[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
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[meteorite-list] Holocene Extinctions and a different lake
In “[meteorite-list] Holocene Extinctions and a different lake”, Ed wrote: “I'm glad to hear that all the debate about the dating of the Lake Misssoula flooding has now been cleared up. Does the same thing hold for Lake Bonneville, and other Ice Age plains lakes?” I have PDF versions of about 70 publications about geology and paleoliminology, and chronology of Lake Bonneville. There are numerous other minor publications about Lake Bonneville. In addition, I have about a couple of dozen papers and other publications about other Ice Age pluvial lakes that existed in the Southwestern United States, including pluvial Lake Estancia in New Mexico. In none of these papers, is there any evidence of either any terminal Pleistocene impacts, including about “10,750 BCE,” or any Holocene impacts. The significant change from Ice Age pluvial lake levels in Lake Bonneville and other pluvial lakes towards modern playa lakes started about 12,600 14C yr BP (15,000 cal yr B.P.). This is long before any of your proposed impacts. This is simply the time that the colder, wetter climates of the Last Glacial Maximum transitioned to the warmer, drier conditions of the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. This change is coincident with comparable drops (regression) in lake-level in Lake Lahontan, Lake Estancia, and other southwestern pluvial lakes and with the onset of the Bolling-Allerod warming event. There is a very slight rise in lake levels to the Lake Gilbert highstand in response to climate changes associated with the Younger Dryas. There is nothing obvious in the lake sediments to indicate any direct association with any sort of extraterrestrial impact. Whatever caused the Younger Dryas climatic changes is what indirectly caused the high lake levels of Lake Gilbert. In terms of basic reading, a person can start with: Allen, B. D., 2005, Ice Age Lakes in New Mexico. in S. G. Lucas, G. S. Morgan, and K. E. Zeigler, eds., pp. 107-114, New Mexico’s Ice Ages. Bulletin no. 28, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/allen/documents/iceagelakesnm.PDF Balch, D. P., A. S. Cohen, D. W. Schnurrenberger, B. J. Haskell, B. L. V. Garces, J. W. Beck, H. Cheng, and R. L. Edwards, 2005, Ecosystem and paleohydrological response to Quaternary climate change in the Bonneville Basin, Utah. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. vol. 221, no. 1-2, pp. 99-122. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018205000829 Benson, L. V., D. R. Currey, R .I. Dorn, K. R. Lajoie, C. G. Oviatt, S. W. Robinson, G. I. Smith, and S. Stine, 1990, Chronology of expansion and contraction of four great Basin lake systems during the past 35,000 years. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. vol. 78, no. 3-4, pp. 241-286. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/003101829090217U Benson, L. V., S. P. Lund, J. P. Smoot, D. E. Rhode, R. J. Spencer, K. L. Verosub, L. A. Louderback, C. A. Johnson, R. O. Rye, and R. M. Negrini, 2011, The rise and fall of Lake Bonneville between 45 and 10.5 ka. Quaternary International. vol. 235, no. 1-2, pp. 57-69. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618210004829 Louderback, L. A., and D. E. Rhode, 2009, 15,000 Years of vegetation change in the Bonneville basin: the Blue Lake pollen record. Quaternary Science Reviews. vol. 28, no. 3-4, pp. 308-326. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379108002680 Godsey, H. S., C. G. Oviatt, D. M. Miller, and M. A. Chan, 2011, Stratigraphy and chronology of offshore to nearshore deposits associated with the Provo shoreline, Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Utah. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. vol. 310, no. 3-4,pp. 442-450. Oviatt, C. G., D. M. Miller, J. P. McGeehin, C. Zachary, and S. Mahan, 2005, The Younger Dryas phase of Great Salt Lake , Utah. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. vol. 219, no. 3-4, pp. 263-284. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018211004317 Patrickson, D. S., A. R. Brunelle, and K. A. Moser, 2010, Late Pleistocene to early Holocene lake level and paleoclimate insights from Stansbury Island, Bonneville basin, Utah. Quaternary Research. vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 237-246. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033589409001653 Spencer, R. J., M. J. Baedecker, H. P. Eugster, R. M. Forester, M. B. Goldhaber, B. F. Jones, K. Kelts, J. Mckenzie, D. B. Madsen and S. L. Rettig, 1984, Great Salt Lake, and precursors, Utah: The last 30,000 years. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. vol. 86, no. 4, pp. 321-334. http://www.springerlink.com/content/j7744044505082r0/ Maps of the pluvial lakes of the Southwest US can be found at: 1. Late Quaternary Paleohydrology of the Mojave Desert http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/info/mojave/paleoenviron.html http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/info/mojave/images/fig13.gif 2. Reheis, M,, 1999, Extent of Pleistocene Lakes in the Western
[meteorite-list] Correction For Holocene Extinctions and a different lake
In Holocene Extinctions and a different lake at http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2011-November/081249.html , I left out the word lack in one sentence. The sentence should read: Also, despite the continuous record of lake sedimentation recovered in cores from Lake Bonneville and other lakes, there is a complete **lack** of either an event bed of deposits that such an event would most certainly have left behind. The many problems with the arguments of Tollmann and Tollmann (1994), which Knight and Lomas (2000) simply ignore, are discussed in detail by Deutsch et al. (1994). Bets wishes, Paul H. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Latest from Gerta Keller - Chixilub didn't really do it...
