Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

2008-06-16 Thread mckinney trammell
me dave etched a totally bitchin', 70% metal, pv completeslice , fusion-crusted yesterday- turned out beautiful! --- On Sat, 6/14/08, Dark Matter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Dark Matter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley To: [EMAIL

[meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

2008-06-14 Thread bernd . pauli
Mike Farmer writes: I found one stone, and bought many more for a total of more than 15 kilos. and: Happy Birthday to one of my favorite meteorites A very enthusiastic Mike Farmer sent me this mail on Wed, 22 Jul 1998: Bernd, I just returned from the UofA where most of the analysis is being

[meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley - some more tidbits of interest

2008-06-14 Thread bernd . pauli
Darryl Pitt about Portales Valley: Darryl Pitt, who on behalf of the Macovich Collection has acquired nearly 10 kg of Portales Valley, reports that Netschaevo, a chemically anomalous medium octahedrite with H6 silicate inclusions appears to be similar to Portales Valley. Said Pitt, It would seem

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

2008-06-14 Thread mckinney trammell
good stuff- i got a smoker from hardy that is 70% ETCHED IRON that resides royally in my frame of finer skyrox. --- On Sat, 6/14/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

2008-06-14 Thread Dark Matter
Hi Bernd and All, For a close up view of PV, check out Tom's Micro Visions article on it. I suspect that piece might be the PV with the finest polish in the world. Thanks Tom! -Martin On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 9:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Farmer writes: I found one stone, and

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

2008-06-14 Thread Dark Matter
Sorry, forgot the link: http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2006/September/Micro_Visions.htm happy viewing. On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Dark Matter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bernd and All, For a close up view of PV, check out Tom's Micro Visions article on it. I suspect that

[meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

2008-06-13 Thread Michael Farmer
Ten years ago today, June 13, 1998, one of the weirdest and most beautiful chondrites known fell in Portales, New Mexico. I got a phone call from Jack Schrader, who said he saw it on the 10 pm news in Tucson that a large meteorite had fallen. Within an hour I was in my car on the road to New

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

2008-06-13 Thread Robert Woolard
Amen to that! Robert Woolard --- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ten years ago today, June 13, 1998, one of the weirdest and most beautiful chondrites known fell in Portales, New Mexico. I got a phone call from Jack Schrader, who said he saw it on the 10 pm news in Tucson