Re: [meteorite-list] YouTube Hunting Meteorites Video
Oh, those Russians! Nice meteorite, but can they cut it? Cheers, Pete From: MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] YouTube Hunting Meteorites Video Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:41:26 -0600 Not sure if this has been posted before. Looks like they found a baby tree growing in a Oman meteorite... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2j1kdPeL_o Clear Skies, Mark __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Share your opinion and enter to win! Please complete this survey to enter into a draw for a grand prize of $500 or one of twenty $50 cash prizes. http://www.youthographyinsiders.com/R.aspx?a=116 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] YouTube Hunting Meteorites Video
nice sized pieces even if I couldn't understand what they said...there's one on R.H. there too. how can one save those videos? Mark - Original Message - From: Pete Pete [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] YouTube Hunting Meteorites Video Oh, those Russians! Nice meteorite, but can they cut it? Cheers, Pete From: MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] YouTube Hunting Meteorites Video Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:41:26 -0600 Not sure if this has been posted before. Looks like they found a baby tree growing in a Oman meteorite... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2j1kdPeL_o Clear Skies, Mark __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Share your opinion and enter to win! Please complete this survey to enter into a draw for a grand prize of $500 or one of twenty $50 cash prizes. http://www.youthographyinsiders.com/R.aspx?a=116 __ 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] Tucson Show, Rental House
Dear Listees: Greetings from Tucson. I've been told by several friends who waited to book late for this year's Gem Show that they cannot find any accommodation at all in Tucson. I was also notified of the following availability by a friend today, and thought it might be of interest to a group of two or more, who are looking for lodgings. The owner is a personal friend of mine, and very highly recommended. It's a charming, cozy house, and would make for a great Gem Show experience. With a room at the Econo Lodge going for $120/night + tax, this is a very good deal. *** GEM SHOW HOUSE RENTAL Private residence, comfortable detached house in central Tucson available for rental during the 2007 Gem Mineral Show. Two bedrooms, full kitchen, washing machine, dryer, etc. Plenty of parking, and about ten minutes away from the Gem Show. Owner would prefer to rent the entire house, one-week minimum, at $1,000 per week. One queen, one double, one couch, can sleep up to five. *** Please reply to me off-List if you have any interest. Regards, Geoff N. www.aerolite.org Official supplier of Steve Arnold Brenham meteorites http://www.aerolite.org/brenham.htm __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] [ebay] ending in about 2 days
Hello all, Here is my first batch of auctions for the year.. keep watch int he comming weeks as i'll have some new goodies to offer (both new to me and new period). This week includes some of my old standbys - as well as some of the last of my awsome new LL3.10, some mars rock and for the amature scientists out there - I'm going to start offering saw cuttings after a fellow list member asked for some material for an experiment in growing seedlings in 'space dirt'. End times start Jan 10 at 18:42 PDT TIA! http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZlaserprogramQQhtZ-1 (remeber to scroll past the laser junk - unless thats your bag too! ;) ) _ Fixing up the home? Live Search can help http://imagine-windowslive.com/search/kits/default.aspx?kit=improvelocale=en-USsource=hmemailtaglinenov06FORM=WLMTAG __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] a fossil in this meteorite?
Hi Joe, That looks like a crystalized clast of some sort to me. Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 8 Jan 2007 at 15:23, Joe wrote: Hello list, Is it possible that there is a fossil in a meteorite, an O.C.? I was cutting an unclassified saharan meteorite and found this weird inclusion, it kind of resembles a small fossil, that is what I would think if it were a terrestrial stone, but it's not. I'm sure it is just an unusual inclusion. I just thought I would look into it a bit, I thought it would be a shame not to. I am pretty sure it is not a fossil, but wanted some professional opinoins. Thanks in advance. http://illinoismeteorites.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1168231205/0#0 Thanks, Joe Kerchner __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Wired Science segment for download
Okay, here's the rapidshare link to the 100 MB version http://rapidshare.com/files/10958368/Brenham_Wired_Science_medium.avi.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Wired Science segment for download (resend)
I was never able to find a good copy of the Cash and Treasure segment on line, but I did find a good copy of the Wired Science pilot last night, and trimmed out the Brenham piece. It was 158 MB, but I don't know a good free way to transfer a file of that size to (potentially) hundreds of downloaders without asking you to jump through peer-to-peer software hoops, so I recompressed it to just below 100 MB so it could be uploaded to rapidshare. It looks almost as good as the original. The upload timed out around 60 MB into the upload, so I'll try again and post the link when it becomes available. Meanwhile, while the 100 MB file would only be around a 5 to 10 minute download for someone on a decent broadband connection, it is more like a 5 to 10 HOUR download to those still stuck on dial-up, so I compressed the ache ee double-hocky-sticks out of it again and came up with a horrible-looking 14.7 MB copy (a mere 1 to 2 hours download) and posted it to my web space: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/temp/ Stay tuned to this bat channel for the link to the 100 MB version. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto's Demotion Tapped as 2006 Word of the Year
Kind of like what is about to happen to George Bush's plans for the middle east - Plutoed by the Democrats. [Meteorite Content] Has anyone seen the new comet in the sky yet? It was shown on the tube this morning and it looks like it could get quite spectacular! Maybe it'll drop a meteorite on my house. I'm only 250 miles from NJ! lol Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 8 Jan 2007 at 23:56, Sterling K. Webb wrote: http://www.space.com/news/ap_070108_plutoed_word.html ANAHEIM, California (AP) - Pluto is finally getting some respect - from wordsmiths. Plutoed'' was chosen 2006 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society at its annual meeting on Friday. To pluto'' is to demote or devalue someone or something'' much like what happened to the former planet last year when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto did not meet its definition of a planet... The 117-year-old organization includes linguists, grammarians, historians and independent scholars. In conducting the vote, members do so for fun and not in any official capacity of inducting words into the English language. Sterling K. Webb PS: If only the IAU operated the same way... __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] More California Meteorite finds!!
Excellent find Ruben! In New Hampshire there is little chance of finding a meteorite. I'll just have to stop by your place for a desert trip with you someday. Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 8 Jan 2007 at 10:10, Ruben Garcia wrote: Hi all, Just thought I'd post some finds I made this weekend in California. 1st find of the day http://www.mr-meteorite.com/morecaliforniafinds.htm 2nd find plus more pictures http://www.mr-meteorite.com/morecaliforniafinds2.htm Ruben Garcia Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona http://www.mr-meteorite.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 mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Wired Science segment for download
I was never able to find a good copy of the Cash and Treasure segment on line, but I did find a good copy of the Wired Science pilot last night, and trimmed out the Brenham piece. It was 158 MB, but I don't know a good free way to transfer a file of that size to (potentially) hundreds of downloaders without asking you to jump through peer-to-peer software hoops, so I recompressed it to just below 100 MB so it could be uploaded to rapidshare. It looks almost as good as the original. The upload timed out around 60 MB into the upload, so I'll try again and post the link when it becomes available. Meanwhile, while the 100 MB file would only be around a 5 to 10 minute download for someone on a decent broadband connection, it is more like a 5 to 10 HOUR download to those still stuck on dial-up, so I compressed the ache ee double-hocky-sticks out of it again and came up with a horrible-looking 14.7 MB copy (a mere 1 to 2 hours download) and posted it to my web space: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/temp/ Stay tuned to this bat channel for the link to the 100 MB version. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Viking Mission Results Indicates Presence of Life on Mars
Is it possible that any of that early sampled soil is still pristine enough to be tested under new standards/conditions that would exclude the killing off of potential organisms? This is exciting news and is consistent with all of my hopes and beliefs regarding the pervasiveness of life in the universe. Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 8 Jan 2007 at 9:15, Ron Baalke wrote: The possibility that the tests killed the organisms they were looking for is also consistent with the results of the Pyrolytic Release experiment, __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] More California Meteorite finds!!
Hi Gary, Thanks for the email. It is a little harder to find a meteorite than it looks. I've had an incredible streak of luck lately. But you're welcome to tag along and try sometime. Ruben Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona http://www.mr-meteorite.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] Another New Jersey Rock Is Not A Meteorite
http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070109/NEWS0102/701090375/1001 Mystery rock not from space By DAVID STEGON Home News Tribune January 9, 2007 NORTH BRUNSWICK - The rock Joseph and Kathleen Marascio found is just a rock after all. After believing the rock might be connected to the meteorite that fell last week in Freehold, the township couple learned yesterday that the gray, black, yellow and green stone they found in their yard is not from outer space. It's been a lot of fun, Joseph Marascio said yesterday. It's been quite a mystery and a definite conversation piece. Even though it's not from outer space, we're still going to keep it. The Rutgers Geological Studies tested the rock, which turned out to be basalt thought to be between 150 million and 200 million years old. The common gray to black volcanic rock is usually fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava once it reaches the Earth's surface. Kathleen Marascio was playing with the couple's dog on Dec. 31 when she thought she heard something fall from the sky. After hearing on the local news about the recent incident in which a meteorite crashed into a house in Freehold, she thought her experience might be connected. We're still excited, Joseph Marascio said. It's still unlike anything I've seen in this world. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Green Streaks Seen in Singapore Sky Likely A Meteor
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/251470/1/.html Green streaks seen in sky on Sunday likely a meteor: astronomers By Wong Siew Ying Channel NewsAsia 09 January 2007 SINGAPORE : If you are among many who sighted green streaks in the sky at about 7.30pm on Sunday, astronomers say you had probably seen a meteor. James Chong could still visualise the green streak when he shut his eyes. What he saw on Sunday evening was also spotted by many others in Singapore. I've seen shooting stars from the beach. It's sort of like an arc and it's glowing, but this one doesn't. It was not the same, it was green. The first time I saw it, I thought it was a plane trying to land, recounted James Chong. But this was no plane, and experts tossed up a couple of theories. One was that the green flash could be associated with the rising or setting sun, where the sunlight was scattered or refracted in the atmosphere, casting off a green glow. Many astronomers here said the sightings could not have been a green flash because it lasted for some 10 seconds and presented streaks and trails in the sky. A green flash only appears for a split second. The timing is important. If the sun was down by the time people saw it, it probably wasn't a green flash. Some people could have seen just a small dot, others a bigger area. They may have seen it through a layer of cloud, said Dr Andrew D Giger, Senior Assistant Director for Education Programmes at Singapore Science Centre. The Astronomical Society of Singapore is certain it was a meteor. Two of its members sighted the green light and the group plotted the south-bound trail of what they call a bolide. Albert Lim, president of The Astronomical Society of Singapore explained: As it moves in the atmosphere, it gets heated up because of the friction in the air molecules, resulting in the melting or destruction of the object. This leaves a bright trail, commonly called a shooting star. When an object is bright enough and coming at high speed, you create a much brighter shooting star which we call a fireball. When the fireball explodes in the atmosphere, it becomes a bolide. Astronomers said meteor sightings are uncommon in Singapore due to the high level of light pollution. For this meteor to be seen, it has to be very large and close to the brightness of the moon. - CNA /ls __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] More California Meteorite finds!!
