Re: [meteorite-list] theuthe
Steve,I amnot sure why you email this. Eric Olson and I had 8 kilos for sale between us two weeks ago. I am sitting now in South Africa again, waiting for my flight to London tonight. Michael Cottingham and I have been in Lesotho, Swaziland, and South Africa for the last 10 days. We went on Safari, vsited the jungle coast on the Mozambique border, and saw animals galore in the world famous Kruger Park. We hunted Thuathe and purchased some more specimens, but the fall is finished. We got barely a kilo each this trip, there is little more to be found, the strewnfield has been picked clean. If you have any hope of getting a nice indvidual, I highly highly suggest anyone contact me via email, ASAP and place a request, as I will sell out this material in minutes, and there will be no more from me. I will be travelling the next 48 hours, and will answer emails if possible during airport stops along the way. Michael Farmer Meteorite-Hunter signing off from South Africa --- Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who has a 20 to 25 gram individual of theuthe meteorite for sale? = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 Illinois Meteorites Website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Photos From A Famous Meteorite Town!
Well this one's particularly for you Mark although I'm sure others will appreciate it too. When you ran one of your previous meteorite contests, you awarded me a consulation prize just for mentioning that there's a street in Murchison, Victoria called Meteorite St. Well last time I headed through central Victoria, I took a detour and snapped a couple of photos I thought you'd like! ;-) http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com/images/murchison1.jpg And if you liked that one; you're gonna love this one!!! I took it at the front of the main and pretty much only store in Murchison. There's a little bit a camera-flash glare. Sorry about that; it was a little dark in the shade. http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com/images/murchison2.jpg Hope you liked, Jeff KuykenI.M.C.A. #3085www.meteoritesaustralia.com
[meteorite-list] Snow and Thuathe!
Good morning List, Fred Olsen and I are happy to announce two things we have in Denver this morning - snow and Thuathe. We have a lot of both - a whole lot! Any volunteers for getting the 4 feet of the former out of my driveway? Fred is busy working on the web site (www.webmeteorites.com - get it? we b meteorites) and it may not be accessible to most of you for a few days as it propagates. Once it is up you'll be able to see scores of pictures of beautifully crusted Thuathe individuals and fragments, and a limited number of full slices. Many of the pieces are fully documented as to finder and location and a few even have an angle such as found in my garden or picked up while still hot (we know this is usually an urban myth, but when you see how much metal is in these and how a lot of it is exposed through the crust, may be). We also have the smallest documented individual at 2.5 grams (although Fred has been eyeing this one) and the 5th largest at 493.4 grams! So there is something for everyone although many cluster around the 20-30 gram range. Prices will range from $6/gm for undocumented fragments, to $7/gm for documented fragments and undocumented individuals, to $7.50/gm for full slices and documented individuals, to perhaps $10/gm for really special/oriented individuals. As Fred will be getting away from the snow for a while, the best thing to do is email me with your wants and I'll compile a list on a first in/first choice basis. We will also have an excellent selection of Korra Korrabes, the chondrule-loaded brecciated Namibian H3, with individuals at $1.50/gm, full slices (only 2mm thick for large exposure with minimum weight!) at $2/gm, and thin sections at $32. And keep an eye on the web site for some very interesting Gibeons and... well, just keep looking! __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NP Article, 03-14-2003 Canada Light May Be Space Junk
Paper: The Chronicle-Journal City: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Date: March 14, 2003 U.S.-based research centre believes light over city may have been space junk By Kris Ketonen Officials with a Las Vegas-based aerial anomaly research centre believe the strange light seen over Thunder Bay last weekend may have been a piece of space junk re-entering the atmosphere. Colm Kelleher, who holds a PhD in biochemistry and serves as deputy administrator with the National Institute for Discovery Science - a privately funded organization that looks into things like UFOs and cattle mutilations - said there were substantial space junk reentries scheduled for atmosphere March 3 and 11. One of them was remnants from a European Space Agency launch about two weeks ago, and the other was part of a satellite, he said. Usually, they can pinpoint these things pretty accurately, he said from Las Vegas yesterday. They can usually predict a flight path. There were no re-entries scheduled for March 8, however, Kelleher said. Therefore a meteor, mentioned earlier this week by