Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite police bulletin-Azurite?

2003-07-17 Thread jonee
Looks like an Azurite nodule I think it is worth $10. Elton Death To SPAM __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Tester's for Meteors and Meteorites volume 3 required

2003-07-17 Thread Eric Hutton
Volume 3 of Meteors and Meteorites (an historic archive) CD is to be published soon, There will also be a DVD-ROM version combining volumes 1 to 3. I have 4 proof copies to give away to those willing to try them out and return comments and any suggestions. You have until 28th July to email me pe

[meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Washington? answer ebay dealer

2003-07-17 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello another answer from the ebay dealer what ever thes are they are not Asphalt! the story goes , i saw the news about the meteorits on the news, so i went down to Elma and they were all picking what up what u see in the picture, they told me it is what fell fron the sky! the things look as if

RE: [meteorite-list] Tektites?

2003-07-17 Thread Ryan Darby
Basically it's the formation of glass from heat and pressure. A meteorite hits the earth, and the force melts the sand (silicate) to sand. The same thing happens with atomic bombs. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.ne

Re: [meteorite-list] Tektites?

2003-07-17 Thread Steve Schoner
--- Tom aka James Knudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Good List, What is the number one theory out > right now of where > Tektites came from? > Thanks, Tom > Peregrineflier <>< > The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 > Imactites produced in certain, and very rare mega-Tunguska type events

Re: [meteorite-list] Tektites?

2003-07-17 Thread Marcia Swanson
To Tom and List, I don't know Tom, but would like to know,what is the number one theory of where tektites came from? Regards, Marcie <>< --- Begin Message --- Hello Good List, What is the number one theory out right now of where Tektites came from? Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< The proudest me

[meteorite-list] New Elma Washington Meteorites...but in conclusion

2003-07-17 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
After the Hupe report, is or not is a meteorite fall? Regards Matteo = M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International M

Re: [meteorite-list] Rockboxes for Meteorites

2003-07-17 Thread Fred Olsen
Several list members have told me that the link to our website does not work for them. I just looked at it and it works for me. Can any one tell me why it works for some and not others? Thanks, http://www.rockboxes.com/ - Original Message - From: Fred Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: meteo

Re: [meteorite-list] Delaware

2003-07-17 Thread Allen Shaw
Hello Walter, and list.  The Delaware mass was the most unusual stone I have ever sliced up. On one end (where the inital cuts were made) was the heavily brecciated matrix with well defined veins and armored chondrules, but overall, a uniform interior. But, by the time the mass was reduced t

Re: [meteorite-list] New Elma Washington Meteorites On eBay

2003-07-17 Thread Idijay
Remnants from the infamous shotput pit perhaps?

Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Field Report Part 1

2003-07-17 Thread Mark Jackson
Adam,   Great report. I can't barely see from laughing so hard . . . Thanks for the levity!   Mark Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).

[meteorite-list] Delaware

2003-07-17 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone,   I am sitting here at my desk examining a slice of Delaware, an L4 chondrite found in 1972 in Arkansas.  Those who might have some of this meteorite, would you please examine your piece and tell me if you see many metal-rimmed chondrules.  Thanks.   -Walter -

Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Field Report Part 1

2003-07-17 Thread David Freeman
Dear Greg, Adam; What a wonderful report. It's the stuff dreams are made of! I have met the girlyikes! Very thankful for your report, Dave Freeman Walter Branch wrote: Adam- "Rattlesnake Eggs" Are you serious? -Walter -- www.branchmeteorites.co

Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Field Report Part 1

2003-07-17 Thread Walter Branch
Adam- "Rattlesnake Eggs" Are you serious? -Walter -- www.branchmeteorites.com - Original Message - From: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:36 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Elma Field Report

[meteorite-list] New tektite theory?

2003-07-17 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, Has it ever been suggested that Tektites could be a solar material, possibly from solar flares or sunspots? Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pai

[meteorite-list] Elma Field Report Part 2

2003-07-17 Thread Adam Hupe
Elma Meteorite Field Update Part 2. We headed to the quarry and looked around guided by the locals who showed us their town's most secretive spots. Within 10 minutes Greg found a nodule containing several nice fossils. A teenager came up to us with what looked like an iron meteorite but not from

Re: [meteorite-list] Tektites?

