Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

2007-05-19 Thread Alexander Seidel
vine and exquiste cuisine that our neighbour country France has to offer... Alex Berlin/Germany Original-Nachricht Datum: Fri, 18 May 2007 18:19:46 -0600 Von: Michael Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: [meteorite-list] Looking for hunting

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

2007-05-19 Thread dean bessey
I have done OK with unclassified NWAs. In the catagory of the worst, most weathered ugly stuff that you ever see in morocco I once had a 400 gram meteorite on ebay for $77. Was a likely H chondrite as it had the magnetic qualities of an H. After not selling it I figured that it was so ugly that

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

2007-05-19 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi Dean and list, This is Tom Phillips the micrograph guy. I have purchased from Dean close to 200 Kg. over the years. He sure goes through the quantity of product. I don't think any one would have the time to closely examine everything he has sold. Good stuff is out there to be

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

2007-05-19 Thread Michael Murray
A big thanks to those that have taken time to share their success story. I am building steam now. I've got the fever and will be back out there hunting again soon. Congratulations on your finds, discoveries, etc.Excellent! Mike __

[meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

2007-05-18 Thread Michael Murray
Hi all, I'm not looking for details such as location, type, or any of that but, I need a meteorite hunting success story fix. Anyone have a recent one they would at least acknowledge on list? Coming up empty-handed so far this year... Michael Murray

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

2007-05-18 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
In a message dated 5/18/2007 6:25:33 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all, I'm not looking for details such as location, type, or any of that but, I need a meteorite hunting success story fix. Anyone have a recent one they would at least acknowledge on list?

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

2007-05-18 Thread Michael Farmer
Indeed, while going through 250 kilos of NWA 869's last week, a friend of mine picked out an achondrite, we thought was Lunar, but after a day of microprobing has proven it to be something else, very rare but not planetary. It almost went to China to be turned into beads! It pays to painstakingly

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

2007-05-18 Thread Norm Lehrman
Michael all, Here's a quick successful hunt story for you. I was headed home from a project in rural Nevada about a week ago and had a few hours to spare, so I dropped in on a dry lake near the road home. In two hours I had about 20 small fragments but huge dust devils were circling me like

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

2007-05-18 Thread David Pensenstadler
While on the subject - Here is a future success story. I will be out in the Gold Basin strewnfield on June 6 and June 7. If anyone wants to meet up with me, I will be at the turnoff to the left just after the second cattle guard on Greggs Hideout road (CR-139 on Google map). The GPS