Hi All:
As far as I know, all we are seeing in the comet images in the jets is
dust. If you have fine dust particles and shine light on them, the
scattered light will make them stand out like that. One sees the effect in
a smokey room (or sports stadium) and I demonstrate this in a classroom by
Aloha,
I am searching for a complete brick from the old Nininger American Meteorite
Museum near Meteor Crater in Arizona. The brick will be donated to a museum
display in Australia. I am also looking for images of the museum, in digital
or print form.
Any assistance would be greatly
3 adjacent 1 km craters in Moldova, NW of the Black Sea -- possible Holocene
air bursts: Rich Murray 2010.11.18
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.htm
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It's the gathering and distribution that cost money. Any takers to do those
jobs for free?
The idea that we charge money for energy which is free in the universe
is laughable or sad, I can't figure out which. One day it will be free.
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Hi folks.
I'll readily admit to being one of the lesser knowledgable members of this fine
list, but these Weston specimens being offered on e-bay sure don't look like
the piece I have. Or any chondrites I have for that matter.
Is some poor sucker bidding on slag here?
Linton
Hello Linton,
On the contrary - both of the links that you posted are to auctions of
botryoidal hematite specimens, and the seller has an additional
auction with a collection of small hematite pieces.
You can tell by looking for the round, bubbly shaped protuberances
visible on the specimen
Linton, I share your skepticism. A few dozen pieces and over 70 grams each? I
don't think there is that much in private collections.
George
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Hi All,
When I opened up my e-mail this morning and saw a flood of messages
with Brian's name in the title, I knew it was very sad news:
http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10W10.html
Dr. Marsden was a wonderful man that I had the great pleasure to
correspond with over the last decade,
Hello,
Over the 10+ years I have been selling and trading meteorites, I have owned
over 500 grams of Weston... THAT IS NOT WESTON! I am sooo tired of
these people on ebay trying their scams...trying to make a quick buck.
thinking every damn rock in their yard is a million
I meant to write the same thoughts but I 'm too sad. I will miss him.
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Victoria, BC
(Via my iPhone)
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Sad news indeed ...
Fred L. Whipple (1985) The Mystery Of Comets, p. 72:
More than two centuries of intensive comet hunting, coupled with information
from older records, give us vitally important clues to the habits of comets,
how
they move, and where they come from. The authoritative
Hi List. With the recent controversy of the Weston meteorites being sold on
eBay and any other scams of meteorite selling taking place.I have taken
much time to creating a page on my website done in laymen's terms called
eBay Meteorite Info This is a detailed 5 step learning procedure from
Aloha,
This is not an ad, but a prop for my bud and fellow Hawaii collector Matthew
Martin. I had a Toluca endcut that was suffering the effects of oxidation over
its cut and etched face. Matt came to the rescue by resurfacing and polishing
the face before re-etching it. As you can see in
AWESOME Job Matt! Looks great Gary!
I second Gary's sentiment on Matt's website. You guys should check it
out, he's got some great treasures on there.
Regards,
Eric
On 11/18/2010 1:12 PM, Gary Fujihara wrote:
Aloha,
This is not an ad, but a prop for my bud and fellow Hawaii collector
There's really not much point in notifying eBay about it. They won't
do anything about it. Been there, done that a hundred times.
Unfortunately.
On 11/18/10, michael cottingham voyagebotan...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Over the 10+ years I have been selling and trading meteorites, I have
Aloha,
I wanted to let everyone know that the blocks (yes I stand corrected, not
bricks) from Nininger museum will go into the Australian Fossil and Mineral
Museum in Bathurst: http://www.somervillecollection.com.au/
I am helping Ray Pickard at Bathurst Observatory with this project. He
This auction just ended, a great price for 72 grams of Weston, (I paid a lot
more than that for mine!), not so great of a price for botryoidal hematite.
