Hi Mendy,
I've always thought Jeff Kuyken's The Wonder of Meteorites would make an
excellent intro for any outreach:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5oknQjqQuw
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Makes sense to me. What do you all think?
http://news.yahoo.com/superman-explains-why-didn-t-destroy-russian-meteor-111600088.html
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Great interview, Mike. Thank you, Art and Mike. What was the story in Kenya? I
seem to have missed that.
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Benjamin P. Sun wrote:
That is a great video to watch! I highly recommend you all watch it infull
screen :)It feels like you are on the probe/spaceship itself flying past
thisancient titanic ENSTATITE asteroid belt-interloping remanant from theearly
solar system ;)...
Yeah, I thought
So sorry, Michael. Thoughts and prayers to you and your family. Take care.
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Hey Mike, All I can think of is if you can get some bread and cheese and hit it
with your meteorite from your roof, you'd have a hammer and cheese sandwich.
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Hello Mr Jain,
No disrespect to you, but I'm still wondering why you think the 2 meteorites
you wanted to return was garbage? I understand if you're not happy with them,
then you are entitled to send them back for a refund, but maybe in your
inexperience those 2 pieces may be highly
Sorry again if I had hit a nerve. I understand you are entitled for a refund if
you are not happy. I was just wondering why those meteorites did not meet your
expectations? Size, color, polished,...?
Carl2
Carl, No disrespect to you but it’s beside the point on why I didn’t like
these
How should S/2011 (134340) 1 be called? Any suggestions...
I took a look at Wiki and saw names like Fifi, Dinah and even Goofy. Might work.
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Last week Doug Dawn (MexicoDoug) had asked if there were any dealers and
collectors who had certain meteorites available for sale, one of which was
Butsura H6:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/get_original_photo.php?recno=5628354
I had looked this up in the Met Bull and was
A stone meteorite fell into one of the villages of the Tara district. The
fall
was accompanied by detonations, while the sky was clear. It killed a pig. It
was carried off by a vagabond sorcerer, some of whom were still existing at
that time.
Bill wrote:
Talk about being in the right place
Effective immediately, all sales of Digitites have been suspended.:D
Carl2
Don wrote:
...I hope you recover soon. Watch for infection. Just a thought...maybe you
can put that piece on eBay in the meteorite category, call it a Digitite see
how it sells!...
Hey Johnno, where is this can of coffee from? Is this still available anywhere?
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh149/Johnno_ACH/meteor-coffee.jpg
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Hi Shawn, Chris and all,
Buried beneath this recent Mifflin mess was Shawn's latest Pop Quiz and
question from Chris S.concerning the first ANSMET meteorite. I, also, thought
Mount Baldr was the first. Was this a trick question? Seems there were more
than one who said ALH 76001, so I'm a bit
Thanks, Jeff, for the link! I was having some fun with this and found out
Bjurbole is pronounced (in English) as gerbil and not beer belly! I also
typed in NWA 001 and got an unexpected result.
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Let's see... Campo, Gebel Kamel, Valera, Nakhla...OK, since Brian Cox isn't
feeling very well lately, I'll be willing to be his stand-in. Cal-OSHA requires
protective gear, but I'm not too sure about Phil's throwing knives. I may need
to be far enough away to rely on my cat-like reflexes...:)
Hi Mike and Robert,
Glad you guys are safely back and thank you for letting us know the story in
Oman. Something is a bit puzzling. I had read another post not to long ago here
that mentioned there was $250,000 to get you back into Oman(?). Not sure if
that was a bounty or some kind of
Yay! Welcome back Mike and Robert!
Yes, Art, please let Mike post here again so we can all hear if Mike's new diet
plan was success or not.:D
Carl2
Chris Spratt wrote:
From Mike Farmer's Facebook page, he wants Art to put him back on the list
so he can tell full story of his trip.
Of course you would, Mike, and I'll be the first to buy a little micro of the
meteorite from your website. :D
Carl2
...Assuming I would suffer no permanent or long-term disability from the
hit, I'd take one for the team...
Hey Ruben, Caught the first 15 minutes! Great job! Carl2
Ruben wrote:
...The NOVA ScienceNOW episode entitled “Where Did We Come From? “will
air on Wednesday, February 16, 2011...
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Hi Scott,
Great story and congrats to both of you.:)
Carl2
...So Yesterday we went Meteorite hunting on our 22nd anniversary together. It
was a sunny warm day it was real good to be out hunting together on this
special day...
