Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Humidity: Some Questions . . .

2010-03-06 Thread Göran Axelsson
One warning about desiccants... never let it touch the meteorite! It absorbs the water and if it touches the meteorite then the water is also touching the meteorite. /Göran Linton Rohr wrote: Hello Gracie and List. I live in southern California and I had, up until recently, been thinking I

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Humidity: Some Questions

2010-03-06 Thread Marco Langbroek
I store them primarily in Riker boxes and some in the jewel cases they arrived in. I live in north central Florida and except for my air conditioned home, I don't have the meteorites in any other climate controlled container or cabinet. I'm noticing a few of the irons (Miles especially) and one

[meteorite-list] Auctions Ending: Lunar Tungsten Scale Cube NWA 5978 Main Mass - AD

2010-03-06 Thread Jeff Kuyken
G'day all, Just a quick note to mention two auctions ending today. The first is the lunar Tungsten Carbide Scale Cube WC#0482 with a sample of NWA 482 to match the serial. I suspect this will get A LOT of interest in the last couple of minutes with dozens of watchers.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Humidity: Some Questions . . .

2010-03-06 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Gracie, I sympathise as the UK is not the driest of places and I can't resist irons and pallasites. I try and tackle the problem from as many angles as possible and am still working on improving things after the trauma of seeing early pallasites as a pile of rust and olivine after being

Re: [meteorite-list] The search for aliens should start on Earth not outer space, says scientist

2010-03-06 Thread Darren Garrison
Resurrecting this thread from a couple of months back: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/eureka/article7040864.ece __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 6, 2010

2010-03-06 Thread Michael Johnson
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/March_6_2010.html __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] And there's likely a crater in a crater in the crater in the crater

2010-03-06 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35728750/ns/technology_and_science-space/ Crater-in-a-crater may offer peek at moon guts Part of the Apollo Basin may expose a portion of the moon's deep crust A big crater inside a huge crater on the moon could offer a view of the lunar innards, scientists now say.

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 6, 2010

2010-03-06 Thread Mark Bowling
Wow, I want one like that!!  They have a nice one on display in Columbus... - Original Message From: Michael Johnson mich...@rocksfromspace.org To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sat, March 6, 2010 6:28:15 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day -

Re: [meteorite-list] And there's likely a crater in a crater in thecrater in the crater

2010-03-06 Thread Jerry Flaherty
Did Noah PETRO really have ANY choice in becoming Geo or Lunar crustal specialist? Was his path preordained?? Jerry Flaherty -- From: Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:49 AM To:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Humidity: Some Questions

2010-03-06 Thread John Hendry
These may be daft ideas or already tried, but apart from dessicant removal of moisture what about another line of attack... (1) Removal of oxygen from the container... fill it with argon or nitrogen (2) Scavenge oxygen from the container. The food industry deploys scavenger sachets to remove

[meteorite-list] Fw: meteorite fire sale

2010-03-06 Thread Floyd Griff Griffith
Hello and good day all. I am posting this email for Chicago Steve Arnold. Best to all, Griff Parker, Colorado, USA - Original Message - From: steve arnold stevenarnold60...@yahoo.com To: arnaudmig...@hotmail.com; ba...@chorus.net; bldlv1...@yahoo.com; bobe5...@comcast.net;

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: meteorite fire sale

2010-03-06 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 10:34:43 -0700, you wrote: Hello and good day all. I am posting this email for Chicago Steve Arnold. Time for the quarterly going out of business sale already? Wow, how time flies. __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Humidity: Some Questions

2010-03-06 Thread Jerry Flaherty
Interesting to a rather unsophisticated Dehumidifierer. I'll wait with bated breath for responses from the List Jerry Flaherty -- From: John Hendry p...@pict.co.uk Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 12:32 PM To: marco.langbr...@wanadoo.nl Cc:

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: meteorite fire sale

2010-03-06 Thread Linton Rohr
Well, it has been a month since he left Tucson. g Linton - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: meteorite fire sale On Sat, 6 Mar

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: meteorite fire sale

2010-03-06 Thread dave carothers
Hardley his main collection as he put it. A bunch on primarily unclassified specimens he bought recently. - Original Message - From: Linton Rohr linton...@earthlink.net To: cyna...@charter.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 2:27 PM Subject: Re:

[meteorite-list] Fw: Meteor Crater or Barringer Crater, and LaPaz, part 2

2010-03-06 Thread E.P. Grondine
From Robert Warren Sir, As the Bureau of Geographical Nomenclature is the countries foremost authority on names of geological and geographical features, the name most specialists as you say use namely Barringer Meteorite Crater is wrong. (Actually, Barringer Crater - EP) It is that Bureau

[meteorite-list] Diana Dale Kasco

2010-03-06 Thread Steve Witt
Greetings List, If anyone has contact info on either Dale or Diana Kasco (Winslow St. Park Forest),please contact me off list. thanx, Steve Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://imca.cc/ __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 6, 2010

2010-03-06 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Absolutely beautiful! It's hard to believe that in a couple of months on May 1st it will be 150 years since this came thundering to Earth. Thanks for sharing, Jeff - Original Message - From: Mark Bowling mina...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, March

[meteorite-list] 14C calibration

2010-03-06 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Gran, all - Just going through some old mail now. It was the abnormal dates and regional variations in 14C that got Firestone started. 14C datng was and is one of his specialties. He started out with a supernova hypothesis to try to explain it at first (1999), and then evolved. It should

[meteorite-list] AD -AWESOME NWA achondrite - very good prices!

2010-03-06 Thread Greg Catterton
Hi to all, Hope everyone is doing well. I have some really nice fusion crusted NWA achondrite available. While it is currently being classified, I am needing to get some of this sold asap. I have several complete slices, part slices and a 149 gram end cut for sale Price starts at $13 per gram