Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Facebook Meteorite group

2011-06-14 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Rob, and the Responders, Becoming One of The FaceBorn is an irrevocable step. That's why they make you sign the I Agree To Terms of Service in blood. Admittedly, it's only digital blood, but it's permanent. Unless you can get the ghost of Daniel Webster to plead your case for you. You can check

[meteorite-list] OT: Facebook Meteorite group

2011-06-14 Thread Dan Furlan
if you want to leave a group just click on the group in the left hand column and when it opens up on your screen go to the right hand column and look for the link that says leave group just click the link and follow the steps its pretty easy i just left all the groups in my facebook to test this..

[meteorite-list] meteorite display at the worlds oldest still working Planetarium

2011-06-14 Thread Rob Lenssen
Hello List, A Dutch collector-friend asked me if I would be interested in lending out some meteorites, for them to be displayed in the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker (Netherlands). The planetarium is reported to be the oldest still working Planetarium in the world (build from 1774 to 1781).

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite display at the worlds oldest still working Planetarium

2011-06-14 Thread Rob Lenssen
Short URL to correct broken link below: http://alturl.com/ahmhc Sorry for that... Rob Lenssen IMCA #1681 www.AsteroidChippings.com -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Namens Rob Lenssen Verzonden:

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite display at the worlds oldest still working Planetarium

2011-06-14 Thread Count Deiro
Well done! Rob, What you have done to advance the public's knowledge of meteorites by your generous contributions of time and materials is commendable. The meteoritical displays in that charming, historical planitarium wll now add a dimension to a visit that the place didn't have before. I

Re: [meteorite-list] Facebook Meteorite group

2011-06-14 Thread Michael Gilmer
When Facebook changed their group layout and settings, it messed everything up. In the past, you would not receive emails every time someone posted to the group. The old groups were more like a message board. The new format automatically subscribes each member to the group feed, so it's now

[meteorite-list] New Colorado fall or faux?

2011-06-14 Thread Rob Holcomb
Check out this article about a rock found in Greely Colorado. True? or False? http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20110612/NEWS/706129976/1051ParentProfile=1001 Doesn't look like any meteorite I've ever seen, seems more like a schist or something with a high crystalline content. Rob H

Re: [meteorite-list] New Colorado fall or faux?

2011-06-14 Thread mail
I don't think so, and most university professors couldn't identify a meteorite if it hit them on the head. Can't tell you how many times I get calls saying but the geology professor says this is a meteorite. Looks like this one is bogus too. But these local papers LOVE printing stories like

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Vintage Petrographic microscope.

2011-06-14 Thread Steve Schoner
The microscope sold last night. The lucky buyer got a great deal. I would have gotten this vintage scope myself if it were not for my cramped lab. Steve Schoner IMCA #4470 Founding Member Emeritus http://www.petroslides.com -- Original Message -- From: Steve Schoner

[meteorite-list] AD - 54 Excellent Auctions Ending - NO RESERVE!

2011-06-14 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, Please take a look if you have time. I have 54 excellent auctions ending this afternoon. They were started at just 99 cents with no reserve. Some are worth hundreds! Link to all auctions: http://shop.ebay.com/raremeteorites!/m.html Thank you for looking and if you are

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Facebook

2011-06-14 Thread Eric Wichman
Facebook a waste of time...? Hundreds of millions of people now use Facebook as their open-id to keep their online profiles consolidated and allow one-click-login to a myriad of sites all over the web. Facebook is worth billions upon billions of dollars, over 500 million users on Facebook,

Re: [meteorite-list] New Colorado fall or faux?

2011-06-14 Thread meteoriteguy.com
Not a meteorite. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 13, 2011, at 11:37 PM, Rob Holcomb rob.holc...@gmail.com wrote: Check out this article about a rock found in Greely Colorado. True? or False? http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20110612/NEWS/706129976/1051ParentProfile=1001 Doesn't look

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Facebook

2011-06-14 Thread Michael Gilmer
The more meteorite dealers who think Facebook is a waste of time, the better. ;) Attention all other meteorite dealers - Facebook sucks, you won't make any sales, you won't make any connections. Don't even bother registering to find out. I checked it out and I can confirm that it is worthless

[meteorite-list] Metal? in a Hematite Nodule

2011-06-14 Thread Thunder Stone
List: Has anyone cut a hematite nodule and found what looks like metal. Looks the same as the metal in meteorites. Could it be Specular Hematite? It is very magnetic (magnet attraction) Much Thanks, Greg S __

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Facebook

2011-06-14 Thread Thunder Stone
I love Facebook, it's just the people on it I can't stand He...he Greg S Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:14:42 -0400 From: meteoritem...@gmail.com To: e...@meteoritesusa.com CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT:

Re: [meteorite-list] New Colorado fall or faux?

