[meteorite-list] OT - Polandmet eBay auctions
Hi List I have made my first auctions on US ebay since last december :) Visit my eBay shop http://stores.ebay.com/id=41816610?ssPageName=ME:F:ST $$$ Meteorite NWA 4431 [L5] Cosmic Onion II 14.78g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=001item=110041674078 This one is a nice slice with cool inclusion that reminds me Stefan Ralev Cosmic Onion strange inclusion in his beautifull L3. I was lucky to cut in in half, so the best shape is on two slices. One I hold for myself and another one is now on eBay. $$$ Meteorite NWA 4432 [L4] Large inclusion 34g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=110041674735 This slice is from chondrite I bough from man in Agadir 3 years ago. Inside on a few slices I found strange and very large inclusion in size up to 30mm. One slice is in my collection, one is now on ebay and the third one was used to make thin section. If You are looking for unusual specimen, this one could be great. $$$ Meteorite NWA 4438 [L3.1] endpiece 8.2g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=110041676184 My latest low TKW L3.1 chondrite. Many small specimens with nice chondruls inside. $$$ Meteorite BJURBOLE [L/LL4] rare FALL - 3.50g $$$ Meteorite NWA 1465 [CV3-anomalous] endpiece 5.2g $$$ Meteorite NWA 2825 [Primitive Achondri] slice 2.88g $$$ Meteorite NWA 2826 [LL5] fresh slice 35g $$$ Meteorite NWA 2827 [L5 Black] fresh slice 18.6g $$$ Meteorite NWA 2829 [Olivine Diogenite] slice 0.6g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4036 [L6 IMB] slice 60g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4039 [A.EUC] endpiece 2.20g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4046 [LL6] full slice 7.6g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4047 [H4-5] full slice 6.47g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4429 [L4] slice 5.97g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4431 [L5] Cosmic Onion II 14.78g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4432 [L4] Large inclusion 34g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4434 [LL4] half slice 18g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4436 [L4] full slice 39.1g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4437 [LL4] full slice 14.63g $$$ Meteorite NWA 4438 [L3.1] endpiece 8.2g $$$ Meteorite NWA 801 [CR2] endpiece 3.4g $$$ Meteorite NWA xxx [L6] fresh 15.5g $$$ Meteorite SAHARA 99477 [L5] old sahara find - 22.7g Some more auctions will come tooday on German eBay. and ofcourse PAYPAL Payment accepted -[ 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] AD - Ebay Auctions Ending - some really nice stuff this time
Hi All.. I have a few auctions ending tonight under user name catchafallingstar.com http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=catchafallingstar.com Of special note is this Sikhote-alin, certainly worth a look at the large photos I took: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200033745445 LUNAR and MARS all with very favorable surface to weight ratio: NWA 482: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200031197054 NWA 482: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200031200665 NWA 2977: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200033768980 DAG 476: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200031150130 More on my ME page. Scroll down: http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=catchafallingstar.com Thanks for looking and an even BIGGER Thanks for those of you who bid Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 http://www.catchafallingstar.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] hunting
Hi TK Here's your big chance !! I'll be there !! http://www.nuggetshooter.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=8113 Happy Huntin John B. - Original Message - From: Dave Freeman mjwy To: tk Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 5:30 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] hunting We can find metorites in AZ, what in heck am I doing up here!D. F.tk wrote: Hi, have any of you hunting meteorites in AZ. Im interested in going. Whats your guys expeirence? Im new to the industry . thanks. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __Meteorite-list mailing listMeteorite-list@meteoritecentral.comhttp://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: Southwest Airlines Meteorite Hunting Article
Greetings list members: I have a couple of the Southwest Airlines SPIRIT September 2006 magazines with the article about Meteorite Hunter Michael Farmer. If you are interested in one let me know off list. I'll ship to US destinations for $5, but sorry, no International mailings. Juris Breikss [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Some clicks from my new Allende piece
Hello here some photos of my 300+ grams end piece of Allende take under microscope crust http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/8640/a1trnx1.jpg condrula http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/2249/a2triu5.jpg some CAI'S and condrules http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/4563/a3trat4.jpg http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/161/a4trov5.jpg http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/4840/a5trqn1.jpg Matteo M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30173 - 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi http://mail.yahoo.it __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Holbrook?