Good Morning All, like Ruben wrote, it is a little harder to find a meteorite than it looks. I know of some people that have been to places with previous finds and they just had no luck. Then I know some that have gone once to a known place and found three. I have found my first meteorite of 2007 this last weekend and I have been to the area four times and this is my first find there. Ruben, congratulations on your new finds! With best regards, Moni From: Ruben Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] More California Meteorite finds!! Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:57:22 -0800 (PST) Hi Gary, Thanks for the email. It is a little harder to find a meteorite than it looks. I've had an incredible streak of luck lately. But you're welcome to tag along and try sometime. Ruben Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona http://www.mr-meteorite.com _ Communicate instantly! Use your Hotmail address to sign into Windows Live Messenger now. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Wisconsin Man Says Meteorite Hit His Driveway
Hi, I was told a List member purchased the specimen mentioned below. Would the new owner be so kind as to contact me off list? Thanks, Ken Newton http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/ Ron Baalke wrote: http://www.wisinfo.com/northwestern/news/local/stories/local_21122794.shtml Area man says meteorite hit his driveway Made 2-foot deep indent By Patricia Wolff The Northwestern (Wisconsin) May 22, 2005 WAUTOMA - When something that looked curiously like a meteorite landed in Bill Hicks's driveway and left a sizable indentation, he wondered out loud if maybe it was meant for his neighbor. We live near Camp Phillip. Maybe God was trying to speak to them and he missed, Hicks mused. Pastor Tom Klusmeyer laughed out loud when he heard that. We've got some neighbors who wish we weren't here. Maybe he's one of them. We sing and make noise and praise God. Some of the neighbors want peace and quiet, Klusmeyer said. Camp Phillip is a ministry of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Church that caters year-round to children and families. Hicks lives about a mile from the camp on Buttercup Avenue west of Wautoma. I don't even hear them, Hicks said. He definitely heard the rock that landed in his driveway about three weeks ago. It sounded like a big thunderclap so he didn't think much of it at the time. I got up in the morning and saw the hole and said, 'What the hell is that?' Hicks said. He filled the hole, which he estimated at about 2 feet deep, with cat litter, gravel and rocks so that his SUV wouldn't get snarled up when he tried to back out, he said. Hicks and his roommate Larry Linde haven't shown the rock to any experts but they've asked someone from the astronomy department at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh to take a look at it. It definitely looks like pictures I've seen of meteorites, Linde said. It measures about 4 inches by 6 inches and is reddish-brown in color. Neither Hicks nor Linde would be surprised if the rock turned out to be a meteorite, they said. Other rare occurrences have happened on their property. We've been struck by lightning twice since I've been living here, Hicks said. The same thing happened at the camp, Klusmeyer said. But, a meteorite is more rare than that. You're four times more likely to get hit by lightning than a meteorite, Linde said. __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto's Demotion Tapped as 2006 Word of the Year
Gary: Or, put a more accurate way, kind of like what has happened to this country since the Chimp took over. K. On 10 Jan 2007 at 06:05, Gary K. Foote wrote: Kind of like what is about to happen to George Bush's plans for the middle east - Plutoed by the Democrats. [Meteorite Content] Has anyone seen the new comet in the sky yet? It was shown on the tube this morning and it looks like it could get quite spectacular! Maybe it'll drop a meteorite on my house. I'm only 250 miles from NJ! lol Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 8 Jan 2007 at 23:56, Sterling K. Webb wrote: http://www.space.com/news/ap_070108_plutoed_word.html ANAHEIM, California (AP) - Pluto is finally getting some respect - from wordsmiths. Plutoed'' was chosen 2006 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society at its annual meeting on Friday. To pluto'' is to demote or devalue someone or something'' much like what happened to the former planet last year when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto did not meet its definition of a planet... The 117-year-old organization includes linguists, grammarians, historians and independent scholars. In conducting the vote, members do so for fun and not in any official capacity of inducting words into the English language. Sterling K. Webb PS: If only the IAU operated the same way... __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Type your favorite song. Get a customized station. Try MSN Radio powered by Pandora. http://radio.msn.com/?icid=T002MSN03A07001 __ 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
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[meteorite-list] Black diamonds= supernova origin?
The story seems very fishy to me. I find it hard to believe that even diamonds could survive hitting the Earth's atmosphere/surface at interstellar speeds. http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/070108_spacey_diamonds.html ET Gems: Black Diamonds Come from Outer Space By Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Staff Writer posted: 08 January 2007 05:42 pm ET If youre looking for a space-age way to propose marriage, a black-diamond ring might be the way to go. Long baffled by their origin, scientists now have evidence that these charcoal-colored gems [image] formed in outer space. Stephen Haggerty and Jozsef Garai, both of Florida International University, analyzed the hydrogen in black diamond samples using infrared-detection instruments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and found that the quantity indicated that the mineral formed in a supernova explosion. Also called carbonado diamonds, meaning burned or carbonized in Portuguese, black diamonds defy mineral-making rules and are neverfound in the worlds mining fields where the clear and classic variety typically resides. Conventional diamonds form hundreds of miles beneath the Earths surface, where high pressure and heat turn carbon into diamonds Volcanic blasts send the gems in a short amount of time to the surface where they can be mined. This process preserves the unique crystal structure that makes diamonds the hardest natural material known, said Sonia Esperanca of the National Science Foundation. She was not involved in the research. Since 1900, about 600 tons of conventional diamonds have been traded. Black diamonds reside in certain geologic formations in Brazil and the Central African Republic. Haggerty has suggested, in the past, that black diamonds might have rained down on Earth inside meteorites billions of years ago. Their relative distribution on Earth could be explained by the timing of the formation of the continents, he said. The new research was published in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] On members of Pallasites
Hi listees, By Google searching, i know Pallasites are classified into three grouplets including MGP, ESP and PXP, and MGP, ESP, PXP are composed of 42, 3, and 4 known members, respectively. However, the detailed data on these members are difficult to be obtained completely. Could anyone here provide me with useful weblinks for my further study? Many many thanks in advance. By the way, i love Pallasites. The Olivines contained in the Iron-nickel matrix present the most beautiful scene compared with other types of meteorites. Any tip will be deeply appreciated. Happy new year to all! Regards Miss Ma Lan Beijng, China Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] On members of Pallasites
Miss Ma Lan inquired: Could anyone here provide me with useful weblinks for my further study? Many many thanks in advance. Hello Miss Ma Lan, The first weblink I can come up with is David Weir's excellent and extremely useful website. See here: http://www.meteoritestudies.com/ .. then I'd also try the Meteoritical Society's database: http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php Best wishes for a Happy Prosperous 2007, Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD - Rare, Wholesale and Others Ending - eBay
Dear List Members, Later today, Friday and next Monday, I have over 230 eBay auctions ending. I decided to load up the amount of material for you to consider for those who can not attend the Tucson Show or who want to take material to the Tucson Show for resale. Here is a list of what I have to offer this week under seller, NaturesVault. It is a little lengthy but WELL worth the look!! NWA 482 Lunar (the last that I have of outstanding slices): 1.292g part slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071653855rd=1rd=1 3.722g part slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071653855rd=1rd=1 3.764g part slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071653855rd=1rd=1 3.084g part slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071653855rd=1rd=1 NWA 1195 Martian (almost out of slices) 3.326g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071654733rd=1rd=1 NWA 2200 Lunar (almost out!) 231mg part slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071654958rd=1rd=1 NWA 2999 Angrite 2.896g complete slice (largest I have left and almost out!) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071655610rd=1rd=1 NWA 3160 Lunar 2.358g slice (Largest I have available) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071657491rd=1rd=1 NWA 4443 H4 Loaded with Chondrules (only 3 pieces left!) 12.5g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071658662rd=1rd=1 9.4g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071659112rd=1rd=1 9.2g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071659344rd=1rd=1 NWA 4472 Lunar (only 3 slices left!) 5.212g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071659900rd=1rd=1 2.770g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071660079rd=1rd=1 2.428g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071660379rd=1rd=1 NWA 4481 Ureilite (only 4 pieces left!) 7.8g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071660972rd=1rd=1 6.8g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071661210rd=1rd=1 6.2g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071661415rd=1rd=1 6.1g complete slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071661625rd=1rd=1 Classified Saharan Ureilites - WHOLESALE!!: NWA 4225 1581 grams http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071686017rd=1rd=1 NWA 4471 Ureilite 851 grams http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071686561rd=1rd=1 NWA 4474 Ureilite 2341 grams http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180071687036rd=1rd=1 Other Great Auctions Too Numerous To List Individually: NWA 4473 Brecciated Diogenite: Many slices and complete stones. NWA 2828 Fossil-EL3: Many slices and complete stones (fragments from larger original impactor). NWA 869 L4-6: 1-kilo lots of smaller stones. Larger NWA 869 stones. NWA 4482 Pallasite: Many fragments of different sizes. Unclassified Saharan material: 2-kilo lots. 1-kilo lots. NEW NWA 4528 H4 Lots - WHOLESALE: 500-gram lots of smaller stones. 1-kilo lots of larger stones. I will be offering more excellent auctions starting tonight, starting at just 99 cents and most likely new offerings starting throughout the week, just depends on what I want to dig through, guaranteed to thrill!!! I hope those of your who are interested in what I have to offer find great deals, and those who are just looking, enjoy the pictures! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught)
