Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread joseph_town
I just can't imagine anyone complaining about eyestrain after a cold find. I'd walk through hell and smile afterwards. Dear Mark and List Members, You are not kidding when you say most of the dry lake beds have black and red volcanic rocks everywhere. We literally had to search through

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: expeditions

2003-12-13 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear Bill, What is your problem? This expedition was for fun not for rude comments. I notice you have been commenting on several List Members posts lately. Maybe you should give us some field reports so we can comment on them. Plenty of Chapstick was on hand as where five other members who

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Cutting Meteorites

2003-12-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, We're talking here about the bodily incorporation of extra-terrestial material, whether by aspiration or ingestion. On the other hand, when Kim Stanley Robinson, the author of the Mars Trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars), finished the 12,000 manuscript pages and sent them to the

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: expeditions

2003-12-13 Thread joseph_town
No problem. As far as savoring your new find, I am at a lose. You really didn't listen to anything i said. Dear Bill, What is your problem? This expedition was for fun not for rude comments. I notice you have been commenting on several List Members posts lately. Maybe you should give us

RE: [meteorite-list] a serious meteorite question!

2003-12-13 Thread Roman Nakonechny
Excellent question Tom, I dont know, but I have a longtime ligering question along the same line as yours. We all agree that planets have metals of different densities throuhghout their mantle and crust. So why has'nt a meteorite been found with its native copper

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread Mark Miconi
Well Then. Get walking and leave the Hupes alone. Mark - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Adam Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour I just can't imagine anyone

[meteorite-list] curious

2003-12-13 Thread Dave Harris
Hi I thought Matteo had left the list to start up his own... am I mistaken? curiously yours dave IMCA #0092 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption

2003-12-13 Thread Rob Wesel
I have a 40 gram vial of Camel Donga that is powdered to the consistency of corn starch (for, I believe, refraction studies) that I occasionally break out for eating straight or mixing up a cosmic cocktail. The Moon...no. Vesta...yes. I find it strangely satisfying to commune with the cosmos in

Re: [meteorite-list] curious

2003-12-13 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
no I am here, but I no write for many many time --- Dave Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I thought Matteo had left the list to start up his own... am I mistaken? curiously yours dave IMCA #0092 __ Meteorite-list mailing

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread meteoriteshow
Dear Adam and List Members, Your dry lake expeditions sound interesting, and actually remind me our expeditions in some areas of the Sahara Desesrt, where lots of lava stones can be found as well. Of course, we are looking for easier areas, but sometimes have to deal with such places. During our

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread meteoriteshow
Sorry! It was not Aguemour 016 but rather Aguemour 017!!! I should sleep more! Frederic - Original Message - From: Adam Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 6:28 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour Dear Mark and List Members, You

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Cutting Meteorites

2003-12-13 Thread meteoriteshow
I also cut small slabs with a Dremmel from time to time, and use water as a coolant. I actually fitted the tool on a banch and fitted a small water container under the blade (so that it catches some water) with a kind of flap behind it and on the top, so that it does not throw too much water away.

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: expeditions

2003-12-13 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
I hope see the Hupe brothers a day here in Italy, is full of moraine and fields where is possible find some meteorites.not Pultusk. Regards Matteo --- Adam Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Bill, What is your problem? This expedition was for fun not for rude comments. I notice you

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: expeditions

2003-12-13 Thread Jim Strope
You seem smart. Thank you for your comments. Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 Catch a Falling Star Meteorites http://www.catchafallingstar.com - Original Message - From: M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Adam Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: expeditions

2003-12-13 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
seem smart of what? I not have ask questions of others. --- Jim Strope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You seem smart. Thank you for your comments. Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 Catch a Falling Star Meteorites http://www.catchafallingstar.com - Original Message

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread Mark Jackson
Bill and List, After finding75 and 60 gram Park Forests in July and seeing the deplorable weathering they had alreadybeen dealt, combined with a complete lack of response from the golf course management (only one course responded and the northernmost one at that) I decided that finding good

