Re: [meteorite-list] RE: New Lucerne discovery -- historical info first

It's a shame when a group of smug people become so cut off from the general population as to think they can dictate thought policy. Rock the boat and you're a heckler. Question the IMCA for instance. No dissent is acceptable. Do we really want this list to end up like the pathetic IMCA list? I

[meteorite-list] Lucerne part 2

Lucerne - continued --- I paid my first visit to Lucerne Valley on September 9, 1999. Since it was my first meteorite hunting trip, I wasn't expecting to find anything, and those expectations were certainly fulfilled. ;-) The playa at Lucerne has very few rocks -- indeed, what

RE: [meteorite-list] A Call For A New Meteorite List

For Christ/creator of universe/natural quantum event, sake can we all grow up! This list is now about the tamest list iv'e ever seen, In many internet lists/newsgroups death threats and swearing are the norm! Whilst I don't enjoy all the personal attacks etc, they have toned down

[meteorite-list] Fireball sighting

Hi list, Got a piece of the new NWA 2488 with the rare classification of H/L5. I gave my piece a polish and saw a brilliant fireball :-) To see what I saw have a look at www.austromet.com/collection/NWA_2488_a.jpg www.austromet.com/collection/NWA_2488_b.jpg enjoy ! Christian BTW: NWA

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: New Lucerne discovery -- historical info first

Hi List, Time is missing to fully comment the whole actual list polemics (boring ads, attacks, new list, moderated list...). I am just now keeping reading (= overlooking) various comments and perhaps will send my feelings once more ideas are put on the table by people technically more expert

[meteorite-list] rough/bubbly fusion crust?

I have a small individual where the texture of the fusion crust is completely different from any of the others in my (admittedly small) collection. On the rounded side, it is of typical smoothness, but on the flat side, it feels almost like fine sandpaper and appears almost porus. Is this

[meteorite-list] canyon diablo

Hi list.I just got the most beautiful 985 gram sculpted piece of canyon diablo I have ever seen.It has nice flow lines, it is nicely polished and cleaned.Thanks to mike miller for making this available.This is the way an iron should look. steve arnold,

Re: [meteorite-list] rough/bubbly fusion crust?

Looks like a nice oriented piece which explains the frothing at the back. Looks like the top (rounded) side of the stone may have been exposed to the elements with a sand-blown surface. If you have a look on the back (flat side) there are some larger 'crater' like shapes which can be typical of an

[meteorite-list] My Dog Dug it up During a storm

One of the more entertaining I guess! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=3239item=6503653730 Cheers, Jeff __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Chondrule Festival

Hi Steven and list, if you are interested in chondrules - who is not;-)! - please have a look at my new PMMC page called: Chondrule Festival: http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id12.html Comments and corrections welcome! Thanks! Peter Marmet Steven Drummond wrote: ...I tried to continue

RE: [meteorite-list] Chondrule Festival

Talking about chondrules: have you seen NWA 844? Just beautiful :-) http://www.meteoritegallery.com/gallery/NWA/760_nwa_0844?full=1 Bernhard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Marmet Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:22 PM To:

[meteorite-list] xenolithic festival

Hi all, this is a piece i wanted to show you too. No chondrule festival, but what beautiful xenolitic inclusion! The black frontier of the inclusion is in real more obvious than at the pic. This one is a Dho 686 L6. http://www.gi-po.de/xenolithic.htm Cheers! Carsten -- No virus found in this

[meteorite-list] Tnguska woods of my collection

Hello I have put the photos of my Tunguska material in my collection site, its visible under the section Impact Material after the Pallsites. If you want take a look to my new Sikhote Alin slice of over 2 kg. - thanks Ivan. http://www.mcomemeteorite.info Matteo

[meteorite-list] Announcing NEW Iron Meteorite w/ extremely unusual etch pattern-Ad

Hello all. We are very pleased to announce a truly amazing new iron meteorite. A single mass of 1650g was found in 2004 in the western sahara. This iron had a very unusual appearance and when we cut a sample for analysis we were amazed by the bizarre etch pattern. It has a micro-etch pattern

[meteorite-list] ** NWA 2626 shergottite **

Hello everybody, I don't think NWA 2626 information has been published in the Bulletin but I'm searching for information on this Shergottite. Does anyone have analysis, TKW, date of find/purchase, number of pieces found, ... Thanks a lot, Pierre-Marie Pele www.meteor-center.com

