[meteorite-list] NWA 1685 BL

2003-02-10 Thread Peter Marmet
Hi list and Mike T. on Dean Besseys (meteoriteshop.com) salespage you can read: NWA 1685(BL): Paired stones are in the process of being classified. There is a bit of metal but indications are that it will be an LL5 or LL6. But they are leaning toward an L5 also. So - Dean should know! Peter

[meteorite-list] Thanks 4 Tucson 2003 photos!

2003-02-10 Thread Peter Marmet
Hi Mark and list, for me poor guy who didn't make it to Tucson the TUCSON 2003 photos are just great fun to see!!! Many thanks Mark (and to the others who will post Tucson photos)!!! Peter, Bern, Switzerland __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] A Metallic Asteroid May Have Coincided WithThe Fall Of Rome

2003-02-10 Thread rochette
Dear Sterling thanks for your in depth historical discussion. I agree that the historical record is not so plain, and that the epoch was not the one of Plinius or Ciceron. However as we talk about St Augustine, if he was writing after the impact(I did not check the dates, anyhow the dating of the

[meteorite-list] Prices Realized

2003-02-10 Thread SW YANT
Hello list, I sure wish that I could have made itto Tucson this year, But work kept me here. I want to thank Mark Bostick for posting the pictures, They are great. Does anyone have the prices realized from Michael Blood's and Daryll Pitt's auction, If someone could post them that would

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Education (or the lack of)

2003-02-10 Thread STUARTATK
Hi all, Just thought I'd share a funny / rather disturbing meteorite-related experience I had on Friday afternoon. I went to another school here in the north of England, to give an astronomy presentation to a hall full of 90 kids aged 5 - 9... rather a heavy heart after recent events obviously,

[meteorite-list] Hupe's Mystery Meteorite Contest II

2003-02-10 Thread fcressy
Hello all, Wondering if anyone who was at Michael Blood's auction can remember what the actual classifications were of the meteorites in the Hupe contest? I believe the answers were to be announced there. . Inquiring mind want to know ;-) Thanks, Frank

[meteorite-list] Tucson 2003 Show Report

2003-02-10 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Tuscon 2003 Show Report By Mark Bostick I am always worried about flying with meteorites. My solution on going to Tucson this year was to pack very little meteorites. Buying is much more enjoyable then selling anyway. Leaving through Wichita, Kansas I had little worries. The last year or so has

[meteorite-list] Tucson 2003 Show Report

2003-02-10 Thread Bernd Pauli HD
Mark Bostick kindly reported: Tuscon 2003 Show Report I hope that gives those that did not attend a good idea on how the show went and activities. Thank you for sharing this in-depth show report with us !!! Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Hans Koser

2003-02-10 Thread PolandMET.com
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Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson 2003 Show Report

2003-02-10 Thread walter branch
Hi Mark, Thanks very much for the rather colorful report. I am jealous, particularly since I have not had the plesaure of ever meeting so many list members whom I have conversed with for so many years. Maybe next year (only if I get a new job)... -Walter

[meteorite-list] Tucson show!

2003-02-10 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I just got back from the Tucson show, Boy was it great! I met a lot of the Collectors I only have heard about. I bought 246 meteorites from thin sections to a 3050g oriented SA. I went to Blood's action and was yelling out the high bid on a nice meteorite when my wife shook me and

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson 2003 Show Report

2003-02-10 Thread SSachs9056
Hi Mark and List, Thanks for giving us a ringside seat to this years event! Someday I will have to get out there, if not to buy, then just to meet everyone. Again Mark...thanks for being our eyes and ears to this get-together. Steve Sachs (as if there weren't enough Steves) Near Chicago - IMCA