[meteorite-list] AD: Ebay auctions
Hi all, For anyone interested, i have a few small specimens on ebay at the moment. See following links: 7g Chergach crusted slice (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250728607343ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT) 4.05g highly polished part slice of Markovka (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250728608778ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT) 9.29g slice of Thuathe (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250728608897ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT) 4.2g full crusted slice of Bassikounou (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250728609232ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT) 7.8g polished part slice of Hassayampa (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250728609793ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT) 20.9g slice of Al Haggounia 001 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250728601030ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT) Also a complete set of the Nestle cereal meteorite collectors cards (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250724974355ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT) Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Cheers Martin -- Martin Goff IMCA #3387 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] nano diamonds in Allende
Hello All, Thomasz works with Raman Spectroscopy and knows what he's talking about - if he says they're not 500nm in daimeter, I'd trust him. It's a topic I've been looking into for graduate studies and at the moment, Berkeley doesn't even have the capabilities for looking at such things because we need a SEM techincian...and our last one apparently just retired or quit. Regards, Jason 2010/11/19 Tomasz Jakubowski illae...@wp.pl: Hi m42protosun and Met List member, I am not sure that You catch a nanodiamonds. Usually they are wisible under HRTEM microscope (High Resolution TEM) and grains was separate under acid treatment. Nanodiamonds form chondrites (CC, OC) have 2 - 3 nm size. Here a exemple of separate Tagish Lake nanodiamonds powder and my results form Raman Spectroscopy: http://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/TagishLakeNanodiamonds# Also here is Daulton photo using a HRTEM of single grain form Allende : http://presolar.wustl.edu/work/tem.html All the best Tomek Jakubowski IMCA #2321 Dnia 20-11-2010 o godz. 1:11 m42protosun napisał(a): Hi list, with my new reflecting microscope I have now passed the 800 x mag. wall. The result is stunningly beautiful! Look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/inside_of_meteorites/5190930880/ m42protosun Sammle all Deine Mails in einem Postfach! Jetzt kostenlose E-Mail Adresse @t-online.de einrichten und alles auf einen Blick haben. http://www.t-online.de/email-umzug __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
Hi Abe, Thanks for posting your great story, and congrats on such a nice first find! And having your son there with you makes it all the better. In fact, about the only way to top THAT feeling is when YOU'RE watching him find HIS first one! I had the great joy of that at the Ash Creek fall. ( I also got to see my wife find her first one there, too. ) Good luck on future hunts, and here's hoping your son TOPS yours! Sincerely, Robert Woolard Sent from my iPhone On Nov 19, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net wrote: Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
[meteorite-list] meteorite crater on Mt. Ararat?
http://snipurl.com/1hm8yo ___ Technology Review,” a publication of MIT, published a story on Thurs., Nov. 18 titled “Unrecorded Meteorite Crater Found on Mount Ararat?” The article reveals that two physicists, Vahe Gurzadyan from the Yerevan Physics Institute in Armenia and Sverre Aarseth from the University of Cambridge in the UK, somehow gained access to the northern and western slopes of Mount Ararat—areas that are off-limits to visitors—and there discovered a “well-preserved” crater “at an altitude of 2100 meters, at coordinates 39˚ 47’ 30”N, 44˚ 14’ 40”E, and…some 70 meters across.”The physicists published their account on the online journal arXiv.org, titled “A Meteorite Crater on Mt. Ararat?”They propose that the crater was formed due to either volcanic activity or as a result of a meteorite crash.“Interestingly, the crater wasn’t their only discovery during their trip. Because the region is closed, it is virtually unexplored. Gurzadyan and Aarseth say they also stumbled across the remains of a 5th and 6th-century Armenian basilica that is unknown to experts,” notes the Review.. DG __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of Day - November 20, 2010
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[meteorite-list] AD Moss meteorite (CO3.6) for sale
Hello List members, I offer a nice Moss fragment on ebay. Be quick, just 4 days left. http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=110611459527 Pierre-Marie PELE www.meteor-center.com IMCA 3360 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Crater or Collapsed Lava Tube on Mt. Ararat ??
