Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - January 24, 2007
Dear Michael and List Members, I just wish to inform you that there was a misunderstanding with this meteorite displayed on Jan. 24 as the Meteorite of the Day - http://www.spacerocksinc.com/January_24.html-, which is not a Benguerir fragment but an unclassified Ordinary Chondrite that was also purchased in Erfoud in August 2006. This meteorite -labelled FB01- was brought with other ones to Pierre Rochette and Jerome Gattacecca at CEREGE in Aix en Privence, France, in order to get its magnetic susceptibility measured (LogX -say Logchi). Weighing 415g, FB01 has a LogX = 4,80, which puts it most probably in the range of the L chondrites according to the diagram provided by Pierre Rochette and Jerome Gattacecca that you can see on the Caillou Noir website at http://www.caillou-noir.com/magnetic-susceptibility_SM30.htm. This webpage will help those of you who are not familiar with the magnetic susceptibility of chondrites to understand better the interest of this property that could become in the future a way of easy, fast and non destructive mean of classification, especially for fresh chondrites like this one. I wish you all a nice day! Kind regards, Frederic Beroud http://www.meteoriteshow.com IMCA member # 2491 (http://www.imca.cc/) __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up
Listoids ah yes the slippery slope dummies guide to tell if you are stepping up from being a basic collector and probably are spending too much time and money... (1) you buy a loupe (2) you finally track down (and buy) a scale cube (3) you realise you need to upgrade your digital camera skills (4) you buy an illuminated binocular magnifier (5) you get into thin slides (6) you consider buying cross polarised light equipment (7) you spend more time at the petrology lab - hmmm - holidays next year (8) you bash out a website (9) you discover the joys of spam and nutter email (10) you start to tell stevo jokes rightyho - must be more signs and symptoms Hola - oops thats supposed to go at the top but I always wanted to type that __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up
8 out of 10 isn't bad. I must be reaching for the stars - errr... meteors. Gary On 24 Jan 2007 at 20:57, Bob WALKER wrote: Listoids ah yes the slippery slope dummies guide to tell if you are stepping up from being a basic collector and probably are spending too much time and money... (1) you buy a loupe (2) you finally track down (and buy) a scale cube (3) you realise you need to upgrade your digital camera skills (4) you buy an illuminated binocular magnifier (5) you get into thin slides (6) you consider buying cross polarised light equipment (7) you spend more time at the petrology lab - hmmm - holidays next year (8) you bash out a website (9) you discover the joys of spam and nutter email (10) you start to tell stevo jokes rightyho - must be more signs and symptoms Hola - oops thats supposed to go at the top but I always wanted to type that __ 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] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up
Me too. 8 out of 10. And... -You hide emails form your wife which detail meteorite purchases and payments. -Your ebay watch list exceeds 50 Cheers! tett - Original Message - From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up 8 out of 10 isn't bad. I must be reaching for the stars - errr... meteors. Gary On 24 Jan 2007 at 20:57, Bob WALKER wrote: Listoids ah yes the slippery slope dummies guide to tell if you are stepping up from being a basic collector and probably are spending too much time and money... (1) you buy a loupe (2) you finally track down (and buy) a scale cube (3) you realise you need to upgrade your digital camera skills (4) you buy an illuminated binocular magnifier (5) you get into thin slides (6) you consider buying cross polarised light equipment (7) you spend more time at the petrology lab - hmmm - holidays next year (8) you bash out a website (9) you discover the joys of spam and nutter email (10) you start to tell stevo jokes rightyho - must be more signs and symptoms Hola - oops thats supposed to go at the top but I always wanted to type that __ 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] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up
Greetings, I've seen the term thin slides used to describe thin sections every now and then. Having been a big supplier of sections for many years I have never called them thin slides or slides. Wondering if this is a scientifically accepted term for thin sections or not. It's not an important issue and I am fine with calling them either way but wondering what the general consenses is, how they got name something different. (5) you get into thin slides --AL Mitterling __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up
It's a thin section of sample material (In this case meteorite) attached to a glass slide. I could see them called either just as well. I guess I got stuck in the middle 5 steps on the list. Love the rocks, hate all that Website crap. Check out my micrographs of thin sections of meteorite glued to glass microscope slides at Paul's Website. http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-gallery/ Thanks, Tom Phillips __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - How to tell if you are 12 stepping up, number #13
