Hi list.My set of tucson pics are up on my erbsite on tucson page#1.I'll
have more later.I also want to put to rest the bantering about I have been
doing.I will stop all the dum emails concerning my new items.I am
sorry,But I draw the line on threatning emails.I'll keep it to meteorites
from now
In a message dated 2/16/2005 10:37:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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Congrats Todd. Were you using a metal detector or just visual? Actually,
that's pretty good considering the amount of people that are/have pounded the
field. The first finds are the best and
In a message dated 2/16/2005 11:32:12 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote:
Last month I spent the weekend at the Franconia Strewn Field and found my
first two meteorites - 4 gm and 51 gm. They were small but what a rush!
Congratulations Todd! Wow!
http://www.geocities.com/spacerocksinc/Feb17.html
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Come on Todd!
a little fish? It's a DREAM for every collector once to find a meteorite!
A dream, which for the biggest part of European collectors won't come true.
Due to the climate here in Central Europe meteorites decay rapidely, we have
no suitable or arid hunting grounds and the only place
In a message dated 2/16/2005 11:57:22 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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Hi TODD,
Congratualtions!!!
Did you find your first finds all by yourself or did you go out with some
one?
I know my first find was with an experienced meteorite investigator and I
know I could
In a message dated 2/17/2005 4:57:29 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Come on Todd!
a little fish? It's a DREAM for every collector once to find a meteorite!
A dream, which for the biggest part of European collectors won't come true.
Due to the climate here in Central
Separate from this stone being no meteorite,
the mentioned local newspaper article referred to, describes probably the
fall of Zaklodzie (30 miles away from Lublin) in the night of April 21 in
1897 - bright bolide, longlasting thunders, trembling windows ground, just
in that area, where later the
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peregrineflier
IMCA 6168
http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm
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I missed this one.
For sure this specimen isn't Zaklodzie. Also for me this is
AMEN, John Dave, AMEN!
Greg Redfern
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Please delete
This is another image of my Sikhote bullet
http://it.geocities.com/mcomemeteoritecollection/SikhoteAlin5.JPG
Matteo
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M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato
Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY
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Collection
Hi Bob, Dave and all,
I thought that was an Allende not Murchison??
--AL Mitterling
Bob Evans wrote:
Come on Dave ,
How can you compete with the museums 8 kilo Murchison, the size of a
football
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In a message dated 2/17/2005 7:32:56 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
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Congratulations on your Franconia finds. When we first started to hunt
there, it took us three days to find our first one. After that, we did
pretty good.
John Gwilliam
Thanks John.
Do you
Wonderful photos Steve. Most of them are very clear. I can not wait to see page two. I recognize most all of the people in the photos but who is that proud looking gentleman in the last photo?
Also, after meeting you at the party, I have now met both Steve Arnolds and you are number one in my
Martin A. kindly wrote
It's a DREAM for every collector once to find a
meteorite!A dream, which for the biggest part of European
collectors won't come true.
Hi All,
It took me about two hours to find my first meteorite, a wonderful 69g iron. I
knew little about meteorites at the time,
Hello list.
Here's a picture of my first finds. The picture is so-so but here it is.
http://www.gazler.com/users/todd//firstmeteorite2.jpg
TODD
Scottsdale, AZ
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Dear list,
I have been reading post on the list for a few months now. This is my first
intervention, I hope some of you will be able to help out.
I am working on a virtual exhibition concerning meteorites for the Montreal
Planetarium, Canada. One of the sections of the site will present some
... an oriented specimen?
I have never seen one nor heard of one. I wonder if one exists and if not,
why.
Bernhard
PS: I can't even remember seeing a thumbprinted one...
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Hello Todd,
Congrats on your 1st find(s)! There is nothing like
that first one, but then again, the following ones are
only-ever-so-slightly-less thrilling. ;-) Good luck
in your future searching.
Best wishes,
Robert Woolard
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Hello List,
I'm just a little
Randy Mils, take some pills! My posts, ebay or otherwise are covered in
rule one (except this one) they are meteorite related. Every one of your
posts break rules 2 and 3. You never post about meteorites, you only post
attacks. You told me;
If you want to be a ebay cop, send them your resume.
Hi Berhard and list:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=3239item=6511931255rd=1
Peter Marmet
Bernhard Rems wrote:
PS: I can't even remember seeing a thumbprinted one...
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Dear Sara, List, BERND;
In my catalogue, I see no TKW for my favorite Gibeon iron; perchance is
it in the running? Cape York 59 T., Canyon Diablo 30 T. Gibeonlarge
masses, other large masses...?
Davy A. ErrDavy F. that is!