On Nov. 20, 2010 and in meteorite crater on Mt. Ararat? at http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2010-November/070933.html Don Giovanni posted; http://snipurl.com/1hm8yo Other web pages for this story are: 1. http://technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26039/ http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/files/48956/Ararat.png 2. Meteorite Crater on Mount Ararat? http://www.armenianweekly.com/2010/11/19/meteorite-crater-on-mount-ararat/ and wrote Technology Review, a publication of MIT, published a story on Thurs., Nov. 18 titled “Unrecorded Meteorite Crater Found on Mount Ararat?” The article reveals that two physicists, Vahe Gurzadyan from the Yerevan Physics Institute in Armenia and Sverre Aarseth from the University of Cambridge in the UK, somehow gained access to the northern and western slopes of Mount Ararat—areas that are off-limits to visitors—and there discovered a “well-preserved” crater “at an altitude of 2100 meters, at coordinates 39˚ 47’ 30”N, 44˚ 14’ 40”E, and…some 70 meters across.” It must have been a very slow newsday for Technology Review to have published what is essentially a nonstory. The two page article can be found in A meteorite crater on Mt. Ararat? by V. G. Gurzadyan and S. Aarseth (Submitted on 16 Nov 2010) in the arXiv.org archive. Summary at http://arxiv4.library.cornell.edu/abs/1011.3715 PDF file at http://arxiv4.library.cornell.edu/pdf/1011.3715v1 Looking at the picture, it does not even look like a convincing volcanic crater and certainly does not look anything like a convincing impact crater. One possibility which they do not address is that this depression is a collapsed lave tube. The roof collapse of lava tubes also creates circular depressions, which the picture in their article definitely looks like one. Some examples of collapsed lava tubes are: 1. The Desert Caves Project http://www.saudicaves.com/science/index.html http://www.saudicaves.com/science/hib.jpg 2. Lava tube listed only in Becka's rough guide of America (Utah) http://www.goatchurch.org.uk/atrips/usa/utah/utah.html http://www.goatchurch.org.uk/atrips/usa/utah/lavatube.jpg 3. Pisgah Lava Tubes http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ce5aa161-17aa-48a3-b1a1-89b72a9dff1f http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/2ef85cee-6cc7-4674-b8c7-10d867e3beb0.jpg http://www.geocaching.com/seek/gallery.aspx?guid=ce5aa161-17aa-48a3-b1a1-89b72a9dff1f 4. Collapsed Lava Tube, Craters of the Moon http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11599385 5. Volcanic ventures http://volcanicventures.wordpress.com/ http://volcanicventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/shellyp.jpg?w=497h=372 6. Martian caves http://dwarmstr.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html http://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/~dean/blog/mars-cave.jpg http://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/~dean/blog/mars-cave-floor.jpg Yours, Paul H. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] nano diamonds in Allende
Hello Jason, Thomasz and List. I accept your argument. If nano diamonds are only of 1-3 nano diameter this objects ar to large, Thank you for clearing. I've removed the picture. m42protosun -Original-Nachricht- Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] nano diamonds in Allende Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:36:48 +0100 From: Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com To: Tomasz Jakubowski illae...@wp.pl Cc: m42proto...@t-online.de, meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Hello All, Thomasz works with Raman Spectroscopy and knows what he's talking about - if he says they're not 500nm in daimeter, I'd trust him. It's a topic I've been looking into for graduate studies and at the moment, Berkeley doesn't even have the capabilities for looking at such things because we need a SEM techincian...and our last one apparently just retired or quit. Regards, Jason 2010/11/19 Tomasz Jakubowski illae...@wp.pl: Hi m42protosun and Met List member, I am not sure that You catch a nanodiamonds. Usually they are wisible under HRTEM microscope (High Resolution TEM) and grains was separate under acid treatment. Nanodiamonds form chondrites (CC, OC) have 2 - 3 nm size. Here a exemple of separate Tagish Lake nanodiamonds powder and my results form Raman Spectroscopy: http://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/TagishLakeNanodiamonds# Also here is Daulton photo using a HRTEM of single grain form Allende : http://presolar.wustl.edu/work/tem.html All the best Tomek Jakubowski IMCA #2321 Dnia 20-11-2010 o godz. 1:11 m42protosun napisał(a): Hi list, with my new reflecting microscope I have now passed the 800 x mag. wall. The result is stunningly beautiful! Look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/inside_of_meteorites/5190930880/ m42protosun Sammle all Deine Mails in einem Postfach! Jetzt kostenlose E-Mail Adresse @t-online.de einrichten und alles auf einen Blick haben. http://www.t-online.de/email-umzug __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Postfach fast voll? Jetzt kostenlos E-Mail Adresse @t-online.de sichern und endlich Platz f�r tausende Mails haben. http://www.t-online.de/email-kostenlos __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
Hi Sonny, I have been looking for the Discovery Channel episode you're talking about but haven't had luck finding it yet. Others have mentioned it too so it would be cool to see. Thanks for your encouragement and I hope to meet you sometime. You must have an amazing collection and a lot of interesting stories as well. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 10:27 PM To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, What you achieved many people only dream of. To find a meteorite on your own, with no help, a true cold find is awesome. And even better to have your son along for the exciting find! It's amazing how the Meteorite Men show inspired so many people. I remember how I watched a program about 10 years ago that inspired me. It featured Bob Haag and it was on the Discovery Channel. I imagine the Meteorite Men show will motivate many new hunters to get out in the field and start hunting. Perhaps even find a rare meteorite, an American Lunar? Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: wahlperry wahlpe...