Not sure how much I agree with all this, but it sures seems the end Cretaceous would have been a bad time to be on planet Earth. One-Two Punch Caused Mass Extinction November 18, 2011 Princeton Univ. researchers found that massive, prolonged eruptions of the Deccan Traps in India gradually eliminated species and resulted in the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Marine sediment trapped between Deccan lava flows revealed that a species known as planktonic foraminifera-widely used to gauge the severity of prehistoric disasters-succumbed to lava mega-flows and volcano-induced environmental stress such as acid rain and drastic climate changes. As conditions on Earth worsened, large, variedspecies (left) were eliminated. The no more than seven or eight smaller species (right) that remained dwarfed further. Image: Gerta Keller A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteorite strikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, according to two Princeton Univ. reports that reject the prevailing theory that the extinction was caused by a single large meteorite. Princeton-led researchers found that a trail of dead plankton spanning half a million years provides a timeline that links the mass extinction to large-scale eruptions of the Deccan Traps, a primeval volcanic range in western India that was once three-times larger than France. A second Princeton-based group uncovered traces of a meteorite close to the Deccan Traps that may have been one of a series to strike the Earth around the time of the mass extinction, possibly wiping out the few species that remained after thousands of years of volcanic activity. Researchers led by Princeton professor of Geosciences Gerta Keller report this month in the Journal of the Geological Society of India that marine sediments from Deccan lava flows show that the population of a plankton species widely used to gauge the fallout of prehistoric catastrophes plummeted nearly 100 percent in the thousands of years leading up to the mass extinction. This eradication occurred in sync with the largest eruption phase of the Deccan Traps-the second of three-when the volcanoes pumped the atmosphere full of climate-altering carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, the researchers report. The less severe third phase of Deccan activity kept the Earth nearly uninhabitable for the next 500,000 years, the researchers report. A substantially weaker first phase occurred roughly 2.5 million years before the second-phase eruptions. Another group based in Keller's lab found evidence in Indian sediment of a meteorite strike from the time of the mass extinction that would have been sufficient to finish off the few but weakened species that survived the Deccan eruptions, according to a report in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL). This same sediment-located in Meghalaya, India, more than 600 miles east of the Deccan Traps-portrayed the Earth during this period as a harsh environment of acid rain and erratic global temperatures. Taken together, Keller says, the Princeton findings could finally put to rest the theory that the mass-extinction event-known as the Cretaceous-Tertiary, or KT, for the periods it straddles-was triggered solely by a large meteorite impact near Chicxulub in present-day Mexico. That impact -which occurred around the time of the second-phase Deccan eruptions-is thought to have been 2 million times more powerful than a hydrogen bomb and generated an enormous dust cloud and gases that radically altered the climate. Keller has long held that the Chicxulub impact was not catastrophic enough to cause the KT mass extinction-the newest work from her lab, however, shows that the largest Deccan eruptions were. Our work in Meghalaya and the Deccan Traps provides the first one-to-one correlation between the mass extinction and Deccan volcanism, says Keller, who is lead author of the Geological Society paper and second author of the EPSL paper after lead author Brian Gertsch, who earned his Ph.D. from Princeton. Gertsch is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We demonstrate a clear cause-and-effect relationship that these massive volcanic eruptions were far more destructive than previously thought and could have caused the KT mass extinction even without the addition of large meteorite impacts, Keller says. But given the environmental instability caused by the massive Deccan eruptions, an impact could easily have killed off the few survivor species at the end of the Cretaceous. It would have been a double whammy. Vincent Courtillot, a geophysicist and professor at Paris Univ. Diderot, says that the Princeton papers are based on a closer examination of Deccan volcanism and its aftermath than has been conducted previously. As such, he says, the researchers'
Re: [meteorite-list] Latest from Gerta Keller - Chixilub didn't really do it...