Space Weather News for Jan. 10, 2007 http://spaceweather.com Comet McNaught has continued to brighten as it approaches the sun and it is now the brightest comet in 30 years. For observers in the northern Hemisphere, tonight is probably the best time to see it: Go outside this evening and face the sunset. A clear view of the western horizon is essential, because the comet hangs very low. As the twilight fades to black, it should become visible to the naked eye. Observers say it's a fantastic sight through binoculars. In the days ahead, Comet McNaught will pass the sun and emerge in good position for southern hemisphere viewing later this month. Meanwhile, solar heating will continue to puff up the comet, causing it to brighten even more. It could become one of the brightest comets in centuries, visible even in daylit skies. Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and updates. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Phoenix Mars Lander: The Search For A Safe Haven
http://space.com/businesstechnology/070110_mar_phoenix_landing.html Phoenix Mars Lander: The Search For A Safe Haven By Leonard David space.com 10 January 2007 As NASA prepares its Mars Phoenix spacecraft for an August launch, program officials are still trying to find a suitable landing site. Using data from two spacecraft - Mars Odyssey and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - already orbiting the red planet, mission managers are searching for a landing zone near the northern polar region where there is a permanent ice cap. Finding the right spot has not been easy. One favored area, for example, has already been vetoed because too many large boulders with spacecraft-eating potential were spotted there The $386 million Phoenix lander mission will be the first to fly under the rubric of NASA's Scout program. Once safely down on martian real estate, the lander is to use a sturdy arm to dig for subsurface water ice. The lander is outfitted with a set of instruments designed to help scientists glean clues to climate change on Mars, anjd search for potential habitats that might support life. Puzzled heads NASA's Mars Odyssey has been orbiting the red planet since October 2001. One of its primary instruments is the Thermal Emission Imaging System - called Themis for short. This camera operates in the visible and infrared parts of the spectrum and has been busy determining the distribution of minerals on the surface of Mars. A particularly cool feature of Themis is that in the martian night it maps heat radiating from rocks on the planet's surface. And when Themis focused in on Region B - the top candidate for the Phoenix landing zone - it was an eye-opener. Region B was just speckled with little hot spots that we now know are rock and boulder fields, said Philip Christensen at Arizona State University in Tempe, a leading Mars researcher and Principal Investigator for Odyssey's Themis instrument. There are more big rocks than we've seen at any other landing site, Christensen said. I think there were a lot of puzzled heads wondering, wow, where did all these big rocks come from? Imaging campaign In the quest to find a safe haven for Phoenix, Odyssey has been one busy bird, Christensen said. Half of the Themis bits coming from the spacecraft are devoted to the site survey for Phoenix. We are making a significant number of thermal maps of the candidate landing site areas, Christensen said. Christensen added that the collaboration - an imaging campaign - between Themis' thermal data and the super-powerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's (MRO) High Resolution Science Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) has been going extremely well. We are using Themis data very successfully to narrow down the choice of sites, as HiRISE focuses on the areas where Themis data show the ground is largely rock-free, Christensen noted. Safety point of view It was the zoom lens of MRO's HiRISE that aced out Region B as the Phoenix landing locale. Numbers of big rocks became a big issue with receipt of the first HiRISE shots late last year. Everything was looking good until [they received the] HiRISE images. They just blew us away. Mars just did it to us again, said Ray Arvidson, a Phoenix science team member from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Why there's an abundance of rocks in that zone is a brainteaser, Arvidson noted. Perhaps thick deposits of windblown dust are underneath the rocks, causing them to rise up on top of this dust mantle. Or climate changes have expanded and contracted the icy landscape, forcing large rocks topside, he suggested. Either way - we just didn't expect Mars to have kept its rocks on the surface, Arvidson said. From a safety point of view, what counts is the number of rocks - and a lot of the rocks were bigger than the lander. The task now, Arvidson observed, is interpolating between the ground truth as revealed by HiRISE and the pre-dawn Themis data. And the nice news is that three prospective Phoenix landing areas have been pinpointed. Looking good Anxious to identify a happy address on Mars for Phoenix is Peter Smith, Phoenix Principal Investigator at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson. Smith said that Odyssey's Themis nighttime infrared is delineating the locations of the hot rocks. Meanwhile, HiRISE images quantify local rock concentrations. This doubling up of spacecraft has yielded a powerful combination of information to provide both coverage and high resolution of the latitude girdle between 65 and 72 north in which Phoenix is to land, Smith said. After finding three potential landing sites, we are quite hopeful that the scary, boulder-strewn surfaces first seen last October can be avoided completely, Smith pointed out. Data that will verify this claim are still coming down from Mars - but our next landing site meeting on January 22 will summarize the search and lead to the identification of our best sites. Alfred McEwen,
[meteorite-list] Meteorite's Hit on New Jersey Home Jolts Family
http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2007/0110/Front_Page/009.html Meteorite's hit on home jolts township family Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline. Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't believe what he seen. Laid on the ground and shook, fearin' for his life. Then he ran all the way to town screamin' it came out of the sky. It Came Out of the Sky Creedence Clearwater Revival BY KATHY BARATTA News Transcript (Farmingdale, New Jersey) January 10, 2007 FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP - You get a rock thrown through a window in your home and your first assumption might be that someone, somewhere, for some reason, has a problem with you or someone in your household. However, when you get a rock whose extraterrestrial, supersonic soar across the galaxy takes a detour into your roof, a passing thought might be it was Starman or ET who was somehow offended. Even if the truth is out there, you still need someone to help you find it and the police are the first place you start, if for no other reason than they can take it from here, so-to-speak. And so it happened that a township family called police on Jan. 3 to report that a rock had slammed through the roof of their Kentucky Way home and through an upstairs bathroom ceiling, at which point it smashed tile on a final trajectory that culminated with it ending up embedded in the bathroom's Sheetrock wall. Police did not identify the family by name or their address in the development off Route 537 just east of Freehold Borough. The trail that began with police taking possession of the object eventually led to a determination by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that it could not have come from any known aircraft and, more importantly, that the object was not radioactive. Authorities then called in a team of specialists from Rutgers University to determine just what that mysterious rock was. By the end of last week the Rutgers experts delivered their answer: the rock was a meteorite, which is defined as a meteor that reaches the surface of the Earth without being completely vaporized. According to Freehold Township police Lt. Robert Brightman, the new year's meteor madness started when the elderly mother of a Kentucky Way homeowner heard a loud noise that appeared to come from upstairs in the home at about 4:30 p.m. Jan. 2. Brightman said the woman's son returned home at about 9 p.m. at which time he found the rock and the damage it had caused in the bathroom. He said the man called police at 9 a.m. Jan. 3 to report the incident. The responding officers found the object to be a rock that measured about 2.5 inches by 1.5 inches. It was later determined to weigh 377 grams (about 13 ounces). According to Brightman, the rock was found to be denser or of a heavier weight than a normal rock of its size. Brightman said police called Monmouth County Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Harry Conover, who used a Geiger counter to check the object for radiation. Brightman said Conover was joined in his examination of the object by members of the county Health Department. Everyone concluded that the object was not radioactive and that it did not pose a discernible health threat. After the FAA weighed in and discounted an aircraft as the object's source, the team of experts from Rutgers was called in and the final determination was reached Jan. 5. Brightman said the meteorite, which was named Freehold Township, will not remain permanently in the possession of the police, although it was unclear as to who would take final possession. Whether or not the visitor from space ends up for sale on eBay is yet to be seen, but it's a safe bet that if it does, it will be a unique find. Objects like the meteorite Freehold Township are rare. They don't just fall out of the sky - every day that is. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Possible Meteor Crashes in Iran
http://www.ecanadanow.com/curiosity/2007/01/10/iranian-news-agency-reports-ufo-has-crashed-in-kerman-province/ Iranian news agency reports UFO has crashed in Kerman province E Canada Now January 10, 2007 Eyewitnesses told the Fars News Agency (FNA) that a radiant UFO had crashed in the Barez Mounts of Kerman on Wednesday morning. Abulghassem Nasrollahi, the Deputy General of the Kerman province in Iran told the news agency that all the aircraft in the area had been accounted for. Eyewitnesses told the Fars News Agency (FNA) that a radiant UFO had crashed in the Barez Mounts of Kerman on Wednesday morning. Abulghassem Nasrollahi, the Deputy General of the Kerman province in Iran told the news agency that all the aircraft in the area had been accounted for, but did not rule out the possibility that the object could be a meteor. Another source also told the FNA that the object was on fire with thick smoke coming from it, which identified the object as not being a meteor. Abulghassem noted that a few days earlier, in Rafsanjan, a similar incident was reported by witnesses. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Sonic Boom Felt in Florida?
