Thanks for that information Graham. But of course I must apologize for my blurting out "play", for as we all know, scientists actually handle and investigate such specimens in the laboratory, right? ;^)
gary On Jan 25, 2010, at 7:28 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Gary > > That is the actual Middlesborough meteorite...one of the most perfectly > oriented meteorites ever found...spectacular...a lucky few (not me) have some > of the casts which were available not long ago...missed out on those :-( > > Cheers, > > Graham > > ---- Gary Fujihara <[email protected]> wrote: >> No Graham, but its a pretty darn good excuse to play with that gorgeous >> oriented nosecone as pictured in the article (if that is indeed the >> Middlesborough meteorite and not just a file photo) ;^) >> >> gary >> >> On Jan 25, 2010, at 3:39 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Has anyone seen this article... >>> >>> http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4852991.Mars_probe_scientists_in_York_to_exa/ >>> >>> An interesting thing to do but I cannot see how that will help identify >>> meteorites on Mars. As we all know, the atmosphere is much thinner so that >>> fresh meteorites would not be ablated in the same way and older ones that >>> have been found are well weathered/changed by wind blown sand etc. >>> >>> Anyone else make sense of this? >>> >>> Graham, Nr Barwell UK >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> Gary Fujihara >> Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) >> 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 >> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ >> http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html >> (808) 640-9161 >> >> >> >> >> > Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