Hi David and List, Interesting theory. I am a little confused at what this new research is trying to say. Are they claiming that the volcanism from the Deccan Traps is largely responsible for the mass extinctions and that the coincidental meteorite impact aggravated the problem? Or, are they claiming that a meteorite impact near the area of the Deccan Traps triggered the resulting volcanism? It is not inconceivable to think that the latent potential of the Deccan Traps was unleashed by a catastrophic meteorite impact that punctured the crust and released the volcanism that caused the extinctions? In effect, this would mean that the Deccan Traps would not have caused the extinctions on their own, because the volcanism would not have been triggered if the meteorite impact had not happened. Considering the massive size and global cataclysmic effects caused by the Chicxulub event, it is hard to imagine that such an impact could not have caused the extinctions on it's own without any help from unrelated volcanism. However, if the Deccan Traps were already pummeling life on Earth with it's toxic effects, then the subsequent Chicxulub event may have been the knock out punch that finished off the species that were already on the ropes from the Deccan volcanism. Either way, the new research still admits that a meteorite impact played a role - even if it was secondary. Best regards, MikeG -- - Galactic Stone Ironworks - Meteorites Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone - On 11/18/11, David R. Vann drv...@sas.upenn.edu wrote: Not sure how much I agree with all this, but it sures seems the end Cretaceous would have been a bad time to be on planet Earth. One-Two Punch Caused Mass Extinction November 18, 2011 Princeton Univ. researchers found that massive, prolonged eruptions of the Deccan Traps in India gradually eliminated species and resulted in the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Marine sediment trapped between Deccan lava flows revealed that a species known as planktonic foraminifera-widely used to gauge the severity of prehistoric disasters-succumbed to lava mega-flows and volcano-induced environmental stress such as acid rain and drastic climate changes. As conditions on Earth worsened, large, variedspecies (left) were eliminated. The no more than seven or eight smaller species (right) that remained dwarfed further. Image: Gerta Keller A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteorite strikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, according to two Princeton Univ. reports that reject the prevailing theory that the extinction was caused by a single large meteorite. Princeton-led researchers found that a trail of dead plankton spanning half a million years provides a timeline that links the mass extinction to large-scale eruptions of the Deccan Traps, a primeval volcanic range in western India that was once three-times larger than France. A second Princeton-based group uncovered traces of a meteorite close to the Deccan Traps that may have been one of a series to strike the Earth around the time of the mass extinction, possibly wiping out the few species that remained after thousands of years of volcanic activity. Researchers led by Princeton professor of Geosciences Gerta Keller report this month in the Journal of the Geological Society of India that marine sediments from Deccan lava flows show that the population of a plankton species widely used to gauge the fallout of prehistoric catastrophes plummeted nearly 100 percent in the thousands of years leading up to the mass extinction. This eradication occurred in sync with the largest eruption phase of the Deccan Traps-the second of three-when the volcanoes pumped the atmosphere full of climate-altering carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, the researchers report. The less severe third phase of Deccan activity kept the Earth nearly uninhabitable for the next 500,000 years, the researchers report. A substantially weaker first phase occurred roughly 2.5 million years before the second-phase eruptions. Another group based in Keller's lab found evidence in Indian sediment of a meteorite strike from the time of the mass extinction that would have been sufficient to finish off the few but weakened species that survived the Deccan eruptions, according to a report in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL). This same sediment-located in Meghalaya, India, more than 600 miles east of the Deccan
[meteorite-list] Second experiment confirms faster-than-light particles
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/second-experiment-confirms-faster-than-light-particles/2011/11/17/gIQAlRlTWN_story.html?hpid=z5 Second experiment confirms faster-than-light particles: While the second experiment has made an important test of consistency of its result, Ferroni added, a final word can only be said by analogous measurements performed elsewhere in the world. That is, more tests are needed, and on other experimental setups. There is still a large crowd of skeptical physicists who suspect that the original measurement done in September was an error. Should the results stand, they would upend more than a century of modern physics. In the first round of experiments, a massive detector buried in a mountain in Gran Sasso, Italy, recorded neutrinos generated at the CERN particle accelerator on the French-Swiss border arriving 60 nanoseconds sooner than expected. CERN is the French acronym for European Council for Nuclear Research. A chorus of critiques from physicists soon followed. Among other possible errors, some suggested that the neutrinos generated at CERN were smeared into bunches too wide to measure precisely. So in recent weeks, the OPERA team tightened the packets of neutrinos that CERN sent sailing toward Italy. Such tightening removed some uncertainty in the neutrinos' speed. The detector still saw neutrinos moving faster than light. One of the eventual systematic errors is now out of the way, said Jacques Martino, director of the National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics in France, in a statement. But the faster-than-light drama is far from over, Martino added. The OPERA team is discussing more cross-checks, he added, including possibly running a fiber the 454 miles between the sites. For more than a century, the speed of light has been locked in as the universe's ultimate speed limit. No experiment had seen anything moving faster than light, which zips along at 186,000 miles per second. Much of modern physics - including Albert Einstein's famous theory of relativity - is built on that ultimate speed limit. The scientific world stopped and gaped in September when the OPERA team announced it had seen neutrinos moving just a hint faster than light. If it's correct, it's phenomenal, said Rob Plunkett, a scientist at Fermilab, the Department of Energy physics laboratory in Illinois, in September. We'd be looking at a whole new set of rules for how the universe works. Phil Whitmer Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum -- The bartender says we don't serve your kind in here. A neutrino walks into a bar. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Does Friction or Ram Pressure Cause Meteor Ablation
I know it was discussed awhile back about whether atmospheric friction or ram pressure causes meteor ablation, but I don't remember if the science was ever settled. If you Google the question, the overwhelming majority of hits say it's friction with oxygen, argon and nitrogen molecules that causes the heat. Even an NAU site says this. Dig a little deeper and you discover claims that it's a myth, the heat is caused by ram pressure. So which is it, compressed air or friction? I vote for ram pressure. - Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Does Friction or Ram Pressure Cause Meteor Ablation
Friction is not a great term. But the answer is both... which is dominant depends on the size of the meteoroid with respect to the mean free path between collisions with atmospheric particles. Objects on the order of a centimeter or larger are mainly heated by ram pressure effects. Objects smaller than that are heated by a more complex process involving kinetic energy transfer due to particle collisions- often called friction, but actually rather different from the usual definition of that word. Chris *** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com On 11/18/2011 10:50 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote: I know it was discussed awhile back about whether atmospheric friction or ram pressure causes meteor ablation, but I don't remember if the science was ever settled. If you Google the question, the overwhelming majority of hits say it's friction with oxygen, argon and nitrogen molecules that causes the heat. Even an NAU site says this. Dig a little deeper and you discover claims that it's a myth, the heat is caused by ram pressure. So which is it, compressed air or friction? I vote for ram pressure. - Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] I found these in my safe in a bag..........
