Re: [meteorite-list] Caution when cutting meteorwrongs?

2010-04-18 Thread Robert Verish
And now for something completely different! MikeG makes a good point about exercising caution. This was discussed here a long time ago: http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg04531.html and longstanding listoid Ken Newton has a webpage for reference:

Re: [meteorite-list] Wisconsin Fireball - AMS Reports

2010-04-18 Thread Rob Matson
Hi Elton, I did note that most of these eyewitness accounts report a seemingly more shallow trajectory than we believe based on Doppler returns. I'm curious: what about the Doppler returns made you think the trajectory was shallow? The Doppler radar returns are over 12 miles long, indicating

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor Burger

2010-04-18 Thread Jeff Kuyken
I took these images several years ago in the town of Murchison and I'm afraid the Meteorite Burger idea was taken over 40 years ago! ;-) http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/murchison2.jpg Ohhh and in case you are thinking of naming any streets in its honor... here's a sign about 100m down

[meteorite-list] Strewn Field Size...........

2010-04-18 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers,   From the 5 radar images from the WI meteorite fall I was able to see the elevation height from the first radar image to the last image, which the height difference is about 20km in elevation. The smoke trail from the images spans about 27km, and from what I have seen, I could

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor Burger

2010-04-18 Thread Alexander Seidel
Google´s Street View feature allows you to visit the place and virtually drive thru town even if you´re far, far away. It also shows the Friendly Place from Eric´s link, where the meteorite folks use to meet.. Hope it´s all friendly! :-) Alex Berlin/Germany Original-Nachricht

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - April 18, 2009

2010-04-18 Thread Michael Johnson
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/April_18_2010.html --- __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - April 18, 2009

2010-04-18 Thread Alexander Seidel
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/April_18_2010.html Cool, guys! Well, looking at the faces, it must be a friendly place.. Alex Berlin/Germany __ 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 - April 18, 2010

2010-04-18 Thread michael
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/April_18_2010.html --- www.rocksfromspace.org __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - April 18, 2009

2010-04-18 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Congrats guys... that's awesome! Wish I was on a direct flight to O'Hare! ;-) Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Michael Johnson mich...@rocksfromspace.org To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 7:41 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space

[meteorite-list] AD: many new nice collection pieces

2010-04-18 Thread Mirko Graul
Dear List members, i have list many new nice interesting collection pieces in my ebay store. So i have: -large perfect etched NWA 859 Taza endcut 217.3g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=370366423449ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT -a nice large 253.5g sculpted individual of NWA 859

[meteorite-list] Life on Mars: New Evidence from Martian Meteorites

2010-04-18 Thread Robert Verish
Life on Mars: New Evidence from Martian Meteorites http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/403089main_7441-1.pdf - It was the recent findings regarding the Nakhla meteorite that brought McKay and his Allan Hills meteorite back into the news:

Re: [meteorite-list] Livingston hunt

2010-04-18 Thread mlangen
I may be headed out toward Livingston later today on spec. So, my cell number is the best way to reach me. Please let me know if I can help. I would really like to experience this firsthand, if at all possible. Anybody?? Thanks, Mark - Original Message - From: mlangen

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - April 18, 2009

2010-04-18 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Nice finds guys! :) Good luck and keep finding them! I'll be pestering one of you for a micromount soon. LOL On 4/18/10, Alexander Seidel g...@gmx.net wrote: http://www.rocksfromspace.org/April_18_2010.html Cool, guys! Well, looking at the faces, it must be a friendly place.. Alex

[meteorite-list] AD- .99 auctions ending in 3 hours

2010-04-18 Thread Greg Catterton
Hi to all, hope everyone is doing well. just a quick note - I have several .99 auctions ending in just over 3 hours on ebay. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZwanderingstarmeteoritesQQhtZ-1 Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay:

[meteorite-list] Livingston, I presume?

2010-04-18 Thread Darren Garrison
Here come the slags! http://zspang.tumblr.com/post/529437435/meteor Taken from post #39 on this thread where I'm attempting SOME education. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/16/wisconsin-meteor-update-meteorite-found/ Got a cameo appearnce by Terri Haag, too. I assume

Re: [meteorite-list] Livingston, I presume?

2010-04-18 Thread mlangen
This area of the state was home to many late-19th/early 20th-century zinc/lead mines. A major waste byproduct of that mining was marcasite (a pyrite polymorph). Roasters were used to separate the iron sulfides from the zinc sulfides, so there will be quite a bit of low-grade, iron-rich slag

Re: [meteorite-list] Livingston, I presume?

