Re: [meteorite-list] Attention ART all List Members

2010-04-21 Thread Michael Blood
Hello all, A web search brought the following web site to my attention: http://cosmictusk.com/just-like-old-times-fireball-repost-of-the-meteorite-l ist-coverage It should be noted that list posts are being transposed INCLUDING PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESSES, (unlike the List Archives

Re: [meteorite-list] Attention ART all List Members

2010-04-21 Thread Jason Utas
It'll be easy enough to ask him to stop: http://cosmictusk.com/about-george On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net wrote: Hello all,        A web search brought the following web site to my attention:

[meteorite-list] Question Regarding NWA Irons

2010-04-21 Thread Jason Utas
Hello All, I was wondering if anyone might have some information regarding something of an oddity that I came across recently. It's an NWA iron, but...it's definitely a piece of shrapnel. I know - many iron falls have shrapnel-esque shapes - so it's not *that* unusual. But this is a fragment of

Re: [meteorite-list] Attention ART all List Members

2010-04-21 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:40:20 -0700, you wrote: It should be noted that list posts are being transposed INCLUDING PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESSES, (unlike the List Archives in which list Member email address are not available to potential spammers, etc.) Don't kid yourself-- if Amazon has

Re: [meteorite-list] Attention ART all List Members

2010-04-21 Thread Darren Garrison
Scratch my mention of Amazon, in my glance I confused the name of the blog with an unrelated Amazon project. But the point remains, replacing the @ with at in e-mails is no protection from spambots. __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] nut bag reporting award Wisconsin

2010-04-21 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, Lunacy is out running wild in them papers! http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100421/GPG0101/4210668/1207/GPG01 Check out the claims! Lulz, Dirk...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list

[meteorite-list] Quick-AD: a Piece of the Enigmatic Tamdakht-Ralewite a Slice of a new Stony Winonaite

2010-04-21 Thread Chladnis Heirs
Hello members, just a small speedy AD: From our last travel we brought back once again a small lot of specimens of that incredible Tamdakht-Couscous, which still awaits an explication for its formation. See also the discussion on the list one year ago: http://kuerzer.de/Ralewite1

[meteorite-list] Quick-AD: a Piece of the Enigmatic Tamdakht-Ralewite a Slice of a new Stony Winonaite

2010-04-21 Thread Chladnis Heirs
Hello members, just a small speedy AD: From our last travel we brought back once again a small lot of specimens of that incredible Tamdakht-Couscous, which still awaits an explication for its formation. See also the discussion on the list one year ago: http://kuerzer.de/Ralewite1

[meteorite-list] WISCONSIN METEORITE HUNT

2010-04-21 Thread Michael Johnson
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/wisconsin_fireball_2010.html __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] New Paper On Younger Dryas Cold Event

2010-04-21 Thread Paul H.
Dear Friends, New paper about the Younger Dryas cold event has been published in: Broecker, W. S., G. H. Denton, R. L. Edwards, H. Cheng, R. B. Alley, and A. E. Putnam, 2010, Putting the Younger Dryas cold event into context Quaternary Science Reviews. vol. 29, no. 9-10, pp. 1078-1081.

Re: [meteorite-list] nut bag reporting award Wisconsin

2010-04-21 Thread Richard Kowalski
running wild in them papers! http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100421/GPG0101/4210668/1207/GPG01 Check out the claims!  Lulz, Dirk...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] METEORITE DOG FINDS FIRST METEORITE FROM THE APRIL 14, 2010 WISCONSIN FIREBALL! THANKS !

2010-04-21 Thread wahlperry
Hi All, Thanks for the congratulation emails regarding Brix and his new find. Sorry it took so long to respond, it has ben a busy 5 days trying to locate and determine the extent of the Wisconsin fireball. Without a doubt, Wisconsin must be the friendliest State. Every landowner we talked

Re: [meteorite-list] Attention ART all List Members

2010-04-21 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Michael and List, Well that explains the flood of recent please buy my grandpappy's meteorite emails that I have been receiving of late. Best regards, MikeG \ On 4/21/10, Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net wrote: Hello all, A web search brought the following web site to my attention:

Re: [meteorite-list] nut bag reporting award Wisconsin

2010-04-21 Thread Jeff Kuyken
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 3:42 AM Dear List, Lunacy is out running wild in them papers! http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100421/GPG0101/4210668/1207/GPG01 Check out the claims! Lulz, Dirk...Tokyo __ Visit

