[meteorite-list] Scientists' Stardust Analysis Brings Nucleosynthesis Full Circle

2004-02-19 Thread Ron Baalke
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/040219/stardust.shtml Scientists' stardust analysis brings nucleosynthesis full circle By Catherine Foster, Argonne National Laboratory The University of Chicago Chronicle Vol 23 No 10. February 19, 2004 Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have reached for

[meteorite-list] shatter cone help?

2004-02-19 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I am contemplating adding a shatter cone to my collection, but, I know nothing about them! Can someone tell me what to look for when shopping for a shatter cone? I am only getting one, so I want it to be the right one! : ) Thanks, Tom peregrineflier IMCA #6168

[meteorite-list] Prime Mission Half Over, Spirit Looks For Bonus Time

2004-02-19 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040218spiritsol45.html Prime mission half over, Spirit looks for bonus time BY JUSTIN RAY SPACEFLIGHT NOW February 18, 2004 The first Mars Exploration Rover, beset for a time by computer troubles but now trekking on a geology adventure to an impact

RE: [meteorite-list] shatter cone help?

2004-02-19 Thread Randy Mils
I have always admired Blaine Reed's BEAVERHEAD Shatter cones that he has displayed in Tucson. But I must admit it is mostly because of the location as opposed to the appearance. Randy From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [meteorite-list] shatter cone

Re: [meteorite-list] shatter cone help?

2004-02-19 Thread Matt Morgan
Hi Tom: My personal opinion is that a shattercone should contain dozens of well-defined linations that eminate from a single point, thus making a cone shape. The best examples from the U.S., come from Kentland (Indiana) and Sierra Madera (Texas) where they form in limestone rocks. Limestone

[meteorite-list] Last chance on the Esquel!

2004-02-19 Thread Dave Harris
Hi, I guess this is the last call for offers for this Esquel http://homepage.ntlworld.com/entropydave/esquel.jpg for a pic thanks, of course dave IMCA #0092 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Spacecraft To Launch, Designed To Harpoon Cosmic Moby Dick (Rosetta)

2004-02-19 Thread Ron Baalke
Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington February 19, 2004 (Phone: 202/358-1727) DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (Phone: 818/393-9011) RELEASE: 04-063 SPACECRAFT TO LAUNCH, DESIGNED TO HARPOON COSMIC MOBY DICK Like the massive white whale in Herman

[meteorite-list] Fw: Auctions this week 200+ EBAY!

2004-02-19 Thread Michael Cottingham
- Original Message - From: Michael Cottingham To: Michael Cottingham Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:45 PM Subject: Auctions this week 200+ EBAY! Hello, Please check out my 200 plus auctions this week more to follow!

Re: [meteorite-list] shatter cone help?(quazi-risque)

2004-02-19 Thread E. L. Jones
Hello Tom, List, Scone Lovers Usually the material for sale is cone sections, rarely symmetrical, with or without other partial cones. There is usually one or more on eBlagh Humbug. Here is a great one and, if you can get a matched pair, you can have all the impact fantasies you can handle.

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - February 19, 2004

2004-02-19 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html Update: Spirit and Opportunity SPIRIT UPDATE: Halfway Through - sol 46, Feb 19, 2004 Sol 46, completed at 11:17 a.m. February 19, 2004 PST, marks the halfway point of Spirit's primary surface mission - sols 2 through 91. Spirit began this

[meteorite-list] Huge Mini-World Found in Outer Solar System (2004 DW)

2004-02-19 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/new_object_040219.html Huge Mini-World Found in Outer Solar System By Robert Roy Britt space.com 19 February 2004 A newfound hunk of ice and rock beyond Neptune is larger than most and might contend for the title of the biggest object in the solar system

[meteorite-list] Life In The Universe Takes Orders From Space (Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorites)

2004-02-19 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-02/asu-lit021804.php Contact: James Hathaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] 480-965-6375 Arizona State University February 19, 2004 Life in the universe takes orders from space A century ago, when biologists used to talk about the primordial soup from which all

[meteorite-list] Dhofar 019 organettes- search for the invisible.

2004-02-19 Thread Howard Wu
I wish to thank the those who took time to look for orangettes in there large slices of Dhofar 019 and for whatever reason posted me privately. (Perhaps you don't wish to let others know what big slices you have.) For mypart, my parttslice was only 0.19gm and I saw nothing (up to x60.)After

[meteorite-list] RE: Happy birthday Paragould!

2004-02-19 Thread Ing. Christian ANGER
Hi all, I agree to Mike. Paragould is hard to get. And it is a real beauty too. I'd like to share a pic of my collection piece with you. www.austromet.com/Paragould_1.766g.jpg Cheers, Christian IMCA #2673 www.austromet.com Ing. Christian ANGER Korngasse 6 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg AUSTRIA

Re: [meteorite-list] Dhofar 019 organettes- search for the invisible.

