[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Sikhote Alin Contributed by: jnmczurich 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
[meteorite-list] Finland Moon-Bright Bolide 10MAR2014
List, Finland Moon-Bright Bolide 10MAR2014 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2014/03/breaking-news-finland-bolide-10mar2014.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
Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite-list] List is getting torpid
Hi, A simple way to make the list more informative would be if people when responding to posts of a general nature would reply to all. Whenever I ask a question about half of the responses that I receive are directed only to me. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the responses. However I think that the whole list should have the benefit of them, unless there is a good reason not to include the general meteorite community. Thanks, Peter -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of John Cabassi Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 10:39 PM To: Jim Wooddell Cc: met-list Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite-list] List is getting torpid Well said Jim and I'll give you a like. Traditions are changing. I was very adamant at first and held back from social media but it was the only way that I could keep in contact with my family. And yes, the days of forums are slowly dying unless you incorporate them into the social media, as Nugget Shooters has as well as many others. Just my $1.50AU Cheers John On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net wrote: Hi all! I have posted specific and not so specific meteorite related questions here where Melinda Hutson, Alan Rubin and Carl Agee have answered my questions privately and here on this list. I absolutely appreciate this. I do this because I do have questions and I want good answers, which I receive here. I have received private emails complementing this effort to involve listees in my search for better understanding. So if you are a complainer, suck it up and quit your belly aching and get over it. You are either part of the solution or part of the problem. I do admit, FB is great for sharing my Meteorite related stuff. My page is mostly about meteorite stuff which I am actively and constantly involved with. And, there is not one single Ad on there for meteorites! Many of you are there and I appreciate that and hope you enjoy my sharing. That said, many or most all of the meteorite related lists have died out and nothing much is being posted...so it is not just this list. I completely disagree that any list should direct what topic is to be discussed for any given time as someone suggested. So I switch you back to your normally scheduled activities and I will go back to watching epoxy mounts of green beach sand and NWA 7831/Kilbourne hole green stuff cure thanks to Gary and Greg! Best to all! 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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] Shooting Pictures of Meteorites??
Hi all! So, I have a cheapy 12mp Nikon CoolPix camera and can take some decent macro pictures of small objects. I use a homemade poor man's light box, made from a cardboard box and crumpled aluminum foil and a light. This combo works well for me with the exception of some wide angle issues because of the limitations of the camera. My Son, Dusty, has thousands upon thousands of dollars of Nikon high end camera gear and can take shots that make my low end stuff look really bad! Instead of a light box, which he is not use to and does not like, he uses a tripod and a huge light ring that his camera shoots thru with radio controlled flash. So, I am curious and would like to know what you folks are using for your pictures??? I sure see some fantastic pictures. 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Shooting Pictures of Meteorites??
Hi Jim, Good topic :-) I use a Nikon DSLR and macro lens mostly or a Fujifilm bridge camera. For me though it's not about the camera but the lighting. Although i like shooting in daylight i tend to use artificial lighting to be able to easily reproduce my results. I use a pop up light tent which is basically a white fabric cube with one face of the cube open to shoot through. I then use a fibre optic light with intensity control as a single source light. Prior to this i used a single lightbulb with similar results :-) Works well for me :-) Cheers Martin On 11 March 2014 13:45, Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net wrote: Hi all! So, I have a cheapy 12mp Nikon CoolPix camera and can take some decent macro pictures of small objects. I use a homemade poor man's light box, made from a cardboard box and crumpled aluminum foil and a light. This combo works well for me with the exception of some wide angle issues because of the limitations of the camera. My Son, Dusty, has thousands upon thousands of dollars of Nikon high end camera gear and can take shots that make my low end stuff look really bad! Instead of a light box, which he is not use to and does not like, he uses a tripod and a huge light ring that his camera shoots thru with radio controlled flash. So, I am curious and would like to know what you folks are using for your pictures??? I sure see some fantastic pictures. 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 -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ 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] Cornucopia of chondrules
Hi all, Please see below link for a gallery of photos of chondrules, all from NWA 5730 a L3.2 ordinary chondrite. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94515040@N03/sets/72157642205289953/) Enjoy :-) Cheers Martin -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ 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] Shooting Pictures of Meteorites??
Hello! Low Budget plan.. Jim, You have a great little camera, I bought the same one. I then got on EBay and bought a 24 fabric light box with 4 silk backgrounds, 2 high output lamps and a small camera mount. All in a kit with free shipping, for $35. I'm using it to catalog my collection. Fun!! Dennis Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:56 AM, Martin Goff msgmeteori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim, Good topic :-) I use a Nikon DSLR and macro lens mostly or a Fujifilm bridge camera. For me though it's not about the camera but the lighting. Although i like shooting in daylight i tend to use artificial lighting to be able to easily reproduce my results. I use a pop up light tent which is basically a white fabric cube with one face of the cube open to shoot through. I then use a fibre optic light with intensity control as a single source light. Prior to this i used a single lightbulb with similar results :-) Works well for me :-) Cheers Martin On 11 March 2014 13:45, Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net wrote: Hi all! So, I have a cheapy 12mp Nikon CoolPix camera and can take some decent macro pictures of small objects. I use a homemade poor man's light box, made from a cardboard box and crumpled aluminum foil and a light. This combo works well for me with the exception of some wide angle issues because of the limitations of the camera. My Son, Dusty, has thousands upon thousands of dollars of Nikon high end camera gear and can take shots that make my low end stuff look really bad! Instead of a light box, which he is not use to and does not like, he uses a tripod and a huge light ring that his camera shoots thru with radio controlled flash. So, I am curious and would like to know what you folks are using for your pictures??? I sure see some fantastic pictures. 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 -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ 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
[meteorite-list] AD - Planetary Meteroties Ending At Auction This Evening!
