Hello All,
I'll try to stop by either Saturday or Sunday -if anyone's planning on going either of those days, I'll be bringing along a few finds, etc.
Regards,
Jason
On 10/30/06, Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi John/Nick/Whomever else,I'll be there on Friday morning on my way to work;
Hello All,
For those interested, the log from the 18th does have some high quality
photos of the 'meteorite.'
And I'd have to say that it certainly looks promising, at the very least.
The interior looks relatively unweathered compared with the semi-present
crust (you can see ?chondrules? through
Hello All,
Might be a little on the tail end of this thread, but I think it still
merits posting...
Although there may be exceptions where an iron lacks fusion crust do to a
late atmospheric breakup or weathering, as might any stony meteorite, they
do, in general, possess just such a skin after
Hello Mike, All,
Ground conditions can vary so greatly that I'd have to say that I have no
real idea.
Given the little research I've put in, I'd say that the ground in the
vicinity of the Campo fall might have better drainage, receive less annual
rainfall (cumulatively anyways), or simply be less
Hello Harlan, All,
The largest piece of Tagish available to private collectors (to my
knowledge) was the ~10+g chunk sold by Eric Twelker a number of months, if
not a few years ago.
There are undoubtedly a few more of that size, if not bigger, floating
around, but good luck figuring out who has
Hello All,
For those not overly-adept at navigating throughout the web (or for you who
are as lazy right now as I usually feel), here's the link.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/player-wired-pilot.html
Regards,
Jason
On 1/3/07, Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for that
Hello All,
Here's a link to a pretty good video.
Short, but fairly close up, and the thing doesn't look too unlike a
meteorite...
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/scp_v3/viewer/index.php?pid=16598rn=49750cl=1602098ch=61492src=news
Regards,
Jason
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Hello McCartney, All,
I doubt its meteoric origin as well.
I've personally seen a number of other fresh iron falls and all that had
been recovered recently after falling had been beautifully fusion crusted,
if not on all surfaces, then all save one or two. This other side or two
have always
Hello Eman, All,
Firstly, if one determines fusion crust to be made of siliceous material,
that, as far as I'm concerned, is up to them - irons most certainly form a
thin skin of magnetite (not loosely adhering, sorry, but about as hard to
peel off as that of a stone, if not more so) that most
Hello All,
Sorry for the duplicate (if this is one), but I just saw Stefan's reply -
here's the message I sent a while ago.
Regards,
Jason
-- Forwarded message --
From: Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Jan 13, 2007 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: Taza Main Mass Pics
To: Meteorite-list
Hello Piper, All,
It weighs ~73kg or thereabouts. I'd say between two and three feet long.
Can't say for sure right now - busy packing for New York, leave sometime
around 6am tomorrow, and back next weekend.
Speaking of which - if anyone wishes to contact me, I'll be out for the rest
of the
Hello All,
Home again...
Off the top of my head - Sikhote-Alin, and that pretty old Cabin Creek...not
to mention all of those big crater forming ones...and Tunguska ;)
Terry Boswell also had a new iron fall from the last year or so that
supposedly hit a tree, but it had definitely hit something
-limited_W0QQitemZ230080307115QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Identical? Well, yes.
Anyone else have some input - or better pictures?
Regards,
Jason
On 1/28/07, Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello All,
Just a heads up - if you couldn't tell from the description, this one's a
scam.
_http://cgi.ebay.com/Meteorite-3-229-Grams
Hello Sterling, All,
I've seen many fresh irons, and this does not look like one in the least,
save the fact that it's not rusty.
It appears to be rough and gouged in many places. Assuming that it's a
meteorite, we're either dealing with a late explosive breakup or shrapnel
from a crater. There
Hello All,
Just a heads up - if you couldn't tell from the description, this one's a
scam.
_
http://cgi.ebay.com/Meteorite-3-229-Grams-Solid-Iron-Meteorite-WOW_W0QQitemZ230084232264QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
_
Hello Darren, All,
By right-clicking the photos, clicking properties, and going directly to the
picture URL, I was able to get these:
http://www.njfossils.net/meteorite/DVC01306.JPG
http://www.njfossils.net/meteorite/DVC01291.JPG
http://www.njfossils.net/meteorite/DVC01288.JPG
Guess this didn't go through last time...in any case, better late than
never.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Jan 31, 2007 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The New Jersey Object
To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Hello
Hello All,
We just made last minute (night before) arrangements for the show, and
should be driving into town Saturday morning after a Friday night drive from
LA. If anyone would like a ride to Tucson from the LA area, we'd be happy
to take you (though you'd be on your own once you got there).
