[meteorite-list] AD: NWA 6704 - Sold

2015-03-16 Thread Melanie Matthews via Meteorite-list
Just to let everyone know that the specimens have sold. Many thanks to the buyer! __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] AD: NWA 6704

2015-02-10 Thread Melanie Matthews via Meteorite-list
Hello everyone, I have to raise some funds - expecting an new puppy in the coming Spring. For this I'm offering two very nice specimens of NWA 6704 that I purchased some years back from the Hupé's. -9.7 gram fragment -7.6 gram complete slice A label card has been lost for the slice (will come

[meteorite-list] Trade for Sutter's Mill...Market price for uNWA CO3s?

2012-10-01 Thread Melanie Matthews
Good evening listoids, What is the general market price (per gram) for NWA CO3s? I have some that i would like to trade in for some Sutter's Mill. Thanks --- -Melanie IMCA#: 2975 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7.  __ Visit the

[meteorite-list] AD: Some prices lowered

2012-09-04 Thread Melanie Matthews
Good morning listoids, I need to sell fairly quickly.. NWA 6550 (rare LL3.7) 78.3g end cut - $350; 17.1g crusted fragment of NWA CO3 - $220; White Court iron with papers, 9.45g - $75; 2 Park Forest hammer riker displays - $45 (from Hupé Collection) and $35 (one of the sets made by Greg

[meteorite-list] AD Meteorite sale...

2012-08-31 Thread Melanie Matthews
I need to sell fairly quickly.. NWA 6550 (rare LL3.7) 78.3g end cut - $400; 17.1g crusted fragment of NWA CO3 - $250; White Court iron with papers, 9.45g - $75; 2 Park Forest hammer riker displays - $45 (from Hupé Collection) and $35 (one of the sets made by Greg Catterton). $10 shipping

[meteorite-list] Question about NWA 869

2011-11-04 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi list, Are there any estimates in how long ago this wonderful meteorite fell to Earth, and how large it might have been before it entered the atmosphere? It must have been a massive meteoroid, much larger than the one that produced the Buzzard Coulees.   --- -Melanie MetMel - avid

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about NWA 869

2011-11-04 Thread Melanie Matthews
, 2008 in League City, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1391., p.1120 Publication Date: 03/2008 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/1120.pdf -Original Message- From: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca To: MeteoriteList meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 4, 2011 2

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about NWA 869

2011-11-04 Thread Melanie Matthews
How big is/was the largest NWA869 mass found?   --- -Melanie MetMel - avid meteorite collector/enthusiast from Canada! IMCA#: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Eight Year Search - Success!!

2011-10-29 Thread Melanie Matthews
Great to hear Greg, congratulations to her! All the best   --- -Melanie MetMel - avid meteorite collector/enthusiast from Canada! IMCA#: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message - From: Greg Hupe gmh...@centurylink.net To:

[meteorite-list] AD : Some more meteorites for sale

2011-07-28 Thread Melanie Matthews
See all info here: http://s1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa332/MMMeteorites/Meteorite%20Sale%20Summer%202011/NWA%20123%20grams/ I would suggest bookmarking the link to keep track of it if interested... again, no trades. If you consider purchasing, please send payment via PayPal to my

Re: [meteorite-list] AD (Link correction) : Some more meteorites for sale

2011-07-28 Thread Melanie Matthews
http://s1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa332/MMMeteorites/Meteorite%20Sale%20Summer%202011/ --- -Melanie MetMel - avid meteorite collector/enthusiast from Canada! IMCA#: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Melanie Matthews

[meteorite-list] UPDATE Re: AD - NWAxxxx meteorite fragments and more - sale

2011-07-16 Thread Melanie Matthews
meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, July 14, 2011 11:27:53 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - NWA meteorite fragments and more - sale Two 2 of the AH76009, CV3 2, Gold Basin

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - NWAxxxx meteorite fragments and more - sale

2011-07-15 Thread Melanie Matthews
Two 2 of the AH76009, CV3 2, Gold Basin slice and one NWA 4734 micro SOLD. --- -Melanie MetMel - avid meteorite collector/enthusiast from Canada! IMCA#: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor

[meteorite-list] AD - NWAxxxx meteorite fragments and more - sale

2011-07-13 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi Listers, CV3 1 - 122.9 g. CV3 2 - 58.4 g. ^^both with CAIs showing. LL7 metachondrite - 84.5 Whitecourt - 9.45 g. in as-found condition; with export paper and ID card from Big Kahuna Meteorites Two Park Forest Riker displays - one Garza the other Winslow Street Hammer Collection.

