[meteorite-list] Weekly eBayMeteorites

2004-04-26 Thread Steve Schoner
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Re: [meteorite-list] Directions to American Meteorite Museum

2004-04-26 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Gregory,   I agree.  Neat photos.  Thanks for sharing.   Do you know what part of the building was on the other side of that wall with the giant hole?   -Walter --www.branchmeteorites.com - Original Message - From: Jose Campos To: [

RE: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada

2004-04-26 Thread Dennis Beatty
  Two thoughts came to mind while regarding the article below...   1)  Doesn't Canada have some kind of moratorium on sales of meteorites from their country??   2)  What type of disability prevents you from working but allows you the ability to go hunting??  While I don't believe in hunting, I co

[meteorite-list] Second Mars Rover Successfully Completes Primary Mission

2004-04-26 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040426-1515-ca-marsrovers.html Second Mars rover successfully completes primary mission By Andrew Bridges ASSOCIATED PRESS April 26,2004 LOS ANGELES - The second of NASA's twin Mars rovers wrapped up its primary mission on Monday, the 90th ful

[meteorite-list] JPL Open House Takes Visitors to the Planets and Beyond

2004-04-26 Thread Ron Baalke
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Natalie Godwin (818) 354-0850 NEWS RELEASE: 2004-110 April 26, 2004 JPL Open House Tak

[meteorite-list] Nininger to Perry Letter; July 22, 1952

2004-04-26 Thread MARK BOSTICK
(American Meteorite Museum Letterhead) AMERICAN METEORITE MUSUEM OPPOSITE METEOR CRATER ON HIGHWAY 66 POST OFFICE BOX 1171 WINSLOW ARIZONA   July 22, 1952 Mr. Stuart H. Perry Newagen Inn Newagen, Maine   Dear Stuart: Glad for your letter. Sorry you cannot see your way clear to join in making a per

[meteorite-list] Perry to Nininger Letter; July 15, 1952

2004-04-26 Thread MARK BOSTICK
(Stuart Perry to Harvey Nininger letter, Perry's File copy) July 15, 1952 Dear Harvey, Thanks for your letter of July 4 and for the check, and please excuse my delay in acknowledging it. I have been pretty busy, first getting settled and organized, and then with the pictures that I am working on f

Re: [meteorite-list] Scientists Say Giant Meteorite Struck Wisconsin Long Ago

2004-04-26 Thread Mikestockj
Hi all Here is some additional information on the Rock Elm impact structure. It includes pictures as well a maps of the site. http://physics.uwstout.edu/geo/asteroid_local.htm Mike     Mike Jensen IMCA 4264Bill Jensen IMCA 2359Jensen Meteorites16730 E Ada PLAurora, CO 80017-3137303-337-4361Web Si

Fw: [meteorite-list] Directions to American Meteorite Museum

2004-04-26 Thread Jose Campos
Hi Gregory,   Tks for sharing your pics. The one of the Museum in its heydey is certainly a most interesting document of historical info!   José Campos  Portugal   - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 6:

[meteorite-list] Re: Hapkeite

2004-04-26 Thread Francis Graham
Bruce Hapke did indeed predict Hapkeite 30 years ago! It will be interesting to see if NWA 482 from the farside has it. Bruce Hapke also predicted polysulfur oxides on the surface of Io, and S2O (disulfur monoxide). He also suggested polysulfur oxides might be the UV absorber in Venus' cloud

[meteorite-list] New Mineral, Hapkeite, Discovered in Lunar Meteorite

2004-04-26 Thread Ron Baalke
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/42604-newmineral.html New Mineral, "Hapkeite", Discovered Associated Press April 26, 2004 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A chunk of the moon that landed on Earth as a meteorite contains a new mineral, which scientists have named after a researcher who years ago predicted

Re: [meteorite-list] Map to the American Meteorite Museum

2004-04-26 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Al and list,   The "unsure" comment was Gregory's, but thank you for looking that up for us.    During one of my trips to the crater, the guide tour mentioned that the man behind deciding where Route 66 would be was a friend of Barringer's. The guard tour hinted that Barringer talked this ma