Hello All,
Regarding Widmanstatten patterns in meteorites and terrestrial iron...
The typical problem that most run into is with cosmically (or possibly
terrestrially) reheated/recrystallized irons that oftentimes share an
uncanny resemblance in structure to terrestrially manufactured metal.
In
Hello Rob, All,
Comets are generally considered to be a thin layer of
rocky material over a lot of volatites, the complete
opposite. I could well be wrong on this. Virgin comets
are unusually bright on their first perihelion
passage. One theory is that the surface volatiles ar
vapourised away
Hello All,
There are a few things that separate Adamana from Holbrook in my mind...
The texture of the crust alone of Adamana versus that of Holbrook leaves me
little doubt that the two could possibly be paired.
The fusion crust of Adamana is a matte black, which contrasts sharply with
the crust
on the accuracy of the reportswho could
possibly know.
Regards,
Jason
On 2/27/07, DNAndrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jason Utas wrote:
Hello All,
There are a few things that separate Adamana from Holbrook in my mind...
The texture of the crust alone of Adamana versus that of Holbrook
leaves
Hello All,
Firstly, all of your statements rely either on the fact that this was an
atmospheric breakup in which larger (or oriented/atmospherically more
streamlined) stones falling at one end and the smaller stones falling at the
other.
This is clearly not the case.
As you stated, the Holbrook
Hello All,
This looks even less like a fresh iron than the NJ object...
http://www.pantagraph.com/shared-content/gallery/?galleryid=4gallery_page=0album_page=0albumid=71mediaid=1596
Regards,
Jason
On 3/5/07, Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Ken, All,
That looks nothing like a fresh iron meteorite. Fusion crust? That looks
more like rust, and nevermind those shallow indentations that are being
called regmaglypts - if you want to see what a fresh iron looks like, take
out a Sikhote or Taza - or draw up some pics of any other
Hello Gary, All,
Fallen meteorites do not have 'craters' on them.
Their flight through earth's atmosphere removes all traces of original
exterior surfaces that existed when the body was still in space (or, if the
body is large enough to retain some of these features on its rear side, it
simply
Hello Tracy, All,
I have problems with the meteorite theory:
1. Meteorites, as this List knows, come in cold, not hot enough to make the
water in the crater boiling, as several witnesses stated.
If the object was indeed large enough to create a crater (and there
does appear to be one
Hello All,
I've been asked to tell you that there are new pictures up on Mbark's
page - here's the url:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
I'd just like to add that, at the moment, Mbark's posted prices are
~1/2 that of what other dealers are asking - for nearly identical, if
not
Hello XXX, Randall, etc,
I'm going to take the time to go through this bit-by-bit.
I reviewed the report sent in by Mr. Farmer today and then I asked my
Peruvian wife to her to call my friends in Desaguadero to find out
what the situation is. I read Mike's field report and he had mentioned
that
Hello Dave,
It's always the first weekend in February, or at least has been in the
past, with the party being that Friday night, the auctions over
Saturday (Sat. night = Michael Blood's) and Sunday (Lang's).
Unless there's some odd change for this year (over the past decade or
so, it hasn't
Hello All,
Not the usual scammer, etc - this one I just find funny and thought
you might like to see:
http://cgi.ebay.com/GAO-Iron-Meteorite_W0QQitemZ270175803889QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
or
David, All,
The point is that if such a violent incident had occurred in
rural-any-small-town here in the US, people's minds would undoubtedly
jump straight to the least rational cause - terrorism. You may say
otherwise, but you know it's trueeven though the supposition that
terrorists would
Sure doesn't look like a meteorite...at all
Have a look for yourself:
http://www.ksn.com/news/also/10574416.html
Regards,
Jason
On 10/18/07, Mike Groetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.dailytimesonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/NEWS01/71016045/1002/NEWS01
DELAWARE:
Hola All,
The trouble with this fellow's logic is namely that he appears to
believe that the study of weathering effects on meteorites is more
important than the study of what is (at this point, probably 'was')
likely the largest fresh sample of the remnants of a solar nebula
currently on the
Hello All, Keith,
Are you sure that's not a Gibeon?