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid 2011 MD Flyby Yields New Thinking

2011-07-09 Thread Melanie Matthews
Interesting that it was momentarily captured by our planet's gravity... though wonder why Earth doesn't have any natural satalites other than our moon? I've read some online claims that Earth might have in the past? Cheers --- -Melanie MetMel - avid meteorite collector/enthusiast

Re: [meteorite-list] Postal service to Canada

2011-06-28 Thread Melanie Matthews
Thanks for the heads up, Gary! --- -Melanie MetMel - avid meteorite collector/enthusiast from Canada! IMCA#: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Gary Fujihara fuj...@mac.com To: MeteorList

Re: [meteorite-list] Lahcen Ait Ha and Gary

2011-06-27 Thread Melanie Matthews
Great news! --- -Melanie MetMel - avid meteorite collector/enthusiast from Canada! IMCA#: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: ma...@imagineopals.com ma...@imagineopals.com To: Said Haddany mfcollec...@yahoo.com Cc:

[meteorite-list] Fusion crust on irons?

2011-05-23 Thread Melanie Matthews
Good morning list, Do freshly fallen irons and stony-irons, have any kind of crust on them? if they do, what does the crust typically look like on these meteorites? I can recall seeing charred iron before... --- -Melanie MetMel - avid meteorite collector/enthusiast from Canada!

[meteorite-list] Who's setting out for the new BC fall?

2011-05-17 Thread Melanie Matthews
Good morning listers, First off I'll you know that I don't have a ride to get up there, and can't afford to travel anywhere right now... so anyone willing to give me ride to and back from the area, pay my way to stay at the hotel/motel in whatever town is closest to the landing

[meteorite-list] To listers - regarding trip to BC meteorite landing site

2011-05-17 Thread Melanie Matthews
I didn't mean to come off as some needy person seeking to leech off of anyone... it was a spur of the moment act on my part - I was all fired up about this. I'm sorry. I'm in no position to do meteorite hunting at this time.. Next time I should be prepared. --- -Melanie IMCA:

Re: [meteorite-list] BC/Alberta Canada Meteor Captured by Sentinel Allsky 14MAY2011

2011-05-16 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi listers, Do you suppose it could have produced some meteorites? I would like to go on a meteorite hunt so (relatively) close to where I live! --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. -

[meteorite-list] AD: Relisted auction ending soon

2011-04-20 Thread Melanie Matthews
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=150592051870ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] AD - two auctions ending tomorrow - Winslow Street Hammer Collection display sets

2011-04-11 Thread Melanie Matthews
http://my.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyEbaygbh=1CurrentPage=MyeBayAllSellingssPageName=STRK:ME:LNLK:MESX Here's your chance you could get them for less than what is being offered for these.. --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat,

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - two auctions ending tomorrow - Winslow Street Hammer Collection display sets

2011-04-11 Thread Melanie Matthews
as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Mon, April 11, 2011 2:49:23 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] AD - two auctions ending tomorrow - Winslow Street

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Staggering New American CM1 Meteorite - As Seen on TV, Verified by Blaine Reed!

2011-04-01 Thread Melanie Matthews
Not an April fools day joke I take it? --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Michael Gilmer meteoritem...@gmail.com To: Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com Cc:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites most resistant to oxidation?

2011-04-01 Thread Melanie Matthews
Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBaystore http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html [meteorite-list] Meteorites most resistant to oxidation?Melanie Matthews miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca Thu Mar 31 23:26:37 EDT 2011 Previous message: [meteorite-list] AD - Benguerir Japan Benefit Auction Next message

[meteorite-list] Meteorites most resistant to oxidation?