@aol.com; meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 1:29 pm Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Sonny,I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will beimpressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode thatyou were on, I was able to convince him to come along. He had heard me forover a year talking about wanting to go meteorite hunting but it was onlyafter that episode that he was excited about it. Because of certaincircumstances, he and I have not had the opportunity to take many father andson trips and so it meant a great deal to me when he decided to come. He isa typical cool kid (that age where friends come first) and if you knew him,you would think he's not the type to be interested. I was expecting him tobe kind of a spectator but to my surprise he was really into it.I marked the GPS and hope to get out there again in January if all goeswell. No telling how well I will do but will be sure to report back.Abe Guenther-Original Message-From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:45 PMTo: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-l...@meteoritecentral.comsubject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite HuntHi Abe,Great find. You need to go find the rest of them : )Sonny-Original Message-From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.netTo: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.comSent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:26 amSubject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite HuntHere is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew ourmagnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharpcavities and what we would soon
Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
Hi Mike, Thanks. Correction on the weight. It felt like 5 pounds but the actual weight is 2 pounds. Sorry I didn't put down the actual weight in my story after I got it home and weighed it. As soon as I get it classified, I will definitely let you know. Phil McCausland of the University of Western Ontario has offered to test it. He is one of the heads of the Centre for Planetary Science Exploration there. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of tett Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:13 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Does look like the real deal. Congratulations! Most people find small 10 gram to 50 gram pieces. ~5 lbs is amazing. Please let us know if it gets classified or at least guessed at by an expert. Cheers, Mike Tettenborn On 19/11/2010 6:26 PM, Guenther wrote: Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther
Re: [meteorite-list] [Possible Spam]Re: First Meteorite Hunt
Hi Steve, I would never have imagined that you would reply to my story. Thanks a lot. I am sure you have no idea what your show has done for adventure seekers. If anyone is at all like me, then they would have to be a bit brain dead to not be glued to the set when they see your discoveries on Meteorite Men. I don't know what it is about my desire for adventure and discovery but it may have to do with my upbringing. I am 11th out of 12 kids and had the privilege of spending my teen years in West Texas. There I remember countless hours hunting in the desert around the mesquite bushes for lizards and horny toads with my cousin. I never knew much if anything about meteorites back then but I remember the feelings of adventure being way out in the middle of nowhere. When I got older I still wanted that feeling but couldn't really see the thrill of lizard hunting anymore so I just chalked it up as memories. Now with meteorite hunting, I can see myself spending countless hours in the desert again. I like the feeling of being out there even if I don't find anything. Even the first few days when I didn't find anything, I never once got bored. Meteorite hunting brings out the little kid in me that never grew up. I can't understand how anyone could have anything bad to say about the Meteorite Men show. I wouldn't take it seriously though. I have been in my own business since I was 17 and have had to accept that there are always going to be jealous people. I didn't realize how unusual my story was until the responses. Thanks for considering my story for your show. I would be honored to let you share it if you decide to. If you do, let me know if you need anything from me. PS: I just told my son I got an email from you and he thought that was really cool. Best Regards, Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorh...@aol.com [mailto:meteorh...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:26 PM To: wahlpe...@aol.com; meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com; abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [Possible Spam]Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hello Abe, It is a story like yours that makes all the crap Geoff and I go through worth the while. Of course we love what we do, and it is an honor to share some of our experiences with those who care enough to invest an hour of their lives with us each Tuesday night. But if anyone checks the archives here they can see posts from a few people who love to spew negative comments about how bad Meteorite Men is for the field of hunting and collecting meteorites. As if Geoff and I give a crap what those kind of people think, it still is an amazing pleasure to see someone like you take a little seed of inspiration and see an expedition come together with such amazing results. Like Sonny, I too was inspired by THE Meteorite Man Bob Haag. Bob was (and in my book still is) the greatest ambassador the meteorite world has ever had. In all the years I have known Bob I can't once remember him ever saying a bad word about anyone, and to the contrary he was ALWAYS excited even when one of his, what some If I can grow up to be a fraction of the meteorite man he has been, I will know I have done something right. And in that same spirit of sharing one's great meteorite adventures, like Bob would always do, you have chosen to bring us along with you, instead of keeping it to yourself! If you don't mind Abe, I will pass your story onto our producers? Who knows if we will get a Third season of Meteorite Men, but if we do, maybe there would be a way your story could be shared in a future episode, I think that would be awesome. Congratulations to you and your son. Steve Arnold Of Meteorite Men Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:26:59 To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, What you achieved many people only dream of. To find a meteorite on your own, with no help, a true cold find is awesome. And even better to have your son along for the exciting find! It's amazing how the Meteorite Men show inspired so many people. I remember how I watched a program about 10 years ago that inspired me. It featured Bob Haag and it was on the Discovery Channel. I imagine the Meteorite Men show will motivate many new hunters to get out in the field and start hunting. Perhaps even find a rare meteorite, an American Lunar? Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: wahlperry wahlpe...@aol.com; meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 1:29 pm Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Sonny,I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will beimpressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode thatyou
