[meteorite-list] Black diamonds

If you ever have the chance to travel to Crater of diamonds state park in Arkansas they have a nice display of diamonds mined from the volcanic vent to include black cabanado diamonds. If they are meteoric ,the meteorite hit somwhere in China, passed all the way thru the earth to erupt here

[meteorite-list] Earthquake turns out to be an exploding meteorite

http://austriantimes.at/index.php?id=12446 Earthquake turns out to be an exploding meteorite Hundreds of Carinthians were left terrified thinking they had been hit by an earthquake after a meteorite exploded over their homes early yesterday (Thurs). Locals said the meteorite exploded at about

[meteorite-list] Black diamonds

Steve, and all, There are in fact terrestrial black diamonds. A these are like all the normal diamonds with an octahedral crystal structure. Just because they are termed black does not make them carbonados. In fact most carbonado diamonds are not black. They can be brown, sandy brown,

[meteorite-list] Etched Gibeon Small Cuts are everywhere!

Was someone selling these little Gibeon slices and cuts by the metric ton at Tucson this year? It seems that every seller on eBay is selling singles, lots, and pendants made from small etched Gibeon slices - predominately triangles. If I was already set on Gibeon, I'd be tempted to buy some of

[meteorite-list] Black Diamonds: A interesting PBS NOVA article

Here is a very interesting PBS article on carbonados. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/diamond/sky2.html Steve Schoner IMCA #4470. P.S. I have a 21.55 ct carbonado from Brazil, and it is one of the most interesting pieces in my collection. It is amazing what it feels like to hold it. It is

[meteorite-list] Earthquake turns out to be an exploding meteorite

Gosh almighty, we have been having what seems to be a large number of fireballs lately. I wonder if a big one is not headed our way. And this brings to my mind a terrible nightmare I had when I was 4 years old, in 1955. I was living in Alamogordo at the time, and I asked my Dad, who was

[meteorite-list] AD Ebay Auctions Closing Soon

Greetings, I have some ebay auctions closing in 22 to 43 hours from now. I have a .57 gram part slice of Lost City, a small Allende slice 3.06 grams, NWA 2137 Class: LL3.7 nice slice and not much of this material has been out on the market. I also have a Micro of Lost City going for $15.00

[meteorite-list] help, I can't figure out why I am not still subscribed

I don't know why I keep getting this. I want to be on the list, but i can't seem to keep on there constantly, and it says that it has continuing bounces. I have never bounced anything, and the link below says to go there to fix it, but that is a broken link. Please help me fix this so I can

[meteorite-list] Mineral ID PTS Please

List, I am still hoping to identify these minerals. I have added a plain light view. Please excuse photo quality. Please note that third image shows a round mineral that with crossed polars disappears to black like glass. But looks like white sugar in sunlight. Thank you.

[meteorite-list] Meteorwritings May Edition Online

Dear Listees: Greetings from sunny Tucson. For those who are interested, the May episode of my monthly science column Meteorwritings is now online at Geology.com: http://geology.com As I have mentioned before this is an entry level column and much of the content will be old hat to you

[meteorite-list] Gravity Wave Mission to Help Study Asteroids

http://www.astronomynow.com/090407Gravitywavemissiontohelpstudyasteroids.html Gravity wave mission to help study asteroids BY DR EMILY BALDWIN ASTRONOMY NOW 07 April, 2009 LISA, NASA and ESA's Laser interferometer Space Antenna, which will attempt to detect gravitational waves, will also turn

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - April 1-8, 2009

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Four Drives Add to Progress - sols 1865-1871, April 01-08, 2009: Spirit has been busy making good progress around the western edge of Home Plate. The rover drove four out of the past seven sols, making more than 40 meters (131

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: April 6-10, 2009

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES April 6-10, 2009 o Hebes Chasma (Released 06 April 2009) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20090406a o Dark Slope Streaks (Released 07 April 2009) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20090407a o Dust Devil Tracks (Released 08 April 2009) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20090408a o

Re: [meteorite-list] STEREO Hunts for Remains of an Ancient Planet near Earth

Ron Baalke posted: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/09apr_theia.htm?list973415 STEREO Hunts for Remains of an Ancient Planet near Earth NASA Science News, April 9, 2009 Some additional papers and articles are: Stereo spacecraft set to search for lunar origins By Pete Spotts,

[meteorite-list] Gamma Ray Burst caused mass extinction? (With URLs to PDF Files)

Gamma-Ray Burst Caused Mass Extinction? Anne Minard National Geographic News, April 3, 2009, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090403-gamma-ray-extinction.html There are a number of papers about this hypothesis. Melott, A.L., B.S. Lieberman, C.M. Laird, L.D. Martin, M.V.

Re: [meteorite-list] Black Diamonds: A interesting PBS NOVA article

Steve Schoner wrote: Here is a very interesting PBS article on carbonados. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/diamond/sky2.html Also look at: Kagi, H. and S. Fukura, 2008, Infrared and Raman spectroscopic observations of Central African carbonado and implications for its origin. European Journal

Re: [meteorite-list] Black Diamonds: A interesting PBS NOVA article

Here is the first article by Stephen Haggarty and others: http://www.garai-research.com/research%20statement/carbonado/carbonado-infrared.htm Looks to be a very compelling argument. Steve. [meteorite-list] Black Diamonds: A interesting PBS NOVA article Paul bristolia at yahoo.com Fri Apr 10