Re: [meteorite-list] Fight Over Meteorite Crashes Into Court

2010-07-22 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Yeah it's a pretty riduculous argument when you think about it. If it didn't touch/imbed itself in the ground??? C'mon! How about we skydive onto the roof of the White House and see how they feel about that! Hey... we wouldn't imbed ourselves in the ground! ;-) Cheers, Jeff - Original

Re: [meteorite-list] Springwater 52 Kilo main mass in the news!

2010-07-22 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Spectacular... well done to you all and congratulations! A wonderful discovery! Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Robert Ward ironfromthesky@gmail.com To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:54 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Springwater 52

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angrites for sale - AD

2010-07-22 Thread Jason Utas
Shawn, Well-said - But I can't emphasize enough the fact that such large bodies existed in large numbers in the early solar system. That much is obvious from the large numbers of ungrouped (and grouped) differentiated achondrites that we have in our collections here on earth, as well as from all

[meteorite-list] qmig.net thin-section project

2010-07-22 Thread Bob WALKER
Listoids Update/s tomorrow http://www.qmig.net/thinsection Tonite I'm just gonna enjoy looking at the new image/s... Youse better download any reference image/s of BARATTA MOSSGIEL NARYILCO youse need - they'll be gone tomorrow I have duplicate slides of HUCKITTA MOSSGIEL to upload and have

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angritesfor sale - AD

2010-07-22 Thread Martin Altmann
Huh, I found even a paper, which postulates, that the HEDs are from Mercury and the angrites from Venus http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/otp2004/pdf/3012.pdf ;-) Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] AD Tamhakht, Ureilite and NWA's

2010-07-22 Thread Tomasz Jakubowski
Dear List Members, I have some specimen for sale : - Tamdakht H5, two specimen. First 261 grams, with nice primary and secondary crust. Second 114 gram specimen with also a nice crust. http://picasaweb.google.pl/illaenus/Tamdakht02# - NWA xxx 929 grams nice shape, fresh crust. Really lovely

[meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angritesfor sale - AD

2010-07-22 Thread Shawn Alan
 Martin and Listers,   The paper you provided that postulates that HEDS are from Mercury and Angrites are from Venus suggests that from the solar system zonation model that would be the case which is in question, but not to suggest that those classes are from Mercury or Venus but that the model

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angritesforsale - AD

2010-07-22 Thread Martin Altmann
It's not my conclusion :-) I'm happy and content with our (at least most of them) HEDs originating from Vesta. And I almost can't wait - until Dawn will finally arrive at Vesta next year! Go Dawn, go!! Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angrites for sale -...

2010-07-22 Thread Jeff Grossman
Yikes! Abstracts to meetings are not peer reviewed! jeff On 7/21/2010 10:05 PM, Adam Hupe wrote: Hi Jason and List, I do not refute Melinda Hutson's article that was never peer reviewed and contains several errors according to the classifying scientists. I asked scientists about the

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angrites for sale -...

2010-07-22 Thread Rose, David MD
I agree with Jeff completely. Same thing happens in Medicine. And even when the data is peer reviewed, that doesn't mean that it is rock solid truth. It's a process of continual evaluation and refinement. David -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] NWA 4662 ANGRITE

2010-07-22 Thread kai ke
Hi Jason, I just bought a NWA 4662 Angrite. The TKW is less than most Angrite but I seldom heard of people talking about it. Would you tell me any difference between these angrite. Thank you. Kai __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] qmig.net thin-section project update... and something off-topic too !!!

2010-07-22 Thread Bob WALKER
Listoids Iz getting there - I've been unwell but I'm back into it again trying to catch up on a few projects... Duplicate slide of HUCCKITTA has been micrographed and uploaded Tis 2244 aussie time so beddy byes for me now... I'll upload McKINNEY and MOSSGIEL tomorrow ! The new micrographs

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 4662 ANGRITE

2010-07-22 Thread Jason Utas
Hello Kai, You might be interested to know that your specimen is paired to NWA 2836, 2999, 3164, and 6291. http://www.catchafallingstar.com/nwa4662.htm But I checked the Meteoritical Bulletin, and there are more pairings! NWA 3158, 4569, 4662, 4931, and possibly 4877 are all part of the same

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angrites for sale -...

2010-07-22 Thread Jason Utas
I am not disputing other crystals in angrites, my comments were to the translucent slices like mine has. While many chimed in and claimed to have seen such, still, nobody has shown pictures of an angrite with back lit translucent crystals (like in a pallasite) that are 1cm x 1cm in size.

