Re: [meteorite-list] OT - Happy Crab Nebula Day!
The Calendar-Go-Round! Simple answers first: if a source specifies Julian calendar for the date of an event, it almost certainly means the event's date in the Julian calendar system, proposed and enforced by Augustus, Julius Caesar's adopted son and first Emperor of Rome. By the time Pope Gregory XIII decided the calendarical slide had gone far enough, the Julian calendar of 1700 and the astronomical calendar were 11 days apart, by the 1800's when Protestant Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar, it was 12 days off. By 1917, when revolutionary Russians changed their calendars, it was 13 days. The Julian lags by one day every 143 years (since Year 1 AD). But it's messier than that. For example, when does a year begin? Jan. 1? No, not for most of the past two millennia. Were calendars, at a given time, the same in all countries? No. The Roman calendar began the year on 1 January, and this remained the start of the year after the Julian reform. However, even after local calendars were aligned to the Julian calendar, they started the new year on different dates. The Alexandrian calendar in Egypt started on 29 August (30 August after an Alexandrian leap year). Several local provincial calendars were aligned to start on the birthday of Augustus, 23 September. The indiction caused the Byzantine year, which used the Julian calendar, to begin on 1 September; this date is still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church for the beginning of the liturgical year. When the Julian calendar was adopted in Russia in AD 988 by Vladimir I of Kiev, the year was numbered Anno Mundi 6496, beginning on 1 March, six months after the start of the Byzantine Anno Mundi year with the same number. In 1492 (AM 7000), Ivan III, according to church tradition, realigned the start of the year to 1 September, so that AM 7000 only lasted for six months in Russia, from 1 March to 31 August 1492. During the Middle Ages 1 January retained the name New Year's Day (or an equivalent name) in all Western European countries (affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church), since the medieval calendar continued to display the months from January to December (in twelve columns containing 28 to 31 days each), just as the Romans had. However, most of those countries began their numbered year on 25 December (the Nativity of Jesus), 25 March (the Incarnation of Jesus), or even Easter, as in France. In England before 1752, 1 January was celebrated as the New Year festival, but the year starting 25th March was called the Civil or Legal Year, although the phrase Old Style was more commonly used. To reduce misunderstandings on the date, it was not uncommon in parish registers for a new year heading after 24 March for example 1661 had another heading at the end of the following December indicating 1661/62. This was to explain to the reader that the year was 1661 Old Style and 1662 New Style. Most Western European countries shifted the first day of their numbered year to 1 January while they were still using the Julian calendar, before they adopted the Gregorian calendar, many during the sixteenth century. The following table shows the years in which various countries adopted 1 January as the start of the year. Eastern European countries, with populations showing allegiance to the Orthodox Church, began the year on 1 September from about 988. Note that as a consequence of change of New Year, 1 January 1751 to 24 March 1751 are non-existent dates in England. The Julian calendar was in general use in Europe and Northern Africa from the times of the Roman Empire until 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII promulgated the Gregorian Calendar. Reform was required because too many leap days are added with respect to the astronomical seasons on the Julian scheme. On average, the astronomical solstices and the equinoxes advance by about 11 minutes per year against the Julian year. As a result, the calculated date of Easter gradually moved out of phase with the moon. While Hipparchus and presumably Sosigenes were aware of the discrepancy, although not of its correct value, it was evidently felt to be of little importance at the time of the Julian reform. However, it accumulated significantly over time: the Julian calendar gained a day about every 134 years. By 1582, it was ten days out of alignment. The Gregorian Calendar was soon adopted by most Catholic countries (e.g. Spain, Portugal, Poland, most of Italy). Protestant countries followed later, and the countries of Eastern Europe even later. In the British Empire (including the American colonies), Wednesday 2 September 1752 was followed by Thursday 14 September 1752. For 12 years from 1700 Sweden used a modified Julian Calendar, and adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1753, but Russia remained on the Julian calendar until 1917, after the Russian Revolution (which is thus called the 'October Revolution' though it occurred in Gregorian November), while Greece continued to use it until 1923.
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Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary
I couldn't agree more Bob. I've never received a badly prepared meteorite for Marcin and every purchase from him is great! Many of my favourite pieces have come from PolandMet so congrats on your 10th Anniversary Marcin and hope to see you for the 20th! Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Bob King nightsk...@gmail.com To: Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary Marcin, I'm so glad you started selling meteorites. I'm still in awe of how nicely cut and beautifully polished your specimens are. Thanks for all the nice rocks over the years! Best wishes for 10 more - Bob On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net wrote: Hello Tooday is special day for me. 10 years ago, after speaking with my parents about my personal future, I decided to try selling meteorites and maybe become a dealer one day. All this years was very succesfull for me. I meet alot of meteorite friends, visit many meteorite places and whats most importand I bay and sell many many meteorites. But begining was difficult as I dont have much money for meteorites. But this was not the biggest problem at this time. Poland was not part of EU, so every box was checked by customs. PayPal for many years dont even have idea that there is such country like Poland. I use Western Unuion BidPay check that was very difficult to exchange for real money as noone in banks know what the hell is this. Many times I buy or sell meteorite just for money sended in registered mails without any insurance. This was funny past Right now I celebrating Polandmet 10th anniversary. Thank You all who buy meteorites from me. I hope I can do same job for next 10 years. I prepared some old stuff on my page :) My first Polandmet website from 2001/2002 http://www.polandmet.com/old_polandmet/index.htm 10 years of Polandmet - photos compilation http://www.polandmet.com/+10years.htm And ofcourse for the next 24h all purchases get 20% discount for everything ! Hey, where is my champagne ??? :) Have a nice monrning, day, evening, night ! -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary
