[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Canyon Diablo http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ 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] If you have a Tulia, Dimmitt or Kaffir stone with early Monnig no., please read this message
Dear all, I'm currently working on a manuscript on the Monnig collection, soon to be submitted to Meteorite magazine. This paper will include some electronic supplementary material: http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/pub_met_MonnigNumbers_suppl_Table1b.html It is a catalog of Tulia, Dimmitt and Kaffir (c) meteorites with early Monnig number. As you can see, the table is almost empty for now, but I hope that with your help it will change. So if you have any Monnig specimen with EARLY number (NOT just the TCU-Huss Mxx.xx number), can you please contact me off list? I would need the following information: Monnig no., TCU-Huss no., weight, if possible chain-of-custody. For now, there is no plan to make a repository of images, but photographs are welcome. Thank you for your help, Arnaud The Tricottet Collection (Historic Minerals, Fossils Meteorites) http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/ http://www.facebook.com/TheTricottetCollection http://twitter.com/TricottetColl# __ 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] Lunar Impacts
The study of lunar zircons helps establish the dates of impact craters. http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20122301-23036-2.html Meteorites definitely struck Moon Curtin University Tuesday, 24 January 2012 The presence of zircon in rocks collected during the Apollo missions provides unequivocal evidence that meteorites have collided with our Moon. Image: NASA/JPL Research led by Curtin University geologists has uncovered a wealth of new evidence in the mineral zircon from lunar rock samples recovered during NASA's Apollo missions, revealing indisputable proof of meteorite collisions on the Moon. Headed by microstructural geology experts Dr Nick Timms and Professor Steven Reddy of the Western Australian School of Mines (WASM), the study documents the discovery of impact-related shock features in lunar zircon, giving scientists a new conceptual framework to explain the history and timing of meteorite impact events in our solar system. Dr Timms said the discovery was made while looking more closely at lunar zircon mineral grains, with the use of microscopy facilities at Curtin, and finding the presence of preserved microscopic details, known as planar deformation features (PDFs), as well as micro-twins (impact indicators), which are only ever produced by large-scale meteorite impacts. This research is the first to report the presence of PDFs and micro-twins in lunar zircon, which provide unequivocal evidence of the immense pressures that occur during an impact event, Dr Timms said. This research also provides a new explanation of how these features form. As shock waves pass through a rock, fractions of a second after a meteorite impact, these features form like microscopic crumple zones which are caused by directional differences in zircon's elasticity. Dr Timms said the research, which characterises the impact shock features, would provide a new framework for scientists to interpret impact-related data. The new conceptual framework allows lunar scientists to recognise whether complex zircon grains can be explained by a single impact event, or require more than one impact event, he said. Furthermore, our new approach allows us to recognise impact-related features in zircon in lunar and terrestrial rocks that would otherwise be overlooked or difficult to find. This helps us to overcome one of the major problems with studying the impact history of the Earth, as direct evidence of impacts, such as craters, become eroded and destroyed through processes of plate tectonics, so much so that none are preserved from the earliest periods of the Earth's history. Dr Timms said the research was a step closer to the major scientific goal of establishing the absolute timing of meteorite impact events on the Moon, and consequently, the inner solar system. The current paradigm for the early impact history of our solar system stems from studies of lunar rocks and involves a period of intense impact events around 3.9 billion years ago, known as the 'Late Heavy Bombardment', he said. Recent dating of grains of the mineral zircon in lunar samples by the research group at Curtin shows a range of ages that challenges this view and we anticipate the new framework will help us to test if this bombardment is recorded in similar age zircon grains on Earth. This research was the result of a collaborative effort between the Curtin research group in Applied Geology, Dr Nick Timms, Professor Steven Reddy, Associate Professor Alexander Nemchin, Dr Marion Grange and Professor Bob Pidgeon, as well as Dr Rob Hart from the Materials Characterisation Group in Curtin Applied Physics and Dr Dave Healy at the University of Aberdeen, UK. The Curtin research group in Applied Geology is a pioneer in its field and is currently leading the world in the application of quantitative microstructural techniques to zircon research. In 2006, they also made the discovery that zircon could deform in the Earth's crust and that the structures formed in this deformation could help modify the geochemistry of zircon. The group's most recent paper, Resolution of impact-related microstructures in lunar zircon: A shock deformation mechanism map, is published in the internationally esteemed journal, Meteoritics and Planetary Science. Phil Whitmer Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum __ 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] Space Loot
