Re: [meteorite-list]pterodactyl egg (ad)

2005-06-17 Thread Michael L Blood
Darren, It is likewise nice to clarify that your humanitarian generosity is exclusively addressed to the property of others. And to further clarify - it is not my asking price, but the asking price of the owner (no doubt an evil capitalist lurking in the dark recesses somewhere out

Re: [meteorite-list] Extreme melting event defines Earth's early history

2005-06-17 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, With all the usual caveats about this being a press release and with the full admission that I agree with and welcome the results of this study, I have a complaint about a particularly ridiculous statement, namely: One possible explanation of the difference in 142Nd/144Nd between

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 2906, NWA 869

2005-06-17 Thread Meteoriteshow
Hi All, There are still some L's from the Sahara that are not called '869'! YES! As you probably know we have some Acfer and Tanezrouft meteorites that are not '869' and that will become more and more rare as it is now impossible to go and hunt for meteorites in Algeria... Enjoy!

[meteorite-list] RED ROCK AND ENISHIEM

2005-06-17 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Good day to everyone.I want to thank all those who gave me info on the red rock distribution.It seems most of it resides in california.This makes me REALLY appreciate my 78 gram piece even more.Now on to enishiem!What is going on over there?TRADES?SELLING?ANYTHING NEW?WHATS GOING ON?To someone who

[meteorite-list] How I (mis)treated my Brahin

2005-06-17 Thread Göran Axelsson
I bought a Brahin slice about eight months ago. When I got it it was already rusty even though it was sealed. The rust were everywhere under the lacquer and had even seeped through and stained the paper it was wrapped in. It was also broken in three pieces in the freight. The seller told me it

AW: [meteorite-list] How I (mis)treated my Brahin

2005-06-17 Thread Jörn Koblitz
Hello Gran, I bought a Brahin slice about eight months ago. When I got it it was already rusty even though it was sealed. The rust were everywhere under the lacquer and had even seeped through and stained the paper it was wrapped in. If the specimen prepared this way wasn't well dried before

[meteorite-list] Re: Ad 1$ Ebay Auctions

2005-06-17 Thread meteoriteplaya
Hi List Just want to mention that I have a few auctions currently on Ebay. Many are still at the opening bid of $1 http://littlink.com/2qbpd Thanks for looking! Mike -- Mike Jensen IMCA 4264 Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 303-337-4361 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com

Re: [meteorite-list]pterodactyl egg (ad)

2005-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:09:43 -0700, Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And to further clarify - it is not my asking price, but the asking price of the owner (no doubt an evil capitalist lurking in the dark recesses somewhere out there). Yes, that is exactly what I think. I DO

Re: [meteorite-list] Extreme melting event defines Earth's early history

2005-06-17 Thread MexicoDoug
Darren G. writes: If chondrites with a close to solar average composition are close enough to the Earth to be nudgable into an Earth-intercepting orbit, why would it b e such a stretch to think that the Earth could be made up of chondrites that, overall, averaged out to the solar average?

Re: [meteorite-list] RED ROCK AND ENISHIEM

2005-06-17 Thread Courtois Julien
Testing if my new adress allows me to post (I can't with my main adress) Regarding Ensisheim, I'll be there tomorow (Saturday)! What is going on over there?TRADES?SELLING?ANYTHING NEW?WHATS GOING ON? All of the above + drinking meteorite beer and wine ;-) BTW, it's only officialy starting

Re: [meteorite-list] RED ROCK AND ENISHIEM

2005-06-17 Thread JKGwilliam
Steve, The name is Ensisheim not enishiem. Please note the correct spelling and that it begins with a capital E. Write it down on a Post-it-Note and attach to your computer monitor. We don't want anyone to think that you are a simpleton or something similar. Best, John Gwilliam At 03:30

Re: [meteorite-list]pterodactyl egg (ad)

2005-06-17 Thread Michael L Blood
on 6/17/05 6:55 AM, Darren Garrison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:09:43 -0700, Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And to further clarify - it is not my asking price, but the asking price of the owner (no doubt an evil capitalist lurking in the dark recesses

Re: [meteorite-list]pterodactyl egg (ad)

2005-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:23:22 -0700, Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So looking foreword to talking to you more - but OFF LIST, please. Nope. I'll not be replying to you again on list or off (after this, of course). You fit my definition of the worst of smugglers and pirates.

