[meteorite-list] Your Student
Hi! This is Rand. I've posted a few messages, but mostly, I've been reading your posts and visiting your sites. I'm far from being any kind of expert, soMay I be your student? I'd like to ask some questions, and would greatly appreciate any replies. O.K.? So...I really like getting out to prospect for meteorites. I have a Goldbug II detector, which I really like, and a very strong magnet connected to a beaded chain. I dangle it over stones as I walk, and see what sticks. Recently I passed my magnet over a few stones strewn over the ground and picked up a black, heavy little thing about 1.5 in diameter and .5 thick. It stuck to my magnet as though it were pure iron, yet there seemed to be nothing ferrous about it. I brought it home and examined it with my jeweler's glass, and discovered that it had little white balls in it. Carbonaceous chondrite?I don't know. I sawed off a piece which I sent to the University of New Mexico Meteoritic center. I haven't received the results of the PIXE test yet. My question is this: Why did this little black stone stick to my magnet? It had no rust on it and frankly, didn't look like a meteorite. If it isn't a meteorite, what could it contain to stick so readily to my magnet? Rand Kluge __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OT: Columbia reentry debris corridor
Hi All, I thought I'd take a hack at identifying prime landmarks (cities, lakes, etc.) that I would expect to be near the centerline of Columbia's reentry track, with some adjustment (read guess) for prevailing winds. I'll start with New Mexico and work backwards: New Mexico -- Clovis Sumner Lake Santa Rosa Albuquerque Gallup Arizona --- Hopi Indian Reservation Shonto Cedar Ridge Page Lake Powell Utah Big Water Kanab Mount Carmel Jct. Zion National Park St. George Nevada -- Caliente Hiko Goldfield Tonopah Coaldale Basalt California -- Mono Lake Bridgeport Yosemite National Park Sacramento Davis Woodland Vacaville Oakville Santa Rosa Connect the dots using these cities and you'll have a fair idea of the most probable corridor for Columbia debris west of Texas. Cheers, Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Columbia crash all the time...
Hello. I understand, that Columbia crash is verry important case for some of You guys (this is big tragedy ofcourse), but I think, this is meteorite list, but not Nasa info/columbia fragments recovery mail list etc. Sorry, but there is now to much off topic mails. I know, everyone is in Tucson :)) and noone have time to send anything to this list, but please no more Columbia shuttle mails. Thanks -[ MARCIN CIMAA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.polandmet.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vistapro.prv.pl +GSM (607) 535 195 [ Member of: Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite ad
I need to liquidate some meteorite specimens quickly and will consider all reasonable offers. These are all nice pieces that have run on ebay several times. Look them over and make me an offer! Excellent pieces, Imilac, Albin, Marjalahti, Glorieta, etc. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=3239item=215598rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=3239item=2155889622rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=3239item=2155889953rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=3239item=2155890271rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=3239item=2155890958rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=3239item=2155908758rd=1 Thanks for looking, Doug Finch IMCA #2350
[meteorite-list] Idle time links
Hello list, I've been following this list for a while now and I'm quite impressed with knowledge, enthusiasm and diversity of its members. While I'm still a little timid to jump in, I thought I might at least express a little thank you by offering these links to those that might not have them. Thanks much, Mike Tracking passes of your favorite satellites http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JPass/20/ NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID TRACKING http://neat.jpl.nasa.gov/ Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ U. S. Antarctic Meteorite Classification Query http://sn-charon.jsc.nasa.gov/DBSearch/AntMet/MetClass-Form.asp __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 2 of 2 / Check THIS!