More on the space loot story: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/science/space/nasa-tackles-problem-of-missing-moon-rocks.html NASA Searches for Loot That Traveled From Space to Another Void HOUSTON - West Virginia lost one, until it turned up one June day on a bookshelf in the basement of a retired dentist. New York has one in a vault at a museum in Albany, but another one given to the state for safekeeping was not kept very safe, because it appears to be missing, though the attorney general's office has started looking into the case. Enlarge This Image Michael Stravato for The New York Times Joseph R. Gutheinz Jr., a lawyer in Texas who retired from NASA, has helped track down dozens of missing moon rocks. A long-lost one in Colorado resurfaced at the home of a former governor, and another one in Arkansas was found among former President Bill Clinton's memorabilia. Somebody swiped one from a museum in the island country of Malta, and somebody else who got his hands on one in Honduras tried to sell it in Miami to an undercover federal agent. Rare art? Priceless jewels? Nothing so terrestrial. All of these items were literally out of this world: moon rocks, meteorite samples and other so-called astromaterials that were lent to researchers by NASA or were offered as gifts to American and foreign leaders. Hundreds of moon rocks and other space objects have been lost, destroyed, stolen or remain unaccounted for, some of which American astronauts and presidents presented to dignitaries around the country and the world decades ago and others that NASA officials lent for education, research and public display. The objects survived in outer space for ages and include some of the first samples ever returned from another planetary body, but after just a few short years on Earth they met the same fate as a set of car keys or a 29-cent postcard. Six meteorite samples lost in the mail in 2004 were headed to a lab at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington and have never been seen since. In 1978, NASA lent a lunar sample disk to the Mount Cuba Astronomical Observatory in Greenville, Del. By the time NASA inquired about the disk more than 30 years later, the manager responsible for it had died and the disk - a six-inch diameter disk with soil and rock materials from the moon - was gone. NASA says the observatory could not locate it, but a member of the observatory's board of trustees maintains that the manager sent it back to NASA. A piece of the moon weighing 1.1 grams - among lunar samples collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in December 1972 - was given to the governor of West Virginia more than one year later. Its whereabouts were unknown in recent years, until the fragment resurfaced in June 2010, in a box in the basement game room of Robert T. Conner, a retired dentist. The only connection between him and the governor who was presented the lunar fragment, Arch A. Moore Jr., was Mr. Conner's brother, who died in 2002. Mr. Moore had been a lawyer in the Washington law firm that the brother owned, and the box containing the fragment included items from the man's office. The fragment was about the size of a dime, encased in a Lucite ball and mounted on a wooden plaque, and Mr. Conner had never given it much thought. It was not eye-catching at all, that's for sure, said Mr. Conner, 76. I've seen better-looking bowling trophies. Last month, NASA's inspector general, Paul K. Martin, determined that 517 moon rocks and other astromaterial samples that were lent between 1970 and 2010 had been lost or stolen. A report issued by Mr. Martin's office found that 11 of the 59 researchers in the Houston and Washington areas who were audited could not account for all of the samples NASA had lent them, or the agency found other discrepancies, including researchers who had items that according to agency records either did not exist or had been lent to others. The space agency had also failed to update its records for 12 researchers who had died, retired or relocated, in some instances without returning the samples. One researcher, the report noted, still had lunar samples he had borrowed 35 years earlier though he never conducted research on them. The report found that Johnson Space Center's Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office in Houston, which maintains NASA's collection of 163,000 astromaterial samples, lacked sufficient control over its loans of moon rocks and other items for research, education and public display. The samples that American and foreign dignitaries received as gifts were not included in the report, because the space agency does not track them. Moon-rock experts say NASA should keep an inventory of those as well, and they estimate that of nearly 400 moon rocks given to state and world leaders after the Apollo 11 and 17 missions, almost 200 have been lost, destroyed or stolen. Spokesmen for NASA in Washington and
