[meteorite-list] AD-New Moroccan Fall Stone, ebay auctions ending Sat, Jan 24

2015-01-23 Thread Gary Fujihara via Meteorite-list
Aloha Meteorite lovers, Big Kahuna has meteorites in auctions on ebay that end tomorrow Saturday, January 24, starting at 8:00am Pacific / 11:00am Eastern / 4:00pm London / 6:00pm Helsinki / 11:00pm Singapore. FREE Worldwide shipping on select meteorites. Here are a few examples: • New June 8

[meteorite-list] NEO Asteroids Close Approach Data 2000-2014 Graphs and Analysis 10 LD - 0.1 LD

2015-01-23 Thread drtanuki via Meteorite-list
List, Some of you may find this information very interesting! NEO Asteroids Close Approach Data 2000-2014 Graphs and Analysis 10 LD - 0.1 LD ©2015 23.1.15- ANALYSIS by ESSICO / LUNAR METEORITE HUNTER Source Data NASA/JPL

[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - Saharan Achondrites and OC's

2015-01-23 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks via Meteorite-list
Hi Bulletin Watchers, There are 11 new approvals. Most are from the NWA DCA. There are several Vestans, melts, and an ungrouped chondrite. Link :

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update: Sahara 00293

2015-01-23 Thread Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
Mike and All: Even poor old L6's can have their 15 minutes of fame! This one has high pressure minerals: dark blue ringwoodite and green wadsleyite. How cool (or should I say hot and shocked?) is that? Carl Agee * Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Met Bulletin Update: Sahara 00293

2015-01-23 Thread Bernd V. Pauli via Meteorite-list
How cool (or should I say hot and shocked?) is that? I'd say a shocking S6 ;-) Some Europeans (especially the Dutch) will remember a group called Shockin' Blue ... They must have been savvy re: ringwoodite :-) Cheers, Bernd To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteoritem...@gmail.com

[meteorite-list] AD - ebay: 22 METEORITE THIN SECTIONS

2015-01-23 Thread Peter Marmet via Meteorite-list
Hello All, I have 22 great meteorite thin sections on ebay, ending in about two days! http://kuerzer.de/qOxGIz8tU All the best, Peter Peter Marmet - IMCA #2747 http://www.thinsections.ch http://www.marmet-meteorites.com __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update: Sahara 00293

2015-01-23 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks via Meteorite-list
Hi Laurence and List, Ah, the nebulous picture becomes more clear. Science works in mysterious ways. It must be interesting (and fun) to have access to an institutional collection. One could sift through the numerous specimens looking for traits that stand out and/or features of interest. I

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update: Sahara 00293

2015-01-23 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks via Meteorite-list
Hi Carl, Meteorites are like a box of chocolates. I guess even the most common OC's can have something uncommon or interesting about them. I've seen a few oddballs over the years that were too small to classifyor so it seemed at the time. Looking back on it now, I regret not having a couple

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update: Sahara 00293

2015-01-23 Thread Ed Deckert via Meteorite-list
I guess that this should now be Crystyl clear to everyone...:) - Original Message - From: Carl Agee via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com To: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com Cc: Laurence Garvie lgar...@cox.net; meteoritelist meteoritelist

Re: [meteorite-list] KT extinction, again..

2015-01-23 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hi Paul, Sterling - Again, no mention of Shiva and the Deccan traps sequence. And the persistent attempts to degrade language, like pretending asteroids and comets are the same thing. You know, if my stroke had of been a little more severe, I would not be aggravated by all of this cr*p. As

[meteorite-list] Nomenclature

2015-01-23 Thread Edwin Thompson via Meteorite-list
Meteorite nick-names are beginning to resemble the names of beers and hot brews in the Northwest: Black Beauty and Hot Shocolate __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Re-2: Met Bulletin Update: Sahara 00293

2015-01-23 Thread Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
I think we have to save the name Shocking Blue for the first meteorite from Venus-- if one is ever discovered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPEhQugz-Ew Carl Agee * Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary

Re: [meteorite-list] NEO Asteroids Close Approach Data 2000-2014 Graphs and Analysis 10 LD - 0.1 LD

2015-01-23 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
It rains in Tucson in the summer! A great example of observational bias. Larry List, Some of you may find this information very interesting! NEO Asteroids Close Approach Data 2000-2014 Graphs and Analysis 10 LD - 0.1 LD ©2015 23.1.15- ANALYSIS by ESSICO / LUNAR METEORITE HUNTER Source

Re: [meteorite-list] Re-2: Met Bulletin Update: Sahara 00293

2015-01-23 Thread Karen Ziegler via Meteorite-list
Carl - did you HAVE to post this?? :-) This makes me feel SO OLD! K On 1/23/15 3:04 PM, Carl Agee via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: I think we have to save the name Shocking Blue for the first meteorite from Venus-- if one is ever discovered.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite mineral named after beer is time capsule

2015-01-23 Thread Gmail via Meteorite-list
At least they did not name it Coorslite. Mendy Ouzillou On Jan 23, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Is this Carlsbergite pasteurized? Meteorites containing Carlsbergite cannot be purchased by collectors under the age of

[meteorite-list] Meteorite mineral named after beer is time capsule

2015-01-23 Thread Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
Hello Listers DID the SAY BEER :) Enjoy Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html Website http://meteoritefalls.com Meteorite mineral named after beer is time capsule 15:55 22 January 2015 by Catherine Brahic For similar stories, visit the Solar System and

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 19-23, 2015

2015-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 19-23, 2015 o Gusev Crater - False Color (19 January 2015) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20150119a o Utopia Planitia - False Color (20 January 2015) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20150120a o Capen Crater - False Color (21 January 2015)

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: January 14-21, 2015

2015-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Team Has Plan to Fix Flash Memory Issue - sols 3902-3908, January 14, 2015-January 21, 2015: Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards Marathon Valley, a putative location for abundant clay

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite mineral named after beer is time capsule

2015-01-23 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks via Meteorite-list
Is this Carlsbergite pasteurized? Meteorites containing Carlsbergite cannot be purchased by collectors under the age of 21. Too much Carlsbergite causes beer goggles making weathered meteorites look pretty. Meteorites with Carlsbergite have a frothy crust. Somebody stop me --

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2015-01-23 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Bondoc Contributed by: Paul Swartz http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=01/24/2015 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update: Sahara 00293

2015-01-23 Thread Laurence Garvie via Meteorite-list
Crystyl is a grad student in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU. She is studying shock phases in meteorites, and by chance Sah 00293 has something very interesting in it (you can look up her LPSC abstract which will be online in a few weeks). In order for her LPSC abstract to be

Re: [meteorite-list] Huh? PhD has a Meteor? over Houston, TX?

2015-01-23 Thread FRIES, MARC D. (JSC-XI111) via Meteorite-list
Theoretically, sure; a bolide could skip out of the atmosphere and return on a second pass. Or at least I¹ve been told this by people who¹ve spent more time on it than myself and I tend to believe them. But in that case, ³slow moving² is not an option. You would need a very fast-moving, massive