Sara Arsenault wrote:
Dear list,
I have been reading post on
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:00:47 +0100, Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Come on Todd!
a little fish? It's a DREAM for every collector once to find a meteorite!
A dream, which for the biggest part of European collectors won't come true.
Due to the climate here in Central Europe meteorites
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:27:05 +0100, Bernhard Rems [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
... an oriented specimen?
I have never seen one nor heard of one. I wonder if one exists and if not,
why.
Bernhard
PS: I can't even remember seeing a thumbprinted one...
Could it be that it didn't fragment on the way
Hello Sara and List,
I am trying to evaluate the total recovered weight for this meteorite.
In Grady's catalogue (page 126), the addition of the numerous masses
gives a total of 45 tonnes (approximately). The 37 tonnes that Robert
Haag tried to buy with no success in 1990 is not cited. Would
Hi All
Al wrote
I thought that was an Allende not Murchison??
Here are some photos of the two meteorites in question that I took on my visit
to CFM with Al Mitterling a few years ago.
http://jensenmeteorites.com/Chicago/1Murch.jpg
http://jensenmeteorites.com/Chicago/1Allende.jpg
Unfortunately
Dave Freeman wrote:
In my catalogue, I see no TKW for my favorite Gibeon iron
Hello All,
There is a table on page 592 of Buchwald's trilogy. Vagn Buchwald
wrote that the total weight of the 77 specimens listed in the table
was 21,000 kg. As many more masses have been found to date, we can
In fact there are some hints, that the irons from Morasko were transported
and misplaced during the last glacial period.
Perhaps Mr.Bartoschewitz can enlighten us more about this issue?
The glaciers in the Alpes are not so mighty than the ice shield of
Antarctica and there aren't such mechanisms,
Dear All,
Catalogue of Meteorites lists Chicago Field House collection as Allende
33 kg (about 3rd largest behind , 380 kg in USNM,Washington, 137 kg, ASU
Tempe), and Murchinson 40.7 kg (largest listed specimen and 30 kg @ USNM
Washington, Univ. Adelaide has specimens, ASU has 7 kg in Tempe.
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104article=27227
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4.3 kilo campo.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=6512418993
And if you want to talk about regmaglypts! Look no further than this Campo
that looks like Sikhote-Alin.
Just to inform you all.
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Dear Lars B Pedersen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]),
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I have often wondered whether the enormous relict moraines from the last
glacial advances might not contain concentrations of meteorites which
fell on those vast ice fields. Such morainal debris has repeatedly
yielded up both gold and diamonds transported some distance from the
deposits from which
Hi Martin and All,
Does the weathering etc. of Zaklodzie match 101 years on the ground in
Poland before being found later?
Cheers,
Martin H.
Hi
Ofcourse we cant be sure for 100%, but as I know this is possible that this
meteorite is part of that bolide and weathering of Zaklodzie also
Hey List, have you seen metal in a Chondrite that looks like this, I find it
strange. You might have to enlarge it a little to see the details. : )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/peregrineflier/DSCN0721.jpg
Thanks, Tom
peregrineflier
IMCA 6168
Hi Dave,
Could you identify the seller and share the ID with the list? A couple of
times Serge of Cometshop had his auctions pulled because eBay made a
mistake. It was very frustrating for him. Since Serge sells Shirokovsky I
wonder whether eBay has screwed up again. Thanks.
Bob
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Hello Bernhard and All,
Here is a link to one of my Accretion Desk articles at the Meteorite
Times:
http://www.meteoritetimes.com/Back_Links/2004/April/Accretion_Desk.htm
In the article, I have two pieces that might interest you. The first
pictured specimen, I believe, is oriented. It is
Hey list, I am sorry to have offended so many people, my ebay posts were not
meant to offend anyone. I will not be posting anymore ebay related things,
it is not worth the hate mail.
I apologized to Randy Mils about my post, and we are good now, so no more
hate mail for that post is needed.
I
Hi Darren and All,
The article is highlighting the Lucite (not plastic) disks NASA makes
available for teachers. Of course it is hard compare tiny specks of
Antarctic meteorites to those chunks most of us pass around to classes,
but in reality, the disks are pretty darn cool! Especially the
Well Tom, here's a thought. There is an ebay seller named spacecase33
from Kingman that has some fabulous Canyon Diablo's on ebay. Since
Kingman is such a small town, maybe you should go over and introduce
yourself in a humble manor and see if he knows about your local
meteorwrongs you seem
Now A.Pilski gave some reference:
Terrestrial age of Zaklodzie is no longer that 200 years according Patzer et
al. Meteoritics PS, June 2002. So its fall in 1897 is not excluded.
