[meteorite-list] Hi everyone, update on meteoritemarina E-bay seller
Hello everyone, I am sure most of you remember that I had a $1500 package that I never received from this seller. meteoritemarina. I never did received anything from them. I had another E-bay buyer contact me about them. The buyer is astro-cop he contacted me because I had left a negative feedback for meteoritemarina. Astro-cop has been waiting for an $800 Sikhote Alin for a month now and has sent 2 e-mails to the seller with no response. Buyer beware! Mike Miller // E-Bay flattoprocks Website // www.meteoritefinder.com Check out the web site it is up and running! Mike Miller 230 Greenway Rd. Kingman AZ 86401 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] ad: 71 meteorites ending tonight on ebay
Please note: I will be gone all of December, traveling in Asia, so if you want anything before the holidays, time to order is within the next several days so I can ship before I leave. Hi again, I have some spectacular meteorites ending tonight, some worth over $500, each listed for one cent. Be sure to get bids in early, I have people email me every auction night who complain that they forgot to bid. 71 meteorites up for grabs, click the links below to see them all. http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?viewUserPageuserid=meteoritehunters http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=meteorite-hunter Some specific pieces of note: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=6581969283 This a superb oriented bullet-shaped Sikhote-Alin with hundreds of flow lines. This puppy should get a lot of bidding action! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=6581970877 Beautiful carved meteorite bead. THIS IS MY LAST ONE, the rest go to Tokyo with me to sell there, and I bet not one will go unsold in Tokyo! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=6581996158 Absolutely gorgeous piece of CR2 meteorite. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=6583344891 117 gram complete Muonionalusta slice. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=6582012299 Very nice etched Gibeon ball. Thanks Michael Farmer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Tucson Meteorite Auction 2006
Dear Meteorite List Members, In just about two months' time the 2006 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show will open. R. A. Langheinrich Meteorites and Lang's Fossils will be exhibiting as usual, at the Executive Inn and the Westward Look Resort. Our annual silent auction of rare and historic meteorites will once again take place at the Westward Look Resort. The online auction catalog is now available for viewing: http://www.nyrockman.com/tucson-auction-2006.htm Please note: this is only a partial catalog. More lots will be added over the coming weeks. The current lots include a Nininger Canyon Diablo with natural hole and hand painted number; 100% crusted Camel Donga, 135 grams; Barwell with Natural History Museum London number; Cumberland Falls; Portales Valley complete stone; a 6.2 gram slice of NWA 032 (Lunar); 145 gram Millbillillie; Trenzano with Nininger number and many other exceptional specimens. In the past, our Westward Look auction has closed on the Sunday afternoon. Many show visitors leave for home that Sunday morning, and we have received a number of requests to close the bidding a day earlier, so that more people can participate. As a result, the annual R.A. Langheinrich Meteorite Auction will now close at 2 pm on Saturday, February 4, 2006. Absentee bidders are welcome and there is NO BUYER'S PREMIUM. For details, please visit our auction rules and absentee bidder information: http://www.nyrockman.com/auction-2006/rules.htm We are looking forward to seeing many of you in Tucson. Sincerely, Iris Lang www.nyrockman.com www.langsfossils.com mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Hi everyone, update on meteoritemarina E-bay seller
This is many strange, I have sent a email to meteoritemarina few days ago for ask informations on a auction and this have answer the day afterand again, I have win a $441 auction in August and this is arrive in 6 days. Matteo --- Mike / flattoprocks [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Hello everyone, I am sure most of you remember that I had a $1500 package that I never received from this seller. meteoritemarina. I never did received anything from them. I had another E-bay buyer contact me about them. The buyer is astro-cop he contacted me because I had left a negative feedback for meteoritemarina. Astro-cop has been waiting for an $800 Sikhote Alin for a month now and has sent 2 e-mails to the seller with no response. Buyer beware! Mike Miller // E-Bay flattoprocks Website // www.meteoritefinder.com Check out the web site it is up and running! Mike Miller 230 Greenway Rd. Kingman AZ 86401 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ ___ Yahoo! Messenger: chiamate gratuite in tutto il mondo http://it.messenger.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Thruster Glitch Puts Hayabusa in Safe Mode
