Hello Walter, and List members,
Walter, you will now find your great table of Hammer-Meteorites on the IMCA
website, you will have to go to the Met.Info. section, then on the Menu, in
the left column you will find a listing for the Hammer page. It is a great
page and I am sorry it took so
Hi Leigh Anne,
As someone who is always itching to look at my specimens, I like keeping
my thin sections in the little standard(~4 1/4 x 3 inch) Riker boxes. One
can fit 3 standard slides parallel to the short side and another two
parallel to the long side. They display nicely against the white
Hi -
Since metals predominate in Tunguska impactites, my guess is that Tunguska was
caused by one of the last fragments of Encke, a piece of the core of a Encke
component cometissimal.
(I hope I haven't said anything too stupid here, but since my stroke I never
know anymore - of course, this
I love using those little Riker boxes for displaying slices and small
individuals. But I would be worried about a TS sliding out and hitting
something crash and breaking when I took the lid off. Maybe it's just me,
but I have problems sometimes with snug fitting lids not wanting to play
nice
That's a good point, Ed.
They certainly do stick on occasion so it would always be wise to open
them carefully on a table. I've always had success so far (knock on wood)
when the top sticks by using the pin as mini-lever, wedging the point into
the bottom side of the box, a millimeter or two
Hello everyone, I have been asked to sell a private collection for a well-known
collector. Most specimens were bought back in the 1990s, and are priced at near
cost. I am doing this to assist a friend in need of funds.
Shipping not included. Again, I am doing this as a favor.
Here are the
Robert and all Hammer Heads,
In retrospect, I didn't address everything in your last email.
I just checked the website where that information you mentioned was listed,
and I have no idea what that dealer's source was the history of his pieces.
As he states there, he did not buy his pieces
Steve, Robert, Dave, Walter, Mike, John et al,
Several comments:
(I would have responded earlier, but I was watching
The Chargers KICK ASS!)
1) Any information listed on my hammer page
http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Hammers.html
Regarding Sylacauga is more accurately expressed by
It can be any edition - even an older one
with the cover torn off and big coffee stain on page 263.
Page 263= Kaaba-A stone in the sanctuary of the kaaba in Mecca is said to be
meteoritic, p. partsch
(1857).
Kaalijarv-Iron (1 AB) Saaremaa estonia Find
Michael wrote: Dave Gheesling was essentially correct in stating that The
word, HAMMER first appeared in a book by Niven and Pournelle, entitled,
LUCIFER'S HAMMER, Fawcett Crest, 1977.
(Ironically, in the book, this term is a misnomer, as the Astronomer who
first views the object and predicts a
Steve, Michael and all,
Thanks for the additional information, Steve. Dr. King's quote does seem to
put a different light on things.
Just out of curiosity, has ANY member here ever seen THE stone (the Holy
Grail of hammers I guess) in person? (Perhaps you, Martin with your
exceptional
Dave:
Johnny Carson also is responsible for one other famous phrase:
billions and billions
not Carl Sagan.
Larry
On Sun, January 4, 2009 9:29 am, Dave Gheesling wrote:
Michael wrote: Dave Gheesling was essentially correct in stating that
The
word, HAMMER first appeared in a book by Niven
Robert All,
I'll run over there sometime soon (from next door in Georgia) and take a few
photos. Anita Westlake, another www.meteoriteassociationofgeorgia.org
member (the president, in fact), has a nice specimen that looks to have come
from the core Steve described, and I'll bet she can be
I have an extra custom black aluminum bent label for this one. Shoot me a
note if anyone out there needs one and I'll send it to you...
Dave Gheesling
IMCA #5967
www.fallingrocks.com
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I have an extra custom black aluminum bent label for this one, too. Shoot
me a note if anyone out there needs one and I'll send it to you...
Dave Gheesling
IMCA #5967
www.fallingrocks.com
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Lastly, I have an extra custom black aluminum bent label for this one as
well. Shoot me a note if anyone out there needs one and I'll send it to
you...
