[meteorite-list] Re-2: TAMEDAGHT PHENOMENA MUSEUM METEORITE?

Chris writes: "And that much energy shouldn't leave much of the original material larger than dust." Hi Pete and List, In other words, the impacting meteoroid would have had to have a mass big enough to reach the ground at cosmic velocity - impossible for small pieces like the Tamedaght stones!

[meteorite-list] Re-2: How about a thread to discuss hunting ethics

> I can not tell you guys how nice it was to walk > into my house and put my arms around my family. Beautiful words! Thank you for sharing !!! Best, Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.

[meteorite-list] How about a thread to discuss hunting ethics

Hi John and List, "This guy was all business, nothing pleasant or polite in the least way." This is probably what Jay meant when he wrote: "I suppose that's the American way ..." With due respect, there are "Brits" and there are "Germans", but what are "Americans"? They are a "melting pot" or a

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Wire Fraud and Steve Arnold ofChicago...wasnwa 1794

> He's not the person who turns people away from the hobby; > it's mean-spirited people like you who make others feel unwelcome. > His posts have never been derogatory. Ill-conceived, maybe. Lacking > foresight, probably in many cases. But malevolent, like yours, never. Jason, for heaven's sake. P

[meteorite-list] 2008 TC3-- ureilite => fragile

Hi All, Just got this from Rob (Matson): 'Hi Bernd, Please feel free to forward to the list for me. I've never agreed with the "fragile" comments regarding 2008 TC3. It was not, for instance, a rubble pile asteroid. It couldn't have been, since its spin rate was one of the highest measured, whi

Re: [meteorite-list] 2008 TC3-- ureilite

Hi Darren and List. "According his (= Dr Rumble) analysis, 2008 TC3 falls into a category of very rare meteorites called ureilites, all of which may have originally come from the same parent body." "Lead author Dr Jenniskens said: "This asteroid was made of a particularly fragile material..."

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Fusion Crusted "Meteoroids"

> How about millions? Possible? If there were millions or if there had been millions in near-earth orbits and if they had plunged through (part of) our atmosphere, we would see / mankind would have experienced many more highly spectacular light phenomena than we actually do / did. Bernd

[meteorite-list] Hunting Tatahouine

Hi MikeG and List, 1) According to an article and an abstract in MAPS, the Tatahouine strewnfield was revisited in 1994 and samples were collected: BARRAT J.A. et al. (1999) The Tatahouine diogenite: Mineralogical and chemical effects of sixty-three years of terrestrial residence (MAPS 34-1, 19

Re: [meteorite-list] Ding dong hammer

Pete: "If I had a hammer, ... .. I hammered in the morning, I hammered in the evening, all over this land! Bernd ;-) To: pshu...@clearwire.net meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Mete

[meteorite-list] Thomas Grau Lolland Interview in English

Thomas Österberg asked: "Can anybody translate into English?" Hi Thomas(es) and List, Something like this: Fragments of a meteorite found on the island of Lolland. It was the talk all over the country a few weeks ago: a meteorite over Southern Scandinavia and at first no one was really able to

[meteorite-list] Carancas Bull

Hello Sterling, Darryl, Bob, Carl, and List, See also: A. Le PICHON et al. (2008) Evidence for a meteoritic origin of the Sept 15, 2007, Carancas crater (MAPS 43-11, 2008, pp.1797-1809). > There are arguments about whether it's a pit or a crater .. and, as if to avoid a decision what to call "

[meteorite-list] WEST + THANKS TO MICHAEL JOHNSON

M.C. kindly wrote: > I decided to send Michael Johnson a piece of West, a small part slice > and a newspaper with a story about the fall. I would ask a few of the > more lucky hunters to maybe share a piece with Michael Johnson ... !!! Best wishes, Bernd ___

[meteorite-list] List Members, what's your job ?

