Re: [meteorite-list] YouTube Hunting Meteorites Video

2007-01-11 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi Mark, I saw that before and I certainly hope they were able to save the tree, though it is unlikely, as importing plants is a HUGE deal, at least in the US, where permits are required, species identified, etc. However, it would certainly make the world's most unique bonsai!

Re: [meteorite-list] Strangest link between life on earth and mars yet!

2007-01-11 Thread JKGwilliam
Quoting the famous words of Mork, I replynano nano. Best, John At 09:47 PM 1/8/2007, Sterling K. Webb wrote: Hi, Gerry, How big is nano again, one billionth of a ---? One billionth of a meter, or one millionth of a millimeter, so if you had nanobacteria that were 100 nm long, it

Re: [meteorite-list] Ultimate scam

2007-01-11 Thread Michael L Blood
Darren Garrison was kind enough to send me the following link re the hit man con: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/09/hitman.email.ap/index.html Best wishes, Michael -- It is difficult to get a man to understand something if his salary depends on him not understanding it. - Upton

Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught)

2007-01-11 Thread Mark
The brightest in 30 years, I finally take the time to read about the comet to see when viewing will be best and I find out it is tonight. Well as my luck would have it, here in the lovely and normally clear sky'd desert southwest we have clouds and rain forecast until Sunday or Monday. Seems

[meteorite-list] Queensland meteorites

2007-01-11 Thread Bob WALKER
Hi Listoids I'm gonna talk to my geeky friendz on the weekend and get them to help me html code a page for an interest group for Queensland (Australia) meteorites Queensland is my home state and has many interesting meteorites with a sad story of many either lost or stolen or otherwise missing

[meteorite-list] queensland meteorites

2007-01-11 Thread Bob WALKER
Hi Listoids Firstly - apologies if this has been posted twice but there has been some difficulties with my mailserver... I'm gonna talk to my geeky friendz on the weekend and get them to help me html code a page for an interest group for Queensland (Australia) meteorites Queensland is my home

Re: [meteorite-list] NJ Homeowners Tell of Meteorite Which, Crashed In Their Bathroom

2007-01-11 Thread Marco Langbroek
The Nageswarans have not decided what to do with their meteorite, despite plenty of advice from family and friends. But they said they want to make sure that the rock, which they have locked up at a bank, serves an educational purpose. SO TEST THE DAMN THING! Who is advising this family?!!

Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught)

2007-01-11 Thread Rob McCafferty
I've been without internet at home over the christmas break and find out too late. It's blowing a hoolie up here in the Western Isles of the UK and the glorious skies of the last 2 weeks are gone for a week so it looks like I'm going to miss it. A real shame because it would have made a

[meteorite-list] AD - First Ebay sale of 2007

2007-01-11 Thread Jim Strope
Good Morning Meteorite Lovers I have auctions ending tonight catchafallingstar.com. Most started at 99 Cents!!!: http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=catchafallingstar.com Full recap with photos on Paul and Jim's website:

[meteorite-list] A new french meteorite discovered !

2007-01-11 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Me and Alain Carion are proud to announce the existence of a new french meteorite. The meteorite of Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne fell September 29, 1799 near Le Mans (west of France). A farmer saw a stone falling in front of him while he was collecting grain. The stone was certainly broken apart. It

[meteorite-list] Forestburg (b) TS pictures on MarkBostick's website

2007-01-11 Thread bernd . pauli
I wrote yesterday: I'd like to invite you to take a look at TS picture #2 on Mark's website and compare it to my thin section picture of the Forestburg (b) L5 shock blackened chondrite that can be viewed on Gary's website. Any thoughts about what you see? Here are the URL's:

[meteorite-list] A new french meteorite !

2007-01-11 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Me and Alain Carion are proud to announce the existence of a new french meteorite. The meteorite of Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne fell September 29, 1799 near Le Mans (west of France). A farmer saw a stone falling in front of him while he was collecting grain. The stone was certainly broken apart. It

[meteorite-list] Ad: Cheapest Chondrites Ever Offered

2007-01-11 Thread Jason Phillips
Hello List, I have an excellent offer at a time when the market is seeing a slow down in material coming out of Morocco. I have 60 kilo's of ordinary unclassified chondrites for sale. There may be some surprises in these, as I have not searched through them and my last large shipment had

Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught)

2007-01-11 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:58:20 -0800 (PST), you wrote: break and find out too late. It's blowing a hoolie up here in the Western Isles of the UK and the glorious Hm. Never heard that term before. But you have my sympathies: http://www.dayoopers.com/rocknock.html

[meteorite-list] New photo of the NJO

2007-01-11 Thread Darren Garrison
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650221958,00.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Meteorite hunter= slur?