2003-07-17 Thread N Lehrman
Tom & all, Tektites are now almost universally viewed as far-traveled impactites, mainly terrestrial material "splashed" by meteorite impacts. Some meteoritic components may be incorporated into the glass. Mysteries remain as to why only a few impacts are known to have created tektites, and we'r

[meteorite-list] Elma Field Report Part 1

2003-07-17 Thread Adam Hupe
Elma Meteorite Field Update Part 1. We thought List members might be interested in a report from the field concerning the Elma incident. Greg and I arrived in Elma at 11:00 a.m. yesterday to find several dozen people searching for meteorites in the shot-put area next to the Elma High School runni

[meteorite-list] Country Club project update

2003-07-17 Thread Mark Jackson
Dear List and Country Club project search team members:   Today I was phoned by Ed Esgar of the Ravisloe Country Club to discuss our proposal. I was not in at the time, but I will be returning his call tomorrow early. Presumably he would not have called if the project proposal held no interest to t

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite police bulletin

2003-07-17 Thread Mark Jackson
OMG . . . that is the FIRST Smurf-turd I have ever seen . . . Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).

Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High

2003-07-17 Thread Kevin Fly Hill
I guess that I'm even more of a cynic than Walter. I concur about the "lawsuit protection" angle, but also NASA just didn't want people pickn' that stuff up -- look how many did any way! From where we live in Southern VanZandt County, Texas, my wife heard the explosion/sonic boom (more like felt

Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High

2003-07-17 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Marcia, As I note on my website, I think the notion of a "hot" meteorite is a myth, born by seeing too many Hollywood movies. IMHO, when a meteorite lands it has lost most if not all of the heat that was generated by atmospheric flight. They are not "hot" when they land. In the case of Colum

[meteorite-list] Phil Bagnels Website

2003-07-17 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone,   Does anyone know what happened to Phil Bagnel's website on problematic meteorites.  I have a link to it from my site but a visitor informed me that URL is no longer valid.   http://www.ticetboo.demon.co.uk/mpd.htm   -Walter --www.branch

[meteorite-list] Meteorite police bulletin

2003-07-17 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
List, a Meteorite police bulletin is being posted, This is a all points bulletin, be on the look out for a meteorwrong last seen at the link below! Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 > I saw this item for sale at eBay, The World's Online Marketplace TM, and t

[meteorite-list] Tektites?

2003-07-17 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello Good List, What is the number one theory out right now of where Tektites came from? Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/mete

[meteorite-list] RE: This endless God thread!!! Staying on topic

2003-07-17 Thread Howard Wu
I would find these to be acceptable spiritual topics for this list on this endless thread.   1) Calls for jihads against infidels belonging to non meteorite worshipping religons.   2) Odes to the meteorite parent body god and goddess, Mars and Vesta.   3) Knife constuction from aboriginal irons fo

[meteorite-list] Mars and the Moon...

2003-07-17 Thread Pekka Savolainen
A "landscape" -picture can be found from; http://www.dlc.fi/~nuuska/combo2.jpg The distance between Mars and the Moon is about 6 - 7 degrees. pekka -- Pekka Savolainen Jokiharjuntie 4 FIN-71330 Rasala FINLAND + 358 400 818 912 Group Home Page: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/eurocoin Grou

[meteorite-list] Earth's Birth Date Turned Back

2003-07-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/07.17/01-earthbirth.html Earth's birth date turned back: Formed earlier than believed By William J. Cromie Harvard University Gazette July 17, 2003 [Image] Stein Jacobsen shows off a chondritic meteorite named Allende for the place it fell in Mexico in

[meteorite-list] Elma Has Gone Meteor Crazy

2003-07-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.thedailyworld.com/daily/2003/Jul-17-Thu-2003/news/news1.html Elma has gone meteor crazy By Levi Pulkkinen The Daily World (Washington) July 17, 2003 ELMA - A meteorite is a seductive thing. It draws people towards it, pulls the obsessed to distant corners of the world. Meteorites

[meteorite-list] ebay help

2003-07-17 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi Tom, In all auctions, the bid increments are dictated by the level of bidding - how high the price is getting. The higher the price goes, the larger the bid increment becomes. On eBay it starts at .05c and goes up. Best wishes, Michael on 7/17/03 1:30 PM, Tom aka James Knudson

[meteorite-list] New Elma Washington Meteorites On eBay

2003-07-17 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello,   Just noticed thisbid at your own risk, looking funny to me...:-)   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2184225892&category=3239   Mark BostickPlease visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.

Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High

2003-07-17 Thread Rob Wesel
Evaporation possibly, but only if exposed during atmospheric re-entry. An intact fuel vessel landing intact but then compromised by impact is a whole different story. There is a large argument over the safety of plutonium powered satelllites for just that reason. And there are known levels o

[meteorite-list] ebay help

2003-07-17 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I noticed some auctions have bid intervals of 25 cents, some are 50 and some are a dollar. I have not seen an option for setting the amount, how is this done? Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 __ Meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High

2003-07-17 Thread MARK BOSTICK
  Tom wrote:   Hello Marcie, you asked;Do they rapidly cool after initial impact ? Also, why, in the case ofthe "Columbia" retrieval, were people warned not to touch fragments, asthey were hazardous?I think the reason was two fold, the one they gave, Hazardous fuel from thetanks could of contaminat

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic possible eBay scam

2003-07-17 Thread tracy latimer
BTW, DO NOT click on any links in a scam e-mail. At best, you will inform the person on the other end that this address is active and may be used for sale to other spammers. At worst, you may hand the keys to your ebay account over to someone else. As others have said, immediately forward th

Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Washington?

2003-07-17 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Hello, Tracy, do you store your NWA:s in flowerpots? ;- sorry, couldn´t help myself... pekka tracy latimer wrote: Bwahahahah! I've picked more likely meteorites out of my flowerpots! At least he admits that "these are what they are SAYING fell in Elma." He errs on the side of caution, mor

[meteorite-list] NP Article, 04-1913 Bolide At Sea

2003-07-17 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel City: Fort Wayne, Indiana Date: Monday, April 14, 1913   METEOR EXPLODES AT SEA Gives Passengers on Steamship a Bad Fright   Boston, April 14. A meteor which passed over the vessel and exploded only a short distance alarmed passengers on the Leyland liner Bohemi

Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Washington?

2003-07-17 Thread tracy latimer
Bwahahahah! I've picked more likely meteorites out of my flowerpots! At least he admits that "these are what they are SAYING fell in Elma." He errs on the side of caution, more or less. Tracy Latimer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charlie Devine) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom aka James Knudson) CC:

[meteorite-list] NP Article, 09-1904 Bolide Over Wisconsin

2003-07-17 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Stevens Point Journal City: Stevens Point, Wisconsin Date: Saturday, September 10, 1904   Meteor Explodes on Farm During a heavy rain at night recently, a large meteor fell on the land of Gottlieb Zalger near Hokab and set fire to a haystack. Mr. Zalger was looking out of the window when

[meteorite-list] NP Article, 04-1875 Bolide Over Illinois

2003-07-17 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Daily Republican City: Decatur, Illinois Date: Monday, April 19, 1875 Page: 3 Meteoric Display. - On Saturday evening a meteor of unusual brilliancy shot athwart the earthern heavens, from south to north, about sixty degrees above the horizon. It started directly under the moon and shot a

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic possible eBay scam

2003-07-17 Thread Pekka Savolainen
These mails are tryings to get your user ID and password, also sometimes more information is asked, like your credit card number etc. All these mails should be reported to eBay; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Usually members having their e-mail as an user-ID recive these. They are never sent by eBay. The site

RE: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Washington?

2003-07-17 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Answer from the person of one of the 2 auctions: Waiting to see what the University says. Thanks for the response. T. Bryan York. item 2184225892 Now...why you put a probable not meteorite on ebay if you no have a analysis from the university Regards Matteo > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB

Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High

2003-07-17 Thread Ron Baalke
> Just another thought. I was under naive understanding that meteorites > did not burn hot to the touch, upon falling and could be picked right > up, as in stories I read during the PF strewnfield incident and others? Most meteorites will have cooled off by the time they reach the ground, though

Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High

2003-07-17 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello Marcie, you asked; Do they rapidly cool after initial impact ? Also, why, in the case of the "Columbia" retrieval, were people warned not to touch fragments, as they were hazardous? I think the reason was two fold, the one they gave, Hazardous fuel from the tanks could of contaminated the pi

RE: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Washington?

2003-07-17 Thread Frank Prochaska
I happen to be driving through there today on the way to something else, and I still wouldn't waste my time stopping! Frank Prochaska -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Farmer Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:33 PM To: Matson, Robert;

Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High

2003-07-17 Thread Marcia Swanson
Mr. X wrote, maybe it was hot ashalt that boy burnt his hand on.. Dear List and Mr.X, Another thought, wouldn't the samples we've seen have been coated in that same melted asphalt, hot enough to melt divets in surface, supposedly landed on, if their story is accurate? Just another thought. I wa

[meteorite-list] Bright Flash Seen In Tuscon Sky

2003-07-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/local/7_10_03bright_flash.html Mysterious bright flash seen here Tucson Citizen July 10, 2003 A bright flash in Tucson's eastern sky last night left authorities puzzled. A few callers reported the flash about 8:45 p.m. to the Pima County

