Hello,
I need your help: can anyone point me to some references (papers, books,
webpages, etc.) about synchotron radiation and/or electron microscopy
applications on meteorite studies?
Thanks,
Giovanni
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Hey all,
While I don't personally own a BL specimen, I'd be happy to add more photos
to the page Bernd mentioned below. If anyone has pic/s they'd like to share,
just send it/them to me off-list and I'll add it to the page.
Cheers,
Jeff
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To:
The picture is of H O Stockwell raising the Brenham Pallasite in 1949.
This picture features in Ellis L Pecks book Space Rocks and Buffalo
Grass, which tells a great story about the history of the Brenham strewn
field. Well worth getting.
Ellis L Peck and Myron Kimberly (not shown in that
Good Morning Meteorite Lovers
I have auctions ending tonight, ebay ID catchafallingstar.com. ALL started
at 99 Cents!!! There are NINE different planetary offerings as well as
Angrite, Taza, Amgala, etc.
A SUPER ORIENTED Sikhote-alin that has 27 ebay users currently watching it.
This
Greetings all,
I am thinking of introducing a product to help keep meteorites dry. I'll
go into more details when I have the product ready for shipping.
I was wanting input from collectors about using some blue crystals (with
chloride) with white crystals. The idea is to know when to charge or
I completely agree, Kirk. I just got mine 2 days ago
and I'm very happy with it. Mike and Jim did a great
job on these. Even my non-meteorite-loving friends
think these are cool.
Robert Woolard
--- Kirk Jenks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi ALL,
I just wanted to say hats off to Mike
Hi list.I know that some of the list members have some
what of a breakdown on who has some of these fine
specimens,but my question is,who has exactly what in
thier collections of nwa 1685.I have 310 grams in 2
individuals.Who has what?I would like to know.
Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!!
Hi Bob,
Yes..Mike and Jim really did a great job!. My friends all said the
same thing.they all thought that the coin was really very nicely done!!
Bravo again guys!!
Kirk...
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From: Robert Woolard [EMAIL
Hi Jason and all
That I know of there are at least 8 different postcards showing views
of Stockwell's find as well as 1 showing Steve Arnold's find. Most of
the 1000lb images show it setting on a table in the Big Well museum.
As you mentioned the images that show HO Stockwell are quite common
but
Hi Jeff, Bernd, Steve, list
NWA 1685 is just provisional (name description) in Met Bull database and
the tkw reported is 1302 g, which seems to be far beyond the value reported
bu Bernd. I believe Bernd's tkw (11.417 kg) should be the present most
likely tkw unless there are far more stones
Hello Sterling -
The present ice age is not going to return. The
currents of the Pacific Ocean were altered by a
massive impact at the end of the last ice age, and
most likely that impact was what ended it.
The important point here is how long NWA meteorites
have been accumulating, and as you
Hello List and BL lovers,
Some of you will remember that the brecciated LL5 chondrite NWA 1794 (LL5; S2;
W1; br)
that has numerous light-colored clasts and interspersed medium and dark gray
clasts in
its darker parts of the matrix was thought by some of us to be paired with
Dean's NWA 1685.
My
Anyone have any photos of NWA 371? A 3.2 gram cube-ish sample of this meteorite
was one of my early Ebay purchases, and it was one of my favorite pieces at the
time because it had a very complex look to it. I attemped to photograph all 6
sides of it (well, I succeeded in photographing all 6
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/russia-hits-back-at-space-blunder-claim/2007/03/29/1174761621087.html
It was a meteorite, not a satellite, says Russia
Sydney Morning Herald
March 29, 2007 -
A Chilean jetliner approaching New Zealand came within 20 seconds of
being hit by blazing objects
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html
SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Studies Rocks in Vicinity of Home Plate - sol
1141-1144, March 23, 2007:
Spirit remains healthy and spent much of the week studying a new rock
target on Mitcheltree Ridge called Torquas. Scientists are trying to
understand
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity
OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity Begins Imaging of 'Cape of Good Hope' -
sol 1118-1125, March 27, 2007:
Opportunity is healthy and making progress on the imaging campaign of
Cape St. Vincent.
On Sol 1116, Opportunity experienced a
Hi Al, list,
The blue crystals are indeed a cobalt chloride. Most of the current
colored (blue) dessicants actually consist in impregnating silica gel beads
(balls etc), by dehydrated cobalt chloride, that is blue.