The complete text is: Una pioggia di meteoriti. Su un paese dell'Arizona - ai confini del Messico - proprio durante il passaggio di una carovana, si è abbattuta improvvisamente una valanga di pietre provenienti nientemeno che dagli spazi siderali. L'inatteso e imprevedibile fenomeno ha provocato un gran panico, e alcuni uomini sono rimasti schiacciati dai bolidi caduti dal cielo. My Italian is not as good as Matteo's but I guess that means 'in a village in Arizona'. yes is right Matteo now we seen when my message appear in the list, if at 2 days, 2 weeks or 2 months... --- Dr. Svend Buhl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Hi Michael and others, there is little doubt the drawing from La Domenica Del Corriere, October 6th 1946 refers to the Hoolbrook fall. While researching the origin of this cover I came across an article of an Italian encyclopedia that was very popular in the fourties as I was told. The article cited a couple of eyewittnesses mentioned many near misses and also said that a mail coach was hit or almost hit by one of the stones. I believe that this was the source of the artist, the rest is imagination. The Text below the drawing however does not mention the Name Hoolbrook. Though it does say the incident happened 'su un paese dell'Arizona'. My Italian is not as good as Matteo's but I guess that means 'in a village in Arizona'. Please correct me, if I'am wrong. It was common practise in Italian sunday papers (and in all other countrie's newspapers in the days before the digital revolution) to bring stories that happened years or decades ago. Best wishes Svend www.niger-meteorite-recon.de - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite List Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Holbrook? Hi Michael It is a representation of the Holbrook fall. Please check out Dr Svend Buhls awesome site for more information on the image as well as purchasing a copy of the print suitable for framing. http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/meteoriten_vk_fotos.htm (Closer to the bottom of the page) Mike -- Mike Jensen Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 303-337-4361 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com -- Original message -- From: Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi All, Someone was running the following photo with an add on eBay for a Holbrook: http://community.webshots.com/album/554695960eQgeXc Can anyone tell me where this painting/poster came from (a book? Seams I have definitely seen it SOMEWHERE) and if it is, indeed, supposed to be the Holbrook Fall? Thanks, Michael __ 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 M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30173 - 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi http://mail.yahoo.it __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Holbrook?
The painting its from a Italian old newspaper, I have the original Matteo --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Hi Michael It is a representation of the Holbrook fall. Please check out Dr Svend Buhls awesome site for more information on the image as well as purchasing a copy of the print suitable for framing. http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/meteoriten_vk_fotos.htm (Closer to the bottom of the page) Mike -- Mike Jensen Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 303-337-4361 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com -- Original message -- From: Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi All, Someone was running the following photo with an add on eBay for a Holbrook: http://community.webshots.com/album/554695960eQgeXc Can anyone tell me where this painting/poster came from (a book? Seams I have definitely seen it SOMEWHERE) and if it is, indeed, supposed to be the Holbrook Fall? Thanks, Michael __ 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 M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30173 - 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi http://mail.yahoo.it __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OT: North Korean-claimed nuclear underground test: 4.2 magnitude
Title: OT: North Korean-claimed nuclear underground test: 4.2 magnitude http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ustqab.php What sort of yield is required to generate a 4.2 Richter-scale seismic signal? --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OT: M4.2 -- 2 kilotons
Title: OT: M4.2 -- 2 kilotons Hi again, Did a little Googling and pulled out my pocket calculator; a 4.2-magnitude Richter scale value translates into a very small atomic bomb -- by my calculations the equivalent of 2.0 kilotons of TNT. --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] Some clicks from my new Allende piece
Definitely the best close-ups of any Carbonaceous Chondrite or CAI I've ever seen! Thanks for sharing, Matteo! From: M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Some clicks from my new Allende piece Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 20:44:23 +0200 (CEST) Hello here some photos of my 300+ grams end piece of Allende take under microscope crust http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/8640/a1trnx1.jpg condrula http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/2249/a2triu5.jpg some CAI'S and condrules http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/4563/a3trat4.jpg http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/161/a4trov5.jpg http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/4840/a5trqn1.jpg Matteo M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30173 - 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi http://mail.yahoo.it __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Say hello to the next generation of Search. Live Search try it now. http://www.live.com/?mkt=en-ca __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Planet Formation Confirmed
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=40113 Hubble observations confirm that planets form from disks around stars [heic0613] 10 Oct 2006 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with ground-based observatories, has at last confirmed what philosopher Emmanuel Kant and scientists have long predicted: that planets form from debris disks around stars. More than 200 years ago, the philosopher Emmanuel Kant first proposed that planets are born from disks of dust and gas that swirl around their home stars. Though astronomers have detected more than 200 extrasolar planets and have seen many debris disks around young stars, they have yet to observe a planet and a debris disk around the same star. Now, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with ground-based observatories, has at last confirmed what Kant and scientists have long predicted: that planets form from debris disks around stars. Orbiting Epsilon Eridani The Hubble observations by an international team of astronomers led by G. Fritz Benedict and Barbara E. McArthur of the University of Texas, Austin, USA, show for the first time that a planet is aligned with its star's circumstellar disk of dust and gas. The planet, detected in 2000, orbits the nearby Sun-like star Epsilon Eridani, located 10.5 light-years from Earth in the constellation Eridanus. The planet's orbit is inclined 30° to Earth, the same angle at which the star's disk is tilted. The results will appear in the November issue of the Astronomical Journal. The planets in our Solar System share a common alignment, evidence that they were created at the same time in the Sun's disk. But the Sun is a middle-aged star 4500 million years old and its debris disk dissipated long ago. Epsilon Eridani, however, still retains its disk because it is young, only 800 million years old. The Hubble observations also helped Benedict's team determine the planet's true mass, which they calculate as 1.5 times Jupiter's mass. Previous estimates measured only the lower limit, at 0.7 times the mass of Jupiter. The planet, called Epsilon Eridani b, is the nearest extrasolar planet to Earth. It orbits its star every 6.9 years. Because of Hubble, we know for sure that it is a planet and not a failed star, McArthur explained. Some astronomers have argued that a few of the known extrasolar planets could be brown dwarfs because their precise masses are not known. If an object is less than 10 Jupiter masses, it is a planet, not a brown dwarf. McArthur was part of an earlier team at the University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory who discovered Epsilon Eridani b. They detected the planet using the radial-velocity method, which measures a star's subtle motion toward and away from Earth to find unseen companions. Epsilon Eridani is a young and active star, so some astronomers claimed that what appeared as a planet-induced wobble of the star could have been the actions of the star itself. Turbulence in the atmosphere may have produced apparent velocity changes that were intrinsic to the star and not due to a planet's influence. Determining the Orbit Inclination The current Benedict-McArthur team calculated the planet's mass and its orbit by making extremely precise measurements of the star's location as it wobbled on the sky, a technique called astrometry. The slight wobbles are caused by the gravitational tug of the unseen planet, like a small dog pulling its master on a leash. The team studied over a thousand astrometric observations from Hubble collected over three years. The astronomers combined these data with other astrometric observations made at the University of Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory. They then added those measurements to hundreds of ground-based radial-velocity measurements made over the past 25 years at European Southern Observatory in Chile, McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas, Lick Observatory at the University of California Observatories, and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii. This combination allowed them to accurately determine the planet's mass by deducing the tilt of its orbit. If astronomers don't know how a planet's orbit is tilted with respect to Earth, they can only estimate a minimum mass for the planet. If only the radial velocity wobble along the line of sight is known, the planet's mass could be significantly larger if the orbit were tilted to a nearly face-on orientation to Earth. The star would only move toward and away from Earth slightly, even though it had a massive companion. You can't see the wobble induced by the planet with the naked eye, Benedict said. But Hubble's fine guidance sensors are so precise that they can measure the wobble. We basically watched three years of a nearly seven-year-long dance of the star and its invisible partner, the planet, around their orbits. The fine guidance sensors measured a