Dear List Members, I have some great planetary meteorite auctions ending this evening. I started them out at just 99 cents with no reserve including a few very nice NWA 5000 lunar specimens and some great Martian examples! Please take a look if you can spare a few moments. Link to all auctions: http://shop.ebay.com/raremeteorites!/m.html Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck, Kind Regards, Adam __ 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] Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Safe After Unplanned Computer Swap
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-078 NASA Orbiter Safe After Unplanned Computer Swap Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 11, 2014 NASA's long-lived Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into a precautionary safe standby mode March 9 after an unscheduled swap from one main computer to another. The mission's ground team has begun restoring the spacecraft to full operations. The spacecraft is healthy, in communication and fully powered, said Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Manager Dan Johnston of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. We have stepped up the communication data rate, and we plan to have the spacecraft back to full operations within a few days. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's science observations and its relaying of communications from NASA's two active Mars rovers have been suspended. The rovers continue to use NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter as a communications relay. Entry into safe mode is the prescribed response by a spacecraft when it detects conditions outside the range of normal expectations. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has experienced unplanned computer swaps triggering safe-mode entry four times previously, most recently in November 2011. The root cause of the previous events has not been determined. The spacecraft has also experienced safe-mode entries that have not involved computer swaps. Unlike any previous safe-mode entries experienced in this mission, the March 9 event included a swap to a redundant radio transponder on the orbiter. While the mission resumes operations with this transponder, engineers are investigating the status of the one that is now out of service. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter entered orbit around Mars eight years ago, on March 10, 2006. Since then, it has returned more data than all other past and current interplanetary missions combined. The mission met all its science goals in a two-year primary science phase. Three extensions, the latest beginning in 2012, have added to the science returns. The longevity of the mission has given researchers tools to study seasonal and longer-term changes on the Red Planet. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the orbiter and collaborates with JPL to operate it. For more information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mro and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/ . Guy Webster 818-354-6278 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. guy.webs...@jpl.nasa.gov 2013-078 __ 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] IAU Concerns and Considerations with the Naming of Mars Craters
http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/detail/iau1402/ Concerns and Considerations with the Naming of Mars Craters IAU News Release 11 March 2014, Paris Recently initiatives that capitalise on the public's interest in space and astronomy have proliferated, some putting a price tag on naming space objects and their features, such as Mars craters. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) would like to emphasise that such initiatives go against the spirit of free and equal access to space, as well as against internationally recognised standards. Hence no purchased names can ever be used on official maps and globes. The IAU encourages the public to become involved in the naming process of space objects and their features by following the officially recognised (and free) methods. In order to make sure that all scientists, educators and the general public speak the same language, astronomers from the International Astronomical Union have agreed on common standards for naming space objects, features or phenomena so that they can be easily located, described, and discussed. For instance, features on a given planet or satellite receive names chosen from a particular theme. Only those features that are deemed to be of significance to science are given a name by the community, thus leaving other features to be named by future generations. Although the present rules are that the general public cannot request that a particular feature is named, they can do so following a public invitation from a space agency or from the discoverers. This was the case for NASA's Magellan Venus mapping mission launched in 1989: the public was invited to offer names of women who had made outstanding or fundamental contributions to their fields, for the names of Venusian craters. A more recent example was the naming of the two most recently discovered satellites of Pluto in 2013, which was the result of a public vote. The selected names were approved http://iau.org/public_press/news/detail/iau1303/ in cooperation with the IAU and free and equal participation was offered to the general public. For Mars craters today, only their discoverers, the space agencies, may take the initiative to involve the public in the naming process, in cooperation with the IAU and following international regulations. In 1919, when the IAU was founded, it was given the official mission to establish internationally recognised planet and satellite nomenclature. The objective at the time was to standardise the various confusing systems of nomenclature for the Moon that were then in use. Since that time, the IAU has succeeded in constructing a single, reliable, official catalogue of surface feature names, thus enabling successful international public and scientific communication. The IAU played a key role in getting the USSR and the USA to agree on naming rules for lunar features http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.../19780004017_1978004017.pdf even during the space race of the sixties. Today, the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), representing the worldwide astronomical community, provides a unique system of official names for Solar System objects (planetary surface features, natural satellites, dwarf planets, and planetary rings) for the benefit of the international science community, educators, and the general public. To read more about the naming of objects in space, please visit the IAU theme Naming Astronomical Objects http://www.iau.org/public/naming/. The IAU encourages entities wishing to promote space science and exploration to follow these internationally accepted rules and explain them as part of their space education and exploration programmes. More information The IAU is an international astronomical organisation of more than 10 000 professional astronomers from more than 90 countries. Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation. The IAU also serves as the internationally recognised authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies and their surface features. Links * For more information on the IAU policy of naming solar system objects, especially Mars craters, see the WGPSN web page http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/516-Can-I-Pay-a-Fee-and-Officially-Name-a-Crater-or-Other-Type-of-Surface-Feature-on-Mars-and-Other-Solar-System-Objects.html * IAU theme on Naming of astronomical objects http://www.iau.org/public/naming/ Contacts Thierry Montmerle General Secretary, International Astronomical Union Paris, France Email: montm...@iap.fr Lars Lindberg Christensen IAU Press Officer Garching bei Munchen, Germany Tel: +49 89 320 06 761 Cell: +49 173 38 72 621 Email: l...@eso.org __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
[meteorite-list] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.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
Re: [meteorite-list] Shooting Pictures of Meteorites??
