[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - February 1, 2005

2005-02-01 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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[meteorite-list] Shuttle Disaster Anniversary

2005-02-01 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; Today is the two year anniversary of the last shuttle disaster. May we all have the opportunity to go forward to touch the face of God. They are sadly missed.I am still left in amazement at our accomplishment of the sciences ... and of the souls of those who boldly go where no

Re: [meteorite-list] Information wanted- Hessle specimen number

2005-02-01 Thread Martinh
Hi Frank, I too had the same question about that number form way back in October of 2003. http://www.meteoritetimes.com/Back_Links/2003/October/Accretion_Desk.htm In my Accretion Desk article, the second pic is of a Knyahinya individual with the same numbering scheme: MS over 103/2 (as well as

Re: [meteorite-list] Information wanted- Hessle specimen number

2005-02-01 Thread MARK BOSTICK
How about Nevil Maskelyne (1823-1911), whose full name is sometimes referenced as Nevil Story-Maskelyne. Meteorites with MS number, that we know of are, Knyahinya, fell 1866 and Hessel, which fell in 1869. Story-Maskelyn was VERY active during the fall of both of these meteorites. I think it is

Re: [meteorite-list] Information wanted- Hessle specimen number

2005-02-01 Thread Martinh
Hi Mark, Frank and All, Cosmic Debris, page 191, end of third paragraph: Despite this disappointment, Maskelyne continued to write to Nordenskiold and was rewarded by receiving a piece of the Hessle stone... Good call Mark! I think you're on to something. Martin H On Feb 1, 2005, at 10:26 AM,

[meteorite-list] South Dakota Professor Receives NASA Grant to Study Mars Lava Flows

2005-02-01 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1300dept_id=156923newsid=13858595PAG=461rfi=9 BHSU prof receives grant to study Mars lava flows Black Hills Pioneer (South Dakato) January 31, 2005 SPEARFISH - Dr. Steve Anderson, professor of geology and planetary science at Black Hills State University,

Re: [meteorite-list] Information wanted- Hessle specimen number

2005-02-01 Thread fcressy
Hi Martin, Mark and all, Thanks for your help and leads. Earlier today I received an email from David New regarding my Hessle collection number question. He remembered obtaining Hessle specimens (maybe even the same one?) with similar red ink back in the 1980's from a Swedish museum. Looks

[meteorite-list] Hessle specimen and David new

2005-02-01 Thread bernd . pauli
Hi Martin, Mark, Frank and all, David New ... maybe even the same one with similar red ink Here is a typical entry from one of David's 1990 sales lists: HESSLE Uppsala, Sweden Fell January 1, 1869 Type: H5 Total known weight 17.6 kg Choice dark jet-black rounded partial mass with rich fusion

[meteorite-list] POLISHER FOR SALE

2005-02-01 Thread dean bessey
I have this somewhat old but industrial strength polisher that I want to get rid off. (I am going away for 6 months or so late this year so need to liquidate pretty much everything that I own over the next 8 months). New this polisher costs $3000 or so but it is not new but it does work

[meteorite-list] here we come

2005-02-01 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi all.I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.I hope the show is going well.I am really eager to get going and buying.See ya all tomorrow. steve arnold, chicago,tucson bound = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 Illinois Meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] Information wanted- Hessle specimen number

2005-02-01 Thread Martinh
Hi Frank and List, I don't know if it adds much, but the link below is to a picture of a specimen card I received along with three small Hessle individuals. http://challenge.isu.edu/hessle_card.jpg It is from the museum in Stockholm so we might be getting closer Cheers, Martin H On Feb 1,

[meteorite-list] Recent Activity on Mars: Fire and Ice

2005-02-01 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Jan05/MarsRecently.html Recent Activity on Mars: Fire and Ice Planetary Science Research Discoveries January 31, 2005 --- New images from Mars Express show evidence of recent volcanic and glacial activity on Mars, consistent with what we know from Martian meteorites

[meteorite-list] Crosbyton - need data

2005-02-01 Thread McCartney Taylor
I've been asked to write a short piece on the Crosbyton, Texas meteorite. The Catalogue has darn little. Does anyone have any info on this? -mt -- McCartneyTaylor, IMCA 2760 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Hot flash more goof balls?

2005-02-01 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Dave, and List, Obviously, we are entering the Tucson Lull when The List goes unnaturally quiet! Time for the supremely silly Post! Mine, I mean. So, let's talk about the Xenotech website. I don't know how much of it you've looked at, but I'd already

Re: [meteorite-list] Hot flash more goof balls?

2005-02-01 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:16:01 -0600, Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, let's talk about the Xenotech website. I don't know how much of it you've looked at, but I'd already spent quite a few hours on its hundreds of pages. First, it's not these jokers; it's one

[meteorite-list] white thingy

2005-02-01 Thread Darren Garrison
I don't know wherther you would properly call it a chondrule, clast, xenolith, inclusion, or more than one of the list, but I just received an interesting piece in a lot of NWA 869 from Dean Bessey that had one of those white spheroids commonly found in 869 OUTSIDE of the fusion crust on an