Re: [meteorite-list] Iranian Fireball Was Of Geophysical Origin

2004-02-13 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Sorry, I forgot the links to the pages of Dr. Ol´khovatov; http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/3240/gr1997.htm http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/3240/index.html pekka s Adam Hupe wrote: Dear Charles, Rosemary and List, Dr. Andrei Ol'khovatov from Moscow, Russia

Re: [meteorite-list] Dear god, check this out.

2004-02-13 Thread Jeff Kuyken
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Re: [meteorite-list] Iranian Fireball Was Of Geophysical Origin

2004-02-13 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Well, these geophysical events has not been studied much. One of a few pics I have seen of the ball-lightning can be found from; http://www.netholist.net/rajatiede/pallosalama.php taken by Roy Jennings in Yorkshire, UK. Text only in finnish, sorry...;- Also a pic of a hole in a window made by

[meteorite-list] again spectacular news from the Dhofar 489 lunar meteorite

2004-02-13 Thread Ing. Christian ANGER
Hi folks, not only the martian meteorites are showing up with sensational news, also the lunars do that ! Amazing new matter found in the Dhofar 489 meteorite. Read about it in the newest abstract of Dhofar 489 feldspathic crstalline matrix breccia

FW: [meteorite-list] Dear god, check this out.

2004-02-13 Thread Charles Viau
Wow all those pages of chemistry, SEM and PIXIE charts some really good science and impressive, until the conclusion Million year old mining slag left over from Extra Terrestrials smelting in the solar system.. Good Grief! CharlyV -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

FW: [meteorite-list] Iranian Fireball Was Of Geophysical Origin

2004-02-13 Thread Charles Viau
Rosie, et al... That was interesting, and I read some of that as well. Another possibility, and bit of a stretch.. but plausible: Just like we have Martian meteorites here on earth, so would we not have some of the ejecta from our terrestrial impacts also in orbit around the Sun, and should we

[meteorite-list] fireball?

2004-02-13 Thread lava flow
any news about fireballs etc around the 2nd of january is of great interest to me. in victoria, australia we saw a bright light cross the horizon in the middle of the day. i have been unable to find any information on what it was.Get less junk mail with ninemsn Premium. Upgrade now!

[meteorite-list] Sikhote, NP Expedition brings back 5 tons + Lockness Sikhote

2004-02-13 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Lethbridge Herald City: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Date: Tuesday, June 17, 1947 Page: 3 100 TON METEORITE MOSCOW, June 17 - (Reuters) - A meteorite which landed last February in a mountainous area about 300 miles northeast of Viadivostok weighed about 100 tons according to evidence

[meteorite-list] !!! Dangerous ammonites !!!

2004-02-13 Thread Nicholas Gessler
Wow, I thought I could cope with the dangers of meteorite hunting compared to milk-toast fossils... Now I have to search for safe ways of chiseling ammonites out of the bedrock: Andrei, writing about the Vitim Bolide Event, says: Local residents, who have a lot of experience in mining

Re: [meteorite-list] Iranian Fireball Was Of Geophysical Origin

2004-02-13 Thread MexicoDoug
En un mensaje con fecha 02/13/2004 9:27:58 AM Mexico Standard Time, MexicoDoug escribe: In the case of Mars objects over 10 meters (but probably in the realm 500 km) can ...should have read : ...but probably in the realm of 50 m - 0.5 km...

[meteorite-list] OT; Italian translation help?

2004-02-13 Thread Tom AKA James Knudson
Hello, Can anyone translate this for me? Caro Tom Vorrei pagare tramite Western Union, mi poui mandare il tuo indirizzo esatto, e l'importo totale. Grazie Thanks, Tom __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] What are those blueberries on Mars?

2004-02-13 Thread Bjørn Sørheim
Hello List, I guess you all have seen those pictures coming from Mars at the the Meridiani Planum/Opportunity site. Embedded in, and eroding out of the bedrock in the sidewall of the 20 m crater where Opportunity is located, are those 5mm perfect spherical stones. They have a different colour

Re: [meteorite-list] Iranian Fireball Was Of Geophysical Origin

2004-02-13 Thread MexicoDoug
This topic was discussed a few weeks ago on the list, and it seems pretty convincing that Earth parented meteorites are elusive for good scientific reasoning - it seems that if conditions to produce them happened, that the material would be glass or a split planet Earth (a la did the moon come

RE: [meteorite-list] OT; Italian translation help?

2004-02-13 Thread kenoneill
Hi Tom List I translated on a software translator that I reckon must be similar to Matteo's ! +++ original : Caro Tom Vorrei pagare tramite Western Union, mi poui mandare il tuo indirizzo esatto, e l'importo totale. Grazie becomes : Tom beloved I would want to pay

[meteorite-list] Ad - Weekly Rare Material Special

2004-02-13 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, Thank you, once again, for affording us the opportunity to announce a weekly rare material special. This week we are offering a new Howardite (NWA 1282) with a very low TKW of only 21 grams and reintroducing an ultra rare, reclassified Martian

RE: [meteorite-list] Iranian Fireball Was Of Geophysical Origin

2004-02-13 Thread Charles Viau
The bit of a stretch comment in the same context as just like we have Martian meteorites is intentional. The gravitational forces on the Earth are higher, and there is a dense atmosphere related to Mars. It takes a much bigger impactor on earth to eject material at escape velocity than it

Re: [meteorite-list] Iranian Fireball Was Of Geophysical Origin

2004-02-13 Thread Rosemary Hackney
Hmm.. Charles.. That is an interesting thought, You are right. Volcanoes can throw it up for sure. Mt St Helen dust was all over the place down here. Another thought I had...watch out. That the trinitite was formed in a sandy area ( White Sands). Elma is in Washington ( sandy ocean beaches)

Re: [meteorite-list] OT; Italian translation help?