[meteorite-list] Ad: 50 meteorites ending on ebay tonight!
I have many very nice meteorites ending tonight. 50 meteorites in total, ALL started at one cent! Some items of note: Fresh black oriented Gao meteorite. This one is a perfect little flying saucer! http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ130034421627 http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ130034402162 Sikhote-Alin flight-oriented individual. Meteorite set, 10 meteorite collection worth over $250.00 http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ130034298410 Large Libyan Desert glass specimen. http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ170036566976 http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ130034348569 715 gram Sikhote-Alin specimen. http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ130034424413 Absolutely gorgeous piece of Dhofar 1428, Lunar meteorite from Oman. http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ170036561655 Large complete slice of NWA 1941 http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ170036566116 Beautiful etched FUKANG slice. http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ170036510279 Complete large Muonionalusta slice. See all of the meteorites offered at the links below. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmeteoritehunters http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmeteorite-hunter http://www.meteoritehunter.com thanks Michael Farmer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD-Over 100 Auctions Ending-Museum Quality SAs Old Yeller
Dear List Members, I loaded over 100 great auctions this week, most of them started at just 99 cents. I am offering some of the best Sikhote Alins in existence so be sure to check out these truly museum quality individuals. You will find Oriented, sculptural and holed SA examples this week that are definitely worth a look. For the first time, a new L6 nicknamed, Old Yeller is being offered. Be sure to check out all of the auctions as there are many bargains to be had this week. To see all of the too numerous to list outstanding auctions, click on this link. Several of these still have no bid and are at the opening price of just 99 cents so be sure to check them out: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites First Time Offered, Serialized and Etched Camp Coin, only 230 ever made of this version: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140038320736 This is the last of the NWA 2989 Acapulcoite that I have to offer: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140038359623 A W0 EL6 slice currently at $1.00 a gram, you have got to be kidding me!, this material is easily worth $50.00/gram! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140038362576 INTRODUCING, OLD YELLER, Low TKW L6: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040602798 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040605075 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040606337 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040607678 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040608049 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040610500 The Main Mass: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040611144 Some Very Nice Sikhote Alins started at just 99 cents: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040613606 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040614579 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040615073 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040615799 Some MUSEUM QUALITY Sikhote Alins priced way below what these would realize in a Natural History auction: HOLED: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040620679 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040620477 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040620236 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040619929 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040619711 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040619469 ORIENTED: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040618195 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040617768 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040617474 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040616750 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040616439 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140040616014 ...and way too many other items to list still at the opening bid of just 99 cents can be found at this link: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck. Best Regards, 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Collection Label Identity
Hi Bob That is a tough one. I can tell you that it is was most probably a mineral collector because of the Dana reference. The Dana reference might also help date it somewhat. That useage went out of style some time in the 1950's or possibly a little earlier. Since Hugoton was found in 1927 and Dana numbers were more popular then I would start my search there. The reason I am giving you these suggestions is the Mineralogical Record has a online label collection archive. It is sorted by name so you will have to look at each one and see if you get lucky. You might start with the M's since the specimen number is M-9. http://www.minrec.org/labelarchive.asp HH Nininger is represented if anyone else wants to look. Since the label is so generic I would not be surprised if it was a mass produced label used by numerous collectors. One final thought might be to email them for help. Good luck! Mike -- Mike Jensen Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 303-337-4361 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com -- Original message -- From: Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Recently I purchased a small collection and I have one specimen that has a collection label that I cant identify. If you could have a look at the piece and its card I would appreciate it. Here : http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/spacerox2001/detail?.dir=/7dd1re2.dnm=bc62re2.jpg .src=ph Thanks Bob __ 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] Mars Global Surveyor Image of the Week - October 10, 2006
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR Image of the Week October 10, 2006 The following new image taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft is now available: o Summertime View of North Polar Sand Dunes (Released 10 October 2006) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2006/10/10 Image Caption: This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a suite of dunes in one of the several north polar dune fields. The bright surfaces adjacent to some of the dunes are patches of frost. These dunes spend much of the autumn, winter, and spring seasons covered with carbon dioxide frost. Only in late spring and in summer are the dark windblown sands fully exposed. Over the course of the 9+ years of the MGS mission, the MOC team has sought evidence that sand dunes may be migrating downwind over time. However, no clear examples of the movement of a whole dune have been identified. On Earth, such movement is typically detectable in air photos of the smallest active dunes over periods of a few years. Owing to the fact that the north polar dunes spend much of each martian year under a cover of frost, perhaps these move much more slowly than their frost-free, terrestrial counterparts. The sand may also be somewhat cemented by ice or minerals, likewise preventing vigorous dune migration in the present environment. This view covers an area approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and is illuminated by sunlight from the lower left. The dunes are located near 79.8N, 127.1W, and the picture was acquired on 11 September 2006. - All of the Mars Global Surveyor images are archived here: http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/index.html Mars Global Surveyor was launched in November 1996 and has been in Mars orbit since September 1997. It began its primary mapping mission on March 8, 1999. Mars Global Surveyor is the first mission in a long-term program of Mars exploration known as the Mars Surveyor Program that is managed by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) and the California Institute of Technology built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission. MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, CA. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena, CA and Denver, CO. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Asteroids, Comets, Planets: Cut From Same Cloth?