Lakehead University geologist Stephen Kissin, is also a possibility. But whatever it was, NIDS is looking for eyewitness accounts to help determine the trajectory, and possibly locate the object if it crashed to earth. If the path is determined, NIDS will likely contact a meteor-chasing group it works with. A lot of geology-type people are very interested in actually laying their hands on the finished product when it hits the ground, Kelleher said. It has a lot of geological or geophysical interest in the academic community. We would probably not send somebody up there because we're not personally interested in collecting meteors. If the object is determined to be space junk, an organization dealing with that would be contacted to finish it up. Kelleher - who contacted The Chronicle-Journal looking for information on the sightings - said the institute took notice of the event after getting a call from a Portland, Maine radio station. A host there saw the light, and spoke about it on her show. The station received about 30 calls from other witnesses, which prompted the host to call NIDS to see if it knew anything about it. It didn't, so Kelleher himself appeared on one of the station's programs Wednesday to talk about the event. Since then, NIDS has received several phone calls from Portland-area eye witnesses. Kelleher said it's likely the light in Oregon and the light seen in Thunder Bay are one and the same. They were both seen Saturday at about the same time (between 7 and 8 p.m. Eastern time), both were travelling west, and both were described as balls of light. The light was also reported in Dryden, Atikokan and in the Cook County News-Herald, a newspaper based in Grand Marais, Minn. The only differences are that nobody in the U.S. heard any noise, and there were different colours reported, from green to purple to orange and red. The light in Thunder Bay was described as orange, but Kelleher said there's an explanation for the discrepancies. A lot of that would be associated with ionization, he said, adding he was planning on talking with a NIDS physicist who's an expert in the topic. Ionization is the process by which an object, or part of an object, is converted to ions. Kelleher said he plans on talking with the physicist when the reports die down, likely in the next day or so. Anyone who wishes to report a sighting can phone the NIDS UFO hotline at (702) 798-1700, or fill out an online report sheet on their Web site at nidsci.org The UFO hotline was set up about four years ago, and has garnered about 5,000 reports of strange aerial phenomena, Kelleher said. The vast majority of those are easily explainable as things like airplanes or weather balloons. I would say probably less than 1,000 are still in the unexplained category, Kelleher said. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Express Leaves For Baikonur
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEM2DO8YFDD_index_0.html Mars Express leaves for Baikonur European Space Agency 19 March 2003 Mars Express, the first European spacecraft to visit the planet Mars, has completed its tests at Toulouse, France. After six months extensive thermal environmental, mechanical and electric tests, the spacecraft with the Beagle 2 lander will leave for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on 19 March 2003 onboard an Antonov 124 aircraft. It will be launched early June 2003 onboard a Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket. Mars Express, Europe's first mission to a planet, was built by Astrium , the prime contractor, with the involvement of more than twenty European companies. Building Mars Express presented a double challenge : designing a highly complex system within tight deadlines (to meet a fixed launch date) as well as being as economical as possible. Mars Express has been built for half the costs of similar, previous missions. The industrial team responded to the challenge by using off-the-shelf equipment and technology already developed for the Rosetta mission. New ways of project management and more responsibility at the initial stages of the collaboration with the European Space Agency, successfully kept the project within the allocated time limits and budgets. The spacecraft will benefit from an exceptionally favourable launch window in June 2003; at this date, the distance separating the planets Earth and Mars will be minimal, an opportunity only occurring all 17 years. From December 2003, Mars Express will be inserted into an elliptical quasi-polar orbit. Seven scientific instruments on the orbiter will perform the following tasks: global high-resolution imaging, global mineralogical mapping, global atmospheric circulation and mapping of the atmospheric composition, radar sounding of the subsurface structure, study of surface-atmosphere interactions, and interaction of the atmosphere with the interplanetary environment. Mars Express will also carry the Beagle 2 lander which will detach from the spacecraft and land on the Martian surface. It will collect and analyse rock and soil samples on the spot. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Photos From A Famous Meteorite Town!
