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2002-09-05 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi all. Last week when I put up my cumberland falls for trade, I forgot to mention what size piece of estherville I was looking for. I'm looking for a piece around a 50 gram slice. = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 The Midwest Meteorite Collector! Website url

[meteorite-list] organics in meteorites

2002-09-05 Thread Alan Rubin
It is fascinating to see the newpaper article posted by Mark Bostick on organic life in meteorites. For those of you who may be interested, I wrote about Hahn and Weinland in Chapter 17 of my new book, Disturbing the Solar System. Weinland was a zoologist and he named a species of coral he

[meteorite-list] Bessy comment

2002-09-05 Thread Radosevich, Dave
A couple of weeks back, Dean offered a new NWA known as the "BL" series. I normally dont buy NWA's for reasons we have shared on this list. I was reluctant and based on the photos, I was skeptical. I asked Dean about a few of them and ended up getting my LAST choice because of the flurry of

[meteorite-list] Bessey comment

2002-09-05 Thread Bernd Pauli HD
An enthusiastic Dave wrote: If this is the worst of the bunch then the other 39 folks got really really nice specimens. My BL15 is way better than the photo. Mine has it all. It's oriented and shows flow lines, rollover edge, and plenty of thumb prints. A personal thanks to Dean Bessey for

[meteorite-list] 1937 Newspaper Article, Canada Meteorite + Moon Craters

2002-09-05 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: La Porte City Progress Location: La Porte City, IA Date: Thursday, August 26 1937 Page: 4? (Meteorite on Ice story also ran in the Lime Spring Herald (Lime Springs, IA) the same day.) Meteorite on Ice Served to Smithsonian Institution Washington. - A stone from the sky, found

[meteorite-list] Denver show

2002-09-05 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, We are going to the Denver show and hope to meet a few of you that we have not met in person yet. My brother, Greg, and I willbe helping Blaine Reed and therefor will spend a lot of time in his room at the Holiday Inn ( Rm #224 ). Blaine will be offering meteorites

[meteorite-list] 1937 Newspaper Article, Canada Meteorit

2002-09-05 Thread Bernd Pauli HD
Mark wrote: Washington. - A stone from the sky, found on the ice near Great Bear Lake in northern Canada, has been added to the Smithsonian Institution collection of meteorites. An Indian picked it up, wondering at its peculiar form and the fact that it was lying there on top of the ice,

[meteorite-list] 1937 Newspaper Article, Describing Two Canadian Meteorites?

2002-09-05 Thread Mark Fox
Sept. 5, 2002 Greetings Mr. Mark Bostick, Bernd, and Fellow Meteorite Enthusiasts! I too would like to thank Mark for his arduous efforts in gleaning those meteoritic newspaper articles! A cross between a chore and a some entertaining detective work, I am sure! Nevertheless, I am a bit

Re: [meteorite-list] Bessey comment

2002-09-05 Thread John Divelbiss
Bernd, Dave and list, I concur with the comments to date. But I thought it really wasn't meteorite until the council says it is? For now it is just a rock, right. My gut tells me that science as a whole is missing the boat with the NWA's...someday the negative positions taken during these times

[meteorite-list] Help A Brother Out- Wednesday 9/4

2002-09-05 Thread Robert Verish
For those of you that are having difficulty getting to Rob's images on his Yahoo site, try using this URL: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/robandcolleen11197/lst?.dir=/HELP+A+BROTHER+OUT.srcph.view For various reasons, such as you can only read text email, or you can't read posts that are in html,

[meteorite-list] Newspaper Articles in General

2002-09-05 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Bernd and list, Thanks for your kind comments Bernd and others. I find the articles very interesting myself and have invested much more time and money then I probley should, but have been quite successful so for the moment I will keep it up. I hired a research assistant from the local

Re: [meteorite-list] Bessey comment

2002-09-05 Thread meteorite1.com
John Divelbiss wrote: I read an article written in May by fellow list member Norbert Classen thatdiscusses this issue from another field collectors point of view. I totallyagree and hope others will come forward to help this situation out. The linkis

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2002-09-05 Thread SSachs9056
Steve Arnold wrote: Last week when I put cumberland falls for trade. Actually Steve, you posted this week, Monday, 09/02/02. Steven L. Sachs IMCA #9210 ---BeginMessage--- Hi all. Last week when I put up my cumberland falls for trade, I forgot to mention what size piece of estherville I

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Times - Oriented Irons

2002-09-05 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, I just got a chance to look at Jim Tobin's article on oriented irons at Meteorite Times (www.meteoritetimes.com). For those new to meteorites in general and oriented meteorites in particular, I would highly recommend reading this article and examining the pictures Jim has

[meteorite-list] Gonna do a little thieving

2002-09-05 Thread Rob Wesel
Hello all- I am writing to ask for the use of your websites for the Help A Brother Out thread. There are so many auctions to run with the leftovers that I have no time to research each specimen and write a description. I personally asked permisssion from David Weir and ROb Elliot as I

[meteorite-list] Help A Brother Out - Thursday 9/5

2002-09-05 Thread Rob Wesel
Scroll to the bottome for today's listings Hello all- I have been asked by one of our list members to assist in the sale of his meteorite collection as his son has taken ill. He is self employed and many of you out there know how lousy private insurance can be. This is not a sale