Looks like I'm ousted once again :-(
.. or is it shipwrecked ;-)
Test, please delete!
Best wishes,
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The sales ad of this eBay seller does not jibe. Chiangmai Univ., Thailand ...
Hello Dirk and List,
The sellers also state:
purchased sometime between 1975 and 1977 ... as best the owner can recall
as best the owner can * r e c a l l *
Could this be a piece of Chiang Khan ??? Yes, I know
The Mundrabilla main mass was recently moved and reweighed. The correct
weight is actually 12.4t! That's nearly 1t heavier than previously stated.
Hi Jeff and List,
As for the piece in *this* bw picture, it's not located in Australia but used
to be at the MPI Heidelberg - at least when I took
Mike Farmer wrote:
Take a look at this, I got a box full of slices today, and they are simply
breathtaking!
Marlin Cilz told me he has not cut a more beautful iron. What do the list
members think
the large emerald green crystals are? Pyroxene? Every slice seems to have one
or two of
them. The
E.P.,
with all due respect but there are two Steve Arnolds and one
of them surely wouldn't like to be taken for his namesake ;-))
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what is its?
Hadejia, Kilbu, Kilbabo, Kilabo
LL6, S3; W0; polymict regolith breccia
Cheers,
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Matt Morgan wrote:
Contrary...he cut it into thirds already. So it will be for sale, eventually.
David Weir responded:
So would that be ukulele-sized pieces?
So our little grandsons and granddaughters could rock it like Bob did ;-)
Bernd
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Uuuh, here on the outskirts of Munich it started to snow
B! No snow here yet in the Mannheim-Heidelberg area but even though part
of the sky is still star-studded embellished by a waxing gibbous Moon in the
south,
and Orion rising majesticaly in the East (already half way up), the first
Hello Jim, Hi Mike T., Salut Roger,
Very beautiful,
Very pleasing,
Very aesthetic-looking
Very *educational* !
Kudos and best wishes from Germany!
Bernd
P.S.: Here are some of my thin section pics in case someone is interested:
http://de.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meteorit/photos/browse/49a1
Hi Suzanne + Jim,
Hello List and thin sectionists :-)
I'll send this to the List because I think others had the same problem!
I tried to access your photo pages but did not have any
luck, just was blank. Any idea what might be the problem?
My mistake! Well, I should have told you that you
Hi Jeff and List,
Kapoeta Special piece from King Collection (look and you will see why this is
special).
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/album?c=hodgjtaid=576460762333192206pid=wtok=
0RJzde17qVEMJvNxYm1.dA--ts=1162483362.src=ph#page1
And if you don't see why Jeff's Kapoeta thin section is very
Hello List, salut Confrère Pierre-Marie,
Do you know of which meteorite it's about or where I could get more information?
That's the Lujan meteorite:
1. Catalogue of Meteorites:
A piece of about 50g was found 6 m deep in Quaternary formations below the
remains
of a megatherium, M. Kantor, Rev.
harlan trammell wrote:
they sweat and ooze liquid
Hello All,
My thick slice that I got from Mike Martinez in 2000 is still stable, no ooze,
no sweat!
My large, thin 36-gram slice from Ivan Koutyrev that I purchased about two or
three
years ago (EBay) is still perfect - no ooze, no sweat!
A disappointed Rob writes:
Unfortunately, none of the Mercury transit pages I've searched so far
today have shown a live image of the solar disk -- very disappointing.
As most of you astronomy-minded folks will know, this transit isn't visible
here in Western Europe :-( but Rob's words show how
Glad to see I was right on target when I wrote on Fri, Oct. 27:
Beautiful crystals, they are! Yes, I think they are pyroxene
crystals (augite), probably diopside [CaMgSi2O6]. Diopside has
been found in these irons: Caddo County, Four Corners, Ocotillo,
and Udei Station. The most interesting of
Maybe the nakhlites underwent a(nother) high temperature event (collision?)
while floating in space. Maybe this event influenced the cosmogenic nuclides
of 38Ar in a different way than those of 4He and 21Ne. Maybe one of the radio-
genic clocks was thus (partially) reset. I don't know if such a *p
Me again,
I've been looking at my Tulia (a) now for quite some time and it does have this
tell-tale light-dark structure typical of a regolith breccia. So, it may be a
mistaken Dimmitt which is described as a regolith breccia.
