RE: [meteorite-list] Fwd: More on the creationists at the MeteoriteFestival

2006-07-10 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello All, The Creation Research Society.is different, or least was at the festival. I did not look into them to know exactly where they stand on everything. It was obvious their thoughts on the origin of man, but agesuch as the writer is talking aboutit was less clear. It

Re: [meteorite-list] Beware of meteorite hunters

2006-07-10 Thread Adam Hupe
Bill, I legal terms, a meteorite is a rock in the most general sense. Now, mind your own business and don't bother me with your foul attitude. Why don't you go away, you do not contribute anything? Go away, scoot, move along! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Adam

Re: [meteorite-list] Beware of meteorite hunters

2006-07-10 Thread stan .
I legal terms, a meteorite is a rock in the most general sense. Adam, Export documents typically require SPECIFIC itimization, not generalizations. Try to export a bunch of plutonium described as 'lump of metal' and see how far it gets you. diamonds, fossils, and some antiquities could too

Re: [meteorite-list] Beware of meteorite hunters

2006-07-10 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List, I do not understand why Ali al Kathiri is commenting on something he is not directly involved with. This permit was issued before Royal Decree No. 27/2003, which apparently prohibits the mining of rocks without a permit. He seems to think it is ok to include meteorites under rocks

Re: [meteorite-list] Beware of meteorite hunters

2006-07-10 Thread stan .
Meteorites have very little or no commercial value until studied so these I dont know how much money you guys have spent on unclassified rocks, but given what I have sent to morroco as a minor player I'd have to beg to differ with you on that one. rocks were unconditionally released

AW: [meteorite-list] Beware of meteorite hunters

2006-07-10 Thread Martin Altmann
Again that discussion, and again I feel compelled to excrete my 2 cents, as I know those finders from that team. First there is no room for any suspicion, nor does it lead to any intuition to point with the finger to others, no matter from which direction. The team, which recovered the stones,

[meteorite-list] question feedback

2006-07-10 Thread paolo
Hi list , in 18/04/2006 i buy and later i recive a perfect meteorite on ebay from katy2karyso i decide to leave a positive feddback..but yet i not recive a my feedback !!! Question :if i'm a bayer i can recive a feedback for fast payment and corret offer, this is the rules correct? Ok

RE: [meteorite-list] Fwd: More on the creationists at the MeteoriteFestival

2006-07-10 Thread Rob McCafferty
There are more than one branch-or-whatever-it's-called- of creationist. Some acknowledge that the time period for creation is not literally 7 days accept evolution and say that the only important thing is that it was all begun by God. There are some who hold a far more fundamental view which says

Re: [meteorite-list] Insuring your meteorite collection

2006-07-10 Thread Jim Strope
I don't worry too much about it as the common criminal will walk past a $10,000 rock to steal the VCR. A safe deposit box and/or gun safe goes a long way to protecting rarities as well. Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 http://www.catchafallingstar.com - Original

AW: [meteorite-list] Fwd: More on the creationists at theMeteoriteFestival

2006-07-10 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Rob, And Einstein said smth about relativity... There exist a quote, in various versions, of Einstein: Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. Religion is a matter of faith and not of science,

Re: [meteorite-list] witness falls

2006-07-10 Thread Martin Horejsi
On 7/7/06, Steve Arnold, Chicago!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...witness falls ... ...immense of this. I can see why so many people focus on witness falls. Any comments??... Hi Steve, I comment on this regularly in my articles in the Meteorite Times:

RE: [meteorite-list] Fwd: More on the creationists at the MeteoriteFestival

2006-07-10 Thread Gary K. Foote
This seems to me to cover all the bases. It is the line I use when faced with 'hard core' creationists... 'How can you know what brush God used to paint heaven and earth?' Works most of the time. Gary On 10 Jul 2006 at 3:44, Rob McCafferty wrote: Some acknowledge that the time period

Re: [meteorite-list] Insuring your meteorite collection

2006-07-10 Thread almitt
Hi Mike, I think everyone has ran into this problem one time or another. Since they don't really understand meteorites it is hard for them to put a replacement cost on them. My insurer can't insure my collection. I had a good friend who sold insurance try to find someone to insure my

Re: AW: [meteorite-list] Fwd: More on the creationists at theMeteoriteFestival

2006-07-10 Thread almitt
Hi Martin and all, Well put Martin and best to leave this type of off topic post for other forums that deal with those type of issues. --AL Mitterling __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] re: Bcc, Extreme Breccia etc.