2007-01-11 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070109/NEWS01/701090375/1007 Geologist claims defamation Texan sues after MSU professor criticizes meteorite find in News-Leader guest column. Melissa DeLoach News-Leader A Texas geologist alleges a Missouri State geology professor

[meteorite-list] NASA Funds Scripps Instrument For Probing For Life on Mars

2007-01-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/article_detail.cfm?article_num=768 Scripps Contacts: Mario Aguilera or Cindy Clark 858/534-3624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Release: January 9, 2007 NASA Funds Scripps Instrument For Probing For Life on Mars Detector to hunt for organic molecules during proposed 2013

[meteorite-list] Lightning Balls Created In The Lab

2007-01-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19325863.500 Lightning balls created in the lab Hazel Muir New Scientist 10 January 2007 Ball lightning could soon lose its status as a mystery, now that a team in Brazil has cooked up a simple recipe for making similar eerie orbs of light in

[meteorite-list] SOHO Prepares For Comet McNaught

2007-01-11 Thread Ron Baalke
ESA News http://www.esa.int 11 January 2007 SOHO prepares for comet McNaught Recently, sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere have been enjoying the sight of Comet McNaught in the twilight sky. Now, solar physicists using the ESA-NASA SOHO spacecraft are getting ready for their view. For

[meteorite-list] Asteroid Tracker Due For Hawaii (Pan-STARRS)

2007-01-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://starbulletin.com/2007/01/11/news/story10.html Asteroid tracker due for isles Hawaii astronomers say Mauna Kea is the preferred site for the new telescope facility By Helen Altonn Star Bulletin (Hawaii) January 11, 2007 Mauna Kea would be the best place scientifically for a proposed

[meteorite-list] Florida 'Earthquake' Likely A Sonic Boom From Fighter Jets

2007-01-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/jan/11/did_you_hear_boom_it_was_most_likely_jet/ Did you hear the boom? It was most likely a jet Was it an earthquake? Was it a truck? Nope. the sound that rattled the area was the sound barrier being broken by F-16s, experts say By Chris W. Colby, Jeremy

Re: [meteorite-list] Lightning Balls Created In The Lab

2007-01-11 Thread Martin Altmann
They look like the ideal pets for Dave Harris in the video -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Ron Baalke Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2007 18:50 An: Meteorite Mailing List Betreff: [meteorite-list] Lightning Balls Created In

[meteorite-list] Art's Email

2007-01-11 Thread Jim Strope
Anyone have Art's email address? Please send off list. Thanks... Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 http://www.catchafallingstar.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Ziz - Addendum for the Srope Clln

2007-01-11 Thread Martin Altmann
http://www.jfeenstra.com/midifiles/Ziz.mid (audio file). http://www.jfeenstra.com/listpics/Ziz.jpg Best Martin __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Massive carbonaeous chondrite on the hoof

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
COMET McNAUGHT. Sorry if you missed it as an evening apperition. Only a handful of list members responded. I know many are busy but I hoped not so busy that you might have taken an hour to witness this splendid ASTRONOMICAL event All is not lost, is it?, aside from vacationing in Terra del

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto's Demotion Tapped as 2006 Word of the Year

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Gota love it!! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:56 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Pluto's Demotion Tapped as 2006 Word of the Year

[meteorite-list] TEST

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
??? Jerry Flaherty __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Doug or anyone currently on line with position of the recent Comet, I'd appreciate a head's up to locate it OR is it that conspicuous in the SW @ twilight??? It promises to be clear with a moonless twilight this evening in Plymouth, MA?? Jerry Flaherty

[meteorite-list] AD - ebay: Nakhla, Orgueil, Dundrum, Siena, Kerilis, Albin, Achilles, ...