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - January 5, 2005

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Sizing Up the Heat Shield - sol 325-332, January 05, 2005 Opportunity is healthy and has reached the site where its heat shield hit the ground. The rover will make detailed observations of the heat shield's remains, weather

[meteorite-list] Green Comet (Comet Machholz)

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/05jan_machholz.htm Green Comet NASA Science News January 5, 2005 On Friday night, January 7th, Comet Machholz visits the Pleiades. January 5, 2005: A cloud of gas bigger than the planet Jupiter, glowing alien green, is about to sweep past the Seven

[meteorite-list] Meteor's Appearance Over Wisconsin A Hot Topic

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/wdhlocal/310950594263925.shtml Meteor's appearance a hot topic By Jessica Bock Wausau Daily Herald (Wisconsin) January 6, 2005 Seeing a meteor is a rare occurrence, although that could be what caught the attention of thousands of north central Wisconsin

[meteorite-list] NWA 2428 - New NWA Iron

Hello John, Dawn and List, very pleased to announce a truly amazing new iron meteorite Congratulations! Beautiful. My first (uneducated) guess would have been a thoroughly recrystallized, maybe even an artificially reheated iron, an anomalous iron or an ataxite but then, ... these

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor's Appearance Over Wisconsin A Hot Topic

Dear Ron, List; I see this one sticking point over and over and over again! Could someone Please contact Jessica Bock and tell her meteorites in general public's concept/ definition of what it takes to be magneticare not magnetic. Yes maybe a tiny tiny amount but possibly in nano- goss,

[meteorite-list] Deep Impact Prelaunch Webcast, Launch Coverage Set For Jan 10-12

01.05.05 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321/867-2468 RELEASE: 03-05 DEEP IMPACT PRELAUNCH WEBCAST, LAUNCH COVERAGE SET FOR JAN. 10-12 NASA Direct, NASA Kennedy Space Center's Web broadcast network, is featuring a prelaunch webcast and launch day coverage of NASA's Deep

[meteorite-list] Wisconsin Geology 101 at Madison museum

Dear List; I have spoken in person to the geology department at Madison and informed them of the existence of the Catalogue of Meteorites 5th Edition and the information available on the 12 Wisconsin meteoritesand of the hundreds of found but not accounted for Wisconsin meteorites.

Re: [meteorite-list] meteoroid temperature

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:27:00 +0100, Lars Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi List What is the temperature of a meteoroid drifting thrue space ? Cold. Like, in the more than 100 degrees below zero range. An answer more precise than that requires some icky math:

[meteorite-list] Tucson auction absentee bids

For the benefit of those of us who can't attend in person this year, would someone mind reviewing the guidelines for submitting absentee bids for any of the various Tucson auctions? I've already noted 2 or 3 attractive specimens I'd like a piece of the action on (crappy grammar, but you get

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor's Appearance Over Wisconsin A Hot Topic

En un mensaje con fecha 01/06/2005 11:38:10 AM Mexico Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribe: Could someone Please contact Jessica Bock and tell her meteorites in general public's concept/ definition of what it takes to be magneticare not magnetic. Dave, Don't get me started on

[meteorite-list] Bonita Springs Florida Meteorite

i went ahead and busted up my slice of bonita springs into micros. they are for sale on ebay. if a dealer out there wants to buythem all direct, you may take if for $180 for alland i'll pay for the shipping.

RE: [meteorite-list] Tucson auction absentee bids

Same here. Bernhard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tracy latimer Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 7:08 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Tucson auction absentee bids For the benefit of those of us who

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson auction absentee bids

Hi Tracy all, For absentee bids in my auction, please email or phone me directly. Thanks, Michael on 1/6/05 10:07 AM, tracy latimer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the benefit of those of us who can't attend in person this year, would someone mind reviewing the guidelines for

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor's Appearance Over Wisconsin A Hot Topic

Dear Doug; Try telling that nit-picky scientific story to those that carry a paper clip on a string and actively use that simple tool to distinguish magnetic meteorites in the field..BAH!!! Guess I deal with too many amateur field hunters and not enough acadamians like yourself.