Re: [meteorite-list]pterodactyl egg (ad)

2005-06-17 Thread Michael L Blood
Ar! We Pirates be scallywags, we be! Cap'n Blood on 6/17/05 10:28 AM, Darren Garrison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:23:22 -0700, Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So looking foreword to talking to you more - but OFF LIST, please.

Re: [meteorite-list]pterodactyl egg (ad)

2005-06-17 Thread JKGwilliam
Annoying ones at that! JKG At 10:28 AM 6/17/2005, Michael L Blood wrote: Ar! We Pirates be scallywags, we be! Cap'n Blood on 6/17/05 10:28 AM, Darren Garrison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:23:22 -0700, Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[meteorite-list] Ad New Silicated IIIC (prov.) ending on ebay

2005-06-17 Thread Arizona Skies Meteorites
Hi all. Just a reminder for those intersted in irons...we have a beautiful new silicated iron which appears to be a member of the old IIIC group (now IA-sLM group) ending on ebay in just over 2 hours. http://makeashorterlink.com/?D6852484B We also have several spectacular slices (both etched

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad New Silicated IIIC (prov.) ending on ebay

2005-06-17 Thread Arizona Skies Meteorites
Hi Matteo. Yes, it appears to be stable. Comparing this to nantan is somewhat like comparing apples to oranges. Nantan has a nickel content of only 6.88% and is a member of the IAB main group. This silicated iron has a nickel content of 13.8% and appears to be a member of the IAB LM subgroup which

[meteorite-list] Göran

2005-06-17 Thread Dana
Hi, It is possible the person applied a water based lacquer/varnish to your rock and accidentally ruined your piece that way. I was wondering if you took before and after pictures. I would like to see them if you did! I would not buy from that person a second time though if I were you. I

[meteorite-list] Ad- NWA-1465 main mass for sale!

2005-06-17 Thread Edwin Thompson
Hi Folks, For any of you interested in collecting main masses of carbonaceous chondrites, I am offering for sale the main mass of NWA-1465 the huge mainmass of a very unusual C3 anomalous. The stone is weathered and cracked but very pretty on the inside. This stone was brought to the marketplace

[meteorite-list] NWA-1465

2005-06-17 Thread Edwin Thompson
Yes you figured it out right on the gnat. The main mass of NWA 1465 weighs in at 7.8 kilograms. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Asteroids and Meteorites (thread was: Extreme Melting...)

2005-06-17 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Darren, List, The notion that the solar nebula was pretty much the same everywhere and that the planets all formed from the same stuff and varied only in how much volatiles they retained is another dead dog. Even in the main belt (from which most our meteorite samples are derived),

[meteorite-list] overland park

2005-06-17 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi list.I am looking for a piece of overland park,kansas meteorite.At least 12 grams or bigger please.My sister-in-law lives there, and she said she would love to see a piece.So please email off list with what you might have.Paypal will pay tonight or tomorrow.

[meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread MarkF
Hi List and the gently feuding I've been listening to the pros and cons of collecting and what some people feel is the right thing to do with something that might be scientificly important. The first things that come to mind are the years long court battles waged between a certain curator

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - June 17, 2005

2005-06-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Scenic Stop - sol 511-517, June 17, 2005 This week Spirit finished examining an area on the rock Backstay that was brushed away with the rock abrasion tool. Using the microscopic imager and the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer,

[meteorite-list] Meteor Crater AZ.