2007-01-11 Thread Peter Marmet
Hello All, I have 11 auctions ending in about one day: Nakhla, Orgueil, Dundrum, Siena, Kerilis, Albin, Achilles, Finmarken, El Blida 002, Jelica, Boriskino. See them here: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpema9 Thank you! Peter MARMET-METEORITES Peter Marmet Bern, Switzerland, IMCA #2747

Re: [meteorite-list] January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Jerry, Location is going to be tough for you, but if you've got a clear, low, southwest horizon you might find it with binoculars. Look immediately after sunset, 8 degrees above the sun's location and about 3 degrees to the right. (Clockface analogy: if directly above the sun is 12 o'clock,

Re: [meteorite-list] Strangest link between life on earth and mars yet!

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
absolutely and fun too esp ben's little TIP. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]

Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006P1(McNaught)

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Probably the biggest carboneous chondrite you'll see for years, and it's headed AWAY from eBay. PRICELESS!! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent:

Re: [meteorite-list] January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread MexicoDoug
Doug or anyone currently on line with position of the recent Comet, I'd appreciate a head's up to locate it OR is it that conspicuous in the SW twilight??? For you Yanks near Plymouth and Boston, you can see it weather/pollution permitting from 16:50 until it sets at 17:22. Use the Sunset as a

Re: [meteorite-list] January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Gary K. Foote
Clouds to the west the last two nights. I got some good sunset pics, but no comet :( Gary On 11 Jan 2007 at 15:13, MexicoDoug wrote: Doug or anyone currently on line with position of the recent Comet, I'd appreciate a head's up to locate it OR is it that conspicuous in the SW twilight???

[meteorite-list] Comet McNaught imaged by STEREO

2007-01-11 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi All, Hot off the presses: http://secchi.nrl.navy.mil/images/hi1b_comet.jpg This image was taken by STEREO less than 3 hours ago. All I can say is WOW --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Re-2: January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread bernd . pauli
Gary disappointedly comments: Clouds to the west the last two nights. I got some good sunset pics, but no comet :( Gary Now, drum roll, ... my comment: Clouds here to the west, east, north and south the last two nights :-( Thomas Tuchan must have been extremely lucky ... his home town Ulm is

Re: [meteorite-list] Fiery, Smoking Object Crashes in Iran

2007-01-11 Thread Chris Peterson
Well, I wouldn't describe Sikhote-Alin as a smoking object exactly. More of a low altitude fragmentation of a massive object. If something like that happened in Iran, it would be pretty obvious. Clearly, plenty of falls have been preceded by witnessed fireballs that produced smoke trails. The

Re: [meteorite-list] Re-2: January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Quiz (Svend Bugl out of contest): A famous German author of 20th century was so lucky to see Halley twice, in full consciousness, and wrote a book about this experience. Who was it (don't google, have a look around in your private libraries :-) Matthias Baermann - Original Message

[meteorite-list] Fw: Re-2: January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Matthias Bärmann
- Original Message - From: Matthias Bärmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re-2: January Comet? Wow, Martin, meteoritefast! (And with out of contest I meant of course Svend B u h l ,

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Re-2: January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Martin Altmann
Yah Matthias, that was to difficult for other countries. Let's make it easiest, who is often quoted with: I came in with Halley's comet in 1835. It's coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. The Almighty has said no doubt, 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in

Re: [meteorite-list] Re-2: January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 1/11/2007 2:37:34 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gary disappointedly comments: Clouds to the west the last two nights. I got some good sunset pics, but no comet :( Gary Now, drum roll, ... my comment: Clouds here to the west, east, north and

Re: [meteorite-list] Re-2: January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello :-)I've seen Halley, Hale Bopp, Hyatukate, Macholz, Schwassmann-Wachmann,  Swan, Faye, McNaughtI've photos from Macholz, Schwassmann-Wachmann, Swan, Faye and McNaught ;-)see http://www.sternhimmel.ueber-ulm.de/solar1.htm... and a final photo from today

[meteorite-list] New NASA Orbiter Sees Details of 1997 Pathfinder Site

2007-01-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-005 New NASA Orbiter Sees Details of 1997 Pathfinder Site January 11, 2007 The high-resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has imaged the 1997 landing site of NASA's Mars Pathfinder, revealing new details of hardware on the

[meteorite-list] Those Aussies!!

2007-01-11 Thread Martin Altmann
What's going on there in Cranbourne? Almost no export permits for meteorites, only to hang them in front of a MacDonalds restaurant on a burb-road? http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/images/cranbourne/photos/43.jpg http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/images/cranbourne/photos/42.jpg Buckleboo?