This is getting repetitious! I also use a Nikon, a big fat one, and natural daylight, in front of a south facing window. No flash, a slightly hazy day is best. And as little photo editing as possible. I want my pictures to be true, not improved. It would be too easy to make a Tatahouine look greener than it really is. Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com impact...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Martin Goff msgmeteori...@gmail.com To: Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net Cc: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Mar 11, 2014 7:56 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shooting Pictures of Meteorites?? Hi Jim, Good topic :-) I use a Nikon DSLR and macro lens mostly or a Fujifilm bridge camera. For me though it's not about the camera but the lighting. Although i like shooting in daylight i tend to use artificial lighting to be able to easily reproduce my results. I use a pop up light tent which is basically a white fabric cube with one face of the cube open to shoot through. I then use a fibre optic light with intensity control as a single source light. Prior to this i used a single lightbulb with similar results :-) Works well for me :-) Cheers Martin On 11 March 2014 13:45, Jim Wooddell jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net wrote: Hi all! So, I have a cheapy 12mp Nikon CoolPix camera and can take some decent macro pictures of small objects. I use a homemade poor man's light box, made from a cardboard box and crumpled aluminum foil and a light. This combo works well for me with the exception of some wide angle issues because of the limitations of the camera. My Son, Dusty, has thousands upon thousands of dollars of Nikon high end camera gear and can take shots that make my low end stuff look really bad! Instead of a light box, which he is not use to and does not like, he uses a tripod and a huge light ring that his camera shoots thru with radio controlled flash. So, I am curious and would like to know what you folks are using for your pictures??? I sure see some fantastic pictures. 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 -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ 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] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
Mreira was submitted by me as a fall but the NomCom couldn't reach a consensus. So it was likely witnessed as stated in the description. As you noted Ruben it is as fresh as can be Matt Morgan On March 11, 2014 11:00:59 AM MDT, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook __ 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] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
Btw nice Ad in disguise :) On March 11, 2014 11:00:59 AM MDT, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook __ 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] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
Is there any scientific evidence related to its analysis to suggest that Mreira is not a fresh (observed) fall? If not, then I have to ask, if this fall had taken place in the US or France, would there have been any question? I understand that the NWA situation is complex, but I believe that science, not opinion should drive the decision. Look at the Indian Butte writeup. That is listed as a Fall with less evidence than Mreira in my opinion. Mendy Ouzillou From: Matt Morgan m...@mhmeteorites.com To: Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall? Mreira was submitted by me as a fall but the NomCom couldn't reach a consensus. So it was likely witnessed as stated in the description. As you noted Ruben it is as fresh as can be Matt Morgan On March 11, 2014 11:00:59 AM MDT, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50↦=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=All▭=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook __ 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] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
No doubt that the fact that it is from NWA taints it as a probable fall. On March 11, 2014 12:21:00 PM MDT, Mendy Ouzillou ouzil...@yahoo.com wrote: Is there any scientific evidence related to its analysis to suggest that Mreira is not a fresh (observed) fall? If not, then I have to ask, if this fall had taken place in the US or France, would there have been any question? I understand that the NWA situation is complex, but I believe that science, not opinion should drive the decision. Look at the Indian Butte writeup. That is listed as a Fall with less evidence than Mreira in my opinion. Mendy Ouzillou From: Matt Morgan m...@mhmeteorites.com To: Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall? Mreira was submitted by me as a fall but the NomCom couldn't reach a consensus. So it was likely witnessed as stated in the description. As you noted Ruben it is as fresh as can be Matt Morgan On March 11, 2014 11:00:59 AM MDT, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50↦=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=All▭=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook __ 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 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook __ 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] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
Hi all! Kinda hits one of my pet peeves on the head! In this day and age, we should be expecting and requiring better provenance from finds and falls from the NWA regions. Jim On 3/11/2014 11:22 AM, Matt Morgan wrote: No doubt that the fact that it is from NWA taints it as a probable fall. On March 11, 2014 12:21:00 PM MDT, Mendy Ouzillou ouzil...@yahoo.com wrote: Is there any scientific evidence related to its analysis to suggest that Mreira is not a fresh (observed) fall? If not, then I have to ask, if this fall had taken place in the US or France, would there have been any question? I understand that the NWA situation is complex, but I believe that science, not opinion should drive the decision. Look at the Indian Butte writeup. That is listed as a Fall with less evidence than Mreira in my opinion. Mendy Ouzillou From: Matt Morgan m...@mhmeteorites.com To: Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall? Mreira was submitted by me as a fall but the NomCom couldn't reach a consensus. So it was likely witnessed as stated in the description. As you noted Ruben it is as fresh as can be Matt Morgan On March 11, 2014 11:00:59 AM MDT, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50↦=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=All▭=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook __ 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 -- 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
[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Funding Ceases In 2015 Under NASA Budget Request
