Re: [meteorite-list] glassface1

The IMCA can only be effective if it has some real teeth to back up it's bark. This would require a lot of work to investigate cases of alleged fraud and then taking steps to expose the errant person or remove them from the IMCA if they are a member. This takes time and most people don't like

[meteorite-list] OT; Steve Arnold of Chicago ?

Hello Sorry for this list, but I am trying to get a hold of Steve Arnold of Chicago. Steve are you getting my emails? Thanks, Tom peregrineflier IMCA #6168 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] glassface1

In a message dated 2/21/2004 8:19:08 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know if the IMCA staff is still working at being an active and potent organization? Yes, we are. And we have taken care of a few "errant persons". But we work privately, one on one. We do

Re: [meteorite-list] glassface1

Hi Randy all, Since it is not the job of the IMCA to police fraudulence, can anyone tell me WHAT IS the IMCA's job? When the IMCA was first started, I was under the misimpression that this WAS the point. That is why I joined. What is the IMCA for? I have long wondered this

Re: [meteorite-list] glassface1

In a message dated 2/21/2004 3:26:46 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is the IMCA for? I have long wondered this - really, why does the IMCA exist I may want to continue membership, but I would like to know the answer to this question, if I am to do so. (Oh, and

[meteorite-list] Sikhote fireballs

Dear List, I have a speculative question about the visual characteristics of Sikhote Alin fireballs. The Other day I was describing the visualcharacteristics of the Sikhote Alin fireball/s to a neighbor who has just started collecting meteorites. For the most part this was easy to do because

[meteorite-list] Allende on Ebay

Wow, I'm going to be rich !!! Iv'e got about $20,000 of this stuff right outside my backdoor. And now I know there are people willing to buy it ! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2225807035category=3239sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AITrd=1 Bob Evans

[meteorite-list] Dashoguz meteorite fall for sale!

Hi everyone, I have finally got a piece of the Dashoguz meteorite fall. This meteorite fell on September 5, 1998 in Turkmenistan. only ~7 kilograms of fragments were found in a small crater after a fireball went over the city of Dashoguz. This is the first time I have ever seen any of it.

[meteorite-list] Shatter Cones

Hello List, How can one tell whether or not a shatter cone was actually created by a meteorite impact if you didn`t find it at or near the crater? I picked a shatter cone up one day while out hunting, thinking it was a shell fossil. Thanks, Steve Culver

[meteorite-list] Last Call For Fresh NWA3045 Indivs + Cheap NWA482

Good Evening Everyone, I just wanted to take this opporitunity to offer a few of of those fresh NWA 3045 individuals that you probably have already seen on the marketthey're great! I still have a couple for sale, one around 7g (pebble with black, bubbly crust) and the other around 14g

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

A late entry I know, my favorite Sikhote is this 235 gram Krinov specimen. http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ra/rancor/KrinovSikhote.jpg Rob Wesel -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971

Re: [meteorite-list] glassface1

Hi Michael and List Just in from observing. Finally saw the planetary nebula in M46 tonight (yea!). really, why does the IMCA exist You are a member of an organization and you don't even know why it exists? Actually, there is no such organization as the IMCA. No legal organization, that

[meteorite-list] Conservation of Meteorites

Hello All, As a slight digression from a post on the aims of the IMCA, I'd like to initiate some discussion on meteorite conservation. I used to be a museum director/curator and conservator of conventional archaeological and ethnographic items. I know there has been some discussion on meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - unusual and rare meteorites from NWA

after actually LOOKING at the 200g L/LL3 that I bought from Blaine in Tucson, as wel las looking at the photos of Stefan's material, I must retract my previous statements.. They DO look very much alike, with the notable exception of the fusion crust. A very nice, fresh crust on the NWA 3099,

[meteorite-list] Off topic to locate Carl re. Tucson Show

Will the Carl who sat next to me at La Fuente birthday bash please e mail me off-line? It is in reference to Gold Basin. Twink Monrad __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[Fwd: Re: [meteorite-list] Conservation of Meteorites]

Conservation as in lock them up for science? Yes, the Canadian government is very activejust ask a few list members...how do we spell Tagish Lake? For you new met. list members, Tagish Lake landed on a frozen lake and by the time acadamia got their act together, the lake had

Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Conservation of Meteorites]

Take it or Leave it! That is how it is here. Dave, what about the other countries? Feel the same? Exporting Rocks, Minerals, Meteorites and Tektites from Canada http://miac.uqac.ca/MIAC/export.htm Roman Jirasek www.meteoritelabels.com - Original Message - From: David Freeman [EMAIL