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireballs and Electrophonic sounds

2003-12-13 Thread chris sharp
- Original Message - From: Michael Gallant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 6:32 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireballs and Electrophonic sounds Hello List, snip Living in central New Hampshire, I can recall back in the late 60's (and no, I

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread Mark Jackson
Adam, I can't beleive you all are out here . . . we must have just missed each other! Congrats to all of you on your cold finds, they do not come easy believe me. Some desert travel advice: 1) Use Delorme maps, 2) Always have the following 10 - 12 gallons of water, a 12vair compressor, tire

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread Mark Jackson
Rob and List, I did notice the whole team was getting much better at rejecting the pillow lavas at increasing distance as time progressed. Thelight absorbing nature oflavacan help but I cautioned the group not to wholesale rejectnon-reflecting black rocks because a brand newcrust can be dull in

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello mark and list, Mark wrote; " combined with a complete lack of response from the golf course management (only one course responded and the northernmost one at that)" Am I like really the only golfer on the list? Do I need to put my metal detector in my golf bag and head to Park Forest?

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread Comcast Mail
The Olympia Field golf course has been hunted to some degree There are more local hunters out there than most people realize Bob E - Original Message - From: Tom aka James Knudson To: Mark Jackson ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13,

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread John Gwilliam
If my memory is correct, those piles of stones on Roach Dry Lake were created by Paul Gessler while playing his Golf Gun game and hunting for meteorites. Ivanpah, the dry lake just to the south of Roach, is the one most often used for a race track. Best, John At 05:54 AM 12/13/03 -0800, Mark

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Cutting Meteorites

2003-12-13 Thread Starbits
In a message dated 12/13/2003 1:07:06 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, 'fess up! Has anybody on the List taken a tiny nibble of the MOON? Well sure! I think most (if not all) of the NWA 482 investors have eaten lunar dust and become lunatics. That includes

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread WAHLPERRY
Hi Adam and List Nothing beats hiking on a dry lake bed in California or Nevada with 20-30 mile per hour winds in the winter looking for meteorites. Or the summer heat100+ degrees and thinking I must be crazy. But when you do find that first meteorite it makes you want to do the chicken dance. I

Re: [meteorite-list] Top Ten Names Contest

2003-12-13 Thread Lars Pedersen
Here is a very very old collection, that I was given by an old guy.hm what was hes name ? Mordor (PAL) Mount Doom (L3.8) The Shire (H6) Isengard (IIIAB) Helms Deep (IV) Gondor (PAL) Lothlorien (R4) Moria (MES) Rivendell (CV3) Bree (L5) Hobbiton (H4) The Dead Marshes (MES) Ahh

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread Mikestockj
Hi Mark The piles of rock you mentioned are marking where meteorites have been found. Did you notice that most had a small flag in them? When finding a meteorite we always scour the area carefully to make sure that there are no other obvious meteorites around. Several have been found using this

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread Mark Jackson
Tom and List, Ah but these are not your garden variety public golfcourses Tom. These are some of the most prestigious, private, members-only clubs in the country which is why no one has been on them. The most importantclub, Olympia Fields, hosted the 2003US Open only two months after the Park

Fw: [meteorite-list] Plagues, philadelphia, and meteorites

2003-12-13 Thread Jose Campos
Hi Tracy, David and List There is a 254 lb meteorite with the synonym Philadelphia Iron, but I don't think that's the same one, since you mention 1793 and this one was found in 1860 and its listed as the Cleveland meteorite. A 930g fragment is in the Philadelphia Mus. Acad. Sci. plus some slices,

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread Mark Jackson
Mike and List, We use the flags also since there are three people sharing one Garmin and one camera; and yes it's also the best way to start the expanding circle search for pairings. I was wondering . . . has anyone on this list been to Sevier Lake in Utah or the Carson Sink alkalai flatin

