Re: [meteorite-list] 10 Reasons Why Everyone Should Own A Meteorite!

2008-01-10 Thread mexicodoug
Ruben wrote: Here's is a link toa funny post that kinda illustarates my point.NOT THAT I MIND THIS TYPE OF WOMAN!!I DON'T!! http://www.nuggetshooter.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=12123; Stay tuned till next time while lusting after special meteorite finds for a profligate, Love in the Time

[meteorite-list] Fwd: Meteorite crater mystery/trip

2008-01-10 Thread Jason Utas
Whoops - first time this went out, my email was set to rich-formatting it for some reason. In case that doesn't go through, here's a plain version. -- Forwarded message -- Hola Graham, All, Been busy with college apps these past few weeks, and am getting caught up with emails

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-10 Thread Zelimir . Gabelica
Hi Peter, List, This question also puzzled me some time until I learned that deserts in Mongolia are rarely sand deserts but rather grass filled steppes or a kind of bush where it is not easy to spot dark meteorites. I learned that from a meteorite hunter who had an (unsuccessful) try some

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space - January 10, 2008

2008-01-10 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Free $20 Meteorite

2008-01-10 Thread Don Rawlings
Bob, your suggestion seems to be a clear violation of ebay policies and might result in ebay cancelling the auction. http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-links.html Non-permitted links include, but are not limited to: Links to websites or pages that offer to trade, sell or purchase goods

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Free $20 Meteorite

2008-01-10 Thread Bob Evans
I know, But many people do it effectively. Look around on ebay. Most dealers have their websites on their auctions and have been doing it for years. Ebay wont cancel your account. Just the auction. Seems like low risk to me. Bob - Original Message - From: Don Rawlings [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] Simple mapping software? (A little OT)

2008-01-10 Thread Marco Langbroek
Hi Mark, Browse around a bit on http://www.sourceforge.net which is a well known large repository of open source software for all kinds of things. There is certainly mapping software on there (search with keywords like map and/or gps I suggest). - Marco - Dr Marco Langbroek Dutch Meteor

[meteorite-list] AD - Ebay Auctions ending

2008-01-10 Thread Jim Strope
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[meteorite-list] Robb Report Meteorite Article

2008-01-10 Thread Notkin
Dear Listees: Good morning all. It's brisk but sunny in Tucson this morning, and I've received a report from the Morrison sisters that the first tents are going up down at the Tucson Electric Park. I hope you all have your hotel rooms booked : ) Those of you who collect meteorite articles

[meteorite-list] Still un answered question

2008-01-10 Thread Peter A Shugar
Still unanswered is the other question: And then there is little dinky Roosevelt Co, NM at just 2,455 sq miles and it has a staggering 109 meteorites, which comes to one for every 22.5 sq miles. What gives? They are of a wide variety of classifications, so it can't be turning every piece in

Re: [meteorite-list] 10 Reasons Why Everyone Should Own A Meteorite!

2008-01-10 Thread Jerry
Rarer than diamonds, and scientifically more important. I don't believe that we have fully explored the origins, manufacture and scientific value of diamonds as of today [apples and oranges anyhow] and Rarer in the sense of human possession. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From:

[meteorite-list] Need two meteorites

2008-01-10 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, I don't fire up the computer much these days so I have not posted much to the list. I have a cold today so I am practicing the fine art of doing laundry and ironing clothes. BTW, distilled water works not only with cleaning and cutting stones (depending on the stone) but it

Re: [meteorite-list] Still un answered question

2008-01-10 Thread Jerry
Sounds like ideal search conditions and a hulava lot of meteorite hunters. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Peter A Shugar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LIST meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:04 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Still un answered

Re: [meteorite-list] Still un answered question

2008-01-10 Thread Jerry
There you go! or one super hunter. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Mike Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Peter A Shugar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; LIST meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]

Re: [meteorite-list] Still un answered question

2008-01-10 Thread Mike Miller
No I think a very big chunk of those meteorites were found by Skip Wilson. On Jan 10, 2008 10:24 AM, Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like ideal search conditions and a hulava lot of meteorite hunters. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Peter A Shugar [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER To Make Historic Flyby of Mercury

2008-01-10 Thread Ron Baalke
Jan. 10, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RELEASE: 08-003 NASA SPACECRAFT TO MAKE HISTORIC FLYBY OF MERCURY LAUREL, Md. - On Monday,