Hello All,
I bought a small piece of darkish green Libyan Desert Glass from a seller in
Tucson. He told me it was dark green from iridium. I had thought the difference
in color was from iron. My memory has been really terrible lately so I don't
doubt the seller at all. I know this man has
Carl is cool. :D
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Dang! I wanted to meet M B at Tucson when I get there. Hope they are well.
Is anybody compiling a list of all meteorite dealers in motel rooms in Tucson?
It would drive me nuts if I missed anyone. Thanks!
Carl2
Hi Richard, All,
I don't know about private trades and sales but it seems like everyone loses
including ebay. Maybe more sales off ebay and payment with money orders...
On the other hand, maybe phony meteorites on ebay with an asking price of
$250,000 will disappear.
Carl2
Hello Svend and All,
Most interesting account! Thank you. As the Count subtly hints, I would not
correct anything. For those who haven't read this yet, Svend's account is first
class.
Carl2
...With a German-Russian-Swiss team we undertook a small field trip into the
Saquia
al Hamra
Yeah, me too. Fortuneately most sellers I buy from are on this list and have
already blocked this guy, but wonder how many auctions I won in the past were
jacked up by him. Hurts everybody.
Carl2
...Starting to take the fun out of meteorite collecting. At least for me.
I'm not to crazy about brown rectums myself. :D Nasty!
Saw an spider infested vacation house in a island in Louisiana On Billy the
Exterminator the other night. Full of those brown recluses and other varieties.
Carl2
Those spider bites are no joke. One of my neighbor's legs is entirely
I saw something else on (I think) The History Channel with another life form
near Mono Lake:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o2-xj_axpYfeature=related
NASA didn't mention anything about this, did they?
Carl2
Adam wrote:
I saw a show on one of the educational channels over a year ago
Thanks, Paul. The name of that Arctic crater is fitting. El'gygytgyn does sound
cold as in El'gygytgyn Cracracra-ter! :D
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Good afternoon All,
This is just a shot in the dark but are there any work being done on this
meteorite as far as classification is concerned?
This was found in Oman in 2002 and since this is such an unusual looking
Eucrite I had wondered why classification was not done for 8 years. If it was
Hi All,
Nuts! I can't believe all this talk about divining rods lately. So, I made
myself a pair from wire clothes hanger, following Warren's instructions and
went out to my side yard. My front and back yard are compeltely cemented over.
I made it out about 3 feet and the rods crossed over.
Hi Steve,
You should have enough room on your Meteor-cycle or Motor-rite (Or what ever
you call it) for a pair of diving rods. :D
Carl2
Steve wroite:
Depending on what does or does not hit the cutting room floor, we might get to
revisit this topic after one of the upcoming Meteorite Men
Good evening All,
Sorry for being really dense about stuff like this but I don't quite understand
how a planet with a mass three to four times and a diameter 1.2 to 1.4 times
Earth will only have it's gravity only slightly higher? How much is slightly?
Thanks for the link, Count.
Carl2
Hello everyone,
It's been kind of slow around here so I thought I'd share this interview with
Monica Grady that I found as I was searching for more information on Venusian
meteorites. This interview was done back in November 2006. She speaks of Lunar,
Martian meteorites as well as the
Collecting Godzilla toys.
Recently learning whip cracking with a bullwhip.
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Hi Mike, Chris and list,
I've often wondered the same thing. Were there any studies on matching the
Venusian atmosphere to some ungrouped achondrites or other meteorites, similar
to gases trapped in Martian meteorites to it's atmosphere?
Thanks! Carl2
MikeG wrote:
...I am going to take a
Hi,
Earlier today MikeG, Chris and I were kind of wondering about Venusian
meteorites. I looked back at the archives and found a bit of discussion already
between Sterling, Elton, Tracy, Howard, Mike F. and Mark F. on the subject.
This discussion was way back in 2003, before my time, but it
Hey Greg, Hope you have a lot of knowledgable help in the museum. Family help
would be better only because it would be cheaper but you still need people that
know meteorites. Potential for burn out is very high for something like this if
you do everything yourself. Good luck and take care!!
Hi Jesse,
Welcome to the List! I'm a newbie, too. The Campo was my first meteorite as
well. Canyon Diablo oxides just means they've rusted and either collected from
falling off of larger pieces or are just found that way. A lot of hard to find
iron meteorites are going to be oxides although
Hi Jeff,
Amazing photo! The solid grey area is from the Tamdakht that completely melted?