I've seen a good few Canyon Diablo's and Gibeon's, and, to be frank,
I've seen a number of Gib's like it, and no CD's that've looked
remotely similar. The patina is pretty typical of Gibeon as well,
rather different than your average Canyon
Hello 'Mckinney Trammell,' All
Right - if I'm not mistaken, the supposed Mojave iron meteorite
similar to Albion, from ebay...well...
It looks like slag/metal production waste (those bubbles are pretty
telling), or maybe the result of some smelting gone-awry. The
texture's rather off for
. Keith is
my friend and when he said it was a Canyon Diablo he was stating the
truth.
On 10/30/07, Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello All, Keith,
Are you sure that's not a Gibeon?
I've seen a good few Canyon Diablo's and Gibeon's, and, to be frank,
I've seen a number of Gib's
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/11/05/brighter.comet.ap/index.html
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- A comet that unexpectedly brightened in
the last couple of weeks and is now visible to the naked eye is
attracting professional and amateur interest.
[image]
Comet 17P/Holmes is seen among the
Well, first-off, I'd have to say that you're comparing apples and oranges.
Simply put, the specimen depicted in the first two pictures appears to
have had a sustained independent flight, and has developed a crust
that can truly be deemed 'primary.'
The second specimen seems as though it might have
Hello Bill, All,
I'm confused, Bill. I asked you for any evidence of this, and you
failed to respond, but did choose to reply to another message on the
same thread a few minutes later.
I agree with Greg. This most certainly reflects upon you in a sour
light, Bill. To say such things about a
Bill, All,
I just checked the thread: the claims against Leigh-Anne were
unsubstantiated, and, seeing as she is a well-regarded member of this
community (by most), I would suggest that list members not spread
about such rubbish unless they have evidence to back it up. Saying
that there was an
was not accusing him of anything fraudulent with that
statement.
Regards,
Jason
On Nov 11, 2007 10:39 PM, Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill, All,
I just checked the thread: the claims against Leigh-Anne were
unsubstantiated, and, seeing as she is a well-regarded member of this
community (by most
Ed,
The second I tell you when you can and can't pray (as well as for what
you can pray) is the very second that you can tell me when I am able
to use a historical figure's name in any writing I see fit to put to
email or paper or any such thing.
Until then, by god, I'll not pay you any heed
Larry, Sterling,
Even supposing that there had been some sort of life on Venus, the
odds that the development of life there would have even somewhat
paralleled evolution on Earth is so unlikely as to be, in my opinion,
nearly impossible. Should there have been any life on Venus, it is
logical to
Hello Adam, All,
Adam said:
It is obvious that this meteorite contains chondrules
therefore calling it anything but a chondrite doesn't
make any sense to me.
Wold Cottage, as well as several Acapulcoites and Winonaites contain
chondrule remains, though the official definitions of such
Regards,
Adam
--- Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Adam, All,
Adam said:
It is obvious that this meteorite contains
chondrules
therefore calling it anything but a chondrite
doesn't
make any sense to me.
Wold Cottage, as well as several Acapulcoites
Hola Adam, All,
I never called it a type three if you read my emails
although I am confident with the designation
scientists with decades of experience assigned it.
Interestingly put. Well, I did read your emails, as well as those
posted by your brother, and, to be frank, although you don't
Hello Mike,
~92% of all meteorites are magnetic; all irons, all stony irons, and
nearly all stones are magnetic.
The only meteorites that are not magnetic would be the HED's (some of
these are slightly magentic), as well as Aubrites (though some of
these contain iron as well), planetary meteorites
Hello All,
Unsure if this article has already been posted, but it hasn't arrived
in my inbox yet, so here goes.
Article text below; see link for the picture.
