Hello M.M.,
Yes those fake e-mails are common and the best way when receiving one and you
are not sure whether it's fake or not, is to go to
the ebay website and open your account on which you can see if you have
received a message from ebay or another ebay member. If the
message does not
Hello all,
I received today a couple specimens of Stan's NWA 2965. This has been a
somewhat controversal meteorite on the list, so forgive me for going around
the controversy a little and showing some photographs of the meteorite. If
anyone is interested in photographs of a higher res, drop me
Dear Ya'll:
Our 13th annual gem and mineral show is NEXT weekend at the North Atlanta
Trade Center in Norcross, GA (just north of Atlanta).
Over 45 dealers
Rocks, Minerals, Fossils, Fine Jewelry, Beads, Carvings
Free parking, Free admission
Door Prizes
Special Door Prize for a lucky student
Mark,
There is no lack of terminology. Yours is an interesting point if you
consider it an achondrite, rather than some intermediate, and don't want to
get into semantic issues with a nomenclature work-in-progress. David Weir
calls them Distinct recrystallized oval inclusions. He also
Hi Mark,
I have a number of green laser pointers -- from 35mW up to
100mW. They're definitely addictive, and spectacular at night.
[I probably don't need to tell list members this, but DON'T EVER
point a green laser of any power at another person, animal, or
aircraft. For obvious reasons the
the one you posted is not working.Thanks
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I have some duplicates of rare Antarctic Meteorite titles available:
1. Photographic Catalog of the Selected Antarctic Meteorites, NIPR 1981 -
Full color red hardcover. One of the crown jewels of meteorite catalogs!
$295
2. Catalog of Antarctic Meteorites 1977-1978, Smithsonian Contributions
when is this meteorite show going to be on T.V.?
Ruben Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all,
Parts of my last post were incorrect.
Steve set me straight, it should be:
The meteorite episode is a half hour long total (minus
commercials = 22 minutes of tape), and the Glorietta
splits that with
Mainly meteorites but I have been an old marble collector too. Antique marbles
are very expensive but I collect them when they come around.
Also skulls. Everything from a Gaboon Viper skull to a human skull... Skulls
are interesting. I have a nice case full.
Also US mint coin errors. That's
I now collect data, filling my hard drive and dotting my GIS landscapes. Now,
what separates a collector from a sampler? research and synthesis? the
ascription of some sort of market value? I sample from sites I study, but I do
not own anything that I have collected. If at all, a collection in
After having travelled a lot, mostly by myslef, in very remote places,
such sailing to Antarctica in 1982 on a 40 foot sloop, I tought that i was a
landscape collector.
Then I realized that i am a friedship collector ;-) !
To be valid an entry is someone with whom i have shared eiter a
I collect books, specifically novels that were made into movies. Some of
them, such as The Last Picture Show turn out to be quite valuable in their
first
editions.
I collect old hand tools for woodworking, plumbing, trucks and autos,
gardening. Many of these are found in dumpsters when old
List,
Have been lucking to get some great meteorite slices lately. Two are just
outstanding and I can't decide which is the more beautiful.
For me, a great meteorite slice needs three things;
#1 Beauty, give me an nice slice of 869 over an ugly angrite any day.
#2 History, falls with a story
Hello List
I guess I missed out on much of this, but it occurs to me that whomever is in
charge of a dig, not the student, is to blame. Poor instruction and supervision
is what it sounds like here.
Iron artifacts, over the years, may well have been mis-identified as red ochre
simply because
Dear List,
Here's a fresh ordinary chondrite that fell on this special date in history in
1977.
Check out the bright gray matrix (The photo doesn't do justice):
http://geo.web.ru/db/meteorites/card.html?id=11076
Can anyone comment on what is behind the H5 and H6 classification seen from
Hello Gary and all. I started with meteorites that I had found and then I
started to buy some and so on. My collecting has now spilled over into Gold,
some of which I have found. But I have also bought and traded for some of
it. Then I found myself acquiring knives, it started with a Gibeon knife
meteorites, minerals, amber, old photos ( end 1800
first years of 1900 ) after I have astronomy,
photography
Matteo
--- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto:
As a neophyte collector of meteorites I have amassed
about $1K in specimens, all of which
I cherish dearly. I am learning
I doubt many this material is a aubrite seen I have
the same material in analysis and for the moment any
classification of Aubrite...a first piece I have buy
years ago and the analysis have confirm a EL6
enstatite
Matteo
--- MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto:
Mark,
There is no lack of
You're right of course Elton. I have changed my site to reflect the specimen's
unknown
nature. In the future I will try to constrain my enthusiasm to the facts and
not
speculation.