http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=10529z=3p= Was that an earthquake? NBC2 News January 10, 2007 LEE COUNTY: Our newsroom has been flooded with calls from residents who felt an earthquake just before 10 a.m. According to the US Geological Survey, there were no earthquakes that would have been felt in Southwest Florida. If it is an earthquake, I suspect it's probably not, but if it is an earthquake it's far too small for our instruments to detect. Our nearest station is over near Disney World, said John Bellini of the USGS. The USGS suggests it may have been a sonic boom over the Gulf of Mexico. Well, from what I've heard people describe, if it's not an earthquake, the only other guess would be a sonic boom somewhere off the coast, there in the Gulf, said Bellini. There have been no reports of damage because of the tremors. Residents from Collier County to Cape Coral have reported feeling something. Collier County Emergency Management said they had confirmed there was an earthquake at Apalachicola, but that was not correct. Here are some of the comments we have received from viewers: - I am not sure what happened, a little before 10am, the windows on my home shook, there was no noise, just an abrupt shaking of windows that lasted about 25 seconds. It even woke my dog and she started barking. We live in Laguna Lakes off of Gladiolus. Any idea what caused this? - At around 10 am Wednesday morning our building Collier Place II shook violently for about 3 or 4 seconds - enough for everyone in the office to ask if we had an earthquake. My husband at home 15 miles from our office also felt the shaking and went outside to see if there had been an explosion. Did we have an earthquake or is there some blasting going on that could be felt for a 15 mile diameter? - Nothing wakes our 16 yr old Yorkie-it was an earthquake! She came out of her bed and looked at us like what the [expletive deleted] is going on? Then our 3-panel lanai door started rattling. We live near I75 and Colonial Blvd - At about 9:50 AM all the windows in my house were rattling for about a 15 second period. My dog even started barking. Just curious if we had another earthquake this morning? - It shook our building!! - I was sitting at the computer when I felt the shaking. I could not believe what I was feeling. I live in the Villas off of #41 and Woodland Blvd. About 30 to 45 seconds prior to the shaking my two dogs suddenly started running around the house, looking out the windows, barking, etc. and suddenly I felt the shaking. Then I had the TV on anyway, so I figured if it was something the NEWS would tell us. I knew it was different, just because the way the dogs were acting. They finally went under the bed. Animals do talk. - I am originally from California and now live in the Naples, FL 34119 area code. This morning I felt what I thought was an earthquake - California style. It happened at about 9:50 am and shook my whole house, windows and all. It lasted for about 10+ seconds. I just read that there are reports that it was probably a sonic boom. How can I get more info on this? __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Phoenix Mars Lander: The Search For A Safe Haven
Re: http://space.com/businesstechnology/070110_mar_phoenix_landing.html Hello Ron and list, Nice to see Phoenix moving right along, I am sure they will decide on a landing site soon. The home page for this project is located here: http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/index.php I really like the Phoenix logo, seen at the top of the page. Too bad they have no shirts or a coffeemug with it for sale. Anyone notice that the Viking Mars missions received nationwide evening news press yesterday? With the thought that the Viking mission may have killed life on Mars. Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Sonic Boom Felt in Florida?
There have been several sonic booms in Florida reported by the press the last 2-3 years. I am starting to the lean towards the possibility of a military experiment. Mark __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught)
Hi, List, I posted this following about Comet McNaught last night after I got back from my first look at it, but it disappeared into the temporary black hole the List was transiting and never appeared on the other side. Let's try it again. I added a few comments. --- Comet McNaught is very bright, very visible, but very poorly placed to be seen easily. It is extremely low on the horizon by the time it can be seen. Because it is so low it can only be seen for another 2-3 days in the evening sky [from the northern hemisphere]. I got a look at it the first time just this evening. Right now, it's trailing the Sun, getting closer and closer to the Sun, until Jan. 12 when it will race around it at only half the distance of Mercury. The comet's orbit isn't in the flat plane of the solar system; it coming in from above (north) of the system and will go out below (south), In fact the plane of its orbit is turned almost at right angles to the plane of the solar system. Here's how the orbit looks: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?des=2006+P1 So, basically, locating it's not a problem. Find a place where you can see ALL the way down to the western horizon. Wait till after the Sun sets The first thing you will see is Venus, bright as a spotlight. As it gets darker, look to the right of Venus and down, immediately north of the spot where the Sun has set. As it gets darker, you should spot the comet. Binoculars will help if the horizon is hazy. My horizon was so hazy that it never was naked-eye visible [to me at least], but it showed up in small (7x35) binoculars wonderfully. By the time it's dark enough to see the comet it will be less than five degrees above the horizon, most likely. Of course, this all assumes good weather, clear skies, no clouds, but it's getting so bright so fast that even haze doesn't hide it. Here's a good sky chart: http://skytonight.com/observing/highlights/5089276.html It's really LOW in the sky... If this puppy were up at the top of the sky, people would stand and gawk, like they say, but you've got hunt it down. The professionals are cautious about the tail of the comet being visible, but tonight the tail seemed brighter than the head of the comet. That could just be because the head was deeper in the haze. But I could see 2 degrees or more of tail even with all that haze. [As you can tell from the tone of the spaceweather piece, they're getting more enthusiastic by the day as this comet puts on a better and better show. In particular, the tail of the comet seems to be especially bright, even brighter than the head/coma, or it did to me last night.] Paradoxically, it will get brighter each night up through Jan. 12th, but it will be closer to the Sun each night and the viewing time will be shorter and the comet lower in the sky. It's worth a look. Probably the biggest carboneous chondrite you'll see for years, and it's headed AWAY from eBay. Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:15 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught) Space Weather News for Jan. 10, 2007 http://spaceweather.com Comet McNaught has continued to brighten as it approaches the sun and it is now the brightest comet in 30 years. For observers in the northern Hemisphere, tonight is probably the best time to see it: Go outside this evening and face the sunset. A clear view of the western horizon is essential, because the comet hangs very low. As the twilight fades to black, it should become visible to the naked eye. Observers say it's a fantastic sight through binoculars. In the days ahead, Comet McNaught will pass the sun and emerge in good position for southern hemisphere viewing later this month. Meanwhile, solar heating will continue to puff up the comet, causing it to brighten even more. It could become one of the brightest comets in centuries, visible even in daylit skies. Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and updates. __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught)
Hello :-) I took a nice picture from the comet a few minutes ago ... http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de/scratch/McNaughtk.jpg Bigger version: http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de/scratch/McNaught.jpg And a video: http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de/scratch/McNaught.avi Thomas IMCA #0298 http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de Sterling K. Webb schrieb: Hi, List, I posted this following about Comet McNaught last night after I got back from my first look at it, but it disappeared into the temporary black hole the List was transiting and never appeared on the other side. Let's try it again. I added a few comments. --- Comet McNaught is very bright, very visible, but very poorly placed to be seen easily. It is extremely low on the horizon by the time it can be seen. Because it is so low it can only be seen for another 2-3 days in the evening sky [from the northern hemisphere]. I got a look at it the first time just this evening. Right now, it's trailing the Sun, getting closer and closer to the Sun, until Jan. 12 when it will race around it at only half the distance of Mercury. The comet's orbit isn't in the flat plane of the solar system; it coming in from above (north) of the system and will go out below (south), In fact the plane of its orbit is turned almost at right angles to the plane of the solar system. Here's how the orbit looks: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?des=2006+P1 So, basically, locating it's not a problem. Find a place where you can see ALL the way down to the western horizon. Wait till after the Sun sets The first thing you will see is Venus, bright as a spotlight. As it gets darker, look to the right of Venus and down, immediately north of the spot where the Sun has set. As it gets darker, you should spot the comet. Binoculars will help if the horizon is hazy. My horizon was so hazy that it never was naked-eye visible [to me at least], but it showed up in small (7x35) binoculars wonderfully. By the time it's dark enough to see the comet it will be less than five degrees above the horizon, most likely. Of course, this all assumes good weather, clear skies, no clouds, but it's getting so bright so fast that even haze doesn't hide it. Here's a good sky chart: http://skytonight.com/observing/highlights/5089276.html It's really LOW in the sky... If this puppy were up at the top of the sky, people would stand and gawk, like they say, but you've got hunt it down. The professionals are cautious about the tail of the comet being visible, but tonight the tail seemed brighter than the head of the comet. That could just be because the head was deeper in the haze. But I could see 2 degrees or more of tail even with all that haze. [As you can tell from the tone of the spaceweather piece, they're getting more enthusiastic by the day as this comet puts on a better and better show. In particular, the tail of the comet seems to be especially bright, even brighter than the head/coma, or it did to me last night.] Paradoxically, it will get brighter each night up through Jan. 12th, but it will be closer to the Sun each night and the viewing time will be shorter and the comet lower in the sky. It's worth a look. Probably the biggest carboneous chondrite you'll see for years, and it's headed AWAY from eBay. Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:15 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught) Space Weather News for Jan. 10, 2007 http://spaceweather.com Comet McNaught has continued to brighten as it approaches the sun and it is now the brightest comet in 30 years. For observers in the northern Hemisphere, tonight is probably the best time to see it: Go outside this evening and face the sunset. A clear view of the western horizon is essential, because the comet hangs very low. As the twilight fades to black, it should become visible to the naked eye. Observers say it's a fantastic sight through binoculars. In the days ahead, Comet McNaught will pass the sun and emerge in good position for southern hemisphere viewing later this month. Meanwhile, solar heating will continue to puff up the comet, causing it to brighten even more. It could become one of the brightest comets in centuries, visible even in daylit skies. Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and updates. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list
Re: [meteorite-list] Black diamonds= supernova origin?
I have had a quick look at the paper that proposes that black diamonds are interstellar. The authors have made some interesting measurements and it is true that the carbonado diamonds have long puzzeled scientists. I actually have several large carbonado stones on my desk and have meant to study them for some time. The part of the paper that is rather vague is the notion of the carbonado as forming in an interstellar environment - the authors mention white dwarfs composed of modified diamond and planets composed of concentric rings of diamond. Unless the C, H, and N isotopes of the carbonados are really strange I prefer to think of them of having formed terrestrially or possibly some early parent body collision process during the early history of our solar system. By the way, just to clarify, diamonds are common in many meteorites including carbonaceous chondrites, ureilites, and just about any meteorite that contains carbon and has been shocked. Laurence -- Dr. Laurence A.J. Garvie School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) Arizona State University --- On Jan 10, 2007, at 11:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send Meteorite-list mailing list submissions to meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Meteorite-list digest... Today's Topics: 1. Black diamonds= supernova origin? (Darren Garrison) 2. On members of Pallasites (Email from Chinaren76) 3. Re: On members of Pallasites ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 4. AD - Rare, Wholesale and Others Ending - eBay (Greg Hupe) 5. Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught) (Ron Baalke) 6. Phoenix Mars Lander: The Search For A Safe Haven (Ron Baalke) 7. Meteorite's Hit on New Jersey Home Jolts Family (Ron Baalke) 8. Possible Meteor Crashes in Iran (Ron Baalke) 9. Sonic Boom Felt in Florida? (Ron Baalke) 10. Re: Phoenix Mars Lander: The Search For A Safe Haven (MARK BOSTICK) 11. Re: Sonic Boom Felt in Florida? (MARK BOSTICK) 12. Re: Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught) (Sterling K. Webb) 13. Re: Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught) (Thomas Tuchan) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:20:36 -0500 From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Black diamonds= supernova origin? To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The story seems very fishy to me. I find it hard to believe that even diamonds could survive hitting the Earth's atmosphere/surface at interstellar speeds. http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/070108_spacey_diamonds.html ET Gems: Black Diamonds Come from Outer Space By Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Staff Writer posted: 08 January 2007 05:42 pm ET If you?re looking for a space-age way to propose marriage, a black-diamond ring might be the way to go. Long baffled by their origin, scientists now have evidence that these charcoal-colored gems [image] formed in outer space. Stephen Haggerty and Jozsef Garai, both of Florida International University, analyzed the hydrogen in black diamond samples using infrared-detection instruments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and found that the quantity indicated that the mineral formed in a supernova explosion. Also called carbonado diamonds, meaning ?burned? or ?carbonized? in Portuguese, black diamonds defy mineral-making rules and are neverfound in the world?s mining fields where the clear and classic variety typically resides. Conventional diamonds form hundreds of miles beneath the Earth?s surface, where high pressure and heat turn carbon into diamonds Volcanic blasts send the gems in a short amount of time to the surface where they can be mined. This process preserves the unique crystal structure that makes diamonds the hardest natural material known, said Sonia Esperanca of the National Science Foundation. She was not involved in the research. Since 1900, about 600 tons of conventional diamonds have been traded. Black diamonds reside in certain geologic formations in Brazil and the Central African Republic. Haggerty has suggested, in the past, that black diamonds might have rained down on Earth inside meteorites
[meteorite-list] rooftop hunting it's my way beating the odds
if your like me you don't have the money to go to the south pole or the north pole or any pole for that matter,so try hunting on your cities rooftops.make sure they are high enough .parking lots with many floors,go to the top look for rocks clear them and then go back latter and look again,you wont find any realy big rocks but you will find some very strange ones.happy hunting p.s.stay off of phx az roofs they are mine __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ensisheim tkw
Hello List, In late 2003, I started a compilation of the weights of all the Ensisheim meteorite fragments, slices...owned in museums, institutes, private collections... I received much help from the list and, after completing the official data, I came up by December 11, 2003 with the following list (see balow) that was most probably far from being complete but that represented so far the best approximation of what was where. In particular, I did not contact the official institutes, museums...to ask them to update their published data (in various journals, books, publications...) so that substantial discrepancies appeared when (only) 3 officiel sources were compared (see part I below). At that time, my call for the total mass of Ensisheim meteorite samples preserved in private and public collections was aimed at trying to find out whether there was a difference (gap) between the initial mass (127 kg) and the present total mass of all Ensisheim fragments dispersed in collections, including the main massheld in Regency Palace of Ensisheim (53.831 kg). To make a long story short, my preliminary compilation, although far from being exhaustive, strongly suggested that this difference is substantial and probably reflects various losses and destructions during 515+ years. The present similar call for the weights (masses) of Ensisheim represented in your collections has a double goal: 1) To complete, update and/or correct the 2003 compilation below, so as to allow Jörn Koblitz (Met Base) and others to update the official repository listings. 2) To add such an updated list to a pamphlet we wish to print and include in the catalog of the forthcoming Ensisheim 2007 meteorite show that will be distributed to all the participants next 15-17 June. This must be printed quite soon so I would very much appreciate a prompt answer from all those who are the happy owners of some Ensisheim piece(s) or also who know about pieces held elsewhere (out of the list influence). I'll keep you regularly informed with the results. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH! All my best wishes, Zelimir --- Preliminary compilation of the Ensisheim meteorite weights, owned by different institutes or held in private collections, as compiled by Zelimir Gabelica (France). Last update: December 11, 2003, 12:00 GMT Part I: Comparison of data from 3 different sources: 1) List of repositories and private collection weights coming from database recently built by Russell Kempton (NEMS) and sent to me as per Dec. 1, 2003. 2) Weights listed in the BM. Catalog (M. Grady, Ed. 2000) 3) Weights reported in our own Red Book archiving the History of Ensisheim (ENSISHEIM, Son Histoire à travers les Pierres, edited by the Confrérie St Georges des Gardiens de la Météorite d'Ensisheim, Sept. 1993, 133 pp, Table p 25 (World Distribution of the Ensisheim Meteorite Fragments, as compiled by J. Schmutzer, Hamburg, Gremany), data that are probably fragmentary and that need updating. PlaceNEMS BM CatalogRed Book Ensisheim, Musée Régence (*) 54.51 kg 55.75kg 55.75kg Paris, Mus. d'Hist. Nat 10.2 kg 9.79 kg9.79kg London; Nat. Hist. Mus. 911g 911.2g689g (!) Berlin, Mus.Humboldt Univ. 906g 905g 905g Vienna, Naturhist. Mus. 660g 588g (!) 660g Washington, U.S. Nat. Mus.235g 258g (!) 458g (!!) Tübingen, Min.-Petrogr. Inst. 220g 316g (!) 316g (!) Uppsala Univ. Mus. - -210g (?) Malta, Montana, M. Cilz coll.- - 504g (?) Tempe, Arizona State Univ.155g 209g (!)209.5g (!) Brussels, Inst. Roy. Sci. Mus. 191g-191.4g Zürich, ETH 189g- - Modena, Min. Inst. Univ. 177g - 177g Tucson, Haag coll. (**). 176g-176g Cambridge, Univ.(GB)133g-147g Chicago, Field Mus. N. Hist. 115g109g 110g New York, Amer. Mus. N. Hist. 112g111g 127g Göttingen, Min. Inst. Univ. 111g-158.6g (!) Karlsruhe Univ. - - 142.0g (?) Stockholm, Naturhist. Riksmus.80g - 51.0g (!) Troyes, Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 79.1g - 82.0g (!) Calcutta, Mus. Geol. Surv. India 77g 77g 76.9g Copenhagen, Univ. Geol. Mus. 77g -77.0g Rome, Vatican
Re: [meteorite-list] Ensisheim tkw
Hello All, When I was inducted at the Ensisheim 2004 show, I acquired a small, 0.773-gram fragment from list member Peter Marmet. This piece originally came from Anne Black. It is small part slice, no crust, has a mottled appearance, abundant FeNi, melt veinlets, and abundant finely dispersed troilite. Cheers, Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Roger Warin's Forestburg (b) TS pictures on Mark Bostick's website
Hello List and Thin Section Enthusiasts, Look at those stunning thin section pictures by Roger Warin on Mark Bostick's website. They are out-of-this world. Fantastic! I'd like to invite you to take a look at TS picture #2 on Mark's website and compare it to my thin section picture of the Forestburg (b) L5 shock blackened chondrite that can be viewed on Gary's website. Any thoughts about what you see? Here are the URL's: http://www.meteoritearticles.com/colforestburgbtsb.html http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/forestburg-thinsection.html Best wishes, Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Ensisheim tkw
The similarities are amazing. Beautiful bars of multicolor with yellow bands at an angle to the bleish,greenish,reddish bands... Are all thin sections of like specimens this close or is this a fluke? Gary On 10 Jan 2007 at 21:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, When I was inducted at the Ensisheim 2004 show, I acquired a small, 0.773-gram fragment from list member Peter Marmet. This piece originally came from Anne Black. It is small part slice, no crust, has a mottled appearance, abundant FeNi, melt veinlets, and abundant finely dispersed troilite. Cheers, Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Roger Warin's Forestburg (b) TS pictures on Mark Bostick's website
I meant to respond to this post about the thin sections, not the eisenheim post - but y'all probably already knew that. :) Gary On 10 Jan 2007 at 21:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List and Thin Section Enthusiasts, Look at those stunning thin section pictures by Roger Warin on Mark Bostick's website. They are out-of-this world. Fantastic! I'd like to invite you to take a look at TS picture #2 on Mark's website and compare it to my thin section picture of the Forestburg (b) L5 shock blackened chondrite that can be viewed on Gary's website. Any thoughts about what you see? Here are the URL's: http://www.meteoritearticles.com/colforestburgbtsb.html http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/forestburg-thinsection.html Best wishes, Bernd __ 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] New Jersey Homeowners Tell of Meteorite Which Crashed In Their Bathroom
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,242909,00.html New Jersey Homeowners Tell of Unwanted Guest Which Crashed In Their Bathroom: A Meteorite Fox News January 10, 2007 FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A hole in the roof, a bathroom full of debris and a strange, silvery rock near the toilet - the Nageswaran family soon realized they needed an astronomer, not a contractor, to fully explain what damaged their house. Scientists determined it was a meteorite that crashed through the roof of their central New Jersey home more than a week ago. While extraterrestrial rocks fall to the Earth with some regularity, it is rare for them to strike homes. The fact that something from outer space hit our house ... it's overwhelming, Shankari Nageswaran said in an interview. She and her husband, Srinivasan Nageswaran, a 46-year-old consultant for information technology companies, are from India and have lived in Freehold Township since 2003. On the night of Jan. 2, Srinivasan Nageswaran walked into his bathroom and spotted a hole in the ceiling and small chunks of drywall and insulation littering the room. His mother, who has been staying with the family, recalled that she had heard a loud boom a few hours earlier and thought it was a post-New Year's fireworks explosion. But that didn't explain the mess. The family initially thought an old patch job in the ceiling had come loose. The mystery deepened after Shankari Nageswaran started cleaning up. On the floor directly below the hole, under an evergreen bath mat, the tile was dented. There was another dent on the wall. Near the back of the toilet, she found a metallic rock, about the same size and shape as the hole in the ceiling. The sparkly rock was the size of a golf ball but heavier at 13 ounces, or about as heavy as a can of soup. Her husband shined a flashlight through the hole in the ceiling, then stuck a long stick in, and realized there was another hole in the roof. It was not until the next morning that his father suggested the mysterious rock came from outer space, and they called police. Two geologists from Rutgers University along with an independent metallurgist, soon arrived. They concluded that the rock - tentatively named Freehold Township - was an iron meteorite. It could have done great damage and destruction, Srinivasan Nageswaran marveled. It could have hurt our people. About 50 meteorites reach the Earth's surface each year, but with humans occupying only a small part of the planet, there is only one report every year or two of meteorites hitting buildings, said Tim McCoy, curator of the Smithsonian Institution's meteorite collection. Every meteorite serves as a poor man's space probe, yielding information on how the solar system formed, McCoy said. There's been fewer than 5,000 meteorites found over the surface of the Earth in the recorded history of mankind, McCoy said. Every time we get a new one, it's an important event. Meteorites that hit buildings can be sold for thousands of dollars. The Nageswarans have not decided what to do with their meteorite, despite plenty of advice from family and friends. But they said they want to make sure that the rock, which they have locked up at a bank, serves an educational purpose. There are other dimensions to it than just the absolute `What is it worth?' Shankari Nageswaran said. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fiery, Smoking Object Crashes in Iran
