Re: [meteorite-list] Langs Auction - Official Statement

2007-02-13 Thread Charlie Devine
Hello Iris, Thanks for the update. I like to think that most listmembers know better then to pay attention to the rantings of Greg Hupe or Mike Farmer. Best, Charlie __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Eyewitness Account of the Holbrook Fall

2007-02-13 Thread JKGwilliam
Some of us had the great fortune to know Pauline McCleve personally. She was a neighbor of mine from 1988 until her death. She passed away just a few years ago at the ripe old age of 106. Even in here later years, she never got tired of telling the Holbrook meteorite story. I can remember

Re: [meteorite-list] Langs Auction - Official Statement

2007-02-13 Thread Greg Hupe
Hello Charlie and List, I respect your opinion, but I disagree with your term rantings. If you knew what I know of this situation and other non-related dealings, and of the proof Achim Karl produced among other's, than you and the other List members would truly understand the long-term pattern

[meteorite-list] Possible Phobos sampling mission

2007-02-13 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.focusmag.co.uk/newsread.asp?ID=27060 PROBE PLANNED FOR PHOBOS 09:20:34 13/02/2007 'Practice run’ for Mars sampling mission announced A British team is working on a concept mission to land a spacecraft on Mars’s small moon, Phobos, take samples from its surface and bring them back to

[meteorite-list] Story from a stone

2007-02-13 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20070223001109000.htm PIPLIA KALAN is a small, nondescript village in Pali district in western Rajasthan. People outside the district would not even have heard its name. Yet, it is a name familiar to planetary scientists and astronomers, and a casual search

Re: [meteorite-list] Some thoughts on Larry Atkin's Recent Holbrook Find

2007-02-13 Thread mexicodoug
Hello from the field, after being blasted out of Holbrook yesterday morning. I can say that two days ago in the Holbrook strewn field, I was camping in the middle of it, which is basically an erroded shrub, dry lake mud flat. It was drizzling all day long, making a wicked cold burn, but

Re: [meteorite-list] Langs Auction - Official Statement

2007-02-13 Thread Michael Farmer
Charlie, how dare you! Rantings? Let's recap the events of last week: I put out an email, stating that some of Al Lang's pieces were stolen (As reported to myself and Achim and everyone else in the room by Al and Iris). Within minutes I got both private and public emails from other absentee

[meteorite-list] Near-Earth Asteroids Could Be Stepping Stones To Mars

2007-02-13 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2007-02-12-asteroid_x.htm Near-Earth asteroids could be 'steppingstones to Mars' By Dan Vergano USA TODAY February 13, 2007 Asteroids are big hunks of space dust and rock that will eventually smack into Earth and end life as we know it. Or they

Re: [meteorite-list] Langs Auction - Official Statement

2007-02-13 Thread Adam Hupe
Perhaps if the the proceeds really are going to a non-profit entity,a not for profit unified business number could be provided to purchasers for tax purposes. Adam --- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charlie, how dare you! Rantings? Let's recap the events of last week: I put

Re: [meteorite-list] Lang's auction statement

2007-02-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear List Members, as everyone of you know Lang's auction was held on Saturday the 3rd of Febuaryand I participated in person at the auction to make sure to get the specimens Iwanted. I did win 6 lots and after the closing of the auction I walked up to Mr. Langand told him to hang on to the

Re: [meteorite-list] Langs Auction - Official Statement

2007-02-13 Thread Greg Hupe
Hello Charlie and List, Charlie wrote, Greg, I am aware that you and your brother had a falling out with Al a few years ago, for which reason, when you first opined on the Lang's Tucson auction, I chose not to regard your opinion as objective. Charlie, again I respect your opinion about your

[meteorite-list] eBay Hassles

2007-02-13 Thread Gary K. Foote
Recently I ran some meteorite auctions on eBay. A winning bidder ignored invoices for 3 days past the payment deadline so I resold the item. Now this person keeps paying me, sometimes three times a day, despite my telling him over and over that he breached the contract and that the item is

Re: [meteorite-list] www.venusmeteorite.com - what are your opinions on this claim

2007-02-13 Thread Rob McCafferty
--- Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [I have a theory, of course, but not room enough in this margin to write it down.] I believe Fermat wrote something the same thing and it took nearly 300 years to prove it. Sterling, make a mental note to ACTUALLY write the theory down to

[meteorite-list] Some thoughts on Larry Atkin's Recent Holbrook Find

2007-02-13 Thread Robert Verish
Thanks to John Gwilliam for posting his observations from previous years experiences at Holbrook. Similiar observations have been repeatably made at other strewn fields in the SW USA. Those who have had the benefit of being able to return to strewn fields year after year (or even at different

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Hassles

2007-02-13 Thread Steve Schoner
[meteorite-list] eBay Hassles Gary K. Foote Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:10:48 -0800 wrote: Recently I ran some meteorite auctions on eBay. A winning bidder ignored invoices for 3 days past the payment deadline so I resold the item. Now this person keeps paying me, sometimes three times a day, despite

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Hassles

2007-02-13 Thread Gary K. Foote
Hi Steve, It does seem that they are taking a double bite, but that is just business. Their inability to help me has been frustrating. I did, however, get an excellent piece of info from Mark M., who told me, You can request the bidders contact information on the advanced search screen on ebay.

Re: [meteorite-list] Larry's Holbrook Holy Grail Find

2007-02-13 Thread Thetoprok
Hello Dave, Rubin, John G and List, I want to thank everyone for the kind comments, both public and private, I'm happy to have made a small splash in the big meteorite pond. A special thanks goes out to Dave Andrews for his hospitality while we visited his town, and most of all for

Re: [meteorite-list] Larry's Holbrook Holy Grail Find

2007-02-13 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi all, Larry, I can't to see more pictures and read about your Amazing Holbrook find in Meteorite Mag. Ruben Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona http://www.mr-meteorite.com The fish are biting. Get more

[meteorite-list] 10% Off Sale

2007-02-13 Thread Gary K. Foote
I've just loaded over 75 meteorites to my for sale page. For the next 48 hours [until 9PM on Thursday EST] I am offering 10% off on all meteorites for sale on my site. I will also ship [within the US] for $4.05 no matter the total weight of your purchases. Be sure to let me know you are coming

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Hassles

2007-02-13 Thread Ma Lan
Hi Gary, I think you should report an unpaid item to eBay before you relist or resell the item. If you still have no response within 7 days, you have the right to do what you want to do. And eBay will refund you the listing fees instantly. Hope this can help you a little bit All the best Miss

[meteorite-list] AD - Martian NWA 4480 and Lunar NWA 4472 Ending

2007-02-13 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear Martian and Lunar Enthusiasts, In about half a day the remaining six specimens of NWA 4480, my new Ferroan Basaltic Shergottite AND the last two slices of NWA 4472, a beautiful KREEP-rich lunar, both of which are ending on eBay under my seller name, NaturesVault. Here are the direct

Re: [meteorite-list] [SPAM] Re: Larry's Holbrook Holy Grail Find

2007-02-13 Thread DNAndrews
They say Holbrook is the product of two breakups, one after the other, when the largest fragment then re-fragmented again. Hi Sterling, Yes, according to the original Holbrook Argus newspaper articles right after the fall, there were two detonations. My theory is that the first landed at

Re: [meteorite-list] Larry's Holbrook Holy Grail Find

2007-02-13 Thread Maria Haas
Hello All, Even though I was there, I can't wait to read Larry's article in Meteorite Magazine! As you all know by now, after we left Holbrook we spent the rest of the week hunting Franconia and Gold Basin. For the additional five days I was with him and that stone (when we weren't hunting)