Cheers,
Gary
On 30 Nov 2006 at 20:40, Mr EMan wrote:
OK... a sanity check here. If it screams
Thanks to all who have given me such undeserved plaudits regarding this
essexite gabbro's
ID chase. It was fun and I learned a lot along the way. It is too bad the
owner will
not acknowlege the truth, but that is his personal decision and doesn't dampen
my feeling
of discovery a single
I just got a 50mw green laser.What is the difference
between that and a red laser?
Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!!
Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!!
Do you Yahoo!?
Everyone is raving about the
I guess, the colour.
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arnold
Gesendet: Freitag, 1. Dezember 2006 17:18
An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: [meteorite-list] green laser pointer
I just got a 50mw green laser.What
Darren Garrison wrote:
I have an inordinate fondness of
Flexicalymene sp. trilobites from
around Ohio--I have dozens of them.
Hello Darren,
One of the neatest specimens I once had in my trilobite collection was a
pair of Flexicalymene meeki trilobites from Ohio in a configuration
Steve,
I see that you're back to your usual lazy behavior by asking someone else
to do your research for you. You have a computer, why don't you visit
Google and enter a query about the difference between the two laser colors?
John
At 09:18 AM 12/1/2006, steve arnold wrote:
I just got a 50mw
Steve,
I see that you're back to your usual lazy behavior by asking someone else
to do your research for you. You have a computer, why don't you visit
Google and enter a query about the difference between the two laser
colors?
John
Did we turned from yesterday to the [laser-list] ?
Hi Lst ,
Does anyone know of a good eye surgeon ? Just teasing Steve, Keep
it away from your eyes.
Sonny
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Sent: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 8:18 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] green laser pointer
I just got a
I see that you're back to your usual l a z y behavior
by asking someone else to do your research for you
Did we turned from yesterday to the [laser-list]?
No, surely not the l a s e r - list but rather the l a z i e r - list ;-)
Bernd
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Hi Steve,
The color?!! (or is this a trick question?) heh heh
Also the sensitivity of our eyes is such that at low power, we can see the
beam of the green, though the red is much less apparent.
50mW and above might damage the eyes of children playing with it, based on
my 5mW perfectly
Dear List Members,
This is the weekly AD for our auctions on ebay that will end in a bit more than
24 hours. Do not miss them!
As usual you can see the complete listing at
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Nice OCs as evrey week, and this week's specials are:
1- A
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2006/J06-103.html
William Jeffs
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
RELEASE: J06-103
NASA Scientists Find Primordial Organic Matter in Meteorite
November 30, 2006
NASA researchers at Johnson Space Center, Houston have found organic
Thanks for sharing this, Ron.
Very interesting!!!
Do you know whether more scientific work is to be done on this topic with
Tagish Lake?
best wishes,
Frederic
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Sent:
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/December_1.html
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Steve,
I don't think he would be convinced even if another dozen just like it were
unearthed.
He would likely believe they were all part of the same strewnfield. Still, I
enjoyed the
hunt.
Gary
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com
On 30 Nov 2006 at 23:42, Steve Schoner wrote:
So, with
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 11:43:11 -0500, you wrote:
Darren Garrison wrote:
I have an inordinate fondness of
Flexicalymene sp. trilobites from
around Ohio--I have dozens of them.
Hello Darren,
One of the neatest specimens I once had in my trilobite collection was a
pair of
Maybe the color? HA! Just kidding. You did set
yourself up for this one.
--- steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just got a 50mw green laser.What is the difference
between that and a red laser?
Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!!
Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!!
Steve Arnold wrote:
I have seen with many eucrites that there is a polymict
type and a monomict type. What are the differences?