2004-02-19 Thread Matt Morgan
Howard: It was my undertsanding that these were only observed in thin section, or using and SEM, in rare cases. You can see some of the caliche (CaCO3) veins (terrestrial) in some of the large slices. Here is a good summary paper of Dhofar 019

[meteorite-list] Suizhou TKW question

2004-02-19 Thread Gtceb
Greetings list: I recently purchased a 1502 gram beautiful half individual Suizhou and ordered the corresponding label from Meteoritelabels.com. When the label came in, I noticed that the TKW on the label was 260 kilos. I then checked Meteorites A-Z, which listed a TKW of 70+ kilos. The well

[meteorite-list] Fall or Find? auctions now up! - ad

2004-02-19 Thread Roman Jirasek
Hi All, Well, most people think the Gao lot will end with a higher bid. Personaly, I think the NWA lot will win, but who knows? These 2 auctions will end on Sunday, take a look and watch the results happen. Gao auction link:

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Happy birthday Paragould!

2004-02-19 Thread Rosemary Hackney
Wow Christian.. It is a beauty. Do those blue inclusions contain water? There was another ( lost in my mind somewhere) that had blue crystals that had water locked in them.. But as hard as I siphon, the info will not surface from the murky depths. Anyway...is a pretty meteorite. Rosie -

Re: [meteorite-list] shatter cone help?(quazi-risque)

2004-02-19 Thread Rosemary Hackney
LOL Elton.. you are Bad. But I have been meaning to saunter up to Wells Creek to see what I can find when the weather gets a little drier. Was out today in area of Mansker Creek looking.. I heard one fell there not long ago..but I guess I was in the wrong area. Oh well. Rosie - Original

[meteorite-list] Opportunity Examines Trench as Spirit Prepares to Dig One

2004-02-19 Thread Ron Baalke
Guy Webster (818) 354-5011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Donald Savage (202) 358-1547 NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. News Release: 2004-066 February 19, 2004 Opportunity Examines Trench as Spirit Prepares to Dig One By inspecting the sides and floor of a hole

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Happy birthday Paragould!

2004-02-19 Thread j . divelbiss
In 1998 both Zag(H3-6) and Monahans(H5) fell that have the blue halite crystals in them that turned a blue-purple color from UV radiation in space. In these crystals were small bits of brine(salt) water. JD Wow Christian.. It is a beauty. Do those blue inclusions contain water? There was

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Happy birthday Paragould!

2004-02-19 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 2/19/2004 1:43:03 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I agree to Mike. Paragould is hard to get. And it is a real beauty too. I'd like to share a pic of my collection piece with you. I agree. It is a very pretty meteorite, but not quite so hard to get. I

[meteorite-list] Shatter Cones, photos + double shatter cone

2004-02-19 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello List, Shatter cones are one of my favorite types of meteorite impactite. Found around large impact craters, called astroblemes (from Greek astron, blema, meaning "star wound"). Shatter cones have a distinctively patterned structure that are formed in the rock by a large impacting object.

Re: [meteorite-list] Shatter Cones, photos + double shatter cone

2004-02-19 Thread MARK BOSTICK
From last e-mail.. "A couple I wanted to show were cut and you could see a cross of shatter cones in layers" I forgot to add, that I could not find these. (As well as a couple other locations in my collection.). You may have to copy and paste part or all of the jpg address. I'm not sure how it

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Happy birthday Paragould!

2004-02-19 Thread Rosemary Hackney
Yup.. Zag ... that is it!! Thanks Rosie - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rosemary Hackney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Ing. Christian ANGER [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Happy birthday Paragould!

[meteorite-list] Elemental Abundances

2004-02-19 Thread E. L. Jones
Hello List. This is from a discussion on another list I am on, however, because it deals with meteorite composition, I thought I'd pass it along. It is the foundation for understanding why we use isotope ratios to determine where in our solar system a given meteorite may have originated. In

[meteorite-list] Off topic AD delete just for the bored browser...

2004-02-19 Thread David Freeman
Dear Meteorite Friends; I am making some room, reclaiming my living space. I have listed some items on ebay..but, no, wait, this is not an addthere is a 20 pound contour polished specimen of 2.87 billion year old banded iron formation that was manufactured by iron bacteria. Although this

[meteorite-list] TAFASSASSET- CR or metal rich brachinte?

2004-02-19 Thread Arizona Keith
Hello List Can anyone tell me, whattheclassification of Tafassasset (Tafa)is now, Metamorphosed CR chondriteor Metal Rich Brachinite? Thanks for your time. Keith Chandler AZ

[meteorite-list] Tucson Auction results

2004-02-19 Thread Michael L Blood
The Tucson Auction results can now be seen at: http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionOLCat.html All items are listed with the hammer price or NS (indicating no sale). PLEASE READ THE PREAMBLE. This will explain how the price of meteoritic material at my auction in no way