Re: [meteorite-list] INTERVIEW WITH CARANCAS LOCALS

2007-10-19 Thread David Weir
Hello Doug, Thanks for the thoughtful reply to my skepticism represented in my post to the list. I am now integrating this new picture of a Pisco alcohol war mentality to those looking skyward in Desaguadero believing in bombers out to get them. Still, I have managed to narrow down my incomi

Re: [meteorite-list] INTERVIEW WITH CARANCAS LOCALS

2007-10-19 Thread David Weir
Jason, I stand by my post to the list. Thanks for your opinion. David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] INTERVIEW WITH CARANCAS LOCALS

2007-10-19 Thread David Weir
If Art removes me I'll be happy to leave. It's people like you who make me vomit all over this "LIST". And don't ever visit my website which contains a quarter of a million words bringing the most current meteorite research to those interested, including total morons like you. You are hereby fo

Re: [meteorite-list] INTERVIEW WITH CARANCAS LOCALS

2007-10-19 Thread David Weir
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Re: [meteorite-list] INTERVIEW WITH CARANCAS LOCALS

2007-10-19 Thread David Weir
quoted from Sterling's article: "I did not think that a planet piece has fallen down, or anything like that, but at that moment, I thought that we have been attacked by an enemy, from the air. Then, I thought that there was one [plane] alone. I have looked at the air, to see where is the plane th

Re: [meteorite-list] Strange Asteroids Baffle Scientists

2007-08-22 Thread David Weir
Sterling K. Webb wrote: Now if they continue and find more (and more) unrelated basaltic small bodies, one of the questions that arises is "how big does a body have to be to differentiate?" We know (obviously) that a body as big as Vesta does, but how about smaller bodies? Some (by no means

Re: [meteorite-list] The Temple City Crater

2007-08-09 Thread David Weir
Martin Altmann wrote: Nice: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/ufos/index.html Martin "If a child had dug it, we'd know it by now," Jackson said. "There would have been knee marks around the crater." That's a lame conclusion if you ask me. It was a 2-ft "crater" before the i

Re: [meteorite-list] Iron Meteorites IIG Group

2007-07-27 Thread David Weir
Hello Mike, I have not yet read an official publication on the IIG proposal for the five members you mentioned, but perhaps I just missed it. I presume it will be accepted when published by the present-day dean of irons. Here is a synopsis of the classification parameters for the various iron

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - July 20, 2007

2007-07-24 Thread David Weir
And another pairing group from the lunar farside (Dhofar 303/305/306/307/309/310/311/489/730/731/908/909/911/950/1085): http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2007/pdf/5167.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2007/pdf/5109.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/1607.pdf Dav

Re: [meteorite-list] Ignorant question -- need clarification

2007-06-30 Thread David Weir
Hello Mal, Aziz Habibi is Aziz Habibi, first and last name in that order. Any other name is a different person. Aziz Habibi lives in Erfoud, Morocco. David Mal Bishop wrote: Dear List, I have an admittedly ignorant and potentially embarrassing question: is the person calling himself, Azi

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread David Weir
You just have to know how to follow the threads. After discussing global warming for a week or so, someone brought up "human hammers", and then Mr. Blood brought up the biblical plague of burning ice, to which one of our resident scientists jokingly suggested it could have been a methane clathr

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread David Weir
Hello Mark, I saw that TV show twice, and I found their hypotheses completely credible. It was based on a large volcanic eruption on the Greek island of Santorini, which happened at about the same time as the exodus. Each plague was shown to be the result of a natural occurrence as reflected

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread David Weir
Norbert Classen wrote: If the formation of life is THAT improbable, how does it come that WE are here? I agree with your point of view. "We shouldn't be surprised that we find ourselves in a universe which satisfies the conditions necessary for our existence." (quoting a version of the anthr