[meteorite-list] Please explain this to me.

Hi list, I am confused about this and would like to know the how and why's. . This NWA has some inclusions (white and on top of photo), no big deal, but they all seem to be lined up in a row, or at least all on the same side of the meteorite. How would this happen?

[meteorite-list] Magnetic Meteorites!

Dear Dave and Doug, Maybe they all saw The Magnetic Monster when they were kids. Anyone else remember that one? Dating myself... Chauncey __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] meteoroid temperature

It depends on the composition, size, and surface characteristics. For a typical stony meteoroid (1m diameter, albedo 0.04) at approximately 1 AU, solving the Stefan-Boltzmann equation gives a temperature of about 20°C. These things absorb plenty of energy from the Sun, and tend to be poor

Re: [meteorite-list] Magnetic Meteorites!

Dear Chauncey; I miss Bill Nye the science guy...now there was a magnetic personality! I am spending the rest of the afternoon going through my NWA collection to actually see how many will stick on the refrigerator door as true magnets would. ...as I return to line dancing with magnets in the

Re: [meteorite-list] meteoroid temperature

Hello Lars, the temperature of meteoroids in space was explicitely calculated with the famous Neuschwanstein meteorite, which fell on April 6, 2002 in Bavaria. It was the fourth meteorite fall in history with a photographed and therefore precisely calculated orbit around the sun. The equilibrium

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor's Appearance Over Wisconsin A Hot Topic

My argument is that clarification of the magnetic properties of meteorites is a great idea and in agreement with you. My problem with your posts is simply not to start saying that meteorites are usually not magnetic, when in fact most are magnetic. Your points are addressed below with

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - January 6, 2005

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Celebrates Year Anniversary on Mars - sol 346-352, January 06, 2005 Spirit landed on Mars one year ago on Jan. 3, 2004, (Pacific Time) and is still healthy and going strong! On sol 346, Spirit confirmed that it had

[meteorite-list] OT: Kansas under Ice Storm

Hello list, We are having a major ice storm here in Kansas. Ice is about 1/2 thick on everything and this is making our trees fall down knocking power lines down and starting fires. 12 electrical fires last night, 2 within a block. We have pretty much shut down the city. My mother is at home

[meteorite-list] Question about Uranolithe fosslie (Meteorite) Article

I am trying to locate a one-page article. All of the information, which I have is Uranolithe fosslie Astronomie. vol. 7, p. 58 (1887). Can anyone identify the publisher and location of this journal? If someone happens to have access to this journal, I will be more than glad to reimburse you

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about Uranolithe fosslie (Meteorite) Article

At 03:05 PM 1/6/2005, Paul H wrote: I am trying to locate a one-page article. All of the information, which I have is Uranolithe fosslie Astronomie. vol. 7, p. 58 (1887). Can anyone identify the publisher and location of this journal? If someone happens to have access to this journal, I will be

[meteorite-list] Correction To Question about Uranolithe fosslie(Meteorite) Article

In my previous post, I stated that I was looking for: Uranolithe fosslie Astronomie. vol. 7, p. 58 (1887). The correct year is 1888 and page should be 114. the correct citation is; Uranolithe fosslie Astronomie. vol. 7, p. 114 (1888). the article gives L'Astronomie as an alternative spelling.

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson auction absentee bids

Hi Bernhad, Tracy all, I can't speak for other auctions, As for mine, there is a 5% buyers premium paid on all sales. If you use a credit card, there is an additional 5% to cover my costs of processing such payments. If you are an absentee bidder, there is a 5%

Re: [meteorite-list] meteoroid temperature

Hi Lars and all, Ron Baalke had posted in a message one time some research that showed that the sun striking asteroid and meteoroids caused some out gassing and might be a potential source, dynamic of perpetration to cause them to fall into the kirkwood gaps and later become Earth crossing

[meteorite-list] meteorite givaway No# 24, happy new year

Good evening list.I thought I would do 1 more givaway before tucson.I have 7 to let go as I clear out the last of my givaways.I have 1 mundrabilla 3 grams,1 nwa 2121,dag 248,unclassified saharan, and 3 park forest micro's that I found the saturday after the fall in 2003.I found them the other day

[meteorite-list] Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2)