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Hi Steve, I would be glad to trade you. Let me know how big of a piece you want and I will get it out to you. Email me the address and I will mail it next week. Thanks again. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorh...@aol.com [mailto:meteorh...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:37 PM To: Guenther; meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [Possible Spam]Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hey Abe, If you would be willing to trade a piece of your meteorite for a piece of one of ours, just let me know? Geoff and I found a cool meteorite in Chile the last time we were there, it would be awesome if we could trade for a little piece of yours to add to our collection. Congrats again. Steve Arnold Of Meteorite Men Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:26:07 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg.
Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
Hi Steve, I would be glad to trade you. Let me know how big of a piece you want and I will get it out to you. Email me the address and I will mail it next week. Thanks again. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorh...@aol.com [mailto:meteorh...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:37 PM To: Guenther; meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [Possible Spam]Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hey Abe, If you would be willing to trade a piece of your meteorite for a piece of one of ours, just let me know? Geoff and I found a cool meteorite in Chile the last time we were there, it would be awesome if we could trade for a little piece of yours to add to our collection. Congrats again. Steve Arnold Of Meteorite Men Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:26:07 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg.
Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
Hi Steve, I would never have imagined that you would reply to my story. Thanks a lot. I am sure you have no idea what your show has done for adventure seekers. If anyone is at all like me, then they would have to be a bit brain dead to not be glued to the set when they see your discoveries on Meteorite Men. I don't know what it is about my desire for adventure and discovery but it may have to do with my upbringing. I am 11th out of 12 kids and had the privilege of spending my teen years in West Texas. There I remember countless hours hunting in the desert around the mesquite bushes for lizards and horny toads with my cousin. I never knew much if anything about meteorites back then but I remember the feelings of adventure being way out in the middle of nowhere. When I got older I still wanted that feeling but couldn't really see the thrill of lizard hunting anymore so I just chalked it up as memories. Now with meteorite hunting, I can see myself spending countless hours in the desert again. I like the feeling of being out there even if I don't find anything. Even the first few days when I didn't find anything, I never once got bored. Meteorite hunting brings out the little kid in me that never grew up. I can't understand how anyone could have anything bad to say about the Meteorite Men show. I wouldn't take it seriously though. I have been in my own business since I was 17 and have had to accept that there are always going to be jealous people. I didn't realize how unusual my story was until the responses. Thanks for considering my story for your show. I would be honored to let you share it if you decide to. If you do, let me know if you need anything from me. PS: I just told my son I got an email from you and he thought that was really cool. Best Regards, Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorh...@aol.com [mailto:meteorh...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:26 PM To: wahlpe...@aol.com; meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com; abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [Possible Spam]Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hello Abe, It is a story like yours that makes all the crap Geoff and I go through worth the while. Of course we love what we do, and it is an honor to share some of our experiences with those who care enough to invest an hour of their lives with us each Tuesday night. But if anyone checks the archives here they can see posts from a few people who love to spew negative comments about how bad Meteorite Men is for the field of hunting and collecting meteorites. As if Geoff and I give a crap what those kind of people think, it still is an amazing pleasure to see someone like you take a little seed of inspiration and see an expedition come together with such amazing results. Like Sonny, I too was inspired by THE Meteorite Man Bob Haag. Bob was (and in my book still is) the greatest ambassador the meteorite world has ever had. In all the years I have known Bob I can't once remember him ever saying a bad word about anyone, and to the contrary he was ALWAYS excited even when one of his, what some If I can grow up to be a fraction of the meteorite man he has been, I will know I have done something right. And in that same spirit of sharing one's great meteorite adventures, like Bob would always do, you have chosen to bring us along with you, instead of keeping it to yourself! If you don't mind Abe, I will pass your story onto our producers? Who knows if we will get a Third season of Meteorite Men, but if we do, maybe there would be a way your story could be shared in a future episode, I think that would be awesome. Congratulations to you and your son. Steve Arnold Of Meteorite Men Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:26:59 To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, What you achieved many people only dream of. To find a meteorite on your own, with no help, a true cold find is awesome. And even better to have your son along for the exciting find! It's amazing how the Meteorite Men show inspired so many people. I remember how I watched a program about 10 years ago that inspired me. It featured Bob Haag and it was on the Discovery Channel. I imagine the Meteorite Men show will motivate many new hunters to get out in the field and start hunting. Perhaps even find a rare meteorite, an American Lunar? Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: wahlperry wahlpe...@aol.com; meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 1:29 pm Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Sonny,I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will beimpressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode thatyou
Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
You're welcome Svend, Those are interesting discoveries you've had also. You must know what you are looking for in that case! I can't wait to get to know at a glance the difference between a rock and a meteorite. After this find, I haven't had a lot of time in the wilderness again but I am sure this will have changed my attitude forever about what lies on the ground around me. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: Svend Buhl [mailto:i...@niger-meteorite-recon.de] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 11:49 AM To: Guenther Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Thats a great story Abe, thanks for sharing it with us on the list, much appreciaeted! As for the time of the find, yes, they always seem to appear when you least expect them to. I found as many meteorites while brushing my teeth and strolling around the camp, when collecting firewood, or when driving to the next well, as during systematic search. Always keep a watch out! Best regards from Germany Svend www.meteorite-recon.com - Original Message - From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: 'tett' t...@rogers.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Mike, Thanks. Correction on the weight. It felt like 5 pounds but the actual weight is 2 pounds. Sorry I didn't put down the actual weight in my story after I got it home and weighed it. As soon as I get it classified, I will definitely let you know. Phil McCausland of the University of Western Ontario has offered to test it. He is one of the heads of the Centre for Planetary Science Exploration there. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of tett Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:13 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Does look like the real deal. Congratulations! Most people find small 10 gram to 50 gram pieces. ~5 lbs is amazing. Please let us know if it gets classified or at least guessed at by an expert. Cheers, Mike Tettenborn On 19/11/2010 6:26 PM, Guenther wrote: Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I
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Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ABE What a great story of a first find! This is what it's all about! A new meteorite added to science, inspired by TV/Videos of meteorite hunting... AWESOME! Very exciting! Keep us updated on the classification. CONGRATS! Regards, Eric On 11/19/2010 3:26 PM, Guenther wrote: Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite casting.
Hi, When you find a new meteorite you suppose to send a sample to analysis. This means that you will need to cut it and you will loose its natural beautiful shape. Can you do a casting of the meteorite before you will cut it? What kind of materials should you use not to affect a meteorite's chemical components? Is it recommended or not to do a meteorite cast before a sample analysis? Does anybody have any experience in casting a meteorite? Best regards, Marcin. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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No way. Lubbock? I used to live in Seminole between Lubbock and Odessa. I still have sister that lives in Lubbock. Thanks for your response and I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Cogratulations on your find too. I can't wait to read about it when I get on my computer. Abe Guenther Sent from my iPhone On 2010-11-20, at 2:18 PM, Todd Smith lubb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Abe ! What a great story. I live in Lubbock, Tx and found the New Deal Meteorite this year : http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/index.php?sea=New+dealsfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=52094 I was just wondering what part of Texas you grew up in ? Congrats on a great find! Todd Smith On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net wrote: Hi Sonny, I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will be impressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode that you were on, I was able to convince him to come along. He had heard me for over a year talking about wanting to go meteorite hunting but it was only after that episode that he was excited about it. Because of certain circumstances, he and I have not had the opportunity to take many father and son trips and so it meant a great deal to me when he decided to come. He is a typical cool kid (that age where friends come first) and if you knew him, you would think he's not the type to be interested. I was expecting him to be kind of a spectator but to my surprise he was really into it. I marked the GPS and hope to get out there again in January if all goes well. No telling how well I will do but will be sure to report back. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:45 PM To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, Great find. You need to go find the rest of them : ) Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:26 am Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew ourmagnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharpcavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, thiswas a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a fewhours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive thetruck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen tolook to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stoppedand the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. Idon't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited
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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite casting.
