[meteorite-list] Slikensides ?

2003-02-20 Thread Michel Franco
Dear list I am looking for information about SLIKENSIDE formation. Does they come from a shock in the cosmos or do they form when landing on Earth ? Any detail will be appreciated. Thank's in advance. Best regards Michel FRANCO __ Meteorite-list

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2003-02-20 Thread Michel Franco
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Re: [meteorite-list] Slikensides ?

2003-02-20 Thread drtanuki
Dear Michel, Slickensides are formed whenever two tectonic plates or two beds are forced under great pressure against one another, often this is the case in mountain formation and in earthquakes of a large magnitude. I have several samples from around the world. It can also be observed in

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[meteorite-list] Question - Two recovered falls / same day

2003-02-20 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, I have a question perhaps one of you could helpme with. I am doing some research regarding a particular witnessed fall. I was wondering in the history of recovered falls if two different types ever fell on the same month day and year in two different locations?This may

[meteorite-list] NASA Solves Half-Century Old Moon Mystery

2003-02-20 Thread Ron Baalke
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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Everybody, I havent done a meteorite contest in a little while so, without further delay.. Meteorite Contest #8? The prize in this contest is a free Gao Guenie, 13.4g with 95% black crust. Smooth on all sides but one, almost an oriented shape. I am going to be doing a few school

RE: [meteorite-list] Question - Two recovered falls / same day

2003-02-20 Thread Ing. Christian ANGER
Hi Adam, hi list ! I think Selakopi and Glanggang is such a possible case. They fell both on September 26, 1939. it seems that they are not paired (metBase 5.0) The meteorite catalogue 5th edition says that Selakopi that it is distinct from Glanggang and no pairing is reported. Glanggang:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread Rosemary Hackney
Meteorites are coolbecause...you are holding a tiny piece of another part of the universe in your hands. Something usually only God can do. Rosie - Original Message - From: MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:07 PM

Re: [meteorite-list] Question - Two recovered falls / same day

2003-02-20 Thread fcressy
Hello Adam, Christian and all, From a quick look in Meteorites from A to Z we also have, in addition to that supplied by Christian, the following: Oct. 30, 1994, there are Devri-Khera (L6), and Lohawat (Howardite), both from India. On Aug. 1, 1967, there are Niger(L6) and Niger (LL6) from, you

[meteorite-list] Meteorite contest

2003-02-20 Thread Tom Randall
I've never entered one of these contests before so I figured what the heck: Meteorites are cool because they've been traveling a long time in the vastness of space! (I know, a groaner...sorry) Regards, Tom __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL

[meteorite-list] Re: Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread Mike Reynolds
Hi Mark and list, Meteorites are cool because they start out really cold in space and don't stay hot for very long after atmospheric entry and landing, with the exception, of course, of those which have landed in the desert during the day but even they would cool off at night, unless of

[meteorite-list] Two recovered falls / same day

2003-02-20 Thread Bernd Pauli HD
Adam Hupe wrote: I was wondering in the history of recovered falls if two different types ever fell on the same month day and year in two different locations? Hello Adam and List, Aumale, L6, veined, Fell 1865, Aug 25, 1100-1200 hrs Shergotty, SNC, Fell 1865, Aug 25, 09:00 hrs. The Tunguska

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread Howard Wu
Everyone is doing the obvious so I'm going primitive: Meteorites are cool because you can make axes and knives with them many times better than stone and copper. Meteorites are cool because it proof that there is more up there than a dome with pinhole of light in it. And that the gods think

[meteorite-list] Fireball Reports

2003-02-20 Thread Robert Verish
Here are some recent Fireball Reports: - Forward Message --- Subject: meteorobs-digest V4 #1096 Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:16:05 -0500 (EST) meteorobs-digest Thursday, February 20 2003 Volume 04 : Number 1096 (meteorobs) Not really... (meteorobs) Recent

[meteorite-list] new breccia with nice crust

2003-02-20 Thread M Yousef
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[meteorite-list] meteorite contest

2003-02-20 Thread Steven Drummond
Hi Mark And List. Meteorites are cool because . Collecting them has allowed me to meet many new friends I otherwise wouldn't have met , Going placesaround the worldI thought I would never go (to see the various shows) and if you are lucky ,searching for that latest

Re: [meteorite-list] new breccia with nice crust

2003-02-20 Thread ROCKS ON FIRE
New breccia with nice crust of WHAT? Mohammed? That is not Lunar, you have got enough of that already I guess ;-) ! Best_regards Best regards from DOWN-UNDER, Norbert Heike Kammel ROCKS ON FIRE IMCA #3420 www.rocksonfire.com

Re: [meteorite-list] new breccia with nice crust

2003-02-20 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
no comment.only onebah! Matteo --- ROCKS ON FIRE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: New breccia with nice crust of WHAT? Mohammed? That is not Lunar, you have got enough of that already I guess ;-) ! Best regards from DOWN-UNDER, Norbert Heike Kammel ROCKS ON FIRE IMCA #3420

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread Detlev
Hello List, Hello Mark 1) Meteorites are cool, because they brought life to earth, but also can extinguish life on our planet. 2) Meteorites are cool, because every spacerock has his own story. It isvery interesting to hear how a meteorite fell to earth (remember Peekskill), what different