[meteorite-list] Research Yields Greater Precision in Determining Age of Meteorites

2010-07-22 Thread Ron Baalke
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE SENT: July 21, 2010 FROM: Alan Fischer Public Information Office Planetary Science Institute 520-885-5648 fisc...@psi.edu Research Yields Greater Precision in Determining Age of Meteorites Researchers have aged dated a very important group

[meteorite-list] Caltech Team Finds Evidence of Water in Moon Minerals

2010-07-22 Thread Ron Baalke
July 21, 2010 Contact: Jon Weiner +1 (626) 395-3226 jrwei...@caltech.edu CALTECH TEAM FINDS EVIDENCE OF WATER IN MOON MINERALS That dry, dusty Moon overhead? Seems it isn't quite as dry as it's long been thought to be. Although you won't find oceans, lakes, or even a shallow puddle on its

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angrites for sale - AD

2010-07-22 Thread Thunder Stone
List: I hope NWA 2999 is from Mercury - would be nice.  Do we have rocks from Mars?  Didn't scientists determine the meteorites are from Mars by measuring the isotopes and matched the atmosphere on Mars.  Do we actually need samples from Mercury to determine if these Angrites are from

[meteorite-list] Gebel Kamil crater website

2010-07-22 Thread Gary Fujihara
There is a new website with information about the Gebel Kamil crater and the geophysical survey conducted on it: http://www.mna.it/hosts/Kamil/index.htm There are a lot of photographs of the region and of material recovered from the area, including the largest mass to date, 80kg:

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King ofAngritesfor sale - AD

2010-07-22 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Martin, Jason, Shawn, c., The fly or flaw in the ointment, the paper, and the responses is an unspoken but apparently universal assumption that every sizeable body in the solar system currently resides at the same address where it accreted originally. What about a body that accretes in the 0.50

Re: [meteorite-list] Gebel Kamil crater website

2010-07-22 Thread Impactika
Thank you Gary. Nice site, and great pictures. Now for a question: Has the age of that crater been determined yet? And, related question, is there any chance it could be connected to the Libyan Glass? I haven't seen this question been asked yet, and it it has, I am sorry, I just missed it.

Re: [meteorite-list] Gebel Kamil crater website

2010-07-22 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Gary, Anne and List, LDG has an accepted age of about 26 million years. This crater would appear to be youthful example of a 26mya structure. I'd guess that this crater is newer than that. Of course, that is just my two cents. Actual worth may (and probably does) vary. Best regards,

[meteorite-list] AD: Gorgeous and Affordable Gebel Kamil Irons

2010-07-22 Thread Mike Bandli
Dear List, We have a beautiful assortment of small-sized and VERY affordable Gebel Kamil irons for sale. This is our entire inventory! You’ll be quite pleased with these very low prices: http://historicmeteorites.com/HistoricMeteorites/Gebel-Kamil.html When ordering, please specify several

[meteorite-list] qmig.net thin-section project

2010-07-22 Thread Bob WALKER
Listoids http://www.qmig.net/thinsection for the index webpage Mossgiel is uploading as I type - these micrographs are from another slide I own and I am particularly impressed by how gorgeous these micrographs are ! As prev - my upload speed is pathetic today - serves me right for downloading

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angrites for sale -...

2010-07-22 Thread Greg Hupe
Hello everyone, Isn't 'science' just that, Science... Ever evolving as ground truth comes in? Without open minds and hard work by many dedicated individuals, 'science' would not get very far, especially in the world of meteortitics! Much of the initial work and/or thoughts are educated

[meteorite-list] AD: USA's best Meteorwrong AMAZING!!!

2010-07-22 Thread Joe Kerchner
Hello to all, (sorry if this is a double post, I didnt see the first attempt post) I have just finished slicing and photographing some of the MendotaWrong material. I have some new amazingly beautiful pieces available. Look at the pieces on the following link:

Re: [meteorite-list] Its official! NWA 6291 The King of Angrites for sale -...

2010-07-22 Thread Melanie Matthews
Well said. --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! - Original Message From: Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net To: Rose, David MD

Re: [meteorite-list] Gebel Kamil crater website

2010-07-22 Thread Jason Utas
Is there any chance that a list-member might have saved some (or even all?) of the photos from the site? It appears to have been taken down. Thanks, Jason On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Gary, Anne and List, LDG has an accepted age