Hello Jeff and list, Thanks for sharing the photos. Double meat, double cheese, double bacon. That almost describes the Murchison meteorite.:-) Mark Bostick www.MeteoriteArticles.com - Original Message - From: Jeff Kuyken [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List [EMAIL PROTECTED]; MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 4:03 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Photos From A Famous Meteorite Town! Well this one's particularly for you Mark although I'm sure others will appreciate it too. When you ran one of your previous meteorite contests, you awarded me a consulation prize just for mentioning that there's a street in Murchison, Victoria called Meteorite St. Well last time I headed through central Victoria, I took a detour and snapped a couple of photos I thought you'd like! ;-) http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com/images/murchison1.jpg And if you liked that one; you're gonna love this one!!! I took it at the front of the main and pretty much only store in Murchison. There's a little bit a camera-flash glare. Sorry about that; it was a little dark in the shade. http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com/images/murchison2.jpg Hope you liked, Jeff Kuyken I.M.C.A. #3085 www.meteoritesaustralia.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Thuathe
Steve, We B Meteorites to your service. Other than poor grammer and bad spelling we want to be known for fine meteorites. I am starting a new web site (under construction) to sell meteorites. Unfortunately it is taking longer than I had planned. Chauncey Walden is helping with this project and has a fine lot of 65 pieces of Thuathe ready to go. There are whole individuals, crusted fragments, and slices. There about 10 in the 17-23 gram range. Overall they range from 4 grams to 493.4g many with documentation with date, place, and name of finder. Until the website is ready get your requests into Chauncey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or me Fred Olsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Fred - Original Message - From: Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 8:18 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] theuthe Who has a 20 to 25 gram individual of theuthe meteorite for sale? = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 Illinois Meteorites Website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Having fun in Denver
Hello everybody, If you would like to know what we are doing for fun in Denver today, go take a look at this: http://photos.yahoo.com/impactika and click on "Blizzard 03-03" Back to shoveling. :-) Anne Black IMCA #2356 www.IMPACTIKA.com e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [meteorite-list] 03-14-2003 Canada Light May Be Space Junk - NOT
List, No, it was a meteorite. Do some research on meteors/meteorite falls on that date in previous years. Regards, Bjørn Sørheim At 11:41 19.03.03 -0600, you wrote: Paper: The Chronicle-Journal City: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Date: March 14, 2003 U.S.-based research centre believes light over city may have been space junk By Kris Ketonen Officials with a Las Vegas-based aerial anomaly research centre believe the strange light seen over Thunder Bay last weekend may have been a piece of space junk re-entering the atmosphere. Colm Kelleher, who holds a PhD in biochemistry and serves as deputy administrator with the National Institute for Discovery Science - a privately funded organization that looks into things like UFOs and cattle mutilations - said there were substantial space junk reentries scheduled for atmosphere March 3 and 11. One of them was remnants from a European Space Agency launch about two weeks ago, and the other was part of a satellite, he said. Usually, they can pinpoint these things pretty accurately, he said from Las Vegas yesterday. They can usually predict a flight path. There were no re-entries scheduled for March 8, however, Kelleher said. Therefore a meteor, mentioned earlier this week by Lakehead University geologist Stephen Kissin, is also a possibility. snip __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Having fun in Denver
Hi Ann and all, Looks like you got a little snow. You can still see the houses though. Looks like your neighbor likes to park his truck under a tree. Al Lang likes to shovel snow from what I can remember when I called him one time. Maybe you can get him to head up your way :-) I am sure it is difficult to get out to the post office and send out specimens but hopefully it will clear for you soon. Hopefully by September when were all up there :-) Best wishes, stay out from under trees and don't hurt you back shoveling. --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Having fun in Denver
Anne, Looks like fun. For a little contrast, this was the the view out of my window on Monday. http://photos.yahoo.com/stelor96 Good luck, Steve --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everybody, If you would like to know what we are doing for fun in Denver today, go take a look at this: and click on Blizzard 03-03 Back to shoveling.:-) Anne Black IMCA #2356 www.IMPACTIKA.com e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://www.meteoritecollectors.org __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Having fun in Denver