2006-07-10 Thread Marco Langbroek
Göran wrote: I got a rabid letter from the Boggy Creek Collection a couple of months ago but nothing happened after that, don't know what all these lunar meteowrong sellers have against me... Anyhow, it was really fun to read and it was cc:d to the cleaning staff too but I don't know if

[meteorite-list] Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1383090.ece Another meteorite hits Norway Aftenpoften (Norway) July 10, 2006 A meteorite weighing around two kilos landed right in the yard outside Bjørn Herigstad's home in coastal Jæren, western Norway, over the weekend. It's the second

[meteorite-list] re: Meteorite insurance

2006-07-10 Thread Marco Langbroek
I think everyone has ran into this problem one time or another. Since they don't really understand meteorites it is hard for them to put a replacement cost on them. My insurer can't insure my collection. I had a good friend who sold insurance try to find someone to insure my specimens. Both

[meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread Marco Langbroek
Here's a picture of this alledged meteorite: http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/article680993.ece I have my doubts. - Marco - Dr Marco Langbroek Dutch Meteor Society (DMS) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] private website http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek DMS website http://www.dmsweb.org

RE: [meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread mark ford
Looks like weathered pumice stone to me Hmm. Best, Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marco Langbroek Sent: 10 July 2006 17:25 To: meteorite list Subject: [meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway? Here's a

RE: [meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread Anita D. Westlake
Yeah, too many vesicules to be meteoric. Anita -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mark ford Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 11:41 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

[meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread Walter L. Newton
Here's the answer... Herigstad, meanwhile, isn't sure what he'll do with the meteorite, which could be a valuable sales object. A quick check on the Internet revealed prices as high as NOK 700,000 (more than USD 100,000). We had just been wondering whether a cabin we're building is getting

Re: [meteorite-list] re: Bcc, Extreme Breccia etc.

2006-07-10 Thread Göran Axelsson
Sounds just like the one I got. It was a bit longer and went to 24 other addresses on the university of Umeå. I got it after I removed the wikipedia referenses to his website that he had added. I will spare the list the mail but if anyone wants a copy just let me know. The funny thing is, I

Re: [meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread Rob McCafferty
I've got it. It's been bugging me what it reminded me of. Have you ever seen sea weathered plastic? It looks like a piece of the set from the original Star Trek. And even if it's rock I am pretty sure I've seen weathered rocks down on the beach which look similar to this thing. I'll pop down and

[meteorite-list] At the risk of diluting my chance

2006-07-10 Thread Darren Garrison
Its just a small Campo anyway, so have at it: http://sweepstakes.kalmbach.com/sweeps/default.aspx?swID=145auth=R3DZ7Hq5w8 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread Göran Axelsson
I don't think it is pumice, it is too heavy at two kg and it doesn't look like that. There is almost none vesicular lava in Norway but there are a lot of rocks that easily weathers into this pattern of dimples on the surface. This looks like a glacial rock that has been weathered. It is too

[meteorite-list] AD - Several Excellent Auctions Ending!

2006-07-10 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, I have several excellent auctions ending this afternoon including a few more kilo lots of unclassified, uncleaned and uncut bulk material at a starting price of less than 5 cents a gram with a But-it-Now price of less than 6 cents a gram. I loaded up thousands of worth of

RE: [meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread tracy latimer
Yes... hmmm... are those regmaglypts or weathered chisel marks, indeed? If regmaglypts, where's the fusion crust? Tracy Latimer From: mark ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway? Date: Mon, 10 Jul

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: More on the creationists attheMeteoriteFestival

2006-07-10 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Martin, your emphasis on tolerance demonstrates a seasoned wisdom. Over emphasis on differences creates barriers. Trying to change BELIEFS through argumentation can be ego driven and motivated by self-doubt. A problem arises in my mind in the tutelage of the uninstructed [the young]. The

[meteorite-list] Another meteorite lands in Norway

2006-07-10 Thread bernd . pauli
Anita: "Yeah, too many vesicules to be meteoric."Mark Ford: "Looks like weathered pumice stone to me." Marco: "I have my doubts." ... and, above all, the absence of a fusion crust that a freshly fallen stone should have, ... even an aubrite should have one (like Norton County). Cheer,

