Re: [meteorite-list] WOW magnetic south?

2003-11-18 Thread Rob Wesel
Tom- As for the magnetohydrodynamics question the answer is...no one knows. The Earth's core is believed to be a solid iron sphere with a liquid iron exterior. The liquid core rotates in the same direction as the solid core at a slightly slower rate. When the liquid iron in the core of the earth

Re: [meteorite-list] WOW magnetic south?

2003-11-18 Thread Steve Schoner
--- none none <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom said: > > Also a personal problem if anyone cares to help? I > think my teenage > daughter is in some kind of trouble. I over heard > her talking to a friend on > the phone and she was saying something about a > binounial problem with her > latus r

[meteorite-list] New Cool Meteorite

2003-11-18 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, A few have already asked what other stone we will be releasing later this week. Here is a sneak preview: http://www.lunarrock.com/11-20/dsc1.jpg This is a very beautiful chondrite with virtually no matrix or metal. It has a dark filling between the multiple colored chond

[meteorite-list] Ad - Rare Weekly Material Special

2003-11-18 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, This week we would like to introduce some Martian material that is paired to NWA 480. All the we have are micromounts that we are starting out at 99 cents each. NWA480/1460 Martian Meteorite Northwest Africa 480/1460 is a Martian basaltic shergottite found December 2001 in N

[meteorite-list] WOW magnetic south?

2003-11-18 Thread none none
Tom said: Also a personal problem if anyone cares to help? I think my teenage daughter is in some kind of trouble. I over heard her talking to a friend on the phone and she was saying something about a binounial problem with her latus rectum? I think she may have seen a doctor about this and he p

[meteorite-list] WOW magnetic south?

2003-11-18 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I just watched a show on Nova ( I think ) about how the earth has a magnetic reversal every few hundred thousand years. Do any of you know anything about this? Is this from a magnetic asteroid passing close to the Southside of the earth? : ) I was also wondering while on the subject

Re: [meteorite-list] Wow, A Galaxie Meteorite

2003-11-18 Thread tracy latimer
I told you -- it's a cuckoo-berry, from the cuckoo-bird's cuckoo-berry tree. Tracy Latimer > Wow, We don't have one of these in our collection: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2203087330&category=3239 > _ Has

Re: [meteorite-list] Galaxie Meteorite hoax

2003-11-18 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 11/18/2003 4:31:51 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah, but ain't it a purdy FAKE!  I am high bidder.nice meeeteorwrong! DAve F. You won Now you get to analyze it and give us a full report. I am sure every List-member is waiting impatiently to k

Re: [meteorite-list] Need opinion on weathering grade

2003-11-18 Thread Comcast Mail
Well, Looks like Steve Arnold ( Chicago ) won that meteorwrong. - Original Message - From: ruben garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Need opinion on weathering grade > I'm pretty sure this is one of tho

[meteorite-list] Re: Wow, A Galaxie Meteorite, humm?

2003-11-18 Thread Fredmeteorhall
Fantastic! This person should be a CEO of some swindling company or selling male enhancing products or giving away free money from Nigeria. Maybe they are? Free humor on e-bay, gotta love it. OK, someone step up and claim that this seller is a fine upstanding world citizen, sane of

Re: [meteorite-list] Need opinion on weathering grade

2003-11-18 Thread Adam Hupe
Hi All, Looks like one of a dozen meteorite wrongs listed every week. Wow! Hematite, and to think people bid on this stuff week after week, year after year. There is nothing you can do but watch because the seller will not believe you because that would me he was suckered. Now it is his/her tur

[meteorite-list] Galaxie Meteorite - The beginning

2003-11-18 Thread magellon
All, Let's take a ride in the Way-Back Machine. The day is 26th, month is September and the year is 2001. Dealers receive the email below: Subj: Meteorites' "Man made! Date: 9/26/2001 4:59:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank B. Amyx) To: "I myself

Re: [meteorite-list] Need opinion on weathering grade

2003-11-18 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hi all, Actually I think it is an Indian weather rock, you know the one they would set out side their tee-pee in the morning and retrieve it a few minutes later to see what the weather was like. If it had snow on it or was wet they knew it was snowing or raining or hot, you get the idea. Thanks, T

