Re: [meteorite-list] What a beauty
That's a real beauty! The winner will be a lucky one!!! Cheers, Fred - Original Message - From: Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:50 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] What a beauty Anybody who loves oriented meteorites has to take a look at this http://cgi.ebay.com/A-flight-oriented-meteorite-Villalbeto-de-la-Pena-Nr-25_W0QQitemZ30007185QQihZ020QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem __ 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] What a beauty
Beware ;-) It's only a document for sale, not this wonderful meteorite !!! Best regards and happy new year, Pierre-Marie PELE ___ Découvrez une nouvelle façon d'obtenir des réponses à toutes vos questions ! Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des expériences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/Réponses http://fr.answers.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] new piccies are up - cmon and submit your own home state page
listoids new piccies up on QMIG site as promised ftp://users.rawnet.com.au/public_html/index.htm more never seen before queensland finds - weona, winton 2 few extra piccies from d.e. as hyperlinks on the list of falls page and my personal thanx to d.e. for allowing use of these pictures friends of QMIG page up soon and no m.a. you arent on it maybe even a new queensland meteorwrong page tomorrow... i'll try and put the rest of the piccies up tonite but i'm tired and cranky and to lazy to connect up and fire up the desktop thats about it folks but I hope that you submit your own home state pages - remember if i can do it a budgie can __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] QMIG updates - new picies
listoids not sure if the last email bounced but here goes again... new piccies up on QMIG site as promised ftp://users.rawnet.com.au/public_html/index.htm more never seen before queensland finds - weona, winton 2 few extra piccies from d.e. as hyperlinks on the list of falls page and my personal thanx to d.e. for allowing use of these pictures friends of QMIG page up soon and no m.a. you arent on it maybe even a new queensland meteorwrong page tomorrow... i'll try and put the rest of the piccies up tonite but i'm tired and cranky and to lazy to connect up and fire up the desktop thats about it folks but I hope that you submit your own home state pages - remember if i can do it a budgie can more never seen before queensland finds - weona, winton 2 few extra piccies from d.e. as hyperlinks on the list of falls page and my personal thanx to d.e. for allowing use of these pictures friends of QMIG page up soon and no m.a. you arent on it maybe even a new queensland meteorwrong page tomorrow... i'll try and put the rest of the piccies up tonite but i'm tired and cranky and to lazy to connect up and fire up the desktop thats about it folks but I hope that you submit your own home state pages - remember if i can do it a budgie can __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] qmig
Listees see - thats wot happens when you are half asleep - too much time doing something new as a resource to all and sleepy people do not post things well... korrekt link below http://www.rawnet.com.au/~qwalkra1/ usual story - more piccies - new stones - never seen before - meteorwrong page up tomorra - friends of qmig on the way and beddy byes for me buckleboo __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Irons and fusion crusts
--- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Phil, I don't mean to split hairs, but what is the difference between a thermal alteration zone and a fusion crust? Is there a difference? Is not a fusion crust a thermal alteration zone? Gary Oh, no, no, no. A fusion crust is formed by the melting of the very outer layer, proper actual melting. Thermal alteration is caused by the presence of heat without actually causing melting. The best I can think of as an example is car brake disks when they get too hot. When they cool back down they have a blue tint. This is thermal alteration and exists to some depth in the disk, not just on the surface. This is important because it's not actually melted, it's just the heat has alterd the crystal structure. RMcC Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] looking for more franconia irons
Hi list.I am looking for more franconia irons.I will trade or buy them from you.Let me know off list. Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!! www.chicagometeorites.net Ebay I.D. Illinoismeteorites Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Comet McNaught Update
Hi all, Unfortunately I still haven't been able to view the comet from down under. When the smoke cleared today... the clouds rolled in! Anyhow, another brilliant summer sunset from Melbourne, Australia. http://www.meteorites.com.au/oddsends/sunset.html Cheers, Jeff __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Comet McNaught Update
Hi Jeff: My last two emails to the listserv have failed, so this is probably only going to you. Nice pics, even though you have not seen the comet. we saw it the end of last week after sunset (had the neighbors come out wondering what we were doing) and saw it in the middle of the day on Sunday (blocking out the sun). Since it is moving south, we will lose it completely in a few days. Larry On Wed, April 16, 2003 7:09 am, Jeff Kuyken wrote: Hi all, Unfortunately I still haven't been able to view the comet from down under. When the smoke cleared today... the clouds rolled in! Anyhow, another brilliant summer sunset from Melbourne, Australia. http://www.meteorites.com.au/oddsends/sunset.html Cheers, Jeff __ 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] Northbranch H5
In a message dated 1/14/2007 4:29:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've just received an excellent small part slice of Northbranch from the Hupe' Collection. It displays some unbelievable veins of FeNi, one of which crosses the whole specimen. I'm proud to have added this fine Northbranch to my collection. Gary, I first heard of the Northbranch from the farmer who found it, and who swore it was a fresh fall, because it was up at the surface of his field one year and it had not been there the year before. He said a magnet stuck to it, so I dropped everything and drove up to look at it. When I got there, it was so weathered and ugly that I really did not think it was a meteorite. It was not until I returned home with a fragment that I put on the grinding wheel before I saw some metal flake and realized that it was indeed a meteorite. I went back up the next day and bought it, then promptly moved it on to Blaine. I think there used to be a photo in a Meteorite Kids section on one of the sites with my daughter Lauren with the Northbranch in the front yard. I am not sure the photo is even online any more. Anyway, it is nice to hear someone say excellent, unbelievable, proud and fine all in the same description with Northbranch. I would have to say that is a first! As I have said before Are there any *ugly* meteorites? Does anyone have an ugly grand child? Well, some are just more beautiful than others. Enjoy the specimen Gary, Ex Astra, Steve Arnold 001 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] New Queensland Meteorites Interest Group Home Page
New Home Page for Queensland Meteorites Interest Group Many of these finds have never been seen by collectors http://www.rawnet.com.au/~qwalkra1/ work in progress - any mistakes are mine - constructive comments and suggestions welcome More photographs of new finds and QMIG collection to be uploaded this week Wait till you see the Glenormiston later this week - awesome Many pictures later this week of more Queensland meteorites never before seen by collectors More new finds coming this week Limited edition numbered specimens of rare light tan coloured matrix Tenham for sale BE PROUD - MAKE YOUR OWN HOME STATE PAGE - IF I CAN DO IT A BUDGIE CAN__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 38, Issue 64
hello all, My wife tells me that her boss says that she saw this flaming object with a smoky tail soar over her and disappear into the woods. There hasnt been any missing planes reported so Im assuming that she might of seen something. Is it unusual to see a meteorite during the day??? Thanks Greg P __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 38, Issue 64
hello all, My wife tells me that her boss says that she saw this flaming object with a smoky tail soar over her and disappear into the woods. There hasnt been any missing planes reported so Im assuming that she might of seen something. Is it unusual to see a meteorite during the day??? Thanks Greg P __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] What a beauty
Hello Pierre-Marie, there you are right! In the auction, there is only the document to this stone. But the meteorite itself is also for sale. Who has however not so much money for the original to the decree. There is yet two absolutely first-class copies of this flight oriented stone to buy. Many greetings Mirko - Was ist Glück? Schlafen Fische überhaupt? Die Antworten gibts auf Yahoo! Clever.__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] strewnfield maps
To list, Anyone have a recent phone number for Bill Peck? He use to sell strewnfield maps? Jim __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Wisconsin meteorite Collectors
Are there any meteorite collectors on the list living in Wisconsin? Jim__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Book Review: _Meteorite Hunter_ by Roy Gallant
Dear Pat, Walter, List; I second Pat's review, the book could have been three volumes longer with the adventure it contained. Good old Geoff Notkin is one of the interesting personalities of our time that is in the book. Many of you have the Russian sites represented in your meteorite collection and the site visits help you discover the circumstances of where your specimens fell and how they were located. A friend sold me a copy for $5, I got a deal there! Highly recommended reading, a great addition to any meteorite collectors library. Best, Dave Freeman Walter Branch wrote: Hi Pat, Thanks for the review. It is a great book. I like it just because it is so non-technical. Nice photos too. In fact, seeing your post makes me want to re-read it! -Walter - Original Message - From: Pat Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:58 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Book Review: _Meteorite Hunter_ by Roy Gallant Hi All, I just finished _Meteorite Hunter_ by Roy Gallant (ISBN 978-0071372244). This book is not terribly technical, but is a great read none the less. The book consists mostly of a sort of travel log of Mr. Gallant's wonderful expeditions to several remote impact sites in the former USSR including Tunguska, Sikhote-Alin, Chinge, Pallas, Tsarev, Popigai and Teleutskoye. The section of historic and contemporary photos is nicely done. Mr. Gallant's descriptions of the terrain, the difficulty of travel in Siberia and the complications in dealing with the Russian beaurocrasy are riviting. The only fault that I could find with this book was that it was not longer! If you are intrigued with meteoritic field work, you should find this an enjoyable book. With Best Regards, Pat Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Nininger meteorite poem