Re: [meteorite-list] Insuring your meteorite collection

2006-07-10 Thread bobe5531
I know of a collector who was paying a annual premium that was 1% of the decared collection value. The collectors collection is valued $1,000,000 + . So the insuring costs can get pretty high. You can get somedecent vaults for $10K Bob -- Original message -- From: "Jim

Re: [meteorite-list] Congratulations Matteo

2006-07-10 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Thanksfinaly after 24 years the cup its return to Italysorry for France but Zidane its a very inaccurate gambler. Matteo --- Mike Groetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: ..on your country winning the championship. Mike Groetz __ Do

RE: [meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread Michael Farmer
Certainly not a meteorite. Mike Farmer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marco Langbroek Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 9:25 AM To: meteorite list Subject: [meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway? Here's a picture of this

[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorites in the Martian Hills

2006-07-10 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/images/mer-20060710.html Possible Meteorites in the Martian Hills July 10, 2006 [This vertical mosaic of images shows a slope draped with ripples of sand moving up] From its winter outpost at Low Ridge inside Gusev Crater, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Meteorites in the Martian Hills

2006-07-10 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:12:35 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Exploration Rover Spirit took this spectacular, color mosaic of hilly, sandy terrain and two potential iron meteorites. The two light-colored, smooth rocks about two-thirds of the way up from the bottom of the frame have been labeled Zhong Shan

[meteorite-list] More on the creationists

2006-07-10 Thread Metorman46
Hello: I have given this matter a lot of thought also,over the years and decided the answer for me is Creative Evolution .Dynamics and Mechanics.Sure makes me feel more at ease thinking such a thing. ( Just my thoughts ). Good Day;Herman Archer.

[meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread Bjorn Sorheim
Hello List, Here is also the local province TV news for Rogaland, that claim this is most probably a meteorite! First story in news there today. This is made by the national public TV of Norway - NRK, the no. 1 station in Norway. It was also very similarly conveyed on TV2, the biggest comercial

[meteorite-list] re: Another Meteorite Lands in Norway?

2006-07-10 Thread Bjorn Sorheim
Hello List, Certainly share your doubts about this one. Could be a very earthly plutonic rock, e.g. 'mangerite' which is common in places in Norway...? Here is a link to the local astronomy society with some good close-up pictures: http://www.ux.his.no/saf/ Bjørn Sørheim, in Norway

[meteorite-list] new isotopic results suggest new classifications for some meteorites

2006-07-10 Thread David Weir
Hello Adam, I would like to thank you and your brother for your generous contribution to my website/collection of your first true brachinite from the Sahara, NWA 3151. You have implied that the previously considered first Saharan brachinite, NWA 595, was now determined not to be a member of

[meteorite-list] Re: new isotopic results suggest new classifications for some meteorites

2006-07-10 Thread Adam Hupe
NWA 3151 is the only true Brachinite to come from Africa from what I was told by Dr. Irving and this has not changed. Here is the Meteoritical Bulletin concerning NWA 3151 with O-Isotope results published: http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=32483 Regards, Adam

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: new isotopic results suggest new classifications for...

2006-07-10 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 7/10/2006 7:00:43 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: NWA 3151 is the only true Brachinite to come from Africa from what I was told by Dr. Irving and this has not changed. Here is the Meteoritical Bulletin concerning NWA 3151 with O-Isotope results

[meteorite-list] [ebay] some more stuff ending in about 2 days

2006-07-10 Thread stan .
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQrdZ0QQsassZlaserprogram ending 12 july at around 1900hrs PDT - some assorted small specimins including a few historics, a neat new chondrule laden H4 and others. TIA __ Meteorite-list mailing

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: new isotopic results suggest new classifications for...

2006-07-10 Thread Adam Hupe
Here is the Meteoritical Bulletin link for Tafassasset. I do not recall it ever being classified as a Brachinite although some might consider it the world's first CR7 or Metachondrite, whichever term one is more comfortable with. Some used the term in the past Brachinite-like to describe it on

Re: [meteorite-list] Congratulations Matteo

2006-07-10 Thread Armando Afonso
Well done, Italy. AA - Portugal (Sniff!) - Original Message - From: M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Congratulations Matteo Thanksfinaly after

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - July 11, 2006

2006-07-10 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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[meteorite-list] Costa Rican Meteorite Fun - Ad

2006-07-10 Thread Paul Harris
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[meteorite-list] Costa Rican Meteorite Fun - Ad

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