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn8385-thruster-glitch-puts-asteroid-probe-in-safe-mode.html Thruster glitch puts asteroid probe in 'safe mode' Maggie McKee New Scientist 29 November 2005 The successful landing of the Hayabusa spacecraft on asteroid Itokawa on Saturday was almost immediately followed by another glitch for the troubled mission - a fuel thruster glitch that forced it to go into standby mode. Mission controllers are working to restore the spacecraft back to normal so it can return to Earth in 2007 with its cargo of the first-ever samples from an asteroid. The probe touched the asteroid for just one second at 0707 Japanese time on Saturday (2207 GMT Friday). On touchdown, it fired two pellets into the space rock to drive up material for collection in a cone-shaped horn. But about four hours later, mission officials noticed the spacecraft was pointed in an unexpected direction - apparently because of a problem with one or two of its 12 fuel thrusters. These are used to manoeuvre the spacecraft around the asteroid but have also been responsible for controlling Hayabusa's orientation since two of the craft's three stabilising reaction wheels failed in July and October 2005, respectively. Dark clouds The thruster problem had first been noticed during the craft's descent towards Itokawa, prompting ground controllers to switch to a backup system. When the craft was changed back to the main thruster system and the problem returned, it felt like dark clouds were creeping over the control room, says Yasunori Matogawa, associate executive director of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Officials were relieved when the spacecraft then put itself into safe mode, shutting down all unnecessary systems to protect it from damage. JAXA controllers are now working to bring it out of this mode by testing how it responds to various commands. The big question is can they bring the spacecraft back to normality, identify which of the thrusters have a problem and perhaps shut them down, says mission team member Don Yeomans of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, US. He is confident they will: I don't think it's a big problem. Double bounce The difficulty may have been caused during the craft's first landing on Itokawa on 20 November, when Hayabusa bounced twice, then sat on the asteroid's surface for 30 minutes. It may have landed on a thruster and caused some damage in the process, Yeomans told New Scientist. The spacecraft stayed on the asteroid's surface during that touchdown because it received opposing commands from onboard sensors. One detected a potentially damaging boulder on the asteroid's surface and commanded the spacecraft to rise away from the asteroid, while another found that the spacecraft was not in the correct orientation for an emergency ascent. This confusion also meant that no pellets were fired into the asteroid. Although all appeared to go well with Saturday's touchdown, JAXA controllers have yet to receive the telemetry signals that will confirm for sure whether the pellets were fired and whether the spacecraft was oriented so that it could collect the resulting debris. That data will come in the next few days, but scientists will only be certain they have samples when they open the capsules on Earth. If everything did go to plan on Saturday, mission controllers will cancel a possible second sampling attempt being considered for 1 December. They have one more pellet, so they could come down once again, says Yeomans. But if the pellets did fire on Saturday - and I think they did - I would be surprised if they tried another descent. It's too risky. The spacecraft must leave Itokawa by mid-December to take advantage of gravitational assists from other bodies in the solar system to return to Earth using as little power as possible. It will use an ion engine to propel itself during the 18-month trip and should drop a capsule containing the asteroid samples to the Australian desert in June 2007. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fw: 160 Meteorite Auctions Endingr tonight and next Monday...
- Original Message - From: michael cottingham To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: 160 Meteorite Auctions Endingr tonight and next Monday... Hello, Check out the 160 meteorite Auctions on Ebay right now. Some end tonight and some next Monday. Holiday Blowout Also 700 other cool things too Go to: http://stores.ebay.com/Voyage-Botanica-Natural-History Thanks Best Wishes Michael Cottingham __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD - SUPER Auctions Ending - SALE Priced!