Hi Al, Mark and meteorite friends, After your enjoyable posts about Nininger and the old place on Hwy. 61, I went back to my Nininger Meteorite Crater Study Kit and in the booklet, A Comet Strikes the Earth found this poem about meteorites on the last page. I assume it was penned by H.H.? I hope you enjoy -- Bob A Meteorite Speaks A hieroglyphic message is written on my face Recording ancient happenings far in the depths of space. It tells of my beginnings where fiercest fires held sway, My leap into ethereal space and how I sped away. A diary of my wanderings, lonely 'mongst the stars, A thousand of such incidents as Jupiter and Mars. I've watched a host of planets grow from out the spacial voids; Witnessed lunar peltings and played tag with asteroids. I held my course through solar heat, likewise through frigid space. I wooed the lovely Pleiades and gave Orion chase. I know severest loneliness from all celestial forms; Likewise the social gaiety of cometary swarms. Freely through ethereal space I loved my course to steer, But trapped at last fell victim to earth's dread atmosphere. In arid wastes I landed, then, smote by desert sand My skin deep brown was varnished by oxygenic hand. On 1/14/07, almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mark and all, Since Mark posted the newspaper article about the Nininger's move from Denver to the Meteor Crater location, I thought it might be fitting to post my Nininger Moments in regards to this move. Anyone wanting to read more of the Nininger Moments can go to Marks web page and search under Nininger Moments. Enjoy. http://www.meteoritearticles.com/mitterlingmain.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Nininger meteorite poem
Hi Al, Mark and meteorite friends, After your enjoyable posts about Nininger and the old place on Hwy. 61, I went back to my Nininger Meteorite Crater Study Kit and in the booklet, A Comet Strikes the Earth found this poem about meteorites on the last page. I assume it was penned by H.H.? I hope you enjoy -- Bob A Meteorite Speaks A hieroglyphic message is written on my face Recording ancient happenings far in the depths of space. It tells of my beginnings where fiercest fires held sway, My leap into ethereal space and how I sped away. A diary of my wanderings, lonely 'mongst the stars, A thousand of such incidents as Jupiter and Mars. I've watched a host of planets grow from out the spacial voids; Witnessed lunar peltings and played tag with asteroids. I held my course through solar heat, likewise through frigid space. I wooed the lovely Pleiades and gave Orion chase. I know severest loneliness from all celestial forms; Likewise the social gaiety of cometary swarms. Freely through ethereal space I loved my course to steer, But trapped at last fell victim to earth's dread atmosphere. In arid wastes I landed, then, smote by desert sand My skin deep brown was varnished by oxygenic hand. On 1/14/07, almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mark and all, Since Mark posted the newspaper article about the Nininger's move from Denver to the Meteor Crater location, I thought it might be fitting to post my Nininger Moments in regards to this move. Anyone wanting to read more of the Nininger Moments can go to Marks web page and search under Nininger Moments. Enjoy. http://www.meteoritearticles.com/mitterlingmain.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] My Tucson info
Hi ALL!!!Due to my problems I can't be this time to Tucson.BUT! My friend (part of my TEAM) will be there! His name is Dima. Some of you who visit last French and German shows saw him and hope remember with good. So please do not hesitate, you are ALL welcome to the Room 150 at new location Quality Inn. Only one thing more: please introduce your self when you come -- Dima do not know you face to face. But I'll give maximum info to him so he could recognize YOU. Dima will appear in Tucson on 25-th or 26-th. All the best and GOOD LUCK!Serge _ Type your favorite song. Get a customized station. Try MSN Radio powered by Pandora. http://radio.msn.com__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] QMIG
Listoids Sorry - Whoops - I gave the ftp address rather than the correct address http://www.rawnet.com.au/~qwalkra1/ as prev - same same - new piccies - never seen before finds queensland meteorwrongs up tomorrow __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Arizona Daily Sun Nininger Moves to Crater Post 1
Nininger Moment #7 - The Nininger Museum Part 2 After the arrival of the Nininger's and their collection, came the task of setting up display cases for their museum, fixing up the rented building for the public, general cleaning up and painting to give a more professional look to the museum. The museum was without electrical power and was open as long as there was enough sun-light to illuminate the displays. Often its opening was when visitors came and were wanting to see the great collection under glass or was closed early on days of a lack of visitors. They cooked on a gas butane stove and used gas lanterns to see during the evenings. The inside walls were painted white to provide as much light as long as the days would permit. The main floor space was twenty by forty feet. The tower was used for storage space and their bedroom was sixteen by eighteen feet with bookcases place to separate the kitchen. A small window opened west at the foot of the bed. Public rest rooms had been installed in former storage space and opened out into the exterior of the building. About half of the tourist that would turn into the museum would read the admission sign of .25 cents for adults and .15 cents for children, would turn and leave without checking the magnificent display. The first day they had a total of sixty customers who toured their display and seemed well pleased. Admissions steadily increased the first year with as many as a hundred on occasion. The Nininger's sold literature and specimens to help supplement their income to customers and by mail order. Many of the visiting public included strange stories of meteorites that Nininger would recognize as a mistake. A sense of humor was required to deal with these stories and correct the error in such a way that the customer was not offended. Inside of the museum a customer could heft in their hands a meteorite from outer space. The center of the museum was some large Canyon Diablos from meteor crater the center piece for the museum. Often school groups would come out on tours as well as visiting former college students that Harvey had taught. In all some 33,000 paid admissions were recorded on the books the first twelve months with visitors from every state, forty three foreign countries, fifteen colleges and high schools, a few groups of scientists as well as other miscellaneous groups. In all the museum operated on route 66 for three years before the interstate drastically cut the museums business down to half which made it less feasible to maintain and support the Nininger's. At its peak the museum housed some 5,000 meteorites from 526 different finds or falls. It had displays on various stages of weathering of meteorites as well as shapes and sizes. A greater variety of specimens were present more so than any other institution larger or small. The museum had been made not only to support the Nininger's but to provided a much needed education on meteorites that was not present in even the better colleges and higher education facilities of the day. Source: Find A Falling Star By H.H. Nininger The Nininger Moments are articles or books written originally by Harvey Nininger and put into a consolidated form by Al Mitterling. Some of the items written in the moments might be old out dated material and the reader is advised to keep this in mind. --AL Mitterling __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stollen meteorites sale
--- sryfjnstryj tsyjhdteyjh [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Hi Lestees , Rob and Matteo. Rob : If you have a payment transaction forrm of the two $400 as promissed. show it to list.i swear that you stollen meteorites,and i know what i'm saying. Matteo : i deally love your meteorites's stories : can you get Al Mahbas ,there's a compleet Pallasites individual waitting for you and your girlfriend to pass near of and then it can fall in front of you,after you can kiss your girlfriend and take it. You are very simillar to Rob. I'm very sorry how selfish you are. I really don't understand how you get meteorites domain. You don't need to know ? I'm a Moroccan EYES. i see and i tell in the meteorites list. there's more memebers i'll talk about them. We must talk and tell some facts. eh? What have say Al Mahbas?? A ruined and weathered pallasite? No thanks, I prefear Imilac or Esquel! Regards ??? hello Mr. 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/ ___ Vinci i biglietti per FIFA World Cup in Germania! yahoo.it/concorso_messenger __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Northbranch H5