[meteorite-list] Yafa fall: prices

2003-12-13 Thread M Yousef
Dear All; Somebody showed me a nice 2Kg rock with clear crust, and he claims that he got it from someone in Yemen who wittnessed the fall in July 15, 2000. We cut a small piece of it, and it was evident that it belongs to Yafa (13 42'40 N, 45 10'12 E), which was classified as Ordinary Chondrite

[meteorite-list] Pictures of new dry lake find

2003-12-13 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, Our team is still excited about the recovery of the three meteorites. We wish we could share the exact location but we need to do a little more research and exploration of the area. For those who work these dry lake beds on a regular basis we will provide the exact

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Cutting Meteorites

2003-12-13 Thread David Freeman
I have dined upon DAG 400 and it was scrupmtious! Now I have Yousef's condition. :-P Dave F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/13/2003 1:07:06 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, 'fess up! Has anybody on the List taken a tiny nibble of the MOON? Well

Re: [meteorite-list] Yafa fall: prices

2003-12-13 Thread David Freeman
Mohamed, are YOU Proud Tom? DF (not Proud Tom) M Yousef wrote: Dear All; Somebody showed me a nice 2Kg rock with clear crust, and he claims that he got it from someone in Yemen who wittnessed the fall in July 15, 2000. We cut a small piece of it, and it was evident that it belongs to Yafa

Re: [meteorite-list] Yafa fall: prices

2003-12-13 Thread M Yousef
David, I still respect your first name, but you really seem to be obsessed. I hope one day you will become 'free man'. From: David Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: M Yousef [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Yafa fall: prices Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 13:48:50 -0700

[meteorite-list] Contacting Lars - Delete if not Lars

2003-12-13 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, I hate to use the list this way but our emails keep get bounced back from Lars Pederson. Lars can you contact Greg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . This does concern meteorites, of course. Wishing everybody well, Adam and Greg Hupe __

Re: [meteorite-list] Yafa fall: prices

2003-12-13 Thread David Freeman
Dear Mohamed; I see in the list archives (with a ton of great pictures of terrestrial rocks) 99% of your former list posts related to oddities that have been found, and never once a bonified/genuine/classified meteorite even though I believe you noted in the past of specimens being sent for

[meteorite-list] New fulgerite Add/anouncement, delete if not interested!

2003-12-13 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; I have came across some newly discovered fulgerite in SW Wyoming. 68 gram specimen is listed at ebay. Welcome to look her over! Best, Dave F. IMCA # 3864 eBay user ID mjwy __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] [Fwd: [Paleolist] Just a Reminder]

2003-12-13 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; For those of you not being subscribers to the Paleo List of Mr. Notkin, here is an announcement worthy of a thought. Anyone into dinosaurs and .mmm.the meteorites, the dinosaur special is very worthy of a gander! Best, Dave F. (frequent poster) Original Message

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption

2003-12-13 Thread harlan trammell
aren't we already made out of an exploded star anyway? From: "Rob Wesel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sterling K. Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 02:48:53 -0800 I have a 40 gram vial of Camel Donga that is

Re: [meteorite-list] Pictures of new dry lake find

2003-12-13 Thread Peter Marmet
Adam Hupe wrote: Dear List Members, Our team is still excited about the recovery of the three meteorites... Here is a link to the first meteorite found by Adam Hupe: http://www.lunarrock.com/NewFind/Adam1.jpg Here is a link to the second meteorite found by Steve Drummond:

[meteorite-list] Roach Dry Lake

2003-12-13 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi John, Mark and List, John wrote: If my memory is correct, those piles of stones on Roach Dry Lake were created by Paul Gessler while playing his Golf Gun game and hunting for meteorites. And earlier, Mark wrote: To that end, it seems they sweep the track for rocks like the Navy used