Walter writes: "chief cook and bottle washer, retired - eh, Bernd :-) Yeah, Walter ! :-) I'm a retiree after 42 years as a teacher: I taught English and French and, like Twink, I'll soon turn 64 (on May 12, to be exact). My wife still needs me, my wife still feeds me, even though I'm almost 64 ;-

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day - February 17, 2009

http://www.rocksfromspace.org/February_17_2009.html Hello Michael J., Roger and List, Breathtaking pictures! Beautiful! Anyone interested, see also my pics that Michael J. posted on February 6, 2008. You'll find two views of my Huckitta pallasite thin section in cross-polarized light with colorf

[meteorite-list] Re-2: more Tucson Gem Show Photos

AL kindly wrote: "Hi Leigh Anne, Thank you for posting the images for the rest of us to enjoy!" Hi AL and List, Even though our young "goddess" did an excellent job - thank you Leigh Anne - I'd also like to thank these list members very much for letting us be part of all the fun at the Tuscon Sh

[meteorite-list] Tom's microvision pics of the NWA 4901 ungrouped achondrite

Tom wrote: "This months article is on NWA 4901 Ungrouped Achondrite. The images are real cool! If you haven't gone there yet, please take a look!" http://www.meteorite-times.com/meteorite_frame.htm Hi Tom, Thanks a lot for sharing with us! You just gotta love those beautifully striate

[meteorite-list] Green spot in chondrite

Hello Rob and List, http://home.planet.nl/~rlenssen/green_spot_in_chondrite.jpg "Can anybody explain to me what I am seeing here?" This may be a magnesium-rich orthopyroxene crystal => hypersthene (Mg,Fe)SiO3 What do others think? Best, Bernd __ h

[meteorite-list] Tamdaght Classification

"I can confirm several chondrules visible on fragmented sur- faces on the Tamdaght material, some of them quite large." So, maybe my two smallish fragments are just too small to reveal any chondrules. Furthermore, if some of these chondrules mentioned are really that large, this may hint toward a

[meteorite-list] Terdaght Meteorite Fall

Elton wrote: "Hello Bernd, How can this technically be an 4-5 if there are no chondrules? I could understand sparse but isn't "devoid" a 6 or IMB? I have some 4 and 5 grade Chondrules and while some may be weakly outlined they are still present. Or does this mean none actually "none visible

[meteorite-list] Terdaght Meteorite Fall

Hello Steve and List, My two pieces from Philippe & Léa support your statement that Tamdaght has a very grayish matrix. I couldn't detect any chondrules, so H5 or H4-5 might be a good guess. We know that there are many shattered, mostly small pieces and one of my specimens seems to show "slickens

[meteorite-list] Caldwell, KS impact melt breccia

Hello Steve #1 and List, Steve wrote: "Nothing dramatic, just that he had hit it with the plow..." This post was so "undramatic" and "boring" that I couldn't help reading each and every word ;-) Thanks so much for sharing it with all of us! Best wishes, Bernd

[meteorite-list] Stefan's New Find

Hello Fred, Stefan and List, "The darker side looks like a CV3, but the fair grey one?" The uncut main mass: http://www.chladnis-heirs.com/carb-ungesch.jpg The cut surface: http://www.chladnis-heirs.com/carb.jpg Ever since Stefan first showed me this unique specimen in November 2008, I've been w

[meteorite-list] Apology to the List

Hello All, Phew, what a shock it was when I read all those mails. I did not expect to polarize listees and listoids into pro-XY and anti-YX. "Just don't do it on a List that's devoted to meteorites." "It only takes *one* to correspond to start the ball rolling" That *one* was me and I now see I

[meteorite-list] Barack Obama - 44th President of the United States of America

Hello Americans! Hello List, Sincere congratulations! May God bless America! May God bless this great nation! Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/list

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture, January 18, 2009

Hello Twink, John, Michael J., and List, http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_18_2009.html Oh yes, those were the years! Thanks for sharing part 1 and looking forward to part 2 of those early days when your meticulous search of the strewn field helped outline the true extension and the age of t

[meteorite-list] Havana

Hello Michael G. and List, Maybe this excerpt from Buchwald is helpful, too: BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Volume 2, pp. 635-637: Havana, Illinois, U.S.A. 40°20'N, 90°3'W Fine octahedrite, Of. Bandwidth about 0.35 mm. Annealed kamacite. Group IIIC. 11.4% Ni, above 0.2% P, 20.