Jason
---
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7128000.stm
Meteorite dates lunar volcanoes
Volcanoes were active on the Moon's
E.P., All,
Well, that hardly seems likely; no crater-forming mechanism would
create iron pellets of ejecta such as what occurred on those tusks,
and the likelihood of their being caused by a low-altitude airburst,
though intriguing, seems physically impossible, at least if we're
talking about a
Hello Tracy, All,
I agree, but the main problem is that the spherule-type material from
Canyon Diablo wasn't fired out of anything; it condensed out of a
cloud of vapour that formed as a result of the meteorites vaporization
upon impact. They weren't necessarily hot to any appreciable degree
when
Hello Sterling, Tracy, All,
Sterling, you said, As always, when people dislike an explanation, they
do not search for an explanation that works, they attack the facts for
demanding one.
I agree...kind of. While I do agree that attacking an existing
hypothesis may well be easier than coming up
Hola E.P., All,
Perhaps data from Barringer could throw more light on
the reentry of iron spherules from an iron ground
impact. I seem to remember frei-punkt, a maximum speed
for air entry.
Reentry of iron sperules? Maximum speed? With Canyon Diablo, they
condensed out of a cloud of vapour
Hello E.P., All,
First off, West was looking for bones from the comet
impact of 10,900 BCE, and found the peppered tusks.
When radiocarbon dated these tusks turned out to be
from 31,000 BCE, and not from the 10,900 BCE comet
impact.
Ok...
Second, there is no terrestrial process that
Tracy, All,
Tracy, you said:
There are a couple scenarios where a good-size impactor could strike
and leave no crater, but create havoc. One is if it made a water
strike close to a coastline, and another is if it struck an ice sheet,
like a glacier, which subsequently melted. Are there any
Hello E.P., All,
1) From the descriptions, the spherules in the tusks
appear to be the result of the condensation of iron
plasma, the same as at Barringer crater.
Completely wrong. The spherules from CD are spherules that condensed
out of the atmosphere and fell to Earth as solid spherules
E.P., Sterling, All,
Firstly, it's not my crater, nor my impactites. I
first saw this on National Geographic TV, and had not
even read Firestone's Mammoth Trumpet piece until
Sterling pointed it out to us. This was Kenneth's
team's work.
Well, seeing as you're the only one advocating such a
Sterling, E.P., All,
For the record, I like my peppered mammoth
with lemon butter...
Thick-cut, salt and pepper.
Jason, think about Tunguska. A 25 megaton airburst
that left no crater, no pits, not even the tiniest, no
material remains whatsoever, no isotopic traces in
reliable amounts,
Hola All,
But the main problem is that impact rates have not been constant since
the formation of a solid lunar crust a number of billions of years
ago, and as such, this declining rate biases the results put forth.
Simply put, we're talking about craters having formed in the past ~50k
years, as
the bones, do not,
in my opinion, exist.
Regards,
Jason
Sterling K. Webb
--
- Original Message -
From: Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007
Hola Sterling, E.P., All,
Concerning recent impacts (12,000 years old), what
I've noticed over the years is that some people go
into denial, and those denial mechanisms are sometimes
really pretty bizarre. It's tough to accept on a gut
level that as things now sit you, your family, your
E.P, All,
Well, probably, though we have no real proof of their
having been blasted to death *anywhere.*
Denial takes many forms.
Show me proof. Show me blackened bones.
Oh, that's right - there isn't any.
As I said before, I won't say that such events haven't happened,
because in all
to be logical.
Regards,
Jason
Sterling K. Webb
---
- Original Message -
From: Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:11 AM
Subject: Re
E.P.
To be perfectly frank, I've had enough of you, but I do like getting
the last word in, so here you go.
If you stopped lying - and maybe started obeying the
laws of physics, scientific method, not to mention
basic logic, we might get somewhere.
Thanks for the compliment, Jason. I don't
E.P., All,
To be perfectly frank, I've had enough of you, but I
do like getting the last word in, so here you go.
Why do I have this feeling that this will not be the
last word we hear from Jason?
Probably because we've not seen the last of you either; you're doing
the same thing ;)
E.P.,
After reading your last post, I've simply come to decide that this is
no longer worth the time.
Your selective replies, paired with your faulty logic - and failure to
even think or reason in a logical manner has left me with little hope
of ever bringing you to your senses.
