[meteorite-list] In remembrance of Darryl Futrell

2008-08-13 Thread bernd . pauli
Gone but not forgotten! + + + Darryll passed away on Monday, August 13, 2001 + + + Here is how some list members felt when they heard the sad news: * He was a very nice man, great to talk with. We will all miss his input to this list. * Though I didn't always agree with him I did respect

[meteorite-list] (AD) EBAY AUCTIONS

2008-08-13 Thread steve arnold
Good morning list.I have some really nice ebay auctions out there.I have a 300 gram slice of SAU 001 (110 MM X 80 MM 10MM),a 212 gram CANYON DIABLO,A 447 gram endcut of NWA 869,and finally from the mike casper collection,a beautiful 435 gram 85% crusted flowlined oriented nosecone unclassified

[meteorite-list] New Falls for 2008?

2008-08-13 Thread Mr EMan
Anyone have a list of falls so far this year? Elton __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] New Falls for 2008?

2008-08-13 Thread Mike Jensen
Hi Elton Here is my list of the 5 (possible) falls so far; http://jensenmeteorites.com/New%20meteorites.htm Mike -- Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Mr EMan [EMAIL

[meteorite-list] NWA Sale, Nice Bassikounou H5 Slices End Cut Plus Mesosiderite

2008-08-13 Thread Eric Wichman
Hi All, Have some items on sale right now. I've cut the Bassikounou H5 and have some nice slices available. BASSIKOUNOU H5 Slices End Cut - $3.50/g or Take All For $3.05/g 13.4g - Part Slice w/ fusion crusted edge 9.9g - Part Slice w/ fusion crusted edge 14.0g - Part Slice w/ fusion crusted

[meteorite-list] Here we go again

2008-08-13 Thread Darren Garrison
Okay-- here's my question-- could an impact that leaves no crater cause global (or large-fraction-of-the-global) forest fires? My idea of what causes firest fires in large impacts-- like Chixalub (sp? too lazy to look it up this morning) is molten splash launched from the-- wait for it-- crater.

Re: [meteorite-list] Here we go again

2008-08-13 Thread Jerry
The widespread return to the surface of the planet of countless molten rock debris which didn't attain escape velocity. That's one way. The heat genetated by a huge explosive blast either on the surface or in the atmosphere is at leastone more. There must be other options. Jerry Flaherty -

[meteorite-list] New PNAS Paper About Firestone ’s Impact Hypothesis

2008-08-13 Thread Paul
The paper is: Buchanan, B., M. Collard, and K. Edinborough, 2008, Paleoindian demography and the extraterrestrial impact hypothesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Published online before print August 12, 2008, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0803762105 The abstract is at

Re: [meteorite-list] 2008 Perseid Maximum approaching

2008-08-13 Thread Jay Annette
Hello List and Bernd, For the skies over the greater Las Vegas area they were perfect. I was above the 6000' ft area at Mt. Charleston, NV. from 2215 until 0415 and witnessed 240 meteors, falling from all directions. Most of them from the radiant, but a few came from behind me, not to mention

[meteorite-list] AD - Stunning New Eucrite!

2008-08-13 Thread Peter Marmet
Hello All, I just added a stunning new eucrite to my Meteorite Sale Page: http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id41.html It's NWA 5230, a maskelynite rich polymict eucrite breccia! Analized by Tony Irwing, who writes: We made a discovery of a small mesodiderite clast in it. This is an

[meteorite-list] Peter's Stunning New Eucrite NW A 5230 paired with the Hupés' NWA 4883

2008-08-13 Thread bernd . pauli
http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id41.html Peter writes: It's NWA 5230, a maskelynite rich polymict eucrite breccia! Analized by Tony Irwing, who writes: We made a discovery of a small mesodiderite clast in it. This is an important observation that adds to the growing evidence for a common

Re: [meteorite-list] A question about an iron fleck in NWA 2977 Lunar

2008-08-13 Thread Randy Korotev
Dear Zelimir: Schreibersite (an iron-nickel phosphide) occurs in iron meteorites and it also occurs in some lunar impact-melt breccias, particularly those from Apollo 16. There is evidence that a subset of the Apollo 16 impact-melt breccias was formed by impact of an iron meteorite (the

[meteorite-list] OT Humor The CERN Rap or Quantum Physicists Gone Wild :-) :-)

2008-08-13 Thread Paul
CERN Rap by Will Barras at http://www.vimeo.com/1431471?pg=embedsec=1431471 Yours, Paul H. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Test delete

2008-08-13 Thread Ken Regelman
Test Nothing since 8/11/08 Kenneth Regelman http://www.meteorites4sale.net/ WA0FAA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] AD: ebay auctions ending in 1 day

2008-08-13 Thread moritzk...@t-online.de
Hi List, I have 18 auctions ending on ebay in less than 24 hours. All of the auctions are well below market price at the moment. Some items are: 5.3 gram etched Ahumada partslice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=110277827226 15.9 gram Brahin partslice

[meteorite-list] Yarkovsky Smirnoff-- In Soviet Russia, asteroid belts you!

2008-08-13 Thread Darren Garrison
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/meteorites-0813.html MIT solves puzzle of meteorite-asteroid link New analysis makes it possible to 'know our enemy' David Chandler, MIT News Office August 13, 2008 For the last few years, astronomers have faced a puzzle: The vast majority of asteroids that

[meteorite-list] Documentary on Martian life

2008-08-13 Thread Darren Garrison
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[meteorite-list] Re Here We Go Again About Terminal Plesitocene Impact

2008-08-13 Thread Paul
In http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2008-August/046148.html , Darren Garrison noted the article “Comet strike would be cataclysmic” at: http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/Comet-strike-end-world-scenario/article-265193-detail/article.html The article states: “Fiery

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - August 14, 2008

2008-08-13 Thread Michael Johnson
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[meteorite-list] Articles on Impact Caused megatsunami chevrons and URL Correction

2008-08-13 Thread Paul
First, I found a couple of very interesting articles about the alleged 'megatsunami chevrons, which are argued to have been caused by megatsunamis by Dallas Abbott (at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory) and her co-workers. The articles are: 1. Some questions about the 'megatsunami-chevrons' at