All the best and for more exceptional meteorites to come :) Thanks for your great work Marcin, and your fine specimen! Every time a special addition to my collection! congratulations, Stefan I couldn't agree more Bob. I've never received a badly prepared meteorite for Marcin and every purchase from him is great! Many of my favourite pieces have come from PolandMet so congrats on your 10th Anniversary Marcin and hope to see you for the 20th! Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Bob King nightsk...@gmail.com To: Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary Marcin, I'm so glad you started selling meteorites. I'm still in awe of how nicely cut and beautifully polished your specimens are. Thanks for all the nice rocks over the years! Best wishes for 10 more - Bob On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net wrote: Hello Tooday is special day for me. 10 years ago, after speaking with my parents about my personal future, I decided to try selling meteorites and maybe become a dealer one day. All this years was very succesfull for me. I meet alot of meteorite friends, visit many meteorite places and whats most importand I bay and sell many many meteorites. But begining was difficult as I dont have much money for meteorites. But this was not the biggest problem at this time. Poland was not part of EU, so every box was checked by customs. PayPal for many years dont even have idea that there is such country like Poland. I use Western Unuion BidPay check that was very difficult to exchange for real money as noone in banks know what the hell is this. Many times I buy or sell meteorite just for money sended in registered mails without any insurance. This was funny past Right now I celebrating Polandmet 10th anniversary. Thank You all who buy meteorites from me. I hope I can do same job for next 10 years. I prepared some old stuff on my page :) My first Polandmet website from 2001/2002 http://www.polandmet.com/old_polandmet/index.htm 10 years of Polandmet - photos compilation http://www.polandmet.com/+10years.htm And ofcourse for the next 24h all purchases get 20% discount for everything ! Hey, where is my champagne ??? :) Have a nice monrning, day, evening, night ! -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary
Congratulations, Marcin! Dave www.fallingrocks.com -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Marcin Cimala Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 2:39 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary Hello Tooday is special day for me. 10 years ago, after speaking with my parents about my personal future, I decided to try selling meteorites and maybe become a dealer one day. All this years was very succesfull for me. I meet alot of meteorite friends, visit many meteorite places and whats most importand I bay and sell many many meteorites. But begining was difficult as I dont have much money for meteorites. But this was not the biggest problem at this time. Poland was not part of EU, so every box was checked by customs. PayPal for many years dont even have idea that there is such country like Poland. I use Western Unuion BidPay check that was very difficult to exchange for real money as noone in banks know what the hell is this. Many times I buy or sell meteorite just for money sended in registered mails without any insurance. This was funny past Right now I celebrating Polandmet 10th anniversary. Thank You all who buy meteorites from me. I hope I can do same job for next 10 years. I prepared some old stuff on my page :) My first Polandmet website from 2001/2002 http://www.polandmet.com/old_polandmet/index.htm 10 years of Polandmet - photos compilation http://www.polandmet.com/+10years.htm And ofcourse for the next 24h all purchases get 20% discount for everything ! Hey, where is my champagne ??? :) Have a nice monrning, day, evening, night ! -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary
Hi, I would like to also take a moment to publicly congratulate MarcinBravo! On Jul 5, 2011, at 6:49 AM, Jeff Kuyken wrote: I couldn't agree more Bob. I've never received a badly prepared meteorite for Marcin and every purchase from him is great! Many of my favourite pieces have come from PolandMet so congrats on your 10th Anniversary Marcin and hope to see you for the 20th! Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Bob King nightsk...@gmail.com To: Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary Marcin, I'm so glad you started selling meteorites. I'm still in awe of how nicely cut and beautifully polished your specimens are. Thanks for all the nice rocks over the years! Best wishes for 10 more - Bob On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net wrote: Hello Tooday is special day for me. 10 years ago, after speaking with my parents about my personal future, I decided to try selling meteorites and maybe become a dealer one day. All this years was very succesfull for me. I meet alot of meteorite friends, visit many meteorite places and whats most importand I bay and sell many many meteorites. But begining was difficult as I dont have much money for meteorites. But this was not the biggest problem at this time. Poland was not part of EU, so every box was checked by customs. PayPal for many years dont even have idea that there is such country like Poland. I use Western Unuion BidPay check that was very difficult to exchange for real money as noone in banks know what the hell is this. Many times I buy or sell meteorite just for money sended in registered mails without any insurance. This was funny past Right now I celebrating Polandmet 10th anniversary. Thank You all who buy meteorites from me. I hope I can do same job for next 10 years. I prepared some old stuff on my page :) My first Polandmet website from 2001/2002 http://www.polandmet.com/old_polandmet/index.htm 10 years of Polandmet - photos compilation http://www.polandmet.com/+10years.htm And ofcourse for the next 24h all purchases get 20% discount for everything ! Hey, where is my champagne ??? :) Have a nice monrning, day, evening, night ! -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary
I have in collection exactly 87 meteorites coming from Marcin's magic offers (including 4 or 5 TS and a couple of meteorite coins). All excellent quality and super preparation, especially his magicpolish! (so to say...) He is one of my most preferred suppliers (I don't say the most to not offend anyone of you!). Congratulations Marcin for these first 10 years. Now that you are oiled, you can go ahead for lng years. Hey, do you know that Marcin is the only one from the many dealers/collectors who already reserved his table in Ensisheim for the next 10 years to come? That is what we could call to have faithin future, perhaps, but in himself, for sure! Good going! Zelimir __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary
My heartfelt congratulations Marcin!!! A decade in business is quite an accomplishment in the meteorite world. I have bought many specimens from you over the years, and have always be 100% satisfied with both your professional service and integrity, as well as the wonder, unique meteorite specimens you make available. My your next decade be exponentially more successful. Best Regards, Paul Martyn, Savannah, GA In a message dated 7/4/2011 2:38:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mar...@meteoryt.net writes: Hello Tooday is special day for me. 10 years ago, after speaking with my parents about my personal future, I decided to try selling meteorites and maybe become a dealer one day. All this years was very succesfull for me. I meet alot of meteorite friends, visit many meteorite places and whats most importand I bay and sell many many meteorites. But begining was difficult as I dont have much money for meteorites. But this was not the biggest problem at this time. Poland was not part of EU, so every box was checked by customs. PayPal for many years dont even have idea that there is such country like Poland. I use Western Unuion BidPay check that was very difficult to exchange for real money as noone in banks know what the hell is this. Many times I buy or sell meteorite just for money sended in registered mails without any insurance. This was funny past Right now I celebrating Polandmet 10th anniversary. Thank You all who buy meteorites from me. I hope I can do same job for next 10 years. I prepared some old stuff on my page :) My first Polandmet website from 2001/2002 http://www.polandmet.com/old_polandmet/index.htm 10 years of Polandmet - photos compilation http://www.polandmet.com/+10years.htm And ofcourse for the next 24h all purchases get 20% discount for everything ! Hey, where is my champagne ??? :) Have a nice monrning, day, evening, night ! -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.commarcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Boguslavka fall (was...Happy Crab Nebula Day!)