2004-02-13 Thread Rosemary Hackney
LOL Ken. Don't you just love it when ebay translates your message into another language. I have one from Belgium. Chère/Cher brahin90, J'enverrai sous peu un paiement de $13.50 par Autres modes de paiement en ligne. Total : $13.50 L'adresse de livraison est la suivante : I await my NWA

Re: [meteorite-list] What are those blueberries on Mars?

2004-02-13 Thread Mark Langenfeld
Hello List, I guess you all have seen those pictures coming from Mars at the the Meridiani Planum/Opportunity site. Embedded in, and eroding out of the bedrock in the sidewall of the 20 m crater where Opportunity is located, are those 5mm perfect spherical stones. Regards, Bjørn

Re: FW: [meteorite-list] Dear god, check this out.

2004-02-13 Thread almitt
Hi Charles and all, Million year old mining slag left over from Extra Terrestrials smelting in the solar system…..Good Grief! If some of this ET Slag falls to Earth would it be called a Slagtite :-) --AL

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images - February 9-13, 2004

2004-02-13 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES February 9-13, 2004 o Water Ripples (Released 9 February 2004) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20040209A.html o Waves on a Martian Beach (Released 10 February 2004) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20040210A.html o Desert Island (Released 11 February 2004)

Re: [meteorite-list] What are those blueberries on Mars?

2004-02-13 Thread Bjørn Sørheim
Mark, It certainly is the science team at JPL's idea that the 'round guys' are embedded in the outcrop. For instance Dr. Squyres were talking about wheter they could see the layers curving above or below the balls, or wheter it is possible to see if the balls have made a small dent in the

Re: [meteorite-list] What are those blueberries on Mars?

2004-02-13 Thread Mark Langenfeld
Thanks Bjorn. I missed Dr. Squyres comments. Certain terrestrial limestones are oolitic, but it sounds as though JPL is looking for evidence of so-called dropstones. I wonder where the spheroids evident in the soil ABOVE the outcrop came from. Perhaps younger sedimentary layers have already

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - February 13, 2004

2004-02-13 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html Update: Spirit and Opportunity SPIRIT UPDATE: Movin' Towards Mimi - sol 40, Feb 13, 2004 Spirit woke up to its 40th sol on Mars to the song What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong and then proceeded to have a wonderful sol which ended at

Re: [meteorite-list] What are those blueberries on Mars?

2004-02-13 Thread Mark Ferguson
Hi Bjorn and List They are interesting. Two things come to mind for spherical rocks. One, you mentioned wind, and you might know theres an area where the rocks seem to move and leave these curious tracks of they're movement across the ground. It was finally found that wind moved them as it gusted

RE: [meteorite-list] What are those blueberries on Mars?

2004-02-13 Thread Charles Viau
Those spheres are really something. I am in the camp of them falling into the sediment along with ash. Low gravity ejection of molten volcanic material could be a possibility but I like a tektite type of process from an impact, which seems the likely suspect in the perfect spherical shape, and

Re: FW: [meteorite-list] Dear god, check this out.

2004-02-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
What a ridiculous notion!! Million year old mining slag? No way! I checked with all the Extra Terrestrials I know, and they all re-assure me that there's been no active mining ventures in the Solar System since that dreadful incident when SmelterWorld #17 went down (all the Vorlags were

[meteorite-list] Tucson 2004 pictures are up !

2004-02-13 Thread Tim Heitz
This year my wife Patricia went with me, we had a wonderful time. We didn't get a chance to meet everyone but there is always next year. I still need to put up about50more pictures, but time is limitedright now. Go to Tucson 2004 PICTURES on the link in blue box.- http://www.meteorman.org/

Re: [meteorite-list] What are those blueberries on Mars?

2004-02-13 Thread Rosemary Hackney
Moqui marbles Rosie - Original Message - From: Charles Viau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Bjørn Sørheim' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 4:53 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] What are those blueberries on Mars? Those spheres are really something. I am

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson 2004 pictures are up !

2004-02-13 Thread Michael L Blood
Hay Tim, Who's that handsome guy on your home page that looks like a Country-Western recording star? Michael on 2/13/04 5:20 PM, Tim Heitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BlankThis year my wife Patricia went with me, we had a wonderful time. We didn't get a chance to meet everyone

Re: [meteorite-list] Dear god, check this out.

2004-02-13 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi all, This is the nut case that periodically threatens to sue me, several other noted meteorite dealers John Wasson, the resident meteoriticist at UCLA for our conspiracy to deny him his rightful acknowledgement, and therefore, sales, of all the lunar and Martian meteorites he has found

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson 2004 pictures are up !

2004-02-13 Thread David Freeman
DAVE FREEMAN! :-) Michael L Blood wrote: Hay Tim, Who's that handsome guy on your home page that looks like a Country-Western recording star? Michael on 2/13/04 5:20 PM, Tim Heitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BlankThis year my wife Patricia went with me, we had a wonderful time. We

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson 2004 pictures are up !

2004-02-13 Thread Tim Heitz
I wish I had that Country-Western recording stars money so I could buy more meteorites :-) me,me,me,me,me,me Tim - Original Message - From: David Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Tim Heitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Sikhote Birthday + Favorite Photos

2004-02-13 Thread mary kashuba
Mark and List, Here are a few SA pictures. http://www.johnkashuba.com/Iron_Sikhote_Alin.html Regards, John Kashuba Ontario, California - Original Message - From: MARK BOSTICK To: Meteorite List Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:34 PM Subject: