Re: [meteorite-list] What is this meteorwrong?

2016-04-11 Thread Robert Beauford via Meteorite-list
We have something very much like this in Arkansas, and similar giant spherical 
concretions are know from a number of other places around the globe as well.  
If the link below doesn't work, you can google the title.
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION 22

SPHERICAL BOULDERS IN NORTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS

by William D. Hanson and J. Michael Howard

http://www.geology.ar.gov/pdf/MP%2022%20Prim%20Boulders.pdf__

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[meteorite-list] 1996-2016 meteorite collectors / dealers

2015-12-29 Thread Robert Beauford via Meteorite-list
I think I started actively collecting around '97 or '98, but I'm not entirely 
sure anymore.  I started to really become passionately interested  in the 
science in around 2001.  At one time, I basically read the entire met list 
archive for want of other literature.  Killgore, Haag, Anne Black and a few 
others patiently helped me get started.  I started selling around the same 
time, and stopped selling, for most intents and purposes, a few years later.  I 
completely stopped participating in the list or larger meteorite community for 
more than 10 years because I got disgusted by infighting and animosity.  I only 
started again when Derek asked me to help edit the magazine a few years ago.  
Today, as for most of the preceding years, I just study and collect, though 
there are a tiny number of meteorites in my shop because I like occasionally 
getting to have a conversation about them.  These days, I mostly use meteorites 
for education and outreach, and concentrate my studies on craters.
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[meteorite-list] Should Calvin Crater be recognized as a confirmed Impact Crater?

2013-10-14 Thread Robert Beauford
After quite a bit of thought and research, I've demoted Calvin crater, on my 
impactcraters.us website, to an unconfirmed impact structure.  This contradicts 
the PASSC listing, and I think that the later should be considered the 
authoritative source.  Even so, I am responsible for building my listings 
according to the best reading of the literature that I can accomplish.  I'm 
posting this specifically to invite argument or disagreement with the decision 
- or agreement if appropriate.  I cannot find, anywhere in the literature, any 
reference to unambiguous or current widely accepted indicators of a 
hypervelocity impact event.  While the morphology is compelling (and this is, 
in fact, the guts of the past argument for Calvin), there are many structures 
with compelling morphology - and this is simply not a valid basis for inclusion 
with out further evidence.  The PASSC database does not typically include such 
structures.  A partial listing of the
 literature is present on the page, with links to most of the related papers.  
http://www.impactcraters.us/unconfirmed_impacts/calvin_michigan  I'd be 
grateful if folks pointed out other related literature or challenged/supported 
my thinking.  In short, I'd like a sanity check.  If it is more convenient to 
engage the discussion on the facebook group, feel free.  I will follow the 
question in both places.  I have cross-posted this question there: 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/432433606804823/
Thank you, and best regards, 
- Robert
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Re: [meteorite-list] Question about Impact Glass from Crooked Creek

2013-10-02 Thread Robert Beauford
I have encountered this material during field work.  I have a sample in a box 
here beside my desk, along with a thin section.  My sample was dominantly iron, 
with less glass and less bubbles, but looks pretty clearly to be the same 
thing.  I did some research on it a couple of years ago.  The metal portion has 
no nickel content, and the silicate (glassy) portion is complex in composition, 
inconsistent with melting of the local carbonates, chert, or quartz arenite 
sandstones that are found in the brecciated or uplifted Crooked Creek rock 
units.  I believe it to be slag from local mining of iron (about 100 years ago) 
within the crater and throughout the region.  The mined iron is not associated 
with the meteorite impact.  It was emplaced along faults in the region by 
mineralizing hydrothermal activity, tens of millions of years later, that 
occurred during the Ouachita Orogeny.  They also mined for barite and several 
other things along faults
 in and around there.  I found evidence for the timing and origin of 
mineralization associated with the mines recorded in some earlier work by a 
different author (I think it might have been Hendriks, 1954.)  I included more 
details in a published abstract, though I don't recall how much.  Sorry... it 
was disappointing for me as well.
Best regards,
Robert Beauford
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[meteorite-list] Feb 11, 2012, Qinhai province, Fall

2013-05-22 Thread Robert Beauford
The early reports on the Feb 11, 2012, fall from Qinghai province seemed to 
indicate that it should lead to an epic recovery, but I have not heard of a 
subsequent name, classification, or any large number of finds... was I just not 
paying attention at the right moment (entirely possible), or did nobody do any 
hunting in earnest after the snow melted in the spring?
Thanks, in advance, for any thoughts.
-Robert
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Re: [meteorite-list] Claims of Tunguska Meteorite Fragments ?Ridiculous, ?