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1199 Asteroids, Comets, Planets: Cut From Same Cloth? Written by Linda Vu, Spitzer Science Center Media contact: Whitney Clavin (818) 354-4673 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. October 10, 2006 Could all of the asteroids, comets, and planets in our Milky Way galaxy be made of a similar mix of dusty components? After analyzing the dust particles of a variety of comets with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the Deep Impact spacecraft and the internationally funded Infrared Space Observatory, Dr. Carey Lisse, of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., suspects that the answer is yes. Comets are the stepping stones to planets, said Lisse. With these missions, astronomers know more about comets today than ever before, and we're still only beginning to scratch the surface. He presents his findings today at the 38th meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society in Pasadena, Calif. According to Lisse, the Deep Impact mission, which sent an 820-pound impactor into the path of a hurtling comet about 5 by 8 kilometers (3 by 5 miles) wide, provided a Rosetta stone for studying solar system formation in the universe. The collision, on July 4, 2005, unleashed a plethora of pristine particles that had been locked in the core of comet Tempel 1 since the dawn of our solar system. From its lofty perch in space, Spitzer was in the perfect position to scrutinize the cometary material ejected from comet Tempel 1. The sensitive telescope's spectrometer instrument detected dust particles finer than human hair, and discovered the presence of silicates (crushed rock or sand), carbonates (chalk), smectite (clay), metal sulfides (like fool's gold), amorphous carbon (soot) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (carbon-rich molecules found on barbecue grills and in automobile exhaust on Earth). Scientists have determined that comet Tempel 1 is a loosely assembled icy dirtball with the consistency of talcum powder. The impactor was able to go 20 to 30 meters into the comet and release material that hadn't been baked or boiled by the comet's previous trips around the sun, said Lisse. Lisse and his team later compared their Tempel 1 data to observations of comet Hale Bopp made by the Infrared Space Observatory in 1997. Although Hale Bopp did not show any of the iron-rich olivine silicates found in Tempel 1, team members did find many chemical similarities, like ice made of water, carbonates, sulfides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other types of silicates. They then looked at the Infrared Space Observatory's observations of a distant solar system called HD 100546, which many scientists believe is undergoing planet formation, and again found many of the materials observed in Hale Bopp and Tempel 1. However, unlike the comets, HD 100546 didn't contain some of the most primitive rock-forming elements. Although there are some particle variations, our team has found that Tempel 1, Hale Bopp and HD100546 share many of the same basic chemical compounds, said Lisse. We think the differences we see are due to the effect of active planet formation, nebular shocks, and collisions in the HD100546 planet-forming disk. In a new extension of this work, Lisse recently teamed with Dr. Charles Beichman of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to study HD69830, a star surrounded by a disk of dusty material and three Neptune-sized planets. Previously, Beichman and his colleagues suspected the disk could be an asteroid belt. Now, the astronomers have used Lisse's models of planetary body ingredients to confirm that the disk is an asteroid belt, and to show that it may have been created by the destruction of an icy asteroid about 70 kilometers across (43 miles). This is similar to what happened in our own solar system millions of years ago. In addition, the new analysis reveals that the asteroid belt is twice as far out as previously believed, beyond the known planets. I am thrilled by these findings. This is one of the first steps to realizing that our solar system may be similar to other solar systems in the universe, he said. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. Spitzer's infrared spectrograph was built by Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Its development was led by Dr. Jim Houck of Cornell. For more information and graphics, visit www.spitzer.caltech.edu/spitzer . __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Venus May Have Once Had A Moon
http://skytonight.com/news/4353026.html Why Doesn't Venus Have a Moon? by David Tytell Sky Telescope October 10, 2006 Back when Earth was very young, our home world was steadily pummeled by large solar system debris. While Earth withstood the barrage of hits like a prizefighter that wouldn't fall down, one blow nearly destroyed the world. A Mars-size body plowed into us, completely disrupting both bodies and splashing massive amounts of debris into orbit which, most astronomers agree, coalesced to form our Moon. But if something that large hit us, how did our nearest-neighbor planet, Venus, dodge the same fate? According to a new study, it didn't. Billions of years ago, according to work announced yesterday, Venus once had a moon that formed the same way Earth's did. On Monday at the