Hi Steve, As I have said before Are there any *ugly* meteorites? Have you ever seen Gretna? -Walter Branch - - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Northbranch H5 In a message dated 1/14/2007 4:29:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've just received an excellent small part slice of Northbranch from the Hupe' Collection. It displays some unbelievable veins of FeNi, one of which crosses the whole specimen. I'm proud to have added this fine Northbranch to my collection. Gary, I first heard of the Northbranch from the farmer who found it, and who swore it was a fresh fall, because it was up at the surface of his field one year and it had not been there the year before. He said a magnet stuck to it, so I dropped everything and drove up to look at it. When I got there, it was so weathered and ugly that I really did not think it was a meteorite. It was not until I returned home with a fragment that I put on the grinding wheel before I saw some metal flake and realized that it was indeed a meteorite. I went back up the next day and bought it, then promptly moved it on to Blaine. I think there used to be a photo in a Meteorite Kids section on one of the sites with my daughter Lauren with the Northbranch in the front yard. I am not sure the photo is even online any more. Anyway, it is nice to hear someone say excellent, unbelievable, proud and fine all in the same description with Northbranch. I would have to say that is a first! As I have said before Are there any *ugly* meteorites? Does anyone have an ugly grand child? Well, some are just more beautiful than others. Enjoy the specimen Gary, Ex Astra, Steve Arnold 001 __ 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] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 38, Issue 64
It is rather unusual. Meteors happen equally day or night, but they are far more likely to be seen at night. Only the brightest meteors can be seen in the day, and only if people are looking up (which they usually aren't). Meteors big enough to be seen in the day often have smoke trails like you describe. A meteor seen overhead which appears to descend to near ground level (and which disappears behind trees or nearby hills) is actually very far away at the end, probably hundreds of miles. No need to go meteorite hunting in the local woods. When and where did this happen? Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 38, Issue 64 hello all, My wife tells me that her boss says that she saw this flaming object with a smoky tail soar over her and disappear into the woods. There hasnt been any missing planes reported so Im assuming that she might of seen something. Is it unusual to see a meteorite during the day??? Thanks Greg P __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Northbranch H5
Words that speak for themselves!!! = Anyway, it is nice to hear someone say excellent, unbelievable, = proud and fine all in the same description with Northbranch. = Are there any *ugly* meteorites? One JPEG attached of my 23-gram slice from Michael Farmer for Steve and Gary. It is not *ugly* at all but proudly displays its chondrules and melt veins when viewed under the microscope. Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Northbranch H5
Hi Bernd and List, = Anyway, it is nice to hear someone say excellent, unbelievable, = proud and fine all in the same description with Northbranch. = Are there any *ugly* meteorites? There are ugly meteorites! In fact, last Halloween I offered and sold The World's Ugliest Halloween Meteorite. It went for an excellent price to a new proud owner. It was a fine mix of unbelievable Orange and Black colors and many broken fragments. It was truly ugly, but I am still proud to have discovered it with a batch of other chondrites. It is said the ugly is only skin deep, but I believe that one was ugly all the way through ;-) Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:31 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Northbranch H5 Words that speak for themselves!!! = Anyway, it is nice to hear someone say excellent, unbelievable, = proud and fine all in the same description with Northbranch. = Are there any *ugly* meteorites? One JPEG attached of my 23-gram slice from Michael Farmer for Steve and Gary. It is not *ugly* at all but proudly displays its chondrules and melt veins when viewed under the microscope. 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] AD - Fantastic Specimens Ending at Auction Today!
Dear List Members, I have not advertised for over a month but felt it was worth a post today due to the quality and size of what is being offered. You may want to take a look as I cannot afford to run auctions like this too often. Every item that is ending today was started at just 99 cents regardless of value, some pieces are worth over $1,000.00. Be sure to at least take a peek, you may find that special bargain you have been looking for. All of the specimens are still at extremely reasonable prices representing some true value! To see all of the too numerous to list outstanding auctions, click on this link. Several of these still have no bid and are at the opening price of just 99 cents so be sure to check them out: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites Check out some of these highlights: HOLY GRAIL - Cross Pendants Filled With Lunar Dust, Worth Around $300.00 Each, Still Priced At A Couple Of Dollars Each: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072905596 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072906013 ENTIRE SET, Planetary Collector Cards Series, All Serial Numbers Matched: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072906684 LUCKY SERIAL NUMBER 13, Check out this Campo coin: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072907345 A BEAUTIFUL SLICE, Dhofar 911 Lunar meteorite: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072908200 RARE LUNAITE, Large Piece of Dhofar 1084, Very Hard To Get: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072908911 VERY NICE, A Shapely Henbury Iron Meteorite: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072909725 BOOMERANG, Solid Sculptural Mundrabilla: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072911482 CRUSTED DUAL LITHOLOGY, A Crusted Millbillillie Part Slice: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072910791 BIG NAHKLITE FRAGMENT, One of the Largest Fragments of NWA 998 That I have Left:: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072916215 EUCRITE CLAST, Fantastic Piece Of Mesosiderite With Awesome Eucrite Clast: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072918451 MERCURY, A Lot Is Happening with NWA 2999, COMPLETE SLICE! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072920881 HUGE CRYSTAL, Howardite: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072922104 BRACHINITE, Large Specimen, Beautiful! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072924320 LAST PIECE, Ultra Low TKW Ungrouped Type 3: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072924964 GREAT SURFACE AREA, Granulitic Lunar Meteorite: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072926178 MAN IN THE MOON, Sculptural Sikhote Alin: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072928639 WOW, MUST SEE, Holed SA! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140072929322 And don't forget to check for other great items at this link: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck. Best Regards, Adam Hupe The Hupe Collection Team LunarRock IMCA 2185 [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
I doubt if this will ever turn up, but someone has taken a very nice, small NWA 869 from my collection - right from my own home! I never weighed it, but it is somewhere in the 40-50 gram range. Pics are here; http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/nwa-869-chondrules.html If it shows up on ebay or at Tucson or in any other manner will someone please contact me? Thanks, Gary PS - I now have my entire collection off display and locked down tight. I miss seeing them daily, but I don't want to lose any more. Must have been a 'friend'... __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
Dear Gary, Very sorry to hear of your theft... We have posted your notice on our missing/stolen page, our meteorite new page, and our meteorite news RSS feed. Please let me know if there are any changes to the text that you would like. http://www.meteorite.com/missing_stolen.html http://www.meteorite.com/news/index.htm http://www.meteorite.com/rss/meteorite-news.xml Hope you get it back, Paul Gary K. Foote wrote: I doubt if this will ever turn up, but someone has taken a very nice, small NWA 869 from my collection - right from my own home! I never weighed it, but it is somewhere in the 40-50 gram range. Pics are here; http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/nwa-869-chondrules.html If it shows up on ebay or at Tucson or in any other manner will someone please contact me? Thanks, Gary PS - I now have my entire collection off display and locked down tight. I miss seeing them daily, but I don't want to lose any more. Must have been a 'friend'... __ 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] Stolen NWA 869
Hi Gary, I don't have any slices of NWA 869, but I have plenty of individuals. Send me your address privately and I will mail you a replacement stone, Free-O-Charge. Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 - Original Message - From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:47 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 I doubt if this will ever turn up, but someone has taken a very nice, small NWA 869 from my collection - right from my own home! I never weighed it, but it is somewhere in the 40-50 gram range. Pics are here; http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/nwa-869-chondrules.html If it shows up on ebay or at Tucson or in any other manner will someone please contact me? Thanks, Gary PS - I now have my entire collection off display and locked down tight. I miss seeing them daily, but I don't want to lose any more. Must have been a 'friend'... __ 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] Acfer breccia