Sterling wrote: By 1917, when revolutionary Russians changed their calendars, it was 13 days. Hi Sterling, Very informative post ... Now I have one doubt I'm going to have to check on. Boguslavka hexahedrite, (fall, 1916 Oct. 18). I got a beautifully prepared specimen from Anda, Martin and Stefan, my star example of a hexahedrite ... I'd like to clarify on the label the fall date: Julian or 'Gregorian'? If the date is Old System, the modern fall date in its time zone would then be 31 October 1916 - a Halloween in some cultures - though still October 30 (or October 17) in the USA... I'm thinking the it was probably recalculated to the modern calendar system since it was close enough to the change of the official calendars on Feb. 1, 1918 or so? But their is the reference quoted of 1916 ... BOGUSLAVKA Iron IIA-H Fall, October 18, 1916 Russia, Primorsk region Two stones weighing 256.8 kg Photo shows a 1765 g piece The fall was at 11:45 AM, the sky was clear and weather was warm. The fall was seen from Vladivostrok to the Han Dao He Tse rail station (475 versts) and accompanied by light and sound phenomena. The fall occurred 200 cubits south of a Korean village (fan-za), and location of the fall was shown by a resident of this fan-za, Ma Tomu Ni. The first fragment fell near a Cossack who happened to be riding nearby, Ivan Ovchinnikov. …The meteorite Boguslavka was the first observed fall of an iron meteorite in the Russian Empire. Based on its main mass it was a huge fall in comparison with others, and has a beautiful external structure and fantastic shape. ... O.O. Baklund, 1916 ref: http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/opis/boguslavka-e.html Maybe the Handbook of Iron Meteorites has more on this? Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net To: p...@wirelessbeehive.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Sent: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 2:49 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT - Happy Crab Nebula Day! The Calendar-Go-Round! Simple answers first: if a source specifies Julian calendar for the date of an event, it almost certainly means the event's date in the Julian calendar system, proposed and enforced by Augustus, Julius Caesar's adopted son and first Emperor of Rome. By the time Pope Gregory XIII decided the calendarical slide had gone far enough, the Julian calendar of 1700 and the astronomical calendar were 11 days apart, by the 1800's when Protestant Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar, it was 12 days off. By 1917, when revolutionary Russians changed their calendars, it was 13 days. The Julian lags by one day every 143 years (since Year 1 AD). But it's messier than that. For example, when does a year begin? Jan. 1? No, not for most of the past two millennia. Were calendars, at a given time, the same in all countries? No. The Roman calendar began the year on 1 January, and this remained the start of the year after the Julian reform. However, even after local calendars were aligned to the Julian calendar, they started the new year on different dates. The Alexandrian calendar in Egypt started on 29 August (30 August after an Alexandrian leap year). Several local provincial calendars were aligned to start on the birthday of Augustus, 23 September. The indiction caused the Byzantine year, which used the Julian calendar, to begin on 1 September; this date is still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church for the beginning of the liturgical year. When the Julian calendar was adopted in Russia in AD 988 by Vladimir I of Kiev, the year was numbered Anno Mundi 6496, beginning on 1 March, six months after the start of the Byzantine Anno Mundi year with the same number. In 1492 (AM 7000), Ivan III, according to church tradition, realigned the start of the year to 1 September, so that AM 7000 only lasted for six months in Russia, from 1 March to 31 August 1492. During the Middle Ages 1 January retained the name New Year's Day (or an equivalent name) in all Western European countries (affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church), since the medieval calendar continued to display the months from January to December (in twelve columns containing 28 to 31 days each), just as the Romans had. However, most of those countries began their numbered year on 25 December (the Nativity of Jesus), 25 March (the Incarnation of Jesus), or even Easter, as in France. In England before 1752, 1 January was celebrated as the New Year festival, but the year starting 25th March was called the Civil or Legal Year, although the phrase Old Style was more commonly used. To reduce misunderstandings on the date, it was not uncommon in parish registers for a new year heading after 24 March for example 1661 had another heading at the end of the following December indicating 1661/62. This was to explain to the reader that the year was 1661 Old Style and
Re: [meteorite-list] Boguslavka fall (was...Happy Crab Nebula Day!)
