[meteorite-list] AD:100g of the green stone
Hello Listoids I hope everyone is well. am offering an 100g lot of the green stone paired with NWA 7325 please feel free to contacte me off list for pictures and pricing All the best -- Rachid Chaoui IMCA # 4157 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite
Great discussion. I do know that NWA 2968 is almost pure olivine with 95vol%. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=33418 Cheers, Jeff -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Eric Twelker Sent: Wednesday, 15 January 2014 5:35 PM To: Alan Rubin Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Jim Wooddell Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite As I understand this, Alan, you are saying that dunites will succumb to the weathering processes of space--the effects of radiation over time, in particular, and they disintegrate before they even make it to the top of the atmosphere. Dunites are notoriously unstable on the surface of the Earth. Perhaps that's their lot in space too. Eric On Jan 14, 2014, at 8:25 PM, Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu wrote: Iron meteorites tend to break up in the atmosphere at lower depths than stony meteorites, so I suppose that pallasites would also be better able to survive transit through the Earth's atmosphere than dunites. But I am guessing that very few dunites ever make it to the top of the Earth's atmosphere to begin with. Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 phone: 310-825-3202 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com To: Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu; Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:27 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite Would they also melt or more correctly ablate off material faster and more completely upon entering the earth's atmosphere? Pete Original Message Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite From: Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu Date: Tue, January 14, 2014 6:54 pm To: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com The question of the dearth of olivine meteorites (asteroidal dunites) has been around for a very long time. Most folks have ascribed this paucity as being due to the brittle nature of olivine meteorites relative to pallasites. Pallasites have relatively long cosmic-ray-exposure ages indicating that they can survive the rigors of interplanetary space for a rather long while. Eucrites have much shorter CRE ages on average. This suggests that if asteroidal dunites are from deep in the mantle, they would be in space about as long as the pallasites and not survive because they are no tougher than eucrites. Alan Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 phone: 310-825-3202 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:05 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite So, we find pallasites, we find irons, we find chondrites. And, with the pallasites some are loaded with a lot of olivine. So anyone have any scientific ideas why we don't find near pure olivine meteorites? Or do we?? For the sake of conversation... Jim -- Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net http://pages.suddenlink.net/chondrule/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Please take my name off of the mailing list
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Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite
Thank you all for your comments! I am not sure either that ablation would be a huge factor in why we are not finding olivine meteorites. The mean melting is about 3100 degrees F (Fo = ~3450F, Fs =~2752), I think. I suppose, if I look at the earth's mantle, olivine is a primary mineral but even then, I do not find large chunks just laying around waiting to be found. My thinking is that if it is such a primary mineral, we should see more, not knowing the factors that completely effect it. Jim On 1/14/2014 10:25 PM, Alan Rubin wrote: Iron meteorites tend to break up in the atmosphere at lower depths than stony meteorites, so I suppose that pallasites would also be better able to survive transit through the Earth's atmosphere than dunites. But I am guessing that very few dunites ever make it to the top of the Earth's atmosphere to begin with. Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 phone: 310-825-3202 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com To: Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu; Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:27 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite Would they also melt or more correctly ablate off material faster and more completely upon entering the earth's atmosphere? Pete Original Message Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite From: Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu Date: Tue, January 14, 2014 6:54 pm To: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com The question of the dearth of olivine meteorites (asteroidal dunites) has been around for a very long time. Most folks have ascribed this paucity as being due to the brittle nature of olivine meteorites relative to pallasites. Pallasites have relatively long cosmic-ray-exposure ages indicating that they can survive the rigors of interplanetary space for a rather long while. Eucrites have much shorter CRE ages on average. This suggests that if asteroidal dunites are from deep in the mantle, they would be in space about as long as the pallasites and not survive because they are no tougher than eucrites. Alan Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 phone: 310-825-3202 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:05 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite __ - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/7003 - Release Date: 01/14/14 -- Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net http://pages.suddenlink.net/chondrule/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite
Hi Jim, Here is a good read about a volcanic maar crater in New Mexico that deposited peridotite/olivine bearing lava 'bombs' with crustal/mantle xenoliths. It is a great site to visit, went there in 2007 with a group of friends and collected many specimens. http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/landmarks/kilbourne_hole/home.html Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog Reference Site) www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest eBay) http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault -Original Message- From: Jim Wooddell Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:16 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite Thank you all for your comments! I am not sure either that ablation would be a huge factor in why we are not finding olivine meteorites. The mean melting is about 3100 degrees F (Fo = ~3450F, Fs =~2752), I think. I suppose, if I look at the earth's mantle, olivine is a primary mineral but even then, I do not find large chunks just laying around waiting to be found. My thinking is that if it is such a primary mineral, we should see more, not knowing the factors that completely effect it. Jim On 1/14/2014 10:25 PM, Alan Rubin wrote: Iron meteorites tend to break up in the atmosphere at lower depths than stony meteorites, so I suppose that pallasites would also be better able to survive transit through the Earth's atmosphere than dunites. But I am guessing that very few dunites ever make it to the top of the Earth's atmosphere to begin with. Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 phone: 310-825-3202 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com To: Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu; Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:27 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite Would they also melt or more correctly ablate off material faster and more completely upon entering the earth's atmosphere? Pete Original Message Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite From: Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu Date: Tue, January 14, 2014 6:54 pm To: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com The question of the dearth of olivine meteorites (asteroidal dunites) has been around for a very long time. Most folks have ascribed this paucity as being due to the brittle nature of olivine meteorites relative to pallasites. Pallasites have relatively long cosmic-ray-exposure ages indicating that they can survive the rigors of interplanetary space for a rather long while. Eucrites have much shorter CRE ages on average. This suggests that if asteroidal dunites are from deep in the mantle, they would be in space about as long as the pallasites and not survive because they are no tougher than eucrites. Alan Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 phone: 310-825-3202 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:05 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite __ - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/7003 - Release Date: 01/14/14 -- Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net http://pages.suddenlink.net/chondrule/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite
Hi Greg and List, Lava bombs are beautiful if prepared properly. I had some a couple of years ago. I sliced them thinly and polished them. They were translucent and very pretty when backlit. Of course, the material was friable and more than one slice broke during preparation. But it was worth the trouble. Best regards and Happy Huntings, MikeG On 1/15/14, Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net wrote: Hi Jim, Here is a good read about a volcanic maar crater in New Mexico that deposited peridotite/olivine bearing lava 'bombs' with crustal/mantle xenoliths. It is a great site to visit, went there in 2007 with a group of friends and collected many specimens. http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/landmarks/kilbourne_hole/home.html Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog Reference Site) www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest eBay) http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault -Original Message- From: Jim Wooddell Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:16 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite Thank you all for your comments! I am not sure either that ablation would be a huge factor in why we are not finding olivine meteorites. The mean melting is about 3100 degrees F (Fo = ~3450F, Fs =~2752), I think. I suppose, if I look at the earth's mantle, olivine is a primary mineral but even then, I do not find large chunks just laying around waiting to be found. My thinking is that if it is such a primary mineral, we should see more, not knowing the factors that completely effect it. Jim On 1/14/2014 10:25 PM, Alan Rubin wrote: Iron meteorites tend to break up in the atmosphere at lower depths than stony meteorites, so I suppose that pallasites would also be better able to survive transit through the Earth's atmosphere than dunites. But I am guessing that very few dunites ever make it to the top of the Earth's atmosphere to begin with. Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 phone: 310-825-3202 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com To: Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu; Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:27 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite Would they also melt or more correctly ablate off material faster and more completely upon entering the earth's atmosphere? Pete Original Message Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite From: Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu Date: Tue, January 14, 2014 6:54 pm To: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com The question of the dearth of olivine meteorites (asteroidal dunites) has been around for a very long time. Most folks have ascribed this paucity as being due to the brittle nature of olivine meteorites relative to pallasites. Pallasites have relatively long cosmic-ray-exposure ages indicating that they can survive the rigors of interplanetary space for a rather long while. Eucrites have much shorter CRE ages on average. This suggests that if asteroidal dunites are from deep in the mantle, they would be in space about as long as the pallasites and not survive because they are no tougher than eucrites. Alan Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 phone: 310-825-3202 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:05 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite __ - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/7003 - Release Date: 01/14/14 -- Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net http://pages.suddenlink.net/chondrule/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list
Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite
