Re: [meteorite-list] New Italian Customs Policy

2008-04-22 Thread Pekka Savolainen
In EU any official lanquage of the union should be ok, including english; http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/languages/index_en.htm Perhaps You should tell it to Silvio :-) http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Silvio-Berlusconi-family_EEPT.html best, pekka s Greg Hupe

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - April 22, 2008

2008-04-22 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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[meteorite-list] Looking for NEOs

2008-04-22 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2008/04/planetary_protection.php?page=1 Planetary Protection Governments reconsider the risk of Near-Earth asteroid and comet impacts. by Lee Billings • Posted April 16, 2008 11:38 PM Until very recently, the devastating 1908 explosion of a space rock over the

Re: [meteorite-list] Berduc, Argentina Fall Expedition

2008-04-22 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:14:26 -0400, you wrote: Dear List Members, Mike Farmer asked me to forward his email to the List in regards to our recent expedition to investigate the Berduc, Argentina meteorite fall. At the bottom are links to his web pages he built describing it.

Re: [meteorite-list] Berduc, Argentina Fall Expedition

2008-04-22 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:39:11 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: We were also discussing strangling some of those birds:) their gizzards could be full of meteorites and Robert is no longer a fan of large flightless birds. Step 1: herd Rhea through airport metal detectors, keep beepers Step 2: feed beepers

[meteorite-list] Lunar Meteorite Photographs

2008-04-22 Thread Mike Groetz
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[meteorite-list] AD: Meteorite Auctions Ending Soon...Highlighted Links, Thousands of Dollars Up For Grabs-

2008-04-22 Thread michael cottingham
From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:02 PM To: 'michael cottingham' Subject: AD: Meteorite Auctions Ending Soon...Highlighted Links, Thousands of Dollars Up For Grabs- Hello, That time of the week again! 

[meteorite-list] ATTN : Read if you have purchased a meteorite from me

2008-04-22 Thread Bob Evans
Do to the fact that there are some people with a personal vendetta for me, I ask you to contact me off list if you are disatissfied with a purchase from me in any way. For those of you who have expressed complete satisfaction with a purchase from me, I appreciate it even if it wasnt public.

[meteorite-list] King Tut Meteorite

2008-04-22 Thread Robert Verish
Hi again Wayne, I noticed that the links to the MetBull database web site are temporarily broken again, and since you are mainly interested in seeing images of this meteorite, here are some links to images that I took in 2000: http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/azmets/kingtut013.jpg

Re: [meteorite-list] Berduc, Argentina Fall Expedition

2008-04-22 Thread Robert Woolard
Hi Greg, Mike, and Robert, Thanks so much for the post, guys. Fantastic photos, and what fun those finds must have been! Thanks for letting the rest of us share in (albeit vicariously) the thrill of the hunt. Congrats to all of you. At least those beautiful stones were spared from just

Re: [meteorite-list] Berduc, Argentina Fall Expedition

2008-04-22 Thread Robert Woolard
Hi Greg, Mike, and Robert, Thanks so much for the post, guys. Fantastic photos, and what fun those finds must have been! Thanks for letting the rest of us share in (albeit vicariously) the thrill of the hunt. Congrats to all of you. At least those beautiful stones were spared from just

[meteorite-list] test-please ignore

2008-04-22 Thread Robert Woolard
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[meteorite-list] Congrats

2008-04-22 Thread Robert Woolard
Hi Greg, Mike, and Robert, Thanks so much for the post, guys. Fantastic photos, and what fun those finds must have been! Thanks for letting the rest of us share in (albeit vicariously) the thrill of the hunt. Congrats to all of you. At least those beautiful stones were spared from just

[meteorite-list] Yahoo Mail (Classic) software anomaly

2008-04-22 Thread Robert Verish
Regarding my last post about King Tut, that was an unintentional resend of an earlier post, which was caused by a software glitch in the current version of Yahoo Classic Mail. Sorry for the interruption. Now let's get back to discussing about this interesting Argentina Fall. Bob V.