I got a beautifully prepared specimen from Anda, Martin and Stefan, my star example of a hexahedrite ... Oops - that's Andi, of Meteoriten Haus! Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com To: sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net; p...@wirelessbeehive.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 1:26 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Boguslavka fall (was...Happy Crab Nebula Day!) Sterling wrote: By 1917, when revolutionary Russians changed their calendars, it was 13 days. Hi Sterling, Very informative post ... Now I have one doubt I'm going to have to check on. Boguslavka hexahedrite, (fall, 1916 Oct. 18). I got a beautifully prepared specimen from Anda, Martin and Stefan, my star example of a hexahedrite ... I'd like to clarify on the label the fall date: Julian or 'Gregorian'? If the date is Old System, the modern fall date in its time zone would then be 31 October 1916 - a Halloween in some cultures - though still October 30 (or October 17) in the USA... I'm thinking the it was probably recalculated to the modern calendar system since it was close enough to the change of the official calendars on Feb. 1, 1918 or so? But their is the reference quoted of 1916 ... BOGUSLAVKA Iron IIA-H Fall, October 18, 1916 Russia, Primorsk region Two stones weighing 256.8 kg Photo shows a 1765 g piece The fall was at 11:45 AM, the sky was clear and weather was warm. The fall was seen from Vladivostrok to the Han Dao He Tse rail station (475 versts) and accompanied by light and sound phenomena. The fall occurred 200 cubits south of a Korean village (fan-za), and location of the fall was shown by a resident of this fan-za, Ma Tomu Ni. The first fragment fell near a Cossack who happened to be riding nearby, Ivan Ovchinnikov. …The meteorite Boguslavka was the first observed fall of an iron meteorite in the Russian Empire. Based on its main mass it was a huge fall in comparison with others, and has a beautiful external structure and fantastic shape. ... O.O. Baklund, 1916 ref: http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/opis/boguslavka-e.html Maybe the Handbook of Iron Meteorites has more on this? Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net To: p...@wirelessbeehive.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Sent: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 2:49 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT - Happy Crab Nebula Day! The Calendar-Go-Round! Simple answers first: if a source specifies Julian calendar for the date of an event, it almost certainly means the event's date in the Julian calendar system, proposed and enforced by Augustus, Julius Caesar's adopted son and first Emperor of Rome. By the time Pope Gregory XIII decided the calendarical slide had gone far enough, the Julian calendar of 1700 and the astronomical calendar were 11 days apart, by the 1800's when Protestant Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar, it was 12 days off. By 1917, when revolutionary Russians changed their calendars, it was 13 days. The Julian lags by one day every 143 years (since Year 1 AD). But it's messier than that. For example, when does a year begin? Jan. 1? No, not for most of the past two millennia. Were calendars, at a given time, the same in all countries? No. The Roman calendar began the year on 1 January, and this remained the start of the year after the Julian reform. However, even after local calendars were aligned to the Julian calendar, they started the new year on different dates. The Alexandrian calendar in Egypt started on 29 August (30 August after an Alexandrian leap year). Several local provincial calendars were aligned to start on the birthday of Augustus, 23 September. The indiction caused the Byzantine year, which used the Julian calendar, to begin on 1 September; this date is still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church for the beginning of the liturgical year. When the Julian calendar was adopted in Russia in AD 988 by Vladimir I of Kiev, the year was numbered Anno Mundi 6496, beginning on 1 March, six months after the start of the Byzantine Anno Mundi year with the same number. In 1492 (AM 7000), Ivan III, according to church tradition, realigned the start of the year to 1 September, so that AM 7000 only lasted for six months in Russia, from 1 March to 31 August 1492. During the Middle Ages 1 January retained the name New Year's Day (or an equivalent name) in all Western European countries (affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church), since the medieval calendar continued to display the months from January to December (in twelve columns containing 28 to 31 days each), just as the Romans had. However, most of those countries began their numbered year on 25 December (the Nativity of Jesus), 25 March (the Incarnation of Jesus),
Re: [meteorite-list] Boguslavka fall (was...Happy Crab Nebula Day!)
Hi List, Enjoy the image of Boguslavka: http://sv-meteorites.com/gallery/boguslavka.jpg Regards, Sergey On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 7:29 PM, MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com wrote: I got a beautifully prepared specimen from Anda, Martin and Stefan, my star example of a hexahedrite ... Oops - that's Andi, of Meteoriten Haus! Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com To: sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net; p...@wirelessbeehive.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 1:26 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Boguslavka fall (was...Happy Crab Nebula Day!) Sterling wrote: By 1917, when revolutionary Russians changed their calendars, it was 13 days. Hi Sterling, Very informative post ... Now I have one doubt I'm going to have to check on. Boguslavka hexahedrite, (fall, 1916 Oct. 18). I got a beautifully prepared specimen from Anda, Martin and Stefan, my star example of a hexahedrite ... I'd like to clarify on the label the fall date: Julian or 'Gregorian'? If the date is Old System, the modern fall date in its time zone would then be 31 October 1916 - a Halloween in some cultures - though still October 30 (or October 17) in the USA... I'm thinking the it was probably recalculated to the modern calendar system since it was close enough to the change of the official calendars on Feb. 1, 1918 or so? But their is the reference quoted of 1916 ... BOGUSLAVKA Iron IIA-H Fall, October 18, 1916 Russia, Primorsk region Two stones weighing 256.8 kg Photo shows a 1765 g piece The fall was at 11:45 AM, the sky was clear and weather was warm. The fall was seen from Vladivostrok to the Han Dao He Tse rail station (475 versts) and accompanied by light and sound phenomena. The fall occurred 200 cubits south of a Korean village (fan-za), and location of the fall was shown by a resident of this fan-za, Ma Tomu Ni. The first fragment fell near a Cossack who happened to be riding nearby, Ivan Ovchinnikov. …The meteorite Boguslavka was the first observed fall of an iron meteorite in the Russian Empire. Based on its main mass it was a huge fall in comparison with others, and has a beautiful external structure and fantastic shape. ... O.O. Baklund, 1916 ref: http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/opis/boguslavka-e.html Maybe the Handbook of Iron Meteorites has more on this? Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net To: p...@wirelessbeehive.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Sent: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 2:49 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT - Happy Crab Nebula Day! The Calendar-Go-Round! Simple answers first: if a source specifies Julian calendar for the date of an event, it almost certainly means the event's date in the Julian calendar system, proposed and enforced by Augustus, Julius Caesar's adopted son and first Emperor of Rome. By the time Pope Gregory XIII decided the calendarical slide had gone far enough, the Julian calendar of 1700 and the astronomical calendar were 11 days apart, by the 1800's when Protestant Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar, it was 12 days off. By 1917, when revolutionary Russians changed their calendars, it was 13 days. The Julian lags by one day every 143 years (since Year 1 AD). But it's messier than that. For example, when does a year begin? Jan. 1? No, not for most of the past two millennia. Were calendars, at a given time, the same in all countries? No. The Roman calendar began the year on 1 January, and this remained the start of the year after the Julian reform. However, even after local calendars were aligned to the Julian calendar, they started the new year on different dates. The Alexandrian calendar in Egypt started on 29 August (30 August after an Alexandrian leap year). Several local provincial calendars were aligned to start on the birthday of Augustus, 23 September. The indiction caused the Byzantine year, which used the Julian calendar, to begin on 1 September; this date is still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church for the beginning of the liturgical year. When the Julian calendar was adopted in Russia in AD 988 by Vladimir I of Kiev, the year was numbered Anno Mundi 6496, beginning on 1 March, six months after the start of the Byzantine Anno Mundi year with the same number. In 1492 (AM 7000), Ivan III, according to church tradition, realigned the start of the year to 1 September, so that AM 7000 only lasted for six months in Russia, from 1 March to 31 August 1492. During the Middle Ages 1 January retained the name New Year's Day (or an equivalent name) in all Western European countries (affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church), since the medieval calendar continued to display the months from January to December (in twelve columns containing 28 to 31 days each), just as the Romans had. However, most of those countries began
Re: [meteorite-list] Boguslavka fall (was...Happy Crab Nebula Day!)
Sergey wrote: Enjoy the image of Boguslavka: http://sv-meteorites.com/gallery/boguslavka.jpg After untangling your eyes from those incredible lines by sneaking out through the inclusion - just look at that amazing - AMAZING AMAZING - fusion crust! --- Thanks Sergey for a superb photo of this beautiful iron witnessed fall. And the fall has a painting, too - got to admire the Russian artists that are always around to capture these great moments in meteoritics! Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: Sergey Vasiliev vs.petrov...@gmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 1:35 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Boguslavka fall (was...Happy Crab Nebula Day!) Hi List, Enjoy the image of Boguslavka: http://sv-meteorites.com/gallery/boguslavka.jpg Regards, Sergey On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 7:29 PM, MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com wrote: I got a beautifully prepared specimen from Anda, Martin and Stefan, my star example of a hexahedrite ... Oops - that's Andi, of Meteoriten Haus! Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com To: sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net; p...@wirelessbeehive.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 1:26 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Boguslavka fall (was...Happy Crab Nebula Day!) Sterling wrote: By 1917, when revolutionary Russians changed their calendars, it was 13 days. Hi Sterling, Very informative post ... Now I have one doubt I'm going to have to check on. Boguslavka hexahedrite, (fall, 1916 Oct. 18). I got a beautifully prepared specimen from Anda, Martin and Stefan, my star example of a hexahedrite ... I'd like to clarify on the label the fall date: Julian or 'Gregorian'? If the date is Old System, the modern fall date in its time zone would then be 31 October 1916 - a Halloween in some cultures - though still October 30 (or October 17) in the USA... I'm thinking the it was probably recalculated to the modern calendar system since it was close enough to the change of the official calendars on Feb. 1, 1918 or so? But their is the reference quoted of 1916 ... BOGUSLAVKA Iron IIA-H Fall, October 18, 1916 Russia, Primorsk region Two stones weighing 256.8 kg Photo shows a 1765 g piece The fall was at 11:45 AM, the sky was clear and weather was warm. The fall was seen from Vladivostrok to the Han Dao He Tse rail station (475 versts) and accompanied by light and sound phenomena. The fall occurred 200 cubits south of a Korean village (fan-za), and location of the fall was shown by a resident of this fan-za, Ma Tomu Ni. The first fragment fell near a Cossack who happened to be riding nearby, Ivan Ovchinnikov. …The meteorite Boguslavka was the first observed fall of an iron meteorite in the Russian Empire. Based on its main mass it was a huge fall in comparison with others, and has a beautiful external structure and fantastic shape. ... O.O. Baklund, 1916 ref: http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/opis/boguslavka-e.html Maybe the Handbook of Iron Meteorites has more on this? Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net To: p...@wirelessbeehive.