[meteorite-list] AD - Special Auctions Ending
Dear List Members, I have 18 Special Monday Night Auctions ending late this afternoon/early evening. All were started at just 99 cents with no reserve. I also have 54 auctions ending tomorrow evening. These will be the last auctions of the month. I will pick up again next month with renewed inventory. Please take a look if you can spare a few moments. There are a lot of great items loaded this week. Link to all auctions: http://shop.ebay.com/raremeteorites!/m.html Thank you for looking, Kind Regards, Adam Hupe The Hupe Collection IMCA 2185 __ 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] 2012 Tucson Page Update/Request for Submissions
Aloha Everyone, The Tucson page has been updated with all submission at of 09:10 HST this morning. With the show fast approaching, I ask that anyone else who would like to indicate their attendance to the show on these lists to please submit your information as soon as possible. Individuals will begin printing the lists as they head off, which for many will be very soon. I will update the list more frequently now as submissions continue to be received. You can view the current lists and find the link to submit your information here: http://meteoritetreasures.com/tucson2012/ Aloha, Matthew Martin Meteorite Treasures P.O. Box 164, Kaaawa, HI 96730 www.meteoritetreasures.com __ 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] Blaine Reed Meteorites Tucson Show Info 2012
Blaine Reed P.O. Box 1141 Delta, CO 81416 Ph/fax (970) 874-1487 Dear Collectors, Show info: I will be gone from home from about January 25th until about February 15th. I will be at my usual show location: Ramada Limited, room 134. This is at St Marys and the interstate (next to Denny's) - just 1/4 mile or so due West of Inn Suites (Now called Hotel Tucson City Center - where many of the other meteorite dealers are). My room is about mid-way down the length of the motel (right next to the walk through actually) on the west- side of the building (on the parking lot side - and there is often parking available right in front of my room). I should be open the afternoon of January 28th through the afternoon of February 11th. I will be open every day in between - generally from 10AM until - ? (usually at least 7pm if I am going out to eat and often until 10pm or so other nights). Thank you. Hope to see you. Blaine Reed __ 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] re GARY FOOTE update
Hi All, I talked to Gary and his wife, CJ the other day and they are still Having a very hard time of it. Gary has now outlived the medical prediction Of his demise by one month, is still very ill and they are facing severe financial difficulties, including, but not limited to their mortgage. Since I still don't have 100 items in the Auction, I decided to open up to the auction to the list to have an opportunity for the following: Place a NICE specimen in the auction FOR Gary Foote and his wife And I will donate my consignor's commission and the full hammer price Will go to Gary and his wife. I will begin, myself, with gifting a fine 198g iron individual. Your donation will include your initials in the lot # and your name When I send Gary and CJ the funds - unless you request to be anonymous. All donations will go onto a consignment sheet in the name of Gary Foote (Or CJ Foote if needs require) and they will be paid all funds like any Other consignor, but the consignment fee will be waived so the entire Hammer price will be sent directly to them. Donations need to have a good photo and description emailed to me By WED. if at all possible, as that is the day I am hoping to reset the Catalog in the order of lots. You must also bring it to the Tucson Auction Between 5 and 6:30 or have someone bring it for you. Please, donations of entries need to be at least in the $75 to$100 Hammer price range or up. There are limited spaces, so, any lesser offers will be declined. I would encourage you to put such items on eBay and send Jerry and CJ the profits Of said sales. I will be happy to provide you their contact info off list. While one could do the same with larger items I anticipate live bidding will be far more generous knowing where the hammer price will Be going and since everyone there will be of the meteorite community. Gary and his wife both expressed profound gratitude to Jerry Armstrong for donating a painting and to Patrick Herman who purchased it And sent them a check directly and to all others who generously contributed To them in their time of need. Gary has not been able and his wife has been beside herself, so, no thank you notes went out, but they are grateful to all individuals who contributed in the past from the bottoms of their heart. Please act now and tomorrow and we can make a big difference in their day to day struggle to eat and make the next mortgage payment. Best wishes to all, 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] Ultimately Un-Stung in the Sting...