[meteorite-list] Missouri Drilling Will Help Confirm 340 Million-Year Old Impact

2003-07-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.kolr10.com/Global/story.asp?S=1363737&nav=0RXJGwV8 Underground Ozarks Evidence of Meteorite KOLR 10 (Springfield, Missouri) July 17, 2003 In April, geologists from SMS announced they had found evidence of a large meteorite crashing into the Ozarks 340 million years ago. This week t

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic possible eBay scam

2003-07-17 Thread Sharkkb8
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The e-mail asked me to click on a link to change it.  Can I assume that somebody else tried to log on under my name, and tried to change the password themselves? Or else that the sender of the email wants you to enter your "old" password before entering your "new" one.

[meteorite-list] Small Asteroids = Small Threat?

2003-07-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1005_1.asp Small Asteroids = Small Threat? By J. Kelly Beatty Sky & Telesscope July 16, 2003 Every time a rocky body whizzes past Earth, asteroid specialists brace themselves for a frenzied burst of "what-if" doomsday questions from the news media. But w

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic possible eBay scam

2003-07-17 Thread GT40dawg
To all- Yesterday, I received two e-mails from eBay that stated I recently requested a password change. The e-mail asked me to click on a link to change it. Can I assume that somebody else tried to log on under my name, and tried to change the password themselves? Randy in N.O. ___

[meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High

2003-07-17 Thread MrX3010
Perhaps it was fresh hot asphalt that the boys burned their hands on? just a thought, X

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic possible eBay scam

2003-07-17 Thread Mark Miconi
Dave and all, This is called spoofing. Immediately forward the email with the headers to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and they will deal with it. I get 3 or 4 of these a month, they seem to increase with the more feedback points you have. That is all I will say ion the usbject as there has been a rash of off

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic possible eBay scam

2003-07-17 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello yes I have received the same emails and I have addvise ebay of this and have start the research where arrive this emails. Regards Matteo --- Dave Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings listees. Sorry for another off topic > subject, but I just received an apparent e-mail from > e

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic possible eBay scam

2003-07-17 Thread dean bessey
Your id dont look to be suspended. Looks like you are OK. Are you sure that the email was actually from ebay and that the email that you were sent saying that you were suspended is not itself a fake email? If you logged on to any website from that email my advice would be to immeadiately change all

[meteorite-list] Off topic possible eBay scam

2003-07-17 Thread Dave Schultz
Greetings listees. Sorry for another off topic subject, but I just received an apparent e-mail from eBay [safeharbor] stating that I have had my rights to eBay suspended for a violation of trying to log into eBay using a bogus ID, which there was no way that I did. I e-mailed eBay about this poss

Re: Fwd: [meteorite-list] Here's a NEW TOPIC

2003-07-17 Thread almitt
Hi Bob and all, You make some valid points on some of the off topic subjects. The Meteoritics & Planetary Science Bulletin describes the study of meteoritics as: Asteroids, Comets, Craters, Interplanetary Dust, Interstellar Medium, Lunar Samples, Meteors, Meteorites, Natural Satellites, Planets,

Re: [meteorite-list] Rockboxes for Meteorites

2003-07-17 Thread PolandMET.com
> Listees, > I want to alert members of the list to a new source of boxes. These are > Flat boxes (fancy beer flats) , cotton filled setup boxes, and foldup > paperboard boxes.I like these boxes for storing and transporting my > meteorites. I use a sheet VCI in the flats to prevent oxidation.

RE: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Washington?

2003-07-17 Thread Charlie Devine
Two more: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2184225892 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2184227572 Charlie __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

RE: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Washington?

2003-07-17 Thread mark ford
That's got to be Asphalt! Btw, Shame they don't teach spelling at this high school in Elma... :) Mark F http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2184229794 >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Washington? >>Tom asked: >>How long until these asphalt ch

Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Washington?

2003-07-17 Thread Charlie Devine
Tom asked: >How long until these asphalt chunks turn up >on EBAY? Not long at all, Tom: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2184229794 Charlie __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/m

Re: [meteorite-list] Tatahouine_strewnfield

2003-07-17 Thread Michel Franco
Steve As I said before to PM PELE, the strewn field has been conscienciously searched by Carion, in 1992 and after. I passed throught that field in 1999 and and picked up some needle head fragments The locals are aware of the Diogenite now and have searched a very large area around the strew fiel