Re: [meteorite-list] Need opinion on weathering grade

2003-11-18 Thread ruben garcia
I'm pretty sure this is one of those stones the indians used to grind their corn with. Either that or a pertified egg. Ruben Gracia Mr-Meteorite --- Comcast Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Could any of the more experienced collectors/dealers > give the opinion on the weathering grad

Re: [meteorite-list] Need opinion on weathering grade

2003-11-18 Thread tett
The weathering grade refers to the aqueous alteration of the internal matrix.  I.E. Have the chondrules been changed after being soaked?  You need to examine the inner matrix to be able to judge.   That said, it looks like much of the crust has been blasted off indicating this meteorite has

Re: [meteorite-list] Need opinion on weathering grade

2003-11-18 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
That is a Potato, not a meteorite! Thanks, TomPeregrineflier <>

[meteorite-list] Need opinion on weathering grade

2003-11-18 Thread Comcast Mail
Hello,   Could any of the more experienced collectors/dealers give the opinion on the weathering grade of the following meteorite? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2203092188&category=3239   Thanks   Bob Evans

Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest article in Astronomy magazine?

2003-11-18 Thread Steve Witt
Bob, There is a 4 page article entitled "The lure of meteorites", that mentions the Park Forest fall. Steve --- Comcast Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know if there is an article about the Park Forest > meteorite in the December issue of Astronomy magazine? > > Bob E. > =

Re: [meteorite-list] Galaxie Meteorite hoax

2003-11-18 Thread David Freeman
Dear List, Dave; Yeah, but ain't it a purdy FAKE! I am high bidder.nice meeeteorwrong! DAve F. Dave wrote: At 11.30 18/11/2003 -0800, you wrote: Wow, We don't have one of these in our collection: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2203087330 Few days ago I contacted golfyx an

[meteorite-list] HERE IT IS!

2003-11-18 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; Anyone near a TV in the Salt Lake City area may want to turn to KUTV2 as in the next few minutes, the Star of the Tucson Video who introduced Bob Verish, notable Wyoming meteorite hunter, Dave Freeman will be on your tv screen. Have fun! Best, Dave Freeman IMCA #3864 ebay user ID mjwy

[meteorite-list] Galaxie Meteorite hoax

2003-11-18 Thread Dave
At 11.30 18/11/2003 -0800, you wrote: >Wow, We don't have one of these in our collection: >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2203087330 Few days ago I contacted golfyx and i asked him to remove the word "meteorite" from the description because it was not actually a meteorite. He

Re: [meteorite-list] Wow, A Galaxy Meteorite

2003-11-18 Thread Adam Hupe
It does look like some kind of creature is trapped in the "Galaxy Meteorite", It's Alive!  It could be some kind of twirl-accretion that only occurs in interstellar type meteorites or it could be a twirl-shock phenomena.  This could account for the diamond like appearance of the matrix.  A p

Re: [meteorite-list] Wow, A Galaxie Meteorite

2003-11-18 Thread Howard Wu
How do you cook this thing? Boil it or steam it? And what wine would you drink with it?   Howard Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wow, We don't have one of these in our collection:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2203087330&category=3239All the best,___

Re: [meteorite-list] Wow, A Galaxie Meteorite

2003-11-18 Thread Randy Mils
Back? Randy Yea, that's right, I am proud I did not appear on a website.>From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Wow, A Galaxie Meteorite >Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:01:39 -0700 > >Well Adam, This

Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest article in Astronomy magazine?