2013-05-08 Thread Robert Beauford
I feel sorry for this guy.  Its kind of a scientist's worst nightmare.
--
Peer review.
Helping people avoid this kind of screw-up since 1665.
-or-
Writing an article: $ Hard
Peer Review: $ Scary and Time Consuming
Not being globally immortalized in the literature and popular press as the guy 
that made a stupid mistake: Priceless. 
 
-Robert
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Re: [meteorite-list] First Tunguska Meteorite Fragments

2013-05-02 Thread Robert Beauford
Bull pucky.
-Robert

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514511/first-tunguska-meteorite-fragments-discovered/

First Tunguska Meteorite Fragments Discovered
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[meteorite-list] I need a high quality thin section

2012-11-24 Thread Robert Beauford
All,
I need to have a single, high quality thin section made from a piece of 
Sutter's Mill, with minimum material loss, and with a reasonably short 
turn-around time.  Attempts to contact Mann (who I have heard is the best there 
has ever been) have failed, and I don't know who else to trust with an 
important research sample.  I would greatly appreciate suggestions or 
assistance.
Best regards,
Robert Beauford
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[meteorite-list] Statement from Derek Sears, Meteorite magazine

2012-07-13 Thread Robert Beauford

I hope it is clear to all MetServ readers that the letter purported to have 
been written by me and circulated on today's listserve is entirely a figment of 
Mr. Kichinka's imagination.

Mr. Kichinka submitted an article to METEORITE magazine that was accepted and 
prepared for publication.  On receipt of the proofs, Mr. Kichinka reacted 
strongly against the edits, which were routine corrections to grammar, 
insertions that he had failed to make (like figure captions), removal of 
material that in the Editor's view might upset certain readers, and the 
shortening of some ancillary text in the interests of space.  This was an 
extraordinarily long and expensive article to print.  The number of edits was 
actually very few, maybe 20, in an eight page article.  Realizing that this was 
not going to be resolved quickly, and that we would be dammed if we published 
and dammed if we didn't, I withdrew the article from the August issue and told 
Mr. Kichinka we would consider the matter before the November issue was 
prepared.  That is where the matter rests.

METEORITE magazine is seeing a major increase in the number of articles being 
submitted and is excited and grateful to the community for its support of the 
magazine.  Both the quality and the quantity of articles is going up.  We are 
considering a number of changes to take advantage of this, some have already 
been implemented (like glossy paper throughout and a more attractive covers), 
others will unfold in the next few months.  During this renaissance for the 
magazine, which will surely please everyone interested in meteorites, we 
recognize the need for author cooperation and appreciate the fact that in 
running METEORITE for the eight years since Joel Schiff handed the magazine 
over to us this is the first incident of an uncooperative author.

Derek Sears
NASA Ames Research Center,  MS 245-3,  Moffett Field,  Mountain View,  
California 94035
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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Classification Question - Instruments

2012-01-13 Thread Robert Beauford
As I recall, there are several people on the list that actively classify 
meteorites, so I'm hoping one of you will be patient with a question that may 
be profoundly ignorant.
I have access, in house, to a FEI Nova Nanolab 200 Dual-Beam Focused Ion Beam 
or a PHI VersaProbe XPS instrument, (along with SEM and TEM) but not to a 
working electron microprobe or, ironically, the equipment to make thin 
sections.  I am not very familiar with the XPS or ion beam instrument.  Can I 
get the necessary olivine composition ratio to achieve classification of a 
chondrite with the XPS probe or the ion beam or do I need to go somewhere and 
use a proper electron microprobe?  I would be truly grateful if any of you 
would take the time to advise.
Thanks so much,
-Robert  
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Re: [meteorite-list] What's going on in the background?