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_20107.shtml UFO Crash in Central Iran Iran News January 10, 2007 An Unidentified Flying Object crashed in Barez Mounts in the central province of Kerman Wednesday morning. Deputy Governor General of Kerman province Abulghassem Nasrollahi told that the crash which was followed by an explosion and a thick spiral of smoke has caused no casualties or damage to properties. He further denied earlier reports that the explosion has been the result of a plane or chopper crash, reminding that all the passing aircrafts have been reported as sound and safe. The official further stated that investigations are underway by police and other relevant authorities in this regard. While other reports spoke of meteors, Nasrollahi said there were no conclusive witnesses in this regard but he did not dismiss the possibility that the crash has been caused by a meteor. Eye-witnesses assure that the explosion has been caused as a result of the crash of a radiant unidentified flying object onto the ground. Meantime, an informed source told that the object has been on fire and there has been thick smoke coming out of it prior to the crash, concluding that the object couldn't have been a meteor as meteors do not smoke. The source also said that the crash has been witnessed by people in several cities, and mentioned that the rendezvous point is located 100 kilometers from the provincial capital city of Kerman. He said that people in the city of Rafsanjan also reported to have witnessed a similar incident several days ago. Similar crash incidents have been witnessed frequently during the last year all across Iran, and officials believe that the objects could be spy planes or a hi-tech espionage device. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NJ Homeowners Tell of Meteorite Which Crashed In Their Bathroom
The Nageswarans have not decided what to do with their meteorite, despite plenty of advice from family and friends. But they said they want to make sure that the rock, which they have locked up at a bank, serves an educational purpose. SO TEST THE DAMN THING! Who is advising this family?!! It is aggravating that people who appear to want to do the right thing [e.g. serve an educational purpose] have either not been told of the importance of short-lived isotope testing, or have not heeded the message. And just as a reminder, it has yet to be proved that this object is even a meteorite! Four gentlemen passing around a metallic lump for ten minutes does not constitute a conclusive analysis, regardless of how many papers they've published on meteorites. --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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[meteorite-list] AD - New classified stuff
Hello List Tucson is s close, alot of work here but I have unfortunatelly only 2 hands. Anyway I have made ready 3 newly classified meteorites and one old just received his own number. http://www.polandmet.com/ . NWA4554 [L5] - one beautifull specimen with perfect crust and fresh interior. Just look on this beauty. NWA4559 [LL5] - super shocked amphoterite. Im sure You never see chondrite like this one. Last 12 full slices. So who first ask, then he will be a winner. . NWA4560 [LL3.7] - beautifull type 3.7 with many chondruls. Everything nice mirror polished with box. . NWA4561 [EL3] - light-blue colored material. NWA2828 paleo official pairing. My paypal email is : [EMAIL PROTECTED] If You like something just ask. For next 24 hours shipping free even outside this galaxy. -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM +48(607)535 195 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fiery, Smoking Object Crashes in Iran
Meantime, an informed source told that the object has been on fire and there has been thick smoke coming out of it prior to the crash, concluding that the object couldn't have been a meteor as meteors do not smoke. I guess this informed source never heard of the Sikhote-Alin fall. Ron Baalke __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Sonic Boom Felt in Florida?
Hi Mark, In the SW Florida area there were no very loud booms as when the space shuttle returned. There were many rumblings over ten to fifteen seconds and one occurring after I came back from outside after checking the disturbance. The news report A spokesman with The Naval Air Station in Key West, said at approximately 10am they were conducting an air to air combat exercise over Southwest Florida. There were 8 military aircraft involved, including 4 F-16'S and 4 Aggressors. All eight military aircraft were flying at supersonic speeds. Supersonic speeds when coupled with the right atmospheric conditions can cause a sonic boom. Best, Ken Newton MARK BOSTICK wrote: There have been several sonic booms in Florida reported by the press the last 2-3 years. I am starting to the lean towards the possibility of a military experiment. Mark __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006P1(McNaught)
Nice Job, Thomas. NICE JOB!! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Thomas Tuchan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006P1(McNaught) Hello :-) I took a nice picture from the comet a few minutes ago ... http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de/scratch/McNaughtk.jpg Bigger version: http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de/scratch/McNaught.jpg And a video: http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de/scratch/McNaught.avi Thomas IMCA #0298 http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de Sterling K. Webb schrieb: Hi, List, I posted this following about Comet McNaught last night after I got back from my first look at it, but it disappeared into the temporary black hole the List was transiting and never appeared on the other side. Let's try it again. I added a few comments. --- Comet McNaught is very bright, very visible, but very poorly placed to be seen easily. It is extremely low on the horizon by the time it can be seen. Because it is so low it can only be seen for another 2-3 days in the evening sky [from the northern hemisphere]. I got a look at it the first time just this evening. Right now, it's trailing the Sun, getting closer and closer to the Sun, until Jan. 12 when it will race around it at only half the distance of Mercury. The comet's orbit isn't in the flat plane of the solar system; it coming in from above (north) of the system and will go out below (south), In fact the plane of its orbit is turned almost at right angles to the plane of the solar system. Here's how the orbit looks: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?des=2006+P1 So, basically, locating it's not a problem. Find a place where you can see ALL the way down to the western horizon. Wait till after the Sun sets The first thing you will see is Venus, bright as a spotlight. As it gets darker, look to the right of Venus and down, immediately north of the spot where the Sun has set. As it gets darker, you should spot the comet. Binoculars will help if the horizon is hazy. My horizon was so hazy that it never was naked-eye visible [to me at least], but it showed up in small (7x35) binoculars wonderfully. By the time it's dark enough to see the comet it will be less than five degrees above the horizon, most likely. Of course, this all assumes good weather, clear skies, no clouds, but it's getting so bright so fast that even haze doesn't hide it. Here's a good sky chart: http://skytonight.com/observing/highlights/5089276.html It's really LOW in the sky... If this puppy were up at the top of the sky, people would stand and gawk, like they say, but you've got hunt it down. The professionals are cautious about the tail of the comet being visible, but tonight the tail seemed brighter than the head of the comet. That could just be because the head was deeper in the haze. But I could see 2 degrees or more of tail even with all that haze. [As you can tell from the tone of the spaceweather piece, they're getting more enthusiastic by the day as this comet puts on a better and better show. In particular, the tail of the comet seems to be especially bright, even brighter than the head/coma, or it did to me last night.] Paradoxically, it will get brighter each night up through Jan. 12th, but it will be closer to the Sun each night and the viewing time will be shorter and the comet lower in the sky. It's worth a look. Probably the biggest carboneous chondrite you'll see for years, and it's headed AWAY from eBay. Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:15 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught) Space Weather News for Jan. 10, 2007 http://spaceweather.com Comet McNaught has continued to brighten as it approaches the sun and it is now the brightest comet in 30 years. For observers in the northern Hemisphere, tonight is probably the best time to see it: Go outside this evening and face the sunset. A clear view of the western horizon is essential, because the comet hangs very low. As the twilight fades to black, it should become visible to the naked eye. Observers say it's a fantastic sight through binoculars. In the days ahead, Comet McNaught will pass the sun and emerge in good position for southern hemisphere viewing later this month. Meanwhile, solar heating will continue to puff up the comet, causing it to brighten even more. It could become one of the brightest comets in centuries, visible even in daylit skies. Visit
Re: [meteorite-list] Ensisheim tkw
In a message dated 1/10/2007 2:07:09 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello All, When I was inducted at the Ensisheim 2004 show, I acquired a small, 0.773-gram fragment from list member Peter Marmet. This piece originally came from Anne Black. It is small part slice, no crust, has a mottled appearance, abundant FeNi, melt veinlets, and abundant finely dispersed troilite. Cheers, Bernd - And before me it came from Alain Carion, but now he refuses to cut anymore off his piece . Sorry. Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] President, I.M.C.A. Inc. www.IMCA.cc __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Major Trade Offer (AD)
Hello and good evening list.I have 3 sets of fragments and really nice individuals of NWA 4265.The new EL6/7 enstatite for trade.One set is 189.1 grams,(4)pieces,the other set is 3 individuals plus a endcut,and this weighs 217.6 grams.The last set is 208.4 with 3 individuals plus another endcut.All pieces came from tom phillips,the microscope guy.I am as always looking for some nice stones,especially GAO.Pics upon request!I am also working on my website which will be up soon and full.So let me know if you want to trade for some of this great material. Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!! www.chicagometeorites.net Ebay I.D. Illinoismeteorites Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Missing Tucson this year
And the number one answer would be: To much bologna at the show? DF M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote: The hotel prices its a problem in all mineral showswhy you not come in Bologna Show in March? Matteo --- Adam Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Dear List Members, If anybody cares, I will NOT be attending the Tucson show this year. Although it used to be the number one show on my list, it no longer holds this title for me for several reasons, mainly the lack of decent accommodations. It seems for the last several years, some cheesy motel/hotel rips us off. We book online at $140.00 plus a night for what was advertised as a two-star facility just to find out it when we get there that it is some crack-user infested shack that should be condemned. Two years ago, the Econo Lodge tried to rip us off for nearly a $1,000.00 by charging my credit card even though we refused to stay in this falsely advertised hell hole. They tacked on an extra night before we even arrived in Tucson to make the theft complete. I used to stay by the airport but the hotels have now raised their prices to $250.00 a night. I could stay in a five-star hotel in the Caribbean for half this amount, come on, we are talking about Tucson here! The only other show I have been to where the hotels jack up their prices this much is Las Vegas and I refuse to pay $250.00 a night for a $50.00 a night room just because I am attending a convention. I was going to come down this year with my RV but decided it was not worth the risk going through the passes which are buried in snow and ice. This time of year, the coastal route is far too windy and time consuming to hardly make it worth the effort. At 53' front to back, the winds would cause havoc with my setup as anybody with any road time with a rig will tell you. I will wait until late winter when I can spend months in the field searching California before putting any of my equipment in jeopardy. I added up my receipts from last year's Tucson show and decided it would be cheaper to attend the show in Germany, something I have yet to try and look forward to. For those who will be attending the show, have a great time and stay away from the Econo Lodge! I will forward some money to my brother, Greg who will be to pay off the margaritas and beers I owe on the Moss meteorite lost wagers. All the Best, Adam __ 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 - 30173 - 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/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi http://mail.yahoo.it __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Hi ALL!!!