2011-06-14 Thread Steve Schoner
BUZ... (Low frequency WRONG sounding buzzer) Sure looks like a piece of slag. The only thing that is originally authentic in this article is the word under the picture. Originality Originality is the aspect of created or invented works by as being new or novel, and thus can be

Re: [meteorite-list] New Colorado fall or faux?

2011-06-14 Thread Thunder Stone
This sounds like a romance novel to me Greg S From: scho...@mybluelight.com Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:26:09 + To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Colorado fall or faux? BUZ... (Low frequency WRONG

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite display at the worlds oldest still working Planetarium

2011-06-14 Thread Michael Johnson
Top star stuff! Thanks for sharing. Regards, Michael Johnson http://www.rocksfromspace.org - Original Message - From: Rob Lenssen rlens...@planet.nl To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:54:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite display at the

Re: [meteorite-list] New Colorado fall or faux?

2011-06-14 Thread Steve Schoner
No, not a romance novel but on an Ebay auction. The romance (novel excluded) will be the wishful thinking in the description, as provided by the originality of this newspaper article. Steve Schoner IMCA #4470 Founding Member Emeritus http://www.petroslides.com -- Original Message

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Facebook

2011-06-14 Thread Walter Branch
Facebook is a waste of *MY* time. -Walter - - Original Message - From: Eric Wichman e...@meteoritesusa.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Facebook

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal? in a Hematite Nodule

2011-06-14 Thread Bob Loeffler
Hi Greg, Hematite IS a metal, so that's what I would expect to see in a hematite nodule. Some will be completely oxidized (rusted) so that there is no more visible metal left in them, but others will still have some metal in them. Hematite is Iron and Oxygen (Fe2O3), so that's why it's attracted

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal? in a Hematite Nodule

2011-06-14 Thread Jim Wooddell
Hematite is often considered non-magnetic simply because its magnetism can be imperceptible. If it is highly magnetic, something other than the hematite is causing it. Hematite is known to mix with darn near anything! Jim Wooddell Read more: Is hematite naturally magnetic? | Answerbag

Re: [meteorite-list] New Colorado fall or faux?

2011-06-14 Thread John Hendry
Better images in this video clip. Looks like that smelting slag/cinders you find near the Holbrook railroad tracks. http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=203183 The professor mentioned in the text would appear to work in an Anthropology department.

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal? in a Hematite Nodule

2011-06-14 Thread John Hendry
Hematite/Haematite is not a metal. It's a metal oxide as you go on to say. Any free iron included within a hematite mass would be native iron and not hematite. Regards, John On 14/06/2011 13:48, Bob Loeffler b...@peaktopeak.com wrote: Hi Greg, Hematite IS a metal, so that's what I would

[meteorite-list] Public Meteorite Collections? [WAS]: meteorite display at the worlds oldest still working Planetarium

2011-06-14 Thread Richard Kowalski
This post reminds me of a small project I have. You may remember a year or so ago I created two files of larger public meteorite collections, one for Google Earth and the other for those using GPS devices or smartphones. I plan on adding this location to the next update (thanks for pointing it

Re: [meteorite-list] Public Meteorite Collections? [WAS]: meteorite display at the worlds oldest still working Planetarium

2011-06-14 Thread Richard Kowalski
I forgot to mention I am also interested in locations such as the Turkish mosque with the possible meteorite embedded into the wall, an article about which was in a recent issue of Meteorite Magazine. (Sorry I don't have the issue close at hand so can't cite it properly right now.) Since I

[meteorite-list] AD ebay Meteoritites and other items for sale

2011-06-14 Thread Warren Sansoucie
Hello List,  If anyone is interested, I am clearing house on my eBay store and making a special offer to METlist subscribers. I have a great 561 gram individual Campo del Cielo posted with a starting bid for $75. If someone from the list is interested, I will end the auction at $75 and throw