2012-01-09 Thread Robert Beauford
This begs for an x-ray.  
Like this:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15018174
-Robert
 
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 08:19:17 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
From: Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What's going on in the background?
To: Martin Altmann altm...@meteorite-martin.de,
    meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Message-ID:
    13977461.1326125957448.javamail.r...@mswamui-bichon.atl.sa.earthlink.net
    
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Hallo Martin,

What is even more interesting in the Raphael you posted is the absence of the 
Latin inscription on the captioning plaquet. I believe there was one and that, 
and this is just an assumption based on the position of the Church vis a vis 
things celestial and cosmic in the quatrocentro, that it was removed as being 
heretical. The crudeness of the technique of the over painting of the plaque 
belies any connection to the master. It very well could be that this is the 
first censored painting of a meteoritic event. 

Alles gut es,

Guido  


-Original Message-
From: Martin Altmann altm...@meteorite-martin.de
Sent: Jan 9, 2012 6:36 AM
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] What's going on in the background?

Oops!

http://www.wga.hu/art/r/raphael/5roma/1/07folig1.jpg


?
Martin

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[meteorite-list] Meteorite magazine - from the co-editor

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Beauford
Matthew and All,
Please allow me to clarify a couple of misunderstandings that cropped up in the 
responses to this morning's discussion on the meteorite list-serve before 
addressing your specific subject of communication.
-- Meteorite magazine and Meteorite Hunting and Collecting Magazine are not the 
same thing. --
Meteorite magazine, which can be found on the web at 
http://www.meteoritemag.org/  is not and has never been in any way associated 
with Meteorite Hunting and Collecting Magazine (MHCM), which can be found on 
the web at http://www.mhcmagazine.com/    I do not know the status of the MHCM 
publication.  We are not associated with the promised refunds that were 
mentioned or with any other obligations or commitments having to do with that 
publication.  I personally subscribed to it when it started, but have never met 
the people involved and have only read one issue.  Beyond that, I know nothing, 
but truly wish them the best.
Meteorite magazine, through which I currently serve the community as co-editor, 
has been around for 17 years, is published quarterly, and has no unfulfilled 
financial or publication obligations beyond any short term screw-ups of the 
sort that apparently happened with Matthew's subscription attempt about a week 
ago.
It is my great pleasure to serve the meteorite community through this 
publication, and I do so only because I value the publication, the subject, and 
what I feel the work contributes to each of you.  From start to finish, I 
consider each issue a team effort between the authors, the subscribers, the 
advertisers, and the publication/editorial team.  Without each part of this 
team, the magazine wouldn't happen.  Handling editorial and publication related 
tasks, which includes subscriptions as well as great deal more, requires the 
devotion of a tremendous amount of time to this publication.  Since the work is 
almost completely volunteer, we also spend a great deal of time supporting 
ourselves in order to make the time, energy and money that we put into this 
service possible, as well as persuing our own research interests.  As a result, 
a few days may occasionally pass between communications.  I think that most of 
our authors and subscribers
would vouch that we do a pretty good job of keeping on top of things and making 
it clear, through both our communications and actions, that we care.
Matthew, I am terribly sorry for the mix-up in regards your subscription, and I 
understand your frustration.  I have absolutely no doubt that we will be able 
to take care of it.  We are a 3-part team.  I primarily handle author 
communications and editorial.  Derek Sears handles layout, printer 
communications, and editorial.  Hazel Sears handles subscriptions, billing, and 
advertising.  I have already forwarded your concern to her, and I'm sure she 
will be able to take care of it with no problem.  You can always 
reach Hazel with any problems of this sort at met...@meteoritemag.org    You 
can reach me directly regarding content or proposed content at 
meted...@meteoritemag.org  Subscriptions can be purchased and all of our 
contact information can be found at the new website 
http://www.meteoritemag.org/   You can also reach me directly at my personal 
email address at robertbeauf...@rocketmail.com though it is probably better to 
use the
 magazine
email.
I wish you all the best, and I appreciate the opportunity to continue to be of 
service,
- Robert Beauford
co-editor, Meteorite magazine
meted...@meteoritemag.org

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[meteorite-list] Looking for Roger Warin and John Kashuba

2011-10-12 Thread Robert Beauford
My existing email addresses for Roger Warin and John Kashuba seem to have 
become non-functional.  
Does anyone know a new email address?
Thanks, Robert
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[meteorite-list] Annual Influx Rate and Average Velocity