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Sent: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 2:49 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT - Happy Crab Nebula Day! The Calendar-Go-Round! Simple answers first: if a source specifies Julian calendar for the date of an event, it almost certainly means the event's date in the Julian calendar system, proposed and enforced by Augustus, Julius Caesar's adopted son and first Emperor of Rome. By the time Pope Gregory XIII decided the calendarical slide had gone far enough, the Julian calendar of 1700 and the astronomical calendar were 11 days apart, by the 1800's when Protestant Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar, it was 12 days off. By 1917, when revolutionary Russians changed their calendars, it was 13 days. The Julian lags by one day every 143 years (since Year 1 AD). But it's messier than that. For example, when does a year begin? Jan. 1? No, not for most of the past two millennia. Were calendars, at a given time, the same in all countries? No. The Roman calendar began the year on 1 January, and this remained the start of the year after the Julian reform. However, even after local calendars were aligned to the Julian calendar, they started the new year on different dates. The Alexandrian calendar in Egypt started on 29 August (30 August after an Alexandrian leap year). Several local provincial calendars were aligned to start on the birthday of Augustus, 23 September. The indiction caused the Byzantine year, which used the Julian calendar, to begin on 1 September; this date is still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church for the beginning of the liturgical year. When the Julian calendar was adopted in Russia in AD 988 by Vladimir I of Kiev, the year was numbered
[meteorite-list] AD: Super Rare Limerick only 3 pieces left. Trade from Natural History Museum, London by Rob Elliott
Hi List. I have only 3 pieces left of the Ultra Rare-Ultra Hard to acquire Limerick meteorite. Once there gone the chances of acquiring any especially from trade from the Natural History Museum, London. Here is the link to my Website Sales page. Thank you for looking and hope you all had a Happy July 4th. http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/meteorite_sales_2.html Sincerely Don Merchant Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders www.ctreasurescwonders.com IMCA #0960 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ensisheim 2099
I told you that really ? OK, you might be right. Then you win, Anne! Because I strongly believeyou are eternal! In 2099, I promise to still be there to check whether you actually win that challenge! After, I'll retire and you must promise me to continue to head the Ensisheim operations. And I agree you ask Marcin to help you! You and him are indestructible! B...! Zelimir PS: Marcin ? Comments ? Impactika impact...@aol.com a écrit : Hey!!! You said: Hey, do you know that Marcin is the only one from the many dealers/collectors who already reserved his table in Ensisheim for the next 10 years to come? No, he is not! You told me my table was reserved until the year 2099!!! That's even more faith in the future! ;-) Bises. Anne In a message dated 07/05/11 09:04:01 Mountain Daylight Time, zelimir.gabel...@uha.fr writes: I have in collection exactly 87 meteorites coming from Marcin's magic offers (including 4 or 5 TS and a couple of meteorite coins). All excellent quality and super preparation, especially his magicpolish! (so to say...) He is one of my most preferred suppliers (I don't say the most to not offend anyone of you!). Congratulations Marcin for these first 10 years. Now that you are oiled, you can go ahead for lng years. Hey, do you know that Marcin is the only one from the many dealers/collectors who already reserved his table in Ensisheim for the next 10 years to come? That is what we could call to have faithin future, perhaps, but in himself, for sure! Good going! Zelimir __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD-Two Awesome Sets of Auctions Ending-NO RESERVES!
Dear List Members, I have two set of awesome auctions ending, one in a few hours and another tomorrow afternoon. Please take a look if you have time as all items were started out at just 99 cents without a reserve. Many of these items are worth several hundred dollars! Definitely worth a look. Link to all auctions: http://shop.ebay.com/raremeteorites!/m.html Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck. Best Regards, Adam Hupe The Hupe Collection IMCA 2185 Team Lunar Rock __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine - New Lower Advertising Prices
I'd like to invite and encourage everyone to consider advertising in Meteorite Magazine if you haven't done so before, and to start advertising again if you have advertised with us in the past. Advertising in Meteorite gives you great exposure, both on the web and in print, and is now available at a lower cost: Color Black and White (Covers Center) (Inside pages) No. insertions 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Full page 550 440 390 350 140 110 100 90 Half page 350 280 248 225 90 70 62 54 Quarter page 200 160 142 128 50 40 36 32 Eigth page 125 100 90 80 30 27 24 20 Prices in US$ per insert To learn more about advertising or subscribing in Meteorite, visit http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/ Also, be sure to visit our advertisers/sponsors listed on the magazine home page. The magazine has been around for 17 years, and is the most successful magazine of its kind ever printed. To contact us directly about placing an advertisement, please email Hazel at met...@uark.edu Thank you all for your continued support, Robert Beauford and Derek Sears . __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Ensisheim 2099
In 2099, I promise to still be there to check whether you actually win that challenge! After, I'll retire and you must promise me to continue to head the Ensisheim operations. And I agree you ask Marcin to help you! You and him are indestructible! Zelimir PS: Marcin ? Comments ? === Hm. I strong belive that Anne is playing VaBank becouse in 2099 I want taste drinks with little umbrellas near swimming pool on my residence on Mars years after I sell all my meteorites before they turn into rocks from my Mars back yard :D I think Annie should reconsider this offer. Pttt, Zelimir, just a hint. Give Annie special 80% discount for table if she pay You now for next 88 years. :))) -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] Impactika impact...@aol.com a écrit : Hey!!! You said: Hey, do you know that Marcin is the only one from the many dealers/collectors who already reserved his table in Ensisheim for the next 10 years to come? No, he is not! You told me my table was reserved until the year 2099!!! That's even more faith in the future! ;-) Bises. Anne In a message dated 07/05/11 09:04:01 Mountain Daylight Time, zelimir.gabel...@uha.fr writes: I have in collection exactly 87 meteorites coming from Marcin's magic offers (including 4 or 5 TS and a couple of meteorite coins). All excellent quality and super preparation, especially his magicpolish! (so to say...) He is one of my most preferred suppliers (I don't say the most to not offend anyone of you!). Congratulations Marcin for these first 10 years. Now that you are oiled, you can go ahead for lng years. Hey, do you know that Marcin is the only one from the many dealers/collectors who already reserved his table in Ensisheim for the next 10 years to come? That is what we could call to have faithin future, perhaps, but in himself, for sure! Good going! Zelimir __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD:nice achondrite for sale