[meteorite-list] Spectarular Comet!!

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Dear List Please do NOT miss an opportunity to see Comet McNaught. Adjectives pale in comparison. Follow Sterling's guide. Any pair of Binoculars or spotting scope will help. It's close to the evening western horizon so think of a place or a height where you can see an relatively unobstructed

Re: [meteorite-list] Those Aussies!!

2007-01-11 Thread Bob WALKER
Martin - they are only phucken replikas If ya peek thru the site you'll find and I quote An unusual attraction within Cranbourne is a meteorite display. Situated within the park on the corner of the South Gippsland Highway and Camms Road (opposite The Settlement Hotel) are full-scale replicas

[meteorite-list] AD cutting Gibeon, Henbury and a couple others. Sale

2007-01-11 Thread Mike Miller
Hello everyone hope your new year has started well. I am just getting started cutting a 70 pound Gibeon with very few fractures and a great etch. So anyone looking for a certain thickness or big slice, now is time to get your order in. Once I fill any orders it gets sliced into regular 3mm slices.

[meteorite-list] Dust Around Nearby Star Like Powder Snow

2007-01-11 Thread Ron Baalke
Media Relations University of California-Berkeley Media Contacts: Robert Sanders (510) 643-6998, (510) 642-3734 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, January 08, 2007 Dust around nearby star like powder snow By Robert Sanders, Media Relations BERKELEY -- Astronomers peering into the dust

[meteorite-list] Old Sikhote-Alin documentary film

2007-01-11 Thread Alexander Seidel
I don´t know whether this has already been posted here on the list, but in a German internet forum about minerals and meteorites I just found a link to Jeff Kuykens´ Australian site, which hosts a nice old b/w documentary film about the Sikhote-Alin fall:

[meteorite-list] Geologists Discover That Black Diamonds Are From Outer Space

2007-01-11 Thread Ron Baalke
National Science Foundation Arlington, Virginia Media Contacts: Cheryl Dybas, NSF (703) 292-7734 January 8, 2007 Press Release 07-001 Diamonds from Outer Space: Geologists Discover Origin of Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds If indeed a diamond is forever, the most primitive origins of

Re: [meteorite-list] Old Sikhote-Alin documentary film

2007-01-11 Thread ensoramanda
Thanks Alex, Great piece of historic film. Graham Ensor, Nr Barwell, uk Alexander Seidel wrote: I don´t know whether this has already been posted here on the list, but in a German internet forum about minerals and meteorites I just found a link to Jeff Kuykens´ Australian site, which

Re: [meteorite-list] Lightning Balls Created In The Lab

2007-01-11 Thread Rob McCafferty
Is this really new stuff? I watched Bolas Luminosas and they looked almost identical to something I saw years ago on some BBC documentary about lightning. Some Scientist used a couple of hundred Decomissioned submarine batteries to generate sparks and got the same effect. I remember showing the

Re: [meteorite-list] January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
WOW. I SENT THIS ONE OUT DAYS AGO!!??? Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 2:31 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] January Comet? Doug or anyone currently on line with position of

Re: [meteorite-list] January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Sorry for you Gary. I got a look at it last nite. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] January Comet? Clouds to the west the last two

Re: [meteorite-list] Re-2: January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Bernd and List, this beat Hyakutake by several orders Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Re-2: January Comet? Gary disappointedly comments: Clouds to

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Re-2: January Comet?

2007-01-11 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Mark Twain! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Matthias Bärmann' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Re-2: January Comet? Yah Matthias, that was

[meteorite-list] University of Toronto Talk by Christopher Charles Age of the Solar System?

2007-01-11 Thread tett
List, Below is an email from Roman Jirasek. Very interesting. Hi Mike, can you post the following to the list please? My settings are screwed up and can't post this. I tried this morning but didn't see it in the archives. Thanks man. - Roman Last night my wife and I attended a talk about

Re: [meteorite-list] University of Toronto Talk by Christopher Charles Age of the Solar System?

2007-01-11 Thread almitt
Hi Tett, Roman and all, Tett Posted: Then concluding with the suggestion that CAI's may be much older that previously thought, and that the solar system may also be much older. Wish I could have heard the talk also. CAI's have been one of the more intriguing things found in our solar systems

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day

2007-01-11 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/January_11.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list