1- Area 54 ( Enough said.)
2- Boogertown(A small green meteorite found in Boogertown, NC.)
3- Buttzville (Hit an outhouse in Butzville, NJ.)
4- Zzyzx(California, past Baker.)
5- Tombstone (Not the pizza, the town. Is there one already
My mistake -- it was indeed the Canary Islands that have a big loose chunk
that is being monitored for the chance that it might break off. However, in
my defense, the Azores were also mentioned as having the same type of
geology, and possibly being subject to the same problems. My brain
The list came to my rescue when my son's science teacher laughed at him and
called his Zagami fake!
And who could forget Joel Warren who was usually on the outs with just
about everyone, especially Gregory.
I forgot about Joel. I had him and Matteo fitered out of my email.
Gee, it make me kind
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Who was that woman that liked to post a lot??? and knew it all???
While that last part could (ahem) be said ofquite a fewwomen ;-).you are presumably referring to none other thanJulia Swaim, then of [EMAIL PROTECTED].
Ah, the stories that I (and a lot of
Michael, Jim, Matteo, list,
This is an interesting thread.
I think it should be developped.And I have
questions for experts like you guys.
A: Does the presence of some flow lines is enough
to say that a meteorite is oriented ?
B. Does a meteorite with conical shape ( approx
similar to
Fred Llist
Here are my 10 Names for the fictitious Meteorite Competition:
'Upshit Creek'
'Bensweet' (to go with Bensour)
'Origami' (Martian Folded Breccia)
'Berretta L6(mm)' (The real mans meteorite)
'Park Forest 002' (Wouldn't it be nice!)
'Lifesa Beach'
'Binclubin' (out on the town)
on 12/10/03 6:22 PM, Randy Dunnan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.appleknoll.com/sales/thomas.html
***Hello Michael Blood, Is there another link for Proud
Tom?
Randy Duncan
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Hi Randy,
The last link I had for Proud Tom is down.
Apparently
Hello All,
I have begun to list my Christmas' sales on eBay. There is actually 18 Bensour
complete
individuals between 1 and 8g (Bensour meteorite has not suffered any terrestrial
weathering
due to rapid collection after its fall).
Every 2 or 3 days, I will add some other stuff.
Best Wishes
My opinion on your points...
A - I would term the mere presence of flow lines as saying that the
meteorite was "flight marked" but not necessarily Oriented.
B - I don't think that the absence of fusion crust would mean that a
specimen could not be Oriented. An example would be the
Surely everyone knows, or remembers THE FARIES AND THE STRUCK ONES?It is
the new gay rock group!But not to let everybody know about there other
preferences, they changed it to, FARIEE AND THE STRUCK ONES.With the new
and ever continuing hit,Meteorites. And the hits keep on coming.
Hello John and esteamed [sic] List,
Hey John? Haven't heard from you in a while.
From what your wrote it sounds as if some meteorites
might have landed about 150 miles to the east of you!
Guess where that is?
That's right, beautiful Kingman, AZ. !!
I wonder if Proud Tom heard a sonic-boom?
If
Super idea Mark. So the competition for the best sounding fictitious meteorite names is on! Just come up with ten names that you'd like to see in the Meteoritical Bulletin and I will award a "Meteorhall Grand Prize". More on the Prize list later, and I promise that they will have something to do
Fred wrote: "Do the Aussies stay up late at
night, drinking one beer after another, trying to out do each other with wild
names?"
YEP!
Hic,
Jeff KuykenI.M.C.A. #3085www.meteorites.com.auwww.meteoritesaustralia.com
(P.S. As for"Donga"; well let's just try and keep the
list at least a
TKS Jim
All your ansewer makes sense.
Should be obvious to the casual observer or the term "flight
marked" should be used.
This can be a real rule and easy for all !
The term flight marked is not often used, am I
right? I will use it now.
Best regards
Michel FRANCO
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Hello all.I thought I would respond. To the matteo accusations.I have been
an ebay member for 6 months.I have sold alot.I did it mostly because I was
out of work.So I needed some extra money during that time.I see now that I
should have stopped after 3 months.I am back to work.Matteo bought
Hi all,
I just got my December 2003 issue of Astronomy and Geophysics
(published by the UK Royal Astronomical Society) and there is a
feature article by Monica Grady on meteorites around the theme of
what meteorites tell us about the cosmos (it is the cover story).
