[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - December 11, 2005
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[meteorite-list] you should watch what you send
Good morning list on this snowy chicago sunday.Every now and then something a little out of the ordinary comes my way,and today is no exception.It seems that in the thralls of sending out a 9.2 gram of estacado with a monnig label to me,MARK BOSTICK included a lock of his very long hair.I guess you never know what you get in the mail.They say it is the most bizaar at the holidays.Besides that,the estacado piece is great.Thanks again mark,at least you have hair.. steve arnold, chicago,usa Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 Illinois Meteorites,Ltd! website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] test
Hi list.Are my emails getting out? Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 Illinois Meteorites,Ltd! website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] On the Hunt for Kansas Meteorites
Dear Listees: Good morning all. Very good article (with photo) about Steve's Brenham adventures in today's Wichita Eagle. You may even recognize some of the characters mentioned in the story. I count five Meteorite List members quoted in the one piece. Regards, Geoff N. http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/state/13379891.htm On the hunt for Kansas meteorites Wichita native and meteorite hunter Steve Arnold, who dug up a 1,400-pound specimen near Greensburg, is turning his finds into cash. BY KEVIN MURPHY Kansas City Star GREENSBURG - Bouncing over the dirt rows of the newly planted wheat field, Steve Arnold's contraption of plastic pipes mounted on six lawnmower wheels looks mighty strange. And then there is Arnold--pulling the rig behind him while a plastic bucket containing a metal detector hangs around his neck. Odd as he looks out there in the field, Arnold has brought a new and lucrative form of farming to south-central Kansas: He harvests meteorites. A cash crop, Arnold says, beaming. It certainly can be. Last month, Arnold announced that he had dug up near Greensburg a 1,400-pound pallasite meteorite, the largest of its type ever found in the United States. It could be worth at least $1 million, possibly up to $3 million, experts said. The owner of the land where Arnold found his prize will get a nice cut of the sale price. Arnold has signed leases with the owners of some 3,000 acres to look for meteorites. He pays them up front for hunting rights, and they get a share of his sales. I've never heard of anyone doing that before, said Jeffrey Grossman, a geochemist and secretary of the Meteoritical Society, an international planetary science organization. Arnold's partner and lawyer, Phil Mani of San Antonio, Texas, set up the recent contracts and paid expenses for Arnold's prospecting in Kansas. Mani said the contracts are a first and are necessary because meteorites are otherwise the property of owners of the land where they fall. We are going to cover all the land where we think meteorites can be found, Mani said. Arnold, a Wichita native, makes his living trading and selling meteorites, which are sought after by museums and universities and by collectors tantalized by the other-world nature of such rocks. Meteorites come from the asteroid belt formed at the dawn of the solar system about 4.3 billion years ago. It's from out there on the other side of Mars. How cool is that? Arnold said. You can own something that has not changed since the beginning of the solar system. Meteorites, most smaller than grapefruits, are sold over the Internet and at shows. Arnold's is being kept in Texas and will be displayed at a major gem and mineral show in Tucson next month. News of his discovery spread fast, landing Arnold on several national news shows and stirring envy in the meteorite community. Its overwhelming size and shape make it truly unique, said Allan Lang, a well-known meteorite dealer in upstate New York. Meanwhile, Arnold is back in the field looking for more. His high-powered metal detector can pick up signals 20 feet below ground, he said. There may be something bigger, but I doubt there is something better, Arnold said. Arnold's meteorite is dark orange to bronze in color, measures about 36 by 30 inches and has a rare bullet-like shape and smooth surface. Pallasite meteorites such as Arnold's are made of iron nickel and olivine crystals and account for less than 1 percent of all discovered meteorites, which are rare in the first place. A bounty of meteorites Kansas is a leading source of meteorite discoveries in the United States, authorities say. The state is extensively farmed, and it has relatively little foliage and few indigenous rocks that people may confuse with meteorites, said Geoffrey Notkin, an Arizona meteorite hunter who has sometimes helped Arnold search in Kansas. Another reason is that 1,000 to 2,000 years ago, the Greensburg area was pelted with meteorites from what later was named the Brenham meteorite, after the township where some pieces landed. Prehistoric Indians gathered the fragments as religious symbols, and the first documented collections occurred in the 1880s. In the 1920s, famed meteorite collector Harvey Nininger found a crater from one point of impact, and he encouraged residents to look for meteorites. The Brenham meteorites are in collections worldwide, including at Harvard and Yale universities, the Smithsonian Institution and in an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The previous largest meteorite was found in 1949 and is on display at a Greensburg museum that also is home to the world's largest hand-dug well. Greensburg is a town of 1,500, about 110 miles west of Wichita. Meteorite hunting has tapered off in the Greensburg area in recent decades as people assumed fields had been tapped out. But
[meteorite-list] Show and tell pallesite
Dear List, Mr. Lucky Arnold, Geoff; Any chance of a photo of Steve and his ATV and hunting/detecting rig? I wouldn't want to see any trade secrets, but as an amature engineer, I would love to see a picture of the lucky hunter doing the searching thing with the searching invention. From a cold snowy Sw Wy, Dave F. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - December 11, 2005
Hi Bernd and All, Great pieces of iron Bernd. Just curious, but is there really such a thing as a shield-shaped nose-cone shrapnel-like fragment of S-A? Cheers, Martin On 12/11/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.spacerocksinc.com/Dec_11.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day