I don't remember where I got them. Any Ideas? Three little stones with a total weight of 16 grams. http://www.catchafallingstar.com/WTFa.jpg I cut the one in the upper left hand corner in half. http://www.catchafallingstar.com/WTFb.JPG Thanks guys...!! Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 http://www.catchafallingstar.com/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] I found these in my safe in a bag..........
Hi Jim, I recognize them. They are specimens I sent you to hold for me... just mail em' back. : ) Just kidding! They look VERY interesting! On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Jim Strope nwa...@comcast.net wrote: I don't remember where I got them. Any Ideas? Three little stones with a total weight of 16 grams. http://www.catchafallingstar.com/WTFa.jpg I cut the one in the upper left hand corner in half. http://www.catchafallingstar.com/WTFb.JPG Thanks guys...!! Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 http://www.catchafallingstar.com/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] I found these in my safe in a bag...
Hi Jim and List, The one you cut sure looks like a CK chondrite ... maybe CK4 or CK5! Best wishes, Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Wanted large NWA chondrite
Hi All, Looking for a large NWA chondrite 10- 20 kilo. Contact of list. Thanks, Sonny __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Latest from Gerta Keller - Chixilub didn't really do it...
The truth is but a resting place until the next revelation; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOxZgn-wtc0 Carl meteoritemax -- Cheers Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi David and List, Interesting theory. I am a little confused at what this new research is trying to say. Are they claiming that the volcanism from the Deccan Traps is largely responsible for the mass extinctions and that the coincidental meteorite impact aggravated the problem? Or, are they claiming that a meteorite impact near the area of the Deccan Traps triggered the resulting volcanism? It is not inconceivable to think that the latent potential of the Deccan Traps was unleashed by a catastrophic meteorite impact that punctured the crust and released the volcanism that caused the extinctions? In effect, this would mean that the Deccan Traps would not have caused the extinctions on their own, because the volcanism would not have been triggered if the meteorite impact had not happened. Considering the massive size and global cataclysmic effects caused by the Chicxulub event, it is hard to imagine that such an impact could not have caused the extinctions on it's own without any help from unrelated volcanism. However, if the Deccan Traps were already pummeling life on Earth with it's toxic effects, then the subsequent Chicxulub event may have been the knock out punch that finished off the species that were already on the ropes from the Deccan volcanism. Either way, the new research still admits that a meteorite impact played a role - even if it was secondary. Best regards, MikeG -- - Galactic Stone Ironworks - Meteorites Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone - On 11/18/11, David R. Vann drv...@sas.upenn.edu wrote: Not sure how much I agree with all this, but it sures seems the end Cretaceous would have been a bad time to be on planet Earth. One-Two Punch Caused Mass Extinction November 18, 2011 Princeton Univ. researchers found that massive, prolonged eruptions of the Deccan Traps in India gradually eliminated species and resulted in the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Marine sediment trapped between Deccan lava flows revealed that a species known as planktonic foraminifera-widely used to gauge the severity of prehistoric disasters-succumbed to lava mega-flows and volcano-induced environmental stress such as acid rain and drastic climate changes. As conditions on Earth worsened, large, variedspecies (left) were eliminated. The no more than seven or eight smaller species (right) that remained dwarfed further. Image: Gerta Keller A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteorite strikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, according to two Princeton Univ. reports that reject the prevailing theory that the extinction was caused by a single large meteorite. Princeton-led researchers found that a trail of dead plankton spanning half a million years provides a timeline that links the mass extinction to large-scale eruptions of the Deccan Traps, a primeval volcanic range in western India that was once three-times larger than France. A second Princeton-based group uncovered traces of a meteorite close to the Deccan Traps that may have been one of a series to strike the Earth around the time of the mass extinction, possibly wiping out the few species that remained after thousands of years of volcanic activity. Researchers led by Princeton professor of Geosciences Gerta Keller report this month in the Journal of the Geological Society of India that marine sediments from Deccan lava flows show that the population of a plankton species widely used to gauge the fallout of prehistoric catastrophes plummeted nearly 100 percent in the thousands of years leading up to the mass extinction. This eradication occurred in sync with the largest eruption phase of the Deccan Traps-the second of three-when the volcanoes pumped the atmosphere full of climate-altering carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, the researchers report. The less severe third phase of Deccan activity kept the Earth nearly uninhabitable for the next 500,000 years, the researchers report. A substantially weaker first phase occurred roughly 2.5 million years before the second-phase eruptions. Another group based in Keller's lab found evidence in Indian sediment of a meteorite strike from the time of
[meteorite-list] Like I Need Another Hobby
Dear List: Along with my passion for meteorites, I have recently become addicted to collecting sand. If any of you live near a crater, strewn field, etc. and have a few minutes, would you kindly collect about 2-3 teaspoons and send them to me? I would be happy to reimburse your postage and/or compensate for your time. Just put the sand in a sealed baggie with a label saying where you found it (Beach, Crater, Desert, etc.) as well as the nearest town, city or post office, and mail it to me. I'm not searching for micro-meteorites, just indulging in my love for collecting strange things. (You should have met my ex-husband!) My heart fills with joy just thinking about getting sand from around the world. It really doesn't even have to be meteorite-related. You guys are awesome. Let me know how I can return the favor! I could send you genuine red dirt from Georgia. ; ) Anita Westlake 1253 Spencer Ave. East Point, GA 30344 U.S.A. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] I found these in my safe in a bag..........
