For those Interested , I listed a few pieces of
Park Forest and a nice slice of Lamont on ebay.
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Thanks for the interest !
Bob Evans
Dear Ron and List,
How about going down this line, as a possible theory? Not that long ago,
the subject came up about Lawrencite, oozing and being in meteorites in
Wisconsin , Tennessee, Italy and
Russia., while not listed in 99% of meteorite collections. Volcanic
areas, I think you posted that las
Dear List members;
I know from first hand account that even wet polishing malachite with
bare hands for a couple of hours will make one very ill.
Many toxic substances will enter the body through the unprotected skin.
Absorption route of entry. Beware of all routes of entry, including
dust that
Happy New Years Everyone!
MeteoriteTimes for January is now up.
http://www.meteoritetimes.com/
We will be updating our Tucson 2004 page in a couple of days.
Happy Reading!
Paul and Jim
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Fellow Meteorite Collectors,
Before ingesting, or DRY polishing meteorites, fossils or minerals, keep this in mind:
Mineral samples can be as dangerous as any chemical found in the chemistry laboratory. It only takes 0.3 grams of the mineral orpiment (Arsenic sulfide, can be found in Ne
See this:
http://www.ucomics.com/rallcom/2003/12/29/
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Hello List, Some of you may remember a follow up newspaper article to this one posted some time ago. http://www.meteoritearticles.com/znp10261896.html Nice to see the original article. Mark Bostick Wichita, Kansas Paper: Daily Advocate City: Newark, Ohio Date: Monday, April 10, 1893 Page
Guy Webster (818) 354-5011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Donald Savage (202) 358-1547
NASA Headquarters, Washington
News Release: 2004-004
January 5, 2004
Mars Team Energized About 'Sleepy Hollow' Near Rov
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Cambridge, Massachusetts
For more information, contact:
David Aguilar, Director of Public Affairs
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Phone: 617-495-7462 Fax: 617-495-7468
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Christine Lafon
Public Affairs Specialist
Harvard-Sm
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/107329771346791.xml
UA scientist searches for life on Mars
Microbes may eat iron, may use it to breath
KENT FAULK
The Birmingham News
January 5, 2004
Life on Mars, if it exists, could have iron constitutions.
Crawling beneath the
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,8330888%255E1702,00.html
Police hunt meteorite fragments
The Advertiser (Australia)
>From correspondents in Madrid
January 6, 2004
SPANISH police were combing parts of the country today after thousands of
people reported seeing a "b
Dear List,
What is currently the best method for removing fingerprints (with their acids and chloride ions) from chondrites, using readily available material? While I don't usually handle my chondrites with bare fingers, they have all passed through long chains of custody before I bought them, an
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040105sol3pre.html
Color 'Pancam' images now expected overnight
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
January 5, 2004
Four of the Spirit rovers critical scientific instruments sailed through initial
checkout o
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Monday, 05 of January of 2004
Updated to the 22:33 (CET) - Internet
Time @939
by
WITHOUT SIGN IN LEON And PALENCIA
The CSIC looks for rest of the meteorite in River basin after the finding
of small craters
ELMUNDO.ES
There seems to be some interest in this topic so I will add
my procedures to the discussion.
I cut everything in pure water (except irons which I rarely
cut). It is harder on the saw blades, but there isn't a
problem with additives on the slices. When a slice comes
off, it is dried on a paper t
Dear list
Accoridng some info broadcasted tonite on french TV the bolide was seen from
East N East to West S West approx from Protugal then above Madrid heading
toward the mediterraneen sea.
A wonderfull fire amateur movie showed the bolide.
All for tonight.
Michel FRANCO
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i have one of those too- will get pix 4 those interested.
>From: Michael L Blood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Jeff Kuyken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Meteorite List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] One very funky little Sikhote-Alin!
>Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 09:31:15 -0800
>
>Hi Jeff,
>
Hi Jeff,
You sure you didn't shoot that puppy with a gun!?
Too cule.
Michael
on 1/5/04 2:11 AM, Jeff Kuyken at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> G'day List,
>
> I just received this little 33g Sikhote-Alin from Ivan. While meteorite impact
> pits is something that sounds normal,
Hello list, I have followed the thread regarding the efforts some of the dedicated consciencious members put into slicing. I have a few questions, which I will list as simple statements I think sensible, with the hope that anyone would please comment on them as they apply to preparing slices. I h
Hello Jeff and all,
Very cool looking impact pit. It's probably real. Marvin Killgore at
Southwest Meteorite has also observed these impact pits. If you go to his
website at
http://www.meteorite-lab.com/ and click on the "science" link, it will
direct you to the following paper:
SMALL IMPACT CRAT
Try
http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/nos/nieuws/2004/januari/video/0501
04/vuurbal.rm
Nice fireball !!
MF
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From: Marco Langbroek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 05 January 2004 16:10
To: meteorite list
Subject: [meteorite-list] Spanish fireball video
Check thi
David,
I think Channel 4 Usually release them on DVD and video see
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/R/rilectures2003/
There is already a booklet for sale about the lectures,
They may eventually do a DVD so keep checking the site!
Regards,
Mark
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From: David H
Are any of the lectures available in the US? My wife is a High School science
teacher and she might be able to use them.
David Hardy
--- mark ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> Yes she (Monica) was very good. I liked the clever use of chocolate
> cakes as impact victims! She is cl
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Anyone else in the UK see this?