Hi List, Look what I found after cleaning and polishing a desert varnish covered Acfer: http://home.planet.nl/~rlenssen/Acfer500g.htm Dark clasts in lighter matrix. Also metal spots in the dark clasts. Any idea what this might be? In chondrites I typically see lighter clasts in darker matrix. regards, Rob Lenssen __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:47:53 -0500, you wrote: I doubt if this will ever turn up, but someone has taken a very nice, small NWA 869 from my collection - right from my own home! I never weighed it, but it is somewhere in the 40-50 gram range. Pics are here; Surely there is only a small number of people who could have done it (I doubt that you have dozens of people going through your house) and a limited time span, so that you could narrow it down? You might not regain the meteorite, but you don't need a friend like that. But with a pice that small and in your on home, are you sure that it just didn't get misplaced somewhere? Have a pet that could carry it off? __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:47:53 -0500, you wrote: I doubt if this will ever turn up, but someone has taken a very nice, small NWA 869 from my collection - right from my own home! I never weighed it, but it is somewhere in the 40-50 gram range. Pics are here; Surely there is only a small number of people who could have done it (I doubt that you have dozens of people going through your house) and a limited time span, so that you could narrow it down? You might not regain the meteorite, but you don't need a friend like that. But with a pice that small and in your on home, are you sure that it just didn't get misplaced somewhere? Have a pet that could carry it off? Once many years ago my wife convinced me that one of my friends had taken a saw and never returned it. In my heart, I couldn't believe that of my friend, but as the saw couldn't be found, it was hard to argue against her, besides she was (and still is) my wife! After a couple of years the saw turned up in my house, don't remember where, and my friend was vindicated, although he was no longer in my circle of friends. The moral of the story is be very careful about blaming others for things that disappear in your home, you may have just misplaced it. Mike Fowler Chicago __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
Hi Gary and all, maybe someone ate it, it does look like a piece of chocolate! I am sure it will turn up! Like Mike Fowler mentioned, sometimes things get misplaced and will be found later. Are you giving tours at your house or how could someone get a hold of it? Good luck of a safe return! With best regards, Moni From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:47:53 -0500 I doubt if this will ever turn up, but someone has taken a very nice, small NWA 869 from my collection - right from my own home! I never weighed it, but it is somewhere in the 40-50 gram range. Pics are here; http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/nwa-869-chondrules.html If it shows up on ebay or at Tucson or in any other manner will someone please contact me? Thanks, Gary PS - I now have my entire collection off display and locked down tight. I miss seeing them daily, but I don't want to lose any more. Must have been a 'friend'... __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ 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] Stolen NWA 869
Hello Gary, Sorry about it. Just want to let you know that because Paul posted this information on his RSS feed it also visible in my home page. I hope it will help. Best regards, Sergey - Sergey Vasiliev U Dalnice 839, Prague 5, 15500 Czech Republic -- http://www.sv-meteorites.com http://impactites.net http://systematic-mineralogy.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gary K. Foote Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:48 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 I doubt if this will ever turn up, but someone has taken a very nice, small NWA 869 from my collection - right from my own home! I never weighed it, but it is somewhere in the 40-50 gram range. Pics are here; http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/nwa-869-chondrules.html If it shows up on ebay or at Tucson or in any other manner will someone please contact me? Thanks, Gary PS - I now have my entire collection off display and locked down tight. I miss seeing them daily, but I don't want to lose any more. Must have been a 'friend'... __ 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] Meteorite presentation and thanks
Hi all... Back in March '06 I posted a request for affordable giveaways to the list since I was planning a meteorite presentation for a group of students where I work (I'm a secondary science teacher in the UK). Stan contacted me and VERY generously donated sufficient slices of NWA 869 (among others) for the students to have a slice each along with a single micro of Dhofar 280 as a 'star prize'. Originally the event should have been in June, which slipped to July, and then we reached the summer holidays. The delays were because I was intending to use Celestia for another part of the day and was waiting for our IT technician to install it on the network - I'm still waiting today! Eventually I decided to stop waiting for the software and gave the presentation the week before Christmas to a group of Y9 and 10 students (13-15 years old) and one of their parents! The presentation itself was a great success, I used a variety of ideas I'd picked up from another thread here last year. Next we each sanded a corner off small fragments I had taken from some unclassified 5 cent material of my own, metal was visible in some of the fragments through a loupe and we noted the sulfurous smell (something else I remember reading about in a thread here). We then did a lottery to decide which student got which of Stan's donated slices, and the students began examining them and identifying many of the (meteorite specific) features we had talked about (NWA 869 really is such a great stone for this kind of thing). Before the students left (armed with their first ever pieces of meteorite, and the knowledge to convince friends and parents that these were extraterrestrial and not just 'some random rock') I set them a challenge. I asked them to write a short meteorite related poem (or limerick) over Christmas and the best one would receive the Dhofar 280 micro. The entries had to be in by last week, so I thought I'd include a few here. I don't guarantee them being 100% scientifically accurate, or make any other claims, it was meant predominantly as a bit of fun and an accessible activity any of the students could participate in. If you've read this far I hope you like them (I actually don't think any of our students fully grasped 'limerick' either, as the first entry here demonstrates, but it is amusing nonetheless). In no particular order: a. There was a dumb man from Jupiter who is steadily growing stupider, He's not very bright because a meteorite, Hit him on the head in the middle of the night. b. (this was the parents entry) There was a strange object traveling at pace, It came shooting to Earth with amazing grace. It glowed and it sang, It crashed with a bang. It must be a meteorite from space. c. (The winner) Rocks from Venus, the Moon and Mars, Dropping to Earth like falling stars. Covered in rock and filled with iron, Dreamt of by poets even Byron. Famous for crashing into peoples cars, Meteorites shattering into shards. (The last one has made me consider the possibility of meteorites from Venus - is it's gravitational field prohibitively strong and does it's closer proximity to the Sun make it unlikely? Don't I recall reading about a potential Earth sourced meteorite (i'm certain there's a better way to phrase that)? Presumably if rock has escaped the Earths gravitational field, it could also escape from Venus? Maybe the difficulty would be in identification?). We had an excellent time, many of the students were inspired and I've had several interesting conversations with them since. Another HUGE thanks must go to Stan for his generosity - Thank You, and a final thanks to the innumerable list members who unknowingly contributed to my presentation to varying degree's through their comments I've read and assimilated from the list. Thanks... Matt. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite presentation and thanks
Hi Matt, (The last one has made me consider the possibility of meteorites from Venus - is its gravitational field prohibitively strong and does its closer proximity to the Sun make it unlikely? Main problem for Venus (at least today) would be its dense atmosphere. The larger gravitational field (vs. Mars) would rank next. --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD - ebay: ALH 76009, Tabor, Barbotan, Ivuna, Mezo-Madaras, Mauerkirchen, ...
Hello All, I have 15 auctions ending in about one day: ALH 76009 (Antarctica!), Tabor (1793), Barbotan (1790), Ivuna, Mezo- Madaras (1852), Mauerkirchen (1768), Bishopville, Pantar (Philippines), Cumberland Falls, ... See them here: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpema9 Thank you! Peter MARMET-METEORITES Peter Marmet Bern, Switzerland, IMCA #2747 http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/ E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] eBay : http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpema9 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
Thank you Paul, I'll read your links and get back to you with any changes if necessary. You provide an excellent service to the meteorite community. Best Regards, Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 10:04, Paul Harris wrote: Dear Gary, Very sorry to hear of your theft... We have posted your notice on our missing/stolen page, our meteorite new page, and our meteorite news RSS feed. Please let me know if there are any changes to the text that you would like. http://www.meteorite.com/missing_stolen.html http://www.meteorite.com/news/index.htm http://www.meteorite.com/rss/meteorite-news.xml Hope you get it back, Paul Gary K. Foote wrote: I doubt if this will ever turn up, but someone has taken a very nice, small NWA 869 from my collection - right from my own home! I never weighed it, but it is somewhere in the 40-50 gram range. Pics are here; http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/nwa-869-chondrules.html If it shows up on ebay or at Tucson or in any other manner will someone please contact me? Thanks, Gary PS - I now have my entire collection off display and locked down tight. I miss seeing them daily, but I don't want to lose any more. Must have been a 'friend'... __ 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] Changes on ebay!
Graham: I too am disappointed, however, the bidding history with user names etc. is still displayed on auctions in which you have submitted a bid. George __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
Now THAT is the best theory yet! :) Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 11:52, Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge wrote: maybe someone ate it, it does look like a piece of chocolate! __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
Thank you Sergey. We all should carry Paul's feed on our sites. I'll be asking Paul for the proper codes to add it to mine as well. Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 19:46, Sergey Vasiliev wrote: Just want to let you know that because Paul posted this information on his RSS feed it also visible in my home page. I hope it will help. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] FW: AUCTIONS ENDING TODAY!!! NEW ITEMS LISTED IN EBAY STORE!
