Hi folks,
I've recently expanded and completely revised my site at
http://historicfalls.com.
My focus is still on old witnessed falls, with transcriptions of historical
documents, lots of meteorite photos, and some articles and explainers. I hope
you like it. Please send any comments or
Hi John,
Here's a lsit I drew up some time back with brief references. It's fairly
speculative in some places but it represeted pretty much all the info I could
pull together at the time.
http://historicfalls.com/about/candidate-parent-bodies/
Mark
On 23 Sep 2012, at 11:46, J Sinclair
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16393296
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I'll ignore the debat about the origins of man, but this one:
What came first. The chicken or the egg?
Has a very clear and obvious answer. The egg came first. It just wasn't a
chicken's egg - dinosaurs and other egg-laying reptiles were around long before
hens :)
Mark Crawford
On 27 Oct
To me it sounds like someone has, at best, been naive and not done their
homework. Caveat emptor applies when you're buying a pint of milk; it
certainly applies if you're ponying up a quarter million bucks.
A quarter million dollars on something, mail order, for something only viewed
in
To me it sounds like someone has, at best, been naive and not done their
homework. Caveat emptor applies when you're buying a pint of milk; it
certainly applies if you're ponying up a quarter million bucks.
A quarter million dollars on something, mail order, for something only viewed
in
Naveen,
I'll make three more observations then quit on this one.
1) You've been through the channels with IMCA - according to your email
compilation, you complained to IMCA (13th July) three days after a note where
Martin agreed that a refund was in order (10th July). Regardless of whether
Hi folks,
A couple of accounts of the Hraschina fall in 1751. The first observed fall of
an iron, and the first meteorite where the Widmannstatten pattern was observed:
http://historicfalls.com/18th-century/hraschina/
Mark Crawford
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Hi Mark,
Nice job! I love what you are doing with the site.
One
Hi folks,
I've added a new article to my site, dealing with the ancient Greek meteorite
fall of around 465 BC. A stone the size of a wagon load fell, and was a
tourist attraction for at least 500 years.
http://historicfalls.com/pre-scientific-falls/aegospotami/
Mark Crawford
Hi all,
I have a number of auctions ending in about 24 hours.
Beautiful part slice of Appley Bridge, large fragment of Strathmore and a
lovely piece of Wold Cottage. All exceptional UK historic falls, and hard to
obtain.
Lovely irons - Zacatecas (1969), Verkhnyi Saltov, Mont Dieu.
A few
I've listed a number of nice specimens including a part slice of Appley Bridge,
Wold Cottage, and the impossible to find Strathmore Scottish fall!
Also some lively baby Chergachs and more
Most starting at 0.99p.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/duineuk/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=_trksid=p3686
Uhm, that would be 'lovely' not 'lively' Chergachs (damn you auto-correct)!
For the avoidance of doubt, they have not moved under their own volition since
2007 ;)
M
On 15 May 2011, at 21:01, Mark's Meteorites m...@meteorites.cc wrote:
I've listed a number of nice specimens including a part
Hi all,
I've added a new addition to my historical site with details of the
circumstances of the find of the Hoba mass. As you know, Hoba is the largest
known meteorite specimen in the world.
http://historicfalls.com/20th-century/hoba/
One passage intrigued me:
For the purpose of determining
I guess this also highlights one of the obvious problems with a blacklist.
The internet has a long memory :/
On 12 May 2011, at 16:23, Robert Woolard wrote:
Hello All,
I wholeheartedly agree with Frank and Dave. There has to be a huge
misunderstanding/mistake made somewhere along the
Hi all,
I'm compiling an article on the Hoba mass for my web site. Does anyone have any
photos to which they own the copyright, and which they would be prepared to
allow me to use with attribution?
Please mail off-list.
Thanks
Mark Crawford
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Hi all,
I have a number of lots listed on eBay finishing in a few days.
Some lovely crusted NWA shergottites - all sizes, something for everyone, all
started at low $/g.
A part slice with great surface area of the Appley Bridge historic English fall
from 1914.
Rare and beautiful irons -
Afternoon all,
I still have some items on my for sale page which I'd rather sell here than via
eBay.
* ~2.4g of shergottites (various sizes) $400/g (!)
* the impossible to find Australian Mulga South
* beautiful etched slice of Mont Dieu with troilite
* Many American stones - Admire, Bledsoe,
*shameless plug*
I've just added an article on Tunguska to my site:
http://historicfalls.com/2011/04/15/tunguska/
I know it's a slight cheat, not actually being an actual witnessed fall, but
hey... What's the current thinking on the status of the impactor? Comet or
Asteroid?