[meteorite-list] Zaklodzie Revisited

Hello Tracy, Zélimir, Marcin, and List, PRZYLIBISKI T.A. et al. (2005) The Zaklodzie enstatite meteorite: Mineralogy, petrology, origin and classification (MAPS 40-9, 2005, pp. A185-A200, excerpt from p. A191): "No qualitative differences in mineral composition were found between the three zone

[meteorite-list] Zaklodzie

Hello Tracy, Marcin, and List, Marcin wrote: "I think that the most competent answer You will find here." PRZYLIBISKI T.A. et al. (2005) The Zaklodzie enstatite meteorite: Mineralogy, petrology, origin and classification (MAPS 40-9, pp. A185-A200, excerpt from p. A186): The Zaklodzie meteor

[meteorite-list] NWA 5480 thin section image

Greg writes: "I thought some of you might like to see a thin section image of the awesome new NWA 5480 Olivine diogenite I had made" http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/NWA_5480_11.jpg Beautiful, all the vivid colors of these olivines and pyroxenes in x-pol. light! Thanks, Greg

[meteorite-list] Half-baked asteroids have Earth-like crust

"...these meteorites are ancient asteroid fragments consisting of feldspar-rich rock called andesite. Similar rocks were previously known only from Earth, making these samples the first of their kind from elsewhere in the Solar System. ..The light-colored meteorites, designated GRA 06128 and GRA 06

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 8, 2009

http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_8_2009.html No comment, ... saliva I feel you coming!!! Salivarily Yours, Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/

[meteorite-list] Gunlock (L3.2) Meteorite Macrochondrule

Hi Paul and List, PRINZ M. et al. (1988) Gunlock, a new type 3 ordinary chondrite with a golfball-sized chondrule (Meteoritics 23-3, 1988, p. 297): A large black (metal-free) mass was found on the edge of the sample, with a beautifully curved contact with the chondrite host. It is rimmed by a thi

Re: [meteorite-list] Nickel / Greetings

Darryl inquires: "Can someone please confirm the five most nickel-rich meteorites by percentage of weight?" Hello Darryl and List, Not sure if this is what you are looking for: Oktibbeha County - IAB-ungrouped - 60.1% Ni Lafayette (iron) - doubtful - 59.4% Ni Dermbach - ATAX - 42.1% Ni Santa

[meteorite-list] O.R. Norton's RFS (I + II)

Steve #2 wrote: "ROCKS FROM SPACE. What a great book!" Absolutely true! There are three copies on my shelf - one of them signed by Richard and Dorothy (No, it's not or sale!) "after I read this I will add to my knowledge of this great hobby." Again true as true can be! If a newbie or a "rookie

[meteorite-list] Greg Hupé's NWA 5480

a.k.a.: "the Incomparable new Olivine Diogenite" is *extremely* d i f f i c u l t to photograph and none of the pictures reveals its true crystalline beauty! It took me several attempts with illumination from different sides and varying exposure times before I could "catch" one (!) shot that does

[meteorite-list] Quadrantids 2009

Barb and Jake wrote: "Jake and I were out walking the dogs at 5:45 this morning and saw 7 or 8 meteors" George responded: "It was the Quadrantid shower which peaked in the early morning today (5 am PST)" Phil added: "I was out at 6:00 a.m. ... During the 5 minute walk, I saw 7 meteors" Hel

[meteorite-list] Estherville pic

Good morning Tom and List, Well, good morning because it's 01:40 our time and I had better go to bed now! Always interested as you probably know! Here's one of my Estherville pics that I took some years ago. Magnification is "only" 8x, but so beautiful, so very color- ful!!! All the best for 200