http://www.universetoday.com/110219/mars-rover-opportunity-funding-ceases-in-2015-under-nasa-budget-request/ Mars Rover Opportunity Funding Ceases In 2015 Under NASA Budget Request by Elizabeth Howell Universe Today NASA's preliminary (read: not finalized) budget for 2015 would eliminate funding for the long-running Opportunity rover mission that's discovered extensive evidence of past water on Mars in the past decade. While the agency's baseline budget request shows no funding for the long-running Mars mission past 2015, NASA added that Opportunity is among several missions that could receive extension money if extra funds become available. Also, the budget needs to be approved by Congress before anything is set in stone. Here's where Opportunity could get funding, under the current structure: The White House has proposed a $56 billion Opportunity, Growth and Security Initiative across the U.S. government that would surpass the budgetary spending limit that Congress set in December. (Some news reports indicate the Republicans are not on board with this, but it's early yet.) NASA, meanwhile, is undertaking a regular review of several Mars programs (among others) to see which ones give the best return for funding. The missions to be reviewed include MSL [Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity], MRO [Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter], Opportunity, Odyssey and Mars Express, NASA stated. But as the table below shows, right now Opportunity has no funding in fiscal 2015, while the other missions do. (Note that funding would cease for Odyssey in 2017 under this plan.) [Table] NASA's budget request for fiscal 2015 eliminates funding for the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in 2015. Click for a larger version. Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration FY 2015 President's Budget Request Summary Here's what NASA's budget request says about the extended funding: Planetary Science Extended Mission Funding: Provide an additional $35.0 million to increase support for extended missions prioritized in the upcoming 2014 Senior Review. The Budget provides funding for high priority extended missions such as Cassini and Curiosity. However, it does not provide funding to continue all missions that are likely to be highly rated in Senior Review. The funding augmentation would allow robust funding for all extended missions that are highly ranked by the 2014 Senior Review, enabling high science return at relatively low cost, instead of potentially terminating up to two missions or reducing science across many or all of them. On Twitter, the Planetary Society's Casey Dreier, its director of advocacy, wrote a few tweets about the budget last night, including one addressing Opportunity. As expected, MER Opportunity has no funding as of Oct 1st, unless supplemental funding is added, he said, adding that a bright spot is that the Curiosity mission has funding through fiscal 2019 (which is as far as the numbers go in the budget request.) Opportunity landed on Mars in January 2004 and has rolled more than 24 miles (38 kilometers) in the years since, long outliving its twin Spirit (who ceased communications in 2010). Universe Today's Ken Kremer recently covered the contributions these rovers made to science in the past 10 years. The last Opportunity update on March 4 described how controllers deliberately crushed a rock under the rover's wheels as it explored Endeavor Crater, where Opportunity has been trundling along since 2011. On an unrelated note, NASA announced today (March 11) that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter went into safe mode after an unscheduled swap from one main computer to another, but the spacecraft is expected to be working normally in a few days. (MRO has been through several safe mode incidents over the years, including several times in 2009.) __ 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] Cornucopia of chondrules
Great stuff Martininspiring! Graham On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Martin Goff msgmeteori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Please see below link for a gallery of photos of chondrules, all from NWA 5730 a L3.2 ordinary chondrite. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94515040@N03/sets/72157642205289953/) Enjoy :-) Cheers Martin -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ 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] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
Hi, So what held them back from calling this a fall? What more information did they need to swing the pendulum towards a fall as opposed to a find? Maybe Dr Agee, Dr Garvie or someone else involved in this classification can shed some light. On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Matt Morgan m...@mhmeteorites.com wrote: Mreira was submitted by me as a fall but the NomCom couldn't reach a consensus. So it was likely witnessed as stated in the description. As you noted Ruben it is as fresh as can be Matt Morgan On March 11, 2014 11:00:59 AM MDT, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.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
Re: [meteorite-list] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
Hi Matt, Well, it was not intended to be an Ad. But, I do get your point! I wonder how a similar type of subtle advertising can be stopped if indeed Art will start charging for ads in April. Will all advertising be disguised as legitimate topics? And how would anyone be able to tell the difference? A few suggestions for topics on April 1, 2014. Meteorite with Wonderful Chondrules Holey, Meteorite Batman Best Oriented Meteorite Sorry, I'm just thinking out loud. On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Matt Morgan m...@mhmeteorites.com wrote: Btw nice Ad in disguise :) On March 11, 2014 11:00:59 AM MDT, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.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
Re: [meteorite-list] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. This excerpt above is basically only the proof that it was a fall. The lesson here is that NWA documentation needs to be meticulous with identified individual eyewitnesses that corroborate with anything else like cameras etc. (e.g. Chelyabinsk). What didn't measure up in this case, was the anecdotal recovered fresh meteorites 40 miles from an event that only anonymous school children witnessed. Also, no documented strewn field was submitted (in situ photos etc.). I suppose this can be a problem when people want to keep the actual strewn field location a secret to keep out competing hunters? No such thing as too much documentation. Carl Agee * Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 Tel: (505) 750-7172 Fax: (505) 277-3577 Email: a...@unm.edu http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, So what held them back from calling this a fall? What more information did they need to swing the pendulum towards a fall as opposed to a find? Maybe Dr Agee, Dr Garvie or someone else involved in this classification can shed some light. On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Matt Morgan m...@mhmeteorites.com wrote: Mreira was submitted by me as a fall but the NomCom couldn't reach a consensus. So it was likely witnessed as stated in the description. As you noted Ruben it is as fresh as can be Matt Morgan On March 11, 2014 11:00:59 AM MDT, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.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 __ 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] Cornucopia of chondrules
