[meteorite-list] Re: Spanish Meteorite?

Hello List, Walter Branch writes: I have an astronomy textbook (Voyages Through the Universe, Fraknoi, Morrison, and Wolf, 1997) in which a meteorite is reported to have struck a car and the driver. ... Did the curator verify the date, June, 1999? The really interesting question is this:

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Spanish Meteorite?

Hello Herbert, Yes, I saw the typo after the message was sent back to me. Those of you who are in any way familiar with the 1861-1865 US civil war know of General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea, from Atlanta (which he burned) to Savannah (where I live and he did not burn Savannah). Many

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Spanish Meteorite?

Walter Branch asked: The correct year for the meteorite fall is 1994. The reports in Sky Telescope said it turned out to be slag. I am currently in the office and unable to check the old volumes of ST, but I searched with Google and found this site:

Re: [meteorite-list] Spanish meteorite (the return)

Hmm.. again a newbie...member since June 12again..no feedback.. again an expensive rock. again from the desert.. woohoo.. even COD before you get to open it. wow... Hmm.. same person.. of Australian desert find.. or Southwest desert find? Oh well.. the prices has gone down. Rosie Rosie

[meteorite-list] re: spanish meteorite?

Hi Mike, Walter, Somewhere in the back of my mind, my memorie says I once read somewhere that this 'meteorite' was analyzed and turned out to be metal slag, and that there was a whole pile of this matter at the spot where it should have happened. But my memorie fails to retrieve where I

[meteorite-list] weird spanish meteorite/slag

Dear list there is a PhD thesis just finishing on this stone (Getafe) in Madrid museum. So we should have more news in the near future. If it is a meteorite it is an extremely weird one, the closest could be d'Orbigny (no chondrules, not magnetic, lot of large bubbles). The C14 data seems to

[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Portales Valley!

Hi all, Four years already. As the list has noted in recent days, this is a most beautiful and unusual meteorite. I was just checking out my metal rich interior slice. I love it, but also realizing I must move a nice crusted slice a bit higher up on my wish list. Best wishes, Charlie

[meteorite-list] SwRI Researchers Identify Asteroid Breakup Event In The Main Asteroid Belt

http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/15asteroid.htm SwRI researchers identify asteroid breakup event in the main asteroid belt Southwest Research Institute June 13, 2002 Boulder, Colorado -- A new study at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a recent asteroid breakup event in the

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Portales Valley!

Hello all, Anyone who maybe interested in a stone variety P.V. complete indv. of 200.50 grams contact me off list, as I have one to spare. Allen. -Original Message- From: Charlie Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:18 PM

[meteorite-list] Free Lectures: Comets, Asteroids and the Interplanetary Shooting Gallery

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[meteorite-list] Getafe

Herbert Raab wrote: The reports in Sky Telescope said it turned out to be slag. I am currently in the office and unable to check the old volumes of ST, but I searched with Google and found this site: http://tierra.rediris.es/merge/getafe.html Hello Walter, Herbert, and List, Here is the

[meteorite-list] faeton ... fantastic or foney ??????

Hi All. I'm a beginner to this list and collecting in general so forgive me if I'm missing something obvious but am I right to be very dubious about an advert such as this for faeton ? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2110753070 I've tried looking for info on this

[meteorite-list] He's A Rock Star (Pallasite Meteorite Found In Canada)

http://www.canoe.ca/LondonNews/lf.lf-06-13-0038.html He's a rock star When Londoner Carl Young stumbled on this 2.5-kilogram rock two years ago, he had no idea it was actually a rare pallasite meteorite that may be 4.5 billion years old. By NICOLE MACINTYRE The London Free Press (Canada)

[meteorite-list] Spanish Meteorite

Dear List: As many out there in list-land know, this fall referred to by Walter Branch was in June, 1994. A car (BMW) was struck by a rock and the driver slightly injured. I have the original newspaper article in Spanish. Subsequently there was a report in Sky Telescope. Somewhere it was

RE: [meteorite-list] diamond files

Hello! Thanks to everyone on the list who sent information on diamond files. I've been looking in the wrong places and this helps a lot! Frank Prochaska

[meteorite-list] eBay plug!

Hi, just to say that I have a few specimens for auction on eBay, a really nice NWA, 2 slices of Imilac complete with translucent olivine and a chunky ol' Brenham! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2112910999 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2112920113

[meteorite-list] Possible Two new Canadian Meteorites

I just had a bunch of rocks sent to me from the finder in Quebec Canada and two actually looks like they could be meteorites. They are very strongly magnetic like a campo. The first rock looks to have more potential of being a meteorite than the second one but the second one looks interesting

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Two new Canadian Meteorites

Dean... Don't tell Matteo...he will be wanting them...oops.. I think the first one is pretty. The second looks like it could be for what it is worth. I don't know too much since my meteorwrong collections seems to abound. But I have one that looks like a nantan.. but, is not magnetic at all.

[meteorite-list] New Canadian Meteorite!