American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences meeting in Pasadena, California, Caltech undergraduate Alex Alemi presented models created with David Stevenson of Caltech that suggest Venus was not only slammed with a rock large enough to form the Moon, the event happened at least twice. According to Alemi and Stevenson, in models of the early solar system it is nearly impossible for Venus to avoid a big hit. Most likely, Venus was slammed early on and gained a moon from the resulting debris. The satellite slowly spiraled away from the planet, due to tidal interactions, much the way our Moon is still slowly creeping away from Earth. However, after only about another million years Venus suffered another tremendous blow, according to the models. The second impact was opposite from the first in that it reversed the planet's spin, says Alemi. Venus's new direction of rotation caused the body of the planet to absorb the moon's orbital energy via tides, rather than adding to the moon's orbital energy as before. So the moon spiraled inward until it collided and merged with Venus in a dramatic, fatal encounter. Not only have we gotten rid of the moon, but we've also done well to explain Venus's current slow rotation rate [and direction], says Alemi. If a second moon formed from the second collision, it too would have been absorbed the way the first one was. The models do allow for more than two impacts, but the probability of Venus enduring several massive collisions is low. You can do this with multiple collisions, but the hypothesis is that [the net result] adds up to a negligible contribution to the planet's final state, says Alemi. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fresh Look At Dwarf Planet Ceres
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6037844.stm Fresh look at dwarf planet Ceres By Molly Bentley BBC News October 10, 2006 First impressions count - unless you're Ceres. Last month, the asteroid was re-classified as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), and now new images of its surface reveal a surprisingly diverse surface terrain, scientists say. We thought Ceres had a flat surface, said Benoit Carry, from the Observatoire Paris-Meudon, but our images show that it is rich in surface features. Carry's team has produced 360 infrared images of Ceres while observing it in rotation at the Keck observatory in Mauna Kea. The results were presented here at the Division of Planetary Sciences meeting in Pasadena, California. The subdued black and white images, which map 80% of the dwarf planet, suggest a textured surface, but not its physical properties. Dark and bright spots in the images might be crater impacts, mineral deposits or the effects of space weathering, said Mr Carry. 3D model The images are the first of an asteroid/dwarf planet using infrared and advanced adaptive optics, a technique that uses deformable mirrors on a telescope to correct the blurring caused by turbulence in Earth's atmosphere. Imagine looking at a coin at the bottom of a pool of water, said Christophe Dumas, an astronomer from the European Southern Observatory (Eso), that's exactly what's happening with an astronomical image; it's all distorted. Adaptive optics corrects for the distortion in real time. The success of the combined technique on Ceres recommends its use on other relatively small objects, such as the large asteroid Vesta, said Dr Dumas. The infrared images were also used to create the first colourful 3D model of Ceres. The blue in the 3D model corresponds to the dark patches in the infrared, the yellow to the bright. The blackout at the edges is due to insufficient data at the poles. The ground-based infrared images are not as sharp as those captured in the visible wavelength by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2002-2003, but, when compared, the two sets provide a perfect match of surface features, said Dr Dumas. Making the grade The Keck results also support Ceres' suspected oblate shape, which scientists say could be the result of as much as 25% water ice in it mantle. If so, the amount may be greater than all the fresh water on Earth. We think Ceres still contains pristine water from when the Solar System was formed, said Dr Dumas. If there was water in the interior, it might be migrating to the surface through natural channels, he said, collecting minerals along with it, and perhaps contributing to the mottled pattern in the Keck images. The next step is to use spectral analysis to decode the chemical composition of the surface, he said. Whatever its composition, Ceres never accumulated enough of it to make planetary grade, by today's standards. It missed being a planet by that much, said Mr Carry. But that wasn't always the case. Once the largest main-belt asteroid, now the smallest recognised dwarf planet, Ceres was originally classified as a planet when Sicilian astronomer Father Giuseppe Piazzi discovered it in 1801. The US space agency is preparing a spacecraft known as Dawn. It is set for launch next year and will use an ion engine to visit the asteroid Vesta in 2011, and Ceres in 2015. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re: Ad Two new books