[meteorite-list] Humor Alert! => Meteorite Dungeon: Was Ruben Garcia

Norbert jokingly: "Good advise, huh? I'm just wondering where I could possibly get such a darn dungeon phone! Any dungeolar for sale ,-? Ahem, ... what about the London Tower??? If they can't help, you might surely ask Henry VIII or one of his beheaded loved ones :-)) Bernd __

[meteorite-list] The hunt for green crystals in Udei Station

Hi Herman and List, "I have a 200g chunk of Udei Station...with green (diopside possibly) inclusions." Wow, 200 grams!!! Well, call it diopside, call it augite, it is a calcic clinopyroxene, and sooo beautiful! Diopside = CaMgSi2O6 Augite = (Ca,Mg,Fe2+, Fe3+,Al)2(Si,Al)2O6 Best, Bernd ___

[meteorite-list] The hunt for green crystals in Udei Station

Hi Mike, Peter and List, Peter writes: "I found a similar - about 2 mm wide - green inclusion in a slice of my Steinbach meteorite" Mike T. writes: "Anyone else out there with a scope and some Udei Station may want to hunt for these little gems" These emerald green gems are pyroxene crystal

[meteorite-list] Jim Kriegh's Birthday

Hello Dear Jim, Even though we all know that you can no longer be with us, we'd like to send to you our heartfelt birthday wishes. So, all the best up there in your heavenly abode for your 79th birthday! Just in case some list members don't recall Jim's abode up there in the inner asteroid belt:

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Name?

A scientist who studies meteorites is called a "m e t e o r i t i c i s t". A person who hunts/collects meteorites is called an "obsessed *n u t* ". That's it in a "*n u t* shell"! :-) Bernd To: cyna...@charter.net meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com __

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Meteorite article in German Playboy

Mike F. wrote: "I am sure there are other attributes in the magazine" hmm, ..., hhmm, ...hhmm, ??? Mike T. wrote: "Bernd, can you get me a copy? Maybe you should buy a dozen for other meteorite friends." Ahem, ... what are these guys talking about ?!?!?! :-));-)):-)) Merry Chri

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 5480 More Info & AD

I must disagree with part of this statement ;-) > Updated list of what is available and what has been sold: > 21.2g End Cut > http://www.lunarrock.com/ebay/nwa5480/dsc00012.jpg .. I must disagree because this one has been sold to me!!! Merry Christmas!!! Listees, Listoids, List + Art Bernd To:

[meteorite-list] Itqiy and Zaklodzie

Hi Tracy, Zélimir and List, Zélimir: "I can tell you (qualitatively) that their textures are definitely different." Tracy: "Itqiy and Zaklodzie slices, do they actually look similar in section?" No, they don't look similar at all! They have totally different grain sizes. Itqiy has a grain size

[meteorite-list] Itqiy look-alikes

Tracy writes: "A couple of years ago, I picked up a small slice of Itqiy and was promptly entranced by its oddball crystalline structure. Its classification is unique; nothing like it has ever been recovered. What meteorite(s) might be closest to it in composition/structure? I'd say Zaklod

[meteorite-list] Souslovo, Beaver, Brenham, Plainview, etc.

Hello Matthias and List, "As far as I know the only early culture avoiding strictly to make use of meteoritical material was that of Australian aborigines. Would be utmost interesting to find out, why. Does anyone here know more?" Ancestors of aborigines living near the Boxhole crater may hav

[meteorite-list] Souslovo, Beaver, Brenham, Plainview, etc.

Steve Arnold #1 writes: "There have to be a hundred more examples!" Yep, don't forget Korra Korrabes (H3), the largest specimen of which (24 kg) was used in a garden wall until 2000 August. Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mail

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - December 11, 2008

"It would never survive in my possession due to the drool factor" .. and then this beautiful Gan Gan would be "gone, gone" :-( Bernd :-) http://www.rocksfromspace.org/December_11_2008.html To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Toolbox Meteorite - Implements and Tools

Hello Listees and Listoids, 1. According to Buchwald, most of the Burlington iron was forged into agricultural implements, and the remainder has been heated 2. Manlai iron: "A story about the Manlai meteorite reported that a long time ago, a smith of that area broke off a small piece, hav

[meteorite-list] Toolbox Meteorite - Toluca

Frank wrote: "Nininger found several toolbox meteorites such as...Toluca ..." Meteorites of Xiquipilco, Mexico - by Dr. H.H. Nininger, Director, American Meteorite Museum, Winslow, Ariz., Photos by Nininger. Reprint from Earth Science Digest, November, 1952, Vol. 6, No. 3. Pages 19 to 30: Alzat

[meteorite-list] Souslovo, Beaver, Brenham, Plainview, etc.

