[meteorite-list] Test, test, test, please ignore

2005-06-27 Thread julien . courtois
1, 2, 3, Testing... __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] fire flies or flying fires

2005-06-27 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, There are a variety of questions involved. First, there is to the problem of identifying what constitutes a basin as the earliest basins are relicts of the earliest impacts and are obscured to a greater or lesser degree by later large basin forming impacts. Most selenologists think

[meteorite-list] New Ebay Auctions

2005-06-27 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello I have put the all pieces of the new mesosiderite NWA 3213 and the last 3 pieces of the nice carbonaceous chondrite NWA 3214, for who want look here http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=mcomemeteorite matteo M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A -

[meteorite-list] NWA 2400

2005-06-27 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Hi, Did anyone else notice in the new Met. Bull. that it looks like a pairing for NWA 011 has been found? Cheers, Jeff Northwest Africa 2400 Morocco or Algeria Purchased 2003 April Achondrite (ungrouped) A 137 g light tan to rusty brown, fully crusted stone was purchased in Rissani, Morocco

Re: [meteorite-list] fire flies or flying fires

2005-06-27 Thread Chris Peterson
Hi Sterling- Yeah, I guess you're right, we're doomed to disagree g. (Did you see the cleverly packaged MIT T-shirts distributed to MIT freshman at last years orientation? The ones that nobody noticed until too late had Because not everyone can go to Caltech printed on the back?) I take

[meteorite-list] AD - Saharan Iron Individuals - Accepting Final Offers

2005-06-27 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear list members, Regarding my offer last week of the unclassified Saharan irons I have up for Best Offer over $850.00, it ends tonight at 9:00pm Eastern Time U.S. (Florida). If you are interested in making an offer I have my original post below. Best regards and Thank You to all who have

[meteorite-list] AD-New items and updated iste

2005-06-27 Thread Matt Morgan
Hi All: I've just updated my site with several new items, some large ($$) and some not. Included are Chico, NM Impact Melt, 1kg complete Millbillillie, a 5kg olivine-rich Seymchan, and a very nice NWA Ureilite that has to be seen. As always, email me for the best deals! www.mhmeteorites.com

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Problems with the Met.Bulls

2005-06-27 Thread Meteoriteshow
Hi List, Exactly the same for me. Fred Beroud Meteoriteshow (just back from Ensisheim and Ste Marie; I'll post soon something about these shows... =;o)) - Original Message - From: MarkF [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: JKGwilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteor list

[meteorite-list] Hubble Captures Outburst from Comet Targeted by Deep Impact

2005-06-27 Thread Ron Baalke
FOR RELEASE: 10:00 am (EDT) June 27, 2005 PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC05-16 HUBBLE CAPTURES OUTBURST FROM COMET TARGETED BY DEEP IMPACT In a dress rehearsal for the rendezvous between NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft and comet 9P/Tempel 1, the Hubble Space Telescope captured dramatic images of a new jet

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 2400

2005-06-27 Thread David Weir
Hi Jeff, Don't get too excited, I was quoted $3000/g by the owner Tom Boswell. That's 10 times more than I feel it's worth. Good luck in your acquisition. Regards, David meteoritestudies.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] AD: website updates and eBay auctions

2005-06-27 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
Hello List, Several new items on ebay: http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=svassiliev And new rare meteorites on my website: http://www.sv-meteorites.com Thanks! Sergey Sergey Vasiliev U Dalnice 839 Prague 5, 15500 Czech

Re: [meteorite-list] There IS an Earth Trojan Asteroid (probably)!

2005-06-27 Thread Ron Baalke
Hi, Ron, List, I chose the single word share from the following early introductory paragraph: The near-Earth asteroid 3753 Cruithne is in an unusual orbit about that of the Earth, one which is known in the lingo of celestial mechanics as being co-orbital with the Earth (meaning

[meteorite-list] Rendezvous With a Comet (Deep Impact)

2005-06-27 Thread Ron Baalke
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3882379,00.html Rendezvous with a comet Boulder craft seeks solar-system data in cosmic collision By Jim Erickson Rocky Mountain News June 25, 2005 BOULDER - It's the ultimate July 4 bash. After cruising 268 million miles

[meteorite-list] Astronauts to get Moon Rocks in Name

2005-06-27 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-071404a.html#062605 Astronauts to get moon rocks in name collectSpace June 26, 2005 NASA will award Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford with the Ambassador of Exploration Award at a ceremony attended by the astronaut's surviving Apollo- Soyuz Test Project Russian

[meteorite-list] Fwd: Moroc scam? from Mohamed? .fr

2005-06-27 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, It seems someone is gleaning my address from this list or the IMCA list. Is anyone else getting email from this so-called Mohamed from .fr? I have posted this letter to the list because I DO NOT believe he/she is a list member and their may be something fishy going on? Sincerely,

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Moroc scam? from Mohamed? .fr

2005-06-27 Thread Martin Altmann
It's a special agent from MAROC, looking for new meteorite clients innocent victims. (MAROC = Martin Altmann Rocks Of Cosmos) Muhaddin Alaman - Original Message - From: drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 11:01 PM Subject:

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Moroc scam? from Mohamed? .fr

2005-06-27 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear Dirk, List; Yes, from him and a group of Spanish spammers too in the last 36 hours. It would appear that it could be coming from this list. Dave F. drtanuki wrote: Dear List, It seems someone is gleaning my address from this list or the IMCA list. Is anyone else getting email from

Re: [meteorite-list] There IS an Earth Trojan Asteroid (probably)!