2011-08-23 Thread Robert Beauford
I need a decent estimate of average annual meteorite influx rate (total mass at 
all scales per year) and I'm not sure who has done the best and most recent 
job.  
Can anyone suggest a source?
Also, does anyone have any idea whether anyone has worked out a meaningful 
average speed (from real data) for inbound objects?  
I suspect that everything from pebble size to large masses have one average 
velocity and that dust has a different average velocity.
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Robert Beauford
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[meteorite-list] August Issue of Meteorite Magazine is on the way

2011-08-17 Thread Robert Beauford
All,
The August issue of Meteorite Magazine is in the mail and should be arriving 
soon!  
Thank you to all of the advertisers, subscribers and writers that made it 
happen.
We hope you enjoy the issue.
-Robert Beauford, co-editor
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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine - New Lower Advertising Prices

2011-07-05 Thread Robert Beauford
I'd like to invite and encourage everyone to consider advertising in Meteorite 
Magazine if you haven't done so before, and to start advertising again if you 
have advertised with us in the past.  Advertising in Meteorite gives you great 
exposure, both on the web and in print, and is now available at a lower cost:
  Color Black and White 
  (Covers  Center)  (Inside pages) 
No. insertions 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 
Full page 550 440 390 350 140 110 100 90 
Half page 350 280 248 225 90 70 62 54 
Quarter page 200 160 142 128 50 40 36 32 
Eigth page 125 100 90 80 30 27 24 20 
Prices in US$ per insert
 
To learn more about advertising or subscribing in Meteorite, visit 
http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/
Also, be sure to visit our advertisers/sponsors listed on the magazine home 
page.
The magazine has been around for 17 years, and is the most successful magazine 
of its kind ever printed.
To contact us directly about placing an advertisement, please email Hazel at 
met...@uark.edu
 
Thank you all for your continued support,
Robert Beauford and Derek Sears  .
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[meteorite-list] impact crater?

2011-06-24 Thread Robert Beauford
Thought some of you might like this...
When I first saw the illustration from this article: 
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3051/pdf/fs2011-3051.pdf
on the top of the page at 
http://geology.com/news/
I thought, 'nice cross section... which unexposed crater made the news?'
I'd love to see some chip samples from near the center.
-Robert
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[meteorite-list] Impact Diamonds - Article Invitation

2011-06-22 Thread Robert Beauford
All,
From the saw blade ruining diamonds found within the Canyon Diablo iron to the 
over 70,000 estimated metric tonnes of microscopic diamonds created by 
the Ries impact, impact diamonds provide a fascinating introduction to the 
intense energies associated with impacts and to the high pressure alteration 
of minerals in both meteorites and impacted rock.
There is probably someone on the list with the necessary photos and with the 
expertise or interest to write a really interesting article on this subject, 
and I'd like to issue an invitation for them to do so.  If you write it, I'll 
publish it in Meteorite magazine.
Be sure to let me know if you choose to do this so that I can let anyone else 
know that it is already being done.
Thanks!
-Robert Beauford, co-editor
For subscriptions or back issues: http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/ 
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[meteorite-list] Classifying iron meteorites

2011-06-19 Thread Robert Beauford
What is the 'standard' instrument used for classifying iron meteorites by trace 
element composition and who is doing this kind of work today?
Thanks so much,
-Robert Beauford
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[meteorite-list] Rogue's gallery of meteorite fossil claims: article invitation

2011-06-17 Thread Robert Beauford
Looking at my treasured chunk of Orgueil just now, I got to wondering how many 
(and which) meteorites have had past claims of discoveries of fossils of 
bacteria, and how far back in time such claims go.  Orgueil is one of my 
favorite meteorite for its classification and scientific importance alone, but 
I have also really enjoyed the fascinating and almost certainly flawed recent 
story of its supposed fossils.  It occured to me that this would make a very 
interesting article if someone were to compile and briefly summarize the 
history of previous such 'discoveries.'  Though this list will be a historical 
rouges gallery of the disputed, impossible, and improbable, I think it would 
make a fun article that will be of interest to a significant number of 
collectors.  I can't imagine who would have the expertise to put this one 
together with relative ease, so I thought I would post the idea as an open 
invitation on the list.  The subject is way out of
 my area of expertise, but if anyone feels capable of tackling this bit of 
scientific history and current news in a sensitive and light hearted way, I'd 
love to publish it in Meteorite.
-Robert Beauford, co-editor
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[meteorite-list] Meteorite magazine August issue article welcome.

