Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilogr...

2007-01-04 Thread Impactika
Dirk, Dave, List-Members, You seem to have missed the point. The IMCA DOES give a damn about authenticity, integrity and honesty. And that is why Matteo (and a few others) are no longer members. If you want to deal with someone who is committed to giving a damn about authenticity,

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-04 Thread drtanuki
Dear Matteo and List: Question 1) By your own statement you are NOW Admitting NO analysis was done (0r is completed) on your Aubrite?? specimen before calling it an Aubrite? Yes or No? Matteo, friendship does not pend on one asking another IF he is correct or not. Many friends do. I did

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilogr...

2007-01-04 Thread drtanuki
Anne, List and IMCA members, Hello! Thank you, Anne. I did not miss the point at all. I appreciate that the IMCA has done a great job of policing the meteorite trade and its own members. That is why I support it in principle, although I removed my membership for other reasons. Ken Newton

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilogr...

2007-01-04 Thread Impactika
Thank you, Dirk. If an IMCA member did the same as Matteo, he would have already been contacted by the IMCA Board, and asked for some explanations. Thank you for understanding. Goodnight. Anne M. Black _www.IMPACTIKA.com_ (http://www.IMPACTIKA.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for onecent.4.779 kilogr...

2007-01-04 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Dave and list, I differ with much of your opinion here Dave and do not understand the anger you seem to have against the IMCA, which was NOT formed to be a self appointed police force. I think that you desire something from the IMCA that would be impossible from the Meteoritical Society

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilogr...

2007-01-04 Thread drtanuki
Matteo and List, Matteo you were not put out of the IMCA because of anything related to Mike Farmer (Mike Farmer has and never will be a member of the IMCA). You were put out for several of you so-far undisclosed (but known) dishonest deeds and several misrepresentations. IT is a wonder the

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for onecent.4.779 kilogr...

2007-01-04 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hi all, This is Tom Phillips Hello Tom, I think I can say we all have enjoyed your photographsand welcome to the list. I have sent samples to Ted Bunch (not self paired) of both color types and my understanding, at the moment is, all the material, brown and blue/gray is from the same

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - January 4, 2007

2007-01-04 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/January_4.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] type specimens

2007-01-04 Thread steve arnold
Well I hope everyone had a great new years.It seems that a few of our listees had to great a new year.With all this hype of this paleo/EL3 meteorite,I am happy with my 27 gram slice of NWA 2828 from the hupes'.Well to my main question.When a meteorite is found,say less than 40 grams,how much do

Re: [meteorite-list] type specimens

2007-01-04 Thread Peter Marmet
steve arnold wrote: When a meteorite is found,say less than 40 grams,how much do you know what to give so it can be classified? 20 %! Peter Marmet __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] NWA 2828 EL3 Fossil Meteorite and Pairings

2007-01-04 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear List Members, Since some members do not remember the very lengthy thread regarding NWA 2828, the first in this series, and recent pairings, here is the most up to date description and an abstract I have for NWA 2828, an EL3 Fossil meteorite originally classified as an aubrite, but not

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-04 Thread Mike Reynolds
Norm, I think that if they were to scratch it hard with a nail, it would go in pretty deep and be very shiny. Mike Thanks for the better picture Adam. From the random abrasions and percussion pits, it looks like a fragment from some heavy equipment part that self destructed, then got run over

Re: [meteorite-list] Probably Mr.Farmer have to buy a pair of glasses

2007-01-04 Thread PolandMET
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2600/nwa4420sg0.jpg confirmed 100% Primitive Aubrite and its the same material I have here, this http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/9620/aubritegr1685sc7.jpg http://www.polandmet.com/gfx_mc024/005.htm http://www.polandmet.com/gfx_mc024/012.htm And this

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 2828 EL3 Fossil Meteorite and Pairings

2007-01-04 Thread Michael Farmer
Thank you Greg! This should put this to bed and prove exactly what I said! Matteo's piece is simply another piece of this large meteorite. The photos are identical. I am still trying to find my large box of fragments of this meteorite, so that I can cut one and load it on ebay, to show how

[meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Morgan
AWESOME video! http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/ -- === Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com ebay id: mhmeteorites __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread Michael Farmer
OH MY GOD! That is breathtaking. It sure seems to be on an extremely low angle. It must have been HUGE. My bags are packed and ready to go. Any information? Which way was this heading, CLOUDBAIT? Surely your cameras caught this monster? Michael Farmer My mouth is still hanging open. --- Matt

