[meteorite-list] re: Burning Object Seen Over Australia

2005-04-02 Thread Marco Langbroek
It is unfortunate that the news report does not mention a time; but it is very likely that this fireball was the decay of a Soyuz SL-12 Rocket booster, 2005-010 (NORAD 28630). Time and location for the decay of this object are consistent, as is the groundtrack for this piece of rocket debris -

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - April 2, 2005

2005-04-02 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - April 2, 2005

2005-04-02 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Tessera 3, H4 6.9 gram individual TKW 0.0513 kgs. Found 2000 Venice, Italy Controversial with some collectors. This specimen has been erroneously listed as being in the Vatican Collection. Controversial only for Farmer Matteo --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - April 2, 2005

2005-04-02 Thread Meteoryt.net
Controversial only for Farmer Matteo Matteo, just SHUT UP If You have problem make it off list. If You dont have any other interesting topics , then leave this list. -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] AD - eBay items for sale

2005-04-02 Thread Meteoriteshow
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[meteorite-list] New Web Site

2005-04-02 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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[meteorite-list] Question about Weston

2005-04-02 Thread ks1u
Hello everyone. I have always had a keen interest in the Weston meteorite, partly because I'm from CT and also because of its historical significance. My collection contains somewhat over 5 grams of this meteorite in three pieces, the largest of which is just over 4 grams. I am curious about

[meteorite-list] AD: very rare c chondrites

2005-04-02 Thread Lars Pedersen
hello I have 2 very very rar carbonaceous chondrites for sale.at vey low prizes. NWA 801 CR2 a full slice at 12.81 gram ! $250 NWA 1757 CO 3.5 ... there are only 4 known ! this one is the only one know outside the Antartica. That means...this is the ONLY...ONLY availible to

[meteorite-list] Pope is death

2005-04-02 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Few minutes ago the Pope is death Matteo M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International Meteorite Collectors Association

[meteorite-list] Brad Sampson isn't sending me my meteorites

2005-04-02 Thread Gran Axelsson
Does anyone here know what's up with Brad Sampson? I've tried to contact him for half a year now without any answer. I bought two pieces of Brahin from him and he promised that he would send it global express and send me the tracking number when it was sent. That was three weeks after I payed it.

Re: [meteorite-list] Brad Sampson isn't sending me my meteorites

2005-04-02 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Sampson is another Casper --- Göran Axelsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone here know what's up with Brad Sampson? I've tried to contact him for half a year now without any answer. I bought two pieces of Brahin from him and he promised that he would send it global express and send

Re: [meteorite-list] Pope is death

2005-04-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:25:47 +0200 (CEST), M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Few minutes ago the Pope is death Wow, thanks for the update! If you hadn't provided us with this obscure tidbit of information, I'm sure that most of us would have never heard it! Just to keep

Re: [meteorite-list] Pope is death

2005-04-02 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
been ashamed --- Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:25:47 +0200 (CEST), M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Few minutes ago the Pope is death Wow, thanks for the update! If you hadn't provided us with this obscure tidbit of information,

Re: [meteorite-list] Brad Sampson isn't sending me my meteorites

2005-04-02 Thread Meteoryt.net
I've tried to contact him for half a year now without any answer. I bought two pieces of Brahin from him and he promised that he would send it global express and send me the tracking number when it was sent. That was three weeks after I payed it. I haven't heard from him

Re: [meteorite-list] Brad Sampson isn't sending me my meteorites

2005-04-02 Thread Michael L Blood
Dear Goran, You have my sympathy. Several years back someone posted to the list having been ripped off by BS. Then another chimed in, then another, and another and so on. Brad began to respond, but in such an uncivilized manor I believe he earned himself a lifetime ban from the

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about Weston

2005-04-02 Thread martinh
Hi George, I don't know of many pieces of Weston over 10g in private hands. A couple larger private collections including mine hold pieces around 30g, but much of it I suspect is held in institutions. Here is a pic of my piece. The specimen number is a Nininger number from when ASU acquired

[meteorite-list] Park Forest meteor?

2005-04-02 Thread Darren Garrison
I was just thinking, with all the talk of Park Forest, I can't seem to remember to have ever heard of sitings of the meteor that preceded it. Were there reports of seeing the meteor before the fall, or is PF a witnessed fall without a witnessed falling?

Re: [meteorite-list] Pope is death

2005-04-02 Thread Meteoryt.net
Oh, yeah, one of my cats died a couple of months back. === Its nothing ! While we visit one dealer in Erfoud, Stefan Ralew looked at 2 stones for 2 hours :-)) and I stroke verry nice young maroccan cat. Now Im angry that I not make him photo, becouse while we go out, big fat Landrover

[meteorite-list] Park Forest meteor?

2005-04-02 Thread bernd . pauli
I was just thinking, with all the talk of Park Forest, I can't seem to remember to have ever heard of sightings of the meteor that preceded it. Were there reports of seeing the meteor before the fall, or is PF a witnessed fall without a witnessed falling? A bright fireball was seen by

RE: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteor?

2005-04-02 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Darren and list, As other list members have noted. The Park Forest meteor was seen by thousands of people. Some thought UFO, some thought an Iraqi bomb...it was two days into War with Iraq, and some identified it as a meteor. Others were left puzzled. Witness quotes can be found in

[meteorite-list] * Happy Birthday John Gwilliam Yurtuk *

2005-04-02 Thread Notkin
Happy birthday to List member, filmmaker, Harvey Award winner, meteorite hunter, and Beatles fan John Gwilliam. Nearly 40 years old today : ) Born on the same day (though obviously not the same year) as the Yurtuk howardite. How cool is that? Who's got a piece of Yurtuk in their collection?