Hi all I have two new books I'm excited to announce. New book #1 Meteorites and the early solar system II / D.S. Lauretta, H.Y. McSween, Jr., editors ; foreword by Richard P. Binzel 942 pp. / 8.5 x 11.0 / 2006 Cloth (0816525625) Contents Collaborating Authors xi Scientific Organizing Committee and Acknowledgment of Reviewers xii Foreword xiii Preface xv PART I: METEORITICS OVERVIEW Types of Extraterrestrial Material Available for Study M. M. Grady and I. Wright 9002 Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification M. K. Weisberg, T. J. McCoy, and A. N. Krot 9014 Recent Advances in Meteoritics and Cosmochemistry H. Y. McSween Jr., D. S. Lauretta, and L. A. Leshin 9001 PART II: THE PRESOLAR EPOCH: METEORITIC CONSTRAINTS ON ASTRONOMICAL PROCESSES Nucleosynthesis B. S. Meyer and E. Zinner 9015 Origin and Evolution of Carbonaceous Presolar Grains in Stellar Environments T. J. Bernatowicz, T. K. Croat, and T. L. Daulton 9035 Meteorites and the Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way L. R. Nittler and N. Dauphaus 9025 Chemical Processes in the Interstellar Medium: Source of the Gas and Dust in the Primitive Solar Nebula J. A. Nuth III, S. B. Charnley, and N. M. Johnson 9020 PART III: DISK FORMATION EPOCH: THE ASTROPHYSICAL SETTING AND INITIAL CONDITIONS OF THE SOLAR NEBULA Presolar Cloud Collapse and the Formation and Early Evolution of the Solar Nebula A. P. Boss and J. N. Goswami 9005 The Population of Starting Materials Available for Solar System Construction S. Messenger, S. Sandford, and D. Brownlee 9037 The Physics and Chemistry of Nebular Evolution F. J. Ciesla and S. B. Charnley 9033 PART IV: THE FIRST NEBULAR EPOCH: GENESIS OF THE FIRST SOLAR SYSTEM MATERIALS Timescales of the Solar Protoplanetary Disk S. S. Russell, L. Hartmann, J. Cuzzi, A. N. Krot, M. Gounelle, and S. Weidenschilling 9016 Condensation of Rocky Material in Astrophysical Environments D. S. Ebel 9031 The Fayalite Content of Chondritic Olivine: Obstacle to Understanding the Condensation of Rocky Material A. V. Fedkin and L. Grossman 9003 Volatile Evolution and Loss A. M. Davis 9034 Origin of Water Ice in the Solar System J. I. Lunine 9028 PART V: THE SECOND NEBULAR EPOCH: MATERIALS PROCESSING IN THE NEBULA Irradiation Processes in the Early Solar System M. Chaussidon and M. Gounelle 9009 Solar System Deuterium/Hydrogen Ratio F. Robert 9038 Particle-Gas Dynamics and Primary Accretion J. N. Cuzzi and S. J. Weidenschilling 9018 Transient Heating Events in the Protoplanetary Nebula H. C. Connolly Jr., S. J. Desch, R. D. Ash, and R. H. Jones 9027 Chemical Processes in Igneous Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions: A Mostly CMAS View of Melting and Crystallization J. R. Beckett, H. C. Connolly, and D. S. Ebel 9024 Petrology and Origin of Ferromagnesian Silicate Chondrules D. S. Lauretta, H. Nagahara, and C. M. O'D. Alexander 9026 PART VI: THE ACCRETION EPOCH: FORMATION OF PLANETESIMALS Chronological Constraints on Planetesimal Accretion R. H. Nichols Jr. 9036 Accretion Dynamics and Timescales: Relation to Chondrites S. J. Weidenschilling and J. N. Cuzzi 9023 Meteoritic Diversity and Planetesimal Formation J. Chambers 9030 Trapping and Modification Processes of Noble Gases and Nitrogen in Meteorites and Their Parent Bodies R. Wieler, H. Busemann, and I. A. Franchi 9012 PART VII: THE PARENT-BODY EPOCH: A. ALTERATION AND METAMORPHISM Timescales and Settings for Alteration of Chondritic Meteorites A. N. Krot, I. D. Hutcheon, A. J. Brearley, O. V. Pravdivtseva, M. I. Petaev, and C. M. Hohenberg 9006 Asteroidal Heating and Thermal Stratification of the Asteroid Belt A. Ghosh, S. J. Weidenschilling, H. Y. McSween Jr., and A. Rubin 9017 Thermal Metamorphism in Chondrites G. R. Huss, A. E. Rubin, and J. N. Grossman 9007 The Action of Water A. J. Brearley 9022 The Nature and Distribution of the Organic Material in Carbonaceous Chondrites and Interplanetary Dust Particles S. Pizzarello, G. W. Cooper, and G. J. Flynn 9008 Shock Effects in Meteorites T. G. Sharp and P. S. De Carli 9040 Nature and Origins of Meteoritic Breccias A. Bischoff, E. R. D. Scott, K. Metzler, and C. A. Goodrich 9013 PART VIII: THE PARENT-BODY EPOCH: B. MELTING AND DIFFERENTIATION Timescales of Planetesimal Differentiation in the Early Solar System M. Wadhwa, G. Srinivasan, and R. W. Carlson 9029 Asteroid Differentiation T. J. McCoy, D. W. Mittlefehldt, and L. Wilson 9010 Evolution of Asteroidal Cores N. L. Chabot and H. Haack 9019 PART IX: THE PLANETARY EPOCH: METEORITES AND THE EARTH Meteorites and the Timing, Mechanisms, and Conditions of Terrestrial Planet Accretion and Early Differentiation A. N. Halliday and T. Kleine 9032 Compositional Relationships Between Meteorites and Terrestrial Planets K. Righter, M. J. Drake, and E. R. D. Scott 9039 Irradiation Records, Cosmic-Ray Exposure Ages, and Transfer Times of Meteorites O. Eugster, G. F. Herzog, K. Marti, and M. W. Caffee 9004 Weathering of Chondritic Meteorites P. A. Bland, M. E. Zolensky, G. K. Benedix, and M. A. Sephton
Re: [meteorite-list] OT: M4.2 -- 2 kilotons
What's known in the trade as a plaster cracker as opposed to one of the more powerful city whackers. Dave - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:16 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: M4.2 -- 2 kilotons Hi again, Did a little Googling and pulled out my pocket calculator; a 4.2-magnitude Richter scale value translates into a very small atomic bomb -- by my calculations the equivalent of 2.0 kilotons of TNT. --Rob __ 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] Does Anyone Know This Dealer?