Welcome Serge ! Glad to have you here again, All the best, Christian I.M.C.A. #2673 at http://www.imca.cc www.imca.cc website: http://www.austromet.com www.austromet.com Ing. Christian Anger Korngasse 6 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg AUSTRIA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of meteor a Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:35 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Hi ALL!!! Hello Everyone: I'm happy to return to the meteorite-list mailto:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com . Hope you did not forget me. I with you all THE BEST in THE NEW 2007 !!! And METEORITES will join us again! SERGE _ View Athletes' Collections with Live Search. See it! http://sportmaps.live.com/index.html?source=wlmemailtaglinenov06 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] A new french meteorite discovered !
Me and Alain Carion are proud to announce the existence of a new french meteorite. The meteorite of Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne fell September 29, 1799 near Le Mans (west of France). A farmer saw a stone falling in front of him while he was collecting grain. The stone was certainly broken apart. It weighed about 4.6 kilograms but most of it was forever lost. Alain Carion found a 12 grams fragment in the J. Chadel collection he bought in november 2006 and another piece of 40 grams was kept in the Musee Vert of Le Mans where we met the curator last week. Only two rare articles spoke of this fall (in 1841 and 1881) ; that's the reason why its existence was confidential. It's an ordinary chondrite and it's still under classification at the MNHN, Paris. Alain Carion will show you its 12 grams fragment of the Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne meteorite in Tucson (Inn Suite, room 123) during the Show. A chapter on this new french meteorite will probably be added in the second edition of my book. Pierre-Marie PELE www.meteor-center.com __ Do You Yahoo!? En finir avec le spam? Yahoo! Mail vous offre la meilleure protection possible contre les messages non sollicités http://mail.yahoo.fr Yahoo! Mail __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] queensland meteorites
Hi Listoids I'm gonna talk to my geeky friendz on the weekend and get them to help me html code a page for an interest group for Queensland (Australia) meteorites Queensland is my home state and has many interesting meteorites with a sad story of many either lost or stolen or otherwise missing in action... I'd like to hear from anyone who has an interest in Queensland meteorites for their thoughts and input and to start the ball rolling for an interest group My longer term plan is to make the html page into a permanent meteoritical history of Queensland and to act as a beater to flush out the ones that are missing Ciao__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Hi ALL!!!
That's a great news for the collector (fort he dealer I'm not so sure..hehe). The DESERT PRINCE is back!! Serge, be sure, we had missed you! Martin _ Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von meteor a Gesendet: Montag, 8. Januar 2007 18:35 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: [meteorite-list] Hi ALL!!! Hello Everyone: I'm happy to return to the meteorite-list mailto:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com . Hope you did not forget me. I with you all THE BEST in THE NEW 2007 !!! And METEORITES will join us again! SERGE _ View Athletes' Collections with Live Search. See it! http://sportmaps.live.com/index.html?source=wlmemailtaglinenov06 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Irons DON'T form Fusion Crust's - yes they DO
Hello Thaddeus list, I agree absolutely, my oppositional use of phenomenoligical and scientific was meant in a more daily-life-sense and not in a philosophical manner. It's clear that the above mentioned opposition is included in phenomenology itself. It's the merit of Merleau-Ponty that he postulated, against his forfathers Heidegger and Husserl, a field, a relationship, oscillating between body and mind, empirism and intellectualism, with the Leib (in German translation, unfortunately there's no equivalent in English) as a mediator between body and mind. The problem, and the main aspect of criticism of phenomenology is the fact, that Husserl as well as Heidegger as well as Merleau-Ponty underlined the necessity of experience - Husserl: tending towards die Sachen selbst (things themselves) - , but failed in establishing a real pragmatic dimension. The abyss between experience and science remained unbridged - even in the case Merleau-Ponty, who went as far as western philosophy/science allowed him to go, and who clearly fixed the problem, emphasizing the importance of the enbodiment of human experience, but remained with his concept of phenomenology in a theoritical dimension: it is, following the path of western philosophy with it's Greek origins, still philosophy as theoretical reflection. There's a very interesting reception and evolution of phenomenology in contemporary cognitivism. In this context I'd like only to mention Francisco Varela and his co-authors Evan Thompson and Eleanor Rosch) and his/their concept of an embodied mind (as embodied action) as a manifestation (or a kind of synthesis) of cognitive science and human experience. Having reached this point I want to stop here. My starting point was to criticize the completely different use of glassy in science and human experience. The complete transformation on the atomic level of the orginal matter at the surface of a meteorite via heat makes the scientist to qualify the new status of matter as glass. But glass, as we all know from common experience (which is closely connected to the empirical aspects of etymology), mainly evocates shining as well as being transparent - qualities which don't describe, regarding experience, the appearance of a frish fallen and crusted meteorite at all, whether stone nor iron. But, as we know as well: such a problematic use of language isn't the reason of, it's only symptomatic for the main problem: the fissure between experience and intellect. Regards, Matthias - Original Message - From: Thaddeus Besedin To: Matthias Bärmann Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:03 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Irons DON'T form Fusion Crust's - yes they DO Is there really any way of determining distinctions between phenomenologicality and scientific knowledge, the ding an sich (noumenon)? We are really speaking here of an epistemology of replicable phenomena. What is seen by all is seen by one. Power inverts this relationship. The paradigmatic phenomenologist Husserl (zu den sachen selbst) was a positivistic empirical verificationist with a Platonic heart; perhaps, as with the dialectical effect of the conflict of Berkeley/Kant/Hume on their philosophical progeny, any absolutely empirical criterion is in its end itself both a denial of analytic a priori knowledge of a world - a denial of a world - and an affirmation of its necessary presence - and the presence of such a conceivable possibility as 'presence.' To think of thought as it may have been preceding the acquisition of extrinsic, codified communication - the invasion of signs - is impossible, although this must have been the case: a catalytic reference, an initial logos, possession by one's genome, by one's neurotransmitters. Husserl's eidetic-geometric-intuitive presupposition articulating his ontology violated at least one certain limit of certainty, of verification: infinite regress as one continues to find the bottom of one's being. Meaning is constructed and emerges and we become possessors of things and not the pressure, pitch, scent, and nutrition of mothers in their progressively predictable places within cyclical constellations of cooccurring events. Memory. Diachronic distances are tantamount to spatial proximities, and we only approach a transcendent synthesis of raw event and cooked history, processed by we intermediaries called consciousnesses. We anticipate only potential - and have a sentence ready. This is how we fulfill our prophesies. Merleau-Ponty would have placed a non-phenomenalistic body between itself and its context, an outside which is only outside of language, ontologically incommensurable with apprehension by language itself, peremptorily concealing the indeterminable nexus of definition ( if such a concept - nexus - is not simply a necessary reification). Certainly bodies are
Re: [meteorite-list] Major Trade Offer (AD)
Ok. Maybe I've missed something. Met-bull says NWA 4265 is an L6 consisting of 62 grams. Tell me it ain't so Steve. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:16:57 -0800 (PST) To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Major Trade Offer (AD) Hello and good evening list.I have 3 sets of fragments and really nice individuals of NWA 4265.The new EL6/7 enstatite for trade.One set is 189.1 grams,(4)pieces,the other set is 3 individuals plus a endcut,and this weighs 217.6 grams.The last set is 208.4 with 3 individuals plus another endcut.All pieces came from tom phillips,the microscope guy.I am as always looking for some nice stones,especially GAO.Pics upon request!I am also working on my website which will be up soon and full.So let me know if you want to trade for some of this great material. Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!! www.chicagometeorites.net Ebay I.D. Illinoismeteorites Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com __ 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] AD Tektites on eBay Auction
Hi listees, Here are my serveral listings on eBay auction, all with low starting price. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcommonQ5fmurre These tekties are called indochinites, from south China. Nice surface features and less abrasion. Hope you guys like them :-) Thanks for looking and happy new year to all! Regards Miss Ma Lan Beijng, China Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] introduction
Hi all, I seriously doubt if any of you know me. However, I just wanted to say hi to the list members. I'm interested in meteorites. I hunt them and study them (strictly amateur in all respects I assure you). I have a few, although small, they have been under my microscope more times than I can count. I'm trying to learn what I can about them. This list is packed full of knowledge and I am excited about what I can pick up from you all. I'm not a dealer and most likely will not be buying meteorites. I am for the most part aimed squarely at increasing my knowledge on the subject of meteorites. I will share what info I have and any of my pictures if I can figure out how to do that online. I'm old ya know and don't cotton to computers real good. Anyway, I hope this posts when I hit the button.. Hi to all. Mike Murray Western Colorado __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] introduction
