Re: [meteorite-list] ...and my Munich notes

2005-11-01 Thread Meteoriteshow
Hi Martin and All, Thanks very much Martin for your explanations about the Münich Show! It was very interesting to read and I wish I can make it next year... For sure I will be in Ensisheim and Ste Marie aux Mines next year in June, as usual since 2002. As I am not a 'meteorite dealer' but a

[meteorite-list] Last Word (from me) on the Crackpot Theory, I Think...

2005-11-01 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Both Paul and Marco supplied a lot more information about the extinction of mammoths and somewhat took me to task at the same time. Understand, I am not carrying Firestone's water here nor attempting to validate his theories. I do not believe that his data is particularly relevant to

Re: [meteorite-list] Parallel Banding in Vigarano

2005-11-01 Thread Meteoriteshow
Hi Martin, Bernd and All, What do you think about those different kinds of DIs present in Tnz057 (C4 an)? http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/images/b117/tan057-slices-MNHN(oct-2005)/tnz057-slice_nr7-59.3g(2-Dark_Inclusions)-web.jpg I still do not really have clear scientific information about them...

Re: [meteorite-list] List member discovers new comet

2005-11-01 Thread Alexander Seidel
As many of you know, List member, Rob Matson, is a very determined meteorite hunter, asteroid finder, and comet discover. Not to forget: outstanding orbital analyst, artificial satellite observer and ingenious programmer... :-) High fives and congrats to Rob for his discovery! Alex

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2005-11-01 Thread meteoritehunter
I have loaded another 40 meteorites on ebay, most starting at one cent as usual. There are over $2000.00 in meteorites up for grabs tonight. I am flying home today from Paris, so will not be home until after the auctions end. Some notable specimens are below. All items end TONIGHT

[meteorite-list] AD: large meteorite sale tonight.

2005-11-01 Thread meteoritehunter
I have loaded another 40 meteorites on ebay, most starting at one cent as usual. There are over $2000.00 in meteorites up for grabs tonight. I am flying home today from Paris, so will not be home until after the auctions end. Some notable specimens are below. All items end TONIGHT

[meteorite-list] Re: Last Word (from me) on the Crackpot Theory, I Think...

2005-11-01 Thread Marco Langbroek
Sterling K. Webb wrote: Here is the problem with my attempting to deal with the data (the isotopic anomalies). People seem to consider me instead a supporter of various theories, whacky or not, Firestone's or any other's, about extinctions. I have no brief for these theories. I am

[meteorite-list] DIs in Fred's TAN 057

2005-11-01 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Frederic and List, What do you think about those different kinds of DIs present in Tnz057 (C4-an)? http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/images/b117/tan057-slices-MNHN(oct-2005)/tnz057-slice_nr7-59.3g(2-Dark_Inclusions)-web.jpg I agree, while the bigger one looks like a real DI composed of grainy

Re: [meteorite-list] DIs in Fred's TAN 057

2005-11-01 Thread David Weir
Hello Frederic, Do you have any idea why your Tanezrouft 057 is listed in an article in the August 2005 MAPS - A weathering index for CK and R chondrites, A.E. Rubin and H. Huber - as a CK5 rather than a C4-An? In the article they also assign Tanezrouft 057 a weathering index of wi-4, or

[meteorite-list] Fred's TAN 057 a CK or a CV Chondrite?

2005-11-01 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello David, Frederic, and List, Do you have any idea why your Tanezrouft 057 is listed ...as a CK5 rather than a C4-An? Could this be a typo? If it was a CK5, it would have to be highly recrystallized - maybe comparable to Mike Farmer's NWA 1907 CK5 or to NWA 060, another CK5, which it

[meteorite-list] No. Virginia fireball

2005-11-01 Thread larrytwinkmonrad
Last evening I forwarded the list message re. above subject to our brother-in-law in Alexandria, VA and here is his response: Yes, it was huge, saw it disappear behind our across-the-street neighbors house and tree, Looked like a wide luminous vapor trail what I saw of it--awesome!! J.

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Fukang

2005-11-01 Thread Dawn Gerald Flaherty
I agree Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: RYAN PAWELSKI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:11 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Fukang Man-O-Man... this is got to be the funniest fukang thing I have seen on the

Re: [meteorite-list] FIREBALL OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA

2005-11-01 Thread Chris Peterson
I've received a number of reports stretching from Myrtle Beach, SC in the south to Washington DC in the north. I normally collect reports from Colorado and the surrounding states; only very large fireballs generate multiple reports to my site from outside this area. Chris

[meteorite-list] Re: Last Word (from me) on the Crackpot Theory, I Think...

