[meteorite-list] Cybexx Meteorite-watches Con

2006-02-16 Thread Martin Altmann
Hola list, wanna laugh? http://cgi.ebay.de/NEU-Cybexx-Meteoritenuhr-als-Digitaluhr-empf-VK-169-00_W0 QQitemZ8902289212QQcategoryZ55219QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (item 8902289212) German ebay at present is flooded with those watches (and I fear soon US-ebay too). The CYBEXX METEORA ! Text says:

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2006-02-16 Thread Jim Strope
Transparent Seymchan 23 grams, 82mm by 52mm by 1.5mm thick. http://www.catchafallingstar.com/images/ebay/Seymchan23.JPG Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 http://www.catchafallingstar.com - Original Message - From: M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[meteorite-list] Iron Meteorites May Be Solar System Boomerangs

2006-02-16 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8729 Iron meteorites may be solar system boomerangs Maggie McKee New Scientist 16 February 2006 Iron meteorites thought to have originated in the asteroid belt beyond Mars may actually have formed near Earth, a new study reports. The work may

[meteorite-list] Acapulcoites and NWA 725

2006-02-16 Thread bernd . pauli
I'm must be missing something. What could one conclude by comparing thin sections of NWA 725 and a known winonaite? I understand that distinguishing among acapulcoites, lodranites and winonaites is not a textural exercise nor can they be resolved by just their mineral composition. Hello

[meteorite-list] Acapulcoites and NWA 725

2006-02-16 Thread bernd . pauli
Hmm ?!? Just noticed something contradictory: The winonaites are texturally similar to acapulcoites, but the winonaites contain coarser grains and abundant crosscutting metal-sulfide veins. Marvin's pic of the Acapulco thin section shows grains that are coarser than the ones of NWA 1054 but

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2006-02-16 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Unortunately I still don't have a thin section of an acapulcoite but the one pictured in Marvin Killgore's Color Atlas of Meteorites in Thin Section on pages 208-211 (Acapulco) surely looks different than the winonaite on pages 232-235 (NWA 1054). but

Re: [meteorite-list] Acapulcoites and NWA 725

2006-02-16 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
hello this is the official study and analysis http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1808.pdf Matteo --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Hmm ?!? Just noticed something contradictory: The winonaites are texturally similar to acapulcoites, but the winonaites contain coarser

[meteorite-list] Acapulcoites and NWA 725

2006-02-16 Thread bernd . pauli
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1808.pdf Matteo, thank you for the link. An interesting detail with regard to NWA 725's status as a winonaite or an acapulcoite might be this conclusion by the authors at the end of the paper: ... the Cr2O3 contents of high-Ca pyroxenes, (1.56 -

[meteorite-list] Re: Ad Wanted HB Iron Meteorites

2006-02-16 Thread meteoriteplaya
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[meteorite-list] Raffle winner? Me neither.

2006-02-16 Thread Martin Horejsi
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2006-02-16 Thread Dave Carothers
WOW!! - Original Message - From: Jim Strope [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Transparent Seymchan 23 grams, 82mm by 52mm by 1.5mm thick.

[meteorite-list] Acapulcoites and NWA 725

2006-02-16 Thread bernd . pauli
Hmm-ing again :-) The winonaites are texturally similar to acapulcoites, but the winonaites contain coarser grains and abundant crosscutting metal-sulfide veins. Could this by a typo because: Marvin's pic of the Acapulco thin section shows grains that are coarser than the ones of NWA 1054 ...

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover to Seek Safe Winter Haven

2006-02-16 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8730 Mars rover to seek safe winter haven Kimm Groshong New Scientist 16 February 2006 While Spirit busily studies a finely layered outcrop dubbed Home Plate, mission planners say the rover's daily power supply is steadily dropping. And with the

[meteorite-list] Cherry Picked

2006-02-16 Thread Bob Evans
Is it just me? or is the term Cherry Picked being as misused as the term oriented ?? Ooooh !!! . look at this cherry picked gem : http://cgi.ebay.com/980-GRAM-CHERRY-PICK-CRUSTED-METEORITE-AFRICA-METEOR_W0QQitemZ6606270947QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Bob

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2006-02-16 Thread Kashuba, Ontario, California
Bernd, I don't mind at all. I think I'm with you wishing I could lean over the 'scope and think Ah, yes, heat and time makes crystals grow and chondrules disappear. Metal migrates and other stuff does too. And thereby progress in an orderly way from chondrites through these primitive

[meteorite-list] Looking for Nantan Crystals

2006-02-16 Thread Rob Wesel
Hello all I got a request for a large Nantan crystal in the 500 gram to 2 kilo range. Similar to these http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/catalog/nantanxls.htm I know there were some that size on the bay a few months back, wish I would have bought them all. If you have a biggun for sale

[meteorite-list] OT: MATTEO money for you!!

2006-02-16 Thread Martin Altmann
Sorry list. La principessa sui piselli - has blocked my address, told you, Matteo. There is a client for you, for whom I should paypal you some bucks. Gimme your paypal-address or I take the money and run. Martin Il Principe vero dei meteoriti __

Re: [meteorite-list] Cherry Picked

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Hupe
Who is this jackstraw922 guy? I agree with Bob, Cherry Picked Orinated? Looks like the five cent a gram stuff to me. Maybe if he could spell oriented properly we could take him seriously. It is dealers like this that give everybody else a bad name. These look like W6 to me without a sign of metal.

Re: [meteorite-list] Cherry Picked

2006-02-16 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Bob, No, it's not just you. -Walter - Original Message - From: Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:38 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Cherry Picked Is it just me? or is the term Cherry

[meteorite-list] etchfest 2006

2006-02-16 Thread harlan trammell
well, anita and i scored some hno3 had etch fever. we had a most embarrasing array of sky iron from social circle, ga, to taza, to gibeon and everything in between. results: gibeon: BEAUTIFUL, silver, aluminum-like etch- taza- SNOWFLAKE etch, sardis, ga KILLER big-crystal silver flashes! social

[meteorite-list] Wanted - Milton Meteorite

2006-02-16 Thread Tim Heitz
Hello List, I'm looking for a slice of the Milton Meteorite of Missouri, U.S.A Please e-mail off list with offers at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best regards, Tim Heitz __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Cherry Picked

2006-02-16 Thread MexicoDoug
En un mensaje con fecha 02/16/2006 7:47:05 PM Mexico Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribe: Orinated?: Give me a break! Adam Adam, vulgar (sens. common) definition, #1 a break in south Texas (Spanglish dictionary) Saludos, Doug __

Re: [meteorite-list] Cherry Picked

2006-02-16 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
where is oriented? Matteo --- Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Is it just me? or is the term Cherry Picked being as misused as the term oriented ?? Ooooh !!! . look at this cherry picked gem :

Re: [meteorite-list] Acapulcoites and NWA 725

2006-02-16 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello NWA 1054 was very affected, and its 100% confirmed is a acapulcoite - many oldest why we have found complete chondrules into - and is paired to nWA 1052, another acapulcoite. The problem is, NWA 1052/1054 have the same matrix of NWA 1058, and this have the same problems of classification

Re: [meteorite-list] Acapulcoites and NWA 725 - correct

2006-02-16 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello NWA 1054 was very studied, and its 100% confirmed is a acapulcoite - many oldest why we have found complete chondrules into - and is paired to nWA 1052, another acapulcoite. The problem is, NWA 1052/1054 have the same matrix of NWA 1058, and this have the same problems of classification why