Re: [meteorite-list] Doug Schmitt's Talk at TEDxVancouver on 21st October 2012

2013-02-07 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi, maybe it would make more sense to address Mr.Schmitt personally? To ask him, to make his homework first, before he gets up on the golden soap box. It seems to me, that after a full dozen of years, he still hasn't read yet the laws, he interpreted in his paper he had published then. The

[meteorite-list] Confirmed September 2012 BLM Regulations.

2013-02-07 Thread Count Deiro
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 10:48:27 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Subject: Fw: Meteorite Instructional Memo Hi All, In the process of planning new collecting trips in Arizona, Utah and Nevada, I confirmed with BLM the latest regulations concerning the collection of meteorites on Federal Land. (Private property

Re: [meteorite-list] Doug Schmitt's Talk at TEDxVancouver on 21st October 2012

2013-02-07 Thread Adam Hupe
Unfortunately, a thumbs down will only encourage him that his false message is reaching the masses.  He might consider himself some kind of superhero that is fed by the press and any input at all will only serve strengthen his resolve. It is a simple mater to attract the press/media when

Re: [meteorite-list] Confirmed September 2012 BLM Regulations.

2013-02-07 Thread Bryan Couch
Good info Count thanks Bryan Couch Wildomar Ca Dare to fail On Feb 6, 2013, at 9:47 PM, Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net wrote: Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 10:48:27 -0800 (GMT-08:00)

Re: [meteorite-list] Doug Schmitt's Talk at TEDxVancouver on 21st October 2012

2013-02-07 Thread Adam Hupe
Not worth stomaching the full 22 minutes.  Most of his material including the charts have already been used in other talks or seen on television documentaries.  Nothing like piggybacking on others hard work.  Like a typical lawyer, he tried to convey a point by slamming an Odessa meteorite onto

Re: [meteorite-list] Ouadangou

2013-02-07 Thread Marcin Cimala
I went back to Burkina Faso and bought more pieces, and sadly all had either broken on impact or been smashed by the locals. The largest piece was 2.2 kilograms, 100% crusted individual, which has been hit with a rock and broke into three pieces which fit back together perfectly. It still has

[meteorite-list] A Possible Naked-eye Comet in March - C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)

2013-02-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/06feb_panstarrs/ A Possible Naked-eye Comet in March NASA Science News Feb. 6, 2013: Far beyond the orbits of Neptune and Pluto, where the sun is a pinprick of light not much brighter than other stars, a vast swarm of icy bodies

Re: [meteorite-list] Doug Schmitt's Talk at TEDxVancouver on 21st October 2012

2013-02-07 Thread Pict
I was interested in the question he posed about who owned Antarctic meteorites, which he followed on by saying the answer was similar to that derived from maritime law (day job blah de blah) and then proceeded to amble aimlessly along failing to say what the answer was. Maybe I missed it. It was

[meteorite-list] Advert / NWA 7397 (MARS) ONLY $200/g

2013-02-07 Thread Darryl Pitt
HI, Last year Backplate.net acquired the single 2.130 kg mass of NWA 7397* Additional fragments of material paired to NWA 7397 have since been recovered, and in recent days specimens have been sold in Tucson for $300/gram. Backplate.net has more than one kilogram of such fragments, many

[meteorite-list] Preparatory Drill Test Performed on Mars (MSL)

2013-02-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-051 Preparatory Drill Test Performed on Mars Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 07, 2013 PASADENA, Calif. - The drill on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used both percussion and rotation to bore about 0.8 inch (2 centimeters) into a rock on Mars

Re: [meteorite-list] Holocene Start Impact Event Work

2013-02-07 Thread Rich Murray
Re: [meteorite-list] Holocene Start Impact Event Work On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:59 AM PST, E.P. Grondine epgrond...@yahoo.com wrote: Well, first off, if it comes from Dennis Cox or Rich Murray, you may ignore it as delusional. If you want to point out to them that they are delusional, that

Re: [meteorite-list] Confirmed September 2012 BLM Regulations.

2013-02-07 Thread hall
Just how does the casual collecting of meteorites differ from the casual collecting of gold? Gold is selling for over $1,600.00 per troy ounce, far more then most meteorites sell for. There are many thousands of causal gold hunters. Both gold and meteorites are difficult to find. Why

Re: [meteorite-list] Confirmed September 2012 BLM Regulations.

2013-02-07 Thread hall
Just how does the casual collecting of meteorites differ from the casual collecting of gold? Gold is selling for over $1,600.00 per troy ounce, far more then most meteorites sell for. There are many thousands of causal gold hunters. Both gold and meteorites are difficult to find. Why should the

Re: [meteorite-list] Confirmed September 2012 BLM Regulations.

2013-02-07 Thread Adam Hupe
Hi Fred, What you stated makes sense. The problem is that self-proclaimed spokespeople are putting forth an image on everybody's behalf without concern or input from for their fellow fans.  They are being noticed in the press by uninformed and also self-proclaimed lawmakers who only hear that

[meteorite-list] New Research Strengthens Asteroid Impact as Cause of Dinosaur Extinctions

2013-02-07 Thread Paul H.
Fresh Clues In Dinosaur Whodunit Point To Asteroid by Adam Cole, All Things Consdiered, February 7, 2013 http://www.npr.org/2013/02/07/171170142/fresh-clues-in-dinosaur-whodunit-point-to-asteroid Asteroid Impact That Killed the Dinosaurs: New Evidence. LiveScience.com, February 6, 2012

[meteorite-list] Tucson show- Membrane Box's? / Ad- Moapa Valley pieces for sale

2013-02-07 Thread wahlperry
Hi List, Looking to purchase membrane box's. Does anyone know if there are any for sale at the show? I will also have the last two slices of Moapa valley CM1 for sale. 3g and a 1.2g piece. Thanks, Sonny www.nevadameteorites.com __ Visit the

Re: [meteorite-list] Confirmed September 2012 BLM Regulations.

2013-02-07 Thread Pat Brown
Hello and Good Night to all of the List Members,  With all due respect, and recognizing the dignity and opinions of all humans, female and male, I choose to believe that we in the community of meteorite hunters and enthusiasts hold as a very strong value, the advancement of the body of 

[meteorite-list] artistic meteorite rebirth

2013-02-07 Thread Doug Ross
Thought you all might find this conceptual art project interesting: http://vimeo.com/46536435 Seems like a shame to me that she chose a naturally beautiful specimen with which to do this. If it was a rusty hunk of shrapnel to begin with, somehow I wouldn't feel so bad. But I did get a chuckle

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2013-02-07 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Imilchil Contributed by: Abderrahmane Ibhi http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com