2011-03-31 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi list, Which meteorites would you say are known to be the least susceptible moister and oxidation? I have two slices of NWA 5234 melted eucrite (one of the prettiest of meteorites imo) and the material seems very stable - i've had them for over a year, handled them quite a bit and they

[meteorite-list] Sponsored met adds in google search

2011-02-03 Thread Melanie Matthews
It would be nice if when one punches in the key words: meteorite, chondrite, chondrule, achondrite, pallasite, Martian, Lunaite, etc...that a sponsored link (or links) would appear in the upper right of the page to online stores that sell mets such as Meteorites USA, Meteorite Market, and so

Re: [meteorite-list] Smithville man almost hit by meteorite

2010-11-04 Thread Melanie Matthews
Looks like an Nantan. --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Stuart McDaniel actionshoot...@carolina.rr.com To: Thunder Stone stanleygr...@hotmail.com;

Re: [meteorite-list] Passing of Bob Walker

2010-10-09 Thread Melanie Matthews
You know the answer now...Bob. I hope it's that you have crossed the event horizon and are in the presence of all that is beautiful. Well put. R.I.P. Bob Walker. --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites

[meteorite-list] Anyone here eaten meteorites?

2010-10-04 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi, Crazy question.. Has anyone on the list ever (purposely) ingested bits of meteoritic material? How did it taste? --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7.

Re: [meteorite-list] Other Earths -- WAS: Re: Habitable Planet, etc.

2010-09-30 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi Sterling, list. Thanks a bunch for your imput! I came up with a fictional (though as plausible as possible) rocky planet orbiting HIP 56948 - which I intend for it to have a somewhat higher gravity than Earth's, but wasn't sure whether to make it bigger like this new Super Earth. On it

[meteorite-list] Need 1inch gem jars

2010-09-22 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi listers, Got quite a few micros to sell... I would like around 30 of the white ones and 10 of the black ones.. Any one here for a reasonable price? In mint condition and lids on firmly. Thanks --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09

Re: [meteorite-list] Odd Stone

2010-09-17 Thread Melanie Matthews
Reminds me of an olivine diogenite. --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com To: Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Test - delete

2010-09-17 Thread Melanie Matthews
Test --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing

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] Planetary Body Odors

2010-09-11 Thread Melanie Matthews
was the exception. It may be that is what you smell, I am sorry to say. All my best! --AL Quoting Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca: 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

Re: [meteorite-list] Shielding of the Moon by earth

2010-09-08 Thread Melanie Matthews
I see, but the other side of the moon does look a lot more heavily cratered than that shielded by Earth.. --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Rob Matson

Re: [meteorite-list] Witnessed fall lunars?

2010-09-07 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi, I asked this a while ago on Greg Catterton's forum, and I was told that rocks from the moon aren't as solid (tough) as Mars rocks, and therefore are less likely to survive entry... yet what about all these Howardites? --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe

Re: [meteorite-list] Witnessed fall lunars?

2010-09-07 Thread Melanie Matthews
Mars is farther away and not protected by a companion and its closer to the asteroid belt so it receives many more impacts than the moon. Not many more. Only a factor of two greater for Mars, but the average velocity of the impactors is only 60% as great. To add, the side of the Moon that

[meteorite-list] Any irons/stony-irons linked to known stones?

2010-08-31 Thread Melanie Matthews
Are any chondrites and/or achondrites suspected as originating from the same parent body as any known irons and stony-irons? Someone mentioned something asking about the possibility of some irons coming from 4 Vesta in another thread, not too long ago... Cheers --- -Melanie

Re: [meteorite-list] Any irons/stony-irons linked to known stones?

2010-08-31 Thread Melanie Matthews
: Jeff Kuyken i...@meteorites.com.au To: bar...@univ-brest.fr; Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca Cc: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 4:54:07 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Any irons/stony-irons linked to known stones? I've been reading up

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA meteorites, TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

2010-08-31 Thread Melanie Matthews
Northern Mexico (were the deserts are) would be quite a dangerous place to hunt meteorites. --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Adam Hupe

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA meteorites, TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

2010-08-31 Thread Melanie Matthews
meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com To: Alexander Seidel g...@gmx.net Cc: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; raremeteori...@yahoo.com Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 1:01:34 PM Subject: Re

Re: [meteorite-list] Metbull approvals

2010-08-29 Thread Melanie Matthews
Is it common for irons to take this long to obtain approval? --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Gary Fujihara fuj...@mac.com To: MeteorList

Re: [meteorite-list] Most ever paid for a meteorite by a private collector?

