[meteorite-list] AD - free magnetic meteorite stand offer

2007-01-03 Thread Mike Gallant
Good morning, I am offering a free magnetic meteorite stand (AB1) to those that have yet to try one. I kindly ask for $2 via Paypal to cover my shipping cost to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Photo can be seen at www.SpaceTreasures.com Please let me know your thoughts after you have had a chance to

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - January 2, 2007

2007-01-03 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Rests During Dust Storm - sol 1058-1062, January 02, 2007: A sudden dust storm cut short Spirit's investigation of a volcanic rock and kicked enough dust into the Martian atmosphere to drive solar power levels to an

[meteorite-list] Meteorites On Display At Aerospace Education Center in Arkansas

2007-01-03 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=39507 Meteorites On Display At Aerospace Education Center Today's THV (Little Rock, Arkansas) January 3, 2007 Meteorite enthusiasts can now see an exhibit at the Aerospace Education Center in Little Rock of 18 pieces of the solar system that have

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Tries To Weather Dust Storm

2007-01-03 Thread Ron Baalke
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn10878-mars-rover-tries-to-weather-dust-storm.html Mars rover tries to weather dust storm Kelly Young New Scientist 02 January 2007 NASA's newly upgraded Spirit rover will celebrate its third anniversary on the Martian surface hunkered down to weather a

[meteorite-list] Red Fireball in Florida Likely A Meteor

2007-01-03 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070103/NEWS01/701030371 Red 'fireball' likely space junk BY JEFF SCHWEERS FLORIDA TODAY January 3, 2007 Minutes before she sat down to watch television Monday night, Marcie Kinney was beckoned by her husband and son to step outside

[meteorite-list] Ad - eBay auctions closing shortly

2007-01-03 Thread star-bits
Greetings I hope everyone had a good holiday season. As part of my holiday I got to pick through several kilograms of millbillie individuals. I have 16 millbillillie individuals closing on eBay in a few hours, all 100% crusted except for 2 which are 95+% crusted. Two of the larger

[meteorite-list] Ad: Large ebay sale ending right now, over 100 items!

2007-01-03 Thread Michael Farmer
http://www.meteorite.com/meteorites/ebay/michael_farmer_meteorites.htm Paul was nice enough to build me a great link combining all of my auction items, seen above! Thanks to Paul and Jim for over 10 years of great service! Check out these spectacular offerings! First is a Sikhote-alin, one of

Re: [meteorite-list] Map program

2007-01-03 Thread Mark
Google Bushnell GPS and look at their new units which allow you to layer information on the LCD. It alllows you to download satellite photos that are Geo-Referenced to display properly in the unit. This allows you to see your position on a satelitte photo. Mark Phoenix AZ - Original

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites On Display At Aerospace Education Center in Arkansas

2007-01-03 Thread Robert Woolard
Hello Ron,and List, I wanted to thank Ron for making the post to the List about the meteorite display that just went up this week here in Little Rock. I have to humbly admit that I am very excited about it finally happening. I think they have done an excellent job in presenting the specimens.

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent. 4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-03 Thread Michael Farmer
Oh Matteo, give me another hour, and I will post yet another piece, identical to yours (yes, it is more yellow/white) and broken off of the piece loaded on ebay. Matteo, you are admitting right now, that you have no paperwork, no classification, no data, and no CLUE! You just looked at the

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-03 Thread PolandMET
My god, Dont You think that this thread is insane ? Just ignore him Mike. His specimen, his problem. If someone will buy Matteo aubrite it is HIS problem. If he will buy it 10 times more expensive this is thread beetween seller and buyer. If someone belive that Matteo is honest and this is

[meteorite-list] Seeking IMCS Sponsors

2007-01-03 Thread Gary K. Foote
Hello List, Though I am not a dealer in meteorites, as a private collector I wish to join the International Meteorite Collectors Association. In filling in the form at the IMCA website I came to a field which requires two existing IMCA members as 'sponsors' who would give me their

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-03 Thread Michael Farmer
Thanks for your input Marcin, but no thanks, Matteo has pulled another scam, Dirk pointed it out, and I am calling him on it. I can not believe that you would stand there and say that you would ignore a dealer selling false material. I will protect my buyers and my business (the meteorite

[meteorite-list] Oops - a Typo. I know it is IMCA

2007-01-03 Thread Gary K. Foote
Sorry about that. :) __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] AD - Wholesale Lots and Others...