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Grand Tour

2003-12-13 Thread joseph_town
Thanks Mark, Grounds keepers are fanatics about those greens. I talked to a lot of caddies too. Not one of them will admit to finding so much as a gram. I find that impossible to believe. There's just no way they could have missed anything that fell on the courses. They go over every inch

[meteorite-list] need meteorite info

2003-12-13 Thread harlan trammell
i am looking for the type, date when found, and tkw of the following meteorites: selma, al vyatka (sp.?) russia odessa, tx smithonia, ga any info greatly appreciated. thanks, harlan t. Tired of slow downloads and busy signals? Get a high-speed Internet connection! Comparison-shop your local

Re: [meteorite-list] need meteorite info

2003-12-13 Thread Sharkkb8
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i am looking for the type, date when found, and tkw of the following meteorites: selma, al H4 Dallas County, Alabama 1906 tkw 141 kg vyatka (sp.?) russia H4/5 - Kirovskaya, Russia 1992 tkw 32+ tkw odessa, tx iron IAB fine octahedrite Ector County, Texas 1922 tkw:

Re: [meteorite-list] need meteorite info

2003-12-13 Thread Sharkkb8
Sharkk b8 writes: I also seem to recall a story with Vyatka - it used to be called something else, and a large percentage of the TKW was missing, and then it was discovered somewhere else with a different name.one of those kind of stories. Anyone remember details? There's a word for people

Re: [meteorite-list] need meteorite info Vyatka or Kaigorod

2003-12-13 Thread Dave Schultz
Try Sergey Vassiliev`s website for Vyatka. He has a beautiful slice listed with info, and I also think that he has the main mass! another Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i am looking for the type, date when found, and tkw of the following meteorites:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption

2003-12-13 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello Rob and List, All this talk about meteorite consumption, well I had to give it a try! But, I found it depressing! Have any of you meteorite eaters experienced depression afterwards? I can't tell if it is an after effect or that it is that I just ate my favorite 78g Bensour whole? Thanks,

[meteorite-list] Ingesting Extra-terrestrials

2003-12-13 Thread LJnewpers
Fred Olsen and I have held teacher's workshops on meteorites for the United States Space Foundation. For a couple of them the door prize was a tiny bit of 482 cutting dust in a gelatin capsule so the winner could see if it really did taste like green cheeze. Answer: NO. Sad to ponder where that

Re: [meteorite-list] Roach Dry Lake

2003-12-13 Thread Charlie Devine
Hi Rob, John, Mark and list Rob wrote: In a given day at Roach, I probably pick up a couple thousand rocks, piling them up in this manner. I wonder, if in some far distant future, an archaeologist will write a thesis on The stone cairns of Roach and other dry lakes of the Far West:

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption / Darwin sale

2003-12-13 Thread Roman Jirasek
I just ate my favorite 78g Bensour whole... Have fun passing that baby Tommy! Darwin for sale, less than wholesale! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2209285454 Roman Jirasek www.meteoritelabels.com - Original Message - From: Tom aka James Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Yafa fall: prices--Congratulations!

2003-12-13 Thread E. L. Jones
Mohamed Congratulations -- you've finally got hold of a bona fide, real, genuine, skyrock -- and a fresh one at that! Regards, Elton M Yousef wrote: Dear All; Somebody showed me a nice 2Kg rock with clear crust, and he claims that he got it from someone in Yemen who wittnessed the fall in

[meteorite-list] Re: [COMETS] Sunday

2003-12-13 Thread Fredmeteorhall
Hello Dan and fellow Colorado meteorite collectors. If you wish to join in the gift exchange, the gift should have a $10.00 value, or more if you like. We are counting on having about 20 people show. If you want to, bring the love of your life along. Prof. Fred Olsen will gave a talk on

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption

2003-12-13 Thread Charles Viau
This could be a new meteorite market bonanza. Eat your meteorites, don't display them. Become part of the universe. Hell with Viagra.. try a slice of Alende and truly see stars. If everyone eats their meteorites , then they become a consumable item. Good for repeat business. Could solve the