Dave Gheesling
IMCA #5967
www.fallingrocks.com
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Hello Elton;
This is a great description of the processes that are required to form the
widmanstatten patterns in iron meteotites.I think.I especially like the
introduction of phosphorus into the equation,as V.F. BUCHWALD stressed in his
descriptions of iron meteorites.I have noticed that
Hi Robert,
I've yet to see the original mass except in pictures. There are plenty
of historic pics of the incident and the intruder if one does a google
image search. Interestingly, it seems that the core sample under
discussion is still floating in googles memory on this link:
Hi Dave,
I am sure you are right. It has been like 30 years since I read the
Book - EXCELLENT read - and that was before I was into meteorites,
So, it held all kinds of fanciful stuff. I am sure major parts of the movies
DEAP IMPACT and The one about the old grogers blowing up the
Asteroid
Good Day List,
I have a beautiful 1 kilo 'ultra-grade' SAU 001 available for sale. I picked
it up from Geoff Notkin several years ago. Here are some of his photos of
it:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/SAU-001-1.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/SAU-001-2.jpg
on 1/4/09 9:35 AM, lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu at lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu
wrote:
Dave:
Johnny Carson also is responsible for one other famous phrase:
billions and billions
not Carl Sagan.
Larry
Hi Larry,
But Johnny was making fun of Carl Sagan when he did that.
Michael
I was wondering if anyone could tell me the typical way that thin sections are
collected. I know that they are on microscope slides, but do people typically
keep those slides in an old microscope slide box, or drawer of some sort?
Is there a protective type case that is typical of thin
I had almost half a wafer cut from the core.
Then I bought a full slice (very thin) of the core in the Al Lang
Auction for $3,250. Unfortunately, all the larger pieces of the half
Slice are sold now and only sand grain sizes remain. This is THE
Hammer.
Ironically, VALERA (which
Leigh Anne,
Mike Jensen (www.jensenmeteorites.com) sells the perfect little plastic
container for thin section slides.
See my pic here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/MikeTettenborn/Meteorites#5287586654701879842
I do see that Mike's site is down and not sure why. I just received
supplies
Hi Leigh Anne, I'm answering on list so any one can correct me if I am not
accurate in my assessment.
First, a standard biological microscope slide is 1 X 3 or 25 mm X 75 mm.
A standard petrographic slide is 25 mm X 45 mm. Quite a bit shorter!
I have a large pile of petrographic slides
Greetings, all,
I wanted to share (re-post?) a tip for galvanic cleaning of rusty irons.
Common and safe materials, quick, easy, and very effective!
The instructions are here:
http://www.meteoritemarket.com/Galvanic.pdf
http://www.meteoritemarket.com/Galvanic.pdf
I stumbled on it
Good Evning List,
Here is a question; perhpas some of the older list members may be able to offer
their opinion - In what years was the term aerolite used for stoney
meteorites? I have a small, labeled test tube containing fragments of the
Waconda, KS meteorite. The collection label that it
Hello List,
Ward Geology has slide boxes and slide cabinets for holding from 100 to 1000
slides or more. The prices are about twice what is in my old 1998 catalog
when I bought mine.
100 slide box cat# 30 V 4801
500 slide cabinet cat# 30 V 0800
750 slide cabinet cat# 30 V 0805
The
Hi Leigh Anne,
Attached are JPGs of the 3 types of boxes I use for my personal
collection. I am SURE there are other types. I suggest you Google
Thin Section Boxes or Thin Sections for many more.
NOTE: The email to the list will NOT have the photos attached.
Best wishes,
Hi List,
I must not have anything better to do today.
Miners Incorporated also has petrographic glass slide boxes and wooden
cases. The nicer wooden cases are at
https://minerox.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.displayProduct_ID=1356CFID=1553105CFTOKEN=51568253
Just click the choose one to
Burnham Petrographics sells a box that looks the same as Wards' for $18.45.
http://burnhampetrographics.com/petropoxy/ppp.php
http://burnhampetrographics.com/pdfs/pricelists/ppp_prices.pdf
More pictures here plus a do-it-yourself wooden version. The outside box
held silver flatware. The top was
I wish to throw in my research on galvanic cleaning to the list. I used the
sites listed and also had the advantage of consulting a chemist.
The targets were deport iron, specifically the ones found deep. For odd
reasons, deports found shallow were stable, while deepers where not.
The solution
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