[meteorite-list] favorite meteorite list

2009-12-31 Thread edwinthompson
I could only get my list of favorites down to twenty. In a word I simply think of these meteorites as 'cool'. Allan Hills 84001 Allende Almahata Sitta Angra Dos Reis Axtell D'Orbigny Governador Valadares Gujba Ibitira Krymka Lodran Murchison Nahkla Orgueil Renazzo Serra De Ma

[meteorite-list] Ad - Large piece of La-001 for sale

2009-11-21 Thread edwinthompson
Hello List members. We have acquired a 6.3 gram thick, partial slice of LA-001 with a broad edge covered with fusion crust. It comes with a Macovich collection label. The label reads 6.327 grams. We are happy to consider any reasonable offer for this fine, planetary specimen. Please contact E

[meteorite-list] Ad - thin sections of Ash Creek for sale

2009-06-10 Thread edwinthompson
Hi list members. We are selling beautiful thin sections of Ash Creek. These were made from a spectacular stone found by Patrick and display wonderful breccia. The sections have a large surface area. These are double polished, covered slides and are top quality. Only a few available now but mor

[meteorite-list] Ad - D'Orbigny for only $200.00 per gram

2009-05-09 Thread edwinthompson
Hi Folks, hey check out the main mass of D'Orbigny angrite now offered on Ebay for $200 per gram. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200334816725&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT Are there any curators out there that would like to add D'Orbigny angrite to their collections? We hav

[meteorite-list] Ad - D'Orbigny angrite main mass for $225 per gram!

2009-05-01 Thread edwinthompson
.OR BEST OFFER! Hello fellow list members. I understand that even though the price per gram for this amazing meteorite is low that the total amount is beyond many collector's budgets for a single specimen. Still, please check out the listing on EBay if you haven't already. The pictures ar

[meteorite-list] ad - D'Orbigny main mass for sale on Ebay

2009-04-24 Thread edwinthompson
Hello list members, We have featured the 2492 gram spectacular main mass of the angrite; D'Orbigny on EBay for only $295.00 per gram! You can click on this link or simply go to our web site to see the listing. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200334816725&ssPageName=ST

[meteorite-list] Ad - A new Web site for E.T. Meteorites

2009-03-22 Thread edwinthompson
Hello list members, Patrick has built a web site for E.T. Meteorites! It is in the earliest form of creation and is up and running. We have listed the entire collection of 1000 meteorite thin sections; all are priced and available for sale. Classic, collectable and antiquarian books on meteori

[meteorite-list] ad - E.T. selling a slice of Red Rock, California

2009-03-09 Thread edwinthompson
Hello list members. For those of you who collect California meteorites or for those who like to collect hard to obtain irons, I am selling a slice of Red Rock, California. It is a handsome slice that weighs 195 grams and measures 7 mm thick x 5.3 x 7.5 centimeters or 1/4" x 2" x 3". One edg

[meteorite-list] Ad for Patrick Thompson's meteorites from West, Texas

2009-03-01 Thread edwinthompson
Hello list members, Patrick arrived home last night from 8 days in Texas. He had a great time and found fifteen small stones that were drifting around in Outer Space less than two weeks ago! Although he has hunted new potential strewn fields since 1987, most recently the event over Elgin, Ore

[meteorite-list] Meteorite ad from E.T.

2009-02-26 Thread edwinthompson
Hello list members, we are very sorry to have missed all of you at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show this year. Patrick and I will be back next year and we are planning to share our room with Keith and Dana Jenkersen to cut down on the cost of doing Tucson. I have a leg injury from 36 years ago

[meteorite-list] Ash Creek meteorites being found in West, Texas

2009-02-26 Thread edwinthompson
Hello list members, Many of you meteorite hunters in West, Texas are finding stones that are broken exposing interior matrix. I know my son Patrick who is there hunting with Steve Arnold, Rob Wesel, Jason Phillips, Mike Bandli and a number of others is having a blast with everyone. Patrick

[meteorite-list] NWA nomenclature

2004-11-16 Thread edwinthompson
Hello Mike, very sorry for the confusion. Apparently Rob Wesel showed you the large collection of specimens that I am selling and in the group there were these two specimens with your numbers on them.  I bought the impact melt from Ali Hmani in Ste Marie Aux Mines, France this last June and he g

Re: [meteorite-list] Another fake name, serious business

2004-11-16 Thread edwinthompson
Hello Mike, very sorry for the confusion. Apparently Rob Wesel showed you the large collection of specimens that I am selling and in the group there were these two specimens with your numbers on them.  I bought the impact melt from Ali Hmani in Ste Marie Aux Mines, France this last June and he gav

[meteorite-list] A note from E.T. about Ebay items ad

2004-06-06 Thread edwinthompson
Hello all, no material found yet in Washington State but we are still looking and taking eye witness reports. With the help of several sources of data, ground zero should be figured out before too much longer and then we really get serious about covering ground. Of course, if a stone comes forwa

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2004-06-04 Thread edwinthompson
Hi List, met with Rob Wesel and his friend Matt in Chehalis, Washington today. Had a great day of networking in the area. Lots of eye witness reports of the fireball that occured this morning at 2:40 am. Unfortunately a lot of the people that saw the event were driving North and South on Interst

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Crashes In Washington

2004-06-03 Thread edwinthompson
Hello Ken and list, yes it looks like the real thing. Lots of eye witness reports of a giant fireball event at 2:40 am this morning over Chehalis Washington. Based on the multiple reports of sonic booms it is likely that material made it to the ground. So often we get fireballs here that are hea

[meteorite-list] ad - meteorites for sale on Ebay by E.T.

2004-05-30 Thread edwinthompson
Hello all you meteorite hunters and collectors. I have listed a number of meteorite specimens on E-Bay today and there are lots more to come. So far I have listed several howardites eucrites and ureilites. Next will follow,Amgala, NWA 3118 CV3, Thuathe and Park Forest - the Ralph Beneroya stone

[meteorite-list] A note from E.T.

2004-04-01 Thread edwinthompson
Hello list, for years several friends in the world of meteorites have been forwarding the "cat fights" to me. Without being present on the list I can still remember the good ole' days of Michael Casper fame and this guy who came out of nowhere after buying Ray Meyer's collection for a start-up