2011-06-02 Thread Robert Beauford
We would like to invite and welcome article submissions for the August and 
November issues of Meteorite magazine.  August articles should be in before the 
end of the first week in July if at all possible.  We need November articles 
before October 1st.  I'd like to express my sincere thanks to all of our 
supporters.  Without our subscribers, writers, and advertisers, the magazine 
wouldn't be possible.  As always, editorial and article correspondance may be 
addressed to meted...@uark.edu and subscription and advertising questions and 
orders may be addressed to met...@uark.edu 
All the best,
- Robert Beauford, co-editor
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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine Renewals and May Article Submissions

2011-01-29 Thread Robert Beauford
Dear Friends,
We have sent out subscription renewals, but have had a couple of notes from 
people commenting that they have not been received.  If you have not received 
your Meteorite Magazine subscription renewal notice, please let us know (off 
list).  The contact point for this is Hazel at met...@uark.edu  

On that note, I'd like to publicly thank Hazel Sears for all of the work that 
she is doing in accounting, subscriptions, and billing.  Please feel free to 
express your appreciation to her as well.  I think that she has been, by far, 
the hardest working member of the team during this transition, and the least 
recognized for her work.

If you would like to handle your subscription renewal directly, without needing 
to send a check, the online subscription renewal site that Hazel has been 
working on is now up and functioning, and can be found at:
http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/orders/orderform.asp

Regarding the May issue:
Please consider getting magazine article submissions in early.  We are going to 
try to get ahead of our deadlines on the May issue.  Article submissions may be 
sent to me at meted...@uark.edu or to Derek at dse...@uark.edu

Thank you all, ever so much, for your support of the magazine.
Sincerely,
Robert Beauford, co-editor, Meteorite Magazine
meted...@uark.edu


  
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[meteorite-list] Seeking Impact Materials

2011-01-18 Thread Robert Beauford
Dear friends,
I would like to put together an educational collection of impact materials.  I 
need examples of a variety of impactites.  I've got tektites and moldavite, but 
would like partial melts, highly shocked materials, breccias, suevites, and so 
on, with their crater of origin (and preferably location in relation to the 
crater).  I particularly need materials that will show microscopic shock 
alteration features in thin section.  I recently collected a quantity of really 
nice coherent samples of KT boundary material from the legendary outcrops near 
Trinidad, in Southern Colorado, and would be happy to send a provenanced piece 
of this, along with my sincere thanks, to anyone that is willing to send me 
nice, labeled materials that I can use.

Please reply off list, and I will supply my personal mailing address and get 
yours (if you are interested in the KT material in return).
Thank you, in advance, for your assistance.
-Robert Beauford


  
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Re: [meteorite-list] Seeking Impact Materials

2011-01-18 Thread Robert Beauford
Ted,
Yes.  It was no small process to collect the samples.  Weeks of research went 
in to preparing for the trip, and even at that I did not feel confident enough 
in what I initially collected along the highway to reliably call it KT boundary 
material, for exactly the reasons you point out,... though I did spend quite a 
while squatting precariously on a very uncomfortably steep slope over the cut 
above the access road.  I did finally locate the iconic layer in a good clear 
exposure outside nearby Cokedale, a location that has been decribed as one of 
the best in the world.  After collecting, I followed the exposure for a half 
mile or so down the railroad tracks there... a truly memorable walk.  If I 
didn't have hundreds of hours of experience tracing subtle difference in 
dolomite and slight variations in sand or silt content in limestone for miles 
through the valleys of the Ozarks, I don't know that I would have found it.
As it is, it was one of my more enjoyable outings.  
-Robert Beauford

--- On Wed, 1/19/11, Ted Bunch tbe...@cableone.net wrote:

 From: Ted Bunch tbe...@cableone.net
 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Seeking Impact Materials
 To: Robert Beauford robertbeauf...@rocketmail.com, 
 meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
 Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 2:20 AM
 You ask a lot - there are good
 impactites offered at the Tucson show and on
 the internet. If you collected in the Raton Pass/ S of
 Trinidad road cuts
 along the Interstate or outlier sites from the Interstate
 in the region, I
 hope you had a knowledgeable field guide with you. Most of
 these exposures
 are slumped over. If you collected elsewhere in the region
 at a clean
 site, the fireball layer is difficult to resolve even if
 you are a trained
 geologist and even then, it is a ball buster to recognize
 the K/T layer.
 Clay layer look-a likes are intercalated with thinly bedded
 carbonaceous
 shales and coal seams and this sequence is typically meters
 thick on either
 side of the boundary.
 