[meteorite-list] Dhofar 908 3-lithology photo

2007-06-04 Thread David Weir
Hello All, This List is amazing at times. I asked if there was a photo from the "Rosetta Stone" of Dhofar 908 showing the 3 lithologies, and Stephan Kambach very kindly sent me one. It's a beauty too! I have it displayed on my webpage at the bottom along with his explanation of the various co

Re: [meteorite-list] Rosetta Stone Analogy

2007-06-04 Thread David Weir
Hello Peter, To be clear, I added that paragraph yesterday, paraphrased from what Norbert told all of us in his post yesterday, so it contains nothing special or different than what he said. I considered quoting him but decided to use some of my own words in a reworked sentence instead. Whil

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Rosetta Stone Pieces

2007-06-03 Thread David Weir
Peter, Here is a link to Norbert's specimen of Dho 908. It does have two obviously distinct lithologies, but I would also like to know the details of the Rosetta Stone name. David http://www.meteoris.de/img/ncc-lun/Dho908-2.54g.JPG __ Meteorite-lis

Re: [meteorite-list] frebies and givaways

2007-06-01 Thread David Weir
E-mail filters have already been invented. If you have more brains than Stevie you can likely figure out how to use it. Helpfully, David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteori

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for large Murchison

2007-05-27 Thread David Weir
Hello all I am in the market for a large piece of Murchison in the $40-50 per gram range. May be dreaming but figured I'd throw one out there. Rob Wesel http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com According to Kevin Kichinka's Pricing Guide, as of July 2005 the average asking price of Murchison by 13 d

Re: [meteorite-list] Reward: Looking for Brachinites- and K-chondrites photos!

2007-05-22 Thread David Weir
Hello Martin and Stefan, In the 2005 Treatise on Geochemistry Vol 1, "Meteorites, Comets, and Planets", in the chapter on Classification of Meteorites written by Krot, Keil, Goodrich, Scott, and Weisberg, they provide an argument why Lea County 002 is no longer thought to belong to the Kakanga

Re: [meteorite-list] WHINNER OF CAMPO

2007-05-18 Thread David Weir
Since Stevie never reviews his posts for spelling, grammar, etc., he wouldn't even know he was writing in caps. I wouldn't know either except for the fact that his posts, which go directly to my trash folder, are duplicated on the list by so many people who quote his in their answers to him. An

[meteorite-list] Comment on M. Blood's Met. Market Trends 05-07

2007-05-08 Thread David Weir
Hello Michael, The Meteorite Collectors Price Guide, by David Weir, to which you refer in your recent Meteorite Times article (just after Kevin's contribution), was compiled by me for about 5 years, up until January 2001, the beginning of the new millennium, when I quit revising it. At

[meteorite-list] AD---Eagle Station PAL

2007-04-16 Thread David Weir
s will buy it. Money Orders please unless I know you; no Paypal ability, sorry. The specimen comes with a membrane box, and the shipping costs will be added commensurate with the price of a USPS Priority package with insurance to your location ($7.40 in the US). Thanks for looking.

Re: [meteorite-list] NEW Plutonic Angrite - NWA 4590 "Tamassint"

2007-04-12 Thread David Weir
Hello Sterling and hopeful Hermean collectors, The angrites have FeO contents in the general range of ~25 wt%, so if they are from Mercury this does not conform to your inverse iron core ordering, unless the core of Mercury was not fully differentiated before the impact-related dissemination o

Re: [meteorite-list] NEW Plutonic Angrite - NWA 4590 "Tamassint"

2007-04-12 Thread David Weir
Hello Rob and List, I'd like to chime in on this angrite subject, one I find very exciting as attested to by my continued purchases of different angrite specimens. I have been following the ongoing reasoned discussions by some very smart investigators about a possible angrite-Mercury relations

Re: [meteorite-list] Forwarded AD - BURNWELL

2007-03-14 Thread David Weir
There is an interesting abstract about these reduced metal-rich and metal-poor chondrites in the latest LPSC abstracts, this one by D. Rumble, III, A. Irving, M. Kuehner, and T. Bunch. Also, I have been compiling related information on these anomalous chondrites on my Moorabie webpage at meteor