[meteorite-list] Having fun with an IMB and the Neophot

2010-04-21 Thread Starsinthedirt
Hi list, It has been a while since I have written an article for Meteorite Times (John is doing a great job with Micro Visions!). Paul still hosts my micrograph gallery. I think it is officially hosted by The Meteorite Exchange and Meteorite Times. Anyway, we just got up a cool

Re: [meteorite-list] nut bag reporting award Wisconsin

2010-04-21 Thread Greg Stanley
Subject: [meteorite-list] nut bag reporting award Wisconsin Dear List, Lunacy is out running wild in them papers! http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100421/GPG0101/4210668/1207/GPG01 Check out the claims! Lulz, Dirk...Tokyo __ Visit

[meteorite-list] Livingston etc

2010-04-21 Thread maxmirot
I was in livingston WI over the weekend. My wife an I only devoted a few hour to searching before we had to go home and check our dogs. We did get to see two nice specimens taken around 30 and 100 g. Both were taken in the Drinkwater road area. What is the largest yet confirmed 200g ? It

[meteorite-list] F1 key virus Warning

2010-04-21 Thread cdtucson
List, Warning; Please do not press your F1 key when prompted to.. see link. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/f1key.asp Carl -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Looking to buy WI meteorite

2010-04-21 Thread mail
If anyone has any for sale, please contact me off-list with pricing. Fragments or individuals are welcome. Matt Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites http://www.mhmeteorites.com P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 __ Visit the

[meteorite-list] Please remove me from the list - thanks

2010-04-21 Thread ted
Ted Betz __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Quick-AD: a Piece of the Enigmatic Tamdakht-Ralewite a Slice of a new Stony Winonaite

2010-04-21 Thread cdtucson
Martin, Stefan, This Ralewite is amazing stuff. I have a question about this one; . There we have a grinded half of a specimen to spare. 7.106g. 50$/g http://www.chladnis-heirs.com/7_106g.jpg Has it been determined what the black stuff is? Is it Translucent glass or opaque? Is it a

[meteorite-list] Online PDF files of The Yale Peabody Museum Publications

2010-04-21 Thread Paul H.
Dear Friends The Yale Peabody Museum has a number of its publications online available for free downloading. For links go to Scientific Publications at http://www.peabody.yale.edu//scipubs Specifically, papers from the older archives of the Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

[meteorite-list] Photocopier Hard Drive [WAS: Online PDF files of The Yale Peabody Museum Publications]

2010-04-21 Thread Richard Kowalski
--- On Wed, 4/21/10, Paul H. oxytropidoce...@cox.net wrote: An unrelated, but very interesting article is: Your new ID-theft worry? Photocopiers Experts aren't aware of any known incidents but say potential is very real, MSNBC, March 14, 2010

Re: [meteorite-list] Online PDF files of The Yale Peabody MuseumPublications

2010-04-21 Thread star_wars_collector
The link about photocopiers is a very good one. Same can be said for old hard drives... Even if they don't work data can still be recovered. Hope everyone is good, Greg C. Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Paul H. oxytropidoce...@cox.net

[meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with just west of Mineral Point

2010-04-21 Thread Matson, Robert D.
Hi Dirk, I have to agree with Richard -- I find no real fault with the article. The stone pictured does indeed look like a meteorite from this fall. Just west of Mineral Point is a perfectly believable meteorite landing point, particularly if just west of means a couple miles. I don't think

Re: [meteorite-list] Online PDF files of The Yale Peabody MuseumPublications

2010-04-21 Thread Richard Kowalski
--- On Wed, 4/21/10, star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com wrote: The link about photocopiers is a very good one. Same can be said for old hard drives... Even if they don't work data can still be recovered. Hope everyone is good, Greg C. True, but I know when I am

Re: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with just west of Mineral Point

2010-04-21 Thread Richard Kowalski
Could this be why apparently so few stones have been found so far? The hunters are actually looking at the light end of the field and the large stones are still 20+ miles down range? -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Wed, 4/21/10, Matson, Robert D.

