Re: [meteorite-list] Introduction

2005-12-16 Thread Gary K. Foote
Thanks for your warm welcome Adam. I have a few samples of NWA and have considered going on my own search there, but until I know more I'll stick to searching here in the USA. I'll be joining the various societies and other mailinglists to be sure I go about things correctly. Great to be

[meteorite-list] Finding the Origin of the Solar System through Stardust

2005-12-16 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/2005/12/15/news/lnws-jpl1215.txt Finding the Origin of the Solar System through Stardust By Mary O'Keefe La Canada Valley Sun December 16, 2005 So all JPL's Stardust spacecraft has to do is fly close behind a comet, collect dust particles and rocks from

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: December 12-16, 2005

2005-12-16 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES December 12-16, 2005 o Galle Crater Dunes (Released 12 December 2005) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20051212a o Polar textures (Released 13 December 2005) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20051213a o Brashear Crater Dunes (Released 14 December 2005)

[meteorite-list] Woodsman Finds Third Meteorite in Canada Since 1998

2005-12-16 Thread Ron Baalke
/PMSearch. --- http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051216.gtmeteorites16/BNStory/Technology/ Space rocks in eastern Manitoba By ANNE MCILROY Global and Mail (Canada) December 16, 2005 Derek Erstelle, Canada's

[meteorite-list] baygorria on ebay

2005-12-16 Thread batkol
this person has 200+kg of baygorria for sale unless i read the ads wrong. thought, as is stated in description, only one 80kg mass found? http://cgi.ebay.com/WORLD-CLASS-MUSEUM-QUALITY-BAYGORRIA-METEORITE-175-kg_W0QQitemZ6587606440QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[meteorite-list] On The Hunt For Kansas Meteorites

2005-12-16 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/nation/13422308.htm On the hunt for Kansas meteorites BY KEVIN MURPHY Knight Ridder Newspapers December 16, 2005 GREENSBURG, Kan. - Bouncing over the dirt rows of the newly planted wheat field, Steve Arnold's contraption of plastic pipes mounted

[meteorite-list] Re: Introduction

2005-12-16 Thread Gary K. Foote
Thanks for your warm welcome Adam. I have a few samples of NWA and have considered going on my own search there, but until I know more I'll stick to searching here in the USA. I'll be joining the various societies and other mailinglists to be sure I go about things correctly. Great to be here!

[meteorite-list] Vesicular Basalt

2005-12-16 Thread Gary K. Foote
Hello Bernd, Thanks for the welcome. The piece I describe as vesicular basalt is only a guess on my part. It just looks too much like it to be much else. I probably should have it tested, eh?I could be wrong after all. It does show some attraction to magnets. Thank you for the reference

[meteorite-list] Meteorite finder list

2005-12-16 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi All, I've been spending some spare time compiling a list of prolific meteorite finders (primarily extracting all finders' names from Meteoritical Bulletins), and was wondering if anyone had a list of meteorites found by Nininger (since his heydays predate the Bulletins)? His influence is

[meteorite-list] Meteorites Found By Nininger

2005-12-16 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Rob and List, I've been spending some spare time compiling a list of prolific meteorite finders ... and was wondering if anyone had a list of meteorites found by Nininger ... That must have been a pretty time-consuming but rewarding spare time activity! I don't know and my database doesn't

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite finder list

2005-12-16 Thread MexicoDoug
Rob M. writes: Of course, any such list that I can compile will be very incomplete since some of the most prolific finders are nameless nomads from Northwest Africa, the dozens of Antarctic finders working as teams, and anonymous hunters searching in Libya, Egypt, Oman and other hot desert

[meteorite-list] Ad-Announcing a NEW South American Iron and Much More!!!

2005-12-16 Thread Arizona Skies Meteorites
Hi allWe wanted to wish everyone a happy Holiday season! We are pleased to be able to bring yet another beautiful, rare New Iron to the scientific and collecting community. We have recently acquired a lovely new iron from Patagonia. It is currently under scientific study and classification,

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite finder list

2005-12-16 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Rob, The book Bernd mentioned - NININGER H.H. and NININGER A.D. (1950) The Nininger Collection of Meteorites: A Catalog and a History (American Meteorite Museum, Winslow, Arizona. 144 pp.). contains maps of US-finds. Those which were definitely traceable to the field activities of the

Re: [meteorite-list] Congratulations to Jason Utas

2005-12-16 Thread wahlperry
Way to go Jason!! Keep up the good work! Sonny -Original Message- From: Robert Verish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteoritecentral List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:54:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: [meteorite-list] Congratulations to Jason Utas Would like to

Re: [meteorite-list] Congratulations to Jason Utas

2005-12-16 Thread moni Waiblinger-Seabridge
Way, way, way to go Jason But what is an Acapulcoite? Guess more to read up on! Terrific find!! :-) Moni From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Congratulations to Jason Utas Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:27:41

[meteorite-list] WEBSITE UPDATE AND SALE

2005-12-16 Thread dean bessey
Its still slow going getting sales up and running here after moving to New Zealand but at least I have a magnet now (I had to buy an old computer hard drive and ripped it apart looking for the magnet). Maybe next month I might even get a saw. And after many months I have also finally got my

[meteorite-list] Still glowing---32 Nevada finds this week!

2005-12-16 Thread Norm Lehrman
List, I had a meteorite talk to give this past Wednesday about the remarkable new meteorite finds in Nevada, and I wanted to be able to say we've already found X more this week, so Monday I took a newbie out and we found eleven in about 5 hours. That felt so good we went back out today and found

Re: [meteorite-list] Still glowing---32 Nevada finds this week!

2005-12-16 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
warning, or some persons says you have find some Pultusk in the site Matteo --- Norm Lehrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: List, I had a meteorite talk to give this past Wednesday about the remarkable new meteorite finds in Nevada, and I wanted to be able to say we've already found

RE: [meteorite-list] Still glowing---32 Nevada finds this week!

2005-12-16 Thread Rob Matson
Hi Norm, Congratulations on your finds! I can't speculate more about the different classifications without knowing more about the find location. However, if it's on a dry lake, then I would not be at all surprised by the variety of classifications because you could easily be talking about