Buckleboo!
Martin
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Dear Mike, List;
For a weight vs. mass comparison of piles of meteorites, go to your
local rock quarry or aggregate plant and ponder a bit. Irons would be
easier ascertained at a steel or scrap yard but for common (now there's
a relative term) chondrites would be approximately equal to a
Item Number - 6510436061
Item Title - ShirokovskyEnigma Stonemeteorite wrong 13,4 g slice
i dont get it - smeone was booted off of ebay for selling a 'fake'
meteowrong?
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Regarding Chicago Steve:
I want to express my regret at seeing so
many list members acting like a bunch
of JR High school punks pounding on
the geek during lunch time.
It is no secret that Steve is not the
coolest kid at school, but I will tell
you this: He is honorable, enthusiastic
and has a
Looks like the rare and elusive armored trilobite to me! : )
Anita D. Westlake
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I write to him yesterday asking him about his slices of Shirokovsky. Now I
send him question if he know what happend with his account.
We will see
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i dont get it - smeone was booted off of ebay for selling a
'fake'meteowrong?
Wouldn't a fake meteor-wrong be a meteor-right? You knowtwo negatives
make a positive, and all that.
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Great news indeed. The banishment should be named the S. Ray DeRusse
Lifetime Achievement Award, and so well deserved by its first and only
recipient!
CharlyV
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Sent: Wednesday, February 16,
Hello everyone! Thanks to the many of you that made it to Tucson this
year. We enjoyed meeting a number of new friends and hope to see you
here again next year! We have some very nice meteorite auctions ending
on ebay shortly. These include a beautiful Muonionalusta with No
Reserve, a huge
Hi all
The foremost Danish scientist in space/Mars research is dead.
I was specialy known for his Mars research.
After Niels Bohr, he was propbably the most famouse Danish scientist.
I am personaly deaple touched, as I had personal comunication with Jens
about our meteorit passion.
now he is
troilitized rolly polly from other planet?
i will be gradually switching over to yahoo mail (it has 100 FREE megs of storage). please cc to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Tom Knudson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "met list" meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] What's the deal with
Dear Listees:
Sorry to use the List for this, but I need to reach Tim Heitz and
cannot find a current email address for him. Can anyone help? Please
reply off-List.
Thanks in advance,
Geoff N.
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Dear fellow collectros,
there are 24 hours left for my eBay auctions, including a fully
crusted, oriented 24g Camel Donga individual, a 7.8g slice of the
Maralinga (CK4-ANOM) chondrite, and three nice iron individuals.
You are invited to have a look at these specimens by following
this link:
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i dont get it - smeone was booted off of ebay for selling a
'fake'meteowrong?
Wouldn't a fake meteor-wrong be a meteor-right? You knowtwo
negatives make a positive, and all that.
Hola CMcdon0923, fake is just used an adjective in English, no harm done
OH MY GOD !
Anyone in the mood for an English lesson ??
Doug... drop the dictionary and pick up a meteorite. Its more
exhilarating. Trust me !!
And we pick on poor Steve !! Shame on us.
BE
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Dear Bob, List;
Indeed so! So, to ask the $64,000 question, does the commonly used
term meteorwrong come with a negative connotation, and does it have a
presence in dictionaries, meaning does it have diction with a positive
connotation, or is it still a negative, there be it, a negative
i bought a brahin megachunk years ago. it has yellow green crystal in it. how come all the new stuff has dark brown or black crystals in it?
i will be gradually switching over to yahoo mail (it has 100 FREE megs of storage). please cc to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have actually seen this before. Years back someone from Texas was selling
some as a meteorite. I wrote him and asked him if he had it tested, he said
no. It did not sell. He wrote me and asked for my address and actually sent
it to me. With the help of the fine people on this list it was
Try these pieces out, they are as yellow and green as they come.
Not all Brahin is dark or a ruster, some pieces are museum quality.
These certainly are. Although very few are like this, so if you don't have a
nice Brahin in your collection, perhaps it is time to change that.
Mike Farmer
Check out this pic.
http://www.meteoritelabels.com/scope1.jpg
Using my 3.2 mega pixel Canon and a micro scope set at
20x zoom, I just got this image of an unclassified chondrite.
The large chondrule is 2mm across. If you had to guess,
what classification could this be?
Thanks,
Roman Jirasek
All Right Todd!
A much deserved round of applause goes out to you! You've joined the ranks of a
very few, fortunate group of individuals. Well done!
I just re-lived the euphoric feelings experienced with my first, and every
find!