Congrats on the new lunar! Jason On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim, I recognize them. They are specimens I sent you to hold for me... just mail em' back. : ) Just kidding! They look VERY interesting! On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Jim Strope nwa...@comcast.net wrote: I don't remember where I got them. Any Ideas? Three little stones with a total weight of 16 grams. http://www.catchafallingstar.com/WTFa.jpg I cut the one in the upper left hand corner in half. http://www.catchafallingstar.com/WTFb.JPG Thanks guys...!! Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 http://www.catchafallingstar.com/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ernest Wiedhaus
Hi all, I am trying to find out some info about a private meteorite collector called Ernest Wiedhaus. He lived in Pelham Manor, New York and was in the real estate buisness. In April 1939 he sold his entire meteorite collection to Oscar Monnig. I am after any info on this collector at all as I have not come across his name before. Any help appreciated! Cheers Martin www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA member 3387 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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[meteorite-list] Stac Fada - Stoer Group - Scotlland
Hello out there: If the gentleman that sold me the impactite individual from Stac Fada (Bay of Stoer) a few months ago reads this, would you please contact me off List. I have someone else that is interested in this material and I have missplaced your contact information. Thank you, Count Deiro IMCA 3536 MetSoc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Second experiment confirms faster-than-light particles
Hi Phil, It was my understanding that the mystery of the CERN faster-than- light-speed neutrino result was solved over a month ago: failure to account for the relativistic motion of the GPS clocks used to time the neutrinos. GPS satellites orbit in planes inclined 55 degrees relative to the equator, coincidentally somewhat parallel to the neutrino flight path bearing on the ground. From the satellite's perspective, both the positions of the neutrino source and the neutrino detector are changing: in this particular case, from the perspective of the GPS clock, the detector is moving towards the neutrino source, and consequently the distance travelled by the particles -- as measured in the frame of the clock -- is shorter than the distance measured on the ground. As a result, the neutrinos should arrive about 32 nanoseconds early: an amount that must be doubled because the same error occurs at each end of the experiment. So the total correction is 64 nanoseconds: almost exactly what the OPERA team observed. If they ran the experiment a second time and got the same result, it seems to me that it is only confirming a prediction of special relativity. --Rob __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Second experiment confirms faster-than-lightparticles
Hi, I downloaded the experimenters' original paper where they discuss at great length all the corrections they applied and THAT correction is not mentioned nor acknowledged to be needed. So, we don't know if they were aware of it or not. In this latest news piece, they do not address the relativistic analysis. They do address another criticism, that of too wide a packet length for the little neutral ones. They suggest possibly running a fiber the 454 miles between the sites, to measure the light-time. It seems to me that if they had accounted for the relativistic effects beforehand (and neglected to mention it their paper), they would merely say so and have done with it. I'm not putting any big money bets on really fast neutrinos, not in this frame of reference. Sterling K. Webb - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com To: JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Second experiment confirms faster-than-lightparticles Hi Phil, It was my understanding that the mystery of the CERN faster-than- light-speed neutrino result was solved over a month ago: failure to account for the relativistic motion of the GPS clocks used to time the neutrinos. GPS satellites orbit in planes inclined 55 degrees relative to the equator, coincidentally somewhat parallel to the neutrino flight path bearing on the ground. From the satellite's perspective, both the positions of the neutrino source and the neutrino detector are changing: in this particular case, from the perspective of the GPS clock, the detector is moving towards the neutrino source, and consequently the distance travelled by the particles -- as measured in the frame of the clock -- is shorter than the distance measured on the ground. As a result, the neutrinos should arrive about 32 nanoseconds early: an amount that must be doubled because the same error occurs at each end of the experiment. So the total correction is 64 nanoseconds: almost exactly what the OPERA team observed. If they ran the experiment a second time and got the same result, it seems to me that it is only confirming a prediction of special relativity. --Rob __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OCD sale - ad
Hello All, I have collected many different meteorites and other items over the years either in a calculated or spur of the moment manner. Going into the holiday season, I dove into the boxes, bins and all corners of the house to pick out a random selection of rarities, goodies and one ugly to offer in my latest compulsive sale for: Only Collectors Dealers... (and scientists too!) In no particular order, you will find everything from Planetary, to Hammer Stones, to an ugly H4, to a beautiful pallasite and everything in between including some pretty cool minerals towards the bottom of the listing below. You will find that most do not have prices so I encourage you to make offers. I am here to consider all offers, many of which I may surprise you and accept on the spot, others I may have to wait a few days so I can consider multiple offers on some of the more pricy items. If interested, please email me off-list. This will be a pretty long listing, but there are wonderful things to discover from top to bottom! Thank you for considering these! Available specimens as of 11-18-2011 Seymchan Pallasite 62mm 563g sphere 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0093.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0094.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0095.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0096.jpg 5) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0097.jpg 6) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0098.jpg Murchison fragment w/ crust 5.122g 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0050.