2005-06-27 Thread MexicoDoug
Ron B. wrote: Sterling W. wrote: The near-Earth asteroid 3753 Cruithne is in an unusual orbit about that of the Earth, one which is known in the lingo of celestial mechanics as being co-orbital with the Earth (meaning it SHARES [my emphasis] the Earth's orbit with it) and, more particularly,

Re: [meteorite-list] Wanted Very sick trade AD

2005-06-27 Thread Meteoryt.net
Gosh, Moon versus Gibeon, in which country am I living... In country where is more moon samples than in Oman right now : -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Wanted Very sick trade AD

2005-06-27 Thread Greg Hupe
Hello Martin, Regarding your customer who wants to trade his Dhofar 908 (2.2 grams combined) for Gibeon, what size Gibeon is he looking for? I see no problem with trading one way or the other (lunar for iron or vice-versa) if the value equates the same, or there about. As long as both parties

Re: [meteorite-list] Omani meteorite museum

2005-06-27 Thread MeteorHntr
In a message dated 6/24/2005 12:12:14 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The governments of these countries see an asset for tourist business in meteorite museums. Hello List, I find that comment very interesting. The government of Oman is going to be in for a reality

[meteorite-list] trade offer (AD)

2005-06-27 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi list.I have a 61 gram slice of estherville and 92 gram slice of the campo silicate piece.I will even throw in a 270 gram halfstone of campo iron for free.I am looking for a nice piece of nwa 1109 or nwa 1929.Also I have ended my summer meteorite sale.

[meteorite-list] Cassini Image: Spots on Janus

2005-06-27 Thread Ron Baalke
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=1576 Spots on Janus June 27, 2005 Full-Res: PIA07529 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07529 This close-up look at Saturn's moon Janus reveals spots on the moon's surface which may be dark material exposed by

Re: [meteorite-list] There IS an Earth Trojan Asteroid (probably)!

2005-06-27 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Ron, I agree with you that it is a very poor choice of word indeed. Share implies all those things you mention that Cruithne is emphatically NOT. I would not have chosen it myself by any means. But the original post was a very short one (unusual for me) that introduced their URL

[meteorite-list] Smithsonian FolkLife Festival, NOT OT

2005-06-27 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, List, Each year, the Smithsonian Institution sponsors the FolkLife Festival, a huge and popular public event. It begins today, I believe, and culminates on the Fourth of July, as part of the grand round of celebrations in our nation's capitol of the American Day! Every year, one

Re: [meteorite-list] Wanted Very sick trade AD

2005-06-27 Thread Martin H.
Happy reading... http://www.meteoritetimes.com/Back_Links/2003/May/Accretion_Desk.htm Martin --- Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Martin, Regarding your customer who wants to trade his Dhofar 908 (2.2 grams combined) for Gibeon, what size Gibeon is he looking for? I see no

Re: [meteorite-list] fire flies or flying fires

2005-06-27 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Again, it's all in the timing. But you made me re-think some things. Like Newton, you form no hypotheses. I, on the other hand, am a hypothesizing fool. If the Moon is a molten liquid drop of uniform density (undifferentiated), then Earth's gravity distorts it into a spheroid, and

[meteorite-list] Care to take a guess?

2005-06-27 Thread Tom Knudson
Hello List, my saw went crazy and I cut this unclassified stone. It has great crust, but seems to be very weathered. Has a large spot of metal, but even more trolite (?) Pretty cool anyways! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/peregrineflier/DSCN1421.jpg

Re: [meteorite-list] Omani meteorite museum

2005-06-27 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Steve and list, This isn't exactly true. There is a pretty good group of us (from this area) that get to the museum and wear out the carpets, smear the cases with our paw prints and create a oxidizing rich environment from not wiping our mouths after a long view of precious meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Wanted Very sick trade AD

2005-06-27 Thread Jan Bartels
Dear Martin and List, Thanks for the link regarding this trading subject. Recently i had a trade myself with someone of the list. This is just to let people know there are also bad trades as well which in my case was my own fault because hey...trading with a fellow collector from the list is safe

[meteorite-list] Some Images of the Randsburg California Iron

2005-06-27 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List, For those who are interested, I finally got around to cutting the 40 pound iron meteorite that sat in the Randsburg Rock Shop for nearly four decades after being found in the Little Lake area lava beds. We took two cuts before it completely detoothed two bandsaw blades. The blades

Re: [meteorite-list] fire flies or flying fires

2005-06-27 Thread Dawn Gerald Flaherty
I suppose I shouldn't keep encouraging all this OT[as perceived by some] BUT [and I'm sure I'll get some diagreement] you certainly can't buy this kind of entertainment or it isn't easily available on the BOOB TUBE. Take it from a connoisseur[or is that a kind of sewer] of Direct TV. Jerry

Re: [meteorite-list] Omani meteorite museum

2005-06-27 Thread MeteorHntr
Hello AL, I think you add to my point, in that: even the Field Museum doesn't spend any money for their meteorite display because they don't feel it is worth it. Why spend the money if it won't increase the sales of tickets at the door. Rest asured that if enough people did care, they would

[meteorite-list] Good on list topic! Explain this!

2005-06-27 Thread Tom Knudson
Hello List, here is something strange that I am hoping someone can explain! This unclassified NWA has Veins running through it, I would have guessed shock, but now I am thinking weathering. One of these veins at the edge of the meteorite has a grain of sand (actually a few, but only one big one)