Dear List Members, I have some super auctions at super prices ending this afternoon, all still bargain priced. Here are some of the highlights: Very last piece of Dhofar019 Doleritic Martian Shergottite started at just 99 cents! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581929740 Over a gram of New Orleans started at just 99 cents. Hard to find in more than a crumb. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581932015 Nearly 1/4 gram of NWA 032 Mare Basalt started at just 99 cents. Compare prices elsewhere as somebody is going to steal this piece. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581935473 NWA482 specimen with crust and breccia started at just 99 cents: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581936703 The only true CO3.0 in private hands started at just 99 cents: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581960041 Nice piece of NWA 3136 Mare Regolith Breccia started at just 99 cents: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581970661 Check out the museum quality planetary pieces priced to sell including a 1.55 gram Chasiggnite!: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6583663594 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6583666019 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6583667527 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6583669399 Check out this 3,000 gram lots start priced at just over a nickel a gram: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581993028 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581993826 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581994539 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581995342 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581995976 Raremeteorites Link, 76 Auctions, Excellent Material: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites Nature Quest International link, 42 Auctions, Great Stuff: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnature-quest-internationalQQhtZ-1 Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck. Take Care, Adam Hupe The Hupe Collection Team LunarRock IMCA 2185 [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] conversion to UTM grid coordinates
Hi all, may someone help me transform these two coordinates into UTM grid. The two locations are supposed to be in Uganda according to my correspondant. By transferring them into UTM grid I always end up in the Khartoum area in Sudan. site 1: Zone 36 Easting 330104 Northing 150680 site 2: Zone 36 Easting 330086 Northing 148715 (oh yes, these are meteorite related) thanks for your efforts in advance Best wishes Svend www.niger-meteorite-recon.de www.rollin-rock.com - Original Message - From: Pete Pete [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 8:43 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] what is weg? -- Getting off-topic now ;-) Hi, everyone, Here are all the definitions: http://www.dict.cc/?s=wegbtngo=Go%21 http://www.dict.cc/?s=wegbtngo=Go%21 gotta love that Google! Cheers, Pete From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] what is weg? -- Getting off-topic now ;-) Date: 27 Nov 2005 19:38:02 UT Mike Farmer wrote: I think he means Way as in a street name. Axel wrote: I'm not sure but it could mean West European Community (Gemeinschaft). Peter Marmet wrote: Yes, it means Street or Road! Hi Mike, Axel, Peter, Martin, and List, I think Mike is right although weg can have several different meanings depending on the context. What a fine opportunity to show our list members how closely related German and English are - they are both Germanic (or Teutonic) languages after all. So look and listen: a German t is often a d in English, and ag or eg is ay or ai. Here are some examples: Weg - way / Tag - day / lag - lay / sag - say / mag - may / Segel - sail Some more? The German syllable -ark- or -org- is often represented by the English row Look here: Mark = marrow / Sorge = sorrow / Morgen = (to-) morrow. German -elb- or -alg- or -olg- can change into low: gelb = yellow / Talg = tallow / folgen = follow Sorry, I couldn't resist ;-) Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ad - More eBay auctions ending tonight ;-)
Looks like a good night to be on eBay. I also have a few auctions closing including a couple books. If you can't afford ET's whole library here are a couple books to add to yours, the Catalog of meteorites in the collections of Arizona State University, and The Published Papers of H.H. Nininger Biology and Meteoritics.You can view all the auctions at the following URL: http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=katy2kary Catalog of meteorites in the collections of Arizona State University http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581963224rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 The Published Papers of H.H. Nininger Biology and Meteoritics http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6581964613rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 -- Eric Olson ELKK Meteorites http://www.star-bits.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite indentification
I inherited a large rock collection and this heavy rock was included. It is about the size of 1/3 a basketball with this label attatched: Meteor: Edge of xfield Lake, Nevada 10 feet underground. Contents 5% Nickel 18x oz. of gold to ton. weight 40 lbs. Gene Perry I have found someone locally that will cut a slice off for me to help with identification. I have also tried the University of Minnesota, and Nevada and gotten no where. If this is what the label indicates I would think it had a better purpose than laying out in the garden. Any help with what to do with this are appreciated. I do have photos available by email request at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Steve Schmidt __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] conversion to UTM grid coordinates
Those UTM coordinates do map to the western side of Uganda, using the WGS-84 datum. If you're using a different datum, then that might explain why you're not getting the expected results. Using an online coverter, the UTM coordinates translate to: +1° 21' 45.60, +31° 28' 22.60 and +1° 20' 42.00, +31° 28' 22.00 Dave Johnson __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] NEW 400 Kg European meteorite