Hi All, Bad image but you can get an idea. Olivine volcanic bomb: http://sv-meteorites.com/gallery/olivine.jpg Can make a better image tomorrow on a sun light. Sergey On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Greg and List, Lava bombs are beautiful if prepared properly. I had some a couple of years ago. I sliced them thinly and polished them. They were translucent and very pretty when backlit. Of course, the material was friable and more than one slice broke during preparation. But it was worth the trouble. Best regards and Happy Huntings, MikeG On 1/15/14, Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net wrote: Hi Jim, Here is a good read about a volcanic maar crater in New Mexico that deposited peridotite/olivine bearing lava 'bombs' with crustal/mantle xenoliths. It is a great site to visit, went there in 2007 with a group of friends and collected many specimens. http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/landmarks/kilbourne_hole/home.html Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog Reference Site) www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest eBay) http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault -Original Message- From: Jim Wooddell Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:16 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite Thank you all for your comments! I am not sure either that ablation would be a huge factor in why we are not finding olivine meteorites. The mean melting is about 3100 degrees F (Fo = ~3450F, Fs =~2752), I think. I suppose, if I look at the earth's mantle, olivine is a primary mineral but even then, I do not find large chunks just laying around waiting to be found. My thinking is that if it is such a primary mineral, we should see more, not knowing the factors that completely effect it. Jim On 1/14/2014 10:25 PM, Alan Rubin wrote: Iron meteorites tend to break up in the atmosphere at lower depths than stony meteorites, so I suppose that pallasites would also be better able to survive transit through the Earth's atmosphere than dunites. But I am guessing that very few dunites ever make it to the top of the Earth's atmosphere to begin with. Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 phone: 310-825-3202 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com To: Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu; Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:27 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite Would they also melt or more correctly ablate off material faster and more completely upon entering the earth's atmosphere? Pete Original Message Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite From: Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu Date: Tue, January 14, 2014 6:54 pm To: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com The question of the dearth of olivine meteorites (asteroidal dunites) has been around for a very long time. Most folks have ascribed this paucity as being due to the brittle nature of olivine meteorites relative to pallasites. Pallasites have relatively long cosmic-ray-exposure ages indicating that they can survive the rigors of interplanetary space for a rather long while. Eucrites have much shorter CRE ages on average. This suggests that if asteroidal dunites are from deep in the mantle, they would be in space about as long as the pallasites and not survive because they are no tougher than eucrites. Alan Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 phone: 310-825-3202 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:05 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite __ - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/7003 - Release Date: 01/14/14 -- Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net http://pages.suddenlink.net/chondrule/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NEW CR2 with CAI's - NWA 7502 - AD
Dear List Members, I would like to announce a new CR2 carbonaceous chondrite I purchased in Morocco in 2012, the assigned name is NWA 7502. It has rare CAI inclusions and is relatively metal-poor compared to other known CR2 meteorites! I have priced it VERY competitively as an early start for the Tucson Show, close to my costs if you include purchase price, cutting costs/losses and classification. It is Officially recognized in the Meteoritical Bulletin and all available specimens are offered on the Nature's Vault web site: http://www.naturesvault.net/meteorites/nwa7502.html Thank you for your interest, and if you are just looking, please enjoy the images! Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog Reference Site) www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest eBay) http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NASA Invites Public to Send Names on an Asteroid Mission and Beyond (OSIRIS-REx)
January 15, 2014 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jo...@nasa.gov RELEASE 14-017 NASA Invites Public to Send Names on an Asteroid Mission and Beyond NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names to be etched on a microchip aboard a spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in 2016. The Messages to Bennu! microchip will travel to the asteroid aboard the agency's Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. The robotic mission will spend more than two years at the 1,760-foot (500-meter)-wide asteroid. The spacecraft will collect a sample of Bennu's surface and return it to Earth in a sample return capsule. We're thrilled to be able to share the OSIRIS-REx adventure with people across the Earth, to Bennu and back, said Dante Lauretta, principal investigator of the OSIRIS-REx mission from the University of Arizona in Tucson. It's a great opportunity for people to get engaged with the mission early and join us as we prepare for launch. Those wishing to participate in Messages to Bennu! should submit their name online no later than Sept. 30 at: http://planetary.org/bennu After a person submits their name, they will be able to download and print a certificate documenting their participation in the OSIRIS-REx mission. You'll be part of humankind's exploration of the solar system --How cool is that? said Bill Nye, chief executive officer of The Planetary Society, the organization collecting and processing the entries. Participants who follow or like the mission on Facebook will receive updates on the location of their name in space from launch time until the asteroid samples return to Earth in 2023. Facebook fans also will be kept apprised of mission progress and late-breaking news through regular status updates. The OSIRIS-REx mission goal is to address basic