How to tell if you are 12 stepping up http://www.meteorman.org/Meteorite_Creed.htm How many more can be added # 13 -You hide emails form your wife which detail meteorite purchases and payments. - Original Message - From: tett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:36 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up Me too. 8 out of 10. And... -You hide emails form your wife which detail meteorite purchases and payments. -Your ebay watch list exceeds 50 Cheers! tett __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - How to tell if you are 12stepping up, number #
Good Morning All, this is a great picture of Tim at his home page. :-) Nice website! And do you go out and search too? And where? With best regards, Moni From: Tim Heitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - How to tell if you are 12stepping up, number #13 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:57:41 -0600 How to tell if you are 12 stepping up http://www.meteorman.org/Meteorite_Creed.htm How many more can be added # 13 -You hide emails form your wife which detail meteorite purchases and payments. _ Invite your Hotmail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp007001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=createwx_url=/friends.aspxmkt=en-us __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mystery Light Seen Across Wales
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/6294099.stm Mystery light seen across Wales BBC News January 24, 2007 A flashing light reported streaking through the skies across much of Wales at breakfast time could have been a meteor, an expert believes. The light was first seen at 0730 GMT, with one eyewitness describing it as a long line, thicker at one end, bluey-green and flashing. Reports of the light came in from the Lleyn Peninsula through to Swansea. Jay Tate from Spaceguard UK said it was most likely to be a piece of space debris entering the earth's atmosphere. It was frightening, said Morfudd Parry Roberts from Aberdaron, Gwynedd. My initial thoughts were that it was a plane on fire Andrew Curley, Penrhyncoch, Aberystwyth I was sitting having a cup of coffee by the window when I saw it (the light) move from the north towards the south. It was a long line, thicker at the front end. It was quite frightening because it seemed so big. It was a bluey-green and flashing. It was at least 50 times bigger than a shooting star and seemed to be gliding through the sky quite low down, not falling. Witnesses said the light lasted for a few seconds. I'm just glad other people saw it as well, she added. Andrew Curley, 32, from Penrhyncoch, near Aberystwyth, was out walking his dog when he spotted a huge fireball racing out to sea. My initial thoughts were that it was a plane on fire, but it was far too big and going far too quickly for it to be an aircraft, said Mr Curley. It must have been something like a meteorite because it just lit up the sky. White hot air The Spaceguard UK centre at Knighton, Powys, is a privately-funded body looking at the threat posed to the earth by collisions with asteroids and comets. Without having seen it myself I can't be certain, but from the description it sounds like a fireball, which is a big shooting star, said Jay Tate from the centre. The earth was hit by a couple of tonnes of debris from space every day, Mr Tate added, but usually they were small particles about the size of a grain of sand. Occasionally, however, debris was larger and from the number of people who saw the light on Wednesday he estimated it would have been about the size of an orange. If it was bigger than that we would have heard a lot more about it, he said. The particles hit the earth's atmosphere at between 45-50,000 mph and the light seen is the white hot air around it, he said. The light is often described as green, he added, depending on the make-up of the rock. Roger Reed of Milford Haven Coastguard said they received two 999 calls from people who thought a ship might have sent out a distress flare. They initially sent two teams out, at Aberydyfi and Broadhaven, but called them back when further calls suggested it was a shooting star. We had the first call at 0734. Then we had calls in from LNG site workers, the Pendine range vessel and someone on his way to work saying it looked like a shooting star, said Mr Reed. Swansea coastguards also logged a call by someone who had seen a similar light, he added. The colour of the light seen varied, we had two say it was white, and one say it was green. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - How to tell if you are 12stepping up, number #13
Hello Moni, There are many ways to be part of this interesting hobby, I do the best I can to reach that goal. Best, Tim Heitz Good Morning All, this is a great picture of Tim at his home page. :-) Nice website! And do you go out and search too? And where? With best regards, Moni 12 stepping up, number #13 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:57:41 -0600 How to tell if you are 12 stepping up http://www.meteorman.org/Meteorite_Creed.htm How many more can be added # 13 -You hide emails form your wife which detail meteorite purchases and payments. _ Invite your Hotmail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp007001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=createwx_url=/friends.aspxmkt=en-us __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Connection to Seaton Beach 'Find'