2010-04-18 Thread Warren Sansoucie
Hello all, attempting SOME education I'd just give up. We live in a world that still has folks that believe we didn't go to the moon.they believe the world is only a few thousand years old hell, my EX-mother-in-law thought the moon was the sun cooling down at night... (YES,

Re: [meteorite-list] Livingston, where is everyone meeting-

2010-04-18 Thread atul
What's the exact location ???or crossroads - Call or email me pls Atul kumar 219 308 8282 Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Warren Sansoucie warren3...@hotmail.com Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:04:56 To: cyna...@charter.net; METEORITE

[meteorite-list] to those in WI

2010-04-18 Thread Greg Catterton
Anyone in WI in the field who would be willing to let me and my daughter join up with them, send me an email. I am getting ready to head out there - coming from North Carolina so it will be a bit until I am there. Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay:

[meteorite-list] Meteor-wrongs being sold on ebay by listees

2010-04-18 Thread Warren Sansoucie
Hello list, I was wondering what people think about some of the selling on Ebay in bulk. I'm not naming names here. I am however referring to list members that have sold me, over time, a sizable amount of hematite and magnetite and complete CRAPATITE. When I buy a bulk amount of

Re: [meteorite-list] Caution when cutting meteorwrongs?

2010-04-18 Thread Ken Newton
Thanks Bob, A good warning. There has also been arsenopyrite sold on eBay as meteorites - please do not be cutting, touching and breathing in poison. My web site 'meteorite-identification.com' is temporarily down while the servers are being moved to a different physical location. This was

[meteorite-list] The North America Tapestry of Time and Terrain 23 and 130 MB USGS free view of rocks, topography, time: Rich Murray 2010.04.18

2010-04-18 Thread Rich Murray
The North America Tapestry of Time and Terrain 23 and 130 MB USGS free views of rocks, topography, time: Rich Murray 2010.04.18 http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2010_04_01 archive.htm Sunday, April 18, 2010 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrodeep/message/49

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireballs Known Meteor Showers

2010-04-18 Thread lebofsky
Hi Elton: I do not know about spectra, but 3200 Phaethon (a Mercury-, Venus-, Earth-, and Mars-crosser (gets to within 0.14 AU of the Sun) is the source of the Geminids (December). But no coma has ever been seen (though was supposedly a little brighter than predicted in 2009 when it had its last

Re: [meteorite-list] Livingston?

2010-04-18 Thread mlangen
Reminds me of the time a friend introduced me to his fiance: I'd like to introduce you to the woman who has agreed to take my name. Meet Bob. The strewnfield (insofar as we know it) seems to lie largely in the township of Mifflin. So, whoever it was that suggested that name earlier might

[meteorite-list] long day hunting

2010-04-18 Thread steve arnold
Hi list.I just got back from 6 hours hunting in livingston.Sorry to say,no luck for me.I am tired and looking forward to a few beers.I met up with mike farmer,saw his great new find,steve arnold (IMB) also had found a 3 gram piece and a friend of his found a 15 gram piece as well.I looked

Re: [meteorite-list] Livingston, I presume?

2010-04-18 Thread cdtucson
Darren, Terri Haag is Bob's sister. Have not seen her in years. How is she doing and where was her cameo? Thanks Carl -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net wrote: Here come the slags! http://zspang.tumblr.com/post/529437435/meteor Taken from

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor-wrongs being sold on ebay by listees

2010-04-18 Thread Ken Newton
Hi Warren, If I may suggest: First contact the seller(s) privately and share your concerns. If the seller(s) responds and corrects the transaction, then the transaction is complete and needs no further discussion. IF the seller(s) and yourself cannot reach a mutual resolution, then share name of

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor-wrongs being sold on ebay by listees

2010-04-18 Thread Starsinthedirt
Hi Ken and Warren, While I agree with all you said Ken (Every thing is correct), who want's to go through all the trouble. Like Warren, I have ben in the same spot and just tossed the obvious wrongs in the gravel drive. It would be more pleasant to find out up front who is selling unclass

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor-wrongs being sold on ebay by listees

2010-04-18 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Warren, Ken and List, I will take a stab at this issue. I buy bulk lots of UNWA stones and I sell them less frequently. I find a lot of sand-colored meteorwrongs and the black magnetite meteorwrongs that Ken mentioned. But I don't find the frequency to be increasing. Part of this is

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor-wrongs being sold on ebay by listees

2010-04-18 Thread James Balister
Why toss the wrongs in the driveway?  I made mind into rock gardens!  (gardens)  with an S. - Original Message From: starsinthed...@aol.com starsinthed...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sun, April 18, 2010 1:22:31 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]

[meteorite-list] METEORITE HUNTER MICHAEL FARMER FINDS ANOTHER METEORITE FROM THE APRIL 14, 2010 FIREBALL.

2010-04-18 Thread Michael Johnson
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[meteorite-list] Taking off to WI. Anyone wanna come?

2010-04-18 Thread Leigh Anne Delray
Hey guys. It is Leigh Anne. I am thinking of taking off to Wisconsin in a couple days. I am going to drive , from Tucson. Anyone else going that way? Sent from my iPhone __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] We might have another fall.

2010-04-18 Thread GeoZay
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-33051-LA-Weather-Examiner~y2010m4d16-Br ight-meteor-streaks-across-Southern-California-Deserts That meteor picture doesn't look right to me. I get the impression that it might have been artificially made/. GeoZay

Re: [meteorite-list] We might have another fall.