Hi All, AL wrote: "The Beaver Meteorite was used to prop open a door at a local jail house for 40 some years. Cost for the specimen was finding another stone that cold be use to prop same door open which the buyer found in the form of a chunk of cement because rocks in the area were non-existe

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - December 9, 2008

Hi Michael, Matt, and List, http://www.rocksfromspace.org/December_9_2008.html MICHEL-LEVY M.C. (1988) A new component of the Mezö-Madaras breccia: A microchondrule- and carbon-bearing L-related chondrite (Meteoritics 23-1, 1988, 45-48): Introduction (excerpt): The Mezö-Madaras L3 chondrite brec

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Not a meteorite sale

Our New Zealander wrote: "I was a bit excited when I first cut this as it looks like a nice howardite but it is in fact not a meteorite. One of the nicer reference items for your NWA meteor wrong collection." http://www.meteoriteshop.com/metsale/meteorwrong.html Holy smokes! This must be one o

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Meteor Brightens Night Sky (Denver 2008.12.04)

> Man,when it rains, it pours! Wasn't there a song: "It never rains in *California* ?! ;-) > always sunny, easy hunting, totally recoverable! .. like the Tucson irons :-) > Hopefully some farmer finds a large black rock in his barn today. There's at least one *Farmer* out there :-)) Sorry, c

Re: [meteorite-list] Largest fall in the world?

Matt is wondering: "Am wondering what is the largest fall, in terms of kg, ever witnessed? Was it Sikhote-Alin at 28 tons??" Hi Matt and List, Yes, as far as I can tell ... I had better say as far as my database(s) can tell :-) 1. Sikhote-Alin 2. Jilin 3. Allende 4. Pultusk 5. Norton County

[meteorite-list] Donation(s)

Hi again, Jerry wrote: "you do this on your own and barely hint that a small donation will help. That and a continuous input by them of their favorites to feed the process all helps to produce our daily fix." Aye, Aye !!! Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@

Re: [meteorite-list] Grein 004/Tafassasset

Hi All, "And Bernd, what you mean by "it's no pairing" ? Everybody seems to agree so far that the "Freiburg mass" is also Tafa. (?)" Zélimir, that's a misunderstanding! I only quoted what Norbert wrote to the List. These are not my words! Best, Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 3144 - Grein 004

Hi Zélimir and List, > does anybody know the official status of > meteorite "Grein 004"? (not in Met.Bull.) On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Norbert Classen wrote this to the List: "Grein 004" as well as "Tenere 001" are just synonyms for the Tafassasset Freiburg mass, a single stone weighing 3610 grams. It'

Re: [meteorite-list] Please visit my new thin section photography & collection website

Jeff wrote: I just finished working on my new website to display my thin section collection and photography. So far I have photos up for 18 meteorites. I did enjoy the photographic journey through your meteorite thin section collection. Thank you very much for sharing! Bernd www.meteoritethin

[meteorite-list] Bob Haag in the News

Hi Steve #1 and List, "This reporter actually got the story right on so many points that few other reporters seldom do." I agree, Hanneke Brooymans, surely did his homework diligently! And he he must have gotten into contact with and have studied this background info meticulously: 1) Bob Haag's

Re: [meteorite-list] Argentine Campo Investigation

Hello Eric and List, "She asked if I would come to Argentina to answer the charges...I certainly wouldn't show up for their inquisition" No such experiences here but the best you can do as a citizen of a free country is to simply ignore such b.s., sorry, nonsense. Best, Bernd _

[meteorite-list] Re-2: How do you say dronino?