Hello Marcin, well I have manufactured moulds and casts of some historically and scientifically important meteorites, like the three Neuschwanstein stones and one of the Jese- nice meteorites, for example. If you are interested to hear and learn more details, please let me know. Best regards Dieter Heinlein European Network of Fireball Photography and Meteorite Recovery - Original Message - From: spo...@poczta.onet.pl To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:11 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite casting. Hi, When you find a new meteorite you suppose to send a sample to analysis. This means that you will need to cut it and you will loose its natural beautiful shape. Can you do a casting of the meteorite before you will cut it? What kind of materials should you use not to affect a meteorite's chemical components? Is it recommended or not to do a meteorite cast before a sample analysis? Does anybody have any experience in casting a meteorite? Best regards, Marcin. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
You guys live in the Lubbock Supercluster area and are going out to the desert to find meteorites?! You should be able to walk out your front door and find meteorites! Dave --- On Sat, 11/20/10, Abe Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net wrote: From: Abe Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt To: Todd Smith lubb...@gmail.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 2:34 PM No way. Lubbock? I used to live in Seminole between Lubbock and Odessa. I still have sister that lives in Lubbock. Thanks for your response and I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Cogratulations on your find too. I can't wait to read about it when I get on my computer. Abe Guenther Sent from my iPhone On 2010-11-20, at 2:18 PM, Todd Smith lubb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Abe ! What a great story. I live in Lubbock, Tx and found the New Deal Meteorite this year : http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/index.php?sea=New+dealsfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=52094 I was just wondering what part of Texas you grew up in ? Congrats on a great find! Todd Smith On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net wrote: Hi Sonny, I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will be impressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode that you were on, I was able to convince him to come along. He had heard me for over a year talking about wanting to go meteorite hunting but it was only after that episode that he was excited about it. Because of certain circumstances, he and I have not had the opportunity to take many father and son trips and so it meant a great deal to me when he decided to come. He is a typical cool kid (that age where friends come first) and if you knew him, you would think he's not the type to be interested. I was expecting him to be kind of a spectator but to my surprise he was really into it. I marked the GPS and hope to get out there again in January if all goes well. No telling how well I will do but will be sure to report back. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:45 PM To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, Great find. You need to go find the rest of them : ) Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:26 am Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept
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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite casting.
Hello Marcin, Dieter, All, Four our irons, we use a foundry here in Los Angeles that produces fine bronze and iron replicas, weighed if desired. If you'd like their contact information, I can forward it to you. Regards, Jason On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:11 AM, spo...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, When you find a new meteorite you suppose to send a sample to analysis. This means that you will need to cut it and you will loose its natural beautiful shape. Can you do a casting of the meteorite before you will cut it? What kind of materials should you use not to affect a meteorite's chemical components? Is it recommended or not to do a meteorite cast before a sample analysis? Does anybody have any experience in casting a meteorite? Best regards, Marcin. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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I have to agree with that Yes, the replicas doen by that foundry are amazing. I can certainly vouch for that. My cast of the Burns meteorite is stunning, it looks just like the real meteorite, and it is almost as heavy! (sorry guys, not for sale.) Thank you Peter and Jason. Anne M. Black _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) _impact...@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com) Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc. _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) In a message dated 11/20/2010 4:28:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, meteorite...@gmail.com writes: Hello Marcin, Dieter, All, Four our irons, we use a foundry here in Los Angeles that produces fine bronze and iron replicas, weighed if desired. If you'd like their contact information, I can forward it to you. Regards, Jason On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:11 AM, spo...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, When you find a new meteorite you suppose to send a sample to analysis. This means that you will need to cut it and you will loose its natural beautiful shape. Can you do a casting of the meteorite before you will cut it? What kind of materials should you use not to affect a meteorite's chemical components? Is it recommended or not to do a meteorite cast before a sample analysis? Does anybody have any experience in casting a meteorite? Best regards, Marcin. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite casting.