Re: [meteorite-list] Apollo Astronaut Rusty Schweickart to Speak on Asteroid Impact Threat

2008-01-10 Thread David Pensenstadler
Wow! It's great to get Rusty Schweickart to speak about his B612 Foundation. I tried about a year ago to get him to speak at one of our non-profit organizations meeting, the organization is The Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, but his speaking fee was far too high for our group. It is

[meteorite-list] Fw: Still un answered question

2008-01-10 Thread Jerry
Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Peter A Shugar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; LIST meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:39 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Still un answered question

[meteorite-list] Still un answered question

2008-01-10 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi all, For anyone interseted here is an article about Skip Wilson. I met Skip a couple of years ago and wrote this article about that encounter. http://www.mr-meteorite.com/huntingwithskip.htm Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona http://www.mr-meteorite.com

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-10 Thread Jason Utas
Hola Peter, All, I know individual aspect of your questions have been addressed, but I'd like to as well... I know the Sahara desert is about a galgillion square miles. Then there are the deserts in Calif., South America, the Antarctic continent and God only knows where else. Why don't I see any

[meteorite-list] AD: Hundreds Of New NWA Meteorites In Stock

2008-01-10 Thread Eric Wichman
Hi all, I've just received some new Unclassified NWA material with some very nice specimens added some of them to the site. There's a lot of good fully fusion crusted pieces and one very nice 194 gram sliced end piece with almost 50% fusion crust! Very Nice piece. I'll be adding many more

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Still un answered question

2008-01-10 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Jerry, List, The meteorites of Roosevelt Co. are found in wind-ablated pits, called blow-outs, which fill with sand and preserve them. http://epswww.unm.edu/meteoritemuseum/nmmeteorites.htm The age of the surfaces that are being searched? 50,000 to 90,000 years old!

Re: [meteorite-list] Still un answered question

2008-01-10 Thread Jerry
Thanks Ruben, for that. I do remember seeing this article a while back. Give one inspiration. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Ruben Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:33 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Still un

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Still un answered question

2008-01-10 Thread Jerry
Darn New England. Plenty of blow outs and even regs but only about 10,000 years old dirt. Yee old glaciers scraped the bed rock clean and replaced the soil with till which is a jumble. Add the 40-50 of rainfall that perks through this till each year and it causes havoc to iron. Bog iron is the

Re: [meteorite-list] Simple mapping software? (A little OT)

2008-01-10 Thread mexicodoug
Hi Mark, Marco, and others who enjoyed the Parker Bros. Napoleonic Risk game as kids*, Been playing around with this DIY Map software (macromedia based) since Mark first posted. I think I like the Meteorite bulletin - USGS Google Earth interface better, and would encourage you to check into

[meteorite-list] When Worlds Collide: Have Astronomers Observed the Aftermath of a Distant Planetary Collision?

2008-01-10 Thread Ron Baalke
Public Affairs Office Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts For more information, contact: David A. Aguilar Director of Public Affairs Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 617-495-7462 Christine Pulliam Public Affairs Specialist Harvard-Smithsonian Center

[meteorite-list] metall inclusion on Mali Meteorite

2008-01-10 Thread Andreas Gren
Hi List, I have found on a 151g Erg Chech / Mali Meteorite a metallic inclusion, looking uncommon in my opinion.. I would ask for some comments and thoughts what this might be and if other people have already seen such an inclusion. The inclusion is attracted by a magnet. Hope the pictures show

[meteorite-list] January Meteorite-Times Now Up

2008-01-10 Thread Paul Harris
Hello Everyone, The January issue of Meteorite-Times is now up. http://www.meteorite-times.com/ Our February issue will go up after the Tucson show so that the writers will have time to prepare for Tucson and also add show information into their February articles. Our Tucson Information

Re: [meteorite-list] Simple mapping software? (A little OT)

2008-01-10 Thread Mark Crawford
Doug, That's very cool. I must have a play with it when I have a bit of time. From the look of the data files on the DIY Map site, it should also be reasonably easy to update once it's set up. I played with Google Maps earlier by grabbing and then manually adding layers in Photoshop for

[meteorite-list] 8.8 gram frag of Waconda for sale

2008-01-10 Thread Bob WALKER
Listoids I have an 8.8 gram frag of Waconda surplus to my needs for sale A truly historic collectible from the home state of Nininiger and a must-have for all Kansas collectors Its the first Kansas find and the first described Kansas meteorite Found in 1873 in Mitchell County, Kansas, L6