I met with a few
Hola All,
Sterling, you said:
The distribution (or relative absence) of irons in NWA material shows
that there is no doubt that the NWA area was cleaned out of most of
the iron meteorites that could be found thousands of years ago. Of
course, they missed a few. But if the NWA meteorites
thought
of yet.
Sterling K. Webb
- Original Message -
From: Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list
Meaning, what exactly?
On Dec 24, 2007 6:01 PM, Peter A Shugar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sterling,
Is it just me? Or is jason about two tacos and a burrito short of a
combination plate?
Pete
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http://www.meteoritecentral.com
Meteorite-list
before disagreeing with it. The
source was Dr. Svend Buhl. He's on the List, so maybe you
could ask (politely) how he derived the 0.2% figure?
Sterling K. Webb
-
- Original Message -
From: Jason Utas [EMAIL
I would say that if you don't care enough to involve yourself in the
discussion - or know little enough about the subject to participate,
that one should simply refrain from throwing comments like that around
- say, those that pertain to nothing other than personal jibes.
Over here we would call
Hola All,
1) Thanks Darren, and others who messaged me in private.
2) Pete,
By making such a message public, you most certainly meant it to be
offensive; otherwise, you would have addressed it privately. You
meant for everyone to see it, whether or not you gave the post
adequate thought before
E.P.,
I said I wouldn't argue the point anymore, but this is just insulting
- after I say I'm to leave, you repeatedly bash me? You're going into
overkill here - one might almost think you're compensating for your
own beliefs with this little romp-around.
Sterling himself just told you that the
Whoops - first time this went out, my email was set to rich-formatting
it for some reason.
In case that doesn't go through, here's a plain version.
-- Forwarded message --
Hola Graham, All,
Been busy with college apps these past few weeks, and am getting
caught up with emails
Hola Peter, All,
I know individual aspect of your questions have been addressed, but
I'd like to as well...
I know the Sahara desert is about a galgillion square miles.
Then there are the deserts in Calif., South America, the Antarctic continent
and God only knows where else. Why don't I see any
Hola All,
This was as close as I could get:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.meteoritearticles.com/chatroom.html
But the java programs don't seem to initiate correctly - at least, not for me.
Anyone else have any luck?
Regards,
Jason
On Jan 13, 2008 3:03 PM, dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Eric,
From the pictures, it's hard to tell, but I would say that it is most
likely an ordinary chondrite. That said, the pictures aren't clear
enough to tell for certain - to me it almost looks a little bit like a
CR2, but I would only be able to tell with a) the stone in my hands or
b)
Hola Dave, All,
If you're making accurate labels, you might add 36kg to the tkw of
Tata (listed at 113 kg) - and make that two pieces found, as opposed
to one.
Kem Kem...I have no idea.
Regards,
Jason
On 26 Jan 2008 16:41:59 UT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi David and List,
Does anyone have the
Hola Tracy, Ken, All,
Yes, the colour does look a bit off, but in this case I think it might
be due to odd photography - the specimens' textures actually look
meteoric and some of the pieces reflect light in a way that I would
expect from a weathered ordinary chondrite (oxidized metal appears to
Hola Bob, E.P., All,
Hardly - the stuff they sell at the Meteor Crater store is shale.
They don't sell real meteorites on-site, though you can find freshly
dug-up irons on ebay from hunters for an average going price of
~$0.30/g.
You'd probably be best-off buying some Odessa nuggets or a lot of
Hola Pete, All,
It's a meteorite; it looks to be a piece of Allende or another CV3,
but it's certainly not an Aubrite, and is most likely not from
Australia (why would it be when it looks to be Allende...).
So...an expensive bit of Allende with a shiny tag.
Regards,
Jason
On Feb 5, 2008 12:43 PM,
Hola E.P., All,
while in Tucson noticed its low density. I remember
when Michael Casper let me handle one of the first new
martian meteorites back in 1999, and my sudden
understanding of exactly what 1/3 Earth's gravity
really means.
Martian meteorites are as dense as earth rocks; the fact
Hola Laurence, All,
Seems unlikely; here's a picture of the stone:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article93341.ece
Doesn't look very good...
Regards,
Jason
On Feb 11, 2008 10:16 PM, Laurence Garvie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was listening to the London news and they were discussing
Bob,
On the bottom of his message -
Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!!