It goes without
Hi John,
Not quite sure what you mean... if the question is, 'less than 15 degrees apart
in the sky, as observed from earth', then the answer is yes - every new moon.
In some cases the angle is essentially zero - whenever there's a solar eclipse.
M
On 16 Apr 2011, at 02:09, John Lutzon wrote:
Evening all,
As I continue to try to whittle down my collection to make way for new
historics, I've listed some of my nicer specimens for sale on eBay.
A beautiful NWA 801 CR2 with great metal halos. The impossibly rare Mulga South
from Western Australia. Some very attractive low-petrologic
Hi folks,
We've had debates over the years about what we collect, why we collect, and
what gave us the 'bug' in the first place. I've written a short piece which
tries to convey the fascination and history to lay people.
http://historicfalls.com/2011/04/11/rocks-in-my-head/
Enjoy!
Marko
Seconded!
On 11 Apr 2011, at 22:54, Mike Bandli wrote:
Dear Eric,
Thanks so much for making this invaluable resource available to the public!
We appreciate it!
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Mike Bandli
Historic Meteorites
www.HistoricMeteorites.com
and join us on
I still have a number of nice specimens for sale listed on my web page
http://meteorites.cc
In addition, I've listed some nice historic micros on eBay:
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/duineuk/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=_trksid=p3686
Albareto, Drake Creek, Juvinas,, Mauerkirchen, Nerft, Weston,
Hi folks,
I've added a couple of new entries.
An account by the Islamic explorer Ibn Batuta describes an incident involving a
Turkish king in 1325. I've been unable to identify the location of this town
via google or via MetBul Turkish meteorites, so I've just given it the name
described in
Evening all,
I've started puling some pages together about the stories of some of our
historic falls, including photos and documentary texts. It only has 20 or so
entries at the moment, I'll add as I go along.
Lots of photos!
http://historicfalls.com/
Mark
I still have a number of specimens for sale on my pages at:
http://meteorites.cc
I have reduced the price on the Shergottites to $400/g, and have specimens
ranging from 70mg to 1.1g.
There are some wonderful NWA including NWA 4680 (L4-6), NWA 4522 (LL3.5, and
some of the most gorgeous
I wouldn't mind a copy as well!
On 23 Mar 2011, at 00:14, e-mail ensoramanda wrote:
Think I read through the report...or some of it... just before I
visited the Cranbourne strewnfield lastwill try and remember where
and attempt to track it down again.
Cheers,
Graham
On 22 March
Hey folks,
My latest transcription is of the circumstances the historic fall in 1621 of
the Jalandhar meteorite, an Indian iron. One of the earliest falls on the list.
Describes the circumstances of the fall itself, and the interesting use to
which the material was put!
Good evening all,
I've updated my existing for sale page, and listed a number of new specimens.
Highlights include some beautiful etched irons from Mirko (Mont Dieu, Zacatecas
1979, very rare Verkhnyi Saltov); some beautiful planetaries including
individual crusted shergotties; and a number
Decent article here by George Monbiot:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2011/mar/16/japan-nuclear-crisis-atomic-energy
Links to the latest UN report which estimates total deaths attributable to
Chernobyl as... 43:
, and afterwards rolled down the
mountain-side into a pathway, where it was found.
Mark
On 14 Mar 2011, at 01:30, Mark's Meteorites wrote:
Hey guys,
I know some folks are interested in historical documentation around
meteorites. I've transcribed a few documents about some of my specimens, I
thought
Hey guys,
I know some folks are interested in historical documentation around meteorites.
I've transcribed a few documents about some of my specimens, I thought some
people might find them interesting:
http://velikimacak.com/meteorites/historical-notes/
So far I've pieces for Ensisheim, Cold
Hi all,
I'm having a clear out because I want to raise some money to focus on my main
interest, historic falls. There are some commonplace specimens through to some
very rare ones (GV, Eagle Station, Mulga South), some rare types (achondrites,
a really nice end cut of NWA 2918 C03.0) and some
Hey folks,
I been consolidating my sites and pages onto a new blog. meteorites.cc (which
still works) now redirects to:
http://velikimacak.com/?page_id=368
Some explainers, lots of pictures of meteorites. Photos from the NHM London
collection, and a summary of how to mess around with
Hey folks,
I been consolidating my sites and pages onto a new blog. meteorites.cc (which
still works) now redirects to:
http://velikimacak.com/?page_id=368
Some explainers, lots of pictures of meteorites. Photos from the NHM London
collection, and a summary of how to mess around with
On 29 Nov 2010, at 16:58, Mark Ford wrote:
The often misquoted Lunar program spin offs where not nearly as
widespread as is often touted, granted there were many advances, but
using the few spin off's as sole justification for multibillion dollar
space programs is maybe stretching it..
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