Re: [meteorite-list] JOEL SCHIFF'S retirement party From the Meteorite Comm...

2006-08-13 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 8/12/2006 11:54:29 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think everybody on this list knows Joel, the creater and former editor of Meteorite Magazine. Over the past few months Geoff Notkin and Maria Haas has been putting together a thank you gift for his

Re: [meteorite-list] JOEL SCHIFF'S retirement party From the Meteorite Comm...

2006-08-13 Thread dean bessey
But one more thing: How is Joel now? Has he recovered? We haven't had any news from him in quite a while. I am sure we would all like to know. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I actually went there expecting somebody very sick to the point of him almost being an invalid on his death bed

[meteorite-list] In Memoriam Darryl Futrell

2006-08-13 Thread bernd . pauli
Our dear list member and astute defender of a lunar origin of tektites died of a heart attack Monday, August 13, 2001. We all know how much he enjoyed controversial discussions with regard to his beloved tektites even though he needed dialysis almost daily. Wednesday, August 15, 2001, his daughter

[meteorite-list] Stop thieves! Meteorite marauders of Norway!

2006-08-13 Thread Michael Mazur
I tried sending this a couple of days ago but it never made it to the list. Here goes again, Aug. 11th the University of Oslo published the following article on their website. http://wo.uio.no/as/WebObjects/avis.woa/wa/visArtikkel?id=30585del=uniforum

Re: [meteorite-list] JOEL SCHIFF'S retirement party From theMeteorite Community

2006-08-13 Thread Meteoriteshow
Hi Dean, Many thanks Dean for keeping us informed about Joel. I have read your second post and must say that I'm really glad to read that Joel looks well and seems to have recovered, even if he is certainly still fighting. We all appreciated Joel's efforts to contribute at such a high level to

[meteorite-list] Perseids 2006 ?

2006-08-13 Thread Robert Woolard
Hi List, Any members have any reports about the Perseids this year??? (Socked in by clouds here in AR this time around.) Best wishes, Robert Woolard IMCA #8103 http://www.portalesvalleymeteorites.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids 2006 ?

2006-08-13 Thread Thomas Tuchan
Hi :-) In germany, in ulm, best weather from 4 o' clock in the evening to midnight (GMT +2). Saw about 25 big perseides in this night and one very bright bolide from the constellation cygnus into saggitarius. An after glowing trail, color turned white-blue with smoke. I think is was half

Re: [meteorite-list] In Memoriam Darryl Futrell

2006-08-13 Thread Paul Harris
Incase anyone missed it, our August Meteorite Person of the Month is Darryl. http://www.meteorite.com/Darryl_Futrell/ Thank you Bernd, Paul At 01:19 AM 8/13/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our dear list member and astute defender of a lunar origin of tektites died of a heart attack Monday,

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids 2006 ?

2006-08-13 Thread Chris Peterson
Pretty bad weather in Colorado, too, but I did catch about 100 meteors, including a number of fireballs. A composite image and a few videos are posted at http://www.cloudbait.com/science/perseid2006.html . Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory

RE: [meteorite-list] JOEL SCHIFF'S retirement party From theMeteorite Community

2006-08-13 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Thanks for the photographs Dean. And a friendly nod to Geoff, Maria and AL Lang. Clear Skies, Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] differing viewpoints - scientists, dealers, collectors

2006-08-13 Thread Melinda Hutson
This is in response to the posting “Stop thieves! Meteorite marauders of Norway!” by Michael Mazur. In his posting, Mr. Mazur says “There aren't many of us but I'd like to think that we're not thieves who don't care about science as is implied by the article. If you disagree with Elen's

[meteorite-list] conflicting viewpoints

2006-08-13 Thread Melinda Hutson
This is in response to the posting “Stop thieves! Meteorite marauders of Norway!” by Michael Mazur. In his posting, Mr. Mazur says “There aren't many of us but I'd like to think that we're not thieves who don't care about science as is implied by the article. If you disagree with Elen's

[meteorite-list] conflicting viewpoints

2006-08-13 Thread mhutson
This is in response to the posting “Stop thieves! Meteorite marauders of Norway!” by Michael Mazur. In his posting, Mr. Mazur says “There aren't many of us but I'd like to think that we're not thieves who don't care about science as is implied by the article. If you disagree with Elen's

[meteorite-list] Differing viewpoints - scientists, dealers, collectors

2006-08-13 Thread bernd . pauli
Hi List, For your information - just in case you don't know who is talking to you: http://meteorites.pdx.edu/about_us.htm http://web.pdx.edu/~mhutson/ Well, and here's an article in MAPS by Dr. Melinda Hutson and Dr. Alexander Ruzicka HUTSON M., RUZICKA A. (2000) A multi-step model for the

Re: [meteorite-list] Stop thieves! Meteorite marauders of Norway!

2006-08-13 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 10:53:24 +0200, you wrote: And the first time such a meteorite has fallen since 1937. And, it is the first time that more than two meteorite pieces have been found from a meteorite fall in norwegian history. This means that there are hundreds of pieces that will not be

[meteorite-list] Perseids 2006

2006-08-13 Thread bernd . pauli
Robert Woolard wrote: Socked in by clouds here in AR this time around. Same here in the Rhein-Main area, Germany: - socked in - clouded out - face clouded over in disappointment :-( but: Lots of Cloudids and Rainids ;-) Bernd __ Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids 2006 ?

2006-08-13 Thread Chris Peterson
Hi Bob- Wow, not my experience at all. I only discarded about 5 obvious sporadics from the 95 meteors collected over three nights (70 of those from the night of Aug 11/12). Normally I'd have around 20, but the poor skies limited detections to bright meteors, which were mostly Perseids.

Re: [meteorite-list] differing viewpoints - scientists, dealers, collectors

2006-08-13 Thread G. Nicula
I am a scientist, not a collector or a dealer, and I see a bit of both sides of this issue. It is true that many meteorites have been found by dealers/hunters that would have just sat on the ground otherwise, as scientists do not go out into the field to search for meteorites (with the

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - August 14, 2006

2006-08-13 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/August_14.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] conflicting viewpoints

2006-08-13 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - How are these NWA pieces getting provisional numbers without positive ids as meteorites and thus samples being obtained for scientific purposes? Who is allowing them to be represented as meteorites without proper id as such? Where is the dealers association? What happened while I

[meteorite-list] Thanks for Perseids Reports

2006-08-13 Thread Robert Woolard
A sincere thanks to ALL who replied to my question concerning the Perseid display this year. And what a superb job you did in particular, Chris! Very impressive. Best wishes, Robert Woolard __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail

[meteorite-list] apology for multiple posting

2006-08-13 Thread mhutson
Sorry about sending 3 copies of my long post. My email told me two of them were undelivered (bounced) when they apparently actually went through. Melinda Hutson __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com