News on this meteorite? I have ask to some friends works in a museum of this found but have say not know nothing of this news. Matteo --- vincent J [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: - Dear List, I have the pleasure to announce you the discovery of a very big new meteorite in Europe. This meteorite has been discovered in Benelux area, but exact localization stay confidential at this time. http://www.webastro.net/forum/index.php?act=Attachtype=postid=1656 I have the honnour to have identified this new meteorite and process with the first identifications. The stone, always under study, is an iron silicated meteorite. The meteorite has been found during building excavation. It interesting to know that these meteorite is probably the second largest european meteorite (in one piece). The first mass is La Caille, 625 Kg , iron french meteorite found around 1500 in south of France and identified in 1828. The second would be these new meteorite with an approx weight of 360-400 Kg. Note: The german Bitburg meteorite was 1,5 ton, but a considerable part has been melt 150-200 years ago and this meteorite is now very rare. More informations will be available on my website in the next days. Vincent JACQUES __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ ___ Yahoo! Mail - 1GB, Agenda, Rubrica, Antispam e Antivirus http://mail.yahoo.it __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] meteorite cutting loss and polishing loss
Dear Listees, I don`t recall if this has ever been discussed. Cutting loss of a meteorite is an important factor when considering if one should cut a meteorite. Has anyone made a table of % of loss based upon blade size and specific gravity of meteorites? A side topic is IF you should happen to send out your meteorite for cutting perhaps you should specify slice thickness and the blade size to be used to reduce loss as much as possible especially if it is a very small TKW or a rare type. Perhaps some dealers might help with their experiences. If you estimate the loss in advance you can also determine IF the cutter you choose is honest and is not pocketing some of your precious rock for his/her collection or sale. BTW cutting loss and blade use (destroyed) can be considered as a business expense for dealers and is therefore tax deductible. Thank you for any input. Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NASA Rover Helps Reveal Possible Secrets of Martian Life
November 29, 2005 George Deutsch/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-1324/1237 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (Phone: 818/354-6278) RELEASE: 05-415 NASA ROVER HELPS REVEAL POSSIBLE SECRETS OF MARTIAN LIFE Life may have had a tough time getting started in the ancient environment that left its mark in the Martian rock layers examined by NASA's Opportunity rover. The most thorough analysis yet of the rover's discoveries reveals the challenges life may have faced in the harsh Martian environment. This is the most significant set of papers our team has published, said Dr. Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. He is principal investigator for the science instruments on Opportunity and its twin rover, Spirit. The lengthy reports reflect more thorough analysis of Opportunity's findings than earlier papers. Scientists have been able to deduce conditions in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars were sometimes wet, strongly acidic and oxidizing. Those conditions probably posed stiff challenges to the origin of Martian life. Based on Opportunity's data, nine papers by 60 researchers in volume 240, issue 1 of the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters discuss what this part of the Martian Meridiani Planum region was like eons ago. The papers present comparisons to some harsh habitats on Earth and examine the ramifications for possible life on Mars. Dr. Andrew Knoll of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., a paper co-author, said, Life that had evolved in other places or earlier times on Mars, if any did, might adapt to Meridiani conditions, but the kind of chemical reactions we think were important to giving rise to life on Earth simply could not have happened at Meridiani. Scientists analyzed data about stacked sedimentary rock layers 23 feet thick, exposed inside Endurance Crater. They identified three divisions within the stack. The lowest, oldest portion had the signature of dry sand dunes; the middle portion, windblown sheets of sand with all the particles produced in part by previous evaporation of liquid water. The upper portion corresponded to layers Opportunity found earlier inside a smaller crater near its landing site. Materials in all three divisions were wet both before and after the layers were deposited by either wind or water. Researchers described chemical evidence that the sand grains deposited in the layers had been altered by water before the layers formed. Scientists analyzed how acidic water moving through the layers after they were in place caused changes such as the formation of hematite-rich spherules within the rocks. Experimental and theoretical testing reinforces the interpretation of changes caused by acidic water interacting with the rock layers. We made simulated Mars rocks in our laboratory then infused acidic fluids through them, said researcher Nicholas Tosca from the State University of New York. Our theoretical model shows the minerals predicted to form when those fluids evaporate bear a remarkable similarity to the minerals identified in the Meridiani outcrop. The stack of layers in Endurance Crater resulted from a changeable environment perhaps 3.5 to 4 billion years ago. The area may have looked like salt flats occasionally holding water, surrounded by dunes. The White Sands region in New Mexico bears a similar physical resemblance. For the chemistry and mineralogy of the environment, an acidic river basin named Rio Tinto, in Spain, provides useful similarities, said Dr. David Fernandez-Remolar of Spain's Centro de Astrobiologia. Many types of microbes live in the Rio Tinto environment, one of the reasons for concluding that ancient Meridiani could have been habitable. However, the organisms at Rio Tinto are descended from populations that live in less acidic and stressful habitats. If Meridiani had any life, it might have had to originate in a different habitat. You need to be very careful when you are talking about the prospect for life on Mars, Knoll said. We've looked at only a very small parcel of Martian real estate. The geological record Opportunity has examined comes from a relatively short period out of Mars' long history. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Exploration Rover project. Images and information about the rovers and their discoveries are available at: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/mer_main.html -end- __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Secret Santa-met