From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:17 PM To: 'michael cottingham' Subject: AUCTIONS ENDING TODAY!!! NEW ITEMS LISTED IN EBAY STORE! Hello, I have 50 or so auctions ending today, most still bid at low prices!!! GO TO: http://stores.ebay.com/Voyage-Botanica-Natural-History_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfti dZ2QQsclZ2QQtZkm OR http://stores.ebay.com/Voyage-Botanica-Natural-History_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsu bZ0QQftidZ2QQtZkm I also have a lot of new items added to my ebay store.. Best Wishes and Thanks Michael Cottingham __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite presentation and thanks
Matt, CJ and I did the same thing last year with 6 and 8 year old schoolchildren. What a blast we had. I really like your idea about the limerick competition for the special prize. Keeps the interest flowing after the presentation is over and would be incentive for the kids to look things up on their own. Great idea. I wrote an article on our presentation that was printed in the November issue of Meteorite Magazine. We plan to do another presentation this year - and probably every year afterwards. The rewards go both ways, don't they? Very Best, Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 16 Jan 2007 at 20:08, matt wrote: Hi all... Back in March '06 I posted a request for affordable giveaways to the list since I was planning a meteorite presentation for a group of students where I work (I'm a secondary science teacher in the UK). Stan contacted me and VERY generously donated sufficient slices of NWA 869 (among others) for the students to have a slice each along with a single micro of Dhofar 280 as a 'star prize'. Originally the event should have been in June, which slipped to July, and then we reached the summer holidays. The delays were because I was intending to use Celestia for another part of the day and was waiting for our IT technician to install it on the network - I'm still waiting today! Eventually I decided to stop waiting for the software and gave the presentation the week before Christmas to a group of Y9 and 10 students (13-15 years old) and one of their parents! The presentation itself was a great success, I used a variety of ideas I'd picked up from another thread here last year. Next we each sanded a corner off small fragments I had taken from some unclassified 5 cent material of my own, metal was visible in some of the fragments through a loupe and we noted the sulfurous smell (something else I remember reading about in a thread here). We then did a lottery to decide which student got which of Stan's donated slices, and the students began examining them and identifying many of the (meteorite specific) features we had talked about (NWA 869 really is such a great stone for this kind of thing). Before the students left (armed with their first ever pieces of meteorite, and the knowledge to convince friends and parents that these were extraterrestrial and not just 'some random rock') I set them a challenge. I asked them to write a short meteorite related poem (or limerick) over Christmas and the best one would receive the Dhofar 280 micro. The entries had to be in by last week, so I thought I'd include a few here. I don't guarantee them being 100% scientifically accurate, or make any other claims, it was meant predominantly as a bit of fun and an accessible activity any of the students could participate in. If you've read this far I hope you like them (I actually don't think any of our students fully grasped 'limerick' either, as the first entry here demonstrates, but it is amusing nonetheless). In no particular order: a. There was a dumb man from Jupiter who is steadily growing stupider, He's not very bright because a meteorite, Hit him on the head in the middle of the night. b. (this was the parents entry) There was a strange object traveling at pace, It came shooting to Earth with amazing grace. It glowed and it sang, It crashed with a bang. It must be a meteorite from space. c. (The winner) Rocks from Venus, the Moon and Mars, Dropping to Earth like falling stars. Covered in rock and filled with iron, Dreamt of by poets even Byron. Famous for crashing into peoples cars, Meteorites shattering into shards. (The last one has made me consider the possibility of meteorites from Venus - is it's gravitational field prohibitively strong and does it's closer proximity to the Sun make it unlikely? Don't I recall reading about a potential Earth sourced meteorite (i'm certain there's a better way to phrase that)? Presumably if rock has escaped the Earths gravitational field, it could also escape from Venus? Maybe the difficulty would be in identification?). We had an excellent time, many of the students were inspired and I've had several interesting conversations with them since. Another HUGE thanks must go to Stan for his generosity - Thank You, and a final thanks to the innumerable list members who unknowingly contributed to my presentation to varying degree's through their comments I've read and assimilated from the list. Thanks... Matt. __ 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] Changes on ebay!
This has been in the works for over 6 months, wait till you see how they are changing the FEEDBACK system! Mark M. - Original Message - From: ensoramanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:32 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Changes on ebay! Hi all, Has anyone come across the changes in progress with how bid history is displayed on ebay?... See here on a current meteorite for auction Item 140072908200...check to history details. I think I will miss checking out who is bidding. I have found many interesting shops and dealers by cross checking the current bids on items I am interested in. Its the first item I have found that ebay have done this to...Has anyone else noticed this? What does everyone else think? Graham, Nr Barwell UK __ 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] Acfer breccia
Hello Rob L. and List, Look what I found after cleaning and polishing a desert varnish covered Acfer: http://home.planet.nl/~rlenssen/Acfer500g.htm Dark clasts in lighter matrix. Also metal spots in the dark clasts. Any idea what this might be? In chondrites I typically see lighter clasts in darker matrix. What a beautiful Açfer chondrite! Is it a chondrite after all? The pictures should have a higher resolution. Are there any chondrules? Questions, questions, questions! Anyway, it does look quite fresh, so it should be something like W1 or W2 at most. It does look highly shocked ... at least S4 but more probably S5 or even S6. Well, that sounds like silicate darkening. Maybe the silicate clasts were not so very dark prior to the shock event but experienced extensive darkening (caused by melting of metal-sulfide). As for: In chondrites I typically see lighter clasts in darker matrix Here are some chondrites that have dark inclusions: NWA 0869, NWA 0978, NWA 1794, NWA 3346, OUED EL HADJAR, RICHFIELD, TANEZROUFT 061, etc., etc. Anyway, a mighty beautiful chondrite, something that, as Dean would now say you just gotta love! ... and if it is not a chondrite ??? Could this be a planetary meteorite??? Questions, questions, questions! Cheers, 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] Bidding on Screwbay
Hi Graham Jeez, that IS odd! You are right - I think it is best to see all bidders - other bidders can spot a trend in shill bidding as well as the other benefits you mentioned. I really wonder what their motive is here... most auctions are open... Dave IMCA #0092 Sec.BIMS www.bimsociety.org __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] New Martian meteorite
Good luck getting a slice. http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Opportunity_Finds_Another_Meteorite_999.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Bidding on Screwbay
Ebays motive to keep bidders unanimous is to prevent scammers from contacting losing bidders after an auction closes to offer them a second chance to buy the piece. They claim that the winning bidder renigged on the deal and now its yours to buy. Usually higher dollars amounts. I can remember a few times I received emails from scammers claiming to be Mike Farmer trying to get me to paypal them money to purchase a meteorite. So eventually none of the bidders will be available to see. However you can still access the bidders stats by placing the cursor over their designation. I think it sucks cause you always like to know who you are up against in an auction. Bob __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
Gary, I guess its time to get a vault like the rest of us. Bob __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] New Martian meteorite
Beam it down, Oppy: 48° 13' 13'' N 9° 54' 36'' - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:37 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] New Martian meteorite Good luck getting a slice. http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Opportunity_Finds_Another_Meteorite_999.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
I guess you're right Bob. Its a shame that we can't keep our prized posessions on display anymore. The world has seen too many 'sols' to be what it was when I was a young man. Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 16:51, Bob Evans wrote: Gary, I guess its time to get a vault like the rest of us. Bob __ 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] Acfer breccia
Thank you very much for your reaction Bernd. Like I wrote before, it was covered in desert varnish when I got it. The two polished planes present fractured sides, that I planed removing as less material as possible. Before planing they already showed dark lumbs. Like it fractured around them. Don't think it is planetary though, as it is magnetic and shows the typical (chondrite) dots of iron in the surface. I will try to make better pictures and will share them with you. regards, Rob - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Acfer breccia Hello Rob L. and List, Look what I found after cleaning and polishing a desert varnish covered Acfer: http://home.planet.nl/~rlenssen/Acfer500g.htm Dark clasts in lighter matrix. Also metal spots in the dark clasts. Any idea what this might be? In chondrites I typically see lighter clasts in darker matrix. What a beautiful Açfer chondrite! Is it a chondrite after all? The pictures should have a higher resolution. Are there any chondrules? Questions, questions, questions! Anyway, it does look quite fresh, so it should be something like W1 or W2 at most. It does look highly shocked ... at least S4 but more probably S5 or even S6. Well, that sounds like silicate darkening. Maybe the silicate clasts were not so very dark prior to the shock event but experienced extensive darkening (caused by melting of metal-sulfide). As for: In chondrites I typically see lighter clasts in darker matrix Here are some chondrites that have dark inclusions: NWA 0869, NWA 0978, NWA 1794, NWA 3346, OUED EL HADJAR, RICHFIELD, TANEZROUFT 061, etc., etc. Anyway, a mighty beautiful chondrite, something that, as Dean would now say you just gotta love! ... and if it is not a chondrite ??? Could this be a planetary meteorite??? Questions, questions, questions! Cheers, 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 mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteor strikes Alex City house?