http://www.midweekherald.co.uk/midweekherald/news/story.aspx?brand=MDWOnlinecategory=newstBrand=devon24tCategory=newsmdwitemid=DEED24%20Jan%202007%2010%3A26%3A27%3A343 Mars connection to Seaton beach 'find' Midweek Herald (United Kingdom) 24 January 2007 THE chances of anything coming from Mars... are almost certain, if you ask Terry Pavey from Seaton. Mr Pavey, of Seaton Down Road, was combing Seaton beach three years ago when he found a rock that experts say is a meteorite from Mars. Mr Pavey, born and raised in Axmouth, is a keen metal detector enthusiast and knows the local beaches well. He said: I don't know geology, but I had an instant idea it was a meteorite. If it was a normal metallic rock, like the ones you usually find, it would have been rusty and I wouldn't have thought anything of it. But this rock was shiny and looked so new I thought straight away it must have come from space. Upon finding the rock, Mr Pavey described its features to two Canadian friends from the metal detecting community, who recommended taking it to an expert. Mr Pavey continued: I took it to Eve's in Seaton and they put me onto an expert in Scotland, so I flew up there and had it checked out. He compared it to other specimens and said it was almost definitely a meteorite from Mars. I often carry a bit around to show different people. They're always amazed at the story. It's an amazing specimen and begs all kind of questions like when did it break off, how long had it been travelling and how far has it come? I read it's the first to be discovered in England since 1991. If it weren't for the metal detector I wouldn't have noticed it at all. I feel so lucky to have found it. When I first brought it into the Harbour Inn, in Axmouth, the girl behind the bar held it and said it felt warm. I don't know if that was the heat from her hand or what, but I like to think it was millions of Martians running around inside! __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Astronaut Seeks Craft to Bump Asteroids
http://www.happynews.com/news/1242007/astronaut-seeks-craft-bump-asteroids.htm Astronaut Seeks Craft to Bump Asteroids Associated Press January 24, 2007 NASA astronaut and former University of Hawaii solar physicist Edward Lu is calling for a new spacecraft that would divert asteroids on a path to slam into Earth. The small space tractor, costing between $200 million and $300 million, would hover near an asteroid to exert enough gravitational pull that the space rock's orbit would change and a collision with our planet would be averted, Lu said before a crowd packed into a 300-capacity auditorium at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Monday night. ''We're only trying to get a really tiny change in the velocity of the asteroid to prevent an impact,'' he said. Lu was part of a panel including three Hawaii scientists who characterized the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth as rare but deserving of the same level of attention as major earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes. A report on the appearance appeared on the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Web site on Tuesday. The asteroid Apophis will pass within about 20,000 miles of Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029. ''It's going to come so close to the Earth in 2029 that its orbit will change and it might change enough so that it comes back and hits us in 2036,'' said Hawaii planetary astronomer David Tholen, who discovered Apophis. During the asteroid's next close pass to the sun in 2013 that risk will be assessed in radar surveys, he said. Objects the size of a grain of sand frequently hit the Earth's atmosphere, appearing as shooting stars in the night sky. But a larger impact could be devastating. Asteroids are blamed for the death of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago and an explosion over Tunguska, Russia, in 1908 that wiped out 60 million trees over a 830-square-mile area. According to a presentation by university astronomer Robert Jedicke, a Tunguska-size explosion would be able to blast or burn nearly all of Oahu. Because the devastation would be great, the risk to a person of perishing in a major asteroid collision is about 1 in 10,000 or 20,000 over a 100-year lifetime - the same dying in a plane crash, Jedicke said. The University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS program would train four powerful digital cameras toward the heavens to watch for would-be intruders. Officials from the project are hoping to garner public support of a plan to locate on Mauna Kea. The telescopes also could be built at two sites on Haleakala, where a prototype is being built, but scientists warn the project would take twice as long to complete there. Environmentalists and Hawaiian activists have argued against additional development on Mauna Kea and some scientists have expressed concern about additional construction as the volcano already hosts 13 telescopes. The program would be able to provide decades of warning of an impending impact, the scientists said. That would be enough time to launch a tractor spacecraft to knock the asteroid into a safe orbit, said Lu, who spent six month aboard the International Space Station in 2003 and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Hawaii's astronomy institute from 1992 to 1995. To do nothing would be to invite disaster, he said. ''If we are wiped out by an asteroid, that will be our own fault at this point,'' he said. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: eBay Auction with One-cent Starting Price Always
Hi listees, Nantans, Tektites, and Sikhote-Alin, all with starting price being just one-cent. No reserve! http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcommonQ5fmurre Hope you guys like them :-) Thanks for looking and best wishes to all! Regards Miss Ma Lan Beijng, China 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Information Page