2010-08-11 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi, I'm glad you brought this up - been wondering about that myself. --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com To:

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite inclusions

2010-08-10 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi, Haven't heard of specifically heard of what you speak of.. Though not that long ago the Hupes were selling complete slices of an NWA which was dubbed the enigma stone - it had inclusions and even parts of howardites, diogenites, eucrites and if i'm not mistaken... chondritic material also

Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?

2010-08-10 Thread Melanie Matthews
, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com To: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca Cc: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, August 10, 2010 5:29:53 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most

Re: [meteorite-list] Most expensive meteorites!

2010-08-10 Thread Melanie Matthews
Sorry, off topic.. What Ed mentioned about a piece of wood with some stripes painted on it, selling for big bucks... I think that's just stupid - original piece of 'work' or not.. What the hell? --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I

Re: [meteorite-list] Most expensive meteorites!

2010-08-10 Thread Melanie Matthews
Ed Majden and I are actually neighbors, I have been to his home a few times and had some good looks at his meteorite collection. He is a good man and not monger. Think he has a misinterpretation on things. --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as

Re: [meteorite-list] Most expensive meteorites!

2010-08-10 Thread Melanie Matthews
To ad: I apologize if my words regarding the painting were harsh.. Just that personally, I wouldn't put out big bucks for such simple artwork unless someone who is dear and close to me, did it at a very young age (or my pet dog). However, I'm a lot more interested in meteorites than I am art -

[meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?

2010-08-09 Thread Melanie Matthews
Good evening/morning all What is the most expensive meteorite per gram, to date? The Lunar Calcalong Creek? After that which ones are next in line? --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7.

Re: [meteorite-list] work of art cleaning meteorite see the diffrence

2010-08-07 Thread Melanie Matthews
Holy shit that thing's massive. iron, stone? What a beauty (whether before or after). --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: habibi abdelaziz azizhab...@yahoo.com

Re: [meteorite-list] work of art cleaning meteorite see the diffrence

2010-08-07 Thread Melanie Matthews
2nd thought - looks a stony meteorite. Is it a chondrite? --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: habibi abdelaziz azizhab...@yahoo.com To: meteorite list

Re: [meteorite-list] List is Quiet

2010-08-01 Thread Melanie Matthews
Well, that isn't the case here in Canada since Science Channel isn't available here.. --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. - Original Message From: almi...@localnet.com

[meteorite-list] AD: NWA 6291 The King of Angrites 750 mg - Ending soon!

2010-07-31 Thread Melanie Matthews
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=150472087953ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT I estimate this piece is worth more than $300. Bid away. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I think, eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7.

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorites as bullets

2010-07-27 Thread Melanie Matthews
One of my little Nantan crystals could make a good bullet. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message From: steve arnold

[meteorite-list] Ad (ebay) - NWA 6291 The King of Angrites 75 mg Lot w/Anorthite!

2010-07-26 Thread Melanie Matthews
Starting at 99 cents and no reserve! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=150472087953ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad (ebay) - NWA 6291 The King of Angrites 75 mg Lot w/Anorthite!

2010-07-26 Thread Melanie Matthews
My mistake - it weighs 750 grams. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message From: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor

Re: [meteorite-list] finally a piece of wisconsin

2010-07-25 Thread Melanie Matthews
Congrats! ;) --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message From: steve arnold stevenarnold60...@yahoo.com To:

Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky meteorites

2010-07-24 Thread Melanie Matthews
The piece of Murchison that i have has a sweet sugary smell to it. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message From: Chris

Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky meteorites

2010-07-24 Thread Melanie Matthews
That meteorite is on my wanted list, as is the baby powder chondrite (NWAx). --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message

Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky meteorites

2010-07-24 Thread Melanie Matthews
I have an end cut of an uNWA chondrite which smelled like urine when cut. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message

[meteorite-list] Allende smells like lime?

2010-07-23 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hey list. Yesterday I got an nice chunk of Allende from Big Kahuna Meteorites. Is it me, or does this meteorite have an aroma reminiscent of lime? --- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 __

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende smells like lime?

2010-07-23 Thread Melanie Matthews
Well, according to Gary Allende has a distinct smell to it, i asked him what he could compare it to - seems he wasn't sure. One of the reasons I bought it was to find out what it smells like.. I stuck my nose into the baglet it came in with the meteorite inside, and sniffed away... noticed a

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angrites for sale -...