Hi list, here is a nice achondrite,HED,for sale ..it is something new in the market.. http://s947.photobucket.com/albums/ad313/SaidHaddany/?action=viewcurrent=DSC03911.jpg contact me off list if you are interested . best regards Said Haddany I.M.C.A # 8108 Morocco __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary
Hello Mirko! 100Ma is a good target for us all. Best grand fortune to you! Richard Montgomery (goldierocks) - Original Message - From: Mirko Graul m_gr...@yahoo.de To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary Hi Marcin, also from me conratulation. All the best for you and your meteorite business for the next 10 or 20 or 100 years. ;-)) Best regards Mirko Mirko Graul Meteorite Quittenring.4 16321 Bernau GERMANY Phone: 0049-1724105015 E-Mail: m_gr...@yahoo.de WEB: www.meteorite-mirko.de Member of The Meteoritical Society (International Society for Meteoritics and Planetery Science) IMCA-Member: 2113 (International Meteorite Collectors Association) --- Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net schrieb am Mo, 4.7.2011: Von: Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net Betreff: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Datum: Montag, 4. Juli, 2011 20:38 Uhr Hello Tooday is special day for me. 10 years ago, after speaking with my parents about my personal future, I decided to try selling meteorites and maybe become a dealer one day. All this years was very succesfull for me. I meet alot of meteorite friends, visit many meteorite places and whats most importand I bay and sell many many meteorites. But begining was difficult as I dont have much money for meteorites. But this was not the biggest problem at this time. Poland was not part of EU, so every box was checked by customs. PayPal for many years dont even have idea that there is such country like Poland. I use Western Unuion BidPay check that was very difficult to exchange for real money as noone in banks know what the hell is this. Many times I buy or sell meteorite just for money sended in registered mails without any insurance. This was funny past Right now I celebrating Polandmet 10th anniversary. Thank You all who buy meteorites from me. I hope I can do same job for next 10 years. I prepared some old stuff on my page :) My first Polandmet website from 2001/2002 http://www.polandmet.com/old_polandmet/index.htm 10 years of Polandmet - photos compilation http://www.polandmet.com/+10years.htm And ofcourse for the next 24h all purchases get 20% discount for everything ! Hey, where is my champagne ??? :) Have a nice monrning, day, evening, night ! -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary
Hello Marcin! Congratulations of many years! (In my exuberance to congratulate you, I also have congratulated Mirko en route by accidentso to you both another 1,000Ma Richard Montgomery - Original Message - From: Mirko Graul m_gr...@yahoo.de To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary Hi Marcin, also from me conratulation. All the best for you and your meteorite business for the next 10 or 20 or 100 years. ;-)) Best regards Mirko Mirko Graul Meteorite Quittenring.4 16321 Bernau GERMANY Phone: 0049-1724105015 E-Mail: m_gr...@yahoo.de WEB: www.meteorite-mirko.de Member of The Meteoritical Society (International Society for Meteoritics and Planetery Science) IMCA-Member: 2113 (International Meteorite Collectors Association) --- Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net schrieb am Mo, 4.7.2011: Von: Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net Betreff: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Datum: Montag, 4. Juli, 2011 20:38 Uhr Hello Tooday is special day for me. 10 years ago, after speaking with my parents about my personal future, I decided to try selling meteorites and maybe become a dealer one day. All this years was very succesfull for me. I meet alot of meteorite friends, visit many meteorite places and whats most importand I bay and sell many many meteorites. But begining was difficult as I dont have much money for meteorites. But this was not the biggest problem at this time. Poland was not part of EU, so every box was checked by customs. PayPal for many years dont even have idea that there is such country like Poland. I use Western Unuion BidPay check that was very difficult to exchange for real money as noone in banks know what the hell is this. Many times I buy or sell meteorite just for money sended in registered mails without any insurance. This was funny past Right now I celebrating Polandmet 10th anniversary. Thank You all who buy meteorites from me. I hope I can do same job for next 10 years. I prepared some old stuff on my page :) My first Polandmet website from 2001/2002 http://www.polandmet.com/old_polandmet/index.htm 10 years of Polandmet - photos compilation http://www.polandmet.com/+10years.htm And ofcourse for the next 24h all purchases get 20% discount for everything ! Hey, where is my champagne ??? :) Have a nice monrning, day, evening, night ! -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary
Also, Marcin, WHEN I meet you, I will pour the champaigne for you in honor of your stellar passion! -RM - Original Message - From: Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 11:38 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Polandmet 10th anniversary Hello Tooday is special day for me. 10 years ago, after speaking with my parents about my personal future, I decided to try selling meteorites and maybe become a dealer one day. All this years was very succesfull for me. I meet alot of meteorite friends, visit many meteorite places and whats most importand I bay and sell many many meteorites. But begining was difficult as I dont have much money for meteorites. But this was not the biggest problem at this time. Poland was not part of EU, so every box was checked by customs. PayPal for many years dont even have idea that there is such country like Poland. I use Western Unuion BidPay check that was very difficult to exchange for real money as noone in banks know what the hell is this. Many times I buy or sell meteorite just for money sended in registered mails without any insurance. This was funny past Right now I celebrating Polandmet 10th anniversary. Thank You all who buy meteorites from me. I hope I can do same job for next 10 years. I prepared some old stuff on my page :) My first Polandmet website from 2001/2002 http://www.polandmet.com/old_polandmet/index.htm 10 years of Polandmet - photos compilation http://www.polandmet.com/+10years.htm And ofcourse for the next 24h all purchases get 20% discount for everything ! Hey, where is my champagne ??? :) Have a nice monrning, day, evening, night ! -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Super Great Batch Of Auctions! Less than 24 hours! See Highlights...