Goood evening all, I received an email from a Ronald Hauck, Subject: New finds meteorites, CMF MINERALS and METEORITES from MOROCCO. Does anyone know Mr Hauck or a Don Ronaldo (another Principal in CMF). As you might expect, the email offers meteorites for sale. A search of the Internet revealed nothing. Thanks, Dave __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - October 11, 2006
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[meteorite-list] In search of meteorites
http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1322489secid=1 October 10, 2006 In search of meteorites By BILL HETHCOCK THE GAZETTE Imagine searching for marble-size rocks in a 50-mile strip between Penrose and Ellicott. Thats essentially what meteorite hunter and collector Robert Ward was doing Tuesday. One of the brightest meteors reported in recent years slow-danced across Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado the night of Oct. 1, possibly dropping meteorites toward the tail end of its trip. Ward said he has chased fireballs worldwide for 20 years, and this is the most impressive. This one traveled amazingly far, amazingly low, and amazingly slowly, he said. It was a very big, very bright fireball seen by a lot of people. Jeff and Pam Holmberg are two of those people. The husband and wife were watching television in their house north of Westcliffe when Jeff looked out the window and saw the fireball soar over the Sangre de Cristo mountain range. Pam was dozing off after a full day of football watching. I started hootin and hollerin and she came out of the chair like a shot, Jeff Holmberg said. He and his wife ran outside in time to see the main fireball break into three or four pieces. Jeff Holmberg scrambled up a ladder to the roof and watched the meteor pieces disappear into the northeast horizon toward Colorado Springs. It was a big, bright light with a smoke trail behind it, he said. It looked like the landing light on a big jet. The Holmbergs estimated the fireball took 20 seconds to pass from horizon to horizon. I was just incredible how close it seemed, Pam Holmberg said. It was floating across, so bright, it seemed like you could just reach out and touch it. Eyewitnesses and cameras that capture the whole sky in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona caught the fireball at 11:16 p.m on Oct. 1, said Chris Peterson, an astronomer and a researcher at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Witnesses also reported hearing the sonic boom, a sound similar to thunder. The sonic boom is heard several minutes after the fireball is seen because it takes the sound that long to travel to earth from more than 20 miles in the air, Peterson said. The fireball traveled generally southwest to northeast, beginning northeast of Phoenix, cutting across northwest New Mexico and ending east of Colorado Springs. It was captured by sky cameras at the Guffey School and at Cloudbait Observatory north of Guffey, which Peterson runs, as well as by sky cameras in New Mexico. Camera data suggests the full flight lasted at least 45 seconds an eternity for a meteor, Peterson said. It was very, very long, he said. It was going about as slow as a meteor gets. To see a meteor that goes on for more than half a minute is remarkable. Witnesses and cameras show the meteor breaking into multiple pieces in a long train extending at least 70 miles from southern Colorado to Colorado Springs, Peterson said. He described the breakup pattern as extremely unusual. Usually meteors fade out, but videos show this one split into a long string of individual fireballs, Peterson said. Meteorites may have dropped over the central San Luis Valley, in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, across the Wet Mountain Valley and continuing to Ellicott, 20 miles east of Colorado Springs. Ward, who is from Arizona, is focusing his hunt for space rocks between between Penrose and Ellicott. He started by talking to people at fire stations, gas stations and convenience stores and asking if anyone had seen or heard anything unusual. Ward found Jeff Holmberg at the Wet Mountain Fire Protection District, where Homberg volunteers. Holmberg had told his skeptical fellow firefighters about what hed seen. The boys at the fire station just kind of grinned and shook their heads and asked me about aliens and stuff, he said. A couple of days later, Ward walked in and asked if anyone had seen a possible meteor. Holmberg invited Ward to his house for breakfast and told him his story over biscuits and gravy. The men climbed on Holmbergs roof. Ward took compass readings and gathered other information hell use to estimate the fireballs flight path. Meteorites are typically black, unusual-looking rocks with rounded surfaces, Ward said. Theyre usually heavier than other rocks the same size and 90 percent are magnetic. He finds about 80 meteorites a year, some of them hundreds of years old. Its rare and more scientifically significant to find meteorites that have just fallen. This was in space a week ago, Ward said. Its extremely fresh. Its important to get it into a lab as soon as possible so it can be analyzed. While Ward concentrates on where meteorites might have ended up, Peterson is more interested in where the space rocks came from. With good reports from several locations, scientists can estimate the orbit of the meteor before it entered Earths atmosphere. Then, if meteorites are found,
[meteorite-list] AD: Meteoroites and Books at Ebay
