 03:21:11 +0100 A last larger Gibeon, dish-shaped and the

Re: [meteorite-list] simulant moon dust wanted by NASA ADD delete

2006-11-08 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear NASA (if your out there); I have a few hundred pounds of quality gray to white weathered anorthosite for sale. Make offer. Dave F. Darren Garrison wrote: On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:02:38 -0800 (PST), you wrote: Dear List, I don`t how much the government is wasting on

[meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

2006-11-08 Thread tracy latimer
http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20061106154828 Webcast for anyone who doesn't have a solar filter for their 12 scope... enjoy! Tracy Latimer _ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Wanted: Etched Willamette Slice

2006-11-08 Thread Pat Brown
Hi All, There is some real metallic Willamette floating around in the market. I once owned a 60gram fragment. Traded it to ET years ago for a nice 1/4 pound Allende with a roll-over lip. Pat --- Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what I thought. Jerry Flaherty - Original

RE: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

2006-11-08 Thread Matson, Robert
Unfortunately, none of the Mercury transit pages I've searched so far today have shown a live image of the solar disk -- very disappointing. --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tracy latimer Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:59 AM

[meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

2006-11-08 Thread bernd . pauli
A disappointed Rob writes: Unfortunately, none of the Mercury transit pages I've searched so far today have shown a live image of the solar disk -- very disappointing. As most of you astronomy-minded folks will know, this transit isn't visible here in Western Europe :-( but Rob's words show how

Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

2006-11-08 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, I suspect overwhelmed servers. I got several Server Not Available messages. But the rest of the sites I tried just rolled over and died. I guess it's nice that more people than one might have thought wanted to watch a live celestial event. I hope the servers didn't just fail and

[meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

2006-11-08 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Sterling, Fortunately, we've got an 8 S-C out with a solar filter here at work, so I've been able to follow the progress of the transit just fine outdoors. I was just hoping to see the greater detail afforded by a big scope... --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Re: AD - Wanted: Etched Willamette Slice

2006-11-08 Thread Mike Bandli
There is at least 400+ grams of metallic/non-shale material in possession of collectors. Most came from material sold from Darryl at the Macovich Collection and some traded from old museum collections. Kind regards,   Mike Bandli That's what I thought. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message

[meteorite-list] Munich Show 2006 - Photos

2006-11-08 Thread Gibeon
Hallo friends I have some photos from the Munich Show last weekend available on my homepage. Take a look and enjoy the photos. Here is the link to click on it, or to copy into your browser. http://www.strufe.net/mu2006a.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006b.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006c.htm

Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

2006-11-08 Thread Walter Branch
I had a 6 inch f8 planet killer reflector with solar filter set up but once again, the Great Cloudy Nebula snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. I actually did see about 2 seconds worth. Oh well, there's always 2016. -Walter Branch - Original Message -

Re: [meteorite-list] Munich Show 2006 - Photos

2006-11-08 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Thanks, dear Hanno Struve, for the great pics! Comforts the soul of a poor loner who had to miss the show this year. And, wow ... looking at the Millbillillies makes one shake ... By the way: first time that I realized Mike Farmer's coiffure to be FLIGHT-ORIENTED ! Sincerely, Matthias

[meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Recent gas escape from the Moon

2006-11-08 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Another interesting speculative PSRD document. Enjoy Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: PSRD [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: New Issue: Recent gas escape from the Moon Announcement from Planetary Science Research

[meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...

2006-11-08 Thread Martin Altmann
Hola list, I have a stupid question for the ornithologists. Does it happen, that birds are throwing with stones? At least once per year I get an email from people, who swear to have heard a stone hitting the roof and rolling down, recently again and the stone even should have had a red mark,

RE: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...

2006-11-08 Thread Mike Bandli
I know for a fact that this is true having witnessed it myself. They do this mistaking them for nuts (still in the shell). The rocks happen to resemble the shape and color of a nut, so they will often drop them from high up hoping that they will shatter. Crows are the main culprit. I have also

Re: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...

2006-11-08 Thread Mark
What some birds, such as the magpie and crows, is that they are attracted to bright and shinny objects. One species, and I can't remember which it is, will actually collect things to line his nest to make himself more attractive to the female. If they are disturbed in anyway while flying, they

Re: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...

2006-11-08 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 02:52:03 +0100, you wrote: Hola list, I have a stupid question for the ornithologists. Does it happen, that birds are throwing with stones? There are types of birds that collect objects for some reason or another. http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq11702.html

AW: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...

2006-11-08 Thread Martin Altmann
Thanks Mike, Mark and Mark! Indeed crows, ravens, magpies are very intelligent, do have compared to mammals a developped idea of numbers and are even able to use tools. I prefer the nuts-thing, as the stones aren't directly decorative. I remember a little tropical bird, who accurately sorted by

Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

2006-11-08 Thread lebofsky
Hi from Tucson where Global Warming seems to be in action. We (Astronomy Department, Planetary Sciences Department, and Flandrau Science Center) had more than 10 telecopes set up (including two 20-inch scopes). We were able to see all but the last five minutes of the event (went behind the

Re: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...

2006-11-08 Thread Mr EMan
Ok Meteorite Trivia Buffs...Wasn't there a meteorite recovered which had been nesstled into the lining of a penguin nest(sic) or other species of sea bird? Elton __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Munich Show 2006 - Photos

2006-11-08 Thread JKGwilliam
Hanno, Thanks for sharing a great bunch of pictures. It would be wonderful if we could get all of you European collectors/dealers to come to the Tucson Show. Thanks, John Gwilliam At 03:07 PM 11/8/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo friends I have some photos from the Munich Show last

Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

2006-11-08 Thread MexicoDoug
Hello Meteorite friends and acquaintances, What a wonderful time I've had on my trip to the USA with the local astronomy club during the planetary syzygy championed by that little hot-shot of a planet, Mercury. I'd like to share this story... The ancient messenger Planet swiftly vulcanized the