2005-06-17 Thread Bob Evans
I'll be making my first visit to the world famous Meteor Crater in AZ. in a couple of weeks. Im just curious... for those that have been there, do they sell any meteorites? Canyon Diablo as well as other meteorites? Thanks Bob E __

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Or Someone bangs and clangs the super cymbals on capt'n Bloods attempt at commerce by claiming the egg is sandstone and thus killing a chance for the poor Kansas dirt farmer's kid that will never have a future as the real egg the kid spent five summers looking for on his grandpaws

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread joseph_town
Ok Darren. So you stub your toe on a crystal skull with a pristine meteorite, at least it looks like one, visible inside. You then notice the bones of what looks like a very large hominid, 9 ft. tall, wearing a Conquistador helmet and holding a Viking battle-axe, forget that you're not sure

[meteorite-list] Off topic fossil entertainment Delete unless bored.

2005-06-17 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear List; Please forgive my off meteorite topic but our gracious meteorite collector/birthday mayhem bash host Geoff Notkin also hosts a paleontological email list ( sort of related to meteorite ...personalities), and I have put up some great adventure pictures of digging fossil fishes at

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 02:27:02 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok Darren. So you stub your toe on a crystal skull with a pristine meteorite, at least it looks like one, visible inside. You then notice the bones of what looks like a very large hominid, 9 ft. tall, wearing a Conquistador helmet and

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread joseph_town
Wait a minute, Don't reply in private. Do you mean to say that after all that public criticism, you don't have a plan? After listening to you talk I expected better. If you expect purity of action you should define such a plan, a guideline for all to follow. Bill -- Original

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 03:18:28 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wait a minute, Don't reply in private. Do you mean to say that after all that public criticism, you don't have a plan? After listening to you talk I expected better. If you expect purity of action you should define such a plan, a

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread joseph_town
Absurd? You are tiresome. Review your posts over the last few months. I think it would have been kind of you to spare the list a good portion of it. Bill -- Original message -- From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 03:18:28 +, [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread MexicoDoug
Darren G. wrote: Give the finder a fair finder's fee, yes, but don't let him sell it to any ass with a wad of cash. Hey Darren, I am sympathetic to your intentions and the importance of good science being done by qualified individuals to increase the sphere of human knowledge. But the

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 03:37:14 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Absurd? You are tiresome. Review your posts over the last few months. I think it would have been kind of you to spare the list a good portion of it. Probably. I'm aware that I'm probably too opinionated for my own good, and not

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:37:45 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have much to say specificly in reply to this, other than to say that I do appeciate it and thought it to be well thought out and conciderate. I will say that I probably would have reacted with less anger if my original two (I

Re: [meteorite-list] OT Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread joseph_town
Darren, What is this Saviour complex you have all about? 30 pieces of silver? Can you be a savior and a martyr at the same time. Will you be on or off the cross tomorrow? A well defined crusade is one thing. Going on about every injustice ever perpetrated by our species is ridiculous. Bill

[meteorite-list] Re: Asteroids and Meteorites (thread was: Extreme Melting...)

2005-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:03:03 -0500, Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've always known Vesta and its family were very distinct, so highly differentiated, and now seems they had magma oceans, too, The magma oceans part seems to be a non-issue to me. After all, wouldn't an

[meteorite-list] Fossil List

2005-06-17 Thread Thomas Webb
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Re: [meteorite-list] OT Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Mmm...the Native Americans are in court now to get rent from the swindle that took place over Manhatten nearly 200 years ago.Now, there is good cause to champion! DF Maybe there is a meteorite there! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Darren, What is this Saviour complex you have all

[meteorite-list] Terraforming: Human Destiny or Hubris?

2005-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_terraforming_brody-1.html Say the word terraforming amidst a gathering of space enthusiasts and its a bit like upending your beer mug in an Australian pub. It means youre ready to duke it out with anybody in the joint. And the fight usually breaks out along

[meteorite-list] Pterosaur egg

2005-06-17 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, All, Could I remind everyone that what is being argued about here is all hypothetical. Apart from Capt'n Blood, who as broker is obligated to protect the privacy and confidentiality of both buyer and seller I believe, no one has any concrete first hand knowledge about this matter.

[meteorite-list] Chat room?

2005-06-17 Thread Matson, Robert
Any lurkers want to hit the chat room again this evening? --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: 6/16/2005 6:54 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Chat tonight? Hello List, Al use to do this from time to time and it always got fairly