Hi Ann, Hey, what's that white stuff? I think we had a little bit of that here in Savannah at the end of January. It flurried for about 7 minutes. Yesterday, I was wearing shorts and T-shirt and broke a sweat going to my mailbox :-) That's what I like about the South! Of course, we do have sandflies. -Walter - www.branchmeteorites.com - Original Message - From: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Having fun in Denver Hi Ann and all, Looks like you got a little snow. You can still see the houses though. Looks like your neighbor likes to park his truck under a tree. Al Lang likes to shovel snow from what I can remember when I called him one time. Maybe you can get him to head up your way :-) I am sure it is difficult to get out to the post office and send out specimens but hopefully it will clear for you soon. Hopefully by September when were all up there :-) Best wishes, stay out from under trees and don't hurt you back shoveling. --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Of course in chicago we had 75 degrees on monday, 62 yesterday and 52 today.It pays to live by the big lake. steve = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 Illinois Meteorites Website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Having fun in Denver
Anne, I am sending you my hopes for a quick warm up and some relief from the snow. I am happy to see all the snow there as most if not all the moisture will eventually end up in the Colorado river drainage that will eventually end up in Arizona. With the equinox only days away you will soon see warmer times. All of the western states need the water that will melt from all this snow to replenish the aquifers. Lots of hot tea and a few more logs on the fire will help. Stay warm Mark M. Phoenix AZ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:22 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Having fun in Denver Hello everybody,If you would like to know what we are doing for fun in Denver today, go take a look at this: http://photos.yahoo.com/impactika and click on "Blizzard 03-03"Back to shoveling. :-)Anne BlackIMCA #2356www.IMPACTIKA.come-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[meteorite-list] Re:Having fun in Denver
...Of course we do have sand flies. - Walter No flies, no bugs of any kind to be seen in Denver today. The only thing flying here are snowballs, lots of snowballs. Big, white meteorites, at least that how heavy they feel when you get hit in the face with one. Darn good thing they don't fly at 20 miles per second! Hummm. Anyone care to buy a made to order white meteorite, or a dirty snowball comet? Cheap, today and tomorrow only (as the temperature is expected to reach near 50 degrees by Friday). And I promise not to send any yellow custom colored comets that were visited by my Scottish terrier "Holbrook". Snowbound in Denver, Fred Hall / Meteorhall
[meteorite-list] impactite vs. impact glass
Dear List; Is there a defined difference between impact glass and impactite? I see one picture of an impact glass that was hard to discern from impactite. So, lost as usual, is there a definition, or is it just a difference in the melt degree? Thank you, Dave Freeman __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Propagation
Michael: You seem to have an unfair advantage. It certainly appears that your 36g Sikhote-Alin is on Viagra. No wonder you can stud it out. Someone has already made this point: Some people on this list have way too much spare time (Dr. Blood). Regards, Dave __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re: Re:Having fun in Denver, getting off topic now
feel when you get hit in the face with one. Darn good thing they don't fly at 20 miles per second! Indeed! Fred, you have a Scottish terrier name "Holbrook"? Ha, I like that. I am sitting here eating some Claxton fruitcake. Nice and Warm. http://www.branchmeteorites.com/HistClaxton.html Ann and Fred, send me your address and I'll send you some! (Looks like I spoke too soon about our Southern weather. The National Weather service just issued a severe storm warning for this area and it's raining hail outside). -Walter -www.branchmeteorites.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:51 PM Subject: Re:Having fun in Denver ...Of course we do have sand flies. - Walter No flies, no bugs of any kind to be seen in Denver today. The only thing flying here are snowballs, lots of snowballs. Big, white meteorites, at least that how heavy they feel when you get hit in the face with one. Darn good thing they don't fly at 20 miles per second! Hummm. Anyone care to buy a made to order white meteorite, or a dirty snowball comet? Cheap, today and tomorrow only (as the temperature is expected to reach near 50 degrees by Friday). And I promise not to send any yellow custom colored comets that were visited by my Scottish terrier "Holbrook".Snowbound in Denver, Fred Hall / Meteorhall
[meteorite-list] impactite vs. impact glass
http://www.ctlab.geo.utexas.edu/imagefolio/igmet/ Hey Dave, Check out the above web page. I'm not sure about the correct terminology, but the images might be what you are more interested in. Other interesting images: http://www.mintek.ac.za/pubs/geobook/Impactglass.htm http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2002/pdf/1353.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2003/pdf/1416.pdf http://presolar.wustl.edu/ref/DaG.pdf http://www.star-bits.com/aouelloul.htm http://www.star-bits.com/ldglass.htm Bob V. - [meteorite-list] impactite vs. impact glass David Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:34:35 -0700 Dear List; Is there a defined difference between impact glass and impactite? I see one picture of an impact glass that was hard to discern from impactite. So, lost as usual, is there a definition, or is it just a difference in the melt degree? Thank you, Dave Freeman __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