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Central posting problems

2007-03-02 Thread David Weir
Dean, When I get that random buch of posts every few days I believe they are all repeats of posts I've already received days earlier and already deleted. David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/

Re: [meteorite-list] Steve's Imilac Trip, slightly off-topic: pisco

2007-02-26 Thread David Weir
And shipping costs around $30 for delivery taking about a month for a single bottle. Better to find it here. David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] ill need more

2007-02-26 Thread David Weir
Wow Dave, I hadn't thought of that possibility. They had a celebratory barbeque (or maybe sacrifice to the God of thunderstones), and the dog was the munchies of honor. I can see that. David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentra

Re: [meteorite-list] Langs' Auction - I Hope This Is The Last Time

2007-02-15 Thread David Weir
Thanks again Geoff for satisfying my curiosity about the cause of the errors. Allan has called me already and offered me another piece of the meteorite that I should have won by my absentee bid of $375 which he sold to another live bidder for $325. I doubt he was trying to lose money, and can i

[meteorite-list] Lang Auction

2007-02-08 Thread David Weir
Finally, a sensible voice amid the tantrum: > Dear Listees: > > I thought it might be helpful to mention that Allan and Iris Lang are > on their way home from the 2007 Tucson show, and probably cannot to > reply to posts regarding the auction at this time. > > Since Allan has been a respected

Re: [meteorite-list] AML Price List

2007-01-17 Thread David Weir
Michael Farmer wrote: > I have some old WARDS catalogs from the 1920s and > 1930s, if you think those prices are low, you should > see these! During the depression wasn't a loaf of bread like a penny? If you could find a job to earn one! Who was buying space rocks I can't imagine. David _

Re: [meteorite-list] Missing Tucson this year

2007-01-08 Thread David Weir
Hello Adam, I wholly concur with your feelings about the Tucson rip-off hotels. I also find that the costs of flying and car rental, or possibly driving from Orlando, added to the ridiculous hotel prices make me opt out of attending, and I just yesterday cancelled my Motel 6 reservations. Maybe

Re: [meteorite-list] Irons DON'T form Fusion Crust's - yes they DO

2007-01-07 Thread David Weir
Please Elton, don't make me laugh. This is no debate, nor is the use of this term "weakly founded in the literature". It is as established and pervasive throughout the meteoritical literature as any term. The decades of use of the term fusion crust to describe the results of ablation on iron me

Re: [meteorite-list] Another eBay Correction - "Fossil" NWA 2828

2007-01-06 Thread David Weir
Greg Hupe wrote: > Hi Mark, Dean and List, > > Boy, I should have started from scratch when I re-loaded my previously > unsold eBay auctions of NWA 2828 "Fossil" EL3 meteorite. I've already > corrected the TKW of 2828 and referenced "pairings". Now I notice I > overlooked changing "Paleo" to "F

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

2007-01-06 Thread David Weir
Tom wrote: >Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market? Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by the Nomenclature Committee only this past October, I would imagine there are likely other relict meteorites in our collections which have not

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-04 Thread David Weir
Hello, Stan mentioned a better photo of the transition between the brown and blue components of NWA 2965 than that on my webpage. He sent me the following excellent picture some time ago, I believe from NAU originally, that best illustrates this transition: http://meteoritestudies.com/N2965blu

Re: [meteorite-list] 2007 Peoples Choice Harvey Award Nominee

2006-12-22 Thread David Weir
Greg, I fully understand where you're coming from, I simply believe that unless there is a significant calling for a People's Choice recipient, then there shouldn't HAVE to be one that year. I would say a significant number (not majority) would constitute a specific percentage, which would bes

Re: [meteorite-list] 2007 Peoples Choice Harvey Award Nominee

2006-12-22 Thread David Weir
Greg, Your math seems a little convoluted to me. You said > There can be 600 nominations and if > one person has two votes and the rest only one, simple math, the majority of > the "People" think so-and-so should get it. I think the majority of the people thought so-and-so should NOT get it.