Dear Jim, Thank you very much for the mention. We were privileged with the honor of a Harvey Award at the 2004 Birthday Bash. We dedicated this award to our contributing writers as it's their content and hard work that are responsible. People not listed on the page below because it was in 2004, but should also be acknowledged for their contributions are the new Meteorite Magazine Team, IMCA Michael Johnson and Tom Phillips. http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2004/March/harvey_thanks.htm Bernd is the heart of the list. To be mentioned in the same paragraph as Bernd is an honor in itself. Most of you don't know but Bernd has helped edit some of the articles in Meteorite-Times and donates his time and energy without a thought of recognition or praise. For anyone who has not read about Bernd please read below. http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2002/May/Meteorite_People.htm Thank you, Paul and Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Someone, I believe it was Martin Altman, mentioned as a footnote to a message on another topic that if Berndt, the universal favorite, prefers to defer his award until he can receive it in person, Paul and Jim would be very deserving alternate recipients. I would just like agree with that sentiment and thank them for their services to all of us. Their site and their Tucson updates are wonderful resources. Regards, Jim Baxter p.s. and of course can't wait to meet Berndt in person when he does come over and receive his well-earned recognition Hello Everyone! All information has been posted to The Tucson Information Page. http://www.meteorite-times.com/tucson/ Please enter any edits or new information here http://www.meteorite-times.com/tucson/Tucson_form.htm The count down has begun! Paul __ 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] HiRISE Camera Shows Mojave Crater Peak is High and Dry
HiRISE CAMERA SHOWS MOJAVE CRATER PEAK IS HIGH AND DRY (From Lori Stiles, University Communications, 520-626-4402) - Wednesday, January 24, 2007 --- Contact Information Alfred S. McEwen, UA. Principal Investigator, HiRISE 520-621-4573 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Related Web sites http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a huge, detailed image of Mars' Mojave crater on Jan. 7, 2007. Part of that photograph shows the central uplift structure in the crater. Rocks that form this peak were several kilometers beneath the surface until an impact formed the 37 mile-diameter (60 kilometer) crater just north of Mars' equator. The HiRISE image shows that boulders as large as 50 feet across (15 meters) have eroded from the massive uplifted rock and rolled downslope. The HiRISE image also confirms earlier evidence that this part of Mojave crater appears untouched by liquid water. Previous photographs taken by the HiRISE camera, and even earlier by the Mars Orbital Camera that flew on NASA'S Mars Global Surveyor, show that Mojave crater rim walls feature striking drainage channels and alluvial fans that likely were formed by surface water runoff. How runoff formed these channels and alluvial fans is one of the questions that HiRISE team members and their collaborators are looking into. The High Resolution Science Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) team, led by University of Arizona Professor Alfred S. McEwen, is based at UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson. HiRISE began the science phase of the mission in November, 2006, and posts new images and captions on the Internet at http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu every Wednesday. More information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission is available at http://www.nasa.gov/mro. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up
Well, I believe calling them slides is a rather informal term, which may be used by those who know what they are talking about. In fact, I am using this term when me and my supplier of thin sections email each other, who is a well-known and respected old time dealer based in the U.S., and he knows what I mean and sometimes also uses this word in our private communication. This is most probably not at all what you could call a scientifically accepted term. It is used in informal talk instead. Then again, this other term thin slide sounds rather strange to me, when talking of meteorite thin sections - while I must say I am not a native English speaker. Native English speakers, the majority of this list, may contribute some more bits and bytes on this Alex Berlin/Germany Original-Nachricht Datum: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:31:54 -0500 Von: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up Greetings, I've seen the term thin slides used to describe thin sections every now and then. Having been a big supplier of sections for many years I have never called them thin slides or slides. Wondering if this is a scientifically accepted term for thin sections or not. It's not an important issue and I am fine with calling them either way but wondering what the general consenses is, how they got name something different. (5) you get into thin slides --AL Mitterling __ 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] Mars Connection to Seaton Beach 'Find'