A nice naked-eye object (provided that skies are dark) in the Northern hemisphere! A few hours ago I easily found and saw it even from light-polluted downtown Berlin with 7x35 binocs near the Pleiades in the constellation of Taurus, and envy you observers with much better seeing conditions in

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2)

Hello Alexander and List, OT? Not really - think of Orgueil, Tagish Lake etc., those fragile Speaking of Tagish Lake, is it of astroidal or cometary origin? -Walter __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] PARK FOREST MICROS METEORITE GIVAWAY

hI AGAIN LIST.i ACTUALLY HAVE 6 TOTAL ON THE PARK FOREST MICROS, NOT 3.sO THIS IS EVEN BETTER.LET ME KNOW. STEVE = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 Illinois Meteorites website url

[meteorite-list] allende for trade

Hi all.I have an 11 gran fragment of allende for trade if anyone is interested.Let me know what you have. steve arnold = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 Illinois Meteorites website url

Re: [meteorite-list] Please explain this to me.

Hi list, I am confused about this and would like to know the how and why's. . This NWA has some inclusions (white and on top of photo), no big deal, but they all seem to be lined up in a row, or at least all on the same side of the meteorite. How would this happen? This looks to me as

[meteorite-list] NWA 1827

Hello Adam, I was following the thread today regarding Mike's incorrect numbering of his olivine diogenite (NWA 2629) - I have also corrected my reference to this stone on my website. Curiously, you also made a reference to NWA 1827 which I must admit has me confused as to your intended

[meteorite-list] Sorry for MeteoriteTimes delay

Dear List Members and MeteoriteTimes writers, Happy New Year To All ! Sorry for the delay in posting MeteoriteTimes. I'm fighting a viral infection with a secondary bacterial infection. Nothing serious but between all the medication including a potent cough syrup I'm blurry eyed and feel like

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2)

Thank you for the site AlexanderJerry - Original Message - From: Alexander Seidel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 6:44 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2) A nice naked-eye object (provided that

[meteorite-list] Trade Offer

A number of years ago the Space Corporation and Nestle put out a 20 piece meteorite cereal premium set. I am looking for SRC6 or SRC 15. I can offer SRC17 in trade. Thanks, Cj Lebel IMCA# 3432 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cjsmeteorites.com __

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 1827

Hi David, NWA 1817 and NWA 1827 came up before on the List as far as piggy-backing goes. We informed the List that we own the main mass of NWA 1817. Another List member said that Dr. Bunch said it was OK for the number NWA 1827 to be used. I am saying this statement is false because Dr. Bunch

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 1827

I guess then Adam, that the paper that David Weir just posted is fake? I guess I sent samples to Ted Bunch and he trashed them? Adam, I am not sure what you are getting at, but I am a little curious. Mike Farmer - Original Message - From: Adam Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Weir [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] Wisconsin Geology 101 at Madison museum

Dave: I'm in Madison (but not an IMCA member). The UW Geology Library has a copy of the Catalog in its collection. Mark P.S. If you're going to get lost (or even disoriented), Madison's not a bad place to do it. Dear List; I have spoken in person to the geology department at Madison and

[meteorite-list] Etch Pattern of New Chinese Pallasite -Ad

Hello everyone. We've been wondering what if any Windmanstatten our new Chinese pallasite would have, but up until now, have not had time to check it out. We have finally started getting caught up following the holidays and have etched several pieces. It has a very cool etch reminescent of

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 1827

Hi Mike, You were using Nelson's lab sample number NWA 1827 when you were assigned number NWA 1912. You continue to use NWA 1878 that applies to samples in our collection that we never provided to you. I am not going to open up the piggy-backing can of worms again but want to make it clear that

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 1827

Adam, get real, even the people on this list asked why you had to act like that when a simple statement to the fact that you had spoken to Teb Bunch would have solved the problem instantly. You refused to do that, dragging out something for no reason other than what we can all see, you are

[meteorite-list] NPA 12-16-1905 Meteor Crater Mining, Interesting Note at End

Paper: Nevada State Journal City: Reno, Nevada Date: Saturday, December 16, 1905 Page: 7 SINKING FOR A LOST METEOR Something indeed Novel in the History of Mining in the Western Districts What is undoubtedly one of the most unique mining undertakings in the country is under way in Northern