Yep, very good it was too. Don't think it was "dumbed down", I think it was accurately aimed at the young audience.
Stu
Check this out! On the Dutch TV journal website is a very fine
amateur video of the Spanish daylight fireball of January 4th. Go to:
http://www.omroep.nl/nos/nieuws/index.html
and scroll down untill you get at "Spanjaarden schrikken van
vuurballen". There you can get a streaming RealPlayer vi
--- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Private
>
> possession of such material would amount to penal
> offence, the administration warned.
>
oh yessure...I have other 2 pieces in arrive
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Hi Rob,
Yes she (Monica) was very good. I liked the clever use of chocolate
cakes as impact victims! She is clearly very good with kids.
Maybe I am just getting old but I am sure I remember when the Christmas
lectures where pitched at a slightly higher age group? And somehow that
made them more
Nation at a Glance, the Telegraph, India
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031228/asp/nation/story_2726745.asp
"Kendrapara (PTI): Three months after a meteor shot
across the sky in Orissas coastal belt, fragments
of its debris are still being recovered in Kendrapara
district.
Four pieces, picke
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=es_en&url=http://www.humanitas-international.org/newstran/newsdesk-spanish.htm
Monday, 05 of January of 2004
Updated to the 15:40 (CET) - Internet Time @652 by [Swatch]
RAIN OF ' BALLS OF FUEGÓ FROM GALICIA To VALENCIA
They look for the rest
Some NWA 900 slices its visible in my yahoo album
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mcomemeteorite2000/album?.dir=/NWA+900&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/mcomemeteorite2000
all pieces its sold. Another slice is visible in the
Norton new bookthe classification of m
In a message dated 05/01/04 14:10:36 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Anyone else in the UK see this?
Hi Mark,
yep, I saw the RI Christmas lectures and thought Monica was on fine form.
I guess I've seen just about every lecture broadcast over the last 30-ish years, and it's become som
Jeff, Dean, List,
Thanks for NWA 869 info. A superb meteorite indeed.
Another NWA, currently labelled "NWA 904", that can be currently found by
now relatively abundant on the European market(s), appears to be quite
similar to NWA 869 . Its general aspect, color, inclusions...fit fairly well
Jeff'
This years UK Royal Institution Christmas Lectures where given by Dr
Monica Grady of the NHM, and all 5 were broadcast live on Channel 4 (in
the UK).
Anybody else see this?
See http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/R/rilectures2003/
The subject was a Journey through space, I thought they
--- Jeff Kuyken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> G'day Rafael,
> I have a page here with info regarding NWA 869. The
> address is:
> http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com/nwa869/
> Its current official classification stands at L5.
> Hope this helps some,
>
Nice NWA869 page. The TKW is more than 1500 Kilo
> Polishing can be done on a piece of leather with any of the synthetic
> alumina based polished. They are white and don't stain the slice like
> rouge or cerium oxide. Clean up is easy. You will need to make a slurry
> of the polish about the consistency of heavy cream. Use distilled water
> to ma
I can confirm that. His slices are extremely beautiful, and he polishes
even unclassified NWA stuff.
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Best regards,
Bernhard "Rendelius" Rems
CEO RPGDot Network
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Yes, this take alot of time, You must have professional equipment and also You get
another
weight loses on specimen. But finish effect is usualy good and Your slices looks
beautifull.
And becouse I alvays polish my slices to mirror quality from 2 sides.
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Good Evening List,
To make this short and sweet: what I have to offer are some rare and absolut
G'day List,
I just received this little 33g Sikhote-Alin from Ivan. While
meteorite impact pits is something that sounds normal, how about on the
meteorite itself?!? It has what looks like an 'impact pit' in the surface of the
meteorite. It also shows orientation or flight markings but look
100% agree!
Fred B - Lyon (France)
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From: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite slices
> Dear List Members,
>
> I agree, there are a lot of meteorites with saw marks ruinin
> All,
> Happy new year everyone ang GO Spirit!!!
> Good points raised here by Guy. While we must recognize that some
> specimens cannot be polished due to their frangible nature others probably
> are not done because of the time and expense it takes.
> For those of us who have saw marks on some
G'day Rafael,
I have a page here with info regarding NWA 869. The address
is:
http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com/nwa869/
Its current official classification stands at L5.
Hope this helps some,
Jeff KuykenI.M.C.A. #3085www.meteorites.com.auwww.meteoritesaustralia.com
- Origi
> All,
> Happy new year everyone ang GO Spirit!!!
> Good points raised here by Guy. While we must recognize that some
> specimens cannot be polished due to their frangible nature others probably
> are not done because of the time and expense it takes.
> For those of us who have saw marks on some
Dear friends,
I agree with Guy and can assure that our slices have at least one side
polished. We keep sometimes one side rough from sawing when it helps to see
some details of the structure to appear compared with a polished surface
that makes it darker, and when it does not affect structure detai
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=es_en&url="">
Hundreds of people sighted "fire balls" crossing
skies of Spain
MADRID. ABC
The citizens of Galicia, Leon, Palencia, Madrid, Teruel and Castellón were
witnesses of the passage of an incandescent ball that the experts crea
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040104site.html
Rover has landed in scientific 'sweet spot'
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
January 4, 2004
The Spirit Mars rover, currently asleep on the frigid surface of Mars, landed just
six miles down
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