Re: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread Gary K. Foote
Does it seem to anyone else that Colorado is seeing more than its share of these events lately? Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 4 Jan 2007 at 9:04, Matt Morgan wrote: http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/ __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Probably Mr.Farmer have to buy a pair of glasses

2007-01-04 Thread Michael Farmer
Guys, Matteo/Marcin, if either one of you would ever stp foot into Morocco, right now you could find 200 or 300 kilos of this material for sale in an hour in the right city. I have pieces, large ones, that are all the light material. They are in a box here somewhere, (I shipped home many boxes

Re: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Morgan
Not so fast. It may be a Soyuz rocketrecent reports now suggest. Matt Michael Farmer wrote: OH MY GOD! That is breathtaking. It sure seems to be on an extremely low angle. It must have been HUGE. My bags are packed and ready to go. Any information? Which way was this heading, CLOUDBAIT?

[meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-04 Thread Mike Reynolds
That thing looks to me like many of the chunks of lead that I've dug while metal detecting, however, I just asked Lt. Robert Brightman, who was the officer on the scene if it was magnetic. He said that it held a magnet quite well. If it is lead, then there's something ferrous inside it, too.

Re: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread Michael Farmer
It seems to come in that way sometimes. Don't forget Norway last summer, in June they had a massive fireball from which nothing was recovered, then less than three weeks later, they had another massive fireball which dropped the Moss, CO3 carbonaceous chondrite. So like airplane crashes, they seem

Re: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread Chris Peterson
Don't pack your bags unless you're interested in little bits of Russian metal. This looks like the decay of a rocket body. It was predicted for last night, but those predictions are never very good. The path was north to south, passing overhead in western Colorado. Chris

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for onecent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-04 Thread PolandMET
Marcin wrote: If someone will buy Matteo aubrite it is HIS problem. If he will buy it 10 times more expensive this is thread beetween seller and buyer. I sincerely doubt you speak for very many members on this List, and seeing that you have an IMCA number I'm a little surprised one of its

Re: [meteorite-list] type specimens

2007-01-04 Thread PolandMET
steve arnold wrote: When a meteorite is found,say less than 40 grams,how much do you know what to give so it can be classified? 20 %! Peter Marmet and 10% mass for confirmed pairings ? -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread Gary K. Foote
Its just weird when the odds are defied like that. Gary On 4 Jan 2007 at 8:19, Michael Farmer wrote: It seems to come in that way sometimes. Don't forget Norway last summer, in June they had a massive fireball from which nothing was recovered, then less than three weeks later, they had

[meteorite-list] Primitive Aubrite-EL6/7-EL3

2007-01-04 Thread pkmorgan
Please forgive me for not referencing actual NWA numbers but... After scanning some material, my take is that at various times this material has been proposed to be (if not actually classified as) a primitive aubrite, then an EL6/7 and then after some sparsely distributed chondrules were found,

Re: [meteorite-list] Primitive Aubrite-EL6/7-EL3

2007-01-04 Thread Michael Farmer
Yes, that is the exact simple breakdown. I used the El6/7 classification, because that is what is still in the meteoritical bulletin. They are now all lumped into EL3 meteorites now though. Mike --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please forgive me for not referencing actual NWA numbers but...

Re: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread PolandMET
- Original Message - From: Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:04 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM AWESOME video! http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/ It is real ?

Re: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Morgan
Real? Yesit is definitely real, but probably a Russian Soyuz rocket. PolandMET wrote: - Original Message - From: Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:04 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Incredible

Re: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread Marco Langbroek
Message: 13 Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:04:58 -0700 From: Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] AWESOME video! http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/ Awesome indeed! This most likely was the decay of a Russian Rocket booster, 06-063B, # 29679. - Marco - Dr Marco Langbroek Dutch Meteor

[meteorite-list] Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Ron Baalke
was most likely a meteor shower. There have been no reports of debris hitting the ground or of any injuries. - http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/NEWS01/70104004 Bright meteor a sight

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - December 28, 2006

2007-01-04 Thread Ron Baalke
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_12_06.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc D. Rayman December 28, 2006 Dear Dawnnewyears, The Dawn spacecraft has made its new year's resolution: to leave Earth behind in 2007 and embark upon its celestial voyage of adventure and discovery. (Actually, it was

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread drtanuki
News the event was most likely a meteor shower. There have been no reports of debris hitting the ground or of any injuries. - http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/NEWS01/70104004