Team Meteorite: In a recent correspondence entitled Space Loot, list member Phil Whitmer has shared an article about a past sting operation coordinated by agencies of the US Government seeking sellers of space program lunar material. I wrote about this before, and do so again because this can happen to you. I became part of their witch hunt of those illegally owning/selling moon rocks when I answered a fake ad they placed in USA Today several years ago. Two buyers of moon rocks journeyed to my home in Fort Myers, Florida to set up and arrest me. They left empty handed when I could not offer them the silver-dollar size Apollo program lunar rocks they sought. They were not interested in buying small 0.01 frags of the first-ever lunar meteorite on the market I had purchased from Blaine Reed. No matter how patiently I explained the difference between a lunar met and a space program rock, even warning them to be careful, it's illegal to possess material from the space program, they weren't paying attention, just boasting about how their clients could purchase anything they wanted. They were so ignorant of the material they sought, so totally clueless about its petrology or appearance, that I recommended they not buy something they couldn't scientifically explain, and instead purchase for their clients a large Campo that anyone would know is a meteorite. Those with copies of my book (only 70 copies remain for sale), The Art of Collecting Meteorites, can read about how their visit caused me to become a person of interest to the US government. This is never a good thing. I was later detained by US Customs after returning from abroad. My escape involved then-US Congressman Porter Goss (who later ran the CIA), US Senator Connie Mack who's grandfather is in the baseball Hall of Fame, and a joint request that all photos, secret audio tapes and transcripts obtained at my home be destroyed. The Chief of United States Customs eventually wrote a letter of apology to me and freed me from further investigation. Thanks to Phil, I now know the names of the goofy guys that let me put on a meteorite dog-and-pony show in my dining room one summer morning hoping only to sell them meteorites while they hoped to take me away in chains. A google search of attorney Gutheinz, Jr. shows him to be very proud of his work, he's a real crime fighter. In this article he says, If someone hands a governor a moon rock, and he keeps it or loses it, if you can't protect something like that, maybe they're not that vigilant, said Mr. Gutheinz, a retired senior special agent in NASA's inspector general office. And if they're not that careful, and they bring it home with them, what else have they brought home with them? I'll take the high road here and not share my opinion about one who invents evil intent and let list members determine for themselves the motives for such a person. But it's clear to me that after all these years, my innocent solicitation for business from these yoyos could have ruined my life. Few Americans have been as focused on moon rocks as Joseph R. Gutheinz Jr., a Texas lawyer who keeps a spinning globe on his desk reading, Moon Rock Hunter. The title is not official (the globe was a gift from one of his sons), but it might as well be: Mr. Gutheinz and his criminal justice students at the University of Phoenix and Alvin Community College in Alvin, Tex., have helped track down 77 moon rocks that were missing, including those presented to governors in Colorado, Missouri and West Virginia. Mr. Gutheinz was the undercover agent who led a Miami sting operation to recover a moon rock stolen in Honduras in 1998. It was called Operation Lunar Eclipse. Mr. Gutheinz ran an advertisement in USA Today reading, Moon Rocks Wanted, and a man called offering to sell him a real moon rock. The asking price was $5 million. + Here is another interesting link to this event. http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-062902a.html Kevin Kichinka Santa Ana, Costa Rica mars...@gmail.com www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com __ 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] re GARY FOOTE update
Very kind of you, Michael, Patrick and Jerry. I will donate HALF the sale price of the following items to Gary and CJ 3.68g thin slice of Johnstown $925 59g Juancheng stone $355 0.60g Ornans $900 0.67g Winona $400 1.74g Claxton $850 1.5g crusted Lost City $500 Photos are here: http://mhmeteorites.com/main_collection.html Matt Quoting Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net: Hi All, I talked to Gary and his wife, CJ the other day and they are still Having a very hard time of it. Gary has now outlived the medical prediction Of his demise by one month, is still very ill and they are facing severe financial difficulties, including, but not limited to their mortgage. Since I still don't have 100 items in the Auction, I decided to open up to the auction to the list to have an opportunity for the following: Place a NICE specimen in the auction FOR Gary Foote and his wife And I will donate my consignor's commission and the full hammer price Will go to Gary and his wife. I will begin, myself, with gifting a fine 198g iron individual. Your donation will include your initials in the lot # and your name When I send Gary and CJ the funds - unless you request to be anonymous. All donations will go onto a consignment sheet in the name of Gary Foote (Or CJ Foote if needs require) and they will be paid all funds like any Other consignor, but the consignment fee will be waived so the entire Hammer price will be sent directly to them. Donations need to have a good photo and description emailed to me By WED. if at all possible, as that is the day I am hoping to reset the Catalog in the order of lots. You must also bring it to the Tucson Auction Between 5 and 6:30 or have someone bring it for you. Please, donations of entries need to be at least in the $75 to$100 Hammer price range or up. There are limited spaces, so, any lesser offers will be declined. I would encourage you to put such items on eBay and send Jerry and CJ the profits Of said sales. I will be happy to provide you their contact info off list. While one could do the same with larger items I anticipate live bidding will be far more generous knowing where the hammer price will Be going and since everyone there will be of the meteorite community. Gary and his wife both expressed profound gratitude to Jerry Armstrong for donating a painting and to Patrick Herman who purchased it And sent them a check directly and to all others who generously contributed To them in their time of need. Gary has not been able and his wife has been beside herself, so, no thank you notes went out, but they are grateful to all individuals who contributed in the past from the bottoms of their heart. Please act now and tomorrow and we can make a big difference in their day to day struggle to eat and make the next mortgage payment. Best wishes to all, 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 __ 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] gold basin cake/ freebie
Hi list.I hope you are all well.I was wondering if twink is having here wonderful gold basin cake again? Having missed last year it was always a hit with me.Also with tucson coming,I would like to donate a half gram of tatahouine to a lucky person.Just be the first to chime in and it's yours.Please only USA members,shipping is costly,but here it's on me.Good luck to you.It's always fun to do this. -- Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill. __ 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] and the winner is???
Hi again list.The winner is twink monrad.She whom is making 2 cakes this year.I look forward to them both. -- Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill. __ 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] gold basin cake/ freebie
Steve, Yes she will have the GB cake and because it was not big enough last year, it's going to be bigger (or more than one) and you might find some NWA's in it this year. Cheers! Jim Jim Wooddell https://k7wfr.us - Original Message - From: steve arnold chicagosteve1...@gmail.com To: meteorite-list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:10 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] gold basin cake/ freebie Hi list.I hope you are all well.I was wondering if twink is having here wonderful gold basin cake again? Having missed last year it was always a hit with me.Also with tucson coming,I would like to donate a half gram of tatahouine to a lucky person.Just be the first to chime in and it's yours.Please only USA members,shipping is costly,but here it's on me.Good luck to you.It's always fun to do this. -- Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill. __ 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] gold basin cake/ freebie
As always, Twink, the Queen of Gold Basin and of all of the Tucson Show will, indeed, have an EXTRA large Gold Basin cake at The auction (Last year she ran out and people whimpered and Cried - so she is taking no chances this year). Also, Gary and CJ wrote me a touching post and when I Called them to get their PayPal direct email for a generous European donor to PayPal them directly, CJ was in tears. They Have been fearing the loss of their trailer and being faced with Homelessness. Let's hope some people also come through with Some hearty donations for them to be auctioned off (and I will Include my consignment fee in the donation). It is crucial that Anyone sending directly to them use the PayPal address they Gave me AND to in PayPal to mark it as Personal - Gift so That PayPal does not take the usual 3% or so out. Please also note that those wishing to simply place an item In the auction per usual, they may still do so. It would be very Convenient if it were all in by Wed - though I may extend the Time I arrange the lots in order for the auction until Fri. Getting' Tucson Fever! Micahel On 1/23/12 3:10 PM, Met. Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! chicagosteve1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list.I hope you are all well.I was wondering if twink is having here wonderful gold basin cake again? Having missed last year it was always a hit with me.Also with tucson coming,I would like to donate a half gram of tatahouine to a lucky person.Just be the first to chime in and it's yours.Please only USA members,shipping is costly,but here it's on me.Good luck to you.It's always fun to do this. __ 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] Ultimately Un-Stung in the Sting...