For those who worry about the chemistry involved, let me ensure you that
Is there a provisional name for Mike's new pallasite? Great looking
meteorite, if you have not grabbed some yet, do so.
David Hardy
Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels
in 45,000
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6506539.stm
Russia, China aim for Red Planet
BBC News
March 29, 2007
China will launch a joint mission with Russia to Mars, a milestone in
space co-operation between the two countries.
The agreement was signed during a three-day visit to Russia by
http://www.dchieftain.com/news/70146-03-28-07.html
Tracking asteroids
Argen Duncan
El Defensor Chieftain (New Mexico)
March 28, 2007
Magdalena Ridge Observatory may join the search
NASA doesn't have the money to locate all of the asteroids that could
collide with and cause devastating damage
Hi Zelimir
Thanks for the fascinating explanation about how the chemistry of
cobalt chloride works. You actually made me say something I thought I
would never sayI'm really glad I took college chemistry. Of
course that was 25 years ago and I was kind of foolish then.
--
Mike
--
Mike Jensen
David, it has no provisional name yet, that will be
done when the classification is done in the next few
weeks. We are now waiting on another slice to be made,
with interior crystals now that I have found more
pieces. The bulk analysis is done, we just need some
microprobe time on clean crystals.
Dear list members,
I need a number of petrographic thin sections made
for a project. Unfortunately, the petrographic thin
section lab, which I used has gone out of business.
Can anyone recommend, off list if desired, one or
more petrographic thin section lab(s), who make
quality standard
Paul inquired:
Can anyone recommend, off list if desired, one or more petrographic
thin section lab(s), who make quality standard petrographic thin sections?
Hi Paul and List,
If *quality* is the key word, there is only one thin section maker:
David Mann from New Mexico!
He is the one who
Dear List Members,
I have several SUPER auctions ending in a few hours.
I loaded some outstanding examples and started them
out at just 99 cents, some worth hundreds, even
thousands! All of the specimens are excellent so be
sure to take a look.
To see all of the outstanding auctions, click on
In a message dated 3/29/2007 11:53:18 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Paul inquired:
Can anyone recommend, off list if desired, one or more petrographic
thin section lab(s), who make quality standard petrographic thin sections?
Hi Paul and List,
If *quality* is the
Ouch, Bernd, this name dropping should better have been kept a little bit more
under the cover! Sorry, but this is my opinion for many a good reason which
the other persons named, who know that specific slide maker, may second...
Then again you are right, of course.
Alex
Berlin/Germany
I have never used ANY other thin section maker. Cost is way higher
than others, but product is vastly superior. I slowed down a great
deal when Dean Bessey flooded the market with inferior thin
sections that he sold for cheaper than it cost me to have mine made,
even had the material been free -
Burning space junk falls near passenger plane
NZPA | Wednesday, 28 March 2007
The Civil Aviation Authority will investigate how falling space junk came
within kilometres of a passenger flight into Auckland today.
The pilot of the Chilean plane saw the burning debris both in front and
Capt'n Blood:
I have never used ANY other thin section maker. Cost is way higher
than others, but product is vastly superior...He also takes MONTHS
to get things made ...
Good things do take time, as we all know. A superior product even longer!
Paul and others may also be interested in this
So far, I've heard nothing to make me think that anything from space,
natural or otherwise, came within a few kilometers of this plane. Is
there anything to support this other than the report of the pilot? I've
found that pilots, in general, provide some of the worst quality meteor
reports.
--- Chris Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Odds are, this thing actually
burned up many
kilometers above the plane.
Chris
The pilot also claims to have herd a loud noise which
means it must have been pretty close to hear that
above the sound of the plane. Also he saw pieces in
front of and
--- Chris Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Odds are, this thing actually
burned up many
kilometers above the plane.
