Re: [meteorite-list] New Meteorites Discovered in Australia

2006-07-14 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Anne, BTW, Greg, I got the Gibeon Wave back.:-) I am so glad it went back home, a much better place considering the angry 'waves' in FL. Can't wait to see everyone in Denver. Greg - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

[meteorite-list] 1,78 kg regmaglypted Henbury - AD

2006-07-14 Thread \[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear friends of the extraordinary, for those of you going for heavy metal NMR currently offers an exhibition piece that would suit every Natural History Museum. The 1.78 kg cosmic intruder has been recovered from the Henbury crater field near Alice Springs in the late seventies and is one of

AW: AW: [meteorite-list] Adventura del Monte Meteorite (meteorwrong?)

2006-07-14 Thread Martin Altmann
Bill, It's rather the pointing out of an excellent opportunity for the collectors, which to have missed, may cause regrets. It isn't that easy anymore to find such large Sikhotes, at fairs you will see only a few larger shrapnels, that's all. Franco's two specimens are cheaply priced, Russian

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-14 Thread stan .
The samples would be available for the future experiments that anyone might conceive - rather than sitting lost in some dusty drawer...or in a membrane box, decaying away on someone's desk. Quite the contrary to this notion I feel that private collectors CAN and DO serve to protect the

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-14 Thread stan .
*I see no evidence of this quote in the article that you sent a link for. I'd like to know where you found it. Because it wasn't in that article. * http://collectspace.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/003097.html sorry i took the quote from a source that listed that as a source In any case, it's true

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-14 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
A very large case of wanting sumpthin-for-nuthin??? Dave F. stan . wrote: The samples would be available for the future experiments that anyone might conceive - rather than sitting lost in some dusty drawer...or in a membrane box, decaying away on someone's desk. Quite the

Re: AW: [meteorite-list] Adventura del Monte Meteorite (meteorwrong?)

2006-07-14 Thread joseph_town
Martin, I recommend we wait and see what this beautiful iron is. Your posts are becoming endless infomercials. Bill -- Original message -- From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Steve, list price of $12,500 is a deal indeed. Even a 127 lb Sikhote

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-14 Thread Jason Utas
Hello Stan, All, Well no one has to donate anything to get the classification service once the program is up and running...why would you assume that? I'd suggest that if you care at all about such a small and exhaustible resource being expended without regard for future science, that it would

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-14 Thread Jason Utas
Hello Stan, All, Well, lets take this apart, eh? Save the space rocks! The meteorites are vanishing and if something isn'tdone soon, most of Earth's rare space rocks could be gone in a lifetime orso says the University of Arizona's Southwest Meteorite Center, a newly founded organization created

[meteorite-list] New Horizons: Nine Years to the Ninth Planet, and Counting

2006-07-14 Thread Ron Baalke
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/overview/piPerspectives/piPerspective_current.php The PI's Perspective Nine Years to the Ninth Planet, and Counting Alan Stern July 14, 2006 Today, July 14, we stand precisely nine years from our closest approach date with the ninth planet and her moons. Next week, on

[meteorite-list] Deep Impact Reveals Comet's Components

2006-07-14 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003articleID=000891F1-AEA2-14B6-ABEB83414B7F4945 Deep Impact Reveals Comet's Components David Biello Scientific American July 14, 2006 The Fourth of July last year had some extra fireworks. NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft sent a hefty projectile--more

AW: AW: [meteorite-list] Adventura del Monte Meteorite

2006-07-14 Thread Steve Schoner
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Re: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-14 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:45:12 -0700, you wrote: = Anti-micro-collector? Maybe, but so am I to a degree. Why have a tray of tiny bits when one could focus their funds and purchase a single spectacular specimen? If something's worth doing, it should be done well...no brainer in my opinion.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Friends

2006-07-14 Thread Michael L Blood
Hello All, Just a little announcement to let you all know you can now see the faces of Jason and Peter Utas on my Meteorite Frieds Page at: http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/MeteoriteFriends.html If your mug ain't up thar, email me a JPG and it soon will be! Best

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: July 10-13, 2006

2006-07-14 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES July 10-13, 2006 o Meroe Dunes (Released 10 July 2006) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20060710a o Mamers Vallis (Released 11 July 2006) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20060711a o Cerberus Fossae (Released 12 July 2006) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20060712a o Arcuate

[meteorite-list] Another Meteor Explosion Recorded Over Norway

2006-07-14 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1388515.ece Meteor explosion recorded over Oslo Fjord area Aftenpoften July 14, 2006 Astronomers were fending off scores of calls on Friday from Norwegians who reported hearing what experts are calling a meteor explosion over southeast Norway,

RE: [meteorite-list] New Meteorites Discovered in Australia

2006-07-14 Thread Charlie Devine
You wrote: But why do these people have to mar their wonderful finds with BS like that he dreamed about finding it only a few meters away the night before? That is simply stupid. On page 62 of The Robert Haag Collection of Meteorites, Private Collection Edition, Robert Haag wrote: Great Sand

AW: [meteorite-list] New Meteorites Discovered in Australia

2006-07-14 Thread Martin Altmann
Consetudinary would be: First the stone, then the dream. Gen 10ff And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a

Re: [meteorite-list] Hayabusha at Itokawa

2006-07-14 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Thanks Darren, The pictures are truly spectacular. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:07 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Hayabusha at Itokawa Not to be confused with Darmok and

[meteorite-list] ad - LA-001 thin sections available

2006-07-14 Thread Edwin Thompson
Hello fellow list members. I am offering several thin sections of Los Angeles 001. These are double polished, uncovered, professionally prepared thin sections. The specimen surface area is approximately 11 x 14 mm mounted on polished rectangular glass slides. For those of you requiring a round

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-14 Thread stan .
Well, here's a quote from that page...seems as if the writer probably wasn't up to speed on his meteorite-related info I guess..huh. and yet their writter seemed to have a pretty good grasp on the 'sky is falling' tone of the SWMC's press releases / interviews. Hmmm, and how much

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: METEORITE CLASSIFICATION SERVICE

2006-07-14 Thread David Weir
Hello Stan and Jason, Jason has eloquently convinced me that my virtually complete systematic collection, which I have put together over the past 23 years, would be better utilized for science by my selling it to SWMC. I presume that my collection will be better accessible to scientific as

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - July 15, 2006

2006-07-14 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/July_15.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] AD: Thin Sections, Festival Cancel Items

2006-07-14 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Everyone, A few items to tempt you. I had a few pamphlets, programs and postcards canceled at the 2006 Meteorite Festival. Only 3-4 programs. A pamphlet and program is listed below and ends tomorrow. It is my hope that sales from the cancelled items cover my cost of going to the

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - July 15, 2006

2006-07-14 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Beauty! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 11:00 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - July 15, 2006 http://www.spacerocksinc.com/July_15.html