The article itself is
Hello List, (especially John, Fred, and Jeff)
I've been enjoying reading the Top Ten Meteorites
lists. I'm trying to decide which ones to include on
mine, but am having a hard time. ( I might need THREE
Top Ten lists. One for scientific importance, one
for historical significance, and one just
Steve I have write to you for 3 times: its this a 8
gr, piece? And you never answer to this, its from this
is exit in me the strange idea the piece show on ebay
its no 8 grams but one of the the half grams write in
my last emails sent to me. You are in twisted, I have
sent the auction to ebay and
Dear List;
Here is a tid bit of news. I just got off the phone with Mr. Sean
Ash of WISH-TV (Indiana, USA) and the purported construction site
styrofoam melting meteorite has a sponge like surface, and is being
received at the Chicago Nat His. Museum for study today.
Seems the finders are
Title: Nachricht
Are they gone? I try
to get in touch with them for more than 10 days now?
Do you know if they
are away?
Bernhard
Hello
Here is the collection I would like to have for display in my livingroom:
Frederiks (CV3)
Eldorado (CB3)
Gotham city (L3)
Air Force 1(H5)
Vatican (IVB)
Notre Dame (H3)
Tranquility base (EH4)
Utopia (H3-6)
Pentagon (IIAB)
Mount Rushmore (PAL)
:-)
Lars Pedersen
They posted to the list a while back that they were going on an
expedition and wouldn't be available until around Christmas
sometime.
John
At 07:09 PM 12/11/03 +0100, Bernhard \Rendelius\ Rems
wrote:
Are they gone? I try
to get in touch with them for more than 10 days now?
Do you know if they
Does a terrestrial ice signature in these megacryometeors necessarily
preclude an extraterrestrial source? From the half-baked lunchtime
musings department: Could the source of these objects be gradually
rentering ice fragments ejected to earth orbit from a major impact to a
deeply glaciated area
Thank you all for the respons.
Stuff for a litle more thinking :-)
Best wishes
Lars Pedersen
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Christian Anger has a point You
think?
And a Very Merry Christmas to you and
yours.
meteormagic
John and list,
I'm sure Bernd has a sense of humor, but no way is he Proud Tom. Who
was quickest to answer virtually any meteorite-related question on this
list, complete with enough references to satisfy anyone? Bernd. And he
always showed his class. I don't know if he's disappeared because
Hello David,
For all my experience in researching old mines and old furnaces, it is
trough plug from a foundry operation.
Some foundries, especially older ones that didn't have overhead cranes
and large crucibles have channels in the floor from the furnace to a
bank(tree) of molds. The
I don't know what effect, if any, ionized air will have on your
meteorites' rust, but according to Consumer Reports, the filters that claim
to clean air by running it past a series of charged plates don't work for
beans (no filters, wipe off collectors every few months, Sharper-Image
Hi Everybody!
After a long time I have started again some ebay auctions.
Take a look at them. I have some rare items for sale (Bustee, Chassigny, etc.).
All items start at 0.01 US-$ at none have a reserve.
Go check em out.
Here is the link:
Proud Tom is STILL active at http://www.x-mail.net/proudtom2/index.html
He has added 3 new pages, including Ron Baalke and, of course,
Matteo
Don't miss the photos submitted by readers - the one of me and
Deen Bessey at the Tucson Auction with captions made me
laugh out loud.
Hi,
I have long argued for a fusion crust scale (like the weathering shock
level scale) only for specifying individual specimens
What about something like an 0-6 'FC' scale (FC=Fusion Crust)
FC 0 for none
1 ~Tiny Piece of crust
2 ~33%
3 ~50% Fusion Crust
4 ~66%
5 ~83%
6
Hi Y'all,
Charlie, you may have something here. I also heard Proud Tom
is actually Bernd. All that contributing of priceless information got
to be just too much, seeing as how most of us are such jerks, he finally
let go and gave us all a good laugh at ourselves
But, others
CharlyV points out that one should always use a dust mask when cutting
meteorites.
