Re: [meteorite-list] Book: The Rock from Mars: by Kathy Sawyer

2011-06-15 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Grag, I enjoyed the book very much. It's on my bookshelf now. It is easy to read and not too technical. You get some insights into the thinking of the scientists involved in analyzing ALH 84001, from Robbie Score (she found it) to David McKay (of McKay et al.), including some scientists

Re: [meteorite-list] Book: The Rock from Mars: by Kathy Sawyer

2011-06-15 Thread Walter Branch
H IGrag, Oops, sorry. Meant Greg. -Walter - Original Message - From: Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net To: Greg Stanley stanleygr...@hotmail.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:44 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Book: The Rock from

Re: [meteorite-list] regarding post of NWA 001 question PLUS carelessIMCA member

2011-06-15 Thread Jeff Kuyken
I'm sorry you seem to have issues with the IMCA Dan but if you have problems you could easily approach the association to report any concerns. I'm wondering if this has something to do with you being removed from the IMCA in the past and denied re-entry again last week? It would seem to me that

Re: [meteorite-list] regarding post of NWA 001 question PLUS carelessIMCA member

2011-06-15 Thread Walter Branch
I am sorry that this experience has made me question the validity of IMCA logo's and i will be extra careful in the future when buying anything from anybody i don't know whether they are an IMCA member or not Hi Dan, What was the response of the IMCA when you filed a complaint with them?

Re: [meteorite-list] regarding post of NWA 001 question PLUS carelessIMCA member

2011-06-15 Thread Dan Furlan
No jeff, the only coincidence is that you would respond to me now after ignoring me for several weeks and multiple attempts in contacting you who is the vice president of IMCA and you who are the one who told me to re-apply when i approached IMCA to ask for my membership back.. and since you want

Re: [meteorite-list] regarding post of NWA 001 question PLUS carelessIMCA member

2011-06-15 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Hi Dan, I'm not about to be dragged into a debate with you and do not have time to read another long-winded IMCA bashing email. As I told you, I was away for the month of May on a meteorite hunt at Whitecourt and travelling in the US with no access to usual email. Your application was handled

Re: [meteorite-list] regarding post of NWA 001 question PLUS carelessIMCA member

2011-06-15 Thread Dan Furlan
Who is dragging you into anything you are the one who started this.. im the one who got ripped off not you.. you are the one who chose to call it ironic that this happend at the same time i re-applied.. i had no problems keeping my personal business personal but you seemed to have the need to

Re: [meteorite-list] [IMCA] Fake Nantan :o( // Auction Deals

2011-06-15 Thread Darryl Pitt
This is the futuremakes total sense. == BTW, immediately following this past Sunday's auction I visited a friend who was ill and just returned to NYC---and didn't have a chance to write to the following: a superb 8.24g specimen of Mayo Belwa (aubrite/fall) from The Natural History

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite display at the worlds oldest still working Planetarium

2011-06-15 Thread Rob Lenssen
Dear List, Thanks a lot for all the kind replies, on and off-List. I was merely helping my friend (and List member) Gert Jan Netjes though, who had the initial contact with the planetarium and delivered most of the pieces. Honour should go to Gert Jan. All the best, Rob -Oorspronkelijk

[meteorite-list] a free poster as thank-you for you

2011-06-15 Thread m42protosun
Dear friends, I've luckily bettered my third mengitis/encephalitis in my 70 years life. In the last two weeks I have read nearly thousand of your emails send to Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com. It helped me to find back to normal life. Now, I will say thank-you to you with a nice poster

[meteorite-list] Free poster email correction, sorry

2011-06-15 Thread m42protosun
Dear friends, the correct email address is uwefi...@hotmail.de sorry! my mistake. Uwe M42protosun Postfach fast voll? Jetzt kostenlos E-Mail Adresse @t-online.de sichern und endlich Platz für tausende Mails haben.

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER Adjusts Its Orbit around Mercury

2011-06-15 Thread Ron Baalke
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=173 MESSENGER Mission News June 15, 2011 MESSENGER Adjusts Its Orbit around Mercury The MESSENGER spacecraft successfully completed its first orbit-correction maneuver today to reset its periapsis altitude - the lowest point of MESSENGER's

[meteorite-list] AD Mayo Belwa on Ebay

2011-06-15 Thread meteorhntr
Hey List, I just put up 30 Mayo Belwa's on Ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=260802281327#ht_4940wt_907. These are a bit smaller than what was at Heritage, but they are priced to move. These come from the Jim Schwade collection. Steve Arnold Of Meteorite Men Sent

[meteorite-list] Canada Post

2011-06-15 Thread Chris Spratt
Hi listers: Canada Post is on strike. Suggest dealers not mail to Canada until further notice. Chris Spratt Victoria, BC (Via my iPhone) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Texas Meteor may have produced meteorites and other events

2011-06-15 Thread drtanuki
Dear List,  It appears that the Texas 14JUN2011 event MAY have produced meteorites on the ground.  Anyone interested please start the hunt for video.   Best Always,  Dirk Ross...Tokyo Texas 14JUN2011  http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/06/breaking-news-mbiq-detects-texas-meteor.html

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal? in a Hematite Nodule

2011-06-15 Thread Bob Loeffler
Hi John and Jim, Thanks for the clarifications. Every piece of hematite that I've had has been attracted to a magnet, but as you said, it probably had other iron with it. And what I meant by hematite is a metal was that it is a metal as far as most people are concerned. It is 70% iron and

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal? in a Hematite Nodule

2011-06-15 Thread Jim Wooddell
Hi Bob! Hematite usually has a non-metallic reddish appearance. Doesn't look like metal at all to me! Sunburn, and weathering can change it's look over time. Maybe there are geographic differences??? However, Hematite also occurs that appears metallic/silver often called Specularite. Both