Chris
The pilot also claims to have herd a loud noise which
means it must have been pretty close to hear that
above the sound of the plane. Also he saw pieces in
front of and
Yes,
I just talked to Dave earlier today before I saw
this thread. It may explain some of the stress I
could sense in his voice when we spoke. Not only is
he supposed to be retired, he currently has way too
much work to handle. He is starting to feel a little
stressed and frustrated and
Courious as to how he saw the debris BEHIND his aircraft.. didn't know that
they had a rear view mirror on those birds
Richard Rumble
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Sent: Mar 29, 2007 1:25 PM
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Subject:
Hello all
Anyone out there have an image of Krinov or know where I can find one?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Rob Wesel
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
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and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
Willy Wonka, 1971
It would be normal to hear sonic booms if the plane was within 100 km or
so of the object, which could easily be many kilometers higher. I've got
many pilot reports of meteors level with or below the plane, when this
was clearly not the case. Of course, typical meteors that are 100s of
Hi, Rob, List,
In the field:
http://www.tunguska.ru/history/persone/krinov/
The Academician:
http://www.tstu.ru/eng/tambov/tambov_img/imena_img/levkoev.jpg
Sterling K. Webb
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From: Rob Wesel [EMAIL
I havent seen this on TV yet but it should make for
interesting news tonight I am sure:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1objectid=10431624
Cheers
DEAN
www.meteoriteshop.com
Need Mail
At 05:27 PM 3/29/2007, you wrote:
Anyone out there have an image of Krinov or know where I can find one?
Please see:
http://www.tunguska.ru/history/persone/krinov/
-- Philip R. Pib Burns
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pibburns.com/
Hi, Rob,
Betrayed by Google! The second URL below
is Igor Levkoev, not Yevgeny Krinov. My bad.
So only one photo found:
http://www.tunguska.ru/history/persone/krinov/
Sterling K. Webb
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From: Sterling
Hi list.I was thinking about this today and I have not
had time to research it.Are there any H2 or L2 class
meteorites that have been classified?This is a real
must thread for me.Any help would be welcome.
steve arnold,chicago
Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!!
Collecting Meteorites since
Hi, Rob, List,
Saved by Google! Here's another photo of
Krinov:
http://www.tstu.ru/win/tambov/tambov_img/imena_img/krinov.jpg
which is the one I meant to get before being
Konfused by Kyrillic.
Sterling K. Webb
(or should that be Ctepлинг?)
Hi,
Since the Progress module was still docked
with the ISS when this happened, it seems it was
a natural bolide, probably far, far away from
the plane.
If so, we missed a chance to start a new and
very exclusive Hammer List!
A little scribbled arithmetic shows that the
average total
Steve,
No.
By definition, ordinary chondrites have a petrologic classification of 3 to
6. Sometimes 7 depending on the meteoriticist.
Petrologic types 1 and 2 do not occur in ordinary chondrites Richard
Norton R.F.S. 2ed pg 185
Richard Norton has much more to say about this in both
I was thinking about this today and I have not had time to research it.
Hello Steve,
I hope you can do some research sometime, Steve. As H and L are thought
to be two unique and real parent bodies, your question can be stated
alternately:
Were there any places on the H parent body or the L
No, and there probably never will be, at least I don't think such a
classification would ever be widely accepted.
Type 2 is an old convention, and has only ever been applied to
carbonaceous chondrites. It originated with Wiik (1956), who divided
the carbonaceous chondrites into 3 chemical
Doug,
Does petrologic grade 3, in essence, mean little to no thermal alteration?
If so, then there can not be a type 2 even with a nice heat sink to protect
these primordial chondrules. In fact, McSween's chart on pg 63 2nd ed.
shows type 3 as neither aqueous altered or thermally altered.
Hi Mike,
In light of Jeff's post I'd tend to yield if I were in an argument and just
agree. But if the purpose is to get a feel for what is happening and why,
it's more fun to keep these ideas alive.
Scientists can make conventions, and it is very hard to keep conventions
written in stone.
In addition to meteorites, does anyone collect the minerals found within
meteorites?
Cj - 3432
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood ...
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The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by
Mike (2), Looks like I just learned a lot tonight - in fact type 1
actually is more severely altered by water! So scratch my PS, and thanks
for the comment. If you read the text, though, you will see that type 3
(as far as I can see doesn't mean no alteration (as he explicitly stats with
Doug,
I think in this debate there is no clear winner. You did yield but perhaps
too easily. Like you said, a chondrite could be found that is even more
pristine than the current most pristine LL3.0 and then, besides sell it for
$1000/gram, what do we do?
The convention system is a little
Hi Sterling, all -
A brief summary of the end of the last ice age, which
is set out in depth in Man and Impact in the Americas:
1)Earlier there are warm currents off the west coast
of today's Canada. The Lenape were hunting sea turtle
there. These warm currents resulted in snow in today's
Hi all -
I was just contemplating the possibility of a
fragmented iron asteroid making repeated passes by the
Earth, and so I am wondering:
how do the compositions of Meteor Crater (canyon
diablo, odessa?), Campo de Cielo, and Sikote Alin
compare?