Good luck, and thanks for letting us know about your good
Michael,
I try to stay out of the fray and not post negative posts. How does the old
adage go? If you have nothing good to say don't say anything at all.
Thanks for your post. I could'nt have said it better.
Cheers,
tett
Owen Sound, Ontario
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Good Evening List,
Does anyone have the final prices for the 2005 M. Blood auction? Just curious
to see what everything went for?
Ryan
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I think it has been Michael's policy not to post auction results because they are merely a reflection of a limited offering to a limited number of participants at a given time and are not to be confused with general worldwide market conditions.
Randy
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Dave, Mike, List,
I like Dave's suggestion to get a handle on the sizes of these monsters.
Another demented way if you don't have a local quarry or metal crushing yard
nearby, is just to multiply your body weight by 8 for irons, or 3 to 4 for
ordinary chondrites. So a nickel-iron meteorite
Hello
This time some fun together with hidden advertising :
Tooday I make 3 short videos. Just meteorite is move around 360*.
Becouse I have only VHS-C video camera in home quality is not perfect, but I
think this show You more than 100 photos.
If people outside europe will be have problems
Hmm.. He posted the results on his website last year. Are you implying that
most of the items went for below or well below normal market value, and that he
doesn't want to ruin current street value prices by posting the result of the
auction? Not sure that I understand that concept, if it's
It went both ways. Some items like the DAG martians went very high per gramcompared to current internet prices. LA002 went quite low per gram but it was a big piece.
Some other items sold higher than normal and others went lower than normal. Some items did not sell. As I said it was a limited
Dear List,
It has been some time since we advertised a weekly rare material special. I
know some List members are fond of irons so here is a great opportunity to
pick up a rare iron at an extremely low price per gram. Only three pieces
are available and they are all huge slabs etched on one
Hi Ryan,
I happily report price of sale to individuals who placed an
absentee bid on a given item.
The reason I do not post prices is out of consideration of
all the dealers in Tucson - and even those not at Tucson. For some
reason, people are under the misconception that the price
Michael,
My show expenses for Tucson were over $4000.00, and I SHARED a room with
Eric Olson, not to mention I live in Tucson, and did not have to travel
thousands of miles to attend the show.
People don't seem to understand that.
Anyway, the auction prices mean very little. If people want
Dear Michael;
If the auction is such a bad deal for all the dealers, why do the
dealers so eagerly attend the auction? I think that is the issue, buy
low sell high. Isn't that related to your non disclosure issue?
I should think that some information on what was paid by
Please drop me an email, Bob. I accidentally deleted the email that you sent to
me. Thanks.
Ryan
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6513062114
Check this out, this is a bullet if I have ever seen one.
And for a shield, look no further than this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=6513057983
Now tell me these are not museum quality pieces.
Mike Farmer
Cool Doug! I need nemonics!! That and ten fingers and ten toes have gotten
me this far in life!!! Jerry
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Hello,
Looking for recommendations for well curated, wide variety, meteorite
exhibits open to the public in the US and Canada to visit. Thanks in
advance for any suggestions.
Best wishes,
Mike
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I hate non-words like meteorright and meteorwrong also,
How about a new system...
Meteorite+ or just meteorite A meteorite
Meteorite- or !meteorite NOT A meteorite
Then there is
Meteorite++ More than one meteorite
meteorite
Dear Michael;
If the auction is such a bad deal for all the dealers, why do the dealers
so eagerly attend the auction? I think that is the issue, buy low sell
high. Isn't that related to your non disclosure issue?
I should think that some information on what was paid by
Bob and all,
Michael spelled out his thought process very clearly. The auction is a public
venue and anyone present can record and offer the results, but it isn't his
responsibility to do so for anyone but the consigners, buyers and the irs. I'm
sure somebody copied it all down. Simply find
Michael spelled out his thought process very clearly. The auction is a
public venue and anyone present can record and offer the results, but it
isn't his responsibility to do so for anyone but the consigners, buyers and
the irs. I'm sure somebody copied it all down. Simply find another source.
Actually, you don't need anyone's permission. It was a public auction, so the
results can be released to the public if you are willing to do so. Go ahead,
post them if you want.
Ryan
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i know - but it was also someone else's gig - if he doesnt want the info
released i'll respect that - and post my thoughts to hopefully change his
mind :)
if Michael simply doesnt want to be the one to provide the info but doesnt
mind if others do, then I'd more than happi;y post the results
I see your point, and I agree to a certain extent. However, I really don't
think that providing the results would affect the meteorite market, because
there really is no consistant market anymore. For example, I've see NWA 482 go
for $5,000/g, and I've seen it go for $2500/g. One dealer
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