Best,
Bernd
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Mark wrote:
Tulia (a) is believed by most, myself included, to be
an H5 stone chondrite, and Dimmitt, the H3-4.
Hello Mark and List,
My 25-gram Tulia (a) specimen that I purchased from Walter Zeitschel
in August 1987 shows so many clearly delineated chondrules that I'd
find it difficult to
Hello Listees and Listoids,
Gorgeous chondrite with beautiful bull's-eye chondrules (bleached chondrules
indicative of aqueous processes on its parent asteroid). Like David, I don't
think the dark inclusions are carbonaceous but rather shock-melted pockets
of the surrounding matrix material. I
Hello List,
If you are into unclassified NWA's with a fresh, fat, black, velvety fusion
crust of sorts and an orange interior that contrasts so nicely with a thick,
frothy crust, then you would perhaps like to have a look at and possibly bid
on one of the remaining Bou Arfas that Carsten Giessler
Hello List,
Carsten has problems with the mails he wants to send to the List.
Seems he can't get through -so he's asked me to send it for him.
Here it is:
Hello List, I'm looking for a piece of Baszkowka, please contact me
off-list if you have one for sale, thanks! Best greetings, Carsten.
Dear Ed and List, Ed, I am sure the list would be interested in seeing
your Table of Contents or excerpts from your book. This might also
aid in more sales of your book. I have been looking for a review of
your book; if you know of any reviews please let us know. Thank
you. Dirk Ross...Tokyo
Hi All,
Dave *kindly* wrote:
If you're OK with Steve's posts, then you're implicitly
saying it's OK for every one else to act the same way
MexicoDoug *kindly* responded:
No, I'm not saying that at all... All I really do know is that Art does approve
So this moron once again *almost* succeeded
Gary asked: What else does everyone collect?
1. Meteorites
2. Minerals (quartz, amethyst, rock crystals, agate, fluorite, pyrite)
3. Australian Kookaburra and kangaroo silver coins
4. Stamps (especially Germany from 1948 till now)
5. Books, literature about Ancient Pharaonic Egypt
6. Astronomy
McCOY T.J. et al. (1994) Chladniite, Na2CaMg7(Po4)6: A new mineral
from the Carlton IIICD iron meteorite (Am. Mineral. 79, 375-380).
McCOY T.J. et al. (1993) Chladniite: A new mineral honoring
the father of METEORITICS (Meteoritics 28-3, 1993, A394):
Na2CaMg7(Po4)6
Chladniite is named for Ernst
I see that you're back to your usual l a z y behavior
by asking someone else to do your research for you
Did we turned from yesterday to the [laser-list]?
No, surely not the l a s e r - list but rather the l a z i e r - list ;-)
Bernd
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Steve Arnold wrote:
I have seen with many eucrites that there is a polymict
type and a monomict type. What are the differences?
Geoff responded:
Dear Steve: May I recommend a very useful resource
to you: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites
Hello All,
On page 344 of the glossary, we
Mike wrote: We should also understand cumulate.
Noncumulate eucrites: have crystallized from basaltic melts on the
s u r f a c e of the HED parent body. Millbillillie is such a non-
cumulate eucrite.
Cumulate eucrites (O.R. Norton, Encyclopedia, Glossary, p. 342): An
igneous rock made up of
Hello Jerry, Mark, Greg and List,
What a beautiful H4 chondrite!
Gorgeous thumbprinted fusion crust!
Sincere congratulations to all those involved!
Moni asked: When will you find out how old it is?
This surely sounds like an invitation to another quiz ;-)
So my take is: it is so fresh that it
Steve Arnold wrote:
The nicest nwa I have ever had the pleasure to put into
my collection, NWA 1685, came into my collection today.