[meteorite-list] Ad: One-cent ebay sale tonight

2008-04-22 Thread Michael Farmer
Hello everyone, I have some very nice meteorites ending on ebay ending this evening. They include a large complete slice of translucent Brenham pallasite, and many other nice pieces. See them all at this link. http://www.meteorite.com/farmer/ Michael Farmer

Re: [meteorite-list] Berduc, Argentina Fall Expedition

2008-04-22 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Robert, Thanks for the congrats, it was a thrill to chase this one down. It had its pitfalls; venomous snakes, heat, harpoon-like thorns, closed airport due to out of control brush fires, flesh-eating birds, etc. but I wouldn't have wanted easy street! With the lack of comments, I was

Re: [meteorite-list] Berduc, Argentina Fall Expedition

2008-04-22 Thread wahlperry
Hi, WOW! Great pictures and story! Sonny -Original Message- From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 9:30 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Berduc, Argentina Fall Expedition On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:14:26 -0400, you wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Berduc, Argentina Fall Expedition

2008-04-22 Thread Dave Carothers
Greg, Mike, and Robert, Thanks for sharing the details of your expedition. What a beautiful bunch of meteorites. Re: snakes I'm not a fan. Regards, Dave - Original Message - From: Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, April 21,

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Micrographs on Coast 2 Coast site

2008-04-22 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi list, The radio show Coast 2 Coast has a web site. I sent them some NWA 5000 micrographs and one of them is a vesicle that has what looks like the number 7 on it. They posted them today. This is a great way to get non meteorite collectors to look at Meteorite Times. There is a link

[meteorite-list] Scientific American article on solar system evolution

2008-04-22 Thread Darren Garrison
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Re: [meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteorite names

2008-04-22 Thread Chris Peterson
Certainly, Willamette is an unexpected pronunciation if you aren't familiar with the area. But is there something odd about Allende? I've always assumed it was (approximately) ah-YEN-dey. Is it something other than you would expect for standard Spanish? Chris

Re: [meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteorite names

2008-04-22 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:23:47 -0600, you wrote: always assumed it was (approximately) ah-YEN-dey. Is it something other than you would expect for standard Spanish? Actually, now that you mention it, that makes since, but I, personally, have never given the Spanish factor a first thought, and

Re: [meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteoritenames

2008-04-22 Thread Chris Peterson
Actually, lama is perfectly correct English for llama; the word isn't Spanish, but Quechuan, which has a much softer palatal L than most Spanish (and even in Spanish, LL varies in pronunciation from Y to something very close to L, depending on region and dialect). And the Welsh LL, as in

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - April 23, 2008

2008-04-22 Thread Michael Johnson
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Re: [meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteoritenames

2008-04-22 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Darren, Chris, List The great dictionarianist Samuel Johnson described it as the sound of a goose hissing! I suppose it depends on how angry the Welsh speaker is at English dictionarianists... Pronunciation guide to Welsh: http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/fun/welsh/Lesson01.html Sterling K. Webb

Re: [meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteoritenames

2008-04-22 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:18:37 -0500, you wrote: The great dictionarianist Samuel Johnson described it as the sound of a goose hissing! I suppose it depends on how angry the Welsh speaker is at English dictionarianists... What I meant by that was not that I expected the real pronounciation of

Re: [meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteoritenames

2008-04-22 Thread Chris Peterson
A fair description. I spent some time once in Llangollen, and the patient coaching of some locals got my pronunciation moderately close. It took some work, though. Are there any Welsh meteorites? Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory

[meteorite-list] Fwd: Pronouncing Willamette and other meteoritenames

2008-04-22 Thread mexicodoug
Hi Chris, Darren,    No comment on the Americanization or Anglification, but  Allende is a proper surname and spliting the L's like Darren  mentioned (Al-len-de) goes a little beyond beyond what  would seem reasonable. Alas, as long as everyone has  their subjective criteria, and all understand,