Hi, Are there any BIMS members with more insight on this? Thanks, Ken Newton Ron Baalke wrote: http://www.midweekherald.co.uk/midweekherald/news/story.aspx?brand=MDWOnlinecategory=newstBrand=devon24tCategory=newsmdwitemid=DEED24%20Jan%202007%2010%3A26%3A27%3A343 Mars connection to Seaton beach 'find' Midweek Herald (United Kingdom) 24 January 2007 THE chances of anything coming from Mars... are almost certain, if you ask Terry Pavey from Seaton. Mr Pavey, of Seaton Down Road, was combing Seaton beach three years ago when he found a rock that experts say is a meteorite from Mars. Mr Pavey, born and raised in Axmouth, is a keen metal detector enthusiast and knows the local beaches well. He said: I don't know geology, but I had an instant idea it was a meteorite. If it was a normal metallic rock, like the ones you usually find, it would have been rusty and I wouldn't have thought anything of it. But this rock was shiny and looked so new I thought straight away it must have come from space. Upon finding the rock, Mr Pavey described its features to two Canadian friends from the metal detecting community, who recommended taking it to an expert. Mr Pavey continued: I took it to Eve's in Seaton and they put me onto an expert in Scotland, so I flew up there and had it checked out. He compared it to other specimens and said it was almost definitely a meteorite from Mars. I often carry a bit around to show different people. They're always amazed at the story. It's an amazing specimen and begs all kind of questions like when did it break off, how long had it been travelling and how far has it come? I read it's the first to be discovered in England since 1991. If it weren't for the metal detector I wouldn't have noticed it at all. I feel so lucky to have found it. When I first brought it into the Harbour Inn, in Axmouth, the girl behind the bar held it and said it felt warm. I don't know if that was the heat from her hand or what, but I like to think it was millions of Martians running around inside! __ 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] Mars Connection to Seaton Beach 'Find'
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:23:23 -0500, you wrote: Hi, Are there any BIMS members with more insight on this? Sounds like BS to me. A shiny, metallic Martian? __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Could it be....
...that this, our METEORITECENTRAL list, is now slowly approaching it´s tenth year of existence? Art Jones, where art thou? Is there some truth to my sudden thought about this very list´s age? I have been one of the first members, and after my initial subscription here, often changed my internet provider, and as I am rather lazy than busy in some respects, I haven´t kept track of the exact timeline records, which now adds to my confusion of history facts. But anyway I somehow have the feeling that Art´s list might possibly approach 10 years of existence. Or am I completely wrong? Other oldtimers like Bernd or perhaps Cap´n Blood or other oldies-but-goodies may contribute more on this point... Hi Art - great job, still well and alive after all those years! Give him a hand up, folks! Alex Berlin/Germany __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Another Asteroid Collision With Earth: It's Just a Matter of Time
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Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up
You get a resale number (FREE and easily obtained from your local state - tell them you occasionally sell on eBay and want to be sure to pay state tax when someone buys in your state, the same with swap meets and from your web page). In San Diego, it takes about 10 minutes. This allows you to buy WITHOUT paying tax at the Tucson Show (and will even get you into some places you can not otherwise go. You do it BEFORE the Tucson show so you don't pay ridiculous AZ and Tucson sales taxes. Michael on 1/24/07 3:36 AM, tett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too. 8 out of 10. And... -You hide emails form your wife which detail meteorite purchases and payments. -Your ebay watch list exceeds 50 Cheers! tett - Original Message - From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] new thread - how to tell if you are stepping up 8 out of 10 isn't bad. I must be reaching for the stars - errr... meteors. Gary On 24 Jan 2007 at 20:57, Bob WALKER wrote: Listoids ah yes the slippery slope dummies guide to tell if you are stepping up from being a basic collector and probably are spending too much time and money... (1) you buy a loupe (2) you finally track down (and buy) a scale cube (3) you realise you need to upgrade your digital camera skills (4) you buy an illuminated binocular magnifier (5) you get into thin slides (6) you consider buying cross polarised light equipment (7) you spend more time at the petrology lab - hmmm - holidays next year (8) you bash out a website (9) you discover the joys of spam and nutter email (10) you start to tell stevo jokes rightyho - must be more signs and symptoms Hola - oops thats supposed to go at the top but I always wanted to type that __ 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 -- It is difficult to get a man to understand something if his salary depends on him not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair -- What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It is what we know for sure that just ain't so. - Josh Billings (but oft credited to Mark Twain) __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Connection to Seaton Beach 'Find'
Sounds like BS to me. A shiny, metallic Martian? The article didn't say it was metallic. Shergottites tend to have a glossy fusion crust. But I'm a skeptic until I see confirmation from a reputable laboratory. Ron B. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Could it be....