2005-11-01 Thread Paul
Sterling Webb wrote: The clustering I mentioned came from a complete list of dated carcases. Most dates were single and isolated times, but there were several dates clustered around the two time periods Firestone found (elsewhere) anomalies for. It was a very weak association and I

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - October 31, 2005

2005-11-01 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Riding Ripples and Working Issues - sol 619-626, Oct 31, 2005: Opportunity is healthy and traversing around the northwest side of Erebus Crater. The rover has driven on every sol possible, acquiring during and

Re: [meteorite-list] FIREBALL OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA

2005-11-01 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:12:45 -0700, Chris Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've received a number of reports stretching from Myrtle Beach, SC in the south to Washington DC in the north. I normally collect reports from Colorado and the surrounding states; only very large fireballs generate

[meteorite-list] Current Status of Hayabusa and Events Scheduled in November

2005-11-01 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/snews/2005/1027.shtml Current Status of Hayabusa and Events Scheduled in November Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) October 27, 2005 Hayabusa that arrived at the target asteroid Itokawa on September 12th of this year has performed detailed scientific observation

[meteorite-list] Hayabusa Update - November 1, 2005

2005-11-01 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/snews/2005/1101.shtml All around a small world! Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) November 1, 2005 Hayabusa has finished an exciting excursion around Itokawa. The figure below indicates the spacecraft position during the latter half of October. The definition of

[meteorite-list] Correction to Re: Last Word (from me) on the Crackpot Theory, I Think...

2005-11-01 Thread Paul
In my last post at http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2005-November/178653.html , my thinking and argument drifted from TL dating to OSL dating. My paragraph concerning the TL dating should have read: One significant problem here is that thermoluminescent dating presumes a steady

[meteorite-list] NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto

2005-11-01 Thread Ron Baalke
October 31, 2005 Dolores Beasley/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1753/1237) Donna Weaver Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore (Phone: 410/338-4493)RELEASE: 05-351 NASA'S HUBBLE REVEALS POSSIBLE NEW MOONS AROUND PLUTO Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to

Re: [meteorite-list] No. Virginia fireball

2005-11-01 Thread Stephen Smith
Hi Twink and everyone, I'm sorry I missed it. There were only minor mentions on the news here. They said it could be seen from Northern Virginia to Philadelphia. Still hoping more information will come out. Steve larrytwinkmonrad wrote: Last evening I forwarded the list message re.

Re: [meteorite-list] DIs in Fred's TAN 057

2005-11-01 Thread David Weir
Hello Frederic, It's ashame that you learned about your classification by UCLA from me first, by reference to a published paper, rather than from the laboratory management to whom you submitted it (and paid?). Since the paper I referenced is in the newest (August 05) issue, it won't become

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - October 31, 2005

2005-11-01 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, All Ron Baalke wrote: . It also performed a calibration of... the rover's head to regain use of it... I think we have all had days when we needed to re-calibrate our heads! Sterling K. Webb __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Flash Seen Over Virginia Possibly a Meteor

2005-11-01 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticlec=MGArticlecid=1128767871164 Flash seen in sky possibly a meteor? Osita Iroegbu Richmond Times-Dispatch November 1, 2005 What was that? Did you see the flash in the sky last night? Dana Coleman was anxious

[meteorite-list] Fred's TAN 057 a CK or a CV Chondrite?

2005-11-01 Thread bernd . pauli
David Weir kindly wrote: The CK-CV group designation has been the subject of some debate, as can be seen in the paper by Greenwood et al. (2003):'Are CK Chondrites Really a Distinct Group or Just Equilibrated CVs?' http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2003/pdf/5179.pdf Hello List, Just in

[meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear List Members, I am very pleased to announce the discovery of a new Lunar meteorite, NWA 3163. Here is what we know at this point: NWA 3163 (Provisional) - Ultra-Rare Lunar Feldspathic Granulite Meteorite A single 1,634 gram meteorite, believed to have been found in Mauritania or

RE: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163

2005-11-01 Thread Matson, Robert
Beautiful lunar meteorite, Greg! Thanks for the links to all the drool- producing images! I'm sure are resident lunatic Norbert will agree... --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 3:53 PM To:

Re: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Rob and list members, I am more than happy to share the pictures. In fact, here is a list of the largest specimens with photo links: 1,121g main mass http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa3163/more/nwa3163mainmass.jpg 74.1g complete slice, polished both sides (SOLD)

[meteorite-list] AD-Ebay-Museum Quality Full H3 slice

2005-11-01 Thread makinsomenoise
Hello all, I have a beautiful museum quality full slice (172.9g) of Dhofar 977 (H3) ending on Ebay Wednesday evening. I don't think I can use any more adjectives to hype it up than that, although I could surely try, but it really is nice. It's superb in fact, even excellent. And I don't think