2007-01-03 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear List Members, First, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. I would like to start the new year by offering many 2-kilo Lots of Unclassified Saharan meteorites and 1-kilo Lots of NWA 869 material, along with some other NWA 869 individuals. If you are selling at the Tucson Show

[meteorite-list] Metal Object Crashes Through New Jersey Home

2007-01-03 Thread Ron Baalke
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120AP_Fallen_Object.html Metal object crashes through N.J. home By CHRIS NEWMARKER ASSOCIATED PRESS January 3, 2007 [photo] A metal, rock-like object about the size of a golf ball is seen in this undated photograph provided by Det. R. Gelber of Freehold

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-03 Thread PolandMET
Thanks for your input Marcin, but no thanks, Matteo has pulled another scam, Dirk pointed it out, and I am calling him on it. I can not believe that you would stand there and say that you would ignore a dealer selling false material. I will protect my buyers and my business (the meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Object Crashes Through New Jersey Home

2007-01-03 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, The Monmouth object doesn't look strikingly like an iron meteorite, but you can't rule it completely based on looks. Thankfully, they provide a scale, so a rough estimate of volume can be made. The weight is given as 13 ounces, or about 370 grams. Roughing up the volume on a cylinder

[meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-03 Thread Adam Hupe
Here is a close-up of the New Jersey object: http://themeteoritesite.com/Jersey.jpg Best Regards, Adam __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Wired Science Meteorite Segment

2007-01-03 Thread tett
Just finished watching the new PBS-Wired Science Segment on Steve#1 and Geoff N. about meteorites and The Brenham finds. Very enjoyable and nice to see Steve in action. Good comments on meteorites in general. Could help to booster our hobby. But, in the segment the journalist went out with

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-03 Thread drtanuki
The message bounced so am reposting. Dear Marcin, Mike, Matteo and List, Science and this hobby relies upon honesty and authenticity ( and repeatable science), and this topic is very important. This does NOT have to concern Matteo only, personally; it should concern all of us.

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-03 Thread Norm Lehrman
Thanks for the better picture Adam. From the random abrasions and percussion pits, it looks like a fragment from some heavy equipment part that self destructed, then got run over for a few months on a hard surface. How it came to fall out of the sky is a mystery though. Maybe it got stuck in

[meteorite-list] Previous Tucson Show Reports

2007-01-03 Thread MARK BOSTICK
There is no better place to meet fellow meteorite collectors then the Tucson Show(s). There still in plenty of time to make plans to attend so I suggust doing such. The last 2-3 years there have been rooms available to those that arrived with previous plans so I imagine that will be true this

Re: [meteorite-list] Wired Science Meteorite Segment

2007-01-03 Thread Notkin
On Jan 3, 2007, at 7:00 PM, tett wrote: Fess up guys, was this iron planted? If it was, it really does not detract from a great news article and the new find helps to give the segment more pizzaz! Dear Tett: Thanks for the enthusiastic comments. Funny you should ask about the iron being

Re: [meteorite-list] Wired Science Meteorite Segment

2007-01-03 Thread tett
Geoff, Very exciting that the find turned out to be a Brenham piece! You must have been thrilled to see this captured by the film crew. Thanks for your update. Cheers, tett - Original Message - From: Notkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Wired Science Replay

2007-01-03 Thread Ed Deckert
Hi list, For those of you who missed the show (like me) - or for those outside of the USA who cannot receive our Public TV, you can see the entire episode that aired tonight with the Meteorite Hunting Exploits of Steve and Geoff!!! Here is a link to PBS KCET where you can find a link to view

