Hi ya, Platypus Girl,
(I have a digeridoo I made with a platypus woodburned into
it - I love dem platypi)
While I would love to take credit for the daily meteorite photo,
alas, it is not I.
I am the guy that has lots of meteorite friends and put their
photos on my Meteorite
Ron Baalke wrote:
Rock baffles experts; can't figure out what it is
This post turned out to be one of those with what could be considered a
highly misleading headline or
Subject line.
When I first read the Subject line I thought, Man, that's the first
time I've ever seen Ron Baalke send
Dear List,
Just came across news report from CNN India/IBN
that five fragments from the Indian fall have been
recovered. I did not get it taped so I do not have
the names of the fall sites. Best to India!
Cheers, Dirk RossIndia
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Hi,
I suppose that would be this fall:
http://www.gujaratglobal.com/nextSub.php?id=1167catype=NEWS
Thanks to The Meteorite Times, who just posted this
Indian newspaper account of Monday's fireball time-
stamped Tuesday, 08-2-06 at 3-something am. Don't
you guys ever sleep... either?
I
Here are three articles from Indian media. Sorry, no pictures.
About fragments recovered and analysis.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1758007,00040005.htm
About the fall.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1757928,000900040003.htm
Rajkot district official Ajay Chaudhary said that an
Hi,
This appears to be sulfide slag.
Bob Verish has been trying to track down the source of this road fill
for some time.
http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/hotrocks.html
Best,
Ken Newton
IMCA #9632
Sterling K. Webb wrote:
Hi,
Can you tell that yesterday it was 100.4 F.
(previous record
Hi Geoff,
Thanks for the cool pictures.
Sonny
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Dear Listees:
Please excuse the off-topic post, which I am
Dear List,
My guess is that this one came to Ohio as a glacial outwash of the
former North American glaciers, or as a modern transplant from the
western US via some rock hound in the past 50 years.
Best,
Dave F.
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In a message dated 7/31/2006 8:40:18 P.M. Mountain
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 04:20:19 -0500, you wrote:
A good time for meteorites. Let's have another Park
Forest type fall, only closer to me this time. I offer up my
own house for a Garza Stone. (I've got insurance and
I need a new computer.) Bring it on.
Forget Park Forest-- how about another
Dear Darren and List,
I apologize for using the wrong translation in
Hindi...the translation should have been Five
individuals found from the recent fall of July 31,
2006. Sorry no iron, perhaps; is my bet...something
rare??? drs...India
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Dear Darren and List,
I apologize for using the wrong translation in
Hindi...the translation should have been Five
individuals found from the recent fall of July 31,
2006. drs...India
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 04:20:19 -0500, you wrote:
A good time
After clicking on quite a few of the articles on Google, I found one with
photos:
http://www.timesnow.tv/articleshow/1837714.cms
and as a free bonus, a photo of the new Canadian find:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/519178.html
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Dear List,
Attached is a link with photos of one of the
meteorites recovered that hit a house.
http://timesnow.tv/articleshow/1837714.cms
Best information at this time. Sincerely, drs...India
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Mud-slinging? Yeah, I don't want to go there either, Anne. It can be fun if
it's nice and gooey, but what a mess! :)
Anita
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First sending went to cyberspace junkbox. Sorry. drs
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Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 07:25:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Photos of Indian meteorite
and house hitdirk
Hi All,
Looks like we have another opportunity for a classification contest.
Based upon the early photos, it sure looks like the glossy Ca-rich
fusion crust of a Eucrite, with my more specific guess (hard to tell
since the photo is small) of a polymict fragmental breccia with
dominantly
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/07/31_stardust.shtml
[EMAIL PROTECTED] launches Aug. 1
Robert Sanders
UC Berkeley Press Release
31 July 2006
BERKELEY - On your marks, dust hunters! The University of California,
Berkeley's [EMAIL PROTECTED] project - a needle-in-a-haystack
And don't forget where to get help:
http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/stardustaddicts.html
-Martin
On 8/1/06, Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/07/31_stardust.shtml
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Robert Sanders
UC Berkeley Press Release
Martin,
I concur, Eucrite. dirk ross..Tokyo
--- Martin Horejsi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
Looks like we have another opportunity for a
classification contest.
Based upon the early photos, it sure looks like the
glossy Ca-rich
fusion crust of a Eucrite, with my more specific
Hello Everybody,
Hope everyone is doing well.
First, Congratulations to Mike Farmer, Morton, and Robert Ward for their
success in Norway. It sounds like a wonderful trip even if you didnt
recover anything. Finding something surely helps justify it to the wallet.
Thanks to Geoff Notkin
Hi Geoff,
Norway... trudging through the muck, mud and a forest carpeted with a dense
layer of Moss. Congratulations to Mike, Morton and Robert for their
success at recovering some material. They should alter their hunting plans
after Norway and head for India!
Best regards,
Greg
Good morning Sterling!
I used to get up in the morning at 10:00 at night, half an hour
before I went to bed... (Monty Python)
Luckily I had the Earth's rotational direction in my LA favor. Thanks
for noticing that we post the current
meteorite news. Some articles I catch from other sources
Mark enthusiatically wrote about his 344-gram complete slice:
I received a complete slice of Lahoma from Michael Cottingham yesterday
and thought I would share some pictures of this interesting chondrite.