Nice!
Carl2
Jeff wrote:
That's a great Gao specimen Gary. Here's an example of amazing Tamdakht
'hitch-hikers'!
http://www.meteorites.com.au/collection/Tamdakht%20H5%205.012g%20(1%20of%205)-2500.jpg
Hi Sterling,
Looking at thes pictures, Lucretia does look smooth with the exception of a few
small (more recent) craters near the top.
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEM44DZOFBG_index_1.html
Carl2
Sterling wrote:
...If the impactor was weak and Lutetia was strong, the
tilty impact slow,
Good morning All,
Thank you for your comments. Actually I do not own any thin sections. I was
asking if this USB camera is good for taking pics of my micros and slices. I
like that I can view the subject on a computer screen before making the actual
photograph. Seems easy to do because I am
Hi All,
I've been thinking of getting one of these for a while. Has anybody used this
for taking pics of micros and larger slices of meteorites? Is the cheaper 1.3
mp a better deal?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=370397412510ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Carl2
Hi Regine,
Welcome to the list. There are a lot of photos that may interest you in the
Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites by o. Richard Norton.
Here is a classic of Tim Heitz sitting on a Campo:
http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2006/May/Meteorite_of_Month.htm
Hope this helps.
Hi Tim and All,
Thank you for this enjoyable program, Prospecting Channel:Franconia, Az,
Meteorite Hunting. I love these shows. Here's a direct link to this show as the
one provided by Tim (repost below) didn't work for me:
http://prospectingchannel.com/franconia-meteorite-hunting.html
This
Hi Henry,
That NWA 086 slice you see in the bulletin is for sale. There is an ebay pic
but it is even darker looking. Refer to Mark Bostick (largecloset) or:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemItem=280421445703Category=3239_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2
Hope this helps
Hi Greg,
I don't know of any good quality Wisconsin fireball videos but why not start
off with Jeff Kuyken's Wonder of Meteorites (with his permission, of course)?
Can't get anything better, imo.
Carl2
Greg C. wrote:
I have been asked to speak at my daughters school on Friday about
Hi Henry,
Welcome to the list. I'm a newcomer, too, and haven't yet lost my head with all
my silly posts. Don't worry about it and just ask questions or comments. I
agree Anne, Mike J., Blaine and Gary are all great people! There are tons more.
Carl2
I also agree with M.B. I don't even think you can call this an UNWA. Right now
it's an unclassified meteorite.
If you can get your money back, that'll nice, but I'm afraid the seller may
just resell it to some one else as Kunya-Urgench.
Carl2
Thanks, Shawn! That was hilarius. Good production, too.
Carl2
Shawn wrote:
I think its time for a good laugh on the List :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRAO01M56ZQ
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Perfect!! Love the music, too. Thanks, Jeff!
Carl2
http://www.meteorites.com.au/films/The_Wonder_Of_Meteorites.html
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Hi Count,
Thanks for the link. Are you talking about Uranus or meeting sexy women in your
area? :D
Carl2
The Count wrote:
We see...and now we hear...to smell and to touch...is near. Ethereal.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=870_1271363908
What??
The object was heavier than a usual metal object of that size,
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Hi All,
Just found this from the Prospecting Channel, Iron From the Sky: The Meteorite
Hunters with Robert Ward, Shauna Russell, Dave Gheesling, Greg Hupe and Mike
Farmer. Mike had a great line about Greg finding a real hammer.:D Viewers not
familiar with meteorites would not get this inside
Hi Carl,
Which Kalahari are you referring to? There are 9 in the Met Bull. I did a quick
search on this list and google but didn't turn up any info on nickle free iron
in the Kalahari.
Thanks. Carl2
Carl wrote:
...SO, THIS MAY EXPLAIN THE KALAHARI FIND OF THIS NICKEL FREE IRON? AND YOUR
Hi All,
I found it!
I know Darryl closed this thread but I thought some of you might be interested.
Green Acres, Season 5, The Beeping Rock, in 3 parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHDts1Lfdqc
Carl2
I wrote:
Here's another you might hunt for. I saw a portion of an episode of Green
Acres
Yeah, but that 1% guy will be rolling around the floor laughing his butt off
and really spoil your day.