2003-11-18 Thread MeteorHntr
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED], In reference to your comment: è Does anyone know if there is an article about the Park è Forest meteorite in the December issue of Astronomy è magazine? Bob E. Hello Bob and list, Yes, there is a great 4 page article in the December Issue of Astronomy p. 84-87, written

Re: [meteorite-list] Wow, A Galaxie Meteorite

2003-11-18 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Well Adam, This should be your next big purchase! This thing is amazing! Frass has nothing on this new meteorite, except space germs! Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< Yea, that's right, The proudest member of the IMCA # 6168 - Original Message - From: Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] Wow, A Galaxie Meteorite

2003-11-18 Thread Tom
Title: Re: [meteorite-list] Wow, A Galaxie Meteorite Looks like a harden big squirshy bubble gum. Tom Wow, We don't have one of these in our collection: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2203087330&category=3239 All the best, _

[meteorite-list] Wow, A Galaxie Meteorite

2003-11-18 Thread Adam Hupe
Wow, We don't have one of these in our collection: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2203087330&category=3239 All the best, __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Re: etching- water glass and 'moon rocks'

2003-11-18 Thread Howard Wu
Water glass is a aqueous solution of sodium silicate and is very alkaline (high ph.) They also use this in a toy product "moon rocks" where you add tablets of various metal salts that then grow into stalagmite like forms.   Howard WuJohn Gwilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are you perhaps referrin

[meteorite-list] water glass

2003-11-18 Thread Zelimir Gabelica
John, Tom, List, In Europe, "Water Glass" is some kind of old trade denomination of a commercial solution of sodium silicate, a clear liquid defined by its molar (or weight) Na2O/SiO2/H2O ratio that is variable, depending on how much of silica (acidic behavior) was neutralized by how much NaOH (ba

RE: [meteorite-list] Leonids of 1966

2003-11-18 Thread mark ford
Steve, There is a program called 'Metsim' it runs under DOS (who remembers that!?) (but it will run on a modern PC under windows.) Get it here http://www.ciaa.net/metshw.htm You enter in the rate and it will give you a meteor show. Cheers, Mark Ford. ___

[meteorite-list] Leonids of 1966

2003-11-18 Thread Steve Schoner
Hello all, Every year at Leonid time, I get depressed-- why? Because I remember that day when I was 15 looking up into a thunderstorm that lasted over Pomona, CA for that entire night-- while at Mt. Wilson, Charles Capen, an astronomer that I later worked with at Lowell Observatory saw the thunde

Re: [meteorite-list] Authentic Moon Rock *g*

2003-11-18 Thread Steve Schoner
We know what a true meteorite is. And we know that this is not a lunar meteorite. But we cannot convince eBay, or these sellers otherwise. That is the biggest problem I have with eBay meteorite auctions. These kind of things. And there is really nothing we can do about it, other than know th

Re: [meteorite-list] etching?

2003-11-18 Thread John Gwilliam
Are you perhaps referring to "water glass" - a product that was used to coat eggs to extend preservation? John At 03:23 PM 11/17/03 -0700, Tom aka James Knudson wrote: Hello everyone, Has anyone ever tried (or even heard of ) Liquid Glass on a meteorite slice? Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< Yea

Re: [meteorite-list] Poor humour alert (OT)

2003-11-18 Thread David Freeman
Oh, and about the matter of beer for the horses DF John Gwilliam wrote: You forgot the part where we killed all the indians. At 05:10 PM 11/18/03 +1000, chris sharp wrote: The posse had assembled, hats low over their brows, for no one wanted to be seen as the one who had done the deed. The C

Re: [meteorite-list] Poor humour alert (OT)

2003-11-18 Thread John Gwilliam
You forgot the part where we killed all the indians. At 05:10 PM 11/18/03 +1000, chris sharp wrote: The posse had assembled, hats low over their brows, for no one wanted to be seen as the one who had done the deed. The Cuckoo Gang from Fairyland had assembled you see, to get that blasted Italian

Re: [meteorite-list] Authentic Moon Rock *g*

2003-11-18 Thread MARK BOSTICK
  Hello all,   I agree with Anne.  Looks like a piece of moonstone...which of course is not a real moon rock.    I do not agree with Matteo "Write to this person in many..."   It has been said a few times already on the list why harassing sellers is against ebay rules and illegal in most states (u

[meteorite-list] Poor humour alert (OT)

2003-11-18 Thread chris sharp
The posse had assembled, hats low over their brows, for no one wanted to be seen as the one who had done the deed. The Cuckoo Gang from Fairyland had assembled you see, to get that blasted Italian who had caused such misery. Their fearless leader lay low in Tucson, wounded he was you see by that