Hello Mark,
Thanks for sharing the close-up pics of this beautiful chondrite. My
three
Dear List Members,
I have several excellent auctions ending this afternoon, some of these
represent the last or largest pieces I have in stock. This week, I loaded
bigger specimens and started them all out at just 99 cents in an effort to
promote greater collector satisfaction. I also loaded
What Anne said. I prefer my mud to be of either the mortar or pottery
variety, as both are more intrinsically useful!
Tracy Latimer
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Off-Topic: My wife is always right!
Date:
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:54:37 -0700, you wrote:
1.57 gram chunk of New Orleans! This will be the LAST piece I run for awhile
as I am running very low on this material.
Does anyone know if the main mass of this survived Katrina?
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On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:55:19 -0400, you wrote:
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:54:37 -0700, you wrote:
1.57 gram chunk of New Orleans! This will be the LAST piece I run for awhile
as I am running very low on this material.
Does anyone know if the main mass of this survived Katrina?
Never mind, I see
Dear All,
I'm about to travel tomorrow for about a week and wish to remind you before
I go, that there are some interesting kayunwar auctions on ebay at the
moment, at: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ50QQsassZkayunwar.
The ones presently listed will end in about three days, and
Hello Tracy and List,
I prefer my mud to be of either the mortar or p o t t e r y
variety, as both are more intrinsically useful!
I'd like to invite you and others who are interested in
pottery to visit my daughter's website. This is the link:
http://www.ton-und-anderes.de/
Click on Zur
Hello Suzi;
Welcome to the list,and welcome to meteorite collecting and hunting.Great
hobby,i think.Hope to hear more from you.Good luck.
Best Regards;Herman Archer.
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When I first read the Subject line I thought, Man,
that's the first
time I've ever seen Ron Baalke send
an off-topic post.
I was in total agreement with the experts that were
baffled, though,
concerning Metallic Rock.
Hehe! I am not a musician and I must be the only
person who
Hi Kevin,
I collect stories about meteorites showing signs of workmanship or
impossible properties, particularly. For example, in one from 1877 we
read the following:
A notable feature, at first sight, are the cracks and crags from which
From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:18 PM
To: 'michael cottingham'
Subject: AD: Lahoma Ending Tonight!!
Hello,
The Lahoma Meteorite is a beautiful, fresh, unique and disappearing fast
from my inventory,
Good evening list.Wow it is good to be back home after 4 HOT days in las
vegas.I had a real good time.I want to publicly thank sonny clary for
opening up his home to me and showing me his great meteorite
collection.Sonny has found dozens of nevada meteorites with alot of them
in classification.He
(It had rust-like patches on it
when it was found...doesn't sound like a fresh iron
find to me!)
Hi, all,
The above revives a question I've long wondered about, but never seen a
specific reference to:
Considering the oxygen, hydrogen, and iron content of some stony meteorites,
does any,
Paving stone - basalt from the local quarry!
AA
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Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:19 PM
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Dang, what a note to see that a new fall has occured in India! I am now in
Finland, on my way back to Sweden to hunt Muonionalusta. By this time tomorrow,
I plan to have a pile of irons, a bag full of CC, and be making plans for India
trip as well!
I have sent specimens of the Moss Norway fall
Platypus Girl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:01:02 -0700 (PDT)From: Platypus Girl [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] YES, THERE ARE LADIES HERETo: Jan Bartels [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ooopsie! So sorry to the Michaels! Thanks for the info and welcome, Jan!Suzi Jan
Hello Dave,Thanks for the warm welcome! Well, you have a huge head start on me at 12 months! I'll get there, though!SuziDave Carothers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:38:10 -0400From: "Dave Carothers" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] YES, THERE ARE LADIES
I hope here in Italy, its many time not fall a
meteorite...
Matteo
--- Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ha scritto:
Hi,
I suppose that would be this fall:
http://www.gujaratglobal.com/nextSub.php?id=1167catype=NEWS
Thanks to The Meteorite Times, who just posted
this
From the news I have direct from India, in the
locality have rain many and its hard find material
now.
Matteo
--- drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto:
Dear Darren and List,
I apologize for using the wrong translation in
Hindi...the translation should have been Five
individuals found
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=195110
Now, meteorite samples on geological institute's radar
Express India News Service
August 1, 2006
Gandhinagar/Rajkot: The Geological Survey of India (GSI) on
Tuesday sent two teams comprising senior GSI officials to Kutch and
Saurashtra
The GSI authorities have, meanwhile, cautioned local people against
touching
the meteorites if found, for they may contain radioactive material.
That's one way to keep an uninformed public from making off
with meteorites -- tell 'em they're radioactive! (Technically
they are, of course, but so
Same here Matteo. Illinois, USA is do for one too.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:18 AM
Nice job Mike,
I knew you wouldn't let us down. This will undoubtedly be a very expensive
meteorite.
Put me down for one gram with crust ;-)
Good luck in Sweden !
Bob
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http://www.spacerocksinc.com/August_2.html
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Deadly water!
HA!
Cheers,
Pete
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Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:33:46 -0700
The GSI authorities have,
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