No pictures yet... - Gary -- http://www.alexcityoutlook.com/articles/2007/01/16/news/news05.txt Saturday night Richard Tapley was relaxing in his easy chair watching a National Football League playoff game, and then heard a big thud outside his Warren Circle home. I thought it was another bird hitting the house; it happens all the time, Tapley said. He got up from his chair and went to the front door to see if he could see anything. Nothing. So what was it that hit Tapley's house? A bird? A rock? Or how about a meteor? That is what Tapley concluded had hit his home Saturday afternoon when he found a rock- like object in front of his front door. Now it's a matter of proving that it's a meteorite. I've got a [relative] that has taken a fragment to Auburn University to study, and the police department has a fragment, Tapley said. The next scheduled meteor shower for to pass over the United States will be in April, according to NASA's Web site. But on any night, at any location, a few meteors can be seen each hour. These are called sporadic meteors, or simply sporadics, according to NASA. Occasionally, though, intense meteor displays fill the sky with tens, hundreds, or even thousands of meteor trails. These displays are called meteor showers. Many meteor showers can be predicted, as they repeat every year when the earth passes through the path of a comet. The bits of debris left behind by the comets, most no larger than a grain of sand, create a spectacular light show as they enter the Earth's atmosphere. And Tapley is convinced that it is a meteor that hit his house and not a rock. It's too large to have been thrown at the house, he said. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
Hello to everyone. I am a new collector and subscriber to the list. When I join a new list, I usually just observe for awhile before I put my foot in the water (to avoid putting my foot in my mouth!). But I am particularly interested in the history of meteorites, and I noted the comment about the meteorite looking like chocolate. I seem to remember reading somewhere that peasants used to grind up meteorites hundreds of years ago and eat them for their magical properties. I checked Burke's history of meteorites very quickly, but couldn't find the reference. Is there anyone out there that read the same thing? And I do apologize in advance if I am saying something that everyone knows already - remember, this is my first post. Thanks, now I'll go back and just watch the list postings. Glad to be a subscriber, and a great hobby! Mark Grossman PS - Regarding the lost meteorite, I am not at all inferring that anyone's friends are peasants! - Original Message - From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Now THAT is the best theory yet! :) Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 11:52, Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge wrote: maybe someone ate it, it does look like a piece of chocolate! __ 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] Meteor strikes Alex City house?
Speaking of which. Has there ever been a recorded meteorite recovery associated with a known meteor shower (e.g., Leonids etc)? I can't think of any. Oh, that reminds me of the Flaming Hally's Comet Meteorite Basketball that was found in the desert. Remember that from about six or seven years ago! -Walter Branch - - Original Message - From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:09 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor strikes Alex City house? No pictures yet... - Gary -- http://www.alexcityoutlook.com/articles/2007/01/16/news/news05.txt Saturday night Richard Tapley was relaxing in his easy chair watching a National Football League playoff game, and then heard a big thud outside his Warren Circle home. I thought it was another bird hitting the house; it happens all the time, Tapley said. He got up from his chair and went to the front door to see if he could see anything. Nothing. So what was it that hit Tapley's house? A bird? A rock? Or how about a meteor? That is what Tapley concluded had hit his home Saturday afternoon when he found a rock- like object in front of his front door. Now it's a matter of proving that it's a meteorite. I've got a [relative] that has taken a fragment to Auburn University to study, and the police department has a fragment, Tapley said. The next scheduled meteor shower for to pass over the United States will be in April, according to NASA's Web site. But on any night, at any location, a few meteors can be seen each hour. These are called sporadic meteors, or simply sporadics, according to NASA. Occasionally, though, intense meteor displays fill the sky with tens, hundreds, or even thousands of meteor trails. These displays are called meteor showers. Many meteor showers can be predicted, as they repeat every year when the earth passes through the path of a comet. The bits of debris left behind by the comets, most no larger than a grain of sand, create a spectacular light show as they enter the Earth's atmosphere. And Tapley is convinced that it is a meteor that hit his house and not a rock. It's too large to have been thrown at the house, he 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] Stolen NWA 869
Depends where you live Gary. I am quite delighted to say that the Western Isles is still essentailly crime free, especially in the outer villages. The downside is that we have appaling weather this time of year which leaves the shop shelves like a Cold War Moscow Minimart for a week at a time (bare shelves) and everything takes about a week longer to be delivered from 20 miles away than it took to get something from California to London. That sort of thing. There is a school of thought that the reason crime is so low is 'cause there's sod all worth stealing. However, if anyone wants me to take prospective care of any really nice big main masses I'd be more than willing to oblige...hehe. Rob McC Bulletin: Crime Wave Hits Isle of Lewis Police, yesterday arrested six a sheep for loitering and blocking of a public highway. Charges of resisting arrest were subsequently dropped when it became apparent that the sheep mistook the cell in Stornoway Police Station for the sheep dip. Badum! Ts! --- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess you're right Bob. Its a shame that we can't keep our prized posessions on display anymore. The world has seen too many 'sols' to be what it was when I was a young man. Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 16:51, Bob Evans wrote: Gary, I guess its time to get a vault like the rest of us. Bob __ 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 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
Hi Mark, Welcome to the list. I don't know about the particular circumstrance you are describing but pieces of the Mbale fall were reportedly ground up and eaten as a presummed cure for AIDS. -Walter Branch - - Original Message - From: Mark Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Hello to everyone. I am a new collector and subscriber to the list. When I join a new list, I usually just observe for awhile before I put my foot in the water (to avoid putting my foot in my mouth!). But I am particularly interested in the history of meteorites, and I noted the comment about the meteorite looking like chocolate. I seem to remember reading somewhere that peasants used to grind up meteorites hundreds of years ago and eat them for their magical properties. I checked Burke's history of meteorites very quickly, but couldn't find the reference. Is there anyone out there that read the same thing? And I do apologize in advance if I am saying something that everyone knows already - remember, this is my first post. Thanks, now I'll go back and just watch the list postings. Glad to be a subscriber, and a great hobby! Mark Grossman PS - Regarding the lost meteorite, I am not at all inferring that anyone's friends are peasants! - Original Message - From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Now THAT is the best theory yet! :) Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 11:52, Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge wrote: maybe someone ate it, it does look like a piece of chocolate! __ 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 mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:16:57 -0500, you wrote: PS - Regarding the lost meteorite, I am not at all inferring that anyone's friends are peasants! Hey, if somebody stole it, imply away. Except in discribing them, I'd change the spelling of peasant by putting a dash between the s and the second a and change the ea into an is. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:28:30 -0500, you wrote: I don't know about the particular circumstrance you are describing but pieces of the Mbale fall were reportedly ground up and eaten as a presummed cure for AIDS. Guess they couldn't find any babies to rape. http://www.aegis.com/news/suntimes/1999/ST990401.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] the continuing saga of QMIG
Listoids Ususal stuff - more new piccies - friends of QMIG page up - meteorwrong page later today if I feel motivated - maybe some piccies of some gorgeous tenhams... http://www.rawnet.com.au/~qwalkra1/ Happy landings __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
I seem to remember reading somewhere that peasants used to grind up meteorites hundreds of years ago and eat them for their magical properties. I checked Burke's history of meteorites very quickly, but couldn't find the reference. Yes this is true. There was a fall in France, I believe in the 17th or 18th Century where the stones got eaten. I think it was superstition rather than for medical purposes though I forget the details. Welcome Rob McCafferty 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
Hi Rob, Sounds like you may have a secure storage business ready to go! lol Where I live there has been little crime - my town's population is only 400, though the more metropolitan North Conway, where I get my mail, has seen a large increase in recent years. All of 11,000 people living there - they even had a murder there this year! The thing that hurts the most is that it had to be a 'friend' who took my 869 as a thief in general would have taken the whole collection, not just one piece. So, its all out of the no-lock wall displays and into a strongbox for now until I can get a heavy enough safe to not get carried away. Then it will go there. Imagine - a collection one is afraid to display. Takes a lot of the fun out of it :( Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 15:28, Rob McCafferty wrote: Depends where you live Gary. I am quite delighted to say that the Western Isles is still essentailly crime free, especially in the outer villages. The downside is that we have appaling weather this time of year which leaves the shop shelves like a Cold War Moscow Minimart for a week at a time (bare shelves) and everything takes about a week longer to be delivered from 20 miles away than it took to get something from California to London. That sort of thing. There is a school of thought that the reason crime is so low is 'cause there's sod all worth stealing. However, if anyone wants me to take prospective care of any really nice big main masses I'd be more than willing to oblige...hehe. Rob McC Bulletin: Crime Wave Hits Isle of Lewis Police, yesterday arrested six a sheep for loitering and blocking of a public highway. Charges of resisting arrest were subsequently dropped when it became apparent that the sheep mistook the cell in Stornoway Police Station for the sheep dip. Badum! Ts! --- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess you're right Bob. Its a shame that we can't keep our prized posessions on display anymore. The world has seen too many 'sols' to be what it was when I was a young man. Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 16:51, Bob Evans wrote: Gary, I guess its time to get a vault like the rest of us. Bob __ 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 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
Welcome to the list Mark. You'll find us chatty, bitchy, informative and generally a bit off-center - as all good groups of 'space-geeks' should be :) Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 16 Jan 2007 at 18:16, Mark Grossman wrote: Hello to everyone. I am a new collector and subscriber to the list. When I join a new list, I usually just observe for awhile before I put my foot in the water (to avoid putting my foot in my mouth!). But I am particularly interested in the history of meteorites, and I noted the comment about the meteorite looking like chocolate. I seem to remember reading somewhere that peasants used to grind up meteorites hundreds of years ago and eat them for their magical properties. I checked Burke's history of meteorites very quickly, but couldn't find the reference. Is there anyone out there that read the same thing? And I do apologize in advance if I am saying something that everyone knows already - remember, this is my first post. Thanks, now I'll go back and just watch the list postings. Glad to be a subscriber, and a great hobby! Mark Grossman PS - Regarding the lost meteorite, I am not at all inferring that anyone's friends are peasants! - Original Message - From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Now THAT is the best theory yet! :) Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 11:52, Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge wrote: maybe someone ate it, it does look like a piece of chocolate! __ 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 mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor strikes Alex City house?