[meteorite-list] Lunar Geminids

2007-01-04 Thread Ron Baalke
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03jan_lunargeminids.htm Lunar Geminids NASA Science News January 3, 2007 January 3, 2007: Another meteor shower, another bunch of lunar impacts... On Dec. 14, 2006, we observed at least five Geminid meteors hitting the Moon, reports Bill Cooke of NASA's

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Marco Langbroek
Dear Ron and List, Thank you Ron and all of the posters on this fall. This is a case where people had better have their geiger counters along. As Ron and others may have found out it may contain some radioactive material. Best, Dirk Ross..Tokyo Not likely you need a geiger counter. It is a

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-04 Thread Darren Garrison
I just saw a longish story on the object on a local news story, including a close-up of the object being rotated. In the short time of that close-up, it sure looked like regmyglyphs on it to me. I'm trying to search down the video on the net now. __

[meteorite-list] New Jersey object crashes through the roof of a house

2007-01-04 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Hello List, cool article but it's strange looking. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/04/fallen.object.ap/index.html Pierre-Marie PELE www.meteor-center.com __ Do You Yahoo!? En finir avec le spam? Yahoo! Mail vous offre la meilleure protection

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-04 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:32:22 -0500, you wrote: I just saw a longish story on the object on a local news story, including a close-up of the object being rotated. In the short time of that close-up, it sure looked like regmyglyphs on it to me. I'm trying to search down the video on the net now.

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-04 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:48:11 -0500, you wrote: On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:32:22 -0500, you wrote: I just saw a longish story on the object on a local news story, including a close-up of the object being rotated. In the short time of that close-up, it sure looked like regmyglyphs on it to me. I'm

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-04 Thread Gary K. Foote
I got this link to play in Firefox and was able to pause it in the reverse view. There are a few features that look like regs. Perhaps the other gouges and such were created during its crash thru the building. We'll have to wait and see. Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 4 Jan 2007

[meteorite-list] STAN TURECKI, are you out there?

2007-01-04 Thread Michael Farmer
Please email me if you are there. michael Farmer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Rocket Booster Reentry Lights Up Early Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/NEWS01/70104011 Rocket booster lights up early morning sky The Coloradoan January 4, 2007 It wasn't a meteor, it was rocket booster A brilliant object that burned in the early morning sky was a Russian booster rocket re-entering

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Morgan
Sure looks like a piece of pyrite. From the video I saw, crystal faces are visible on one end. Someone trying to get some publicity and money? Probably. Matt Gary K. Foote wrote: I got this link to play in Firefox and was able to pause it in the reverse view. There are a few features that

Re: [meteorite-list] STAN TURECKI, are you out there?

2007-01-04 Thread stan .
Mike, I'm here... was out of town a bit for the holidays... Just got back in yesterday. i have about 3000 emails to sort through and my answering machine is flashing clean me out already darn it! instead of the ususal number of messages it has stored... I just figure i'd respond to the list

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-04 Thread stan .
unfortunately for you farmer is not my same material, I have been pieces of EL6/7 and its brown color, not white type thisa piece now its in analysis and we see Matteo this is incorrect. The scientists originally classifying 2965 and others thought the 'blue' and 'brown'

[meteorite-list] some Japanese researchers question US Colorado fall

2007-01-04 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, The is some word filtering through the Japanese network that the Colorado fall may or may NOT have been rocket debris and there is still a chance that it may be a meteorite. Sorry I cannot go into detail because of the nature of the network. So, if I were in Colorado I would pack

Re: [meteorite-list] some Japanese researchers question US Colorado fall

2007-01-04 Thread Chris Peterson
I think it's extremely unlikely that this was a natural object. The location, velocity, and time(http://www.cloudbait.com/science/fireball20070104.html) are precisely as expected for the 29679 SL-4 rocket body. Also, if you've seen the video caught by news helicopters, this really looks

[meteorite-list] (no subject)

2007-01-04 Thread Darryl Pitt
it's pretty clearly indicated that the colorado event was not a bolide and that the new jersey object is not a new meteorite. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] some Japanese researchers question US Colorado fall

2007-01-04 Thread Alexander Seidel
Dirk and list, this very, very probably was a decaying rocket stage, as our knowledgeable list member Dr Marco Langbroek wrote: ...Place, track and time closely coincide with the predicted re-entry of a stage of the Soyuz rocket (06-063B, #29679) used to launch the French COROT space

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject) Darryl Pitt...Colorado and New Jersey events