Re: [meteorite-list] Simple mapping software? (A little OT)

2008-01-10 Thread mexicodoug
Thanks Mark, I'm betting Google Earth linking and the USGS can do it nicely. I just made one little improvement to my demo UK/Ireland map of witnessed falls. That dot in the Sea that represents Wold Cottage ... I still left it the water at the present uncorrected location on the USGS-MB site:

Re: [meteorite-list] When Worlds Collide: Have Astronomers Observed the Aftermath of a Distant Planetary Collision?

2008-01-10 Thread lebofsky
Hi All: Would a short article in Meteorite magazine on this subject be of interest to readers? If so, please let me know and I can contact the authors who I know and are here at the meeting I am at. There may be issues if this is going to be published elsewhere, but it can't hurt for me to ask.

Re: [meteorite-list] Simple mapping software? (A little OT)

2008-01-10 Thread Jeff Grossman
There was a bug on the MetBull database site that reported longitudes between 0 and 1 degree west as negative east longitudes. Wold Cottage was one. It is fixed. Good catch. Also, I modified the little google maps applet in the database to allow you to use USGS topo maps and aerial photos

[meteorite-list] W 8.8 gram aconda frag is sold

2008-01-10 Thread Bob WALKER
Listoids The 8.8 gram Waconda frag is sold to a very lucky buyer Early bird always catches the worm... Cheers __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] W 8.8 gram aconda frag is sold

2008-01-10 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:54:42 +1000, you wrote: Early bird always catches the worm... Yeah, but the early worm gets eaten. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Thanks for the Meteorites!

2008-01-10 Thread Walter Branch
I wanted to thank everyone who responded to my request for meteorites this morning. Fully prepared to purchase meteorites, many people volunteered to donate specimens to give to the boy and I sincerely appreciate everyone's generous offers. I will make sure he knows the meteorites came from

[meteorite-list] OT slightly: Sand generated electricity and sand dune formation

2008-01-10 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, Here is an interesting article explaining about the relationship between electro-static charge and dune formation. Desert Mystery Has Electrifying Answer By Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Staff Writer posted: 10 January 2008 08:05 am ET

Re: [meteorite-list] OT slightly: Sand generated electricity and sanddune formation

2008-01-10 Thread Kirk Jenks
test - Original Message - From: drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT slightly: Sand generated electricity and sanddune formation Dear List, Here is an interesting article

Re: [meteorite-list] 10 Reasons Why Everyone Should Own A Meteorite!

2008-01-10 Thread Rhonda Rose
Dear Doug and List: Doug your post was exquisite! I love the idea of being a meteorite maiden in the most beautiful moment of ageless enthusiasm. And now with the generosity of the meteorite community I am about to plunge into the world beyond as a true meteorite collector. I couldn't have

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 11, 2008

2008-01-10 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_11_2008.html _ **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 __

Re: [meteorite-list] Simple mapping software? (A little OT)

2008-01-10 Thread mexicodoug
Super! Nice and useful improvements for the US in the MetSoc-USGS interactive database, and as a footnote I see that Wold meteorite that lit a fire under the English is safely landed and the rest history...One of these days we'll be meteorite hunting off the crystal clear and resolved images

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-10 Thread Pat Brown
Hi Jasoon, Peter and the List, Some thoughts on why the Sahara is so productive: Another significant factor is the climate over the past several thousand years. The sahara and parts of the American southwest have been dry for a long time, this increases the terrestrial recognizability time of

[meteorite-list] New possible iron meteorite fall in Nigeria

2008-01-10 Thread Dr. Svend Buhl
this article was published this morning on This Day online: Strange Explosion Rocks Sokoto Police Begin Probe From Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto, 01.11.2008 There was pandemoniun yesterday as a loud explosion emanating from a heavy metal-like object rocked the city of Sokoto. The object fell from

Re: [meteorite-list] intriguing Question

2008-01-10 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, All, The [S]ahara and parts of the American southwest have been dry for a long time... The American SW, yes. The Sahara, no. It's desertification began in the eastern Sahara about 14,000 years ago and worked its way slowly west. Cyrene on the Egyptian-Libyan border was a flourishing Greek