Hola list, No this isn't that new town that voted to assume the name secretsanta.com, so please read on! With the Holiday spirit now upon us, and the sales machines now in full swing, and before granny gets put on an auction block or run over by a reindeer, bless her unfortunate luck, I was thinking there is something missing in this community of like minded rocks-for-brains colleagues (speaking for myself, of course). Any interest in a secret santa exchange? Trading is fun too, it doesn't all have to be all about feedback and faceless sellers or maybe friendly ones, so I'd like to volunteer to coordinate a Secret Santa exchange for the holidays. Yup, the wonderful feeling of giving and receiving meteorites as surprises and keeping in touch with your meteorite friends. Also, feel free to get your loved ones or precious ones involved. Spencer or Pepito might love to get a meteorite and a letter from a far away place... Send me your names and shipping addresses if you want to, and commit to, participate. All you have to do is pick out a fun gift for a meteorite friend I will tell you in one week's time, and you can expect a meteorite will also be dropped down your chimney, or whatever Rudolph and the team decide as far as transportation at their discretion. The Twelve Rules of Secret Santa follow: 1. Gifts must be classified meteorites, or those being actively classified. 2. Gifts must reasonably be worth $20 3. You must send a gift in an opportune manner to the person for whom you are Santa Claus 3. You must pay for the shipping for the person for which you are Santa Claus, but you choose to use reindeer or other method of Santa's choice 4. You won't know who your Santa is in advance. 5. You will know who your good little girl or boy is two weeks before Xmas Day. 6. This event is open to nice people who like to give of all religious denominations. 7. If there is an unforseen screw-up with the shipping, you won't get too mad at anyone and do your best to be forgiving - this is meant to be lots of fun. 8. I have no responsibility in this. I will do my best to efficiently assign you the name and shipping address of your lucky recipient of your Santa-ing, and I get to participate. 9. There are no commissions, no payments, no fees, no nutin' else allowed. Just plain anticipation of new or old friends and little surprise meteorites to and from Santa. 10. Cards are strongly suggested, but not required, because they are fun, too. 11. If other family or friends participate please be sure they have the necessary support from you make their recipient smile, too. 12. Please specify the name of the person receiving the gift (whether you or someone you are giving a hand to) as they would see it on a greeting card. Saludos, Doug __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Fw: [meteorite-list] conversion to UTM grid coordinates
Thats great, thanks a lot Dave! I did try a couple of online converters but by using a different datum always came out with +15 instead of +1. Thanks again Svend www.niger-meteorite-recon.de www.rollin-rock.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:30 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] conversion to UTM grid coordinates Those UTM coordinates do map to the western side of Uganda, using the WGS-84 datum. If you're using a different datum, then that might explain why you're not getting the expected results. Using an online coverter, the UTM coordinates translate to: +1° 21' 45.60, +31° 28' 22.60 and +1° 20' 42.00, +31° 28' 22.00 Dave Johnson __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD-Ebay-Museum Quality Full H3 slice and rare Ureilite
Hello all, I wanted to let you know that I have two beautiful items ending Wednesday evening. There is a 199 gram full slice of the H3 Dhofar 977, and a 6.33 gram partslice of the rare ureilite 979. I think they are both incredible and beautiful to look at, but that could just be me. So, take a look if you would like and please bid insanely high =). The 6.33 gram Dhofar 979, Ureilite is only at less than $0.002 a gram right now!!...surely a bargain at only one cent. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6582335470rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 Dhofar 977, 199 gram H3 slice is only at 18 cents a gram. Which should be crimal an H3, =). Not to mention, how many H3 slices of this size are there? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6582336745rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 Hope you all are having a nice evening, Devin Schrader __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite cutting loss and polishing loss
I don`t recall if this has ever been discussed. Cutting loss of a meteorite is an important factor when considering if one should cut a meteorite. Has anyone made a table of % of loss based upon blade size and specific gravity of meteorites? Hi In my experiences cut looses is beetween 10-20%. I use 10cm/0.2mm and 15cm/0.3mm blades. This cut loses covers also grinding and polishing to remove cut marks. Cutting for 1mm slices take around 20% cut loses with polishing. If you estimate the loss in advance you can also determine IF the cutter you choose is honest and is not pocketing some of your precious rock for his/her collection or sale. its easy to check if You have all slices. Just put them together like puzzles. endpiece, then small slice, then bigger , bigger smaller, endpiece. Meteorite slices cut with thin blade have for example the same chondrule on botch slices from the same side. So if one slice will be missing Your puzzles will be not completed and You can find this. If this is L6 so You can look for the same inclusions in the same place or other unique things that shown only on 2 similar slices. -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM +48(607)535 195 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater (CBIC)
Good Evening List, If you have an interest in CBIC you may want to click the link below to my What's Up column as I am doing a multi-part story on the crater. Part 1 of A Cosmic Detective Story was posted last Monday and Part 2 will be up next Monday. This may be a three part story - I'll know when I return from the current crater coring site this weekend. All the best to you and yours and Happy Holidays, Greg Greg Redfern NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/index.html What's Up: The Space Place http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=421 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