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0051.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0052.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0053.jpg Zagami part slice w/fragment(not shown) Total 1.906g (1.902g + 4mg) 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/zagami/img_0047.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/zagami/img_0048.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/zagami/img_0049.jpg Taza 10kg Sculptural Individual 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg1a.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg2a.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg3a.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg4a.jpg 5) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg5a.jpg Ocate end cut 910g (Last piece) 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/nm910a.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/nm910b.jpg NWA 482 Lunar (Last four pieces, except main mass) 1.926g part slice http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0001.jpg 578mg part slice w/ crust http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0002.jpg 376mg part slice http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0003.jpg 200mg part slice http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0004.jpg NWA 1877 Olivine Diogenite 211.68g Lot (All that I have) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0005.jpg NWA 1946 LL5 - 76g Lot (some polished slices fragments)(All that I have) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0006.jpg NWA 2830 H4 – 930g (All that I have) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0007.jpg NWA 3118 CV3 – 2787.6g (All that I have, many great small pieces)(several 50-100g lots not shown) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0008.jpg NWA 3160 Lunar (Last two pieces) 182mg fragment http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0009.jpg 210mg fragments and crumbs http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0010.jpg NWA 3171 Shergottite (Last piece I have) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0011.jpg NWA 4473 Polymict Diogenite 4046g main mass (obviously the beauty is on the inside!) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0012.jpg NWA 5403 Brecciated Lodranite 176.166g (paired to NWA 4478) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0013.jpg NWA 6704 1414g main mass 120mm x 90mm x 55mm 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa6704/masses/nwa6704_1414a.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa6704/masses/nwa6704_1414b.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa6704/masses/nwa6704_1414c.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa6704/masses/nwa6704_1414d.jpg NWA 6704 20.5g slice 90mm x 35mm x 3mm http://www.lunarrock.com/NWA6704/slices_frags/Group3/img_0002.jpg NWA 6888 Lunar Feldspathic IMB (Only four pieces I have) Meteoritical Bulletin Official entry: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=nwa+6888sfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=54490 236mg part slice http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0014.jpg 26mg part slice http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0015.jpg 24mg part slice http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0016.jpg 16mg fragments http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0017.jpg NWA 1879 Mesosiderite (Last two pieces) 185.7g end cut http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa1879/dsc1.jpg 63g complete slice http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa1879/dsc2.jpg NWA 6959 (Provisional) (First showing earlier today on facebook 11-18-2011) Rumurutiti (R5) (Only 10 specimens left!)(likely paired to others going for much higher price) 6.34g complete slice cs - $158.00 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa6959/img_0002.jpg 6.01g cs - $150.00 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa6959/img_0003.jpg
Re: [meteorite-list] Second experiment confirms faster-than-light particles
- Original Message - From: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com To: JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 6:44 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Second experiment confirms faster-than-light particles Hi Phil, It was my understanding that the mystery of the CERN faster-than- light-speed neutrino result was solved over a month ago: failure to account for the relativistic motion of the GPS clocks used to time the neutrinos. GPS satellites orbit in planes inclined 55 degrees relative to the equator, coincidentally somewhat parallel to the neutrino flight path bearing on the ground. From the satellite's perspective, both the positions of the neutrino source and the neutrino detector are changing: in this particular case, from the perspective of the GPS clock, the detector is moving towards the neutrino source, and consequently the distance travelled by the particles -- as measured in the frame of the clock -- is shorter than the distance measured on the ground. As a result, the neutrinos should arrive about 32 nanoseconds early: an amount that must be doubled because the same error occurs at each end of the experiment. So the total correction is 64 nanoseconds: almost exactly what the OPERA team observed. If they ran the experiment a second time and got the same result, it seems to me that it is only confirming a prediction of special relativity. --Rob - It seems unbelievable that the relativistic satellite motion has not been brought to their attention. I mean if you guys know about it, wouldn't they? I've also read elsewhere about this effect and how it could be skewing the results. I find it hard to believe they don't know about this and would not make the necessary corrections. Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OCD sale - ad