My earliest email I have saved is from 10th May 1997, amazing that I am still using the same personal email address!. Within the header of the email it says...archive/latest/325 this number seems to increment on later emails, so is the email I have the 325th posted to the list. It would be interesting to see the first few if anyone has copies. Eric Hutton. - Original Message - From: Alexander Seidel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Could it be ...that this, our METEORITECENTRAL list, is now slowly approaching it´s tenth year of existence? Art Jones, where art thou? Is there some truth to my sudden thought about this very list´s age? I have been one of the first members, and after my initial subscription here, often changed my internet provider, and as I am rather lazy than busy in some respects, I haven´t kept track of the exact timeline records, which now adds to my confusion of history facts. But anyway I somehow have the feeling that Art´s list might possibly approach 10 years of existence. Or am I completely wrong? Other oldtimers like Bernd or perhaps Cap´n Blood or other oldies-but-goodies may contribute more on this point... Hi Art - great job, still well and alive after all those years! Give him a hand up, folks! Alex Berlin/Germany __ 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] Mars Connection to Seaton Beach 'Find'
Mr Pavey continued: I took it to Eve's in Seaton and they put me onto an expert in Scotland, so I flew up there and had it checked out. He compared it to other specimens and said it was almost definitely a meteorite from Mars. I often carry a bit around to show different people. I wonder who he spoke to? There can't be many experts in Scotland. Maybe it was Rob Elliott? It certainly wasn't me (couldn't be, it was seen by an expert). This is the first anyone in the British and Irish Meteorite Society have heard about it, I think. Wouldn't mind taking a look at it myself. Once again, there's the report of it being warm, possibly hours later. Uh-oh! I feel an attack of cynicism coming on...must...take...medication... Where the heck IS Seaton, anyway? Rob McC Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Could it be....
Eric Hutton wrote: My earliest email I have saved is from 10th May 1997 Hello Eric, Alex, and List, The earliest email I have saved is from Thu, 20 Mar 1997 and it was written by no less a person than Frank ... Frank Stroik for those who still remember him. Time really flies fast and while some list members are still here, others have left us, ... some for good. Who still remembers good, ole Jim? Jim Hurley, the arachnaut! The last I ever heard from him was a mail he sent me Thu, 08 Nov 2001 and, unfortunately, he did not sound very optimistic: Hello Bernd,...yes, I still lurk. I have become a starving artist, so I no longer can afford my web sites, let alone meteorites. Best wishes to All of Us and THANKS A LOT to Art! Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Connection to Seaton Beach 'Find'
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:56:21 -0800 (PST), you wrote: Sounds like BS to me. A shiny, metallic Martian? The article didn't say it was metallic. Shergottites tend to have a glossy fusion crust. But I'm a skeptic until I see confirmation from a reputable laboratory. Looking back over the article, no, it didn't directly say this rock was metallic, but I assumed from the article that the metal-detector enthusist that found it, later consulting other metal-detector enthusists, had found it using a metal detector. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Could it be....
Eric Hutton wrote: My earliest email I have saved is from 10th May 1997 Hmmmmy earliest email goes back in the 1980's. the earliest email I've saved from meteoritecentral is dated January 13, 1997 from Frank Stroik - a very valuable contributing member, who unfortunately has left the list long ago. The meteorite mailing list has moved to different servers over the years. I think it was originally started around 1995 because I have an email from Joel Schiff dated July 16, 1995, and I'm pretty sure I first heard about Meteorite! magazine from the meteorite list. Anyone else have any recollections on this? Ron Baalke __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Newspaper Article in the FAZ with a Picture from List member Jeff Kuyken (in German)
F = Frankfurter A = Allgemeine Z = Zeitung http://www.faz.net/s/Rub6E2D1F09C983403B8EC7549AB44FA0EF/Doc~E94621780370543FD8C9F659F21BA32DD~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html Cheers, Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Could it be....