[meteorite-list] [Fwd: Waht I du] (Bernd Pauli)

2006-12-22 Thread David Weir
Hello List, This short autobio was submitted by Bernd to the List during our "What I Do" thread in 2000. David --- Original Message Subject: Waht I du Resent-Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:14:12 -0500 (EST) Res

Re: [meteorite-list] 2007 Peoples Choice Harvey Award Nominee

2006-12-21 Thread David Weir
Hello, Bernd already has earned the respect, admiration, and appreciation for his selfless educational contributions which he continues to provide to this list. The Harvey Award would only be a small affirmation of our gratitude. David __ Meteorite-l

Re: [meteorite-list] Tagish Lake

2006-12-21 Thread David Weir
But Michael, think of the potential value that the strewn field map may provide us someday (I know I'm not smart enough to imagine it). Maybe Richard and Roland could spell out for us the great importance of such a map. David Michael Farmer wrote: > ... You can all forget about recovery of mo

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA CV3's & Dark Inclusions

2006-12-19 Thread David Weir
Hey Jeff, I have a little info compiled that compliments what has been said so far (re: Allende): In contrast to the generally held belief that the formation of dark inclusions involved aqueous alteration/dehydration processes, it has been demonstrated through a study based on the preferential s

Re: [meteorite-list] AD- Coins, Space Envelope and Stable Morasko !

2006-12-04 Thread David Weir
Hello, According to Buchwald, the production of fusion crust does occur in irons, while heat-affected rim zones are present below this fusion crust. Partially quoting from his first volume, in the chapter Shapes and Surface Characteristics, he writes that these fusion crusts differ from those

Re: [meteorite-list] Stan's NWA 2965 EL6/7

2006-12-02 Thread David Weir
Hello List, After reading the AGU abstract posted by Greg, I certainly think the investigators have made huge progress in arriving at a consensus on the correct classification of this 1+ ton mass, previously described as an igneous aubrite, a highly equilibrated EL6/7, and an En-metachondrite,

Re: [meteorite-list] A strange one from Munich

2006-11-19 Thread David Weir
Hello Christian, Your photos came to me a little on the dark side. I took the dark inclusion photo through my Photostyler and the results are better: http://meteoritestudies.com/CHRISDI.JPG My opinion is that the DIs, as in Allende, accreted together with the other OC components before compact

[meteorite-list] ID cards

2006-11-16 Thread David Weir
Dear List, I remember when dealers used to give ID cards that were actually made from card stock, or at least thick paper. Perhaps those who sell thousands of specimens a year figure their businesses can save a few dollars by going to flimsy paper for their ID cards, that's their business deci

[meteorite-list] New Collector Card Series 2nd AD in 1 week

2006-11-01 Thread David Weir
Adam Hupe wrote: Thanks Ed, Stonehenge was selected as an icon because it is a well-known ancient observatory where both the Lunar and Maritain cycles were witnessed among other celestial bodies. As a matter of fact, the table stone in the center of Stonehenge is used to track the Moon. I h

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - New Collector Card Series and Auctions Ending!

2006-10-31 Thread David Weir
Been there, done that. David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - New Collector Card Series and Auctions Ending!

2006-10-31 Thread David Weir
Nice Adam! I'd love to start a new collection, but I have to use my savings for more manure for my tropical plant collection. Oh well, best of luck with sales. *manure: cow crap David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Jim Schwade collection

2006-10-31 Thread David Weir
Matt Morgan wrote: Contrary...he cut it into thirds already. So it will be for sale, eventually. So would that be ukulele-sized pieces? *ukulele: a small, four-stringed guitar David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Silicated iron slices are here! AMAZING!