Martin appreciatively wrote: Great pieces of iron Bernd Thanks Martin. These explosive fragments were among the first S-A pieces easily available back in 1986, when I acquired them at the Munich Meteorite and Gem Show. Regmaglypted specimens were very hard to get and really cost a little fortune. is there really such a thing as a shield-shaped nose-cone shrapnel-like fragment of S-A? The answer is, of course, no, if you think of the aerodynamical processes that shaped the real shield-shaped nose-cones with their thumbprints. I was only referring to the geometric shape of my specimen - not to the aerodynamic flight through the atmosphere. My piece was probably spalled off too late in its flight but it does mimic the real ones. Maybe a few more kilometers would have been sufficient to make it what it looks like (... or what I would like it to be ;-) Cheers, Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] test
the 3th test in 4 days --- Jerry A. Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Steve Arnold, Chicago!! wrote: Hi list.Are my emails getting out? Steve, Unfortunately, yes. A few seem to be escaping. Stronger bars on their cage might remedy that problem. Jerry __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list 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 MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ ___ Yahoo! Messenger: chiamate gratuite in tutto il mondo http://it.messenger.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Strange e-bay auction - someone's off his trolley :-))
What, pray tell, is a trolilite? That's an easy one: it's a trolley light ;-) Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD - Special 10-Day Auctions Started Today
Dear List Members, I have just listed 72 eBay auctions under my seller name, NaturesVault. They will run for 10 days while I am out of town from December 13th through the 20th. Most have started at just 99 cents. Here is just a taste of what is available starting at 99 cents, Happy Holiday offerings: NWA 1277 CO3.6 - 14.7g Block-Cut Specimen http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588374190rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 1877 Olivine Diogenite Thin Section http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588376288rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 1929 Howardite Thin Section http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588376623rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 1945 LL3 End Cut 10g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588376918rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 2058 Pseudotachylite S6 Thin Section http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588377383rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 2126 Polymict Eucrite Thin Section http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588378633rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 2696 Howardite Individual 22.2g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588380009rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 2918 CO3.0 Part Slice 1.008g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588383851rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 2999 Angrite Part Slice 160mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588385299rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 3160 Olivine-Phyric Mare Basalt Lunar 298mg lice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588390550rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 Other Excellent Specimens at great Values: NWA 482 Lunar 276mg Part Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588371417rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 1195 Shergottite 3.326g Complete Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588373788rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 3136 Lunar Mare Regolith Breccia Complete Slice 2.566g http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588386762rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NWA 3151 Brachinite Thin Section http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588389501rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 Gibeon 229g Etched Part Slice - Sculptural The Wave http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588392808rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 NEA 001 Anorthositic Regolith Breccia 1.906g Complete Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6588393411rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 I also have nine unclassified Saharan individuals starting at just 99 cents, from 110.5 grams up to 479 grams. To see these and all that I have to offer during this Holiday Special, click on one of the above links and then click View seller's other items. That, or go to eBay and search for items by seller, NaturesVault. I will not be able to answer any emails from December 13th through the 20th. I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. Happy Holidays and Good Luck if you bid on any of my offerings. Best regards, Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMCA 2185 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] MeteoriteTimes Announcement
Happy Holidays Everyone! Many of you may have seen that we have incorporated the Meteorite Classified Ads into MeteoriteTimes as of December. This announcement is to let you know that as part of MeteoriteTimes, the classifieds are essentially free. All text ads are free and there is a nominal charge of $1.00 per photo. After PayPal that leaves 67 cents which will help pay expenses. The Tucson Information Page will be updated by Wednesday Night. (probably very late...) And lastly please enter your sites into our free directory. Very soon we will be turning on the moderation feature which will require more work for us and the more sites that are on before we do this the better. http://www.meteoritetimes.com/directory/index.php Thank you we wish you and your families all the best for the Holidays! Paul and Jim __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Moldavites on eBay
After hearing about fake moldavites coming out of China, I nosed around eBay for a bit, and boy! I have never seen so many misnamed, misrepresented, and just plain wrong pieces of glass and rock called moldavite. I bought a lump of raw moldavite and a couple of faceted ones 4 or 5 years ago when I first started collecting meteorites, and I am glad I did, because I'd estimate at least 80% of what is out there right now is NOT moldavite (tsavorite, green quartz, or just tumbled chunks of beer bottles). Since when is moldavite glow-in-the-dark green?? I am horrified. The few that look like real moldavite are either overpriced, or the sellers have terms that frighten me as a buyer (pay exclusively with Western Union transfer to unknowns in eastern Europe, a notorious way to kiss your money goodby). I know some of the danger signs, but I feel sorry for people who buy one of these mystery rocks and get burned. Tracy Latimer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
