Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Treasure Hunters

2006-04-30 Thread tracy latimer
The Kansas fields where these meteorites are being recovered have been repeatedly and thoroughly cultivated for the last 200 years. How "virgin" do you believe the science would be for cultural artifacts in this area? Tracy Latimer From: Thaddeus Besedin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: meteorite-li

[meteorite-list] Responsible science rant

2006-04-30 Thread tracy latimer
My mistake; I had thought Mr. T was referring to the excavation of the Brenham meteorite with the backhoe, not the shovel of the Glorieta Mountain find. Were there actually any cultural relics in the area to disturb, or was this a case of sour grapes, where someone was peeved because it was so

[meteorite-list] Meteorites, science, and treasure hunting (a rant)

2006-04-30 Thread tracy latimer
After reading some of the earlier posts to the lists, I got on my high horse and fired off a message that apparently got lost on the way. That's good, because it was fairly mean-spirited; a private message from Mr. T in response to an earlier post was much more civil in tone. I didn't need to

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[meteorite-list] AD: DaG628 - Meteorite - Carbonaceous Chondrite CO3 - 11.0g

2006-04-30 Thread Moser Francesco
Hi folks, I have on auction an end piece of DaG628 a beatiful carbonaceous chondrite type CO3 full of tiny and dark condrules and a strange green cristallyne inclusion. The TKW is very low only 60g and this is the last piece aviable on the market. http://web.tiscali.it/francesco.moser/Immagini/On

[meteorite-list] AD - 1,3 kilo Diogenite for sale

2006-04-30 Thread Gibeon
Hallo list, I have a 1340 gram NWA Diogenite for sale. It is not classified, but possibly paired with other well known Diogenites from NWA. This piece has nice black fusion crust, 2ndary crust and some thumb prints. Also you can see very well the olivine crystals inside. Serious offers are welco

[meteorite-list] AD - Over 100 new pieces

2006-04-30 Thread Impactika
Hello Members!   It has been quite a while since I have had something really big to announce. Well, I do now: Not just one, but 2 new collections on consignment, over 100 pieces.   You will find there such things as a full slice of Marjalati, a Bilanga fragment with iron and a crystal, the b

[meteorite-list] Watson Australia image

2006-04-30 Thread Matt Morgan
Some of you who collect irons may enjoy this pic of Watson, Australia, type IIE with an H-chondrite clast. This piece came from Robert Haag collection and was just refinished. It is a really interesting meteorite! Matt Morgan http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/watson.jpg Close-up of clast and

RE: [meteorite-list] Pallasite ID

2006-04-30 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Jim and list, The olivine looks rounded and it reminds me of Brenham. Wards did sell pieces of Brenham and the specimen appears to have come from a much larger sample which would limit it to a meteorites, Brenham being one of them. Clear Skies, Mark Bostick Wichita, Kansas www.meteorit

RE: [meteorite-list] A Comet is coming!!

2006-04-30 Thread Charles Viau
This is what happens when you smoke the insides of too many crop circles... Delusion on a galactic scale... Good Grief! CharlyV -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:33 PM To: meteorite-list@mete

Re: [meteorite-list] Pallasite ID

2006-04-30 Thread R. N. Hartman
Wards was selling Brenham slices in the late 60's. I suspect that the buyer got the name mixed up. I had a nice piece that I used in classroom demos back then until a student dropped a large Canyon Diablo on it. Lesson: Don't leave specimens on a table for students to handle! (It was very stable

Re: [meteorite-list] Cosmic Matter

2006-04-30 Thread Michael L Blood
Does anyone know who is "Cosmic Matter?" Thanks, Michael -- "He is not a lover who does not love forever." - Euripides (485-406BC) -- * If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him? __ Meteorite-list mailing li