2006-10-27 Thread David Weir
Greg, I sold the world's ugliest meteorite early in my collecting career soon after I bought it from Haag... Mills. So please don't send me another contestant, I felt guilty enough selling that one to a friend for the $1/g I paid for it. As for the "gentleman's agreement" to keep ads to once

Re: [meteorite-list] Silicated iron slices are here! AMAZING!

2006-10-27 Thread David Weir
I think the rule should be amended to one ad per week per family. David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Second Meteorite Coin with Nantan

2006-10-24 Thread David Weir
Hello list Im surprized that Im first who announce that next meteorite coin is ready. Nevest coin comes from Republic of Palau and contain fragment of well known iron meteorite NANTAN. All details available on my page. http://www.polandmet.com/ Curent price only 60$, but who know how much this

Re: [meteorite-list] Portales Valley Q

2006-10-21 Thread David Weir
Michael, This was the subject on the list just a year ago. I had expressed my favor of the journal article by A. Ruzicka et al. (2005), which referred to PV by a new term -- H-chondrite, metallic-melt breccia. Jeff Grossman posted the following in reply, which actually does seem like a comple

Re: [meteorite-list] Dr. Bunch's Latest on NWA 1839/3133

2006-10-15 Thread David Weir
Adam Hupe wrote: My last post on the subject, I just had a lengthy conversation with Dr. Bunch just as few minutes ago about the non-paired stones NWA 1839/3133. Some statements made by Dr. Bunch: He absolutely and unequivocally disagrees with David Weir's last post the List. He has acces

Re: [meteorite-list] [ebay] ending in about 2 days

2006-10-15 Thread David Weir
Adam Hupe wrote: Stan, Let it go, you are absolutely wrong, again. Like I told David Weir, contact Dr. Bunch yourself about NWA 3133 and report back to the List your findings. Read the archives, it is all in there. Hello Adam, Thanks for inviting me into your debate. All I have to say is

Re: [meteorite-list] Kobe

2006-10-12 Thread David Weir
List, I was reminded by Dirk that the selling price for Kobe was ten million dollars per gram (sold in mg sizes). I think that's like me saying I'll sell my right arm for a billion dollars; I know I won't get any offers but if I did I wouldn't have any regrets over the loss :) David

Re: [meteorite-list] Kobe

2006-10-12 Thread David Weir
Michael L Blood wrote: Hi all, I am interested in knowing if anyone has ever seen Kobe available {(CK4) Sept 26,1999, struck a house in Honshu Japan - TKW 136g} After the fall I asked Dirk Ross about acquiring a specimen, and he said it would cost me $10,000/g... or was it $100,000/g.

Re: [meteorite-list] Murchison Price Difference

2006-10-05 Thread David Weir
Don, Perhaps some people remember that Murchison typically sold for $30-40/g a dozen years ago and refuse to see the justification for such high pricing today, while others newer to the scene are content to buy high. David __ Meteorite-list mailing

[meteorite-list] website security program glitch

2006-09-22 Thread David Weir
te for its purpose, I'll keep using HTMLProtector. If you feel you don't want to deal with this program then feel free to get your meteorite information from the primary journals and abstracts as I do -- I actually have always recommended this. Regards, David Weir meteoritestudies.com ___

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - Outstanding Specimens Ending This Afternoon -MUST SEE!

2006-09-05 Thread David Weir
Those were all my words Adam, yours are not my style. David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - Outstanding Specimens Ending This Afternoon -MUST SEE!

2006-09-05 Thread David Weir
Hello Adam, I guess Jeff Grossman changed his mind and accepted NWA 2918 as a legitimate 3.0 or 3.05 using his stricter techniques. Congratulations. I'll still sit on the sideline and watch for awhile before changing the classification back to 3.0 on my website. Thanks for supplying the addit

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 micro contest

2006-09-05 Thread David Weir
Hello List, I'd like to say how nice it was to hear from those interested in a small micro of NWA 011. I have decided who among the ten of you I'll send each of the three crusted fragments. The remaining seven of you have not lost, because now I have a list of those who I can send similar "ext

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - Outstanding Specimens Ending This Afternoon -MUST SEE!