Geoff responded:
Dear Steve: May I recommend a very useful resource
to you: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites
Hello All,
On page 344 of the glossary, we
Bernd,
We should also understand cumulate. Another common
adjective when describing eucrites.
As I understand things, cumulate refers to largish
crystals accumulating in a pile and relatively
undisturbed. So a cumulate eucrite formed deeper
within the parent body (Vesta) where temperature were
Fellow Kansas Meteorite Society founder Jerry Calvert is having a problem
posting on the list, below is an e-mail from him on our newest Kansas
meteorite, It is super fresh.
Mark
-Original Message-
From: Jerry Calvert
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:39 PM
To:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/01dec_lunarleonid.htm
Lunar Leonid Strikes
NASA Science News
December 1, 2006
Dec. 1, 2006: Meteoroids are smashing into the Moon a lot more often
than anyone expected.
That's the tentative conclusion of Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid
Environment
Mark,
didnt you read the auction for what you bid on? :)
the classification of this stuff as a 6/7 is SO 5 minutes ago. it's an
EL3... when NAU and other groups looked at this stuff they saw a fine
grained feild of enstatite and no chondrules. thats what lead them to call
it a recrystalized
Hello Stan,
You noted, ...the classification of this stuff as a 6/7 is SO 5 minutes
ago. it's an EL3...
Would it not be fair to say it is an EL6/7 with EL3 clasp material and most
of the material is the EL6/7? I have made a comment or two on this before,
recently with Dimmitt, that I do think
Mike wrote: We should also understand cumulate.
Noncumulate eucrites: have crystallized from basaltic melts on the
s u r f a c e of the HED parent body. Millbillillie is such a non-
cumulate eucrite.
Cumulate eucrites (O.R. Norton, Encyclopedia, Glossary, p. 342): An
igneous rock made up of
Hello Stan,
You noted, the classification of this stuff as a 6/7 is SO 5 minutes ago.
it's an EL3...
Would it not be fair to say it is an EL6/7 with EL3 clasp material and most
of the material is the EL6/7? I have made a comment or two on this before,
recently with Dimmitt, that I do think it
STILL WONDERING?!?
In the early 1990's, taking the advice of a populist TV astromomer, I lined
an overturned plastic rubbush LID with white plastic, filled it with clean
water, and left it, balanced on some cinder blocks, on the lawn overnight at
the height of the Perseids.
Being relatively
ANOTHER STEP TOWARD DISCOVERY?
Jerry Flaherty
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Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:17 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NASA Scientists Find Primordial Organic Matter
inTagish
...is a safe new sales environment outside of Fleabay for meteorites.
Somewhere where buyers and sellers can buy and sell and bid if necessary but
not have any silly £104 for 1g piece of Nantan, where all sales are
moderated and generally a safer environment where listing is free and
none of
Dear Dave;
In my opinion, the fleabay and IMCA connection didn't seem to couple
together as effectively as some of us had hoped. In the ideal world, it
would have been a good answer but in the world of lawyers and
lawsuits.well, a seal representing not much from an auction
house who
Dave, Dave...
Why not just buy from dealer's websites like the ol days? You know,
you do not always HAVE to pay what is asked (even at Wal-Fart). Try
bargaining. Most of us relish in it!
Matt Morgan
Mile High Meteorites
http://www.mhmeteorites.com
Dave Harris wrote:
...is a
Absolutely! I buy form dealers - but I have to say that not everyone who
wants to sell is a dealer so has no way of showcasing thier stuff (me, for
example!)
And, to be honest, I have not actually got any great deals thru dealers -
maybe I didn't negotiate hard enough, but I think the best I got
Hi Dave,
Well, since you asked I have good news for you.
Try this site, which is one of the very oldest:
http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/catalog.htm
and
http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Hammers.html
Which is relatively new but backed 100% by an honest
dealer with
maybe I didn't negotiate hard enough, but I think the best I got is free
shipping - at least Fleabay allowed me to grab bargains (like the 30g PV
slice for $175). Just thinking aloud I guess...!
Dave, are you one of the people who think the world ticks (...or better:
has/had usually to tick)
In a message dated 12/1/2006 1:41:59 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi Dave,
Well, since you asked I have good news for you.