THE final posting for the 2003 Macovich Auction. Please note that the indicated meteorites will sell for as little as the following at the MACOVICH AUCTION (please note that some of these meteorites are of relatively large mass--just refer to the auction catalog at http://www.macovich.com). $ 5.80/g BILANGA $ 2.25/g DJATI PENGILON $ 23.25/g EAGLE $ 36.25/g EFREMOVKA $ 17.25/g GLORIETA MOUNTAIN $ 15.00/g HVITTIS $ 48.20/g KENNA $ 3.60/g KILABO $ 38.00/g L'AIGLE $750.00/g LA001 $820.00/g LAFAYETTE $ 3.50/g LAMONT $ 15.25/g MARJALAHTI $ 35.80/g MAYO BELWA $ 5.70/g MILLBILLILLIE $429.00/g NAKHLA $ 51.00/g ORNANS $ 41.25/g PASAMONTE $ 3.40/g RICHFIELD $ 40.20/g SHALKA $626.00/g SHERGOTTY $ 7.00/g TATAHOUINE $ 60.50/g WILLAMETTE $ 0.50/g ZAG Thank you all so much for your support, and good luck! Darryl http://www.macovich.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] your opinion on this meteorite
Hello everybody ! I need your advice on this eBay auction. It's sold as a french meteorite with the label France Via C. Foster 1962. It weighs 180g. In my opinion, it's not a meteorite (looks like a volcano stone). Can you give me your advice, it would be fair. Here are the links for the pictures : http://www.meteor-center.com/m1.jpg http://www.meteor-center.com/m2.jpg http://www.meteor-center.com/m3.jpg Thanks a lot ! Pierre -- Faites un voeu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Info on Wiluna
In a message dated 05-Feb-03 10:51:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone out there have any info on the Wiluna fall? Just got a beauty from Mike Farmer and looking for anything more than date, time, classification, and location. I believe Mike still has some available, looks like it fell yesterday. There is some information on my sales page with a few pieces still for sale. Check the following link. http://www.star-bits.com/wiluna.htm Eric Olson http://www.star-bits.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Your opinion on this meteorite ?
Hello everybody !I would like your advice on this eBay auction.It's sold as a french meteorite with the label "France Via C. Foster 1962". It weighs 180g. In my opinion, it's not a meteorite (looks like a volcano stone). Can you give me your advice, it would be fair.Here are the links for the pictures : http://www.meteor-center.com/m1.jpghttp://www.meteor-center.com/m2.jpghttp://www.=meteor-center.com/m3.jpgThanks a lot !Pierre
[meteorite-list] wanna but small gujba
wanna a small piece of the gujba(sp.?) meteorite w/ round blobs in it. anybody got it? dealers welcome.MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] your opinion on this meteorite
Hi, Folks, in my opinion it look very much like a highly weathered fragment of a pyrite nodule with the sulfur having destroyed the center. Found nodules and fragments like them rockhounding in the old days. -- Best_regards Best regards from DOWN-UNDER, Norbert Heike Kammel ROCKS ON FIRE IMCA #3420 www.rocksonfire.com Pierre-Marie PELE wrote: Hello everybody ! I need your advice on this eBay auction. It's sold as a french meteorite with the label "France Via C. Foster 1962". It weighs 180g. In my opinion, it's not a meteorite (looks like a volcano stone). Can you give me your advice, it would be fair. Here are the links for the pictures : http://www.meteor-center.com/m1.jpg http://www.meteor-center.com/m2.jpg http://www.meteor-center.com/m3.jpg Thanks a lot ! Pierre -- Faites un voeu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Debris Found In Joshua Tree May Be From Columbia
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=1116803nav=9qrxDo78 Debris found in Joshua Tree may be from 'Columbia' KESQ - Channel 3 News February 6, 2003 A small piece of metal discovered in the high desert may be part of the space shuttle Columbia. [Image] Photo of suspected shuttle debris The path the shuttle took on its failed journey home carried it well north of the Coachella Valley and the Joshua Tree area, but officials say it is possible that debris could have fallen in the southland. There have been several additional reports of debris found in northern California. A 4 inch by 4 inch piece of metal is at the center of all the attention, and is now believed to be part of the space shuttle Columbia. We described it to NASA over the phone and from what they say it's probably from the shuttle, said San Bernardino Sheriffs spokesman Chip Patterson in a press conference on Wednesday morning. No word yet on exactly what this piece of metal is. But NASA told the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department it may have been part of a camera attached to the shuttle. The sheriffs department will keep the piece of metal until NASA can come to Joshua Tree to inspect it, but no one's sure when that will be. Sheriff's deputies also said NASA is organizing teams to look for shuttle debris in California. All this started when Bob Beggs spotted a shiny piece of metal in his driveway Saturday afternoon. I thought it was a piece of trash that had blown in, he says. But after closer inspection, Bob realized it was much more than a piece of trash from the desert. He says it was hot to the touch. It was obvious that at one point it was really hot. Bob says he's overwhelmed by all the attention. But he's glad to help and hopes this piece of the puzzle will help solve the tragic Columbia mystery. I sure hope that it is a piece of the shuttle and it'll help 'em out, figure out what happened. That's the best outcome. As investigators try to piece together the trail of debris, NASA officials are learning more about what may have caused the Columbia tragedy. NASA engineers are saying that a problem during lift off is probably not the root cause of the Columbia loss. Investigators have focused on a piece of tank insulation that struck Columbia's wing 80 seconds after lift-off. But today officials are saying there must be another reason for the accident. A spokesperson said they haven't focused on any particular theory as to what caused the shuttle's breakup, but they are looking into why there was a sharp rise in temperature in one of the wings before the shuttle disintegrated. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OT: Debris Found In Joshua Tree May Be From Columbia