2007-01-04 Thread drtanuki
Darryl and List, If you believe all of what you read or watch on TV or what your government tells you, then you can state what you have stated. Both events will be confirmed within a day or so, so let`s wait for the facts to hopefully come out. Indications are not facts, but they may be proven

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteors and Meteorites

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Morgan
and...a meteor can be either human-made or natural, a common misconception of most of the public. I have not read any definitions of meteor that mention velocity, have you? Matt Alexander Seidel wrote: Necessary correction to my post: Of course meteors move pretty much faster than decaying

[meteorite-list] Iron Falls NJO

2007-01-04 Thread McCartney Taylor
I respectfully can't agree with Mr. Pitt on the NJO (New Jersey Object). We must all remember that new iron falls will NOT look like Sikhote Alin, Canyon Diablo, or Campos. Those falls did not slow down to the retardation point, they kept a significant fraction of their cosmic velocity. They

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-04 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:30:22 -0700, you wrote: Sure looks like a piece of pyrite. From the video I saw, crystal faces are visible on one end. Pyrite doesn't hold a magnet. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Iron Falls NJO

2007-01-04 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:01:17 -0600, you wrote: I propose we take a vote Who votes the NJO is a meteorite? Judging from what I could see in that short, low-resolution video, I vote yes. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteors and Meteorites

2007-01-04 Thread Alexander Seidel
You are right with this, Matt, so I should have called it a meteoroid, which is more precise and closest to what it can get Alex Berlin/Germany and...a meteor can be either human-made or natural, a common misconception of most of the public. I have not read any definitions of meteor

Re: [meteorite-list] Iron Falls NJO

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Morgan
No way Darren Garrison wrote: On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:01:17 -0600, you wrote: I propose we take a vote Who votes the NJO is a meteorite? Judging from what I could see in that short, low-resolution video, I vote yes. __ Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Morgan
Actually you are wrong...it is magnetic if you heat it. Plus pyrrhotite (FeS-as well) is magnetic depending upon the amount of Fe. Matt Darren Garrison wrote: On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:30:22 -0700, you wrote: Sure looks like a piece of pyrite. From the video I saw, crystal faces are

Re: [meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilograms.

2007-01-04 Thread David Weir
Hello, Stan mentioned a better photo of the transition between the brown and blue components of NWA 2965 than that on my webpage. He sent me the following excellent picture some time ago, I believe from NAU originally, that best illustrates this transition:

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject) Darryl Pitt...Colorado and NewJersey events

2007-01-04 Thread Chris Peterson
Well, speaking for myself, I'm working from primary data that I collected. And I don't work for the news or the government (hmmm... or am I just saying that? g) I know the details of the meteor path rather well. I can't guarantee that the NORAD elements for object 29679 are accurate, of

[meteorite-list] NJO ownership

2007-01-04 Thread McCartney Taylor
In the USA, ownership of found or fallen meteorites was established long ago by the Supreme Court. This was reestablished in the Syracuse fall which hit the woman. What few know about was the lawsuit by the stuck tenant to get ownership of the meteorite, it failed. If it falls on private

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject) Darryl Pitt...Colorado and NewJersey events

2007-01-04 Thread Alexander Seidel
Anyway, we aren't all dependent on trusting what the government or TV tell us! True, Chris, but with respect to the incident of a spectacular early morning light show over Denver you can rely on the codes programmed by experts and data on decaying satellites provided by NORAD. You can prove

Re: [meteorite-list] NJO ownership

2007-01-04 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello MT, You noted, What few know about was the lawsuit by the stuck tenant to get ownership of the meteorite, it failed. Correct, after the meteorite fell, the Air Force took it. Mrs. Hodges only got it back by threatening to sue and then the home owner sued Mr. and Mrs. Hodges for the

Re: [meteorite-list] NJO ownership

2007-01-04 Thread Michael Farmer
It doesnt matter, because the only way that is a meteorite is that it is a Nantan and the owner is pulling a scam. Otherwise, this is not a meteorite. Iron meteorites do not enter the atmosphere covered in rust. Mike Farmer --- McCartney Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the USA, ownership of

[meteorite-list] Fwd: My prior message...

2007-01-04 Thread Alexander Seidel
Rob just asked me to forward this to the list, so here goes Alex Original-Nachricht Datum: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:34:51 -0800 Von: Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: \'Alexander Seidel \' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: My prior message... Hi again, As usual, when I'm on

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject) Darryl Pitt...Colorado and NewJersey events

2007-01-04 Thread Chris Peterson
Ah, I see you've never dealt with a rabid conspiracy theorist g. (BTW, I'm not putting Dirk in that category because of his comment.) These guys are fully capable of believing that not only could NORAD completely fabricate any elements, but that all the amateur satellite watchers have been

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteoric Education For Meteorologists?