2010-07-22 Thread Melanie Matthews
Well said. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message From: Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net To: Rose, David MD

[meteorite-list] Ebay - wholesale lot of uNWA chondrites

2010-07-19 Thread Melanie Matthews
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=150469400727ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get!

Re: [meteorite-list] Aliens and UFOs ? Aliens Attacking Bosnian

2010-07-19 Thread Melanie Matthews
LOL you had me laughing my ass off. I would take fragments from each specimen then them in for the collections of Greg Catterton, the Hupe's and other dealers, AND sell some. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] Stony meteorite with hole - holey stoney.

2010-07-03 Thread Melanie Matthews
That's interesting. My guess is that there was a big chondrule that got dislodged somehow.. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! -

Re: [meteorite-list] What types of meteorites do you collect?

2010-07-01 Thread Melanie Matthews
Greg S. - you're on the same wavelength as me in regards to meteorite preferences! Although I'm also very fond of carbonaceous chondrites (of which my favorites are the more exotic primitive types: i.e. Tagish Lake and Murchison, etc), and out of ordinary chondrites - Ls, LLs, breccias, and the

[meteorite-list] Kaidun sales?

2010-05-24 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hey listers. I'm not supposed to make any more meteorite purchases for about a month or so..are any specimens of Kaidun available to purchase/trade? I'd like to add a piece(s) of this meteorite to my collection. or is it one of those meteorites that are off limits to collectors? ---

[meteorite-list] Our next major source of meteorites?

2010-05-10 Thread Melanie Matthews
Were abouts in the world could it be? The Atacama desert in Chile (where in some areas it never rains and hasn't rained for thousands of years)? I'm talking about when it gets to the point that so few can be found anymore the Sahara. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on

Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?

2010-05-09 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hope my specimens arrive in the mail before it gets officially named/classified! Things have been kinda slow over the past couple of weeks from the US into Canada.. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a

Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?

2010-05-09 Thread Melanie Matthews
On 5/9/2010 2:49 PM, Melanie Matthews wrote: But I know the classification has been done. Jeff __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http

Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?

2010-05-09 Thread Melanie Matthews
Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message From: fallingfus...@wi.rr.com fallingfus...@wi.rr.com To: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca; meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com; Meteorite List meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-08 Thread Melanie Matthews
OK,, it states something to the effect that the softer upper layers of Mars are unlikely to survive entry through Earth's atmosphere? Then what about Howardites and some of the chondrites which can be quite friable? I watched this program on TV about the presence of life in extreme

[meteorite-list] OFF TOPIC problems posting on the metlist

2010-05-08 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hey everyone, Yahoo mail's anti-spam measures have been at times preventing me from posting and responding to replies on this list, which is a big part of why I have been so quiet around here.. After sending I either get this stupid caption thing (which even after typing it in correctly my

Re: [meteorite-list] OFF TOPIC problems posting on the metlist

2010-05-08 Thread Melanie Matthews
I had another problem with hotmail, which is why I created this yahoo account to post on the list. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! -

Re: [meteorite-list] OFF TOPIC problems posting on the metlist

2010-05-08 Thread Melanie Matthews
I was using plain text. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message From: Pete Pete rsvp...@hotmail.com To:

Re: [meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-08 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hope this posts.. Anyways,, it states something to the effect that the softer upper layers of Mars are unlikely to survive entry through Earth's atmosphere? Then what about Howardites and some of the chondrites which can be quite friable? I watched this program on TV about the presence of

[meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-05 Thread Melanie Matthews
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/30/AR2010043002000.html --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get!

[meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-05 Thread Melanie Matthews
Sounds like these could be real this time. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/30/AR2010043002000.html --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what

Re: [meteorite-list] New to list

2010-05-05 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi, Good to see you here, I started collecting almost two years ago myself.. Well, actually my first meteorites are irons - a couple of Nantans, an etched Gibeon coin, and a shrapnel I think of the Campo (which i lost the label to but I recall it saying it's from Argentina), which I got 4 or 5

Re: [meteorite-list] When Did MetList Began?