A 197 gram individual from Roman Jirasek.
NWA 1685 is truly a stunning meteorite. Two individuals weighing
131 grams and 251.3 grams (cut in two halves by Dean) +
I wrote: It is so fresh that it must have fallen within the last 4 months!
Mark wrote: I will guess 2 weeks from fall to reported recovery date.
My guess is too vague, so let me narrow it down to 2 months from fall
to reported recovery date because this was my first private guess.
Cheers,
Standing corrected:
I would like to tell the list that the piece Steve Arnold purchased is not the
piece
I thought belonged to John X. John just assured me that his 197.9-gram BL
chondrite is still in his collection as he is a fellow collector of
meteorites that
stay in a collection.
Thank
Mr Arnold wrote: I did not purchase it.
I know.
Mr Arnold also wrote: I traded for it.
I know and I also know what you traded it for.
Mr Arnold's final comment: Please stand corrected on this.
I do, and, well, I know how long you had what you traded it for.
So, please, accept my apologies
Hello Matteo, Sterling and List,
Last February I, too, thought and wrote this might be the ADMIRE pallasite
because of the find date. But the picture clearly shows that this meteorite
is an iron and not a pallasite. The etch pattern seems to be that of a IIIAB
iron and this narrows my
Muana Poglica: http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6839/muanaan2.jpg
As for the Muana Poglica, the label says E(ast) Africa not S(outh) Africa,
although this doesn't help much. I did a Google search and found the second
part of the word Poglica but the texts are written with Cyrillic letters.
David wrote:
I love the photos that are made of the fusion
crusts after being coated with ammonium chloride
Like the photo on page 641, where you can admire and drool over
a perfectly oriented [Henbury] sample with regmaglypts and fusion
crust.
The caption continues:
This type of material
HAAG ROBERT (1997) Field Guide of Meteorites
(10th + 12th Anniversary Editions, 1991 + 1997, p. 36):
Betty Maslin, a Murchison, Australia resident, displays the smelly rocks that
landed on the outskirts of town one Sunday morning in September, 1969.
Detonations and hissing noises were heard when
Well, said Micromegas, perhaps the beings
who inhabit it do not possess good sense.
Think of it as the ultimate test of human
intelligence. Will we pass? I don't know.
Le voyageur: «Dites-moi, je vous en prie, à quoi vous vous occupez.»
Le philosophe: «Nous disséquons des mouches, nous
Kidding aside, If you are speaking about Tagish
Lake, they will have disolved into mud.
That's what I was thinking. I was under the impression that Tagish Lake was
of a consistency that it would dissolve like a lump of dry clay/dirt if it
got wet.
Even fresh pieces are so crumbly, so
A very happy Gerald writes:
I'm happy to report that the 2.6g Peeksville I purchased from Ken R. at
Astronomical Research is currently sitting atop my display cabinet in a
prominent place of honor. Crusted and sliced thin to enhance its overall
demensions, I can picture the multiple videos and
Hello All,
Santa Vitoria do Palmar is a truly beautiful meteorite and it has many a story
to tell part of which can be found on pages 12-16 of the latest issue of our
Meteorite magazine. Thank you very much, Svend! What a pity the pictures are
only black white but, a color version is available
Hello Ron and List,
Batuta recalls in his memoir an Anatolian feudal lord speaking to the
author about a rock that fell from the sky, a black- colored meteorite
weighing about 80 kg, and witnesses' accounts about the body.
Well, this is probably the Aidin stone (said to have fallen in the year
Hi Jeff and List,
Maybe some of these references are helpful!
Cheers,
Bernd (again exposed to Aussie English ;-)
HEYMANN D. et al. (1986) Carbon in dark inclusions of the
Allende meteorite (Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. 17th, 341-342).
HEYMANN D. et al. (1987) Carbon in dark inclusions
of the
Dear ALL!