Re: [meteorite-list] Having fun with an IMB and the Neophot

2010-04-21 Thread cdtucson
Tom, Once again. Fantastic. That first set looks like a micro-mini Pallesite. Very interesting because had we never seen true pallesites we would wonder if these micro-minis scale up or only exist in micro-mini scale. I guess they do now that you have shown us the mico-mini version? Tom,

Re: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with just west of Mineral Point

2010-04-21 Thread Jason Utas
Not really - with every large, fragmented fall there are almost always more smaller rather than larger stones. In other words, while they may be at the light end of the strewnfield, meteorite density is probably going to be the greatest there. Regards, Jason On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:45 AM,

Re: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with just west of Mineral Point

2010-04-21 Thread Matson, Robert D.
Hi Richard, Actually, all the hunters I've heard from have been searching what I would call the middle of the strewn field. No one seems to be hunting the light end (which is surprising since there should be a greater number of stones there, concentrated over a smaller area). The heavy end will

[meteorite-list] WI hunting photos

2010-04-21 Thread Joe Kerchner
Just got back last night from WI. I had the time of my life. I met some really amazing people, people who I look up to and alwaye wanted to meet. I posted some pictures of the hunt, some of the finds and others, many more pics to come. It is a really hard fall to hunt, many thousands of acres

Re: [meteorite-list] WI hunting photos

2010-04-21 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Joe, Thanks for sharing the photos. It looks like a fun time. It must be amazing to be in the middle of the Meteorite All-Stars like that. Good luck on the hunt. :) Best regards and happy huntings, MikeG On 4/21/10, Joe Kerchner skyrockmeteori...@yahoo.com wrote: Just got back last

Re: [meteorite-list] WI hunting photos

2010-04-21 Thread Joe Kerchner
It was more than amazing, All the guys were just as amazing. I made pretty good friends with a few of them. This was a once in a lifetime chance for me, lets just hope I can make it out tot he next fall. I am sure I walked nearly 100 miles, maybe more. Best Wishes, Joe Kerchner

[meteorite-list] Documenting the Wisconsin fall like Ash Creek

2010-04-21 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Greetings Listoids and Hunters, During the West Texas/Ash Creek fall, one of our List members did a spectacular job of keeping an updated list of the known finds, their weights and who found them. I don't recall who this List member was. Is anyone planning to do the same thing with this new WI

[meteorite-list] Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled

2010-04-21 Thread Greg Stanley
List: What a beauty - and a hammer too. Greg S. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/apr/21/meteorite-that-hit-northwest-georgia-unveiled/ Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled By: Andy Johns CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- A meteorite older than Earth itself, traveling millions of

Re: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with just west of Mineral Point

2010-04-21 Thread Steve Witt
Hi Jason, If I may ask, what are you basing this on? thanx, Steve Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://imca.cc/ --- On Wed, 4/21/10, Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with just west of Mineral Point To:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled

2010-04-21 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:25:33 -0700, you wrote: What a beauty - and a hammer too. Was there any meteor sighting associated with that date? On a related note, are there any studies/estimates on what fraction of falls result in a single stone and what fraction fragments into multiples? (Thinking,

Re: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with just west of Mineral Point

2010-04-21 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Rob, List, Is anybody searching the Belmont - Darlington - Waldwick - Mineral Point quadrangle? That is a rhetorical question to which I expect no answer, of course. Using a high stack of (reasonable) assumptions, I calculate that about 90 kilos made it to the ground, of which the largest

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled

2010-04-21 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Greg and List, The article says the meteorite is an ordinary chondrite. Is there any official word on what exact type of OC? I wonder why some institutions wait so long to obtain an official classification? Is it because they don't want to surrender a type sample and aren't recognized by

Re: [meteorite-list] Portion of strewn field being hunted

2010-04-21 Thread Matson, Robert D.
Hi Steve, Jason is correct about there always being far more small stones than large ones, so the short end of the fall ellipse should have more distinct meteorites per square mile than the long end. The only aspect of Jason's post that could be called questionable was his tentative assumption

Re: [meteorite-list] Having fun with an IMB and the Neophot

2010-04-21 Thread cdtucson
Tom. I mis-spelled Pallasite. Oh well. I think people will know what I meant. Thanks. -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax starsinthed...@aol.com wrote: Thanks Carl, Tom In a message dated 4/21/2010 12:47:50 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, cdtuc...@cox.net writes: Tom,

Re: [meteorite-list] Remarkable Photos of Natural Shock Waves

2010-04-21 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Count, All, Wow...Best shock wave pics I've seen...but probably not the first...see here... http://i.livescience.com/images/090622-matua-volcano-02.jpg (condensation shock collar plus local cloud driven out by shocked air)

[meteorite-list] Is this ebay user known to anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread Greg Catterton
I got a very strange question today, out of the blue that was kinda rude in my opinion. Anyone know this ebay user? philw3 Check out the listing and see the question I got from him. Please note there was no previous contact. May be a good person to add to the blocked buyers list - I did.

