RE: [meteorite-list] Heat-treating tektites

2004-03-30 Thread mark ford
Norm, I have seen this type of 'carnival' style glass being made, what they do is heat the glass up (such as a vase or wine glass) to dull red, and dip it into a fine powdered metallic salt, (such as cobalt or stannus chloride, or even uranium salts) depending on the colour(s) required they also

Re: [meteorite-list] Heat-treating tektites

2004-03-30 Thread tracy latimer
I know that old glass bottles (besides going purple) will also develop a metallic rainbow patina from being exposed to UV radiation and weak acids, as they might encounter after years in a dump. Considering that tektites have been around for thousands of years longer than man-made glass, it's

[meteorite-list] NEMS

2004-03-30 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, Has anyone placed a successful order with NEMS recently. My emails apparently get ignored. Thanks. -Walter --www.branchmeteorites.com

RE: [meteorite-list] NEMS

2004-03-30 Thread peter scherff
Hi Walter, I too have e-mailed Russ. I did not receive a response. I have had a number of people ask me how he is. So I assume that he has been ill. Thanks, Peter Scherff __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2004-03-30 Thread TonyG114
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Re: [meteorite-list] SALE: REALLY COOL METEORITE

2004-03-30 Thread dean bessey
I am really confused here as to the purpose of the Hupes email and photo along this thread. What exactly is it that you are trying to acompolish?. There are two meteorites (And nice ones to may I add) but I cant figure out the purpose of sending those nice photos in conjunction with my sale. From

[meteorite-list] Shamless Ebay Auction Plug.....

2004-03-30 Thread Jim Strope
Hi Everybody: I have ebay auctions ending tonight. Even if you don't bid you maywant to take a look at the photos of item #2234162115. I loaded some large size photos for your viewing pleasure. This incredible Bullet Shaped specimen is currently at less than a dollar a graman absolute

[meteorite-list] Re: Meteorite-list digest, Vol 2 #199 - 10 msgs

2004-03-30 Thread Charles O'Dale
Dave: From: Isotopic evidence for a single impact melting origin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, A.P. Dickin it al., Based on the available isotopic and geochemical data, it is suggested that the SIC resulted from a single impact melting event that gave rise to the whole complex entirely from

[meteorite-list] Bright Lights Seen Over Wisconsin, Michigan

2004-03-30 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.ironwooddailyglobe.com/0324tidb.htm A confirmation on that UFO Ironwood Daily Globe (Michigan) March 24, 2004 Ellen Pfeiffer of Ironwood called the Globe to say she and a friend had seen the bright lights reported by a Kimball, Wis., man as an unidentified flying object Sunday

[meteorite-list] Mystery Lights Observed Over England

2004-03-30 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1107ArticleID=762449 Alan in dark over mystery lights Sunderland Today (United Kingdom) March 24, 2004 AN amateur stargazer said today he was baffled after he saw two mysterious bright lights in the sky above his home, which

[meteorite-list] Landing on Powder or Ice? (Rosetta)

2004-03-30 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEM2BB57ESD_0.html Landing on powder or ice? European Space Agency 30 March 2004 Rosetta's lander Philae will do something never before attempted: land on a comet. But how will it do this, when the kind of surface it will land on is unknown? With the

[meteorite-list] Re: High Possil Meteorite

2004-03-30 Thread Ron Baalke
It was the morning of 5 April, 1804, when a series of bangs was heard between Falkirk and Glasgow. A short time later, a smoking trail crashed into the ground at High Possil, witnessed by a group of workmen and other witnesses, including two boys and a dog. In case you didn't notice, the 200th

Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Lights Observed Over England

2004-03-30 Thread GeoZay
AN amateur stargazer said today he was baffled after he saw two mysterious bright lights in the sky above his home, which vanished before he could get a closer look. My money is on the landing lights of an aircraft. I use to see this a lot when I observed outside San Diego. If the plane is

Re: [meteorite-list] Bright Lights Seen Over Wisconsin, Michigan

2004-03-30 Thread GeoZay
Ellen Pfeiffer of Ironwood called the Globe to say she and a friend had seen the bright lights reported by a Kimball, Wis., man as an unidentified flying object Sunday evening. Pfeiffer said she and Darlene Korhonen were coming out of the Pioneer Park Apartments around 6:15 p.m. when they saw

[meteorite-list] Corrected links. Huge ebay sale tonight

2004-03-30 Thread Michael Farmer
$40,000 in meteorites up for grabs. See them all here. http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=meteorite-hunter http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=meteoritehunters Some specific items

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - March 30, 2004

2004-03-30 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Rat Bears Down on Brooklyn - sol 84, Mar 30, 2004 The angular nature of the rock called Mazatzal required some extra rodent power over the weekend. The latest grind by Spirit's rock abrasion tool (the RAT) resulted in the

Re: [meteorite-list] SALE: REALLY COOL METEORITE

2004-03-30 Thread Rob Wesel
Something to consider Dean is the fact that you are selling a rare meteorite without making any deposits for science and posterity. This is where we all need to get nervous that the horrible scientists will to put a ban private collectionand can you blame them in a case like this? While I

Re: [meteorite-list] park forest revisited one year after the fall/newspaper

2004-03-30 Thread Ron Baalke
Good morning list.Well tomorrow is the 1 year anniversary of the HISTORIC park forest meteorite fall. March 26 is also the anniversary date of the Heaven's Gate mass suicide. 39 people killed themselves in 1997 to shed their 'earthly containers' to meet up with what they thought was a

Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Lights Observed Over England