I am overwhelmed and definitely do feel honored - special thanks to Steve Arnold
(Chicago) - whatever the outcome of this thread may be. Special thanks also to
my
Brother-In-Stealth, Michael Blood (please, say hello to Angel!) and all those
good
people who would support his proposal
Hello Listees and Listoids,
We are on our way to our Italian restaurant and won't be back
before midnight our time. So, let us now already wish all of you
a Happy and Prosperous New Year !!!
Bernd + Pauline
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Hello List,
Here are the two meteorites that fell on a Jan 01
and thus welcomed the new year when they fell:
1. Hessle (H5) - 1869, Jan 01: a shower of stones fell in Sweden after
detonations
2. Bielokrynitschie (H4) - 1887, Jan 01: Several veined, black stones were seen
to
fall in the
Stepniewski M. et al. (1996) Preliminary study of the L
chondrite Baszkowka (abs. Meteoritics 31, 1996, A134).
Wlotzka F., Scherer P. et al. (1997) Petrography and noble gases of the unusual
L5 chondrites Baszkówka and Mt. Tazerzait (Meteoritics 32-4, 1997, A140).
Stepniewski M. et al. (1998)
Steve wrote:
When Rob Elliott was in Chicago back in 2002, we were talking
about LAKE MURRAY, the iron, possibly being the smoking gun.
Mike T. responded: Thanks Steve! That's the one.
According to Sicree et al., Lake Murray is one of the oldest or possibly
the oldest paleoiron (terrestrial
our famous italian stallion ...
Steve, would you please refrain from such personal deflations
of other list members' ego! I thought we did not want to start
it all over again in 2007!
In a private mail you told me your name was not Chicago Steve
but Steve Arnold, which I respect (or at least try
Hello Gary and List,
I just received and photographed this very nice slice of Forestburg (b)
from the Hupe Collection...and this one is just beautiful Shock stage
S5, weathering grade W1; the chondrite is shock blackened and contains
impact melt clasts.
If you want to take a look it is
I just finished uploading a very nice slice of Tulia (b) with a great
'river' of FeNi at one end - also received from the Hupé collection.
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/tulia2-2.html
Breathtaking 'river' of FeNi ! I only have a Tulia, H3-4 (a) slice.
I wonder what would happen if such
Gary wrote: If you want to take a look [at Gary's slice] it is here:
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/forestburg2-6.html
Mark writes: A photograph from my Forestburg (b) thin section is shown here:
http://www.meteoritearticles.com/colforestburgbts.html
Zélimir writes:
...sometimes a simple
Hello List and Anne,
Hope you are prepared for some more eruptive enthusiasm ;-) When I came home
from
school at 4 o'clock this afternoon, my 7.9-gram slice of Santa Vitoria do Palmar
had finally arrived and still had some Denver, Colorado snow flakes sitting on
the
package :-)
How glad I am I
Miss Ma Lan inquired:
Could anyone here provide me with useful weblinks
for my further study? Many many thanks in advance.
Hello Miss Ma Lan,
The first weblink I can come up with is David Weir's excellent
and extremely useful website. See here:
http://www.meteoritestudies.com/
.. then I'd
Hello All,
When I was inducted at the Ensisheim 2004 show, I acquired a small,
0.773-gram fragment from list member Peter Marmet. This piece originally
came from Anne Black.
It is small part slice, no crust, has a mottled appearance, abundant FeNi,
melt veinlets, and abundant finely dispersed
Hello List and Thin Section Enthusiasts,
Look at those stunning thin section pictures by Roger Warin on
Mark Bostick's website. They are out-of-this world. Fantastic!
I'd like to invite you to take a look at TS picture #2 on Mark's website
and compare it to my thin section picture of the
I wrote yesterday:
I'd like to invite you to take a look at TS picture #2 on Mark's website
and compare it to my thin section picture of the Forestburg (b) L5 shock
blackened chondrite that can be viewed on Gary's website.