Re: [meteorite-list] Map to the American Meteorite Museum

2004-04-26 Thread almitt
MARK BOSTICK wrote: Nininger's Museum was always advertised as being right on Route 66 but I'm still unsure if the road from the gas station to the Museum is actually a remnant of "The Mother Road" or not." Hi Mark and all, While surfing the net one time, I ran across a route 66 website which w

Re: [meteorite-list] footage

2004-04-26 Thread almitt
Hi Jo, Not sure if I know which fall you are referring to but sounds like a combination of several falls. Probably the one you want is the Peekskill Fall which actually struck a car (red Malibu) and left a large dent in the trunk. Michael Knapp was inside watching TV when the event occurred. This

RE: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada

2004-04-26 Thread harlan trammell
yea, kinda like the statesboro meteorite on ebay- "owner has refused an offer of $25,000"-  he'll wind up soaking it in heinz 57 and , putting ti in the toaster oven and eating it for dinner. always cc a back-up to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as hotmail does not work sometimes>From: "Randy Mils" <[EMAIL PRO

RE: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada

2004-04-26 Thread Randy Mils
Hope he doesn't  start spending money he doesn't have and never will get. I hate the way the media sensationalizes every meteorite find.  This guy is going to be disappointed when reality sets in. Randy >From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Meteorite Mailing List) >Subjec

Re: [meteorite-list] Scientists Say Giant Meteorite Struck Wisconsin Long Ago

2004-04-26 Thread Mikestockj
Hi all Here is some additional information on the Rock Elm impact structure. It includes pictures as well a maps of the site. http://physics.uwstout.edu/geo/asteroid_local.htm Mike     Mike Jensen IMCA 4264Bill Jensen IMCA 2359Jensen Meteorites16730 E Ada PLAurora, CO 80017-3137303-337-4361Web Si

[meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada

2004-04-26 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=d78a3433-e1a9-4093-9b21-30a876345b7d Hunter hits meteorite pay dirt CanWest News Services April 26, 2004 A Winnipeg man down on his luck has hit pay dirt with a couple of strange rocks he found on a hunting trip. Scientists have co

[meteorite-list] Scientists Say Giant Meteorite Struck Wisconsin Long Ago

2004-04-26 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-04-26-meteorite-rock-elm_x.htm Scientists say giant meteorite struck Wisconsin long ago By Juliet Williams Associated Press April 26, 2004 WAVERLY, Wis. - The muddy brown hills and rolling farmland here look like others in Wisconsin. Tall grasses, cornfie

Re: [meteorite-list] Hollow Meteorite Article

2004-04-26 Thread Michael L Blood
OK, Finally "cured" the web site problem. For those interested, here is the "Hollow Meteorite" article that appeared in the old METEORITE Mag. when it still had an exclamation point in the title: http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/HollowMet.html Best wishes, Michael -- W

[meteorite-list] footage

2004-04-26 Thread Jo Clark
Dear all, I am trying to track down some footage of a meteorite which went through a house while a lady was watching TV. Would anyone happen to know which area of the US and time scale this occurred? If anyone knows of any other great video footage of meteorites traveling through our atmosphere

[meteorite-list] Crappy map, NOT MUCH There to miss.

2004-04-26 Thread David Freeman
Dear List and Mark; I will have to say that Mark's map is about as succinct and direct and accurate as it is in the field at the location. Sometimes in Life and in meteorites, less is in deed, more. Having said that, I rest my case. Thanks Mark! Dave F.

[meteorite-list] Map to the American Meteorite Museum

2004-04-26 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Gregory, Tracy and list,   Gregory wrote, "The ruins of the museum are impossible to miss, once you've turned gotten to the Meteor Crater exit from the highway.  As you head off the highway and begin to go toward the crater, there will be a gas station on your right, and a road that leads tow

[meteorite-list] old museum

2004-04-26 Thread dominique padirac
Hello, for me, it was impossible to go there. I just was on the road, I saw the ruins far away and a guard say me "stop here". Why ? No answer from the guard, no explanation, just "stop here!" I was very disappointed Dominique Padirac Lyon (France) _