Great. As if my life wasn't complicated enough, now my hobby has a new
hazard associated with it:
Chondrite Lung Disease
-
Bob Martino, Tucson, AZ
Can you really name a star? Read the Truth!
Steve's auction clearly stated the weight was one gram and the photo was 8 grams. I
see the possible confusion but the DESCRIPTION was HONEST and not deserving of
negative feedback. The fact that Matteo bid big guns before he got his question
answered speaks for itself. The usual sour grapes.
I lived in Key west for 2 years, I hate the place. Nice to visit, sucks real
bad to live there.
Mike Farmer
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From: Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 11:07 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] i'm bccc
Hi
I checked into the same filters Tracy is talking about here. They
are very sensitive and the manufacturers generally don't tell you that
they need cleaning more than they claim. For example, If you burn a
candle in the same room as one of these filters, you must clean the
charged plates every
Hello List,
I have been one of Steve's critics and will say that I've found his misgressions to be trivial. I have given him corrective advice and have bought from again, including today. I will be sorry to see him leave ebay as I've gotten some great deals from him as he recycles his collection.
I cant wait to read about myself, that will be a hoot.
Mike Farmer
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From: Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Charlie Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Dave Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]; metlist
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Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:55 PM
I meant no disrespect. It's just that 1999 doesn't seem like so long ago
whatever the subject matter.
The best to all,
Bill Kieskowski
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Almost all materials shink when freezing. Water and gallium are the only excepts I know. Both have abnormal melting/freezing pts as well.
Howard WuKevin Fly Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Question: When water turns to ice the change to a crystal structureexpands the volume (decreases density).
Title: Nachricht
No idea why, but 70%
of my mails never arrive on the list :-(
Theseare my
top 5 fictional meteorite names:
1) Outbid Notice
(common meteorite, but very rare in collections)
2) NWA xxx (where
NWA stands for "not worth anything")
3)
Iiiek! (acompletely shocked
Title: Nachricht
No idea why, but 70% of my mails never arrive on the
list
A post I sent last
night was returned to me today as undeliverable and today, I received the same
messages from other list members that I had received several days ago
(duplicates).
-Walter
To many emails to keep up with anymore. Please remove me from the list.
I do appreciate you allowing me to view and learn from you all.
Doug Heidebrink
Doug-Iowa
http://www.djsdetectors.com
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Againthis is my second request to be removed from this list. The first initial shots were actually entertaining. Now, its a pissing contest across the ocean. A number of people have posted stating how senseless this debate has become. Still, the debate rages on, and no one will let it die.
I
I believe that bismuth is also less dense as a
solid than as a liquid
Bob Holmeswww.meteoritebiz.com
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From:
Howard Wu
To: Kevin Fly Hill ; meteorite-list
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:55
PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is there
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
any e-mails addressing my comments should be posted to the list for all to see.
OK.
You've been on this list for a year and you STILL don't know that you have to remove yourself from it?
Gregory
Dear Bill,
Spending every day of the year (minus a few vacation days, and even then
the emails continue) reading meteorite central posts from all walks of
life, and all parts of the planet, on all subjects, creates a small
mountain of emails (that take time).
And it isn't just the emails that
You seem smart, thanks for your
comments.
Jim Strope421 Fourth StreetGlen Dale, WV 26038
Catch a Falling Star Meteoriteshttp://www.catchafallingstar.com
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From:
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Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 5:07
Hi list.I just want to thank everyone who emailed me about the incidence
surrounding mine and matteo's.I want let everyone know that I really
appreciate the people who are in my corner.I would never go out of my way
to hurt any of you good people.Thanks again.I am already for tucson and
can hardly
Hello list,
This evening driving home from work I spotted a meteor that appeared to
fall vertically a bit east of Plainfield Illinois.
It wasnt a big fireball . more of a thin line, but died out approx 20
Degrees from the surface of the earth.
I wondered if there was any way to
Yo! Trevor?
What is your new email address?
If you are still on this List, please contact me!