Hello, A fantastic group of auctions this week, plus another sale! See all my highlights below: Thanks and Best Wishes Michael Cottingham ALL SALE ITEMS HERE: http://stores.ebay.com/voyage-botanica-natural-history ALL AUCTIONS HERE: http://shop.ebay.com:80/merchant/meteorite-collector_W0QQLHQ5fAuctionZ1QQ Book-A Comet Strikes The Earth- H.H. Nininger http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190550016275 (NEW) Great Specimen- NWA 6627, 264 gram http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320720800813 (NEW) Beautiful- NWA 6626, L3.9 73.92 gram http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200624997466 (NEW) SUPERB- NWA 6631, L(LL)3 47.36 gram * FANTASTIC! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200625078991 (NEW) Very Fresh- NWA 6622, L5, 102.94 gram http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190549934545 (NEW) MAIN MASS-NWA 6640, H5-6 Breccia 580g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320721090576 A Nice CANYON DIABLO Individual- IAB, 334g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200625066866 Choice Individual From Northwest Africa- 404g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320720912871 Extremely Rare- WHETSTONE MOUNTAINS- 0.59g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200624998465 EVA, Ok., H5, With Historic AML Label 0.48g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190549945551 Choice Unclassified NWA Lot - 500 gram #3 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190550339795 Rare LL6 Fall From India- SULAGIRI - 13.33g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200624980294 (New) NWA 2619, H4-Nice Chondrules- 2.37g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200624983378 Rare- NWA 2932, Mesosiderite, 1.35 gram http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320720816624 SANTA FE IMPACT EVENT - SHATTER CONE (b17) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190549943014 Also, if you love artifacts you should see this week's listings... I have listed some museum quality artifacts. Worth a look just for their beauty. Thanks Michael __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Swiss Kiss: Nanodiamonds and Iridium independently confirmed at Bern INQUA session on Younger Dryas climate crash: cosmictusk.com George Howard: Rich Murray 2011.07.05
Swiss Kiss: Nanodiamonds and Iridium independently confirmed at Bern INQUA session on Younger Dryas climate crash: cosmictusk.com George Howard: Rich Murray 2011.07.05 The Cosmic Tusk www.cosmictusk.com Abrupt climate change induced by comets and asteroids during human history Swiss Kiss: Nanodiamonds and Iridium newly reported at Bern INQUA session on Younger Dryas climate crash -- The Cosmic Tusk on German researchers have found those same pesky nanodiamond encrusted Carbon Spherules Swiss Kiss: Nanodiamonds and Iridium independently confirmed at Bern INQUA session on Younger Dryas climate crash The titles for the upcoming talks and posters at the upcoming INQUA session, The Enigmatic Younger Dryas, have been posted for some time. Typical of these conferences, the actual abstract revealing the findings (or musings) of the speaker is posted later a few weeks before the conference. The abstracts for the conference have now been published. Here again in Switzerland, in keeping with the cognitive dissonance of the Skeptics, are supportive findings from researchers not previously published with or in collaboration with the Younger Dryas boundary team. These reports are typical of others at conferences concerning the Pleistocene-Holocene transition and the Younger Dryas. Similarly supportive research appears regularly in such forums but somehow escapes the playlist of the critics. (The Tusk is working on a comprehensive list of independent-but-seemingly-invisible studies which I will post in the next few weeks.) But for today, lets start with separate reports from the laboratories of Marshall, et. al. and van Hoesel, et. al. My apologies for not being able to appropriately “Block Quote” them at the moment, but they are verbatim. http://www.inqua2011.ch/?a=programmesubnavi=abstractid=2641sessionid=60 Exceptional iridium concentrations found at the Allerød-Younger Dryas transition in sediments from Bodmin Moor in southwest England William Marshall Katie Head Robert Clough Andrew Fisher Elevated iridium values, dated to start of the Younger Dryas cooling event, have been found in sediments deposited at a number of Late Glacial sites in North America and one in Europe. It has been proposed (e.g., Firestone et al., 2007, PNAS 104: 16016-16021) that this widespread iridium enrichment signal is the result of an explosive disintegration of a large extraterrestrial object over North America around 12,900 cal. yr BP, and it is contended that it was this event which instigated the Younger Dryas cooling. This scenario is controversial, and the ‘ET’ explanation of these geochemical signals is not universally accepted. This notwithstanding, we report here the finding of an iridium anomaly in the Allerød-Younger Dryas boundary sediments at Hawks Tor in the southwest of England. The concentration of iridium and other elements is determined in peat monoliths using ICP-MS, operated in collision-cell mode, and ICP-OES instruments. We find an increase of over 300 % in the iridium concentration measured in the bulk sediment immediately above the Younger Dryas boundary compared with the values found below the transition. The iridium-titanium ratio is used to confirm a lag between the start of the iridium enrichment and the timing of abrupt environmental disruption at the site signalled by decreases in the organic carbon content, and changes the concentrations of potassium, iron and manganese. These geochemical changes coincide with a shift from a humified peat to a minerogenic lithology. By using a new calibration of existing 14C ages, integrated with new AMS dates and optically stimulated luminescence ages, we show that the timing of this iridium enrichment found in southwest England is in agreement with the dates proposed for the iridium enrichment signals previously found in North America and Belgium. And: http://www.inqua2011.ch/?a=programmesubnavi=abstractid=1556 Nanodiamonds and the Usselo layer Annelies van Hoesel Wim Hoek Freek Braadbaart Hans van der Plicht Martyn R. Drury Nanodiamonds make up one of the important lines of evidence for the controversial hypothesis that an extraterrestrial impact took place at the onset of the Younger Dryas. These nanodiamonds have been found in the Allerød-Younger Dryas boundary layer or ‘black mat’ in North America, a section of the Usselo palaeosol in Belgium and in samples from the Greenland ice sheet. Nanodiamonds are known to occur in association with known impact events and within meteorites. However, the use of nanodiamonds as diagnostic evidence of an extraterrestrial impact is still debated. Concerning the Allerød-Younger Dryas boundary layer it has been suggested that the nanodiamonds accumulated over time from meteoritic rain or possibly formed during intense forest fires. In addition, it has been claimed that the nano-crystalline carbon in the North American black mat is graphene and not diamond. We have sampled the previously investigated Usselo layer in