2006-09-05 Thread David Weir
Jeff Grossman wrote: 1) NWA 2918. An abstract is not peer reviewed, however I'll stand by my classification of NWA 2918. It's a very nice meteorite, but more metamorphosed than 3.0. There are actually three CO3.0 chondrites. In addition to ALHA77307, Y-81020 and Colony are both 3.0, but Col

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites from the bottom of the ocean - Part 2 of 2

2006-09-05 Thread David Weir
Here's a photo to go with the story: http://meteoritestudies.com/KTFOSSIL.JPG David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sky & Telescope, March 1999, p. 22: Piece of a Killer Asteroid ? Like finding a stray bullet at a crime scene, a researcher believes he has uncovered a long-sought chunk of the impact

Re: [meteorite-list] I have it !!! Unbelievable

2006-09-03 Thread David Weir
Hello Buckleboo, I think I know how you feel to acquire something you thought would be highly improbable. It's a great feeling for sure, and now you can sign off as Buckleboo with the bona fide credentials. I'm now thinking of signing off as Kaidun. Kaidun! David

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 micro contest

2006-09-02 Thread David Weir
Hello Greg, Thanks for the clarification, and if you really mean "much, much...much lower than $1,000.00 per gram", then perhaps my initial estimate of its value of $300/g is right on the money. I was laughed out of Terry Boswell's Tucson room when I told him that $300/g was a fair price after

[meteorite-list] NWA 011 micro contest

2006-09-02 Thread David Weir
ize these are small representative pieces. I will accept e-mails for consideration until this Tuesday, September 5, at noon Eastern Daylight Time. I look forward to hearing from some of you. David Weir http://www.meteoritestudies.com __ Meteori

Re: [meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite

2006-08-26 Thread David Weir
Hello Bernd, I have read different stats for the kakangariites than you have stated. My sources are Classification of Meteorites, Krot, Keil, Goodrich, Scott, and Weisberg (from Treatise on Geochemistry 1, 2005); The K chondrite grouplet, Weisberg, Prinz, Clayton, Mayeda, Grady Franchi, Pillinger

Re: [meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite - Preliminary Observations

2006-08-25 Thread David Weir
Hello, The following link is a photo of my ~2 g piece of "Moss". After studying it and comparing it to my ~1 g Kakangari specimen, and reading what the experts say about Kakangari, I think there are actually many similarities. I'm hoping that we have a new kakangariite, but odds are that it i

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: NEW Vestan Type meteorite for sale NWA 2968

2006-08-24 Thread David Weir
unars and Martians). Dr. Ted Bunch has an excellent description with photographs of NWA 2968 as does David Weir; so please do a Google search and read if you wish. I do not have their permission to post their Web Links so I will not. Sincerely, Dirk Ross...

Re: [meteorite-list] Mike Brown: Astronomers Are Revolting!

2006-08-23 Thread David Weir
The word "continent" is the obvious example. No geologist would ever attempt a scientific definition of the word, and no one in the public seems to mind. Yea, but the meaning of that word is not exclusively based in geology (= restrained) and in fact has other useful recognized permutations:

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12

2006-08-16 Thread David Weir
Sterling, I have another scenario that will need an official decision someday if discovered to occur. What if two spherical bodies rotate around a common barycenter, but this barycenter is located outside of the more massive orbital partner during half its revolution and inside during the othe

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12

2006-08-16 Thread David Weir
Sterling, In what order would you place the 12 planets? Would the order for Pluto and Charon be based on which is usually closest to the Sun? If so, which would be most often closest to the Sun? I'm having trouble picturing this orbital dance in my head. David ___

Re: [meteorite-list] Inventory reference ideas.

