[meteorite-list] News of Columbia Impactor, 100 m crater

2010-09-11 Thread Horace Heffner
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/11683-giant-fire-ball- falls-from-the-sky-in-central-colombia.html http://tinyurl.com/23mw8qh Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] News of Colombia Impactor, 100 m crater

2010-09-11 Thread Horace Heffner
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/11683-giant-fire-ball- falls-from-the-sky-in-central-colombia.html http://tinyurl.com/23mw8qh google of (santander colombia meteorite) produces disappointing videos and pictures See:

Re: [meteorite-list] Planetary Body Odors

2010-09-11 Thread Melanie Matthews
Interesting indeed! I like smelling fresh pieces of meteorites in the morning and getting high off the aromas! (j/k though whenever I get my hands on particularly an unweathered meteorite, I have to take some sniffs of it) Imagine having a sizable broken chunk of Allende (smells something

Re: [meteorite-list] A meteor shower burst.

2010-09-11 Thread Marco Langbroek
I was quite amazed, as it seemed for an instant that a great meteor storm was brewing. The initial flash that caused me to look up and the three after spanning maybe 4 seconds and to see 4 meteors... I stayed out for another half hour hoping... But nothing more... I think the meteor

[meteorite-list] AD - ebay: ORGUEIL, TABOR, UTZENSTORF, H7, HOW, BRA, ACAP, ...

2010-09-11 Thread Peter Marmet
Hello All, I have 12 rare meteorites on ebay, ending in about 36 hours: http://shop.ebay.com/pema9/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg= - ORGUEIL CI1, France, fell 1864, 10 mg - TABOR, Czech Republic, fell 1753, 165 mg - SARATOV, Russia, fell 1918, 226 mg - UTZENSTORF, Switzerland, fell 1928, 18 mg

Re: [meteorite-list] Planetary Body Odors

2010-09-11 Thread almitt2
Melanie and all, Don't know who you bought your Allende from but.I don't know how to say this, but I have sold off some Allende recently. Had some sitting on the counter where I make my margaritas and there is a possibility that I got some lime on some specimens by accident. I usually

Re: [meteorite-list] Planetary Body Odors

2010-09-11 Thread Melanie Matthews
My smelly Allende fragment came from Gary Fujihara, and it does smell like margarita! I doubt that any of his Allendes were contaminated with such... unless he originally purchased them from you? --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I

Re: [meteorite-list] News of Columbia Impactor, 100 m crater

2010-09-11 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Horace, The picture is definitely the fireball of Villalbeto de la Pena, 2004, Spain. Best! Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Horace Heffner Gesendet: Samstag, 11.

Re: [meteorite-list] Planetary Body Odors

2010-09-11 Thread Steve Dunklee
my humbilist apologies. I THOUGHT IT was frm my socks.!clear skys! Steve __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Origin of Tektites

2010-09-11 Thread Steve Dunklee
all i can say is there seems to be a great interest in tektites. Sterling?Can you stay sane enough to write the definitive book? Cheers Steve On Fri Sep 10th, 2010 1:06 AM EDT Ed Majden wrote: Are there any tektite experts on this list? The formation of tektites has been a mystery to

[meteorite-list] A meteor shower burst

2010-09-11 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Steve and List, The only meteor sightings I could find in my Sky Telescope back issues for September do not fit the information you have provided...unfortunately. Here is what I found in the September 1981 issue, p. 236: New meteor shower. Last year, P. MacKinnon and R.A. Keen of

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunkuska Tektites?

2010-09-11 Thread Steve Dunklee
looks like small indo china tektite . Clear skys .Steve On Thu Sep 9th, 2010 11:25 PM EDT Michael Blood wrote: Posted this (Below) earlier but if it went out to Others, it did not make it back to me Has anyone heard of the claims related to tektites Associated with the the Tunguska event?

Re: [meteorite-list] Planetary Body Odors

2010-09-11 Thread Peter Scherff
Hi, I thought that it is Angra dos Rios that smelled like socks :). If any one knows where I can purchase some Angra dos Rios please let me know. Thanks, Peter Scherff -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Rust Question about my stone meteorite.

2010-09-11 Thread Jimski47
Hi Shawn, I doubt that soaking a meteorite in alcohol will remove rust. I've used fine grit sandpaper to remove rust from slices. Lay the sandpaper on a hard flat surface and gently rub the meteorite onto the sandpaper. For removing rust from iron etched slices, I use a product called Bar

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunkuska Tektites?