Hi Ron, I still think they are way over-stating the probabilities for this piece of metal debris. I saw it on the news last night -- it could honestly be ANYTHING. There are no serial numbers on it that I could see, so tracing it to Columbia at this stage is nothing more than an uneducated guess. The path the shuttle took on its failed journey home carried it well north of the Coachella Valley and the Joshua Tree area, but officials say it is possible that debris could have fallen in the southland. Officials might say that; I wonder about *engineers*. A 4 inch by 4 inch piece of metal is at the center of all the attention, and is now believed to be part of the space shuttle Columbia. Now believed by whom? The sheriff? No one from NASA has yet examined the piece. All this started when Bob Beggs spotted a shiny piece of metal in his driveway Saturday afternoon. I thought it was a piece of trash that had blown in, he says. But after closer inspection, Bob realized it was much more than a piece of trash from the desert. He says it was hot to the touch. I was in the Mojave desert that day. It was sunny and warm. What happens when you put a piece of metal out in the sun in the desert? Honestly, the evidence here is hardly worth mentioning. To summarize, we've got a small, non-descript metal frame found in the hot desert sun, hundreds of kilometers from Columbia's ground track. This is going to turn out to be nothing. And when it does, the same thing will happen that always happens: the story will quietly go away, and no one in the media will point out how unlikely it was to be a piece of Columbia in the first place. Same thing that happens with meteorwrongs. --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] wanna but small Gujba-Me Too
Me too--how ever it is spelled I'll give Harlan first dibs since he brought it up. Elton harlan trammell wrote: wanna a small piece of the gujba(sp.?) meteorite w/ round blobs in it. anybody got it? dealers welcome. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rand- your find
being magnetic, may be a meteorite or if it is a terrestrial mineral, it could be hematite, magnetite, limonite, or even common ironstone. Did you perform a "streak test" with it on a ceramic tile? That would help. Ben
Re: [meteorite-list] wanna but small gujba
Title: Re: [meteorite-list] wanna but small gujba Hello Harlan We have some and will have more. Look at http://www.meteoritemarket.com/GUJ.htm Regards, Eric Twelker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.meteoritemarket.com From: harlan trammell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 22:08:04 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] wanna but small gujba wanna a small piece of the gujba(sp.?) meteorite w/ round blobs in it. anybody got it? dealers welcome. MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. http://g.msn.com/8HMOENUS/2752 Get 2 months FREE*. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Debris Found In Joshua Tree May Be From Columbia
I agree with Robert. Same old song and dance. ---Shaw - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 6:18 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: Debris Found In Joshua Tree May Be From Columbia Hi Ron,I still think they are way over-stating the probabilities forthis piece of metal debris. I saw it on the news last night --it could honestly be ANYTHING. There are no serial numbers onit that I could see, so tracing it to Columbia at this stageis nothing more than an uneducated guess."The path the shuttle took on its failed journey home carried itwell north of the Coachella Valley and the Joshua Tree area, butofficials say it is possible that debris could have fallen in the southland.""Officials" might say that; I wonder about *engineers*."A 4 inch by 4 inch piece of metal is at the center of all the attention, and is now believed to be part of the space shuttle Columbia.""Now believed" by whom? The sheriff? No one from NASA has yetexamined the piece. All this started when Bob Beggs spotted a shiny piece of metal in his driveway Saturday afternoon. "I thought it was a piece of trash that had blown in," he says. But after closer inspection, Bob realized it was much more than a piece of trash from the desert. He says it was hot to the touch.I was in the Mojave desert that day. It was sunny and warm.What happens when you put a piece of metal out in the sunin the desert? Honestly, the "evidence" here is hardly worthmentioning. To summarize, we've got a small, non-descriptmetal frame found in the hot desert sun, hundreds of kilometersfrom Columbia's ground track. This is going to turn out to benothing. And when it does, the same thing will happen thatalways happens: the story will quietly go away, and no onein the media will point out how unlikely it was to be a pieceof Columbia in the first place. Same thing that happens withmeteorwrongs.--Rob__Meteorite-list mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