2010-04-24 Thread Melanie Matthews
April 30th 2004 according to how far back the archives go to. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message From:

Re: [meteorite-list] low-life

2010-04-23 Thread Melanie Matthews
People like this need a good hard smack by a falling meteorite. That's all I have to say.. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original

[meteorite-list] Capturing asteroids in orbit

2010-04-23 Thread Melanie Matthews
I wonder if it would possible to send some machines to the asteroid belt to capture some whole asteroids and bring them to Earth? Or would they be drifting too quickly in their orbits to capture with the current technology? Also would decent-sized samples from such captures be available to

Re: [meteorite-list] Capturing asteroids in orbit

2010-04-23 Thread Melanie Matthews
Well.. not only that - even in inside a spacecraft we are susceptible to deadly cosmic rays and can't stay very long out there beyond the protection of Earth's magnetic field,, which is why I mentioned using machines to retrieve them. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on

Re: [meteorite-list] Capturing asteroids in orbit

2010-04-23 Thread Melanie Matthews
Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 10:20 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Capturing asteroids in orbit I wonder

[meteorite-list] Training dogs to hunt meteorites

2010-04-20 Thread Melanie Matthews
First off, congrats to Greg Hupé and to everyone who managed to find some stones from this most recent fall! How much has been recovered so far? As you know a dog can be trained to sniff out anything, and with that said I think they could also be trained to ignore meteor-wrongs! Especially

Re: [meteorite-list] Brix in Training

2010-04-19 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hi, could you please send me the image as an attachment off list? My doggy seems to have no interest in meteorites what so ever.. :( --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never

Re: [meteorite-list] METEORITE DOG FINDS FIRST METEORITE FROM THE APRIL 10, 2010 WISCONSIN FIREBALL!

2010-04-19 Thread Melanie Matthews
LOL They could both be fixed, though.. A dog can be trained to sniff out anything, and with that said I think they could also be trained to ignore meteor-wrongs!Also, it is possible that Brix can sense that his owner has a passion for meteorites - it isn't uncommon for dogs to actually take

[meteorite-list] Test (ignore/delete)

2010-04-19 Thread Melanie Matthews
test --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] METEORITE DOG FINDS FIRST METEORITE FROM THE APRIL 14, 2010 WISCONSIN FIREBALL!

2010-04-19 Thread Melanie Matthews
LOL They could both be fixed, though.. A dog can be trained to sniff out anything, and with that said I think they could also be trained to ignore meteor-wrongs!Also, it is possible that Brix can sense that his owner has a passion for meteorites - it isn't uncommon for dogs to actually take

Re: [meteorite-list] your new lunar is a howardite

2010-04-10 Thread Melanie Matthews
I thought so by looking at it I figured it was a Howardite or polymicht Eucrite.. I think Howardites are my favorite out of the HEDO group, BTW. :) --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates...

Re: [meteorite-list] Are these authentic Buzzard Coulees?

2010-03-31 Thread Melanie Matthews
. You could always ask him/her about that. I almost did. The price/gram is sure a lot lower though, eh? Almost too good to be true, isn't it... And you know what they say about that! Linton - Original Message - From: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca To: Meteorite List meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA Meteorites

2010-03-31 Thread Melanie Matthews
Too bad you didn't think of this last year as in 2009 LOL - it was ten years ago when the first meteorites of the North West Africa designation series were found. ;) I LOVE my NWAs ,, many of them I wouldn't trade for anything! :D My first stony mets are NWAs. --- Melanie IMCA:

Re: [meteorite-list] Are these authentic Buzzard Coulees?

2010-03-31 Thread Melanie Matthews
Roman Jirasek www.meteoritelabels.com - Original Message - From: Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Are these authentic Buzzard Coulees? Not to give anyone a bad name

[meteorite-list] Are these authentic Buzzard Coulees?

2010-03-30 Thread Melanie Matthews
http://shop.ebay.ca/306krista/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=_trksid=p4340 Worldwide shipping and no mention of an export permit for any of them? Anyone here know this person and if he/she is for real? --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09

[meteorite-list] Alternatives to ebay

2010-03-22 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hello listoids, Do any of you here recommend any online auction sites that have that have low sell/insertion fees and have PayPal available as a payment option? Thanks --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like

[meteorite-list] Alternatives to feeBay

2010-03-22 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hello listoids, Do any of you here recommend any online auction sites that have that have low sell/insertion fees and have PayPal available as a payment option? Thanks --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like

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