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-03 Thread Adam Hupe
or... it could be a spent fuel-rod from a Beamship (UFO). Or a neighbor flinging garbage from a Trebuchet-catapult. Just Kidding, who knows why so many strange objects are reported as coming from the sky? Adam __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Wired Science Replay

2007-01-03 Thread Gary K. Foote
Thanks for that link Ed. I missed the show too. Now its time to click my heels three times and say over and over, 'There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home'. :) Gary Foote http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 3 Jan 2007 at 22:06, Ed Deckert wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-03 Thread drtanuki
Dear Marcin, Mike, Matteo and List, Science and this hobby relies upon honesty and authenticity ( and repeatable science), and this topic is very important. This does NOT have to concern Matteo only, personally; it should concern all of us. I call Matteo to provide some evidence that

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-03 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear Listees; I would like to comment that back in the dark days of meteorites a number of years ago, WE discussed issues for seemingly ages (1998-2001?) and then WE invented the IMCA to protect the world from fraudulent meteorite dealersthen, a weak IMCA booted out Matteo for being less

Re: [meteorite-list] Red Fireball in Florida Likely A Meteor

2007-01-03 Thread GeoZay
A red fireball streaked across the sky from west to east just above the tree line. Look up! Look up! they shouted. It only took seconds for Kinney to run into the yard, but the fireball was already dropping out of sight over the horizon. I get the impression that this was an earthgrazing

Re: [meteorite-list] Dave Shiflett-- no fan of the brenham

2007-01-03 Thread MeteorHntr
Dave and all, No, the big rock did not sell yet. And I am pretty sure the TV show that the story is supposed to be quoting did not state that it sold for a million dollars, only that it is worth about a million dollars. I just think the reporter got his facts wrong. Imagine that, a

Re: [meteorite-list] Wired Science Replay

2007-01-03 Thread Jason Utas
Hello All, For those not overly-adept at navigating throughout the web (or for you who are as lazy right now as I usually feel), here's the link. http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/player-wired-pilot.html Regards, Jason On 1/3/07, Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for that

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent. 4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-03 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
unfortunately for you farmer is not my same material, I have been pieces of EL6/7 and its brown color, not white type thisa piece now its in analysis and we see Matteo - Original Message - Well, it took a while, since I got caught up doing too many other things today.

[meteorite-list] Probably Mr.Farmer have to buy a pair of glasses

2007-01-03 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
In the famous auction he say: This is a large fragment of the NWA 2965 meteorite from Algeria. It weighs 4,771 grams. This is a piece of the massive meteorite that has been classified under various NWA numbers and types, from an Aubrite, to EL3, to EL 6/7. well, I am go in the D.Weir site to

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilogr...

2007-01-03 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi all, This is Tom Phillips (New to the list). I'm the guy that takes the meteorite micrographs for a hobby. I have nearly 100 kilo of this EL3/EL6/7/Aubrite and I couldn't help notice the controversy. It's hard to change quick when other pairings are still being called something

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-03 Thread drtanuki
Dear Dave and Listees, Thank you Dave. Very well said! At least some of us DO give a damn about authenticity, integrity, and honesty and are not afraid to speak out. Best, Dirk...Tokyo --- Dave Freeman mjwy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Listees; I would like to comment that back in

[meteorite-list] Monthly Favourite - January 2007

2007-01-03 Thread Jeff Kuyken
http://www.meteorites.com.au/favourite.html Cheers, Jeff Kuyken Meteorites Australia www.meteorites.com.au __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for onecent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-03 Thread Pete Pete
Marcin and List, Marcin wrote: If someone will buy Matteo aubrite it is HIS problem. If he will buy it 10 times more expensive this is thread beetween seller and buyer. I sincerely doubt you speak for very many members on this List, and seeing that you have an IMCA number I'm a little surprised

Re: [meteorite-list] Dave Shiflett-- no fan of the brenham

2007-01-03 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, As to what is on the minds of the hairdo's, er, I mean, the reporters, that's anybody's guess. Maybe a hint can be found in the little blurb on the KCET video site, where this segment is described: Adam Rogers finds a meteorite in Kansas. Is that the best description of the news