Kevin, nice to hear from you on the List! As a proud owner of your book, and even more, proud of your passion and more Richard Montgomery - Original Message - From: Kevin Kichinka mars...@gmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 1:22 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Ultimately Un-Stung in the Sting... Team Meteorite: In a recent correspondence entitled Space Loot, list member Phil Whitmer has shared an article about a past sting operation coordinated by agencies of the US Government seeking sellers of space program lunar material. I wrote about this before, and do so again because this can happen to you. I became part of their witch hunt of those illegally owning/selling moon rocks when I answered a fake ad they placed in USA Today several years ago. Two buyers of moon rocks journeyed to my home in Fort Myers, Florida to set up and arrest me. They left empty handed when I could not offer them the silver-dollar size Apollo program lunar rocks they sought. They were not interested in buying small 0.01 frags of the first-ever lunar meteorite on the market I had purchased from Blaine Reed. No matter how patiently I explained the difference between a lunar met and a space program rock, even warning them to be careful, it's illegal to possess material from the space program, they weren't paying attention, just boasting about how their clients could purchase anything they wanted. They were so ignorant of the material they sought, so totally clueless about its petrology or appearance, that I recommended they not buy something they couldn't scientifically explain, and instead purchase for their clients a large Campo that anyone would know is a meteorite. Those with copies of my book (only 70 copies remain for sale), The Art of Collecting Meteorites, can read about how their visit caused me to become a person of interest to the US government. This is never a good thing. I was later detained by US Customs after returning from abroad. My escape involved then-US Congressman Porter Goss (who later ran the CIA), US Senator Connie Mack who's grandfather is in the baseball Hall of Fame, and a joint request that all photos, secret audio tapes and transcripts obtained at my home be destroyed. The Chief of United States Customs eventually wrote a letter of apology to me and freed me from further investigation. Thanks to Phil, I now know the names of the goofy guys that let me put on a meteorite dog-and-pony show in my dining room one summer morning hoping only to sell them meteorites while they hoped to take me away in chains. A google search of attorney Gutheinz, Jr. shows him to be very proud of his work, he's a real crime fighter. In this article he says, If someone hands a governor a moon rock, and he keeps it or loses it, if you can't protect something like that, maybe they're not that vigilant, said Mr. Gutheinz, a retired senior special agent in NASA's inspector general office. And if they're not that careful, and they bring it home with them, what else have they brought home with them? I'll take the high road here and not share my opinion about one who invents evil intent and let list members determine for themselves the motives for such a person. But it's clear to me that after all these years, my innocent solicitation for business from these yoyos could have ruined my life. Few Americans have been as focused on moon rocks as Joseph R. Gutheinz Jr., a Texas lawyer who keeps a spinning globe on his desk reading, Moon Rock Hunter. The title is not official (the globe was a gift from one of his sons), but it might as well be: Mr. Gutheinz and his criminal justice students at the University of Phoenix and Alvin Community College in Alvin, Tex., have helped track down 77 moon rocks that were missing, including those presented to governors in Colorado, Missouri and West Virginia. Mr. Gutheinz was the undercover agent who led a Miami sting operation to recover a moon rock stolen in Honduras in 1998. It was called Operation Lunar Eclipse. Mr. Gutheinz ran an advertisement in USA Today reading, Moon Rocks Wanted, and a man called offering to sell him a real moon rock. The asking price was $5 million. + Here is another interesting link to this event. http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-062902a.html Kevin Kichinka Santa Ana, Costa Rica mars...@gmail.com www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Foote entries
Already 5 nice entries for the Footes. See top 5 at: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionTucson12.html More are very welcome. Also, I heard quite a few dealers have a lot of that highly Sought after Tisint. Wouldn't it be nice if some of those dealers would each donate at least a small specimen with FC? Even 1/2g specimens would result in some nice needed help for our beleaguered friend. Best wishes, 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