NEWS! A third Canadian Pallasite has been found in Southampton. This is just 30km from where I live. 2500 gms individual was found in April 2001 by a 78 year old retired pipe fitter. This gentleman was strolling along the beach and came across this beauty. The meteorite was classified at

[meteorite-list] Possible Two new Canadian Meteorites

Hi Dean, They both look like iron to me -- the question is whether the iron is meteoritic or manmade. Have you tried etching it (assuming you have the means to)? If you have a Radio Shack in your area, just pick up some ferric chloride PC- board etchant. Red liquid comes in a little plastic

RE: [meteorite-list] Possible Two new Canadian Meteorites

Try a nickel test. If it comes back positive chances are you've got a keeper! Rhett Bourland www.asteroidmodels.com www.asteroidmodels.com/personal www.meteoritecollectors.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of dean bessey Sent: Thursday,

Re: [meteorite-list] New Canadian Meteorite!

PHOTOS, WE ALL WANT PHOTOS! Mike Farmer - Original Message - From: Tettenborn To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 3:27 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] New Canadian Meteorite! NEWS! A third Canadian Pallasite has been found in

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Two new Canadian Meteorites

Dear Dean, Rhett, List; Remember that there is one heck of a large nickel deposit located in Labrador, the Guardian Minerals or former interest that Robert Garnet located a number of years ago, How far your specimen came from that very rich nickel area could have something to do with its

Re: [meteorite-list] New Canadian Meteorite!

Nice picture in my local news paper. Will see if this is on line and let you know. Mike T. - Original Message - From: Michael Farmer To: Tettenborn ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Canadian

Re: [meteorite-list] New Canadian Meteorite!

Gimme, gimme, gimme! drool Tracy Latimer p.s. the pix would be nice too. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Hokey smokes, impacts all over Meteorites in Quebec?

Dear List; I looked over my Correlated History of Earth poster and under the known impacts of the world, I counted 9 in Quebec and a couple whoppers near buy (Sudbury whopper is 220, Duluth being another whopper though off a ways, is also huge at 200), her we go. Manicouagan 100 New Quebec

[meteorite-list] portales anyone????

So far only 1 person has come forward to let me know who has portales valley for sale. I'm looking for a 20 to 40 gran slice with rich metal veins. who has some??? let me know. steve arnold, chicago! __ Do

Re: [meteorite-list] portales anyone????

Steve, I was the first person to arrive in Portales after the fall, followed by Bob Haag about two hours later. I myself found one specimen, and purchased 18 individuals after the fall, and owned a total of ~16 kilos of Portales Valley. Every gram sold out so fast after the fall. Portales is one

[meteorite-list] can a meteorite destroy the earth?

can a meteorite to destroy the earth in a future or it is a fantasy ? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Catalog of Meteorites cd-rom program

Greeting,I was running the subject program under Windows 95 without problems. I am now running Windows XP and I get an error message "cannot find CTL30.DLL". Anyone know a fix? Bill Russell

[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Portales Valley!

I want to share my joy of Portales, and wish it happy birthday today. I can't believe that it has already been 5 years since the fall. I remember every part of my month in Portales like it was yesterday. All those days of hunting in 110 to 115 degree temps, dead cows everywhere, people

Re: [meteorite-list] can a meteorite destroy the earth?

Dear All; Mmm.maybe tomorrow we find earth-killeror it find us first! Df fede helle wrote: can a meteorite to destroy the earth in a future or it is a fantasy ? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup

Re: [meteorite-list] Catalog of Meteorites cd-rom program

Hmm.. look under tools on your toolbar.. and where it says Windows updates, go to it and let it scan and see what you need to download.. Or.. you can go to Cnet.com and download Bigfix or Tucows and let them have a go at it. Rosie - Original Message - From: William

[meteorite-list] Ad: Portales Valley for Sale

Hello List, Please forgive this shameless plug, but with all the posts asking about the availability of metal-rich Portales Valley, I feel I must jump in. I have several pieces of metal-rich PV, ranging from ~1g all the way up to ~7,500g as pieces, part-slices, whole slices, and

Re: [meteorite-list] portales anyone????

Hello all I have 2 slices for sale in my site, all 2 with nice metal veins, and one 16.6 gr. with fusion crust. Regards Matteo --- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve, I was the first person to arrive in Portales after the fall, followed by Bob Haag about two hours later. I myself

[meteorite-list] Vacation, Smithsonian and Pictures

Hello everybody, A few weeks ago I took some vacation time and went to Washington DC. Of course I spent a lot of time there exploring the many Smithsonian Museums, and their tremendous Meteorite Collection, but I was also lucky enough to be invited to go behind the scene. I took a bunch of

Re: [meteorite-list] Vacation, Smithsonian and Pictures

Very nice Anne, thanks, I plan to do the same with Vienna photos next week. I love the Smithsonian collection, I hope everyone gets a chance to visit it sometime. Bob Haag and I visited on the way to Burkina Faso. Mike Farmer - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Vacation, Smithsonian and Pictures

Hello all For who come in Ensisheim or S.Marie shows I remember Venice is few hours from this shows - at 5 hours of car - the past year I have know Ivan, this year I know another my friend...For who want in the 29 June I go to the Modena Uni. and is possible see the main mass of Albareto.