Martin wrote: "@#!GRMBLGnggnn%&$ " Darren opined: "To be fair, EVERYTHING in German sounds like that." Very off-topic but once again timefor THAT - Please enjoy :-) The Awful German Language A person who has not studied German can form no idea of what a perplexing language it is. Every tim

[meteorite-list] NWA 1774 (R3.8-6)

Hello List and Thin Section Lovers, Just got my 2 thin sections of the NWA 1774 (R3.8-6) rumurutiite that Philippe Thomas is offering. Boy, these must surely be among the largest thin sections I have ever purchased with an awesome viewing area of about 2 cm by 3.5 cm. You had better hurry if inter

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Special - New NWA 5471 - a Brachinite at 65$/g ? Yes we can.

Hello Listees and Listoids, Martin wrote: "The few brachinites ever offered, you found them starting not below 200$/g" That's right! I paid about 300$ per gram for my 0.602 gram slice of a brachinite! Martin also wrote: "We say, thank you for this year's support, and say: 65$ a gram." No n

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor(ite) crater discovered

Hi List, "the big concern for local authorities is how to prevent meteorite hunters from coming to the site and digging up meteorite fragments." The best solution would probably have been not to publish all these details! Remember Gold Basin?! Twink, Jim, and John first did the meticulous scient

[meteorite-list] Bassikounou Photographs

Hello All, "Very nice, I WANT that big one!" That's fine with me because I would like to have that fragment with the molten crustal material spilled over the fresh interior! Beautiful, so beautiful, so unique and, well, *r*a*r*e* !!! Thanks for sharing! Bernd __

[meteorite-list] Nantan Correction

I wrote: "Then, in 1985, when China desperately needed a lot of steel" => 1958 <= Sorry! Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] A newbie question on Nantans

Carl inquired: "If people saw the Nantan meteorite fall in 1516, why is this referred as a find in 1958 in the Met Bull database?" Hello Carl and List, It is referred to as a find because, even though Chinese people saw this meteor shower, no one really picked up any pieces (as far as we know).

[meteorite-list] Book Review in latest issue of Sky & Telescope

Hello Folks, Just a heads-up! In the "Books & Beyond" section of the November 2008 issue of Sky & Telescope (p. 78), you'll find a very favorable review by J. K. Beatty of O.R. Norton's Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites. Best wishes, Bernd __ http

[meteorite-list] South Pole Meteorite - ALH761 a.k.a. ALHA76001

Jeff wrote: "I tried to see how we know that the ebay stone was H, but the listing is gone." Here is the link that should still work: http://cgi.ebay.com/H-Class-Chondrite-Meteor-VERY-BIG-Found-At-South-Pole_W0QQitemZ180298547302QQihZ008QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZ Cheers, Bern

[meteorite-list] South Pole Meteorite - ALH761 a.k.a. ALHA76001

Mike wrote: "Or... it is a clever scam, designed to fool us Antarctic research wannabes." Something else that makes it a "suspicious" offer: ALHA76001 clearly is an L6 chondrite whereas the one on EBay was offered as an H chondrite! A typo? Maybe ... Best from "Doubting Bernd" ___

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Question About Potassium-Argon (K/Ar) dates for North American and Austr

Paul inquires: "Can anyone recommend a publication that provides a comprehensive listing of Potassium-Argon (K/Ar) dates that have been published for the North American and Australasian tektites?" Michael Blood writes: "K-Ar dating is only applicable to volcanic material, therefore, It would n

[meteorite-list] Jim Kriegh

Hello Meteorite Community, One year ago, Jim Kriegh, Oro Valley's heart and soul, died at the age of 78. Saturday, December 02, 2006, Jim wrote me this: " I expect to be able to go occasionally searching for more meteorites and/or gold but not near as often as I would like." I am very confident t