2004-03-30 Thread GeoZay
IWell, I can only talk about my personal experience. I have been an amateur astronomer for more than 20 years now. I have been watching the sky for an additional 10 years or so, and even now, when I am outside at night without a telescope (I owned several over these years), I am skywatching as

Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Lights Observed Over England

2004-03-30 Thread almitt
Greetings Bernhard and all, Bernhard \Rendelius\ Rems wrote: I have seen several extremely (!) bright meteorites - amongst them one that was reddish/blueish/whiteish, one that was pale and exploded into may sparks, one that was as green as bruning copper AND I have seen head on meteorites, I

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Park Forest, New 'Rites Wrong (Park Forest) comic

2004-03-30 Thread John Sinclair
Hi Mark, Where did the idea for this comic come from? I spent 7 days in and around Park Forest last year and found the entire community to be very friendly. My fellow hunters and I had a great time. At no time did we considered ourselves in any danger. FOR THE MOST PART, this is a very nice

Re: [meteorite-list] SALE: REALLY COOL METEORITE

2004-03-30 Thread almitt
Hi Rob and all, Rob Wesel wrote: This is where we all need to get nervous that the horrible scientists will to put a ban private collectionand can you blame them in a case like this? I can't speak for the rest of the world but in the USA scientists get their money from public tax dollars.

Re: [meteorite-list] david new

2004-03-30 Thread harlan trammell
anybody heard from him lately? got contact info? i have bought stuff from him as kid in the 70's and as recently as 5 yrs ago a got a nice 6.6ct diamond octo from him , but have not heard from him. From: "Philip R. Burns" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]

Re: [meteorite-list] SALE: REALLY COOL METEORITE

2004-03-30 Thread Rob Wesel
I agree that we should compliment each other Al, but history has shown what can happen in cases where we do not, and science wins. Why? Because this isn't about us and our collections, it is bigger than us and if we act irresponsibly than action will be taken...as it has before regarding fossils.

Re: [meteorite-list] SALE: REALLY COOL METEORITE

2004-03-30 Thread almitt
Anyone interested in a chat, a park forest resident and I are on for a bit. Time 11:10 p.m. --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] H2900 Eucrite

2004-03-30 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear Dean and List Members, Dean, we posted the comparison picture of NWA 1929-Howardite and the new Polymict Eucrite (H2900) because a List member suggested your new Eucrite was paired to the Howardite. Look back in the thread to see the post. We did this so collectors would not think they were

Re: [meteorite-list] H2900 Eucrite

2004-03-30 Thread Michael Farmer
Adam, you mean like a couple of days ago you alluded that you might have a Lunar meteorite purchased in a batch of Amgala. Now you are slamming Dean for alluding that he might have a Lunar meteorite. Man, you need to practice what you preach. Mike Farmer - Original Message - From: Adam

Re: [meteorite-list] H2900 Eucrite

2004-03-30 Thread Nicholas Gessler
Dear All, I don't post much on this list because I really don't care for the continual squabbles. I would like to stay friends with Adam, Greg, Dean, Mike and most everyone. Did Dean claim his recent posting was a Lunar? I don't think so... To quote him in full context: The nomad that I bought

Re: [meteorite-list] SALE: REALLY COOL METEORITE

2004-03-30 Thread Rosemary Hackney
Al.. Aren't we a part of the SCIENTIFIC community? There are a lot of scientists in this group. Rosie - Original Message - From: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rob Wesel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 4:35 PM Subject:

[meteorite-list] H2900 Eucrite

2004-03-30 Thread Adam Hupe
Hey Mike, Considering I wrote this to Dean, I feel impelled to reply to you for your uneccessary reply. Mike, these are two completely different situations. Dean posted his material to the list for SALE, alluding to the fact that it might be Lunar. We announced to the List that we found a small

Re: [meteorite-list] Sudbury Onaping query

2004-03-30 Thread Roman Jirasek
Hi Dave I see you received no posts from the list yet. The Sudbury crater was introduced to me around 5 years ago. It's funny because some of local people living right in the crater do not know they are living in a crater. The visual area is very different than what I am used to, so I found the

Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Lights Observed Over England

2004-03-30 Thread Rosemary Hackney
Title: Nachricht I saw a Black Helicopter today. No sound. No darkness.. No leader. No companions. Rosie - Original Message - From: Bernhard "Rendelius" Rems To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 2:23 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Mystery

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Park Forest, New 'Rites Wrong (Park Forest

2004-03-30 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello John and list, Hope everything is well over on the coastline for you and your wife. To be honest John, my desire to continue to defend the comic is less then the desire from minorities to defame it. Images are interrupted by different people, differently and I am not sure what else I can

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Park Forest, New 'Rites Wrong (Park Forest

2004-03-30 Thread Norman Lehrman
Mark, I'm willing to bet I speak for a bunch of people out there. Humo(u)r is humo(u)r, and always plays with the edges of propriety/expectation. It tends to deal with issues that have strong reactions and gives them a twist. That's how it works. We laugh. I think you have faced absurd

[meteorite-list] Travis a and b, Fredericksburg

2004-03-30 Thread Thomas Kingery
Does anyone have info on Travis County and/or Fredericksburg meteorites. I am trying to find the exact location of the strewnfields to see if more specimans can be located. Hopefully present property owners will give permission to search. I reside within 45 miles of each. I also have family in

Re: [meteorite-list] Collectors and dealers.

2004-03-30 Thread Jeannie Devon
Hi Mike, I sell meteorites in my store and my husband always kids me that it's only to support my own habit! I would not really call myself a meteorite "dealer" in the true sense of the word, but rather a meteorite retailer! Whenever I buy several of the same fall, I can never really bear