 Good luck,
 
 Ted Bunch
 
 
 
 On 1/18/11 5:42 PM, Robert Beauford robertbeauf...@rocketmail.com
 wrote:
 
  Dear friends,
  I would like to put together an educational collection
 of impact materials.  I
  need examples of a variety of impactites.  I've
 got tektites and moldavite,
  but would like partial melts, highly shocked
 materials, breccias, suevites,
  and so on, with their crater of origin (and preferably
 location in relation to
  the crater).  I particularly need materials that
 will show microscopic shock
  alteration features in thin section.  I recently
 collected a quantity of
  really nice coherent samples of KT boundary material
 from the legendary
  outcrops near Trinidad, in Southern Colorado, and
 would be happy to send a
  provenanced piece of this, along with my sincere
 thanks, to anyone that is
  willing to send me nice, labeled materials that I can
 use.
  
  Please reply off list, and I will supply my personal
 mailing address and get
  yours (if you are interested in the KT material in
 return).
  Thank you, in advance, for your assistance.
  -Robert Beauford
  
  
        
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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine Re: Business contact

2010-12-30 Thread Robert Beauford
Dear Friends,
I believe that Derek and Hazel have been taking a well earned Christams season 
holiday with family.  Its been a lot of work to pick up the magazine 
mid-stride, along with all of our regular work loads, but I'm confident we'll 
be able to take care of all of your subscription support and get the magazine 
out on time from here forward.  I really appreciate all of your patience and 
support during this transition.  It's hard to tell you much about August issue, 
since it was before we were involved, but we will do our best to get everyone 
taken care of.  

On another note, if you have new feature or article ideas that you would like 
to propose or contribute, please let us know.  This is magazine is created by 
the meteorite community for the meteorite community, and we are enthusiastic 
about having your input and contributions.  We are collecting May issue 
articles now, so let us know if there is something you would like to write. 

All the best to each of you, and I hope that you all have a wonderful New Years 
Eve.

Thanks!
-Robert Beauford
Contacts:
Robert Beauford or Derek Sears: 
meted...@uark.edu (articles, editorial, and so on)
Hazel Sears:
met...@uark.edu (subscriptions, advertising, and business)


 I have also tried to reach them.
 I sent several emails.
 I did not receive the Aug. issue.
 I have not heard from them.
 Griff
 Parker, Colorado
  
 
 I too have tried to ask about the state of my subscription
 and had not
 repliesanyone else having any luck?
 
 Graham
 
  Dear List:
  
  Has anyone tried to contact Hazel at METEORITE
 Magazine (see link below)?
  
  I have sent two emails to inquire about my
 subscription but have not received a reply.
  
  Anyone else try contacting her?
  
  Dave
  
 


  
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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine - November, vol 16, no 3 - Co-editor's Note

2010-12-15 Thread Robert Beauford
The November Meteorite Magazine issue should be in your mail boxes very soon if 
it has not already arrived.  You can expect it shortly.  I'm sorry for the 
delay.  We picked up production mid-stride, but put together what I think is a 
nice issue with great articles.  I deeply appreciate everyone who helped us to 
make this happen.  February should be back to arriving on time.  Someone 
mentioned not having gotten prior issues in their subscription.  The only one 
that should be late is November.  If you have had other subscription problems, 
these will involve issues prior to our presence.  Please let us know, either 
through the web site at meteoritemag.uark.edu, or by contacting Hazel directly 
at met...@uark.edu (Hazel can help you with business, back issues, or 
subscription questions.)
For articles, content questions, or article submissions, you can contact the 
editors, Derek Sears or myself, at meted...@uark.edu
Thank you all for your support of this great magazine.  It is an honor and a 
joy to be working with all of you to keep this magazine going and growing.
This is meant to be a magazine for the entire meteorite community, collectors, 
dealers, hunters, scholars, educators and everyone else, and we are happy to 
have your comments and participation.
Robert Beauford, co-editor


  
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[meteorite-list] November Meteorite Magazine Is On The Way

2010-12-01 Thread Robert Beauford
Friends and Subscribers,
The November issue of Meteorite is at the printer and will mail out within a 
week or so.
-Robert Beauford
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