2010-04-18 Thread Warren Sansoucie
LOL. The fireball looks out of phase with the sky and the rest of the picture. The surrounding scenery in the photo doesn't seem to be lit properly from that fireball. Plus , anyone looking at that knows that it's a contrail from an alien vessel from the planet Klick Klock. Warren Sansoucie

Re: [meteorite-list] We might have another fall. - Admission

2010-04-18 Thread Greg Catterton
I admit it. I made it up. It was my hopes that everyone would pack up and go check it out and allow me to get all the meteorites in WI... Well, not really, but it sounds good. I agree, I think its a poorly done fake. Hope everyone is doing well. Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com

Re: [meteorite-list] We might have another fall.

2010-04-18 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:25:16 -0500, you wrote: Plus , anyone looking at that knows that it's a contrail from an alien vessel from the planet Klick Klock. Can't be. The Klick Kockians are signatories of the Shadow Proclamation. As a fully established level five planet, we are protected under

[meteorite-list] Everybody going to Levingston

2010-04-18 Thread Felipe Guajardo
Best of luck to everybody heading to Levingston to find some meteorites. I only dream of hunting a fresh fall one day. Having college classes and living in Miami, Fl makes it hard to make it there. Take care everyone! __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] AD - Toufassour and NWA 2932, NWA 869 Peas, Chergach, Al-Haggounia Slices

2010-04-18 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Listoids! I have some new pieces that are worth a look, including samples of the mesosiderites Toufassour and NWA 2932. The NWA 2932 micros are nice little mini-slices and endcuts that show a ton of metal. I also have sizeable quantity of fully-crusted small NWA 869 individuals that are

Re: [meteorite-list] We might have another fall.

2010-04-18 Thread Warren Sansoucie
I stand corrected. Warren Sansoucie From: cyna...@charter.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:38:20 -0500 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] We might have another fall. On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:25:16 -0500, you wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Livingston Photos

2010-04-18 Thread fallingfusion
Good Evening All, I just returned from Livingston with my father ater a day of roaming through farm country in search of fresh meteorites. Just thought I'd share a few photos to give everyone who is unable to attend a taste of ground zero. (a very small town)

[meteorite-list] More WI finds

2010-04-18 Thread Rob Matson
Hi All, Here's another story on the Wisconsin fall, mentioning Ruben Garcia, Karl Aston and Stan Wall: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_cf225d46-4b48-11df-bed3-001c c4c03286.html Nice shot of Karl holding his 160-gram find (notice typo in picture caption which says it weighs

Re: [meteorite-list] More WI finds

2010-04-18 Thread Michael Blood
To all Meteorite Hunters of the WI Fall: Does anyone know if any of the individuals struck a man Made object, fence or whatever ( other than a road)? I will pay top dollar for an actual, substantiated Hammer Stone from this fall. RSVP off list, please. Regardless,

Re: [meteorite-list] More WI finds

2010-04-18 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:38:39 -0700, you wrote: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_cf225d46-4b48-11df-bed3-001c c4c03286.html Depending on factors such as quality, shape and market variability, Garcia said, meteorites can fetch between $2 and $8 per gram. Can I place my order now

Re: [meteorite-list] More WI finds

2010-04-18 Thread star_wars_collector
Me too!!! I will pay $10 per gram. Greg C. Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:18:25 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] More WI finds On Sun, 18

Re: [meteorite-list] More WI finds

2010-04-18 Thread Ruben Garcia
Thanks Rob, This was a real good read and he was exactly right! No misquotes at all! He spent the entire day with us. Yesterday a free lance photographer hung out with us too. So there should be many more articles to come. BTW - I will have pictures of our funds on my site very soon. On

Re: [meteorite-list] More WI finds

2010-04-18 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi, I said there were no miss quotes, but he didn't quite understand my answer to his how much are meteorites worth I refused to speculate on the value of this fall as we have no idea how much will be found. If this fall has a low TKW they will be expensive - Very high TKW - cheap. My answer

Re: [meteorite-list] List member Terry Boudreaux

2010-04-18 Thread Michael Blood
If Terry Boudreaux is reading this, could you please Email me off list. If anyone on the list knows the email address (or even ph #) of Terry Boudreaux would you please Contact me off list? RSVP Thanks, Michael __ Visit the

Re: [meteorite-list] pics and classification- important for ruben

2010-04-18 Thread atul
Hi ruben What color inside?? Any special features?? Any evidence of a double matrix?? And color of crust- Also shape- And pics and I can tell you where what type of pcs are to be found- I spent 2 months cataloging PF and made the PF strewn field map within 3 days. I am not a dealer- Will try

Re: [meteorite-list] Terry

2010-04-18 Thread Michael Blood
Hi All, Thanks for the response. Just Spoke with Terry at length - great fellow, he. In any event, he likes his privacy and The stone he got was actually lying against A hose, so, 2 Hammer fall to date: one hit A house (some say a shed - almost certainly The same stone) and it went

Re: [meteorite-list] Livingston?

2010-04-18 Thread Bob Loeffler
I'll vote for that name (Bob)! :-) Bob -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of dave carothers Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:29 PM To: Jeff Kuyken; meteorh...@aol.com; Jeff Grossman;