Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska

2007-10-24 Thread Zelimir Gabelica
In Ensisheim, Giorgio and Lina Tomelleri offered such wood cuts in the 2003-2005, show period, perhaps also in 2006. I did not see any in 2007 on their table. I am the happy owned of one such cut (full slice) and it appears quite spectacular as it still shows burnt areas (supposed to be

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska

2007-10-24 Thread Herbert Raab
Zelimir Gabelica wrote: maybe also some squeezed rings possibly due to growth slowing down for a couple of years after the blast (must check this though). That\'s interesting. I also have a full slice (cut during one of Kulik\'s expeditions in the 1930\'s) and it clearly shows much

[meteorite-list] Cleaning a 13kg Bessey Spec

2007-10-24 Thread bernd . pauli
Jerry Flaherty wrote: Thanks for the information Graham, I especially appreciated the link to the galvanic process. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Mission accomplished! Kudos from Germany!!! Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] TV heads-up

2007-10-24 Thread Darren Garrison
Tonight (in the US) PBS is airing the episode of Wired Science with the Brenham search, for those who missed it on cable. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Great Deals ending Today - AD

2007-10-24 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear List Members, Starting in about four hours I have many excellent auctions ending, including the best priced Bassikounou individuals. These and more can be found under my eBay seller name, NaturesVault, or click here for a listing of all that I currently have available:

[meteorite-list] AD - Ebay Auctions

2007-10-24 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
I have some auctions ended at 5 hours, who want look go here http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=mcomemeteorite matteo __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] AD NWA2871 reclassified now officially a Lodranite --additional info for contact

2007-10-24 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, Sorry, I forgot to add Blaine`s contact information when I posted his sales ad for the NWA2871 Lodranite super special offer. Much has sold so do wait to buy. His email works sometimes (when it gets checked): Blaine Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best is his telephone/fax:

Re: [meteorite-list] AD NWA2871 reclassified now officially a Lodranite --additional info for contact

2007-10-24 Thread drtanuki
Sorry this message bounced. Dear List, Sorry, I forgot to add Blaine`s contact information when I posted his sales ad for the NWA2871 Lodranite super special offer. Much has sold so do wait to buy. His email works sometimes (when it gets checked): Blaine Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread giovannisostero
Hi all, this is our BVR shot of 17P/Holmes in outburst (brightest object in the field center): http://tinyurl.com/2mxrmx Cheers, Giovanni and Ernesto __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] AD NWA2871 reclassified now officially aLodranite --additional info for contact

2007-10-24 Thread Martin Altmann
Nevertheless, that mail could have been send three times, cause it's delighting news for many more collectors, wasn't NWA 2871 that ACAP with especially many pairings? Can we carry them together her? NWA 2656 NWA 2699 NWA 2714 NWA 2866 NWA 2871 NWA 2989 NWA 4399 Which else? So I guess quite a

[meteorite-list] Re-2: AD NWA2871 reclassified now officially a Lodranite

2007-10-24 Thread bernd . pauli
Ha! ... which is a source of reassurance for me ;-) It restores my confidence in myself because this is what I wrote on Thursday, April 06, 2006, to two list members in a private mail: ACAPs are usually (but not always!) more fine-grained whereas lodranites are usually coarser grained. Now, when

[meteorite-list] AD: World Meteorite Languages-V2.0

2007-10-24 Thread drtanuki
Dear List Members: There are now over 50 languages listed and about 75+ words for the term meteorite on my updated webpage at www.meteortesjapan.com I would greatly appreciate it you would take time to look at it and contribute to make this list as complete and correct as possible. If you

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread K. Ohtsuka
Hello all, I have just looked at the superoutburst of 17P/Holmes, as follows: 2007 Oct. 24.72 UT: m1=2.8, Dia.=, DC=9, by NE Katsu. OHTSUKA Tokyo, JAPAN - Original Message - From: giovannisostero [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mexicodoug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] chico impact melt

2007-10-24 Thread mckinney trammell
i have recently purchased a supposed chico impact melt as i am a big fan of it. all the others i have look like, well, chico- w/ bubbles, solid areas, etc. this one, however... just looks like a meteorite- metal, dark matrix, a few pores. are there areas of the chico skyrock that look like this?

[meteorite-list] Cleaning a 13kg Bessey Spec! :-)

2007-10-24 Thread Metorman46
Graham; That meteorite looks great.And i think you really did it justice by cleaning it up.Hiding all those features we meteorite lovers relish under caliche isn't asthetic at all.Great job and thanks for sharing. Best Regards;Herman Archer IMCA # 2770.