Thanks Graham :-) I have now made an attempt to identify the different chondrules, hoping some folk with much more knowledge than me can chime in and correct my mistakes! Cheers Martin On 11 March 2014 19:18, Graham Ensor graham.en...@gmail.com wrote: Great stuff Martininspiring! Graham On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Martin Goff msgmeteori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Please see below link for a gallery of photos of chondrules, all from NWA 5730 a L3.2 ordinary chondrite. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94515040@N03/sets/72157642205289953/) Enjoy :-) Cheers Martin -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ 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 -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ 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] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
I do have one of my pieces photographed in-situ but that wasn't enough. For NWA extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. That is the way it is. Matt On March 11, 2014 2:06:23 PM MDT, Carl Agee a...@unm.edu wrote: a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. This excerpt above is basically only the proof that it was a fall. The lesson here is that NWA documentation needs to be meticulous with identified individual eyewitnesses that corroborate with anything else like cameras etc. (e.g. Chelyabinsk). What didn't measure up in this case, was the anecdotal recovered fresh meteorites 40 miles from an event that only anonymous school children witnessed. Also, no documented strewn field was submitted (in situ photos etc.). I suppose this can be a problem when people want to keep the actual strewn field location a secret to keep out competing hunters? No such thing as too much documentation. Carl Agee * Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 Tel: (505) 750-7172 Fax: (505) 277-3577 Email: a...@unm.edu http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, So what held them back from calling this a fall? What more information did they need to swing the pendulum towards a fall as opposed to a find? Maybe Dr Agee, Dr Garvie or someone else involved in this classification can shed some light. On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Matt Morgan m...@mhmeteorites.com wrote: Mreira was submitted by me as a fall but the NomCom couldn't reach a consensus. So it was likely witnessed as stated in the description. As you noted Ruben it is as fresh as can be Matt Morgan On March 11, 2014 11:00:59 AM MDT, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.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 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook __ 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] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall?
Any volunteers to fly to Northwest Africa and get photos and statements from the anonymous school children that witnessed the account? On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Matt Morgan m...@mhmeteorites.com wrote: I do have one of my pieces photographed in-situ but that wasn't enough. For NWA extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. That is the way it is. Matt On March 11, 2014 2:06:23 PM MDT, Carl Agee a...@unm.edu wrote: a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. This excerpt above is basically only the proof that it was a fall. The lesson here is that NWA documentation needs to be meticulous with identified individual eyewitnesses that corroborate with anything else like cameras etc. (e.g. Chelyabinsk). What didn't measure up in this case, was the anecdotal recovered fresh meteorites 40 miles from an event that only anonymous school children witnessed. Also, no documented strewn field was submitted (in situ photos etc.). I suppose this can be a problem when people want to keep the actual strewn field location a secret to keep out competing hunters? No such thing as too much documentation. Carl Agee * Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 Tel: (505) 750-7172 Fax: (505) 277-3577 Email: a...@unm.edu http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, So what held them back from calling this a fall? What more information did they need to swing the pendulum towards a fall as opposed to a find? Maybe Dr Agee, Dr Garvie or someone else involved in this classification can shed some light. On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Matt Morgan m...@mhmeteorites.com wrote: Mreira was submitted by me as a fall but the NomCom couldn't reach a consensus. So it was likely witnessed as stated in the description. As you noted Ruben it is as fresh as can be Matt Morgan On March 11, 2014 11:00:59 AM MDT, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When I purchased Mreira months ago I was told by the Moroccan dealers that it was a witnessed fall. Ok, lets be real, anyone can say anything in order to make a sale. However, it looks as fresh as any fall I've ever seen/found. Photos here: http://www.mrmeteorite.com/mreirameteorite.htm Read the write up - it seems to agree that it is indeed a fall. History: According to Ait Hiba Abdelhad, a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. The strewn field is in the area called Stailt Omgrain, which is a local nomadic name. This is south of Mehaires and north of the mountain Galbe lahmar. Therefore this is a possible fall associated with the fireball of December 16, 2012. ***Possible fall? What else do you need? *** Meteoritical Bulletin for Mreira http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Mre%C3%AFrasfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=57653 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.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 -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites PO Box 151293 Lakewood CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com Find Us on Facebook -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.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
Re: [meteorite-list] Cornucopia of chondrules
Hi Rob, Nice to hear from you :-) I had clocked your page when researching this and seen Ray Pickard's comments. I was also hoping to clear up the classification as i have seen it as an L3.0 and a L3.2. I note the classification is still pending? All the best to you and yours :-) Cheers Martin On 11 March 2014 20:28, Rob Lenssen rlens...@planet.nl wrote: Hi Martin, Thanks for showing these! Ray Pickard, the Australian classifier of this stone, was very excited when he saw his thin section under the microscope. For my website (when I sold this material in 2009) he allowed me (without me asking him) to quote him: This meteorite is perhaps the most beautiful and interesting meteorite I've ever had the privilege of studying Ray Pickard. It's taking a lot of time to finish the classification though... All the best, Rob Lenssen PS: I found a link to my old website: http://home.planet.nl/~rlenssen/NWA5730/NWA5730.html (just for fun, nothing left for sale anymore) -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Namens Martin Goff Verzonden: dinsdag 11 maart 2014 15:13 Aan: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Onderwerp: [meteorite-list] Cornucopia of chondrules Hi all, Please see below link for a gallery of photos of chondrules, all from NWA 5730 a L3.2 ordinary chondrite. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94515040@N03/sets/72157642205289953/) Enjoy :-) Cheers Martin -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ 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 -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ 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] Cornucopia of chondrules