[meteorite-list] WISCONSIN METEORITE FALL

2010-04-21 Thread Michael Johnson
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_13248f4e-4d85-11df-8940-001cc4c002e0.html Regards, Michael Johnson http://www.rocksfromspace.org __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this ebay user known to anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Greg and List, Just don't tell him that I take a hammer and smash some specimens into micromounts. LOL He'd cry if he saw what I did to a slice of Thuathe. LOL Best regards, MikeG On 4/21/10, Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com wrote: I got a very strange question today, out

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this ebay user known to anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread Warren Sansoucie
LOL 'expelled from your society'. Thats a pretty stiff penalty. I think Mad Max had it easier when he had to face the wheel. Warren Sansoucie Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:37:44 -0400 From: meteoritem...@gmail.com To: star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this ebay user known to anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread countdeiro
He sounds hot for a nice specimen and pissed that this one was a bitshall we say small and unattractive...? If you had a larger and more photogenic piece he would have been hard pressed to turn it down. You didn't miss a sale opportunity here, did you? I know some customers lack social

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this ebay user known to anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread Greg Catterton
I think you mis read it. He called for my banishment. I just dont understand why there is such anger without knowing the story behind the piece. Its got some interesting history since I have owned it. It was purchased by someone at the Johnson Space center. When it arrived broken due to poor

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this ebay user known to anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread Richard Kowalski
One person's damaged reject, is another person's prized newest specimen. My micro of Karoonda arrived in the mail today. Thanks Greg! -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Wed, 4/21/10, Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Greg Catterton

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this ebay user known to anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Greg, Count and List, So what if Greg did break up the specimen? (even though he didn't) It's his property, he paid for it, he can do anything he wants with it. It's nobody else's business. Personally, I wouldn't smash, or break up into crumbs, a historical specimen, specimen that is very

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this ebay user known to anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread Joe Kerchner
Greg, I think what he(the potential buyer) was trying to say is that the piece of documentation is not for the piece being sold, at least the weights being different, which would make the documentation in the photo not 100% accurate for the piece in the auction, even though it came from the

Re: [meteorite-list] WI hunting photos

2010-04-21 Thread Joe Kerchner
Jason, I agree, I had a blast meeting all of you guys, it was a dream come true for me, even though I went home with less meteorites than I left with. I gave quite a few to landowners and the kids of land owners, but it was well worth it. Hopefully on the next one we will come out with a few

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this ebay user known to anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread Warren Sansoucie
Joe/ Greg / List, I agree. I believe that is what the potential buyer was implying. However, I think he(potential buyer) should have been appreciative for the fact that the seller was showing documentation and conveyance from the former collection. All of the things that sure up confidence

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled

2010-04-21 Thread Julian Gray
Mike et al. I can respond to this. I am the curator at Tellus Science Museum where the new chondrite will be exhibited beginning tomorrow - 22 April. I am new to the list, but joined to (A) connect with you fine folks, (B) monitor the response and (C) to answer questions like these if I can.

[meteorite-list] shill bidding on ebay

2010-04-21 Thread WS Schroer
Hi list, this is off topic. But then again, can anything be off topic that relates to ebay? ;) http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/ebay-seller-faces-fines-after-bidding-on-own-items-to-raise-prices-20100421-szqp.html 'A British seller on eBay who drove up prices for his own

[meteorite-list] The Week in Wisconsin

2010-04-21 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi all, Here I am in a motel room somewhere in Topeka KS, reflecting on the past week and I realized that I need to thank a few standout individuals. First of all, thanks to Marc Fries and Rob Matson who always give us the best information possible which in turn makes our job easier. Thanks also

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Capsule Set to Crash

2010-04-21 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, Interesting news about a scheduled crash return of some rocks from space to happen in June 2010 in Australia: Meteor/Meteorite News 22APR2010 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/ Meteorite capsule to crash Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

[meteorite-list] NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory -- First Images

2010-04-21 Thread Sterling K. Webb
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/21apr_firstlight/ First light for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, first still images, first movies. They will blow you away. OK, not meteorite-related? Well, what do you think meteorites are made of? (And planets and you?) Mostly I