2006-08-06 Thread David Weir
Hello Anne, How would you handle multiple dealers with the same initials? Some examples: Aziz Habibi Adam Hupe Mike Fowler Mike Farmer Michael Casper Matteo Chinellato Michael Cottingham Ron Hartman Robert Haag Steve Arnold Steve Arnold Serge Afanasiev David

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 773 lunar pairings

2006-07-31 Thread David Weir
to me that the classifications of the above Lunars are divergent enough to wonder how they could be paired. If they are truely paired, shouldn't the original classifications been the same or closer? Thanks, Dave - Original Message - From: "David Weir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

[meteorite-list] NWA 773 lunar pairings

2006-07-31 Thread David Weir
List, Well, the results are in - in the MetSoc 69th Annual Meeting abstract #5235 that is... and just as I had suspected, NWA 773 has many brothers and sisters: NWA 2700 (previously with Boswell), 2727 (Oakes et al.), 2977 (Farmer), 3160 (Hupe), and (Kuntz) are all considered to be paire

[meteorite-list] NWA 2918 CO3.0 reclassification

2006-07-22 Thread David Weir
Hello Adam, I just wanted to bring to your attention the new MetSoc abstract written by Jeff Grossman et al. which disputes the initial classification of your CO3.0 NWA 2918, and argues that it's actually a CO3.1. I see that you still have this meteorite for sale on ebay as a CO3.0 and I'm sur

Re: AW: [meteorite-list] Norwegian meteorite classification guessing game

2006-07-18 Thread David Weir
I guess that it receives 3 different classifications by three different labs submitted by three different finders. David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-15 Thread David Weir
Hello Jason, Thanks for your thoughtful replies. I don't have nearly the worries that some may have over this new planned U of A repository, but I am concerned about the temptation by owners of rare meteorites to sell to a highly motivated and well-financed entity at prices that they couldn't

Re: [meteorite-list] g'day meteorite

2006-07-15 Thread David Weir
ith Old Homestead 001" Dave - Original Message - From: "David Weir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dave Carothers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Steve Arnold, Chicago!!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [m

Re: [meteorite-list] g'day meteorite

2006-07-15 Thread David Weir
Hello, I read that Old Homestead may be paired with Mundrabilla 020. I don't know if these two have been studied side by side to reach a definitive conclusion. David Dave Carothers wrote: Steve, You need to sharpen your search skills or something... A single Google search revealed that G'

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-15 Thread David Weir
matic collection would be better off with me or with ASU? I'm absolutely serious that I would be willing to sell it in its entirety for a small portion of that $10 Million. And since I've been writing this, Stan has written back again, so off to that one... Regards, Jason On 7/

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-14 Thread David Weir
Hello Stan and Jason, Jason has eloquently convinced me that my virtually complete systematic collection, which I have put together over the past 23 years, would be better utilized for science by my selling it to SWMC. I presume that my collection will be better accessible to scientific as wel

Re: [meteorite-list] New Meteorites Discovered in Australia

2006-07-13 Thread David Weir
Adam wrote: Don't forget that NWA 3151 is definitely a Brachinite. All data was submitted including the O-isotope results to the Meteoritical Society, peer reviewed and then voted on making it official. I checked with Dr. Irving again and he said that nowhere did he state that the NWA 3151 cla

[meteorite-list] new isotopic results suggest new classifications for some meteorites

2006-07-10 Thread David Weir
Hello Adam, I would like to thank you and your brother for your generous contribution to my website/collection of your "first true brachinite from the Sahara", NWA 3151. You have implied that the previously considered first Saharan brachinite, NWA 595, was now determined not to be a member of

Re: [meteorite-list] Uncut NWA's - Does the exterior disclose

2006-07-01 Thread David Weir
Michael, It is also easy for me to automatically relegate those specific List members' posts to my trash file once I understand that their "purpose" for being on this List does not fit into that realm of desirable "purposes" which I find to be worth my time to read. Personally, this action is