Any thoughts about what you see? Here are the URL's:
Gary disappointedly comments:
Clouds to the west the last two nights. I got
some good sunset pics, but no comet :( Gary
Now, drum roll, ... my comment:
Clouds here to the west, east, north and south the last two nights :-(
Thomas Tuchan must have been extremely lucky ... his home town Ulm
is
Hello Greg, List, and Eucrite Buffs,
I recently bought Greg's last piece of NWA 3159, a 10.7-gram individual.
This is no.3 in my collection because there are already two breathtaking
cut slices clearly showing the two distinct lithologies:
1. the black, shock-melted, vesicular areas
2. the
Zélimir wrote: Gary, many thanks for the URL. Breathtaking photos indeed.
Yep. Thank you very much, Gary, for posting the pictures!
Zélimir: the aggregate ... a simple sand grain embedded into the vesicle.
I am also leaning towards a terrestrial provenance - like Ingo and Zélimir.
By the way,
Hello Cometaries,
Well, we finally had a sunny Sunday and a beautiful sunset to look forward
to after several days of rain and drizzle. I drove out into the fields where
I was able to enjoy an unobstructed view of the western sky but my efforts
to locate and observe McNaught came to naught. Mr
Gary proudly writes:
I've just received an excellent small part slice of Northbranch from the
Hupe' Collection. It displays some unbelievable veins of FeNi, one of which
crosses the whole specimen. I'm proud to have added this fine Northbranch
to my collection.
Words that speak for themselves!!!
= Anyway, it is nice to hear someone say excellent, unbelievable,
= proud and fine all in the same description with Northbranch.
= Are there any *ugly* meteorites?
One JPEG attached of my 23-gram slice from Michael Farmer for Steve
and Gary. It is not *ugly* at
Hello Rob L. and List,
Look what I found after cleaning and polishing a desert varnish covered Acfer:
http://home.planet.nl/~rlenssen/Acfer500g.htm
Dark clasts in lighter matrix. Also metal spots in the dark clasts.
Any idea what this might be? In chondrites I typically see lighter
clasts in
Hello,
Most of us will by now have read and seen Greg's AD re: NWA 4587.
If you are looking for a thorough and in-depth description of this unique
meteorite that had at first been classified as a highly metamorphosed,
unbrecciated eucrite similar to the vesicular Ibitira and was then found
to be
Peter wrote:
Jim Schwade has a very nice 60-gram individual that you can see in his
wonderful brand new catalogue: The Schwade Meteorite Collection, p.32.
Hello Peter, Andi, Gary and List,
8 + 7.2 grams are in Marvin Killgore's collection.
See his Pictorial Catalog, p. 78.
M. KILLGORE
NWA 869 is one of those Hot Desert meteorites whose beauty has often been
undervalued just because there is so much of it available and because some
of these specimens are weathered or look ugly. Fellow list member Christian
Anger and several other collectors are the proud owners of extremely
Hello All,
The unusual inclusion in today's RFS Picture of the Day is probably
- if I am not mistaken here - the phosphide schreibersite, (Fe,Ni)3P,
surrounded by a broad seam of swathing kamacite.
Cheers,
Bernd
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Tett asked:
How can you tell the difference between kamacite
and taenite? Does the crystal structure give it
away?
Hello Mike and List,
As I am hardly ever *absolutely* sure I wrote: If I am not mistaken here ;-)
I'm sure that the crystal structure and the telltale color of the inclusion
It shouldn't take longer than 16 years for a publication to get caught
up, don't you think? Can anybody shed some light on this for me?
Hello Lance and List,
But this is what probably happened. My database records tell me that
Gujba was published in the Meteoritical Bulletin #85, July 2001,
Tett wrote:
Thank you for the research and the comprehensive
answer. It is a pleasure learning from you!
Thank you for these kind words!
Tett continues: The swathing kamacite sounds like it might be the case here.
Last night I got a mail from a Canadian meteorite collector who wondered if
I
Tracy wrote:
I had thought that meant they collected pieces that fell on the ship.
Michael Blood wrote:
Do you or anyone else know of ANY reference...