Martin writes: I have now made an attempt to identify the different chondrules, hoping some folk with much more knowledge than me can chime in and correct my mistakes! Hello Martin, Rob, and List, Martin, congrats on your colorful thin section photos! Well, colour is the problem I see myself faced with when looking at your thin section pics. They look almost too colourful. Are you sure the section has the proper thickness of 30µm (= 0.03 mm)? Here are my numbers for your thin section pics so you and the other list members know which pic I'm referring to: 1--2--3 4--5--6 7--8--9 10--11--12 13 Now, #1 does look like an RP chondrule at first sight but if it is a radial pyroxene chondrule, the interference colours are too high. They should be first order, i.e., gray or grayish-white. Either the TS doesn't have the proper thickness or we are looking at something else: the high interference colors would speak in favour of a deformed (?) BO chondrule with slender bars. Chondrule #10: same problem! Provided the IF colours are correct, this is another BO chondrule. If it is an RP chondrule, the interference colours are wrong. My NWA 5730 has lots of metal-rimmed chondrules, FeNi is troilite-rimmed, porphyritic chondrules are abundant, numerous porphyritic chondrules harbor light-green translucent hypersthene crystals + a gray clayey-looking broken chondrule (d = 5.1 mm). I wonder if it is something carbonaceous or if it experienced some kind of silicate darkening. Best wishes from the owner of a 21.4 gr endcut that I got from Rob in 2011! Bernd __ 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] Cornucopia of chondrules
Thank you so much Bernd. This is where i show my ignorance! I will have another look at this thin section tomorrow and get back to you :-) Cheers Martin On 11 March 2014 21:06, Bernd V. Pauli bernd.pa...@paulinet.de wrote: Martin writes: I have now made an attempt to identify the different chondrules, hoping some folk with much more knowledge than me can chime in and correct my mistakes! Hello Martin, Rob, and List, Martin, congrats on your colorful thin section photos! Well, colour is the problem I see myself faced with when looking at your thin section pics. They look almost too colourful. Are you sure the section has the proper thickness of 30µm (= 0.03 mm)? Here are my numbers for your thin section pics so you and the other list members know which pic I'm referring to: 1--2--3 4--5--6 7--8--9 10--11--12 13 Now, #1 does look like an RP chondrule at first sight but if it is a radial pyroxene chondrule, the interference colours are too high. They should be first order, i.e., gray or grayish-white. Either the TS doesn't have the proper thickness or we are looking at something else: the high interference colors would speak in favour of a deformed (?) BO chondrule with slender bars. Chondrule #10: same problem! Provided the IF colours are correct, this is another BO chondrule. If it is an RP chondrule, the interference colours are wrong. My NWA 5730 has lots of metal-rimmed chondrules, FeNi is troilite-rimmed, porphyritic chondrules are abundant, numerous porphyritic chondrules harbor light-green translucent hypersthene crystals + a gray clayey-looking broken chondrule (d = 5.1 mm). I wonder if it is something carbonaceous or if it experienced some kind of silicate darkening. Best wishes from the owner of a 21.4 gr endcut that I got from Rob in 2011! Bernd __ 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 -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ 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 ebay and more
Greetings everyone, Is this free? :) I just posted quite a few nice specimens on ebay, Please have a look if you have a chance. I've listed: NWA 8007 - Beatiful OC L3.2 NWA 7987 - A nice inexpensive H4 NWA 7954 - 1 slice of a nice Monomict Eucrite NWA 7955 - Several slices listed of a gorgeous Polymict Diogenite NWA Likely paired to NWA 7325, (but I can't say it out loud 'cause I'm a member of the IMCA) NWA 7989 - One of the nicest shock melt Eucrites to come out of the desert in a while. NWA - a nice thumbprinted 3,370 gram unclassifed NWA. If nothing else the nicest chondritic paperweight you've ever seen at only 37 cents per gram. All auctions here: http://www.ebay.com/sch/anorthosite/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_ipg=_from= Finally I have two additional pieces of NWA 7989,one at72 grams and one at 450 grams that I'm very eager to sell. See here: Make an offer, I'm motivated. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/sets/72157638455819634/ Nice to see the List so active, hope to see it stay that way. Best to all! Regards, 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Cornucopia of chondrules
Martin, Bernd et al, Wonderful photos, and I immediately wondered the same thing. As a painter of faux (not reality) chondrules, I have steered away from pyroxene so far simply because I want to explore grays and black-and-white before tackling the radial chondrule. (The big picture includes larger works with types 3-4-5, eventually into achondritic fantasy-land). Bernd, you have shed some valuable light! If I am concluding correctly: thicker slices in TS can cross into higher order colors for pyroxene? Ah! This will be my excuse if I am confronted with a colorfully painted pyroxene element by the true meteoriticist! I will strive to be true to the accepted dimension however. So, meanwhile, Martin, can you share info on the depth of your slice-photos? Sincerely, Richard Rick Bob Montgomery -Original Message- From: Bernd V. Pauli Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 2:06 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Cornucopia of chondrules Martin writes: I have now made an attempt to identify the different chondrules, hoping some folk with much more knowledge than me can chime in and correct my mistakes! Hello Martin, Rob, and List, Martin, congrats on your colorful thin section photos! Well, colour is the problem I see myself faced with when looking at your thin section pics. They look almost too colourful. Are you sure the section has the proper thickness of 30µm (= 0.03 mm)? Here are my numbers for your thin section pics so you and the other list members know which pic I'm referring to: 1--2--3 4--5--6 7--8--9 10--11--12 13 Now, #1 does look like an RP chondrule at first sight but if it is a radial pyroxene chondrule, the interference colours are too high. They should be first order, i.e., gray or grayish-white. Either the TS doesn't have the proper thickness or we are looking at something else: the high interference colors would speak in favour of a deformed (?) BO chondrule with slender bars. Chondrule #10: same problem! Provided the IF colours are correct, this is another BO chondrule. If it is an RP chondrule, the interference colours are wrong. My NWA 5730 has lots of metal-rimmed chondrules, FeNi is troilite-rimmed, porphyritic chondrules are abundant, numerous porphyritic chondrules harbor light-green translucent hypersthene crystals + a gray clayey-looking broken chondrule (d = 5.1 mm). I wonder if it is something carbonaceous or if it experienced some kind of silicate darkening. Best wishes from the owner of a 21.4 gr endcut that I got from Rob in 2011! Bernd __ 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] Mojave Crater: Source of Martian Meteorites?