I am also wondering, has anybody ran 1950 DA's
One has to just love Harvey Nininger. A man very much ahead of his time.
Though there are more aircraft in the air today, and they fly at higher
altitudes than in Nininger's time, there are also many more automobiles
these days. Best!
--AL
Nininger Moment #17 - Air Pilots and Meteor Hazards
Hi Aziz list,
I understand that an Algerian jail isn't the place one wants to stay longer
than necessary. And it shouldn't be the right place for a person who only wants
to go hunting for meteorites - what still is one of the more innocent
activities on our planet today.
I hope and wish
Thanks God, have ended to spam the list and in private
shipping tons of emails with different emails
Matteo
--- Alhyane Abdelaziz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha
scritto:
Dear List,
There in Morocco, was a very good friend to most of
us, he is Mohamed Aid, the MOROCCO METEORITES MAN,
this honorable
That is a brenham pallasite, I already have that same PostCard.
Joe Kerchner
illinoismeteorites.com
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From: ensoramanda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Robin Galyan [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 5:33:48 AM
Subject: Re:
List,
Do we need Franklin Mint-esque coins to hype the insuperable wonder of actual
meteoritic material free of made-to-order home shopping network (no trademark)
gimmick?
These rank amongst the greatest achievements of Mike Farmer, capitalist of
little self-control and imagination. Give
unfortunately all analysis say this material I have
here is not a EL but a Aubrite...is not possible have
all from the world, dear USA people
Matteo
--- E.P. Grondine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto:
Hello Sterling -
The present ice age is not going to return. The
currents of the Pacific
Dear Steve;
Check the updated pages in your Meteorites A to Z
For new list members, it is quite a useful book to determine
classification information.
It was authored by our own list members Anne Black and the Jensen brothers!
I cherish my signed copy that brings me luck!
DF
steve arnold
Many thanks to several of you profound students of the heavenly rocks, you
are all right on the button! Yes, there are several other postcards like
that one that are properly identified, but of course none have the detailed
information like you all have presented me.Makes me want to
Help me out here. What does this diatribe have to do with meteorites?
Paul
American presidents are expendable - what do you think elections do? Longer
terms possible in congress are preferable for the purpose of long-term
law-mongering, the work of professional politicians - lobbying
Hello Everyone,
Two of my emails to Sabrina through Walter's email have bounced. If the rest of
you who are sending good wishes are also getting bounced, please feel free to
forward the mails to me. I'd be happy to print them and put 'em in the mail to
them.
Is this a joke? If not, then, well, take a chill pill
and show me how many Lunar and Martian meteorites you
have brought to the world!
My god, and some say that I am arrogant. It seems you
are outnumbered on this one, since I have sold them to
more than 100 members of this list, why don't you
Aid Mohhamed is a nice guy, and a friend of mine, and
he NEVER sent an email to list list.
Michael Farmer
So perhaps the endless spams to this list were from
you, not Aid.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks God, have ended to spam the list and in
private
shipping
Aid Mohhamed is a nice guy, and a friend of mine, and
he NEVER sent an email to list list.
Michael Farmer
So perhaps the endless spams to this list were from
you, not Aid.
--- M come Meteorite Meteorites
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks God, have ended to spam the list and in
private
shipping
Aid Mohhamed is a nice guy, and a friend of mine, and
he NEVER sent an email to list list.
Michael Farmer
So perhaps the endless spams to this list were from
you, not Aid.
--- M come Meteorite Meteorites
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks God, have ended to spam the list and in
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shipping
Hi all,
When studying the photos of the 10-ton Morito iron, as it is
displayed in Palacio de Mineria, I'm wondering if it is displayed in
the position in which it fell to the ground, or would one be inclined
to think it would have came down on a fair angle (between 30 and 60
degrees to
Even strongly oriented, 10 tons isn't enough mass to allow an iron
meteorite to land carrying any of its original velocity. In other words,
it was probably falling straight down when it hit (no fire either, I'm
afraid). Its acquired orientation may have favored it falling cone down,
but it
Hi, List, Robin,
You ask:
any information about the Cosby Creek Fall?
The NHM Catalogue of Meteorites says:
Two masses, one said to have weighed 2000lb
and the other 112lb, were known before 1837,
G. Troost (1840); C.U. Shepard (1842, 1847).
The larger mass was forged into various
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