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:25:55 -0700 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] introduction Hi all, I seriously doubt if any of you know me. However, I just wanted to say hi to the list members. I'm interested in meteorites. I hunt them and study them (strictly amateur in all respects I assure you). I have a few, although small, they have been under my microscope more times than I can count. I'm trying to learn what I can about them. This list is packed full of knowledge and I am excited about what I can pick up from you all. I'm not a dealer and most likely will not be buying meteorites. I am for the most part aimed squarely at increasing my knowledge on the subject of meteorites. I will share what info I have and any of my pictures if I can figure out how to do that online. I'm old ya know and don't cotton to computers real good. Anyway, I hope this posts when I hit the button.. Hi to all. Mike Murray Western Colorado __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] correction
Hello again list.I stand corrected on my earlier post.It is NWA 2965,the new EL6/7.It is not nwa 4265.That is my mistake.Thanks to bill for realizing my mistake.There are so many # out there that you have to be absolutley correct. Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!! www.chicagometeorites.net Ebay I.D. Illinoismeteorites Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] RE-2: Ensisheim tkw
Hi Zelimir an Bernd, I also acquired ath the same Ensisheim show as Bernd , in 2004, a 3.376g 30x22x2 mm partslice of the Ensisheim meteorite from Peter Kümmel www.austromet.com/collection/Ensisheim_3.376g_A.jpg www.austromet.com/collection/Ensisheim_3.376g_B.jpg Greetings from Austria, Christian I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc website: www.austromet.com Ing. Christian Anger Korngasse 6 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg AUSTRIA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:meteorite-list- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:03 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ensisheim tkw Hello All, When I was inducted at the Ensisheim 2004 show, I acquired a small, 0.773-gram fragment from list member Peter Marmet. This piece originally came from Anne Black. It is small part slice, no crust, has a mottled appearance, abundant FeNi, melt veinlets, and abundant finely dispersed troilite. Cheers, Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ 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] AD - New classified stuff
Hello List Tucson is s close, alot of work here but I have unfortunatelly only 2 hands. Anyway I have made ready 3 newly classified meteorites and one old just received his own number. http://www.polandmet.com/ . NWA4554 [L5] - one beautifull specimen with perfect crust and fresh interior. Just look on this beauty. . NWA4559 [LL5] - super shocked amphoterite. Im sure You never see chondrite like this one. Last 12 full slices. So who first ask, the he will be a winner. . NWA4560 [LL3.7] - beautifull type 3.7 with many chondruls. Everything nice mirror polished with box. . NWA4561 [EL3] - light-blue colored material. NWA2828 paleo official pairing. My paypal email is : [EMAIL PROTECTED] If You like something just ask. For next 24 hours shipping free. -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM +48(607)535 195 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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[meteorite-list] fossil meteorite
Hi All, Here's a link to an interesting article about a REAL fossil meteorite: http://fossilmeteorite.notlong.com Considering all the recent discussion, there continues to be widespread misuse of this term. Editors of professional publications aren't in disagreement with the meaning of the term fossil meteorite. So, why can't we, here, reach a common consensus? What is driving the increasing misuse of this term? Maybe the Nom Comm should revise their Guidelines 1.2c paragaraph to include the phrase, The terms relict (altered) and fossil (preserved in the geologic record) are independent of each other in their preferred definition for relict meteorite. http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/nc-guidelines.htm#s77 And before anyone gets the wrong idea that all of this is an arguement for justifying the use of a new term, like paleo meteorite, chew on this: Although Gold Basin meteorites come from what has been published as being a paleo strewn field, that doesn't make Gold Basin a paleo meteorite. Respectfully, Bob V. Reference: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2007-January/030175.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD - New classified stuff
Hello List Tucson is s close, alot of work here but I have unfortunatelly only 2 hands. Anyway I have made ready 3 newly classified meteorites and one old just received his own number. http://www.polandmet.com/ . NWA4554 [L5] - one beautifull specimen with perfect crust and fresh interior. Just look on this beauty. . NWA4559 [LL5] - super shocked amphoterite. Im sure You never see chondrite like this one. Last 12 full slices. So who first ask, the he will be a winner. . NWA4560 [LL3.7] - beautifull type 3.7 with many chondruls. Everything nice mirror polished with box. . NWA4561 [EL3] - light-blue colored material. NWA2828 paleo official pairing. My paypal email is : [EMAIL PROTECTED] If You like something just ask. For next 24 hours shipping free. -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM +48(607)535 195 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] fossil meteorite
Hi Bob and all, A term or two to describe these old/ancient/reallyold, yes reallyold, bits isn't all that important. There's usually no way to date them to fossil layers as has been pointed out. It is thrilling when they are found in boundaries that are defined. I understand the need to categorize but I propose it is impossible to do so in most cases. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:04:40 -0800 (PST) To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] fossil meteorite Hi All, Here's a link to an interesting article about a REAL fossil meteorite: http://fossilmeteorite.notlong.com Considering all the recent discussion, there continues to be widespread misuse of this term. Editors of professional publications aren't in disagreement with the meaning of the term fossil meteorite. So, why can't we, here, reach a common consensus? What is driving the increasing misuse of this term? Maybe the Nom Comm should revise their Guidelines 1.2c paragaraph to include the phrase, The terms relict (altered) and fossil (preserved in the geologic record) are independent of each other in their preferred definition for relict meteorite. http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/nc-guidelines.htm#s77 And before anyone gets the wrong idea that all of this is an arguement for justifying the use of a new term, like paleo meteorite, chew on this: Although Gold Basin meteorites come from what has been published as being a paleo strewn field, that doesn't make Gold Basin a paleo meteorite. Respectfully, Bob V. Reference: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2007-January/030175.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] introduction
Hi Michael, Welcome to the list. Trace - Original Message - From: Michael Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:25 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] introduction Hi all, I seriously doubt if any of you know me. However, I just wanted to say hi to the list members. I'm interested in meteorites. I hunt them and study them (strictly amateur in all respects I assure you). I have a few, although small, they have been under my microscope more times than I can count. I'm trying to learn what I can about them. This list is packed full of knowledge and I am excited about what I can pick up from you all. I'm not a dealer and most likely will not be buying meteorites. I am for the most part aimed squarely at increasing my knowledge on the subject of meteorites. I will share what info I have and any of my pictures if I can figure out how to do that online. I'm old ya know and don't cotton to computers real good. Anyway, I hope this posts when I hit the button.. Hi to all. Mike Murray Western Colorado __ 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] More Roger Warin Thin Section Photographs
Hello list members and fellow thin section junkies, Thanks for the post Bernd. Roger Warin has more thin section photographs on the AGAB (mineral/fossil) website, linked below. http://www.agab.be/meteorites/Thin/thin.html The web site is in French, but the photographs almost speak for themselves...check it out if you have time. The Brahin photographs I found interesting as they do not look like the pallasite thin sections I have, which all seem to look like the Seymchan thin section also shown. Clear Skies, Mark Bostick __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] rooftop hunting it's my way beating the odds
Hello, A roof is as we all know a fine target. Have you had any success? Welcome to our list, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:12:04 -0700 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] rooftop hunting it's my way beating the odds if your like me you don't have the money to go to the south pole or the north pole or any pole for that matter,so try hunting on your cities rooftops.make sure they are high enough .parking lots with many floors,go to the top look for rocks clear them and then go back latter and look again,you wont find any realy big rocks but you will find some very strange ones.happy hunting p.s.stay off of phx az roofs they are mine __ 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] The Lure of the list
Meteorites. An enthuastic place to express yourself. Lack of smarts isn't an issue. You don't need deep pockets, a microscope helps. It's always fun to see the experts go awry when you feel you are lacking and see that they don't understand at all. ONE-CLICK WEBMAIL ACCESS - Easily monitor access your email accounts! Visit http://www.inbox.com/notifier and check it out! __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] introduction
Hi Mike, and welcome as a contributor to the meteorite list. Here's looking to some fresh grist for the mill, especially on those days we, or our discussions, start feeling as old as the meteorites themselves! Of course your comment left me wondering, of the few meteorites you do have, if you found any of them? Best wishes, Doug - Original Message - From: Michael Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:25 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] introduction Hi all, I seriously doubt if any of you know me. However, I just wanted to say hi to the list members. I'm interested in meteorites. I hunt them and study them (strictly amateur in all respects I assure you). I have a few, although small, they have been under my microscope more times than I can count. I'm trying to learn what I can about them. This list is packed full of knowledge and I am excited about what I can pick up from you all. I'm not a dealer and most likely will not be buying meteorites. I am for the most part aimed squarely at increasing my knowledge on the subject of meteorites. I will share what info I have and any of my pictures if I can figure out how to do that online. I'm old ya know and don't cotton to computers real good. Anyway, I hope this posts when I hit the button.. Hi to all. Mike Murray Western Colorado __ 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