Carl2
Steve wrote:
The best advice I ever got on meteorite pronunciation was several years back
from Rob Elliot and I'm paraphrasing here Pronounce it however you think it's
supposed to
The Day of the Triffids
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Ghidora, The Three Headed Monster
Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla
Godzilla 2000
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Hi Darren,
Here's another you might hunt for. I saw a portion of an episode of Green Acres
recently. Someone found a huge chunk of Lunar meteorite and ,at night, the
thing would make a noise. I forgot how it ended but I think the rock was
brought into a lab to be tested.
Carl2
Darren
Good morning Martin,
???
I'm still not too sure of what you are saying but I'm trying my best. I have
reread your post several times and I think I'm understanding more of it the
more I read it, but I'm not too sure how Jason fits into all this as I didn't
mention him at all (?). Sorry if I
Happy 50th Birthday Gao-Guenie! You don't look a day over 4.56 billion years.
Yeah, I know. I'm mixing the fall date with it's true age, but,... oh well. :-/
I think I'll take my little Gao out to lunch. Thanks, Jeff!
Carl2
Jeff wrote:
I just thought I would remind everyone that today is
Congratulations Count!!! Awesome find,indeed!
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Hi Mike,
I don't have a precise age but now they may be a few million years younger:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/comet-inner-solar-system-material.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed:+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29utm_content=My+Yahoo
Carl2
Yeah, me too. I was just about to fling this old computer out of the window
until I saw your post! :D Good. Now I don't need to make a special trip to the
library today.
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Hi Adam, Carl, Peter, All,
That's strange. This is the second time in three weeks I've heard the NWAs were
illegal. At least I think what was meant was the unclassified NWAs are. Adam,
would that make any difference?
Carl2
Adam wrote:
NWA material has been thoroughly checked out by several
Thanks, Darren, Please continue to keep a look out for the Meteorite Men and
N.S. Countdown to Impact videos. I've been dying to see those as most everyone
on this list.
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Hi Martin and All,
Everything is relative and it could get much worse!:( Maybe now is happy times
afterall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaW4Ol3_M1ofeature=fvst
Carl2
Martin wrote:
hey veterans! Remember?
In former times, each new find or find of new meteorite was a happy, happy
event...
Good Morning All,
Darren Garrison has pointed out to me that my novel idea of saving micros of
Lorton in a vacuum bag is not so novel afterall. I thought this was really
great and wanted to share this info with the other two members of this list who
didn't know about it like myself. Thanks
The lady is obviously demanding a Meteorite Men spin off for next year.
Meteorite Woman :D
Carl
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Hi,
Just a thought I had the last week or so. Has anyone given the thought of
obtaining the vacuum cleaner bag used to clean the offices? It still might not
be too late and with the doctors permission, of course. Judging from the
photos, there may be little micros that may have been
Hi Carl,
That's actually a very good idea, but the bags are probably tossed
already - or the canister was emptied already. Or maybe not..
Best regards and clear skies,
MikeG
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Hi,
Just a thought I had the last week or so. Has anyone given the thought
Hi,
Well, it's time to close this thread. Thanks to all. One of my favorite was
Graham's MeteorWong, though for a different reason. :D Here's my last one. It's
pretty dumb and you can see why it didn't make my first post.
Meteorzilla: A big monster asteroid.
Carl, Meteortyke.
How about this one:
Hey, hey, hey, Boo Boo! I see another meteorite pic-a nic basket over there!
What? Wrong Yogi? Sorry, Martin.
Carl
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Hi,
You all know that a meteorwrong is a suspected rock or metal piece that is not
a meteorite, right? Anyway,it was storming outside, so I had some free time and
was thinking up some new meteorite words to play around with. Kind of a stupid
exercise but was fun.
Meteorwriter: Someone who
LOL! That's funny! I had both Meteorfight and Meteorfright in my original list
before I shortened it.
Meteorfight: Heated discussion on the List between hunters, collectors,
researchers,... etc.
Meteorfright: Example- When your prize Lunar/Martian micros spills out of it's
case and into a
Hi Thomas, All,
You've brought up some good points. I had asked a similar question several
months ago but got mostly silence. Based on what was mentioned earlier, only
the stones that were originally collected and classified can be called NWA 869.
So like what Thomas said, all others should
Hey, I took the quiz and managed to get all 10 correct the first time out.:D A
couple was sort of tricky, I thought.