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite display at the worlds oldest still working Planetarium

2011-06-14 Thread karmaka
Hi Rob, it's a wonderful project, Rob! Thank you for making us aware of it. This Planeterium is definitely worth a visit ! See you soon. Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Rob Lenssen rlens...@planet.nl Gesendet: 14.06.2011 11:54:43 An: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff:

[meteorite-list] AD for the Campo

2011-06-14 Thread Warren Sansoucie
Hello List. Thanks for all of the inquiries for the Campo. It has sold. For those interested, I will have a new batch of similar individuals that will weight around the same or slightly larger for around the same price to fellow METlist subscribers. I will be sure to let all of you know

[meteorite-list] Ensisheim last news

2011-06-14 Thread Zelimir . Gabelica
G'day List, It all starts in less than 3 days! Hope this info can reach some of you who live within our time zone, believing that the othyer significant number of our overseas guests is about to start flying... 1) The sad news came today. For the first time, our Grand-Maître, Jean-Marie

[meteorite-list] Ensisheim last news

2011-06-14 Thread Zelimir . Gabelica
Sorry if this comes twice -- G'day List, It all starts in less than 3 days! Hope this info can reach some of you who live within our time zone, believing that the othyer significant number of our overseas guests is about to start flying... 1) The sad news

[meteorite-list] New Colorado fall or faux?

2011-06-14 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
I retold this to my 6 year old, she laughed really hard! Phil Whitmer -- I was hoping to see a photo of the 5-foot snake. I've never seen a snake with feet! ;) __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] regarding post of NWA 001 question PLUS careless IMCA member

2011-06-14 Thread Dan Furlan
O.k. Everybody, I have spoken to the IMCA member who tried selling me the NWA 001,  after i confirmed with Adam Hupe and Dean Bessey and several other people who know a lot about this meteorite and i knew for certain it was practically impossible to have a half stone of NWA 001 that weighed 16

Re: [meteorite-list] regarding post of NWA 001 question PLUS careless IMCA member

2011-06-14 Thread bill kies
I can't believe I read the whole thing. Bill Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:36:30 -0400 From: danfur...@gmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] regarding post of NWA 001 question PLUS careless IMCA member O.k.

[meteorite-list] Book: The Rock from Mars: by Kathy Sawyer

2011-06-14 Thread Greg Stanley
List: Has anyone read the book, The Rock from Mars? what are your thoughts? Is it worth buying? Greg S Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2011, at 7:47 PM, bill kies parkforest...@hotmail.com wrote: I can't believe I read the whole thing. Bill

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite display at the worlds oldest stillworking Planetarium

2011-06-14 Thread Ed Deckert
Congratulations Rob. Great job!!! Ed Deckert IMCA #8911 - Original Message - From: Rob Lenssen rlens...@planet.nl To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 5:54 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite display at the worlds oldest stillworking

Re: [meteorite-list] Book: The Rock from Mars: by Kathy Sawyer

2011-06-14 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:37:35 -0700, you wrote: Has anyone read the book, The Rock from Mars? Is it worth buying? I haven't read it, but it has been on my wish list at Amazon for a long time, and every time I've noticed it, there have been hardback copies for 1 cent. I'd say give it a try,

[meteorite-list] OT: FaceBook

2011-06-14 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
After the dust has settled, only the seven-headed beast shall remain standing. The Hydra heads of the Leviathan will be called: FaceBook, Walmart, Ebay, Apple, Exxon, Microsoft and Wikipedia. Phil Whitmer --- An orange-robed Buddhist monk, a Catholic priest and a Lutheran

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: FaceBook

2011-06-14 Thread Greg Stanley
Forgot google Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2011, at 9:25 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com wrote: After the dust has settled, only the seven-headed beast shall remain standing. The Hydra heads of the Leviathan will be called: FaceBook, Walmart, Ebay, Apple, Exxon,

[meteorite-list] OT:FaceBook

2011-06-14 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
And the names of the ten-headed Hydra beast shall be FaceBook, Walmart, Google, Ebay, Apple, Exxon, General Electric, General Motors, Microsoft and Wikipedia. Phil Whitmer So a Greek Orthodox priest, the Dalai Lhama and a Jewish rabbi are knocking back a few