Hello All,
Here what I can offer:
American Journal of Science and Arts. Vol. 49, Oct 1845:
Particulars of the fall of Meteorites in the
Eric Hutton wrote:
My earliest email I have saved is from 10th May 1997
Hello Eric, Alex, and List,
The earliest email I have saved is from Thu, 20 Mar 1997 and it was written
by no less a person than Frank ... Frank Stroik for those who still remember
him.
Time really flies fast and while
F = Frankfurter
A = Allgemeine
Z = Zeitung
http://www.faz.net/s/Rub6E2D1F09C983403B8EC7549AB44FA0EF/Doc~E94621780370543FD8C9F659F21BA32DD~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html
Cheers,
Bernd
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..should be of interest to all of us, especially to those who are into
thin sections (under crossed polars) and classification of meteorites!
Cheers,
Bernd
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Subject: Re: Classifying Meteorites and the Inherent Problems
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu,
Mike Miller wrote:
take a close look at the Brenham. It is one of the most
interesting etches I have ever seen, it is just amazing!
http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r249/meteoritefinder/
= brenham725 / 725a / 725b
Oh Me, Oh My! Big Sigh!
Big Gulp and Drooling!
No, Really Not Fooling!
A
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/January_27.html
Hi Darren, Dirk, and List,
Two pieces, 14 and 42 grams, of this interesting, brecciated L6 Nebraska
chondrite with L5 components are in my collection. The 14-gram piece is
from Walter Zeitschel.
The 42-gram, cut individual is of special, personal
Zelimir wrote:
My own Potter 58.15 g full slice (crusted on edges) carries an old
J.D. Buddhue label, ... I'll be pleased to know who Buddhue was
Hello Zelimir and List,
BUDDHUE J.D. (1957) The Oxidation and Weathering of Meteorites
(Univ. New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 162 pp.).
Steve kindly wrote:
To all, The Potter Nebraska thin section and slice has been sold. Soon,
there will be a web site where other specimens and slides will be offered.
..hmmm?!? Now guess who might have acquired this thin section + those
1.2 grams of the material that the Potter TS has been
http://www.meteorite-times.com/tucson/tucson_2007_frame.htm
Mum, I wanna go to Tucson!
No, my son, you don't go to Tucson!
But, ...
Sssht!!!
Mumble, ...
Grumble, ...
.. over and out!
Bernd
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Rob Elliott has asked me to forward this sad news to the list
Sad news indeed.
I've just received a very sad email from my friends at the Open University:
I am emailing with some very sad news. Bob Hutchison died on Friday morning.
He'll be sadly missed.
ROBERT HUTCHISON (2004) Meteorites: A
HUTCHISON R. et al. (1972) Calcium variation in olivines
of the Murchison and Vigarano meteorites (Meteoritics 7, 23-29).
HUTCHISON R. (1972) The Angra dos Reis (stone) mineral assemblage
and the genesis of stony meteorites (Nature 240, 58).
A.L. Graham, A.J. Easton, R. Hutchison (1977)
Hello All,
Triple junctions (grain boundaries meeting at [near] 120° angles) are a
well-known
phenomenon in acapulcoites, several SNCs, ureilites, winonaites, in Itqiy, and
a few
other meteorites. But they seem to be rather rare in diogenites. The only
diogenites
I was able to locate in my
Dear Sabrina,
It is so sad to hear such bad news about Walter and Rebekah.
Our very best thoughts and our sincerest prayers are with you
and your family!
Bernd + Pauline
Grandsons Fabian + Elias
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meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Dear Walter,
Dear Sabrina,
Dear Rebekah,
It is hard to believe that we learned only about four or five days ago what
happened
to our dear expert baby bottle washer and to dear, little Rebekah. Walter,
you surely
remember those words about the expert baby bottle washer, don't you ;-) We
all
I am pleased to announce that Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge will be
checking people out early at my auction starting 2008. Those of you
who are privileged to know Moni know she is a person of high character.