2007-01-04 Thread RYAN PAWELSKI
I was just browsing some videos of this mornings spectacular show over Denver on Fox 31, and im actually a bit surprised at the lack of knowledge by the majority of the general public, especially meteorologists, who oftentimes do have some degree of astronomy/meteoric education. It seems the

[meteorite-list] Ad: Gujba

2007-01-04 Thread tett
Hello List, I have a small slice of Gujba for sale. Only half a gram but nice surface area and full of nice metal chondrules. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=017sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=270074279165rd=1rd=1 Cheers, tett

Re: [meteorite-list] Call for Absentee bids (AD)

2007-01-04 Thread Michael L Blood
Greetings all, I know most of us are looking foreword to going to the Tucson Show. However, some of us can't. Each year I get a number of absentee bids - and this year's catalog is chock full of terrific specimens - 98 of them to be exact and 90 of them are with NO MINIMUM. Yet, unlike

[meteorite-list] pyrite not magnetic

2007-01-04 Thread Laurence Garvie
Pyrite, as in FeS2 is not ferromagnetic but diamagnetic. Upon heating pyrite oxidizes and produces magnetic products (oxides). In contrast, CoS2 with the pyrite structure is ferromagnetic. Anyway, pyrite is rarely found in meteorites.

[meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Jose Campos
Hi List, I fully agree with Marco Langbroek's comments. It was no meteor. The article written by Laura Bailey (Jan 4 2007) for THE COLORADOAN, mentions that onlookers reported that it could be seen for about 30 seconds. That is too short a time for space debris, unless if it was seen at a low

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Gary K. Foote
I'm confused by your post. What do you mean by 'space debris'? If the time was too short for space debris and it was also not a meteoroid then what are you suggesting? Befuddled Gary On 4 Jan 2007 at 23:21, Jose Campos wrote: Hi List, I fully agree with Marco Langbroek's comments. It

[meteorite-list] Martian Nakhlite

2007-01-04 Thread Gary K. Foote
Hi List, I just received a small vial of Martian Nakhlite from Jim Strope today. To the naked eye it is unassuming [only .010 grams], but in closeup it is much more impressive. My closeup is not the best and I will improve my setup tomorrow for a better shot, but check out the

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Chris Peterson
Many people reported seeing the debris for over a minute. From my cameras, I've got an average speed of about 8 km/s, at a nearly constant height of 60 km. That's very consistent with space junk. I've updated my ground path map at http://www.cloudbait.com/science/fireball20070104.html to

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject) Darryl Pitt...Colorado and NewJersey events

2007-01-04 Thread Marco Langbroek
If I wasn't under Mind Control, I'd be telling everyone the Truth, that Zetans are preparing to bombard the Earth with missiles prior to stealing all our women to host their alien spawn. Chris, Now you have spilled the beans, we'll have to eliminate you - Col. Langbroek New World

[meteorite-list] The sky is falling in Wyoming chicken little.

2007-01-04 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear Listees; The K2tv evening news in Casper, Wyoming reported a sherriff deputy went out and witnessed a burned mark in the snow but no debris early this morning after receiving a number of reportstheses are the same guys that sent the posse up on Casper Mountain a few weeks ago chaising

Re: [meteorite-list] The sky is falling in Wyoming chicken little.

2007-01-04 Thread Michael Farmer
What exactly, is a burned mark in the snow? Snow does not burn, thus anything landing in the snow would melt it. So how does snow show a burn mark without debris being present? Sounds retarded to me! Mike Farmer --- Dave Freeman mjwy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Listees; The K2tv evening news

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Gary K. Foote
Thanks for that link Chris. VERY informative. I've added it to the meteorite- dealers.com Space News page as I suspect your page on this event will last a lot longer than those in the news-sites - plus your accuracy of reporting if FAR above that of the news services. Thank you very much,

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject) Darryl Pitt...Colorado and NewJersey events

2007-01-04 Thread Gary K. Foote
Dear Chris and Marco. You have now come to the attention of the NSA and should expect a memory-erasing ray to hit your locations within seconds. Zzzaappp! Gary On 5 Jan 2007 at 1:20, Marco Langbroek wrote: If I wasn't under Mind Control, I'd be telling everyone the Truth,

