Re: [meteorite-list] Notice to eBay Meteorite Sellers
Most of the problems with eBay started to show up when they expanded into China which was the number one producer of fake meteorites at that time. The market then become flooded with Chinese-made Wal-Mart type goods. I cannot enter a Wal-Mart without becoming sick since many of the products are still degassing noxious vapors fresh from China. You can smell all of the Pleather (plastic leather) and Naugahyde products the second you enter the store. It seems eBay has become a fulfillment house instead of a place where collectors can gather to make pleasant exchanges. These days, many of the good products are drowned out by the sheer number of bad. I had a vehicle floor jack collapse after I heard a shh noise and detected the odor of rotten fish. It was fortunate that I use safety jack stands or I would have been crushed after a single use. I examined the brand-new floor jack and was appalled to see the Made in China sticker proudly hidden in a place most consumers would never look. Apparently, they ran out machine oil and decided to use some stale fish oil instead during manufacturing thus the fish oil leak. How about dog food with sawdust filler, a pillow stuffed with flammable recycled newspaper or my favorite, genuine fake prescription health products? At least a politician here in Nevada may now understand the importance of quality when he nearly lost an eye after a rubber band snapped on his exercise equipment! It is too bad that eBay has lost touch with the importance of a quality experience. Are they really protecting the buyer by allowing inferior and sometimes dangerous products into their forum? Adam - Original Message - From: almitt2--- via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Notice to eBay Meteorite Sellers Greetings, About time that eBay was humbled a bit. Every time I get on to sell I find that things are even more restrictive than the last time I sold. While the buyers should be protective from fraud, so should the sellers. As was said, eBay use to be about a market place for sellers to sell and buyer to buy in a safe environment. It is certainly one sided for the buyers now. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Crowdfunding meteorite searching in the Nullarbor Plain
Here is an article about Australian researchers who no longer can get government funding, and so are turning to crowdfunding to support their expeditions. They claim to have found more than 20% of Australia's recorded meteorites. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-03/meteorite-hunting-scientists-inundated-with-public-support/6269762 My wife Tina and I visited the coastal part of the Nullarbor Plain in the winter of 2010. It is a limestone surface which was a sea bed roughly 12 million years old, according to the middle Miocene description at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain At the southern edge, the plain is eroded by the ocean and there is about a 174km stretch of completely unbroken cliffs. Our photos are here: http://www.firstpr.com.au/show-and-tell/nullarbor/ - Robin __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] John schooler contact
John Schooler, my emails keep bouncing from you from all my email addresses. Michael Farmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] LUCERNE DRY LAKE crosshair target
On 3/3/2015 9:48 PM, Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list wrote: Ok. someone on here must know the history of the Huge Target crosshairs looking feature on the west side of Lucerne Dry Lake Cambria road runs West off of 247 and almost runs into it. What is it? Art? Paleo art? Modern geo manipulation art or what? Any body who knows please share. According to this guy it was for bombing practice during WWII: http://www.adventureduo.com/2009/05/lucerne-valley-exploration.html -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New Mexico skyhound.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ad - Bruderheim individuals with full chain of custody
Hello All As our friends in Bruderheim, AB, Canada start to wake up and prepare for the Bruderheim Meteorite 55th Anniversary Event http://www.bruderheim.ca/ which is the first such event in light of the new town symbol being a meteorite... I would like to offer the exceedingly rare opportunity to acquire an individual from Canada's second largest fall with provenance traceable to the finder. I picked up three stones at the Tucson Show and one sold before I could traverse the parking lot back to my car leaving me with two. Prior to these I have seen two others for sale in the last 20 years. Mike Bandli and myself acquired two stones for our efforts in Grimsby in 2009 and he sold his making for 3 complete stones that I know of ever being available. The buyer in Tucson took custody of his, regarded it for a moment and said so this is what a hen's tooth looks like. The finder is footnoted in almost every publication on the subject. First come, first served. Please reply with your preferences http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/catalog/bruder.htm Rob Wesel Nakhla Dog Meteorites www.nakhladogmeteorites.com www.facebook.com/Nakhla.Dog.Meteorites www.facebook.com/Rob.Wesel __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 869 Contributed by: Michael Hofmann http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=03/04/2015 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Crowdfunding meteorite searching in the Nullarbor Plain
In “[meteorite-list] Crowdfunding meteorite searching in the Nullarbor Plain” on March 3, 2015, Robin Whittle wrote: “Here is an article about Australian researchers who no longer can get government funding, and so are turning to crowdfunding to support their expeditions. They claim to have found more than 20% of Australia's recorded meteorites. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-03/meteorite-hunting-scientists-inundated-with-public-support/6269762 “ Another article is “Crowd-funding and meteorite hunting – a success story!” at http://oncirculation.com/2015/03/03/crowd-funding-and-meteorite-hunting-a-success-story/ Robin continued; “My wife Tina and I visited the coastal part of the Nullarbor Plain in the winter of 2010. It is a limestone surface which was a sea bed roughly 12 million years old, according to the middle Miocene description at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain “ A PDF file that summarizes the geology of the Nullarbor Plain is: Webb, J., 2002, Nullarbor Field Trip Excursion Guide.10th Australia and New Zealand Geomorphology Group Conference September- October 2002, Department of Earth Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086 http://www.anzgg.org/scanned-publications http://www.anzgg.org/ANZGG%2010%202002%20Nullarbor%20fieldtrip.pdf The limestone deposits underlying the Nullarbor Plain represent four periods of innudation. The first was in middle-late Eocene. At this time, almost the entire Nullarbor Plain was covered by relatively quiet, shallow, and cool marine waters in which up to 300 meters of limestone (Wilson Bluff Limestone) accumulated. In the early Oligocene, the marine waters completely retreated and later return during the late Oligocene. Between late Oligocene to early Miocene, about 100 meters of Abrakurrie Limestone accumulated. Then marine waters briefly retreated and exposed the Nullarbor Plain again at the end of the early Miocene. Later during both the early Miocene and middle Miocene, the Nullarbor Plain was twice innudated and less than 20 meters of Nullarbor Limestone accumulated over much of the Nullarbor Plain. The marine waters finally retreated about 14 million years ago and the Nullarbor Plain has been high, dry, and accumulating meteorites for the past 14 million years. Go see: Drexel, J. F., and W. V. Preiss, eds., 1995, The geology of South Australia. Volume 2, The Phanerozoic: Geological Survey of South Australia Bulletin. vol. 54, 347 p. Yours, Paul H. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: ROCKS ON FIRE Website Redesign
Hello dear friends and meteorite enthusiasts, we like to let you know that we have redesigned and modernized our website www.rocksonfire.com It is meant to do the surfing and purchasing easier and will also calculate the appropriate postage at check-out and also has a straight currency change button for US Dollars and Aussie Dollars for your convenience. We hope that this new site will be an improvement. However, we are aware that it will need a bit of time to clean out little hick-ups and to bring the site to a compatible state. At this stage most of the content is copy-pasted from the old to the new site, and quite a few items still need to be transferred and new stock listed. So, please be patient with us. We invite you to have a browse. Your critical comments will be highly appreciated. Thanks for taking your time to have a look, and be assured that we are determined to do our best to satisfy your expectations as we have tried this for the last thirteen plus years. Best regards from Down-Under, Norbert Heike Kammel c/o. ROCKS ON FIRE www.rocksonfire.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] LUCERNE DRY LAKE crosshair target
Ok. someone on here must know the history of the Huge Target crosshairs looking feature on the west side of Lucerne Dry Lake Cambria road runs West off of 247 and almost runs into it. What is it? Art? Paleo art? Modern geo manipulation art or what? Any body who knows please share. -Paul G __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] AD: ROCKS ON FIRE Website Redesign
G'Day Norbert and Heike Well done. Really like the new look. Cheers Johnno On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Norbert Kammel - Rocks on Fire via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Hello dear friends and meteorite enthusiasts, we like to let you know that we have redesigned and modernized our website www.rocksonfire.com It is meant to do the surfing and purchasing easier and will also calculate the appropriate postage at check-out and also has a straight currency change button for US Dollars and Aussie Dollars for your convenience. We hope that this new site will be an improvement. However, we are aware that it will need a bit of time to clean out little hick-ups and to bring the site to a compatible state. At this stage most of the content is copy-pasted from the old to the new site, and quite a few items still need to be transferred and new stock listed. So, please be patient with us. We invite you to have a browse. Your critical comments will be highly appreciated. Thanks for taking your time to have a look, and be assured that we are determined to do our best to satisfy your expectations as we have tried this for the last thirteen plus years. Best regards from Down-Under, Norbert Heike Kammel c/o. ROCKS ON FIRE www.rocksonfire.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Notice to eBay Meteorite Sellers
Greetings, About time that eBay was humbled a bit. Every time I get on to sell I find that things are even more restrictive than the last time I sold. While the buyers should be protective from fraud, so should the sellers. As was said, eBay use to be about a market place for sellers to sell and buyer to buy in a safe environment. It is certainly one sided for the buyers now. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Notice to eBay Meteorite Sellers
Greetings, About time that eBay was humbled a bit. Every time I get on to sell I find that things are even more restrictive than the last time I sold. While the buyers should be protective from fraud, so should the sellers. As was said, eBay use to be about a market place for sellers to sell and buyer to buy in a safe environment. It is certainly one sided for the buyers now. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Crowdfunding meteorite searching in the Nullarbor Plain
Thanks for sharing those links Robin...really enjoyed your photos and write up...brought back many memories of Australia. Graham On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Robin Whittle via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Here is an article about Australian researchers who no longer can get government funding, and so are turning to crowdfunding to support their expeditions. They claim to have found more than 20% of Australia's recorded meteorites. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-03/meteorite-hunting-scientists-inundated-with-public-support/6269762 My wife Tina and I visited the coastal part of the Nullarbor Plain in the winter of 2010. It is a limestone surface which was a sea bed roughly 12 million years old, according to the middle Miocene description at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain At the southern edge, the plain is eroded by the ocean and there is about a 174km stretch of completely unbroken cliffs. Our photos are here: http://www.firstpr.com.au/show-and-tell/nullarbor/ - Robin __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