None of my messages are getting through to you;
they're all getting bounced.
Bob Verish
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At Randy's request, I'm posting this message to the entire list.
Randy,
You have to unsubscribe yourself - no one else can do it for you.
Look at the upper section of every email you've even received from the
list, and there is a link to unsubscribe.
John Gwilliam
At 05:07 PM 12/11/03 -0500,
Here is, once again, a fine example of what I speak of...and once again (unfortunetly), it generates another unrelated, non-meteorite post. However, I just had to respond to the post included below. Some of your are TOTALLY missing the point. Wasthe sarcasm in your reply: 1) Really necessary to
Dear List;
I see a reoccurring trend...get me to hell out of here...seems
it may be a case of I want it all and I want it my way now and can't
find the button , or is it a real case of I can't delete what isn't my
cup of tea and there aren't enough directionsor..should
As soon as I joined I turned the 'disable mail
delivery' option ON..this way I come here and see
subjects which interest me and then read only
those.It's quite nice,you should try it.I dare say I
miss the odd piece of interesting news but the amount
of guff I don't have to read judging by the
Hi Dave and List,
On a different note, the town of Mohave experienced 81 mile an hour
winds today, so does that transfer to new exposed meteorites on the
dry lake beds there? Mobilize the troops!
I hope the wind dies down by tomorrow as I'm supposed to be out at
Goldstone tracking station
GT40dawg writes:
Here is, once again, a fine example of what I speak of...and once again (unfortunetly), it generates another unrelated, non-meteorite post.
Randy, you %#(@* ASKED for responses to be posted to the whole list!
Wow. This is a "tough room". Sorry to see you go.
GregoryJ.
Hi All,
John Gwilliam asked:
Who is going to attend the upcoming Tucson Show? I'm looking forward to
seeing old friends and meeting those of you that I haven't met in person.
This year I think I'll *finally* make it to the Tucson show -- don't see
any conflicts on the calendar for once.
If
With any luck, I'll be there too...
Nick
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In a message dated 12/11/2003 5:04:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This evening driving home from work I spotted a meteor that appeared to fall vertically a bit east of Plainfield Illinois.
It wasnt a big fireball . more of a thin line, but died out approx 20 Degrees
BEWARE THE SECRET HAND SHAKE!
Maybe Rob could replace me this year as cordial co-bartender at the
People's Auction? We will have water, and beer, and water, take your pick.
Be sure to leave tips when you win auctions!
Dave F.
(not proud tom yet)
Matson, Robert wrote:
Hi All,
John Gwilliam
And for a more complete stab at answering your question from a proud "newbee". Note you really asked two questions.
1. If upon cooling there is expansion and 2. If the density is the same as non-crystalline materials formed on earth in the same ally proportions.
To question 1: If I understand
Hello List,
My daughter and I were discussing iron meteorites, and she came up with
a question that I couldn't answer, and I was hoping one of you could.
Some people think that there was a large planet between Jupiter and
Saturn and it was destroyed by a cataclysmic catastrophe of biblical
At 05:46 PM 12/11/03 -0800, Matson, Robert wrote:
Hi Dave and List,
On a different note, the town of Mohave experienced 81 mile an hour
winds today, so does that transfer to new exposed meteorites on the
dry lake beds there? Mobilize the troops!
I hope the wind dies down by tomorrow as I'm
Hello Tom,
It is often said that the total mass of all the asteroids is less than that of our Moon. And Ceres and Vesta are what...perhaps half of it? There are three main classes of asteroids, C, S, M. C (Carbonaceous) are the most common and predate the Earth...4.6 billion years old. S
Hi Tom,
The idea that there was a planet there once upon a time has pretty
much gone by the wayside. According to what I've read the reason
there is no planet between Mars and Jupiter is because Jupiter's
enormous gravity stirred up that zone to such a degree that a planet
could never come
Hi James, everyone
You wrote: Some people think that there was a large planet between Jupiter and
Saturn and it was destroyed by a cataclysmic catastrophe of biblical
proportions which resulted in the asteroid belt where most of our meteorites
are believed to come from. Does this sound right
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