Does someone paint them as well? Todd On Nov 20, 2010, at 5:42 PM, impact...@aol.com wrote: I have to agree with that Yes, the replicas doen by that foundry are amazing. I can certainly vouch for that. My cast of the Burns meteorite is stunning, it looks just like the real meteorite, and it is almost as heavy! (sorry guys, not for sale.) Thank you Peter and Jason. Anne M. Black _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) _impact...@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com) Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc. _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) In a message dated 11/20/2010 4:28:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, meteorite...@gmail.com writes: Hello Marcin, Dieter, All, Four our irons, we use a foundry here in Los Angeles that produces fine bronze and iron replicas, weighed if desired. If you'd like their contact information, I can forward it to you. Regards, Jason On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:11 AM, spo...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, When you find a new meteorite you suppose to send a sample to analysis. This means that you will need to cut it and you will loose its natural beautiful shape. Can you do a casting of the meteorite before you will cut it? What kind of materials should you use not to affect a meteorite's chemical components? Is it recommended or not to do a meteorite cast before a sample analysis? Does anybody have any experience in casting a meteorite? Best regards, Marcin. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite casting.
Hello Todd, All, They color the casts with some sort of finish - I'm not sure exactly what it is, but you can choose a pre-set finish and they'll do that - or you can show them the original and ask them to do their best to match it. They got pretty good results with the few irons we've asked them to match - with Burns we asked for a little darker than the original (it was kind of dirty which made the iron look lighter) and the result was pretty stunning. Unfortunately I'm not at home, but Anne *might* (pretty please?) be willing to post a pic or two. It doesn't chip off like paint at any rate. Regards, Jason On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Todd lubb...@gmail.com wrote: Does someone paint them as well? Todd On Nov 20, 2010, at 5:42 PM, impact...@aol.com wrote: I have to agree with that Yes, the replicas doen by that foundry are amazing. I can certainly vouch for that. My cast of the Burns meteorite is stunning, it looks just like the real meteorite, and it is almost as heavy! (sorry guys, not for sale.) Thank you Peter and Jason. Anne M. Black _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) _impact...@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com) Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc. _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) In a message dated 11/20/2010 4:28:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, meteorite...@gmail.com writes: Hello Marcin, Dieter, All, Four our irons, we use a foundry here in Los Angeles that produces fine bronze and iron replicas, weighed if desired. If you'd like their contact information, I can forward it to you. Regards, Jason On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:11 AM, spo...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, When you find a new meteorite you suppose to send a sample to analysis. This means that you will need to cut it and you will loose its natural beautiful shape. Can you do a casting of the meteorite before you will cut it? What kind of materials should you use not to affect a meteorite's chemical components? Is it recommended or not to do a meteorite cast before a sample analysis? Does anybody have any experience in casting a meteorite? Best regards, Marcin. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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The local Syfy channel here (channel 122 Dish Network) must be having an Asteroid-Meteorite related marathon today. Just started is Impact from 2008... TC3??... about a 19km asteroid striking the moon, shooting massive amounts of meteoroids towards Earth that will hit in less 'than an hour' and than the moon striking Earth in 39 days. Surprised I didn't catch this two years ago, looking entertaining!! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Impact! - Syfy Channel
I remember this movie from when it was first shown. It is amazing how much bad science there is in it! Actually, it is not an ordinary asteroid that hits the Moon, but I do not want to give the plot away! Or the thrilling ending. Larry The local Syfy channel here (channel 122 Dish Network) must be having an Asteroid-Meteorite related marathon today. Just started is Impact from 2008... TC3??... about a 19km asteroid striking the moon, shooting massive amounts of meteoroids towards Earth that will hit in less 'than an hour' and than the moon striking Earth in 39 days. Surprised I didn't catch this two years ago, looking entertaining!! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite casting.
Well, If you insist Jason. In fact I did a bit of hunting and found the original picture and the page I posted on my site way back then. 3 years ago!!! Time flies. And here are two pictures: http://www.impactika.com/burns.jpg http://www.impactika.com/burns2.htm You can decide for yourself which one is the real meteorite and which one is the cast. And if you want to know more, here is the original page. http://www.impactika.com/burns.htm And if you really insist on it Jason or I might tell you the nickname it acquired during that Tucson show. Right Jason? Enjoy. Anne M. Black http://www.impactika.com/ impact...@aol President, I.M.C.A. Inc. http://www.imca.cc/ In a message dated 11/20/2010 5:03:42 PM Mountain Standard Time, meteorite...@gmail.com writes: Hello Todd, All, They color the casts with some sort of finish - I'm not sure exactly what it is, but you can choose a pre-set finish and they'll do that - or you can show them the original and ask them to do their best to match it. They got pretty good results with the few irons we've asked them to match - with Burns we asked for a little darker than the original (it was kind of dirty which made the iron look lighter) and the result was pretty stunning. Unfortunately I'm not at home, but Anne *might* (pretty please?) be willing to post a pic or two. It doesn't chip off like paint at any rate. Regards, Jason __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite casting.