[meteorite-list] Bolide to enter over northern Sudan in less than 8 hours

Hi Rob, Sterling and List, Rob wrote: "I calculate the size to be at least 3 meters, possibly as much as 4.5 meters, so I'd be quite surprised if no meteorites were produced." 1) The St. Robert H5 chondrite had a preatmospheric radius between 40 and ca. 60 cm and a mass of 1000 to ca. 3000 kg

[meteorite-list] New Meteorite Find at Brenham

Hey Geoff and Steve#1, Wasn't there a song by Rod Stewart: "Some Guys Have All The Luck" ;-) Sincere congratulations! Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/ma

[meteorite-list] Full size micrograph offer NWA 969 LL7

Tom wrote: "I want to share a beautiful meteorite micrograph that seems to have everything, color, clarity and interest. It is taken of NWA 969 LL7. Please email me for a full size attachment of this image. This one is worth checking out!" Hi Tom and List, Color: The pictures I've taken of

[meteorite-list] Help

Michael Blood wrote: "I am trying to see if I can now get list mail. For days I have been able to send, but NOT receive list mail." Hello Michael and List, Similar problem here although it has nothing to do with MeteoriteCentral. There are several computers in our house and we are all intercon

Re: [meteorite-list] Jules Verne goes to pieces

Darren wrote: "You HAVE to watch this reentry video! (Really, if you don't watch it, I'll hit this button australite with this hammer) http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html No, please, don't hit your australite button with a hammer to pieces because we know what you mean! When you watch the re-ent

[meteorite-list] Year of Meteorrs (1859-60)

Dirk wrote: "The comet was most likely Comet 1859(1) - Comet Temple1." Sean wrote: "Is it possible that they were not actually speaking of a meteor/ meteorite, but referencing the Wilhelm Tempel 1859 comet?" Hello Dirk, Sean, and List, Not quite sure whether Comet 1859 and Comet Tempel 1 are

[meteorite-list] Zaragoza meteorite

Hi Mike and List, Mike wrote: "I have received confirmation that the Zaragoza meteorite was re-submitted to the NOMCOM for approval. This meteorite has been under study for nearly two years." Zaragoza is a very interesting IVA-AN iron. I own a 14.8-gram rectangular slice with two troilite incl

[meteorite-list] Tieschitz Pronunciation?

Mike inquired: I am hoping someone on the list can tell me/us the correct pronunciation of the Czech meteorite Tieschitz. I am horrible with guessing these things, but I would guess 'teesh-kytze.' Hi Mike and List, When Tieschitz fell in 1878, this region of the Czech Republic still belonged to

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day, Sep 20, 2008

Andrei wrote: "I dont think it's hercynite. Hercynite is an opaque phase" Hi Andrei and List, Hercynite is only opaque in thin section *if* it is deeply colored. Best, Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-l

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day, Sep 20, 2008

Tom wrote: "CK3.8 thin section in cross polarized light. This particular thin section has a large CAI. Within this inclusion is a most interesting structure". Hello All, These quatrangular, square-shaped crystals are probably hercynitic spinel (FeAl2O4). Best, Bernd

Re: [meteorite-list] Ziz Meteorite Photographs - Link

Hello "Operation Clean Sweep" and List, "In any case - enjoy" Thank you for sharing them, ...that's what I did! "I know they're not professional" That's definitely an understatement! Geoff, your comment(s), please! Some of these pictures are extraordinary! I especially like this overview: 14 +

[meteorite-list] IM CHAIT AUCTION THIS SUNDAY

> Then click the link for LOTS 200-250 at the top of the page .. then click the link for lots 201-250 Sorry! I couldn't resist. A teacher's blood still running in my veins :-)) But: I know that there are several list members who also love and collect crystals and minerals. Have a look at auctio

[meteorite-list] Cape York slice and NWA 4799 (AUB)

Sunday, September 14, I wrote: "... 61.4 g slice with a gorgeous troilite nodule smack in the center of that beautiful slice and I got it! It should be in my mailbox Tuesday or Wednesday and I can hardly wait to welcome it! Well, I got it on Tuesday and that gorgeous troilite inclusion almost kn