[meteorite-list] * Happy Birthday John Gwilliam Yurtuk *

2005-04-02 Thread bernd . pauli
Happy birthday to List member, filmmaker, Harvey Award winner, meteorite hunter, and Beatles fan John Gwilliam. Nearly 40 years old today : ) So I was almost 20 when you were born John ! Almost because I am only a few days away from my 60th birthday. Oh well, ... born on, no not the 4th of

Re: [meteorite-list] Brad Sampson isn't sending me my meteorites

2005-04-02 Thread Michael Chamberlain
Goran It took me three months to get my Brahin from BS, my associate got her Brahin in one week (after waiting nearly 6 months and finally filing a mail fraud claim with the US Postal Service) good luck MAC - Original Message - From: Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G ö ran

RE: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteor?

2005-04-02 Thread joseph_town
Nice presentation Mark, I'd just like to add that with a peak visual magnitude of -22 everyone within, I'm guessing, 20 or 30 miles? only witnessed the effect of night literally turning to day. Does anyone have an idea just how far away from ground zero you'd have to have been to see the

Re: [meteorite-list] Bensour Breccia Thin Section Photographs

2005-04-02 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Mark, I hope you'll pardon my piggybacking this note but for some reason I can't post directly to the List. I just received a Saratov thin section from Jeff Rowell. For those of you who are familiar with Jeff's work, it will come as no surprise that it is stunning beyond words and that's under

Re: [meteorite-list] Bensour Breccia Thin Section Photographs

2005-04-02 Thread Gerald Flaherty
List, I'd be interested in picking up a small, relatively inexpensive piece of Saratov. Thanks Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 6:44 PM

Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteor?

2005-04-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 16:07:07 -0600, MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: meteorite times column's. It is a shame that no local made a large effort at documenting witness statesments. It would be nice to read through a couple hundred which was easily possible. Thanks to all who replied. I

[meteorite-list] Vatican Meteorite Collection

2005-04-02 Thread RYAN PAWELSKI
Good Afternoon List, Does anyone know if the Vatican meteorite collection is listed online? I recall someone once posting a Vatican Collection link on the list a while back. Just seems like a fitting day to take a look at one of the greatest collections in the world. Best Regards, Ryan

Re: [meteorite-list] Vatican Meteorite Collection

2005-04-02 Thread MarkF
Hi Ryan Heres the link I have that works http://utenti.lycos.it/Meteoriteman/index.htmlVATICAN - Original Message - From: RYAN PAWELSKI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 7:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Vatican Meteorite Collection

[meteorite-list] Re: Vatican Meteorie Collection

2005-04-02 Thread RYAN PAWELSKI
Well, I think I may have just found it. But there are probably others out there as well. Enjoy. http://utenti.lycos.it/Meteoriteman/index.htmlVATICAN Ryan __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Vatican Meteorite Collection

2005-04-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 18:16:53 -0600 (GMT-06:00), RYAN PAWELSKI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Afternoon List, Does anyone know if the Vatican meteorite collection is listed online? I recall someone once posting a Vatican Collection link on the list a while back. Just seems like a fitting day to

[meteorite-list] Re: Vatican Meteorite Collection

2005-04-02 Thread RYAN PAWELSKI
Thanks Mark. It looks like we posted the same link at just about the same time. Go figure. Ryan -Original Message- From: MarkF [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Apr 2, 2005 6:22 PM To: RYAN PAWELSKI [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteor list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re:

Re: [meteorite-list] * Happy Birthday John Gwilliam Yurtuk *

2005-04-02 Thread JKGwilliam
Thanks to Bernd, Geoff, Maria (hic) and everyone else for their BD wishes. I am actually closer to Bernd's age that Notkin's...I'm 53 years old today. Old but still here, John Gwilliam At 03:27 PM 4/2/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happy birthday to List member, filmmaker, Harvey Award

Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteor?

2005-04-02 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 4/2/2005 5:06:45 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks to all who replied. I suppose meteor sitings only get great attention (at least from meteorite collectors) when you are trying to use them to pinpoint the location of a possible fall. If you

[meteorite-list] Re: Park Forest meteor?

2005-04-02 Thread RYAN PAWELSKI
He saw a flash of light out the corner of his eye, thought another thunderstorm! Exact same thing that I thought... and probably many others as well! Ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Apr 2, 2005 6:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

[meteorite-list] impact melts

2005-04-02 Thread stan .
are all impact melts breccias of melt and original matrix? if the matrix is totally melted is is still considered an impact melt, or does the stone become an achonderite (a non primative achonderite, young achonderite, etc) thanks for any clarification

[meteorite-list] Carbonaceous weathering lifetimes

2005-04-02 Thread McCartney Taylor
Does anyone have firm numbers on how long a CI type meteorite will last on the ground before weathering into soil? It is obviously dependent on rainfall and other conditions, but what are the year ranges? 20 years? 120years? -- McCartneyTaylor,IMCA 2760

[meteorite-list] 4.567 billion years-- and a month.

2005-04-02 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16538 PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Saturday, April 2, 2005 Source: NASA Astrobiology Institute Using Isotopes to Probe the Earliest History of the Solar Nebula By: David Morrison, NAI Senior Scientist Members of the NAI UCLA team led by Ed Young

Re: [meteorite-list] Carbonaceous weathering lifetimes

2005-04-02 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, I think your guess range is essentially correct, but that's only because it's my guess range, too. Phil Bland of the Natural History Museum (formerly the British Museum) did a paper on determining the fall rate of meteorites. In order to do so, he had to account for the

Re: [meteorite-list] Casper meteorite auction

2005-04-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:25:24 -0700, Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=3239item=6521861671 He even stole my NWA #. NWA 2086 is a number assigned to my meteorite, not this, so you don't even know what you are getting. I wonder who sold