Moni is such a worthy, reliable, enthusiastic, and competent person!
Cheers and kudos from
Matt wrote:
I picked up a nice piece of Akwanga in Tucson, but the class is listed
as H. Anyone have additional info on this meteorite? That is all that
is listed in the C of M as well. Thanks, Matt Morgan
Hello Matt and List,
No additional info but as the fayalite is given as Fa19 and the
Peter wrote:
Happy...Sikhote-Alin-Fall-Celebration-Day! Many thanks
to Michael for his Sikhote-Alin Picture of the Day during
the whole month of February! Peter
In the hype over the fall date of the SA iron shower, we forgot
another celebrity: A L L E N D E on February 8, 1969, 01:05 hrs.
Hello Larry, Maria, and List,
First of all, of course, sincere congratulations!
They came to the Southwest and did an amazing job, finding
meteorites at Holbrook, Franconia and Gold Basin.
.. which should remind us all of Bob Haag's famous words:
The key is to get out there and look for them.
They were seeing, basically, a string of seven
or eight lights low in the sky, that were fixed,
All these reports were from different locations
at the same time. Maybe it was a meteorite.
... the fixed-ness of the light pattern
Hello All,
Haven't we heard (or read) similar reports
Gary wrote:
Looking at mapquest the center of that area is basically Andover.
Could it be another fall in the same town? That would be something!
Unlikely but not impossible ... because:
Wethersfield (1971) - L6: A stone of 0350 gr fell through the roof of a house.
Wethersfield (1982) - L6: A
Mark kindly wrote:
Hello all, I have added some photographs of the Kackley
meteorite I took before it was cut to my website.
http://www.meteoritearticles.com/colkackley.html
Last December 02, I enthusiasically wrote:
Hello Jerry, Mark, Greg and List, what a beautiful
H4 chondrite! Gorgeous,
Hello Hanno, Hello List,
I got my Bassikounou specimen today. Thank you very, very much, Hanno!
If you ever thought you were holding an absolutely fresh meteorite in your
hands,
you haven't seen Bassikounou! I have an absolutely fresh piece of the Peekskill
chondrite (from David New right after
Hello List,
I'm glad that Steve's Potter, Nebraska (L6 with L5 components) thin section
has finally made it across the Big Pond and through the German Customs net.
It took only three weeks ... oh well, sigh!
I can highly recommend Steve's thin sections. My Potter TS is accurately ground
to 30
Whenever I tell myself or promise my wife no further meteorite purchases
in the near future, another exotic, unique, must have critter from space
descends on me and shatters such solemn promises.
This CK4 is unique in at least two respects:
- it features dark subrounded clasts virtually devoid
That's really sad news and ... unfortunately again. Of course, I would also
like to join Geoff and other List members in wishing Iris and Walter all the
best for a speedy and full recovery !!!
I got mail today from Maria who told me that Walter is still in intensive care.
Oh well, life has its
Michael Johnson:
Dear list members, After posting several photos of list members
Sikhote-Alin specimens I wanted to share this with all of you:
http://spacerocksinc.com/SA10400.html
Gary: Beautiful! I love the fresh look of this SA.
Jerry: Absolutely superior.
Bernd: Absolutely gorgeous.
SA specialist and photographic artist Geoff N. wrote:
As we know, the average size of thumbprints on Sikhote-Alin
individuals increases in proportion to the size of the individual.
In other words: if you have a piece in your collection whose regmaglypt
size correlates with the specimen's size,
Hello Howard, Matt, and List,
I thought it was pretty ugly and removed the lacquer
Another unpleasant side effect is there are hundreds of air bubbles when I
look at my Fukang slice under the microscope. There are so many bubbles that
it isn't much use taking pictures under the scope - bubbles
Gary wrote:
This NWA is a mystery to me. Look familiar to anyone?
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/t20.html
This might be NWA 242, L6, S3; W1 or paired stones - maybe
Michael Cottingham's new, fresh L6 MWA 4413 (see EBAY).
Bernd
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