Hiya, Would love the contact info, please. (Tinting is achieved by chemical patination.) Thanx and regards / darryl On Nov 20, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Jason Utas wrote: Hello Marcin, Dieter, All, Four our irons, we use a foundry here in Los Angeles that produces fine bronze and iron replicas, weighed if desired. If you'd like their contact information, I can forward it to you. Regards, Jason On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:11 AM, spo...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, When you find a new meteorite you suppose to send a sample to analysis. This means that you will need to cut it and you will loose its natural beautiful shape. Can you do a casting of the meteorite before you will cut it? What kind of materials should you use not to affect a meteorite's chemical components? Is it recommended or not to do a meteorite cast before a sample analysis? Does anybody have any experience in casting a meteorite? Best regards, Marcin. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite casting.
OOopps I have just been told that one link did not work, so let me try again. And here they are, corrected, below. In a message dated 11/20/2010 5:49:56 PM Mountain Standard Time, impact...@aol.com writes: Well, If you insist Jason. In fact I did a bit of hunting and found the original picture and the page I posted on my site way back then. 3 years ago!!! Time flies. And here are two pictures: _http://www.impactika.com/burns.jpg_ (http://www.impactika.com/burns.jpg) _http://www.impactika.com/burns2.jpg_ (http://www.impactika.com/burns2.jpg) You can decide for yourself which one is the real meteorite and which one is the cast. And if you want to know more, here is the original page. _http://www.impactika.com/burns.htm_ (http://www.impactika.com/burns.htm) Anne M. Black http://www.impactika.com/ impact...@aol.com President, I.M.C.A. Inc. http://www.imca.cc/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Impact! - Syfy Channel
Hi Larry, Actually, it is not an ordinary asteroid that hits the Moon, but I do not want to give the plot away! Or the thrilling ending. All I can say is the ending cracked me up! This movie was pretty fake...I didn't recognize any of the scientists or meteorite hunters!! ;-) Now...Do I watch the sequel, Post Impact or switch the channel to, Swamp People...Definitely Swamp People! :-) Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu To: Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Impact! - Syfy Channel I remember this movie from when it was first shown. It is amazing how much bad science there is in it! Actually, it is not an ordinary asteroid that hits the Moon, but I do not want to give the plot away! Or the thrilling ending. Larry The local Syfy channel here (channel 122 Dish Network) must be having an Asteroid-Meteorite related marathon today. Just started is Impact from 2008... TC3??... about a 19km asteroid striking the moon, shooting massive amounts of meteoroids towards Earth that will hit in less 'than an hour' and than the moon striking Earth in 39 days. Surprised I didn't catch this two years ago, looking entertaining!! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Impact! - Syfy Channel
Swamp People ROCK! Eric On 11/20/2010 8:03 PM, Greg Hupe wrote: Hi Larry, Actually, it is not an ordinary asteroid that hits the Moon, but I do not want to give the plot away! Or the thrilling ending. All I can say is the ending cracked me up! This movie was pretty fake...I didn't recognize any of the scientists or meteorite hunters!! ;-) Now...Do I watch the sequel, Post Impact or switch the channel to, Swamp People...Definitely Swamp People! :-) Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu To: Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Impact! - Syfy Channel I remember this movie from when it was first shown. It is amazing how much bad science there is in it! Actually, it is not an ordinary asteroid that hits the Moon, but I do not want to give the plot away! Or the thrilling ending. Larry The local Syfy channel here (channel 122 Dish Network) must be having an Asteroid-Meteorite related marathon today. Just started is Impact from 2008... TC3??... about a 19km asteroid striking the moon, shooting massive amounts of meteoroids towards Earth that will hit in less 'than an hour' and than the moon striking Earth in 39 days. Surprised I didn't catch this two years ago, looking entertaining!! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Barringer Meteor Crater
Going through some old slides I came across several I shot while exploring Arizona's Meteor Crater in 1973. I've heard that these days folks are not allowed to climb down into the crater but back then (I'm guessing before lawyers got involved) visitors were welcome to climb all over the thing so some of my shot were taken from the bottom looking up. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/MCAPR73.HTML patrick N Utah __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
