[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2013-04-07 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Chelyabinsk Contributed by: Gregor Hoeher http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk question

2013-04-07 Thread Garry Stewart
Quick question list. Is Chelyabinsk attracted to light weight magnets? __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Sign Up Now for your Mineral Rights (Mining Asteroids for Platinum)

2013-04-07 Thread Jeff Grossman
So I only calculated the price of the precious metals. The base metals are, in fact, worth much more than the precious metals in an H chondrite, especially the Ni. Assuming only the iron in the metal phase is recoverable, an H chondrite would seem to be worth around $50/ton in Fe, $20/ton Co

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[meteorite-list] OT: Help deeded to find specific 8 lapidary wheel

2013-04-07 Thread mmartin
Aloha Folks, Our local rock club is looking to find a replacement wheel for one of our machines, however the task of finding the same wheel is proving to be rather difficult. The wheel we are looking for is an 8 metal wheel. The inside of the ring is stamped Dima Ring 325. Online

[meteorite-list] I've been a miner for a heart of ....

2013-04-07 Thread Kevin Kichinka
platinum (with apologies to Neil Young). Team Meteorite: This 'string' regarding 'asteroid mining' has attracted the scholarly attention of the Rubin's and Grossman's and seems worth tying into a couple more knots. I'm all thumbs though when tying knots, so subject to peer review which I

Re: [meteorite-list] I've been a miner for a heart of ....

2013-04-07 Thread Alan Rubin
As long as we're being serious, Jeff has zeroed in on the most valuable property of asteroids -- water. Until and unless manufacturing occurs off the Earth, it is unlikely that PGE mining of asteroids will be cost-effective. But as humans again start exploring space beyond low Earth orbit,

Re: [meteorite-list] I've been a miner for a heart of ....

2013-04-07 Thread John Cabassi
G'Day List I think I'll just sit around and wait for visitors from other galaxies to turn up and cut a deal with them. They already know how to zip around this universe :-) Cheers John On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu wrote: As long as we're being serious, Jeff has