No. I'm aware of one meteorite (group) that is very speculatively linked to Hale-Bopp. I have data for a well recorded meteor that suggests it might be a part of the lost comet Biela, which is probably the parent body of the Andromedids (no meteorite has been recovered from that event, but they were almost certainly produced). The parent body of the Geminids is the asteroid 3200 Phaethon (although this may be the fragile core of a burned out comet); if the material is strong enough, it's just possible that the Geminids are slow enough that something could survive. But there is no confirmed fall resulting from a Geminid fireball. In general, meteor shower debris is too small, too fragile, and too fast to survive. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: Walter Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor strikes Alex City house? Speaking of which. Has there ever been a recorded meteorite recovery associated with a known meteor shower (e.g., Leonids etc)? I can't think of any. Oh, that reminds me of the Flaming Hally's Comet Meteorite Basketball that was found in the desert. Remember that from about six or seven years ago! -Walter Branch __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] anyone have Dar al Gani 521
Anyone have a piece of Dar al Gani 521? I'm interested in the stained interior. I have a couple questions if you have it. Thanks Michael Murray __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] greetings to the met community
hello listers, pleased to add my voice to the choir... as a newcomer, I know only a handful of good met folks. well, this handful of nice and competent people directed my first steps as a buyer in a very friendly way, and made me walk all the way up to my IMCA subscription :-) my thanks to all of them and my greetings to those I still know only as names and nics, either listers or sellers. hope to know in person most of you in the future. leandro Osservatorio Astronomico Colle Leone www.oacl.net IMCA 2689 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
And Novo-Urei, a fall in 1886 in Russiam was eaten... -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Gary K. Foote Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Januar 2007 01:02 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Welcome to the list Mark. You'll find us chatty, bitchy, informative and generally a bit off-center - as all good groups of 'space-geeks' should be :) Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.com On 16 Jan 2007 at 18:16, Mark Grossman wrote: Hello to everyone. I am a new collector and subscriber to the list. When I join a new list, I usually just observe for awhile before I put my foot in the water (to avoid putting my foot in my mouth!). But I am particularly interested in the history of meteorites, and I noted the comment about the meteorite looking like chocolate. I seem to remember reading somewhere that peasants used to grind up meteorites hundreds of years ago and eat them for their magical properties. I checked Burke's history of meteorites very quickly, but couldn't find the reference. Is there anyone out there that read the same thing? And I do apologize in advance if I am saying something that everyone knows already - remember, this is my first post. Thanks, now I'll go back and just watch the list postings. Glad to be a subscriber, and a great hobby! Mark Grossman PS - Regarding the lost meteorite, I am not at all inferring that anyone's friends are peasants! - Original Message - From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Now THAT is the best theory yet! :) Gary On 16 Jan 2007 at 11:52, Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge wrote: maybe someone ate it, it does look like a piece of chocolate! __ 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 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] FW: AUCTIONS ENDING TODAY!!! NEW ITEMS LISTED IN EBAY STORE!
From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:17 PM To: 'michael cottingham' Subject: AUCTIONS ENDING TODAY!!! NEW ITEMS LISTED IN EBAY STORE! Hello, I have 50 or so auctions ending today, most still bid at low prices!!! GO TO: http://stores.ebay.com/Voyage-Botanica-Natural-History_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfti dZ2QQsclZ2QQtZkm OR http://stores.ebay.com/Voyage-Botanica-Natural-History_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsu bZ0QQftidZ2QQtZkm I also have a lot of new items added to my ebay store.. Best Wishes and Thanks Michael Cottingham __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eaten meteorite
Sorry Martin, I accidentally deleted you mail. Eating the Novo Urei? Considering how hard chondrules are, I'd imagine eating any meteorite is bad for the teeth but an Ureilite? Ouch. No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Novo-Urei eaten - reference?
Hi Mark, I don't know the original reference fort the story, that the locals ate some stones of Novo-Urei, We have to ask, Biblio-Bernd or Seguej Vassiliev. So I will send this question to the list. ...and Novo-Urei really looks tasty! http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/opis/novo-urei-e.html Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Mark Grossman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Januar 2007 02:37 An: Martin Altmann Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Martin, Thanks so much for the response! Do you have a reference for this? I thought I read something in Burke? Thanks! Mark - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 And Novo-Urei, a fall in 1886 in Russiam was eaten... -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eaten meteorite
Hi, Rob, The heck with the chondrules! Didn't Novo Urei have (very small, shock-formed) diamonds in it? And remember, don't swallow that bite until you've chewed it thoroughly, little Sasha... Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Rob McCafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eaten meteorite Sorry Martin, I accidentally deleted you mail. Eating the Novo Urei? Considering how hard chondrules are, I'd imagine eating any meteorite is bad for the teeth but an Ureilite? Ouch. No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail __ 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] Novo-Urei eaten - reference?
I remember reading the story about the meteorites being eaten for their 'magical' properties. I thought I saw it on a website. Though, I can't seem to find it now. Trace - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Mark Grossman' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Novo-Urei eaten - reference? Hi Mark, I don't know the original reference fort the story, that the locals ate some stones of Novo-Urei, We have to ask, Biblio-Bernd or Seguej Vassiliev. So I will send this question to the list. ...and Novo-Urei really looks tasty! http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/opis/novo-urei-e.html Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Mark Grossman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Januar 2007 02:37 An: Martin Altmann Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Martin, Thanks so much for the response! Do you have a reference for this? I thought I read something in Burke? Thanks! Mark - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 And Novo-Urei, a fall in 1886 in Russiam was eaten... -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- __ 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] Novo-Urei eaten - reference?
Hi, Here's the few websites with references to eating Novo Urei that Google could find: http://www.meteorites.tv/contents/en-us/d74.html The Labennes http://www.meteorite.fr/en/classification/PAC-group.htm Bruno and Carine http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:v1f79uyArJ0J:six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2004-August/163642.html+novo+urei+eatenhl=engl=usct=clnkcd=3 Novo Urei fall sept 4, 1886 (the Ureilite class name giving meteorite ) was eaten the indigeneous after the fall. The some Dag 489 Shergottite was eaten by its finder. ( he likes to tell that story ) I ate recently some fragments of my new diogenite that dropped on my bench after trimming. Not bad ! www.caillou-noir.com/Molay.htm It is the one that tastes so good. I will recommand to former meteorite eaters to focus on achondrites, the ones where there is less Ni. Shall I propose to our local brewery ( Micro Basserie de Chamonix, Canadian owner, just a good place to drink.) to make a try with some Dio powder from a future sawing ? --- Michel Franco I find it interesting that all the references on the eating Novo Urei were written by individuals of that nation with the reputation for the greatest of gustatory sophistication: La Belle Patrie -- France! Perhaps they have recipes to share? (Michel Franco has already suggested what to drink with your meteorite.) And Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars Trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars), ate a piece of Zagami after he mailed the final manuscript to his publisher, while sitting on his roof, then wrote a poem about Eating Mars. Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Trace [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Novo-Urei eaten - reference? I remember reading the story about the meteorites being eaten for their 'magical' properties. I thought I saw it on a website. Though, I can't seem to find it now. Trace - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Mark Grossman' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Novo-Urei eaten - reference? Hi Mark, I don't know the original reference fort the story, that the locals ate some stones of Novo-Urei, We have to ask, Biblio-Bernd or Seguej Vassiliev. So I will send this question to the list. ...and Novo-Urei really looks tasty! http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/opis/novo-urei-e.html Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Mark Grossman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Januar 2007 02:37 An: Martin Altmann Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Martin, Thanks so much for the response! Do you have a reference for this? I thought I read something in Burke? Thanks! Mark - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 And Novo-Urei, a fall in 1886 in Russiam was eaten... -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- __ 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 mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor strikes Alex City house?