Try this site, which is one of the very oldest:
http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/catalog.htm
and
not sure what to make of this email - I cannot tell if you are being
flippant or funny
No - I am very much a realist, and I like a bargain as much as the rest -
and I am NOT going to get drawn into some sort of discussion that I do not
want to.
I do not need to be told to think twice thanks
I was looking towards the idea of a multi-dealer environment rather than
just a single dealer, but yep, Michael, you and Anne and loadsa other
dealers are fantastic
I just had a vision of a Harrods-equivalent environment for meteorites,
without all of the klutzes and rubbish sellers who cause
Which one of you was selling the rockwangs at Tuscon? :-)
http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/02/04/tucson-gem-mineral-show-2006-part-2/
(And I was googling for Terataspis grandis, not for rockwangs, not that there is
anything wrong with that...)
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Dear Dave,
no bad intention, of course! What I just meant to say was: the price has to be
fair, a bargain may a bargain, but a bargain is not the LAW, it is the
EXCEPTION (...as else it would not be a bargain by definition..:-)). We small
little creatures on this very Earth all wish to survive
WOW! That is a reall y nice and fresh meteorite! Congratulations! What
are the circumstances of the find?
On 12/1/06, MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fellow Kansas Meteorite Society founder Jerry Calvert is having a problem
posting on the list, below is an e-mail from him on our newest
Nice post, Jerry. You're a heartfelt guy, as has been clear for some
time. I know you're from Ma. Take in the August Springfield show
sometime. Always meteorites there, though not as many dealers as in
earlier years. I'm from RI but have not been to the show for 3 years.
Maybe next year.
Mark,
Would it not be fair to say it is an EL6/7 with EL3 clasp material and most
of the material is the EL6/7? I have made a comment or two on this before,
recently with Dimmitt, that I do think it is right to give a meteorite with
more then one petro type the 3 number, when it is not the
Hi, List,
Our best models of the lunar meteoroid
environment predict a much lower rate -
only 25% of what we are actually seeing.
The problem may be with the computer models:
They're based on observations of meteors
in the skies of Earth, and those data may not
translate well to the Moon.
Hello Mark, Stan and Everyone,
First of all, in the last 24 hours I have collected way too many 'green
laser', 'you are a millionaire', 'I got screwed by a Moroccan', 'I'm tired
of Ssteevee' and other numerous other emails.
Anyway, here is the latest and most up to date abstract regarding
Bottom line, the darker the material, the more weathered., but cool all the
same.
Greg - are you reffering to the darker of the 'blue' lithology or the darker
of the material period?
The last i hurd the dark - ie brown material is less weathered - it still
has the oxide veining intact. the
Hi Stan and EL enthusiasts,
This is truly a weird meteorite (NWA 2828 and related enstatites). It seems
to defy all logic making it one of the most interesting ones I have had the
privilege to encounter. I supplied the latest scientific abstract which
describes the weathering effects to some
Hello Greg and Stan,
Yes, it is a very interesting meteorite. Hard to say which you can declare
more weatheredguess I now like the term fossil meteorite...;^) The
original weathered portions, where preserved better in the long run, due to
the metal of having been leached out.
Nice round
Hi Mark, List,
Mark, excellent links to some great abstracts. I will spend some time this
weekend going over them. There is one more out there that is part of an
abstract but I have not announced yet. We are waiting for the terrestrial
age (not same as NWA 2828 and pairings). We hope sometime
Hello Mike,
The meteorite was recovered after the finder responded to a want ad put up
by a member of the Kansas Meteorite Society. The finder was out hunting
(pheasant or quail IMO) and thought he heard something fall in some trees
near him. A couple days later the hunter returns to the
Hi Mark,
They're all falls, just depends on when you find them.
Best regards,
Greg
Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
IMCA 3163
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From: MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Hi All,
what a fantastic find!
Kackley meteorite? Hm?
Congratulations to the finder!
When will you find out how old it is?
Too bad there isn't a yellow brick road in California!
Why all those great meteorites in Kansas? ;-)
With best regards
and wishing all of you Happy Holidays,
Moni
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