2010-09-11 Thread Aubrey Whymark
Yeah this is fraudlent. These are Indochinites. Aubrey www.tektites.co.uk --- On Sat, 11/9/10, Steve Dunklee steve.dunk...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Steve Dunklee steve.dunk...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tunkuska Tektites? To: mlbl...@cox.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 11, 2010

2010-09-11 Thread Michael Johnson
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/September_11_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] Origin of Tektites

2010-09-11 Thread Aubrey Whymark
Hi I'm not sure if I qualify as a tektite 'expert', but I have done a lot of private research. I am working on a book which is 2/3 complete - hopefully 2011, but I struggle to find the time with my work and new baby! I have an extensive reference list on my website www.tektites.co.uk. This

Re: [meteorite-list] Origin of Tektites

2010-09-11 Thread Michael Fowler
Aubrey, Keep working on your book, I'm sure there is a lot of interest in the subject, especially for a source takes all the best research out there and puts it together in a interesting and unified narrative. Question: Oblique impacts and those impacting silica rich sedimentary rock favor

[meteorite-list] Re : Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 11, 2010

2010-09-11 Thread Fabien Kuntz
Great collection... Bravo ! Fabien Fabien Kuntz Météorites (ventes, expertise, conférences) Animation scientifique et technique WWMETEORITES (Siret : 511 850 612 00017) www.wwmeteorites.com __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Origin of Tektities

2010-09-11 Thread Ed Majden
Hi Andrew: I just received an e-mail from Aubrey Whymark in the UK. He referred me to this interesting web site: Ed http://www.tektites.co.uk/ On 11-Sep-10, at 7:54 AM, copernicus1...@telus.blackberry.net wrote: Hey Ed: Thanks for fowarding to the RASClist the Tektites item.

Re: [meteorite-list] Origin of Tektites

2010-09-11 Thread Guy Heinen
Hi Mike and all tektitophiles, have a look on my website http://webplaza.pt.lu/guyhein/index.html. My book ' Tektites - witnesses of cosmic catastrophes' gives an explanation on impactors hitting Earth under a very oblique angle and producing tektites. The book collects a lot of research from

[meteorite-list] All Hats Off to Mirko Graul's Irons

2010-09-11 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi List, I just wanted to publicly acknowledge how WICKED Mirko Graul's iron specimens are. His preparation, etching and photography are top-notch. I could stare at photos of his irons all day. Recently I spent over an hour just clicking on his photos in the EOM and drooling over them. I have

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 11, 2010

2010-09-11 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Magical treasures of the camel train for the cabinet of the scholar-adventurer - great, Svend, the whole constellation as well as the photograph. Congratulation and all best for the work still in progress. Best, Matthias - Original Message - From: Michael Johnson

[meteorite-list] AD: ENSISHEIM, ORGUEIL, L'AIGLE, WESTON, LOST CITY, ALMAHATA SITTA, TAGISH LAKE....ending soon on eBay.

2010-09-11 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers,   I have some great historic meteorites ending soon on eBay. If you have been looking for that great meteorite fragment look no further. I have meteorites from the 1400's all the way up to 2008, all with a great past. I was once told that a meteorite with a history will always at

[meteorite-list] AD Campo 900+/g on ebay low price

2010-09-11 Thread Jesse Piper
Well after doing some much needed thinking Im going to sell my camp for a low price. Im not going into dealing just collecting if you need anything just msg me http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=170538966689 Thanks Jes __ Visit the

[meteorite-list] OT - Those we must remember

2010-09-11 Thread Greg Catterton
Off topic, but due to the nature of this day I feel the need to post. Not often do I share what I write, usually I just stick them away in my little folder marked pure feelings and thoughts where they remain. I wrote this the day of 9/11 and after 9 years of keeping it to myself, here it is.

[meteorite-list] OT - Those we must remember

2010-09-11 Thread bernd . pauli
Thank you, Greg! Very much appreciated! So many years have passed and it still sends shivers down my spine. And, yet again, there were tears in my eyes when I watched and relived those terrible moments on TV while listening to the victims' names and the messages their loved ones had written.

[meteorite-list] Ad- Auctions ending soon

2010-09-11 Thread Rob Wesel
Hello all I have a few things on the Bay ending in a few hours http://shop.ebay.com/nakhladog/m.html And please have a visit to the new Nakhla Dog Meteorites page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/nakhladog?ref=name#!/pages/Nakhla-Dog-Meteorites/120478081337973?ref=sgm Rob Wesel

Re: [meteorite-list] RFSPOD Sept 11

2010-09-11 Thread Michael Murray
Now that is an impressive group of meteorites! Well done. Mike in CO __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Remove my email address, PLEASE!