Hi Mike, you wrote, When I die, I want to be reincarnated as your scale cube. ;) I suppose I can be a little square at times, but that is why I like to liven up my sales a bit! ;-) Also, for clarification, my Bizmuth description should be, Man-grown Element (Thanks, Rex for the correction!). Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.LunarRock.com NaturesVault (eBay) IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault -Original Message- From: Galactic Stone Ironworks Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:00 PM To: Greg Hupé Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OCD sale - ad Hi Greg, When I die, I want to be reincarnated as your scale cube. ;) Best regards, MikeG -- - Galactic Stone Ironworks - Meteorites Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone - On 11/18/11, Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net wrote: Hello All, I have collected many different meteorites and other items over the years either in a calculated or spur of the moment manner. Going into the holiday season, I dove into the boxes, bins and all corners of the house to pick out a random selection of rarities, goodies and one ugly to offer in my latest compulsive sale for: Only Collectors Dealers... (and scientists too!) In no particular order, you will find everything from Planetary, to Hammer Stones, to an ugly H4, to a beautiful pallasite and everything in between including some pretty cool minerals towards the bottom of the listing below. You will find that most do not have prices so I encourage you to make offers. I am here to consider all offers, many of which I may surprise you and accept on the spot, others I may have to wait a few days so I can consider multiple offers on some of the more pricy items. If interested, please email me off-list. This will be a pretty long listing, but there are wonderful things to discover from top to bottom! Thank you for considering these! Available specimens as of 11-18-2011 Seymchan Pallasite 62mm 563g sphere 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0093.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0094.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0095.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0096.jpg 5) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0097.jpg 6) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0098.jpg Murchison fragment w/ crust 5.122g 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0050.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0051.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0052.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0053.jpg Zagami part slice w/fragment(not shown) Total 1.906g (1.902g + 4mg) 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/zagami/img_0047.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/zagami/img_0048.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/zagami/img_0049.jpg Taza 10kg Sculptural Individual 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg1a.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg2a.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg3a.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg4a.jpg 5) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg5a.jpg Ocate end cut 910g (Last piece) 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/nm910a.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/nm910b.jpg NWA 482 Lunar (Last four pieces, except main mass) 1.926g part slice http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0001.jpg 578mg part slice w/ crust http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0002.jpg 376mg part slice http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0003.jpg 200mg part slice http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0004.jpg NWA 1877 Olivine Diogenite 211.68g Lot (All that I have) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0005.jpg NWA 1946 LL5 - 76g Lot (some polished slices fragments)(All that I have) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0006.jpg NWA 2830 H4 – 930g (All that I have) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0007.jpg NWA 3118 CV3 – 2787.6g (All that I have, many great small pieces)(several 50-100g lots not shown) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0008.jpg NWA 3160 Lunar (Last two pieces) 182mg fragment http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0009.jpg 210mg fragments and crumbs http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0010.jpg NWA 3171 Shergottite (Last piece I have) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0011.jpg NWA 4473 Polymict Diogenite 4046g main mass (obviously the beauty is on the inside!) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0012.jpg NWA 5403 Brecciated Lodranite 176.166g (paired to NWA 4478) http://www.lunarrock.com/OCD1/img_0013.jpg NWA 6704 1414g main mass 120mm x 90mm x 55mm 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa6704/masses/nwa6704_1414a.jpg 2)
Re: [meteorite-list] OCD sale - ad
Also, for clarification, my Bizmuth description should be Man-grown Element Ho Greg, It is very cool material; or even better: Synthetically-grown Bismuth crystals. They are very really exquisite, beautiful crystals. You can buy bismuth (lead-free) fishing weights in Walmart/Carrefour and melt them in aluminum cups on the kitchen stove. Like magic as soon as the heat is turned off these types of cool crystals start to form. Bismuth has a number of humorous uses, starting with its chemical symbol, and being the butt of bar-room jokes, and even then for the day after (Pepto-Bismol). Your crystals seem to have nice color though, which means someone did a real good job (it's hard to get a rainbow to reflect from them). They would make excellent pendants for jewelry, especially since they should be lead free and are safe, unlike nickel to which some people are allergic. But we've really deviated, that is one heck of a beautiful offering of meteorites! Deserves a second and third look. Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net To: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com Cc: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 18, 2011 10:19 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OCD sale - ad Hi Mike, you wrote, When I die, I want to be reincarnated as your scale cube. ;) I suppose I can be a little square at times, but that is why I like to liven up my sales a bit! ;-) Also, for clarification, my Bizmuth description should be, Man-grown Element (Thanks, Rex for the correction!). Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.LunarRock.com NaturesVault (eBay) IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault -Original Message- From: Galactic Stone Ironworks Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:00 PM To: Greg Hupé Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OCD sale - ad Hi Greg, When I die, I want to be reincarnated as your scale cube. ;) Best regards, MikeG -- - Galactic Stone Ironworks - Meteorites Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone - On 11/18/11, Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net wrote: Hello All, I have collected many different meteorites and other items over the years either in a calculated or spur of the moment manner. Going into the holiday season, I dove into the boxes, bins and all corners of the house to pick out a random selection of rarities, goodies and one ugly to offer in my latest compulsive sale for: Only Collectors Dealers... (and scientists too!) In no particular order, you will find everything from Planetary, to Hammer Stones, to an ugly H4, to a beautiful pallasite and everything in between including some pretty cool minerals towards the bottom of the listing below. You will find that most do not have prices so I encourage you to make offers. I am here to consider all offers, many of which I may surprise you and accept on the spot, others I may have to wait a few days so I can consider multiple offers on some of the more pricy items. If interested, please email me off-list. This will be a pretty long listing, but there are wonderful things to discover from top to bottom! Thank you for considering these! Available specimens as of 11-18-2011 Seymchan Pallasite 62mm 563g sphere 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0093.