Hi Ron and List, What an interesting little piece of synchronicity that Mojave crater on Mars is the source of meteorites found in the Mojave desert on Earth (Los Angeles 001 and 002). That's pretty cool. :) Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 3/11/14, Ron Baalke baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov wrote: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/Mojave-Crater-Source-of-Martian-Meteorites-249584481.html Mojave Crater: Source of Martian Meteorites? Where did the Martian meteorites called shergottites come from? A team of European researchers believe their launch pad was a fresh-looking 55-km-wide crater punched into ancient terrain about 3 million years ago. Imagine walking into a room full of geologists, plunking a box full of rocks on a table, and asking them to figure out where on Earth your samples came from. [Image] The Los Angeles meteorite, found in California's Mojave Desert, has proven to be a chunk of Mars known as a shergottite. The scale cube is 1 cm on a side. Copyright 2000 Ron Baalke. That's the challenge facing the researchers who study meteorites from the planet Mars. The count of Martian stones now totals about 150, representing 69 discrete falls on Earth. They're all igneous rocks and fall into three compositional clans known as shergottites, nakhlites, and chassignites - named for an archetype within each group. (There's one oddball, an ancient rock known as ALH 84001, that has gotten a lot of attention in past years.) The rocks themselves are old. However, they were blasted from the Martian surface in the geologically recent past, based on how long they were exposed to cosmic rays in space before reaching Earth: 11 million years ago for the nakhlites and chassignites, and just 1 to 5 million years ago for the shergottites. So where'd they come from? That question has dogged planetary geologists for decades. But they've now got powerful new tools - three heavily instrumented orbiters around Mars - to try to identify the interplanetary launch pads. Several researchers have suggested young-looking Martian craters as possibilities in the past. [Image] Mojave crater, 36 miles (58 km) across, is a fresh-looking crater on the ancient Xanthe Terra plain of Mars. NASA / JPL / Arizona State Univ. Now a trio led by Stephanie Werner (University of Oslo) has put forth a candidate site as the source of the shergottites. As the researchers note in the March 6th online edition of Science, the crater is surrounded by a broad apron of dusty, ejected material that bears few impact craters; this, together with other evidence, suggests to them that Mojave formed within the past 5 million years. Also, spectra obtained with the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter shows patches within the crater enriched in the minerals pyroxene and olivine, which are common in shergottite meteorites. But the case for Mojave as the source crater isn't ironclad. For starters, it's a big impact - 34 miles (55 km) across. Werner and her team admit that craters of this size should occur on Mars only once every 35 to 50 million years, so a geologically recent blast of that size is statistically unlikely. Moreover, the crater's rim and deposits have been crosscut by multiple sets of intersecting streambeds that end in broad fans of sediment - very reminiscent of landforms in the Mojave Desert of California and the Southwest. Geologists believe this sort of erosion occurred on Mars very early in its history - but not within the past 5 million years. Moreover, the craters flanks show several episodes of runoff; it apparently didn't happen all at once. Werner isn't concerned, though. It can be multiple stages even if it happened only five million years ago. It can be multiple stages even if it happened only five million years ago, she explains. Hydrothermal systems in such a crater can easily exist for a few hundred years, and also seasonal variations may produce several episodes. [Image] An oblique view of the rim of Mojave crater on Mars. NASA / JPL / Univ. of Arizona Another issue is that Mojave punched into some of the oldest rocks on Mars, a region called Xanthe Terra that dates at least 4.1 billion years ago. Further, Mojave lies at the confluence of two giant flood channels, Simud Vallis and Tiu Vallis. But most researchers consider the source rock for the shergottite meteorites to have solidified between 150 and 600 million years ago. Nakhlites and chassignites aren't dramatically older, probably 1.3 billion years. The consensus was (and still is) that the shergottites are young, comments Alfred McEwen (Arizona State University). Not
Re: [meteorite-list] Why isn\'t Mreira classified as a Fall?