RE: [meteorite-list] Brenham KAKE-TV Vid for Download

2006-04-30 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Geoff and list, Nice to hear you, Sonny and team did fairly well at Glorieta and thanks for your kind words earlier on the photographs and videos I took with my camera while there. The KAKE video even has me in the group shot after, "Arnold and his partner has been..." (I am the one wi

[meteorite-list] Re: Pallasite ID

2006-04-30 Thread Notkin
Anyone want to take a stab at identifying the meteorite in the following photos. Good morning Jim. Well, I think we can all agree that it isn't an Odessa : ) Looks like Brenham to me, note rounded crystals with orange/brownish color. Funny, I thought I just saw another Brenham, the other day

Re: [meteorite-list] Planet V (for Five)

2006-04-30 Thread David Weir
Sterling K. Webb wrote: Maybe it hit Planet V-for-Five. Maybe it WAS Planet V-for-Five or a good chunk of it. Or a satellite of Planet V-for-Five dragged along for the ride when its orbit became unstable. Or... I look at my little chunks of mesosiderite with new respect. I sidle up to them

Re: [meteorite-list] Brenham KAKE-TV Vid for Download

2006-04-30 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:58:47 -0700, you wrote: >PC users, you're on your own, but that annoying Windows Media Viewer >will probably do it (nice job on that, by the way, Microsoft . . . >NOT). The codec is Divx (free download here http://www.divx.com/divx/play/download/) and should play in just

[meteorite-list] Fwd: Hunk of Burnin' ... ?Hunky Hocky Puck?

2006-04-30 Thread Robert Verish
- Forward to IMCA - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:59:17 +0200 Subject:1991 MUSEUM DIREKTION Dear Professor! We have a 0,40 kg (399 grams) meteorite, which broke my brother’s garage door 15 years ago at dawn; If you are interested in it, we wo

[meteorite-list] Re: Planet V (for Five, and not for Velikovsky)

2006-04-30 Thread Robert Verish
Hello List, Just wanted to agree with what Rob said and to add that this List would sorely miss the thought-provoking posts by Sterling K. Webb, were he to decide to go to a more receptive discusson group to share his insights.Can't always read and respond in time to posts to this List (and I

[meteorite-list] News on Comanesti Romania fall

2006-04-30 Thread Razvan Andrei
Hi list, I was announced today by the friends in the area that someone found two stones, the largest weighting around 400 grams that seem to be meteorites. The stones were found at about 80 Km away from Comanesti, in Targu Neamt area. Who knows,maybe it is indeed a meteorite. I'll try to obtai

[meteorite-list] NASA Researchers Are Mining Old Apollo Seismic Data For Clues to Lunar Meteroid Impacts

2006-04-30 Thread Ron Baalke
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/28apr_skyisfalling.htm The Sky is Falling NASA Science News April 28, 2006 NASA researchers are mining old Apollo seismic data for clues to lunar meteoroid impacts April 28, 2006: Up on the Moon, the sky is falling. "Every day, more than a metric ton of

[meteorite-list] Violent Past Detailed By Moon Rocks

2006-04-30 Thread Ron Baalke
http://barometer.orst.edu/v Violent past detailed by moon rocks OSU discovery might also shed light on the origin of life on Earth By Mollie Holmes Oregon State Daily Barometer April 28, 2006 Recent research on lunar moon rocks indicate that the moon, and therefore the Earth, were bombarded by

[meteorite-list] NASA Says Comet Fragments Won't Hit Earth

2006-04-30 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060427_cometsw3_noimpact.html NASA Says Comet Fragments Won't Hit Earth By Tariq Malik space.com 27 April 2006 Chunks of a comet currently splitting into pieces in the night sky will not strike the Earth next month, nor will it spawn killer tsunamis and mas

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: April 21-28, 2006

2006-04-30 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES April 21-28, 2006 o Feature of the Week: Chasma Boreale http://themis.asu.edu/feature o Dust Slides (Released 21 April 2006) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20060421a o Clouds (Released 24 April 2006) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20060424a o Dunes (Released 25 April 2