Hello Everyone, Please help me. I have recently been diagnosed with a disease called aperture fever in the astronomical community and I need a cure. You can help. A 16 inch truss-tube Dobsonian telescope would effect a cure but I need to raise 2k. Thus, I am sacrificing some nice meteorites and books at ebay. Some are duplicates in my collection, some are one-of-a-kind. All the meteorites are nice with buy-it-now listings. Some have already sold. I have started all the books at 95 cents, including a very difficult to find copy of Burks' Cosmic Debris. So, I need your help. Anything you could contribute toward this cure would be appreciated. Just go to ebay, search on seller branchmeteorites and place a bid. -Walter Branch __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Fwd: [brmeteorites_list] List 37
Dear List, I am forwarding this sales list to for metlist members that are unaware of Blaine Reed and his sales. Blaine offers meteorites at very reasonable prices and is one of the most reliable of all dealers. You may subscribe to his list by contacting him. Thank you. Dirk Ross...Tokyo The Estherville is sold. Blaine Reed P.O. Box 1141 Delta, CO 81416 Ph/ Fax (970) 874-1487 Dear Collectors, Here are a few items from the Denver show. As usual, I spent too much, but didn't seem to come home with a whole lot new. Everything is definitely starting to cost a lot more now (even NWA 869 now costs 3 or 4 times as much as I was paying a couple years ago). This is partly due to the dollar loosing value against other currencies, and largely due to the finders and suppliers starting to realize that the supplies are getting thin now (at least compared to a few years ago). I will have a mailed offering eventually, but it will be delayed from usual (I usually have one out by now), as much of what I picked up is waiting for cutting and polishing and some items are needing a few finishing touches on the research work. I will post these items here as well once the mailed copy is on its way. In the mean time, here are a few interesting things for you to consider. DAVY (a), Texas: (L4). Found 1940. Tkw = 51 kilograms. Here are a couple nice solid end pieces. The smaller has a Monig number painted on it. These are really decent pieces, probably the nicest I've seen of this fairly old chondrite. 1) End pieces: a) 72.9 gramsE..70mm x 50mm x 15mmE$100 b) 355.0 gramsE75mm x 48mm x 45mmE$350 DAR AL GANI (476), Libya: Martian, Shergottite. Here are a couple nice slices of what has always been one of my favorite Mars rocks. This is solid material (no worry of it crumbling apart if you want to touch it) and the texture/ color is neat Eblack crystals scattered in a distinctly jade-green matrix. These are also very reasonably priced for this stuff these days. 1) Slices: a) .538 gramsEE4mm x 9mm x 1mmE..$295 b) 2.174 gramsE..25mm x 21mm x 1mmE$1100 BRAHIN, Belarus: (Pallasite). Found 1810. Here is an actually nice piece I picked up for someone, but can't remember who it was that wanted such a piece (not a usual customer E what I get for having an overloaded desk, and not a uniform spot to keep track of notes). I got this some months ago and did a quick clean up on it (yes, as most Brahins, this had some rust, but only a small amount) and let it sit, hoping the party that asked me to find one would call back. No luck on that, so I am offering this to the rest of the world now. I'll find another piece if the original person does get back in touch with me (I suspect they already found a piece to satisfy their needs, which is why I have not heard back). This still looks good, but should be stored under desiccant (I'll send some along with it). 144.3 gram part sliceE..85mm x 45mm x 9mmE.$215 ESTHERVILLE, Iowa: (Mesosiderite). Fell May 10, 1879. Tkw = 318kg+ This is a nice little block that shows a good mix of silicates and metal (about 50/50). It had been purchased by the owner (a consigned specimen) for making into thin-sections. The high amount of metal did not allow this to happen, so it is being offered as it came. It could be split into two (three if you have a wire saw) nice thinner pieces quite easily. 11.4 gram slice/blockE25mm x 15mm x 7mmE.$90 FUKANG, China: (Pallasite). Found 200. Tkw = about 1000kg. Here is a wonderful slice of this beautiful meteorite. This has only one cut edge and a nice mix of metal and olivine (very large crystals). A great display piece of this usually expensive stuff. 34.6 gramsE.80mm x 35mm x 4mmE.$400 VACA MUERTA, Chile: (Mesosiderite). Found 1861. Here is an end piece that came in as part of a small collection I picked up at the show. It is nothing really exceptional, but it does show a reasonable amount of metal for this meteorite and does have quite a few nice inclusions. It also comes with two labels, one generic and one old Michael Casper label. 64.3 gram end pieceE..45mm x 35mm x 25mmEE150 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Please help me. I have recently been diagnosed with a disease called aperture fever in the astronomical community and I need a cure. You can help. A 16 inch truss-tube Dobsonian telescope would effect a cure but I need to raise 2k. Walter, I really felt a little wave of fear starting as I read your email halfway through the first sentence. Luckily, you're not in physical danger so far. Careful around some of us as you have a rampantly contagious condition. I question your cure to these cravings. Since when is giving a junkie a two kilos of dough to see otherwise invisible stardust which are just figments of others' imaginations? You're just gonna get in deeper. Think an 18er, but I bet you could figure out how to pack a 20 into your vehicle, though you better break out more of the collection and start saving up for a trailer as this is where your disease leads once the symptoms are full-blown. Many people do cure aperture fever with a diameter in the 20's, though. They break their backs and then discover the wonders of being able to set up a 3.5 inchers with playful ease...good luck and clear skies! I know two others on this list who are controlling as best as they can the fever. Doug __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