Carl and Listers Carl I couldn't agree more with you and other people on here that brought up a good point that NWS are still kept secret where they have been found and documentation that backs up that its a fall. I hope this is a lesson learned and in the future people in the region start to be more transparent with documentation on the fall. But again, there have been falls in the USA were its be years before info is published, but I guess what they have for them is video cameras and a lot more eyewitness. I wonder if they set up sky cams in the NWA region how many more falls would be recovered :) Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633nyc/m.html http://meteoritefalls.com/ Re: [meteorite-list] Why isn't Mreira classified as a Fall? Carl Agee Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:08:23 -0700 a fireball was seen in the afternoon sky on December 16, 2012, several school children saw the fireball explode and detonations were heard near the village of Mehaires, Western Sahara. Pieces were recovered approximately 40 miles south of Mehaires, near Mreïra, Mauritania, only a few days after the event. This excerpt above is basically only the proof that it was a fall. The lesson here is that NWA documentation needs to be meticulous with identified individual eyewitnesses that corroborate with anything else like cameras etc. (e.g. Chelyabinsk). What didn't measure up in this case, was the anecdotal recovered fresh meteorites 40 miles from an event that only anonymous school children witnessed. Also, no documented strewn field was submitted (in situ photos etc.). I suppose this can be a problem when people want to keep the actual strewn field location a secret to keep out competing hunters? No such thing as too much documentation. Carl Agee * Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 Tel: (505) 750-7172 Fax: (505) 277-3577 Email: a...@unm.edu http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ __ 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] ADS - slick veiled offers and Donations for the List? (Question for Art)
Hi Listees (and especially dealers and collector/dealers) : Ruben raised a good point. How will Art decide what is an advertisement and what is not? It is not difficult to raise a discussion based around material that a certain dealer or dealers have for sale. Such posts are basically organic ads. They are not explicitly labeled as an advertisement, but they are a veiled offer with the hopes that someone will click the link and buy something. The example I give below is a strictly to illustrate my point. The piece in question is already sold. For example, I could start a discussion about Darwin Glass like this : Hi List, Has anyone ever seen a piece of Darwin Glass with a natural hole in it? Or how about LDG or Moldavite for that matter? I've seen a lot of variations of impact glass, but have never seen one with a natural hole in it. How rare is this and what process is responsible? Photo of the Holey Darwin Glass - http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/darwin-glass-tasmanian-impact-glass-w-natural-hole Best regards -- Let's face it, there are slick and intelligent people on this List (far smarter than I), and it's not difficult to squeeze an offer into a discussion post. Second point : we could have a fundraiser for the List and send the proceeds to Art. I would gladly participate in that and put up some specimens for the cause. Also, Art has a button on the Meteorite Central home page for donations. Does anyone actually click it and donate? Honestly, until Shawn Alan said something about it yesterday, I had forgotten that the homepage even existed. I get List emails to my inbox and rarely visit the homepage. I had not been there in years and couldn't even remember what it looked like. Question for Art - how much money would you need per month to offset the costs of maintaining the List? Maybe if we (Listees) knew what the damage was (your costs), then we could work to help pay that. I find the List to be a great resource for knowledge (torpid or not), and would do my small part to help. I post ads regularly, but I do not make a lot of money from the List. The vast majority of my sales come from my personal email client list, Facebook, Twitter, and organic visitors from the web (Google, etc). This List ranks third or fourth behind my email list and social media (FB, Twitter, Pinterest) in terms of how many sales I make. But, there are some bigger dealers who have specimens priced at thousands or tens of thousands of dollars and they make more money from this List in one sale than I might make in an entire year. IMO, those dealers should pony up the most. Best regards, MikeG PS - I have no problem with paying for ads. I am just curious about how this will work. And why dealers who make tens of thousands of dollars per year as a result of ads on this List will be paying the same fee as smaller dealers who make a few hundred dollars per year from these same ads. There seems to be a disparity here. I already send buyers and business to some larger dealers who are friends of mine and I gladly do it when potential buyers want large or special specimens that I do not have and cannot get easily. Am I now expected to subsidize their ads as well? -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 3/11/14, Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com wrote: It's free today...maybe not on April 1 On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Steve Witt stelo...@yahoo.com wrote: Greetings everyone, Is this free? :) I just posted quite a few nice specimens on ebay, Please have a look if you have a chance. I've listed: NWA 8007 - Beatiful OC L3.2 NWA 7987 - A nice inexpensive H4 NWA 7954 - 1 slice of a nice Monomict Eucrite NWA 7955 - Several slices listed of a gorgeous Polymict Diogenite NWA Likely paired to NWA 7325, (but I can't say it out loud 'cause I'm a member of the IMCA) NWA 7989 - One of the nicest shock melt Eucrites to come out of the desert in a while. NWA - a nice thumbprinted 3,370 gram unclassifed NWA. If nothing else the nicest chondritic paperweight you've ever seen at only 37 cents per gram. All auctions here: http://www.ebay.com/sch/anorthosite/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_ipg=_from= Finally I have two additional pieces of NWA 7989,one at72 grams and one at 450 grams that I'm very eager to sell. See here: Make an offer, I'm motivated. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/sets/72157638455819634/ Nice to see the List so active, hope to see it stay that way. Best to all! Regards, Steve Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://imca.cc/
[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - Buckhorn Lake (California), and NWA 8277 Lunar
Hi Bulletin Watchers, There are two new approvals worth mentioning. One is an OC from California and the other is a lunar from the NWA DCA. Buckhorn Lake - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=59501 NWA 8277 - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=59500 Best regards and Happy Huntings, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - __ 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