What I find strange is the part about birds hitting the house all the time. Unless he meant birds flying into closed windows?? Also the article fails to mention that Mr. Tapley's house is about 2300 feet SW of the departure end of the local airport. Hmmm? http://www.pettyurl.com/7q3 Best, Ken Newton IMCA #9632 http://www.alexcityoutlook.com/articles/2007/01/16/news/news05.txt Saturday night Richard Tapley was relaxing in his easy chair watching a National Football League playoff game, and then heard a big thud outside his Warren Circle home. I thought it was another bird hitting the house; it happens all the time, Tapley said. He got up from his chair and went to the front door to see if he could see anything. Nothing. So what was it that hit Tapley's house? A bird? A rock? Or how about a meteor? That is what Tapley concluded had hit his home Saturday afternoon when he found a rock- like object in front of his front door. Now it's a matter of proving that it's a meteorite. I've got a [relative] that has taken a fragment to Auburn University to study, and the police department has a fragment, Tapley said. The next scheduled meteor shower for to pass over the United States will be in April, according to NASA's Web site. But on any night, at any location, a few meteors can be seen each hour. These are called sporadic meteors, or simply sporadics, according to NASA. Occasionally, though, intense meteor displays fill the sky with tens, hundreds, or even thousands of meteor trails. These displays are called meteor showers. Many meteor showers can be predicted, as they repeat every year when the earth passes through the path of a comet. The bits of debris left behind by the comets, most no larger than a grain of sand, create a spectacular light show as they enter the Earth's atmosphere. And Tapley is convinced that it is a meteor that hit his house and not a rock. It's too large to have been thrown at the house, he 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] eaten meteorite
Hi, that's funny. I'm not so silly after all. ?? Well, maybe I am, but, I ate some dust and crumbs that came from a bit Zagami some years ago, that I obtained from Rob Haag. I must admit to not noticing any differnce between normal Earth rock dirt taste and Zagami at all. It didn't have any Martian flavouring in it whatsoever, and I gave it a good suck too. Yes I do eat dirt and rocks occasionally, I like to see what all of my senses have to offer, when I'm looking at minerals, crystals and so on. Try tasting a small sample of a mineral called pickeringite, I found some about 50 miles from here at the end of an old gold mine drive. Slate with pyrites were the country rock. Just in case you can't find any, it's like allum. From memory, I think it's an hydrous iron sulphate. OOOoo My mouth when tasting pickeringite. Cheers, Kevin, VK3UKF. Hi, Rob, The heck with the chondrules! Didn't Novo Urei have (very small, shock-formed) diamonds in it? And remember, don't swallow that bite until you've chewed it thoroughly, little Sasha... Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Rob McCafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eaten meteorite Sorry Martin, I accidentally deleted you mail. Eating the Novo Urei? Considering how hard chondrules are, I'd imagine eating any meteorite is bad for the teeth but an Ureilite? Ouch. _ Advertisement: It's simple! Sell your car for just $20 at carsales.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801577%2Fpi%5F1005244%2Fai%5F838588_t=757768878_r=endtext_simple_m=EXT __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Novo-Urei eaten - reference?
Hey, what about getting in touch with a small brewery and getting them to mix a bag of meteorite dust in with a batch of stout. You could label it 'Star Beer, A special dietary supplement for aliens living on Earth.' Now wouldn't that send the conspiracists into a spin. 'Contains (measured as a % of solid matter in suspension) chondrite 85%, achondrite 10%, Lunar and other 3%, Iron, Nickel and trace elements 2%.' Each bottle contains a minimum of 100 mg of extraterrestrial matter. 7 fl Oz contains 50% of the minimum weekly requirements of these elements for normal alien biological functions. Manufactured on Earth for Off World Catering Services, a division of Greater Galactic. Greater Galactic. Paris, New York, Sydney, Alpha Centauri, Bellatrix. Who here would but a bottle of Star Beer? I reckon it might be good to drink if you had the runs. Hoo roo. Kevin, VK3UKF. Hi, Here's the few websites with references to eating Novo Urei that Google could find: http://www.meteorites.tv/contents/en-us/d74.html The Labennes http://www.meteorite.fr/en/classification/PAC-group.htm Bruno and Carine http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:v1f79uyArJ0J:six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2004-August/163642.html+novo+urei+eatenhl=engl=usct=clnkcd=3 Novo Urei fall sept 4, 1886 (the Ureilite class name giving meteorite ) was eaten the indigeneous after the fall. The some Dag 489 Shergottite was eaten by its finder. ( he likes to tell that story ) I ate recently some fragments of my new diogenite that dropped on my bench after trimming. Not bad ! www.caillou-noir.com/Molay.htm It is the one that tastes so good. I will recommand to former meteorite eaters to focus on achondrites, the ones where there is less Ni. Shall I propose to our local brewery ( Micro Basserie de Chamonix, Canadian owner, just a good place to drink.) to make a try with some Dio powder from a future sawing ? --- Michel Franco I find it interesting that all the references on the eating Novo Urei were written by individuals of that nation with the reputation for the greatest of gustatory sophistication: La Belle Patrie -- France! Perhaps they have recipes to share? (Michel Franco has already suggested what to drink with your meteorite.) And Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars Trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars), ate a piece of Zagami after he mailed the final manuscript to his publisher, while sitting on his roof, then wrote a poem about Eating Mars. Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Trace [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Novo-Urei eaten - reference? I remember reading the story about the meteorites being eaten for their 'magical' properties. I thought I saw it on a website. Though, I can't seem to find it now. Trace - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Mark Grossman' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Novo-Urei eaten - reference? Hi Mark, I don't know the original reference fort the story, that the locals ate some stones of Novo-Urei, We have to ask, Biblio-Bernd or Seguej Vassiliev. So I will send this question to the list. ...and Novo-Urei really looks tasty! http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/opis/novo-urei-e.html Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Mark Grossman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Januar 2007 02:37 An: Martin Altmann Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 Martin, Thanks so much for the response! Do you have a reference for this? I thought I read something in Burke? Thanks! Mark - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 And Novo-Urei, a fall in 1886 in Russiam was eaten... -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- __ 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 mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Advertisement: Amazing holiday rentals?
Re: [meteorite-list] greetings to the met community
Leandro benvenuto al nostro gruppo:-) Please join us all for a hot cappuccino sweetened with mollified meteorite rind, whipped with fuchsia flamed CAI's swirling into a swarthy, crusted Italian meringue. Good health and a kind welcome, Doug frezing in Mexico - Original Message - From: leandro.saracino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:08 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] greetings to the met community hello listers, pleased to add my voice to the choir... as a newcomer, I know only a handful of good met folks. well, this handful of nice and competent people directed my first steps as a buyer in a very friendly way, and made me walk all the way up to my IMCA subscription :-) my thanks to all of them and my greetings to those I still know only as names and nics, either listers or sellers. hope to know in person most of you in the future. leandro Osservatorio Astronomico Colle Leone www.oacl.net IMCA 2689 __ 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] greetings to the met community
Thanks to all for the welcome and the responses on eating meteorites! I guess Sterling's, Kevin's and Doug's responses about drinking meteorite dust brings new meaning to having a coffee at Star-bucks! Just wait until their marketing people hear of this idea and see how much they charge for a grande meteorite decaf! Thanks again! Mark - Original Message - From: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: leandro.saracino [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] greetings to the met community Leandro benvenuto al nostro gruppo:-) Please join us all for a hot cappuccino sweetened with mollified meteorite rind, whipped with fuchsia flamed CAI's swirling into a swarthy, crusted Italian meringue. Good health and a kind welcome, Doug frezing in Mexico - Original Message - From: leandro.saracino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:08 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] greetings to the met community hello listers, pleased to add my voice to the choir... as a newcomer, I know only a handful of good met folks. well, this handful of nice and competent people directed my first steps as a buyer in a very friendly way, and made me walk all the way up to my IMCA subscription :-) my thanks to all of them and my greetings to those I still know only as names and nics, either listers or sellers. hope to know in person most of you in the future. leandro Osservatorio Astronomico Colle Leone www.oacl.net IMCA 2689 __ 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 mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
