Re: [meteorite-list] what is it?

2012-02-25 Thread Thomas Webb
Looks like hematite or limonite to me! Thomas --- On Sat, 2/25/12, Stuart McDaniel wrote: > From: Stuart McDaniel > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] what is it? > To: "W&S Schroer" , meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 11:55 PM >

[meteorite-list] What is it?

2011-08-29 Thread Walter L. Newton
Found this little 4.7 gram "pebble" among a parcel of unclassified NWA meteorites I purchase a few years ago from Morocco. Its' non-magnetic and when I cut it open, this is what was inside. I realize that a picture is not the final determination on what a stone is or isn't, but, any educated guesse

[meteorite-list] What is it?

2011-08-29 Thread Walter L. Newton
Found this little 4.7 gram "pebble" among a parcel of unclassified NWA meteorites I purchase a few years ago from Morocco. It's non-magnetic and when I cut it open, this is what was inside. I realize that a picture is not the final determination on what a stone is or isn't, but, any educated guesse

Re: [meteorite-list] What is it? NWAxxx???

2011-02-19 Thread tett
The darkness could be impact melt or close to it (High shock). Must be an OC with the large chondrule showing. I have a slice of NWA4588 which is an L5-S5 with a matrix that looks bang on to yours. Cheers! tett Owen Sound, Ontario On 19/02/2011 6:51 PM, Jim Wooddell wrote: Hi all! This wa

[meteorite-list] What is it? NWAxxx???

2011-02-19 Thread Jim Wooddell
Hi all! This was in the pile of NWA space rocks I bought at Tucson. It is much darker in color, with less free metal and few chondrules. Any idea as to what it might be? http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org/4sale/unwa4gC.jpg http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org/4sale/unwa4gB.jpg Thanks for any input! Jim

Re: [meteorite-list] What Is It?

2006-12-27 Thread Gary K. Foote
My bad. No problem Art. Gary On 26 Dec 2006 at 19:51, Art wrote: > Hi Gary; > > As contests like this are basically a way of promoting your website > (which I have no problem with), please put -AD- in the subject line. > Thanks. > > -Art > > On 12/26/06, Gary K. Foote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

[meteorite-list] What Is It Response

2006-12-26 Thread Gary K. Foote
05.1960 17.00 hrs. > > Best Wishes > > Ingo > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Gary > K. Foote Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Dezember 2006 21:44 An: > meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: [meteorit

Re: [meteorite-list] What Is It?

2006-12-26 Thread Gary K. Foote
05.1960 17.00 hrs. > > Best Wishes > > Ingo > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Gary > K. Foote > Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Dezember 2006 21:44 > An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >

[meteorite-list] What Is It?

2006-12-26 Thread Gary K. Foote
WHAT IS IT? See the pictures at http://www.meteorite-dealers.com - right side of the front page - two images of the same micrometeorite. First correct answer wins a free 3 month ad on the front page of meteorite-dealers.com. The seller and previous owners of this meteorite are exempted from

RE: [meteorite-list] What is It?

2005-06-15 Thread Charles Viau
: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 11:01 PM To: Dave Freeman mjwy; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What is It? Slow down Dave, I didn't say it is a winner; I just don't know what it is. I can't seem to get the picture back up (I think the auction has been can

Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?

2005-06-15 Thread Norm Lehrman
Slow down Dave, I didn't say it is a winner; I just don't know what it is. I can't seem to get the picture back up (I think the auction has been cancelled), but it looked to me like all the phases were very coarsely crystalline. In this case, metal or no metal, it couldn't be a basalt (which i

Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?

2005-06-15 Thread ken newton
Larry, Dave and List, Greg Baumgartner (4263greg) has an ebay history of selling rocks as meteorites. He sold his 'Meteorite Eartharight Stones' on ebay back in March. You may remember, he described the stones as meteoritic and terrestrial. He then progressed to the hard-core fakes: "Meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?

2005-06-15 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
:00 -0600 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What is It? I believe that a week ago we determined this to be a crackpot. Iron rich olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may be. I have some somewhere. DF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea w

Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?

2005-06-15 Thread Norm Lehrman
Dave, In a career working frequently with basalts, I've never seen megascopic free metal. I also have never heard of the same. Basalts are, by nature, iron rich, but for all practical purposes, most of the iron is present in silicate phases. This thing isn't a basalt. I don't have any better i

Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?

2005-06-15 Thread thetoprok
an mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:53:00 -0600 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What is It? I believe that a week ago we determined this to be a crackpot. Iron rich olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may be. I

Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?

2005-06-15 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
I believe that a week ago we determined this to be a crackpot. Iron rich olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may be. I have some somewhere. DF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what it is? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem

[meteorite-list] What is It?

2005-06-15 Thread thetoprok
Hello List, Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what it is? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6538683982&rd=1 -Larry __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/ma

Re: [meteorite-list] What is it??

2005-04-10 Thread Jason Utas
Hello All, A few years ago I traveled to Meteor Crater with my father and older brother. While we were there we did stop a few (~5-10) miles from the crater, on public land near the highway. While there we found an excellent ammonite, en matrix and a couple of small impactite specimens. They are

Re: [meteorite-list] What is it??

2005-04-10 Thread Graham Christensen
olitehunter msn messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What is it?? Elton noted: "Act

Re: [meteorite-list] What is it??

2005-04-10 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Elton noted: "Actually folks..there IS a glass impactite found at Meteor Crater. I have read the research long ago but not sure Iremember what it looks like. I even think HHN wrote about it." You are correct Elton, but the impactite looks like Monturique impactitewhich is also glass. whe

Re: [meteorite-list] What is it??

2005-04-10 Thread E. L. Jones
Actually folks..there IS a glass impactite found at Meteor Crater. I have read the research long ago but not sure Iremember what it looks like. I even think HHN wrote about it. Elton Jan Bartels wrote: Hi List, A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor Crater one of the crewmembers gav

Re: [meteorite-list] What is it??

2005-03-17 Thread joseph_town
It's a nice souvenir whatever it is. Maybe a campfire remnant from the Barringer crew. All the best, Bill -- Original message -- From: "Jan Bartels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi List, > > A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor Crater one of the > crewme

Re: [meteorite-list] What is it??

2005-03-17 Thread Arizona Skies Meteorites
Hello Jan and Congratulations on your marriage! What a wonderful place to have the ceremony. Best wishes to you and your new wife! -John & Dawn --- Jan Bartels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi List, > > A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor > Crater one of the > crewmembers gave us

Re: [meteorite-list] What is it??

2005-03-17 Thread Michael Farmer
Hate to tell you this, but I have found pieces of the same stuff around the crater, it is molten glass from burning garbage long ago. Mike Farmer - Original Message - From: "Jan Bartels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:35 AM Subject: [meteorite-

[meteorite-list] What is it??

2005-03-17 Thread Jan Bartels
Hi List, A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor Crater one of the crewmembers gave us a private rim tour. As a kind of wedding gift he gave us this piece of glass like material which he found on the rim some thirteen years ago . It has some grayish flakes included and even clearly visib

[meteorite-list] What is it this??

2005-01-13 Thread McomeMeteorite Meteorite
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/mars_object_050113.html http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=h_opportunity_rock0113_02.jpg&cap=Scientists+are+puzzling+over+object+found+at+Opportunity%92s+exploration+site+within+Meridiani+Planum.+Early+speculation+is+that+the+%9