[meteorite-list] World Meteorite Languages-V2.0 - Correction

2007-10-24 Thread bernd . pauli
Dirk wrote: There are now over 50 languages listed and about 75+ words for the term meteorite on my updated webpage at www.meteortesjapan.com This link doesn't work because an i is missing. So, if interested in taking a look, use this link: www.meteoritesjapan.com Then click on Meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread mexicodoug
Hello List, This bodes great (in a Titian-Bodean sense) for tonight in Europe and North America. I put a finder chart up for this evening at: www.diogenite.com/17P.jpg This is the show in Europe right now...and should print well to an A4 or letter sized piece of paper. A new star was

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska

2007-10-24 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
justfor a idea what I have in collection of tunguska http://it.geocities.com/tunguska2004/Impact.html Matteo --- Zelimir Gabelica [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: In Ensisheim, Giorgio and Lina Tomelleri offered such wood cuts in the 2003-2005, show period, perhaps also in 2006. I did not

Re: [meteorite-list] bassikounou trade offer (AD)

2007-10-24 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
oh nohe re-start matteo --- steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Good afternoon from cold chicago list.Short and simple.I have a 401 gram completely crusted bassikounou with a partial metal ring around it for trade.I am looking for a nice piece of estherville.Offlist let me if

[meteorite-list] AD - Ebay Auctions

2007-10-24 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
I have some auctions ended at 5 hours, who want look go here http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=mcomemeteorite matteo M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30173 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site:

[meteorite-list] amazing mali meteorite

2007-10-24 Thread steve arnold
Good afternoon list.With all the different reports I have seen on this list,and all the pics of the different meteorites,I have to say that this is without a doubt, this is a different meteorite.I just got a 70.5 gram fragment that is rich in black crust,bright metal flecks, and very nice shock

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread mexicodoug
Hi Again Listees, With regards to Comet 17P (Holmes) estimated at under 3.5 Km in diameter, and being twice as far from the Earth as the planet Mars: How could it be one sixteenth as bright as Mars and an easy object in the night sky with an almost Full Moon? No doubt it has a lot of ice

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread Chris Peterson
The size of the comet core is largely irrelevant. What matters is the size of the coma, since that's what is reflecting the light. And an active comet can easily have a coma many times larger than Mars. In reality, active comets are amongst the largest objects in the Solar System, even though

[meteorite-list] New Study Confirms First-Known Belt Of Moonlets In Saturn Rings

2007-10-24 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2007/411.html Office of News Services University of Colorado-Boulder Boulder, Colorado Contact: Miodrag Sremcevic, (303) 492-3395 Nicole Albers, (303) 735-4459 Oct. 24, 2007 New CU-Boulder Study Confirms First-Known Belt Of Moonlets In Saturn Rings A

[meteorite-list] Life on Mars Theory Put To Test

2007-10-24 Thread Ron Baalke
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7056686.stm Life from Mars theory put to test BBC October 23, 2007 A rock quarried on Orkney was blasted into space to find out if meteorites could carry primitive life from one planet to another. One theory being tested is

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - October 24, 2007

2007-10-24 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES October 24, 2007 o Possible Ancient Salt Deposits within Unnamed Crater in Terra Cimmeria http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_005680_1525 o Thumbprint Texture on Dark Dunes in Rabe Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_005514_1360 o South Polar

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread mexicodoug
Sure, and my questions were rhetorical more than anything else (not to compare to Halley's Comet's size, or anything like that - they are miracle specific). What would the wise kings in Biblical times have made of this? (rhetorical) However, coma aside, a (now) 500,000 times increase in a

Re: [meteorite-list] amazing mali meteorite

2007-10-24 Thread Don Rawlings
If you paid more than $2- a gram for this unclassified meteorite, YOU got ripped off yet again. There has to be more than a hundred KG of this. Don --- steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good afternoon list.With all the different reports I have seen on this list,and all the pics of the

Re: [meteorite-list] amazing mali meteorite

2007-10-24 Thread mmorgan
I have yet to see this for under 2.50 and that is for frags and little tiny individuals. All the big. (Over 500g) individuals are at least 3.5/g. What gives? Matt -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites http://www.mhmeteorites.com P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 USA

Re: [meteorite-list] amazing mali meteorite

2007-10-24 Thread Michael Farmer
You are dealing with the wrong people Matt. There is a flood of it coming. Michael Farmer --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have yet to see this for under 2.50 and that is for frags and little tiny individuals. All the big. (Over 500g) individuals are at least 3.5/g. What gives? Matt

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Doug, You are right. This is a phenomenal event! First a supernova in NGC 7721 and now this comet suddenly brightens by several magnitudes. Unfortunately, all I have at present is a great view of the Great Cloudy (and rainey) Nebula. -Walter Branch (listing more meteorites on ebay)

Re: [meteorite-list] amazing mali meteorite

2007-10-24 Thread Abdelaziz Alhyane
As a supplyer, I have nothing to offer as the price is high, nobody here wanna take the chance to invest on this meteorite. Aziz --- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are dealing with the wrong people Matt. There is a flood of it coming. Michael Farmer --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] amazing mali meteorite

2007-10-24 Thread Bob Evans
Thanks for the tip and the good news ! - Original Message - From: Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Don Rawlings [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:41 PM

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Doug, Walt, List, Get out those binoculars. Maybe you won't need them... Posted 49 minutes ago. P17 now 1,000,000 times brighter. Reported visible to the naked eye from a large city: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/10775326.html Comet expert Gary Kronk expects this