2010-09-11 Thread Mary-Carol West
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[meteorite-list] Eucrites close-up photos

2010-09-11 Thread Dave Myers
Hi List, Does anyone have any links to close up photos of nwa-2362, nwa-2050,nwa-2062, or simlar Eucrites I want to see what the crystal structure looks like as you were looking at a slice through a 10x loope or a magnifying glass. ( Do not want to go to micro, I have seen thin sections) I

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2010-09-11 Thread Steve Selley
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Re: [meteorite-list] How to remove your email from the list

2010-09-11 Thread Greg Catterton
Since there have been two requests today, here is the link for those that wish to remove the email addresses. http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Scroll to the lower portion and you will find unsubscribe info. Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682

[meteorite-list] How to remove yourself from the list

2010-09-11 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi List, I notice two people have asked how to leave the list today. It is simple. When you joined the list, you received an email with instructions on how to leave the list or alter your subscription. You can go to the link below. Replace the with your email address and then follow the

Re: [meteorite-list] Remove my email address, PLEASE!

2010-09-11 Thread Sterling K. Webb
How To Escape The List: You have to go the Meteorite Central website and UNSUBSCRIBE yourself, just as you had to go there to SUBSCRIBE yourself. There are links there to do so. You can also choose to get the List in Digest Form, one big chunk instead of lots of little chunks. Sterling K.

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2010-09-11 Thread Sterling K. Webb
How To Escape The List: You have to go the Meteorite Central website and UNSUBSCRIBE yourself, just as you had to go there to SUBSCRIBE yourself. There are links there to do so. You can also choose to get the List in Digest Form, one big chunk instead of lots of little chunks. Sterling K.

[meteorite-list] Meteorite magazine

2010-09-11 Thread lebofsky
Dear Friends: By now, all of you who subscribe to Meteorite magazine should have gotten your August issue. We hope that you like the changes. With Jessica Park leaving as Production Manager, we were asked to take over the production of the August issue and look into ways to increase circulation.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite magazine

2010-09-11 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Larry, This is sad news. You and Nancy have done such a spectacular job with the magazine over the years. The bar is set very high for whoever takes over the reins. Best regards, MikeG On 9/11/10, lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu wrote: Dear Friends: By now, all of

[meteorite-list] Unknown label on Johnstown

2010-09-11 Thread mail
I recently acquired a 30g crusted chunk of Johnstown that has a neatly typed label glued to it with the numbers 182a.1. I was once told these labels were from the American Museum in New York. The label is about 6mm long x 3 mm tall. Can anyone help out? Thanks, Matt

[meteorite-list] AD/TRADE... LAST LOADING OF GEBEL KAMIL...

2010-09-11 Thread michael cottingham
Hello, I have started to put all of my last Gebel Kamil specimens on ebay and in my store. Although, they are in a discounted sale at the moment...I am more interested in inviting folks to make trade offers...especially for other iron meteorite specimens. I am open to all possibilities... SEE

[meteorite-list] Wanted to Buy - Small Moldavite and crumbs of recent falls (see attached list)

2010-09-11 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi List, I am looking for some small Moldavite pieces. Chipped or damaged is OK. I am also looking for small crumbs, slivers or specks of the following falls. These are for resale, so no retail price offers please. Kosice Breja/Taouz Jesenice Zunhua Plescoi Almahata Sitta Buzzard Coulee Cali

Re: [meteorite-list] GoogleEarth GPS in Meteorite Hunting

2010-09-11 Thread Michael Blood
Hi all, I have come to realize there is a crucial tool for meteorite Hunting that I have yet to hear of anyone using: iPad using Google Earth with the GPS coordinates. To use this tool in the field, you must have one of the Models with G3 capability. That said, you can not only

Re: [meteorite-list] GoogleEarth GPS in Meteorite Hunting

2010-09-11 Thread Meteorites USA
I've wondered about the iPad and using it with Google Earth as a mobile mapping/plotting platform. Though I've read you must be near a WiFi spot to use it, just like using your laptop computer. If there is a mobile broadband modem/connection then it would be feasible and a very useful tool.

Re: [meteorite-list] All Hats Off to Mirko Graul's Irons

2010-09-11 Thread Darryl Pitt
Absolutely agree. Mirko is an artist...and a lovely fellow as well!/ d, On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks wrote: Hi List, I just wanted to publicly acknowledge how WICKED Mirko Graul's iron specimens are. His preparation, etching and photography are top-notch. I

Re: [meteorite-list] GoogleEarth GPS in Meteorite Hunting

2010-09-11 Thread Wayne Holmes
Hello Eric We are mostly in really bad como in the field and have no Wi fi period. This is what we use or a version of. http://www.highspeedsat.com/gsp-1600.htm When really in trouble the Spot device will help us out with home base. http://www.findmespot.com/en/index.php?cid=101 We are usually