Re: [meteorite-list] In medias res: Morocco Meteorite Meeting

2006-06-30 Thread David Weir
Hello Martin, Here is some discussion of your post from me. Do not feel discouraged that the response to your posts is not deafening, many probably do read them and learn from them; I received no list discussion of my Dhofar 007 post from yesterday, and yet still feel that it does find an audi

Re: [meteorite-list] Dhofar 007 - anomalous eucrite

2006-06-29 Thread David Weir
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A heads-up to those interested in eucrites, and in particular, to those who own a piece (or more) of this fantastic eucrite. I own a small, 0.94-gram piece that I got from Christian Anger and one of those gorgeous slices (16 grams) I. Koutyrev offered on EBay a while ago.

Re: [meteorite-list] Classification Q

2006-05-22 Thread David Weir
Hello Doug, Thanks for the complimentary words and for the heads up on the new (3-15-06) NAU classification policy. I have removed the NAU info from my FOUND page. What a shame though. Regards, David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@met

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: CV metachondrite pairings

2006-05-20 Thread David Weir
Adam Hupe wrote: First of all, thank you for finally contacting the scientists and reporting your findings. Wrong, Ted called me. The issue of 3133 and 1839 being paired or not actually didn't even come up in our conversation since there was so much else of interest to discuss. I didn't sleep

[meteorite-list] CV metachondrite pairings

2006-05-20 Thread David Weir
Adam Hupe wrote: By the way, It has been cleared with both Dr. Irving and Dr. Bunch for you to contact them in regards to previous statements you made that are in error. Yesterday I had a conversation with Ted Bunch as you suggested, and he will inform webmaster Wittke of the incorrect statem

Re: [meteorite-list] World's Meteorite Shows

2006-05-16 Thread David Weir
Adam, I'm glad to see this finally settled. David __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] World's Meteorite Shows

2006-05-16 Thread David Weir
he new developments with you in regards to NWA 3133 since he has respect for what you have done with your web-site. Speaking of your web-site, I feel it is very good and we have donated several things to you for free of charge in support of a this good cause and this is how we are repaid? Thank Y

Re: [meteorite-list] World's Meteorite Shows

2006-05-16 Thread David Weir
oid anymore. David Best regards, Greg ----- Original Message - From: "David Weir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] World's Meteorite Shows Adam Hupe wrote: They

Re: [meteorite-list] World's Meteorite Shows

2006-05-16 Thread David Weir
Bunch for you to contact them in regards to previous statements you made that are in error. Kind Regards, Adam - Original Message - From: "David Weir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:36

Re: [meteorite-list] World's Meteorite Shows

2006-05-16 Thread David Weir
Adam Hupe wrote: They have been asking outrageous prices for everything including $95,000.00 for a supposed pairing to NWA 011/2400 and $300,000.00 for an untested Martian rock. Dear Adam, You don't suppose this price for a NWA 011 pairing might have anything to do with you, do you? After a

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Clowns . was SelfProclaimedPairingsIssues(SPPI)

2006-05-06 Thread David Weir
nding. Regards, David David Weir wrote: Hello Adam, I am not relying on any statements by my friends Aziz or Nelson to gauge whether or not NWA 3133 and 1839 are paired or not paired. I also have no bias for whichever scenario is correct, I just want to know. The following information i

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Clowns . was SelfProclaimedPairingsIssues(SPPI)

2006-05-06 Thread David Weir
Hello Adam, I am not relying on any statements by my friends Aziz or Nelson to gauge whether or not NWA 3133 and 1839 are paired or not paired. I also have no bias for whichever scenario is correct, I just want to know. The following information is all that I have to go on, and it all supports

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Clowns . was SelfProclaimedPairingsIssues(SPPI)

2006-05-06 Thread David Weir
Hello Adam and Stan, I would think it would be an extremely low probability (although not zero) that a never-before-known, one-of-kind, CV-affinity metachondrite would travel through billions of years and kilometers to find itself occupying the same space within a box next to its exact twin (p

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