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0094.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0095.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0096.jpg 5) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0097.jpg 6) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0098.jpg Murchison fragment w/ crust 5.122g 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0050.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0051.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0052.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0053.jpg Zagami part slice w/fragment(not shown) Total 1.906g (1.902g + 4mg) 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/zagami/img_0047.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/zagami/img_0048.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/zagami/img_0049.jpg Taza 10kg Sculptural Individual 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg1a.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg2a.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg3a.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg4a.jpg 5) http://www.lunarrock.com/taza_10kg/taza_10kg5a.jpg Ocate end cut 910g (Last piece) 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/nm910a.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/nm910b.jpg NWA 482 Lunar (Last four
Re: [meteorite-list] OCD sale - ad
Thanks Doug, I was so impressed with these re-made man-made Pepto-Bismol crystals when I first saw them in France that I had to grab a few... if nothing else but to chew on after enjoying too much fine wine at the shows!! ;-) I couldn't believe how inexpensive these are... Looking for someone who would like them all and make some holiday cashola for themselves! ;-) Take care, Greg -Original Message- From: MexicoDoug Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 12:53 AM To: gmh...@centurylink.net ; meteoritem...@gmail.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OCD sale - ad Also, for clarification, my Bizmuth description should be Man-grown Element Ho Greg, It is very cool material; or even better: Synthetically-grown Bismuth crystals. They are very really exquisite, beautiful crystals. You can buy bismuth (lead-free) fishing weights in Walmart/Carrefour and melt them in aluminum cups on the kitchen stove. Like magic as soon as the heat is turned off these types of cool crystals start to form. Bismuth has a number of humorous uses, starting with its chemical symbol, and being the butt of bar-room jokes, and even then for the day after (Pepto-Bismol). Your crystals seem to have nice color though, which means someone did a real good job (it's hard to get a rainbow to reflect from them). They would make excellent pendants for jewelry, especially since they should be lead free and are safe, unlike nickel to which some people are allergic. But we've really deviated, that is one heck of a beautiful offering of meteorites! Deserves a second and third look. Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net To: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com Cc: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 18, 2011 10:19 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OCD sale - ad Hi Mike, you wrote, When I die, I want to be reincarnated as your scale cube. ;) I suppose I can be a little square at times, but that is why I like to liven up my sales a bit! ;-) Also, for clarification, my Bizmuth description should be, Man-grown Element (Thanks, Rex for the correction!). Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.LunarRock.com NaturesVault (eBay) IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault -Original Message- From: Galactic Stone Ironworks Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:00 PM To: Greg Hupé Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OCD sale - ad Hi Greg, When I die, I want to be reincarnated as your scale cube. ;) Best regards, MikeG -- - Galactic Stone Ironworks - Meteorites Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone - On 11/18/11, Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net wrote: Hello All, I have collected many different meteorites and other items over the years either in a calculated or spur of the moment manner. Going into the holiday season, I dove into the boxes, bins and all corners of the house to pick out a random selection of rarities, goodies and one ugly to offer in my latest compulsive sale for: Only Collectors Dealers... (and scientists too!) In no particular order, you will find everything from Planetary, to Hammer Stones, to an ugly H4, to a beautiful pallasite and everything in between including some pretty cool minerals towards the bottom of the listing below. You will find that most do not have prices so I encourage you to make offers. I am here to consider all offers, many of which I may surprise you and accept on the spot, others I may have to wait a few days so I can consider multiple offers on some of the more pricy items. If interested, please email me off-list. This will be a pretty long listing, but there are wonderful things to discover from top to bottom! Thank you for considering these! Available specimens as of 11-18-2011 Seymchan Pallasite 62mm 563g sphere 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0093.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0094.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0095.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0096.jpg 5) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0097.jpg 6) http://www.lunarrock.com/seymchan/img_0098.jpg Murchison fragment w/ crust 5.122g 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0050.jpg 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0051.jpg 3) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0052.jpg 4) http://www.lunarrock.com/murchison/img_0053.jpg Zagami part slice w/fragment(not shown) Total 1.906g (1.902g + 4mg) 1)