[meteorite-list] Marcin's NWA 5218 Eucrite shock melt breccia

> Just thought I would point out this really unusual and beautiful meteorite > avaiable at Marcin's site (www.polandmet.com). I just received my slice > and it is spectacular. Hi Jim, List and Eucrite Afficionados, Yes, I certainly agree and I am sure I would have purchased one or two slices of

[meteorite-list] Pallasovka Pallasite

Hello Sergey and List, Yesterday I got my two Pallasovka slices (12.22 + 7.68 grams) that I had purchased on EBay from Sergey. Thank you, Sergey for these pallasitic beauties with those remarkably large olivine crystals! Pallasovka is an interesting pallasite for several reasons: 1. Although it

Re: [meteorite-list] From Gary and CJ Foote

Hi Gary and C.J. Thank you very much for this wonderful piece of news: "Today I am cancer free" All thumbs up for your and your C.J.'s happy future!!! Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com __ http://www.meteoritecentra

[meteorite-list] Yellow Dog Mine and Meteorite

Mike inquired: "Hmmm ... any ideas on if this might be meteorite related? I can't find any info on 'Yellow Dog Mine' and 'meteorite' grouped together" Hi Mike and List, I just googled this 'Yellow Dog Mine' and found it was a mine in Michigan. *If* this object on the running board of the autombi

[meteorite-list] Wow! NWA 5411 on EBay again!

Hello Chondrule Buffs, Just in case you haven't seen them yet. I just "walked" past further slices of this remarkable L3 chondrite. The 8.7-gram slice harbors some really nice chondrules and that large oval chondrule probably measures ca. 6 mm in longest dimension! Wow, and look at that gorgeous

[meteorite-list] Megachondrules

Hello Martin and List, Martin wrote: "I just measured the mega chondrule in my slice of Alfianello Italy slice. It is 11mm x 8mm and almost dead center in the face, and pretty much all alone." Beautiful slice and wonderful chondrule with a nice-looking white rim! Is it a "bleached" chondrule? Ma

[meteorite-list] Steal of a Lifetime: Mirko's NWA 5411 (on EBay)

Hi Listees, Listoids, and (Mega-)chondrule Lovers, Some days ago a list member wrote about a "steal of a lifetime". Such things do happen and what a "steal of a lifetime" is probably depends on one's personal likes and dislikes. I encountered such a "steal" today when I saw Mirko Graul's new L3

[meteorite-list] My unclassified. vs. NWA 2622

Buona sera Francesco and List, Francesco wrote: "I found a picture of NWA 2622 that ...looks like a little end-piece that I have in collection as unclassified chondrite from Sahara...Do you think they are the same material?" A difficult question but they do look similar. I'll send you a pic of m

[meteorite-list] Sounds of Silence

Steve wrote: "has the list been quiet or am i not getting the posts?" Shh! Don't wake 'em up! ;-) Have a great day too ! Bernd ... zzz ... zzz __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://si

[meteorite-list] Metal detector on achondrite

Hi Elton, Pa(u)l and List, Elton wrote: "Native iron in stoney achondrites is exceedingly rare, only incidental, and certainly not in eucrites or diogenites." I certainly agree that native iron in achondrites is (relatively) rare but I wouldn't say it is "exceedingly" rare. Well, most of you will

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture, Aug 20, 2008 - Kainsaz (CO3.2) BO Chondrule

Crisp, colorful ... Just amazing! Reminds me of an Australian tektite button and also of the lunar walled plain Plato! Sincere congrats + thanks for sharing! Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteorite

[meteorite-list] Anita's article in the current issue of METEORITE(pp. 19-21)

Pete inquired: "Where does one get a copy of the article?" ==> http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/index.htm <== Cheers, Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailm

[meteorite-list] Anita's article in the current issue of METEORITE (pp. 19-21)

Hello Anita and List, Anita Westlake's article in the current issue of METEORITE entitled "Hall of Meteorites" is another "must read", especially if you still don't know how to display your collection and give it a "personal touch". I really loved these comments: "After all, that was one more (m

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