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry
Great tip Doug. Will stay tuned. Haven't heard yet from Space Weather Phone, a paid subscription I have, so thanks again for an early tip. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: mexicodoug [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread Chris Peterson
It certainly is remarkable. Fascinating to speculate on just what occurred to throw off what must be a vast amount of material. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: mexicodoug

Re: [meteorite-list] World Meteorite Languages-V2.0 - Correction

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry
Got it Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:59 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] World Meteorite Languages-V2.0 - Correction Dirk wrote: There are now over 50 languages listed and

Re: [meteorite-list] World Meteorite Languages-V2.0 - Correction

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry
Dirk, Bernd and List, modern Western civilization should have consulted with these ancient cultures long before Chaldi[please excuse my spelling] sought the origins of Enshshiem[spell again] and the French Academy of Science continuously refuted any attempt to validate the origins of the

Re: [meteorite-list] 17P Holmes

2007-10-24 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - I wonder if this outgassing has affected 17P's orbit, and if so by how much? E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [meteorite-list] World Meteorite Languages-V2.0 - Correction

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry
Oh, excuse me. The previous post was based upon the wealth of names from Dirk's website in non western cultures which point to the true origins of our avocational rocks. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent:

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, A history of Holmes at: http://cometography.com/pcomets/017p.html says it was discovered (1892) in a brilliant naked-eye outburst but then faded away. Five months later, it brightened again back to a lesser naked-eye status. It was observed through its 1906 perihelion, but was lost

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry
Wouldn't you know, clouded out here in eastern Massachusetts. Fortunately, Comets should hang around for a time. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: mexicodoug [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:52 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:09:21 -0500, you wrote: A history of Holmes at: http://cometography.com/pcomets/017p.html says it was discovered (1892) in a brilliant naked-eye outburst but then faded away. Five months later, it Hm. A unusual acting comet named Holmes and a prominent Scientologist

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry
Given the improbability of solar excitation because of the mighty distance, could a mighty collisional event be perhaps the cause of this sudden brightening. An event colossal compared to our recent astounding success an comet interception but rather weak effects at brightening, preceived only

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry
I just received my phone call and email from Space Weather.com phone line. This List is remarkable for its early warning system! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Chris Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:40 PM

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: World Meteorite Languages-V2.0

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry
Super instructive Dirk. Wish I could contribute but I'm barely able to handle my native language. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dirk ross [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:20 PM Subject:

[meteorite-list] Comet Holmes

2007-10-24 Thread Don Merchant
Hi List just went outside a few minutes ago. Tell me if I saw the comet. I looked down from Marfak (brightest star in perseus) to the next star called Delta Persei. Then I looked 2° to the left (which would be west at this time now) and BAM! This thing is bright!! Too bad no tail but my guess

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - October 25, 2007

2007-10-24 Thread Michael Johnson
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/October_25_2007.html . . . . __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet Holmes

2007-10-24 Thread lebofsky
Hello Don: Sounds good to me! We could see all three in the same field of the binocs and then could see it even with the naked eye. Not bad for a nearly full moon! It looked a little reddish and the three of us (Nancy, me, and one of my students) all could convince ourselves that it did not quite

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet Holmes

2007-10-24 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Don, That is the correct location. There can't be two of them. In some locations (like mine), that is the sky coordinates of the Great Cloudy Nebula, as Walter called it. And, of course, the sky to the southwest is clear, where it doesn't matter. Sterling K. Webb

[meteorite-list] Comet Holmes

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry
Good fortune shines on comet observers in Plymouth, Massachusetts. A break of 15 minutes in the cloud cover allowed us an easy view of Comet Holmes. Quite unstarlike but not the ordinary hazy comet. A sharp object more planetlike than any comet I've seen. Probably due to its unusual brightening

[meteorite-list] comet holmes

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry
What's the time interval for light transmission from this distance to earth? Jerry Flaherty __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] comet holmes

2007-10-24 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Jerry, I don't know the exact distance to 17P (starts Googling). Light speed is 18 million kilometers a minute. If I did it right (don't hold me to it) Mars is 121,422,000 kilometers away right now (give or take), or a light travel time of 6 minutes, 44.67 seconds -- that's why all those

Re: [meteorite-list] comet holmes

2007-10-24 Thread lebofsky
Hello Jerry: Based on Starry Night, the Shuttle was about 360km away at closest and ISS about 390km away. At 300,000 km/sec (speed of light), we are talking about 1/1000 of a second for light to get from there to here. Not sure how far apart they were, but do not think that it was very much

Re: [meteorite-list] comet holmes, Oops

2007-10-24 Thread lebofsky
Too mnay objects running around. 1 AU = 149,600,000 km Comet Holmes = 1.6345 AU from earth this evening (in two days it will be down to 1.630 AU, better duck) This gives a distance of 244,500,000 km Speed of light is 299,800 km/sec So Light Distance = 816 seconds (give or take) Larry On