Fw: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread MARK BOSTICK
- Original Message - From: Dave Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie Ha Mark an List! I'm new at this-- Meteorite's are COOL because if you ever do

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread Adam Hupe
Meteorites are cool because they allow you to travel back in time and touch the beginnings of our solar system. They allow you to explorer the Moon and Mars without being an astronaut. They are cool because they represent the ultimate treasure hunt, the quest for knowledge! All the best, Adam

[meteorite-list] canon city for trade

2003-02-20 Thread STEVE ARNOLD
Hi there list. I want to pass on something that I have a few piece's of. I have 7 piece's,(micro's) of canon city, colorado meteorites.I am willing to trade 2 of them for something I do not have. Iwill let you be the judge of what you might want to trade for these very hard to find piece's.I

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread Roman Jirasek
Meteorites are cool because, all the kids and teenagers keep telling me that when they get to hold one of my specimens! Roman Jirasek ON, Canada - Original Message - From: MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:07 PM

[meteorite-list] looking for the missing cat mountain

2003-02-20 Thread STEVE ARNOLD
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Re: [meteorite-list] Question - Two recovered falls / same day

2003-02-20 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 2/20/2003 2:00:03 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think Selakopi and Glanggang is such a possible case. They fell both on September 26, 1939. Hello Adam, Frank, Christian, Bernd, and List I only just got home ( I do have a day job!) and you have

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread mark ferguson
Hello Mark and List Wow, cool answers so far, all of them. Mark, you should be able to put together a really cool program for those children. So, for my entry: Meteorites are cool because everyone in the world can see a meteor blaze through the sky an wonder where it might hit and how long has

Re: [meteorite-list] Slikensides ?

2003-02-20 Thread Bill Mason III
Michel, Perhaps I can give you an insight into just what slickensides are all about. A slickenside is a fault surface or fault-plane which exhibits movement and dislocation,frequently warped,broken,and frequently offset. When you see a true slickensides it is polished because the sliding

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread drtanuki
Mark, You have to ask? WOW this is time in a bottle for 4.5 billion years! Aged well! Dirk Ross..Tokyo MARK BOSTICK wrote: Hello Everybody, I havent done a meteorite contest in a little while so, without further delay.. Meteorite Contest #8? The prize in this contest is a free Gao

Re: [meteorite-list] Slikensides ?

2003-02-20 Thread John Divelbiss
Bill, Thank you for this informative response. I have a nice chunk of Zag that has one surface that looked like a slickenslide...but I've had doubts because it looked smooth/polished, and I was thinking these subtle striations should be grooves with edges. Not the case by your answer. If I can

[meteorite-list] Re: Question - Two recovered falls / same day

2003-02-20 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear Steve D., Frank, Bernd, Anne, Christian and anybody else who I forgot, Thank you for your help regarding twin falls on a single day. I guess I must have been kind of lazy not checking the A to Z book but I forgot that it had all the falls listed in order, this will teach me to dust

[meteorite-list] Re: Slickensides ?

2003-02-20 Thread Robert Verish
Given what Mark says about slickensides, maybe they are in meteorites because, back when it was part of an asteroid, it underwent deformation from strong tidal forces as a result of a close-call with a large planetary body like Jupiter. In any case, until we come up with a better term, I guess we

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread Greg Redfern
Hi Mark List, Good job spreading the word to the next generation Mark...Bravo!!! My humble entry as you have had some great ones from some of the masters in this passion of ours: Meteorites are cool because they allow us to actually hold 4.5+ billion years of solar system history in

[meteorite-list] Meteorite contest

2003-02-20 Thread cspratt
Meteorites Are Cool Because they are the cheap-man's space probe. You don't have to spend vast sums of money to return samples of an asteroid. Chris. Spratt __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Slikensides ?

2003-02-20 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello Good List, I now know how Slikensides came to be, thanks to all the experts that hang around this list! BUT, I still have not figured out what you are talking about? What is a Slikenside? Some one asked; I am looking for information about SLIKENSIDE formation. Does they come from a

[meteorite-list] Separated at Birth?

2003-02-20 Thread geoking
Dear Listees: Today's interesting posts regarding different meteorites which fell on the same day prompted me to upload this photograph, which is part of a project I've been working on for some time. As many of you are already well aware, some meteorites which have fallen at different times

Re: [meteorite-list] Slikensides ?

2003-02-20 Thread mark ferguson
Hi Tom and list Tom, slickensides (my books spell it differently than European books) are a feature on a rock face left by movement of rock against it. Sometimes its smooth, sometimes not. Most commonly seen at sites of traverse faulting where the rock on each side of a fault grind against each

[meteorite-list] Re: Meteorite Contest, Free Gao-Guenie

2003-02-20 Thread Bob Martino
Meteorites Are Cool Because.they are so very, very old. Meteorites are older than anyone you know. They are older than anything you own. That priceless antique heirloom that's been passed down in your family for generations? Meteorites are older. The Great wall of China? Meteorites are older.

Re: [meteorite-list] Slikensides ?

2003-02-20 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Tom and list, So now your wondering why are we talking about slikensides. They have been often been confused, as in the case of the Crooked Creek and Decaturville inpact structures with meteorite created shatter cones. Both are for the most part rocks with very simular grooves on them.