questions about the composition of the very early solar system, the source of organic materials and water that made life possible on Earth, and to better predict the orbits of asteroids that represent collision threats to the Earth. It will collect a minimum of 2 ounces (60 grams) of surface material. Once the sample return capsule deploys, the spacecraft will be placed into a long-term solar orbit around the sun, along with the microchip and every name on it. It is exciting to consider the possibility that some of the people who register to send their names to Bennu could one day be a part of the team that analyzes the samples from the asteroid 10 years from now, said Jason Dworkin, mission project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. This mission will assist the agency in its efforts to identify the population of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects, as well as those suitable for asteroid exploration missions. The asteroid initiative brings together the best of NASA's science, technology and human exploration efforts to achieve President Obama's goal of sending humans to an asteroid by 2025. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will provide overall mission management, systems engineering, and safety and mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver will build the spacecraft. OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA's New Frontiers Program. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages New Frontiers for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. For more information about the OSIRIS-REx mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex and http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu -end- __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: January 15, 2014
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES January 15, 2014 o Dunes on the Rim of the Hellas Impact Basin http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034101_1385 Sand dunes like these in this image have been observed to creep slowly across the surface of Mars through the action of the wind. o Recent Volcanism in Valles Marineris http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034131_1670 The possibility of recent volcanism inside Valles Marineris was first proposed decades ago based on Viking orbiter images. o Looking for Salts on Mars http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034309_1485 In this observation, chlorides have a bright appearance and are covered by other dark materials. o Fissure near Cerberus Fossae with Tectonic Morphologies http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034716_1875 The linearity of the volcanic vent in this observation, along with evidence of lava flow from the vent, suggests control by combined volcano-tectonic processes. All of the HiRISE images are archived here: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ Information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is online at http://www.nasa.gov/mro. The mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, of Denver, is the prime contractor and built the spacecraft. HiRISE is operated by the University of Arizona. Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., of Boulder, Colo., built the HiRISE instrument. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Breaking News- Ireland, Isle of Man, UK Fireball Meteor Approx. 18.45 GMT 15JAN2014
List, Breaking News- Ireland, Isle of Man, UK Fireball Meteor Approx. 18.45 GMT 15JAN2014 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2014/01/breaking-news-ireland-isle-of-man-uk.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ireland, Isle of Man, UK Fireball Meteor Approx. 18.45 GMT 15JAN2014
List, Breaking News- Ireland, Isle of Man, UK Fireball Meteor Approx. 18.45 GMT 15JAN2014 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2014/01/breaking-news-ireland-isle-of-man-uk.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo Sorry the first post never went through. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD ** Pristine 100g Park Forest - Best Offer
Hi all, Here's a very fresh Park Forest meteorite. It was recovered hours after the fall by a resident. I can show you the spot where it was picked up within 10 to 20 feet using google maps. This 100 gram specimen exhibits a lot of character: Patches of extra thick fusion crust. 85% crusted overall. Area of fusion crust misted over by a spray of matrix material. Metal blebs melted into puddles on the surface, one of which is relatively large. Regmaglypts and more. I'm sure there are many features that my inexperienced eye has missed or doesn't recognize. I'm not the best photographer so I've tried to make up for the lack of high quality pics with quantity. The pictures don't do the specimen justice. The crust is a rich black color with the lighter matrix indicative of Park Forest's dual lithology. There aren't many PF specimens of this quality left in circulation. I'll be taking offers for ten days. Check it out here: http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/BillKies5/media/100g%20Park%20Forest%20Meteorite/11_zpsf8493cc6.jpg.html http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/BillKies5/library/100g%20Park%20Forest%20Meteorite http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/BillKies5/library/100g%20PF%202 Thanks for looking, Bill parkforestmet at hotmail.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] TX Daytime Fireball Approx. 0710 CST 14JAN2014
List, TX Daytime Fireball Approx. 0710 CST 14JAN2014 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2014/01/tx-daytime-fireball-14jan2014.html Dirk RossTokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Trade
Greetings, My collection is suffering from a severe iron definciency, So I'm offering the following for trade. Looking for a nice slice of Gibeon, Odessa, Mundrabilla, etc etc, Links to trade material. St. Michel 27.46 grams slice and NWA Unclassifed 3.422 gram complete specimen. Inquire off list please. URL's to trade material: St. Michel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/11975104805/ Unc NWA:http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/sets/72157639814927816/ Cash offer welcome also as I'd love to go to Tucson this year. Thanks, Steve Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://imca.cc/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Unclassified NWA Contributed by: Gourgues Denis http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