[meteorite-list] Strange Sky Sightings In Kansas

2007-01-04 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/5092086.html Strange Sky Sightings In Kansas Lindsay.Shively WIBW Channel 13 News January 4, 2007 And even people in Kansas saw sights in the sky. We received several calls from viewers who say they saw the sky light up last night. 13's Lindsay Shively has

[meteorite-list] CNNj reports Colorado/Wyoming event

2007-01-04 Thread drtanuki
Thank you all for your posts on the Colorado event. It just played on CNNj a few seconds ago so world news is catching the action also. Beautiful footage. Now the chase is on. Best, Dirk Dear Chris, Thank you for the laughs! I appreciate your observations and reporting the facts, along

[meteorite-list] UFO in South Africa

2007-01-04 Thread Bill
This may have been mentioned already... http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2050666,00.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Wired Magazine Print Article

2007-01-04 Thread Rob Wesel
For anyone who couldn't track one down http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/meteor.html A couple outstanding photographs as well, that cover photo captures dream come true Rob Wesel http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of

Re: [meteorite-list] UFO in South Africa

2007-01-04 Thread Gary K. Foote
Bill - the following seems to show the truth of the event. If it was all that loud and screaming... ...Lephlale's fire service, police and disaster control centres seemed to have slept through the commotion. Gary the Sceptic On 4 Jan 2007 at 16:52, Bill wrote: This may have been

[meteorite-list] Mark Bostick`s Chat room anyone?

2007-01-04 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, Perhaps Mark Bostick`s Chatroom would be a good place to move all of the discussion for interactive discussion. I will be there for a short time. Please enjoy. Thank you Mark for providing your site. http://www.meteoritearticles.com/chatroom.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo

Re: [meteorite-list] some Japanese researchers question US Colorado fall

2007-01-04 Thread Marco Langbroek
Here's a link you can include: http://www.reentrynews.com/2006063b.html Best wishes, Rob I made an image showing the position of the rocket stage at the moment of the sightings in a bit more detail than at the above URL. It is visible here:

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject) Darryl Pitt...Colorado andNewJersey events

2007-01-04 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Hi Marco, Chris, list, to be sincere I'd prefer ... ... that Zetans are preparing to bombard the Earth with women prior to stealing all our missiles to host their alien spawn. Ready for print now. Best, Matthias - Original Message - From: Marco Langbroek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject) Darryl Pitt...ColoradoandNewJersey events

2007-01-04 Thread batkol
lol. i like this version much better : ) take care susan - Original Message - From: Matthias Bärmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject) Darryl

[meteorite-list] spell check

2007-01-04 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Syracuse fall which hit the woman [Spell check Ga not NY] Jerry Flaherty __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Incredible Meteor over Colorado this AM

2007-01-04 Thread JPBrockets
Greetings List: Yet again another treat on the way to work. I saw the entire break-up as I turned out of my subdivision. JUST SPECTACULAR!! I have now been lucky enough to see two re-entries. The other one was a few years back just on the eastern horizon (I'm about 40 miles south east

Re: [meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

2007-01-04 Thread Darren Garrison
Another link with video. http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_004193309.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Ad - Updates, and new Colorado Meteorite

2007-01-04 Thread Impactika
Hello Members, I finally managed to get some work done on my website. My Catalog is up to date, with some new prices, some new pieces (Shallowater!), and quite a few more pictures. I am still working on that, but someday every piece on the Catalog will have a picture. And BIG

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject) Darryl Pitt...Coloradoand NewJersey events

2007-01-04 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Chris, List, Zetans, Not to be overly picky, but... Zetans are preparing to bombard the Earth with missiles prior to stealing all our women to host their alien spawn. Shouldn't that be...? Zetans are preparing to bombard the Earth with missiles AFTER stealing all our women to

Re: [meteorite-list] Call for Absentee bids (AD)

2007-01-04 Thread Pete Pete
Hi, Mike, So, with only 98 items, it will be a very short night, indeed ( most of the previous auctions had about 140 items) I'm a little curious why there would be about a 30 percent drop of meteorites in your auction. Any ideas for the decline? Economics? Weather? Supply out of Africa

[meteorite-list] Bright New Comet Could Become Brilliant

2007-01-04 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, List, Everybody loves a bright comet... http://www.space.com/spacewatch/070104_comet_mcnaught.html A newfound comet is about to loop around the Sun and might offer skywatchers a rare and fantastic view. But comets are unpredictable, and this one has a wide range of possible outcomes,