But seriously, if you're so dumb you don't know that Weston is an H4 and you
bid on a piece of Weston sold as an iron, I don't really feel
Dear List Members,
UPDATE ~ Dhofar 1575 Ureilite:
Slices: Only 5 polished slices left at $15.00/g
Fragments: Only 5 cut fragments left at $8.00/g
* See below for list of available specimens.
Last month I announced a NEW Ureilite, Dhofar 1575. As we all know ureilites
are very difficult to cut
eBay certainly doesn't have the best interest of it's sellers in mind,
and from the looks of this auction (and others like it), they don't
care about their buyers or the integrity of their marketplace either.
Caveat Emptor.
On 11/18/10, JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Hi, List,
Jason, You said: ...Either the seller was lied to, or he's passing them
on fraudulently/knowingly Maybe he/she just doesn't know, or have
enough knowledge and really believes these to be meteorites. The worst
thing about this, is that unsuspecting people who are also not
Ebay's more obsessed with keeping fossil mammoth material off their
site because they can't tell the difference between fossil mammoth and
modern elephant...
Best thing to do when you spot a meteor-wrong is to contact the dealer
first, and then if they don't respond, click the report-item button
I'm sorry, did I miss where the seller said it was an iron? I didn't
read that anywhere in the auction... :o\
Maybe you're talking about the appearance of these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/1807-Western-CT-Weston-17-Meteorites-total-66-grams_W0QQitemZ390261301841
Also, saying someone is dumb for not
Hi Eric,
It's right there in the first line of the auction: Item specifics 2003
Material: Iron, 2002 Meteorite Material: Iron
It took me less than 10 seconds to go to the Meteoritical Database and
determine that Weston was an H4. It took another 10 seconds to check and
compare real
Didn't see that part, thanks for pointing it out that tiny print.. Yeah,
it wouldn't take much to determine it's not an iron meteorite when you
search on the Meteoritical Database
Still doesn't change what I said below though... ;)
Eric
On 11/18/2010 2:30 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote:
Hi
Looks like botryoidal Hematite to me
Lot's of bids too.
Greg S.
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:26:45 -0500
From: meteoritem...@gmail.com
To: voyagebotan...@hotmail.com
CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Weston on e-bay
Hi List. Well instead of guessing or assuming as we are, I decided to ask
the Seller about these pieces. Notice I said pieces and not meteorites! I
copy n pasted my questions and concerns to the seller below for the auction
below. So keep an eye on auction to see if he/she will post the
Hi Listees,
In the spirit of the recent Weston eBay discussion, I would like to
offer this superb .5kg Weston individual. It has lovely remnant brown
fusion crust and a stellar oriented shape, like a musket ball.
Hello Listers,
Well its seems this individual has another posting on eBay that will end in
less then 23 hours. I think its best if everyone on the list that has an eBay
account to report them. First of all they are in violation because they have it
listed as an iron and Weston isn't, plus, its
Don't worry, make Boing Boing isn't a euphamism for a post about their sex
lives.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/11/18/meteorite-men-interv.html
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This isn't even hematite that I can fathom but silicated slag from smelting.
There is a lot of high quality magnetite in the region but not much hematite
until you get further southwest into Pennsylvania.
When the slag is chipped up from the furnace floor can fractures along fiberous
lines if
We all stand by our reputations, and have grown into this knowledge through
our own study, and also by holding in our hands specimens and the
reputations of those before us.
The task is to disembody willy-nilly-start-up-crap-bubble-sellersand on
eBay this is only done through their
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
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o Polygonal Patterned Ground
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o Small Winding Channel in Tartarus Colles
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_001420_2045
o Scallop and Polygonal Features in Utopia Planitia
Friend Mike and Listees,
I've bought two Rolls Royce Spurs, two Lexus 300 series sedans, two Jeep Grand
Cherokees, one new Ford Interceptor, one Mazda 6, a Honda 750 Shadow Aero, two
hot boats, a Ford tow truck and about $50,000 worth of assorted personal
property... and at least $20,000
I filed my report and emailed the seller directly to ask why he continues to
misrepresent these items.
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