The Asteroid Belt!
---Chicagometeorites.net---
Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999
Ebay I.D. Illinoismeteorites
...it does work.
Jason
On Feb 12, 2008 6:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve,
As a
Hello All,
I managed to find a user on Flickr with a good set of shots - see here:
http://flickr.com/photos/apailthorp/2280482061/
If you click on 'All Sizes' just above the image, you get
full-sized...his/her shots have pretty good resolution. There are
probably better out there, but this was
Hola Chris, Eric, All,
Well, I would think that it would be all the more difficult due to the
snow on the ground; assuming that the fireball didn't terminate over
cleared land, the general Area (Northern Oregon to Southern
Washington, at elevations of ~2,000 ft+) are currently under two to
four
Well, E.P.,
I suppose the only trouble would be finding responsible meteorite
hunters who would hunt without disturbing the ancient designs (which
seems fairly hopeless given the historical record of treasure-seekers
in general).
Yes, there are a number of responsible hunters out there, but one
Hola All,
For those interested, I just uploaded a whole lot of new meteorite
pictures to my flickr account, available at the following url:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameteoritefinder/sets/72157594532840297/
I would go straight to the 'meteorites' set; there are some other
pictures up, but I
Hello All,
If anyone can host some images for me, I can send them some pics of cratered Sikhotes to be put up.
I've been collecting them at shows over the last few years and have examples on both the trailing and leading edges of specimens, as well as a few on non-oriented irons.
Mark Bostick
Hello All,
After a bit of work on his part, and no fewer than thirty-seven emails that did or didn't get to wherever they were supposed to go (we may never know what gets lost within the bowels of the internet...), Jeff Kuyken was able to get a number of pics of cratered Sikhotes up onto his
Hello Greg, All,
Thesemementos were used a means of fundraising. You don't seem to realize that such a new institution needs to attain a certain amount of endowment money if it is ever to succeed, and there were initially very few donations - so theFukang displays wereconceived tomake people more
Hello Stan, All,
Well no one has to donate anything to get the classification service once the program is up and running...why would you assume that?
I'd suggest that if you care at all about such a small and exhaustible resource being expended without regard for future science, that it would
Hello Stan, All,
Well, lets take this apart, eh?
Save the space rocks! The meteorites are vanishing and if something isn'tdone soon, most of Earth's rare space rocks could be gone in a lifetime orso says the University of Arizona's Southwest Meteorite Center, a newly
founded organization created
Hello Stan, All,
Alright, again :)
sorry i took the quote from a source that listed that as a source
Editor's note: collectSPACE's collecting categories do not include meteorites for good reason: our focus is on space exploration history. Meteorites, on the other hand, are the natural history of
Hello David, All,
Well done. You've missed my point entirely.
And wayto be melodramatic.
I don't care whether or not people have collections.
It's my opinion that if they want one, they should be able to do whatever they want with it. But they should want to conserve such rare items and use
Hello Stan, David, All,
Well, here's a quote from that page...seems as if the writer probablywasn'tup to speed on his meteorite-related info I guess..huh.and yet their writter seemed to have a pretty good grasp on the 'sky is
falling' tone of the SWMC's press releases / interviews.
Yeah, shame
Hello Stan, All,
Just a heads up - Stan, you might want to read the last paragraph before you take the time to respond...it'd piss me off if I wrotea long replyand saw that there.
And now for the issues at hand.
And as for Marvin being in charge of an institution that would grind upperfectly
Hello David, All,
Alrighty, down to business.
Well done.Thank you. I hope you got a smile out of it, but I'm sure not as funnyas Martin Altmann.
Don't worry, I've yet to reply to his off-list reply, but I'll get to it asapwell, now there's an on-list one...which one Martin?
You've missed
...but then again, I'm telling you what he told me, so maybe you should just stew about this on your own time, and stop wasting other peoples.'
Jason Utas
On 7/15/06, stan .
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What Marvin almost always does is sell half of a specimen and keep the restintact.In this fashion, he
Allright, down to business again...a quick message before I leave.
Hello David, All,
Thanks for your thoughtful replies. I don't have nearly the worries thatsome may have over this new planned U of A repository, but I amconcerned about the temptation by owners of rare meteorites to sell to a
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