Carl
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Good eye to catch that, Eric. This Campo is obviously made of S.D.I. or Super
Dense Iron. :D The buyer sure is lucky to purchase this rarity!
Carl
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Thanks, but Jim K. of Skyrock deserves all the credit (Thanks Jim!). I got the
link from there. If you visit, see the Astronomy section.
Carl
Carl, that's an excellent video. Absolutely phenomenal.
I would recommend it to everyone.
Thanks for posting it.
Linton
Chocolate donut?
Carl
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Hi Greg and All,
Here's an interesting video from the Kaguya lunar spacecraft. The red soil on
the moon and Norbert's explanation is probably related somewhat although
produced separately. Around the 21:20 mark, check out the red soil on the moon.
Nice footage of the moon and of the
I've always wondered about this method. Suppose the Russians, or anybody for
that matter, hits the asteroid but just makes it worse. Suppose the missile
knocks it off course but it comes back sooner and is really going to hit the
Earth. Suppose there are tiny people living on Apophis and they
Yes, very good. Thank you, Bill. Best wishes to all.
Carl
Greg wrote:
Nice post.
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an
environmentally conscious,...
Hey Steve,
Welcome back!! Thanks for the heads up on those commercials on the other
channels. Now if only they would air the shows on the other channels so those
of us who
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Got mine today as well. #64/97. *Sniff* It's beautiful! Thank you, very nicely
done!!
Carl
I just received my autographed copy of Whetstone Mountains monograph.
I have to say an excellent job was done on this, and I am super pleased to
have one.
The documentation is an incredible
In the car over her left shoulder, the trunk is full of X-mas wrapped Lunars
from Macy's. In the sign above the bar (it's kind of blurry) reads, Martian
cutting dust cocktails NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL!
I see her freshly painted nails nicely matches her blouse.
Carl
Hi Jeff,
I've been puzzled about what you said and perhaps I've misread or missed your
comments. Why do you think the R chondrites should be included in the oc clan
(rather than the carbonaceous)? I thought this was a very unique idea.
Thank you all for this interesting topic.
Carl
Jeff
*Sorry for the repost. My original question did not make much sense.*
Hi Jeff,
I've been puzzled about what you said and perhaps I've misread or missed your
comments. Why do you think the R chondrites should be included in the oc clan?
I thought this was a very unique idea.
Thank you
Sorry for my poor use of terms. I really should be more careful. I've had to
look up what refractory lithophile elements are:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988mess.book..394L
and terrestrial fractionation line (TFL):
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AGUFM.V41D..08R
Stuff like that flies
Hi Darren, All,
Since it's nearly impossible to do the KYAGB manuever yourself, maybe figuring
a plan on getting acquainted with a super model instead. Best way to go, I
think.
Carl
Darren wrote:
I'll have to disagree with the experts there-- I think the most likely and
viable approach is
Hi Tom,
I'd say neither. It looks like a little graveyard. Maybe two graveyards divided
by a picket fence. You have very sharp eyes to have noticed this!
Carl
Tom Philips wrote:
... I wonder if this weird crystal structure found in a slice of JaH 055
would
qualify for being called a
Hi Elton,
I couldn't help notice Walter originally asked this question way back July 6,
2006.:) I don't have a point but thought it was funny.
Carl
Elton wrote:
...I don't know if you ever got an answer to your question but I had it marked
for follow up...
Interesting comments from everyone but best to wait to hear from Don. Like to
hear how his thoughts were mangled by the press.
Carl
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Wow, Dave, What a crowd! Wish I was there sitting in the background taking in
all of that. The teachers must have learned a lot, too.
Carl
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/November_16_2009.html
Hi Greg,
Actually, all the dealers have been very helpful. The only one who thinks in
terms of competition is Howard Steffic who I believe is not a dealer.
Carl
Greg Stanley wrote:
All of this is pretty amazing. First of all, we ALL were newbies at some
point. Also, I think newbies buy
Hello Howard, All,
You are absolutely correct. We newbies should not ask knowledgeable veterans
such basic questions. We must do the legwork ourselves but never reveal how we
do it to achieve our goals if someone asks. Speaking for myself I would like to
thank you, Howard, for all the
Hi Melanie,
Cool! Thanks to you I've gotten some tips on how to order meteorites from
Moroccan dealers. Hope your transaction is a quick and smooth one.
Take care. Carl
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