Bernd Pauli wrote: The earliest email I have saved is from Thu, 20 Mar 1997 and it was written by no less a person than Frank ... Frank Stroik for those who still remember him. Hi list, My earliest mail saved is from Sun, May 11, 1997, also written by Frank Stroik on vesicles and vugs in chondrules. I guess I joined the list around that date. The header says 'archive/latest/331'. The message is interesting and I will copy it here... Best Regards, Andrei From - Sun May 11 04:55:32 1997 Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 10:28:13 -0600 (MDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tying up some loose ends. To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Mailing-List: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com archive/latest/331 X-Mozilla-Status: 001d A few people on this list have asked me questions, and I have yet not responded. Today, I will do my best to answer these questions, as I will be out of town for three weeks, as of tommorow. These are questions that the entire list may be interested in reading the answer. I recieved a question a while back, about vesicles, and vugs in chondrules. Bascily the gentleman wanted to know why I said By definition chondrules cannot have vugs/vesicles. Here now is my expalnation, and I apologize to the person for the delay. My answer is derived from an article written for a book written in 1983 entitled Chondrules and Their Origins(published by the Lunar and Planetary Institiute, edited by Elbert A. King). Basicly the definition of chondrule as of 1983, and 1988(a paper published by John Wasson), is an object that has been melted, and cooled rapidly, thus creating small and fine grained aggregates, and in some cases quenched glass. These are spherical to subspherical, and may contain lithic fragments. Now, anytime silicate material is cooled rapidly, the crystals tend to be small, as well as the possible formation of volcanic glass. The mode of formation of chondrules precludes vesicles/vugs based on this, as most gas was probobly removed due to volitization when the material was initialy heated, thereby not allowing to be incorporated in to the rapidly cooling silicates. Here on Earth, I am currently unaware of any igneous bodies, that have been cooled rapidly(i.e. obsidian deposits) that contain any appreciable gas bubbles. Pumice is in a sense volcanic glass that has cooled rapidly, and contains gas in it, but in having this property, it has little structural rigidity, and breaks down readily in relativly short geologic time. So based on the above information, it seems that that chondrules with vesicle/vugs are not likely to occur. However, I am aware that there are still many debates on what exactly a chondrule is, and how to define them. I choose the above definiton, because I am not a chondrule expert, and prefer to follow what seems plausible as realistic classification. I am positive, either right now, or sometime soon the above idea may change, but I will use the above definition until I see otherwise. One more quick comment. I have to upgrade my reference above, as it is somewhat incomplete. The references I need have been checked out of the Library here, and I can't properly site until they come back. I will post the reference, with page numbers when I get back. I had a question on the E-chondrite Earth. I will attempt to explain this paper in as much detail I can(M. Javoy, The integral enstatite chondrite model of the earth Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 22, No. 16, Pages 2219-, August 15, 1995.) It should be kept in mind that this is an alternative to the conventional earth model that says ordinary chondritic material is what the earth formed from. The basic idea of the article is that E-chondrites match the earth in stable isotope, and redox characteristics. Redox is term used to denote a chemical reaction adding or taking away oxygen. By looking at these properties, models can be made to explain the differentiation of the earths mantle, meaning why the elements are found the way they are in the mantle. The mantle is thought to be homogeneous based on elements found in E,C, and Ordinary chondrites. Using simple chemistry, the depth at which different elements would be found in the mantle is used to try and make a picture of the mantle's makeup. The author of this paper indicates this may be wrong, and the mantle is heterogoneous. The author attempts to explain this by using e-chondrites as building blocks of planet earth. EH- chondrites are the material that is used in the modeling, because it appears to have the closest elemental, and isotopic compositions of the earth. The author explains in some detail the various effects of EH material in the earth, to show it to be feasible. The main point to remember is that the mantle may not be as homgeneous as previously thought, and that it may in fact hold two very different elemental
[meteorite-list] Could it be.... Frank's Article Dated 20 Mar 1997
..should be of interest to all of us, especially to those who are into thin sections (under crossed polars) and classification of meteorites! Cheers, Bernd To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: Classifying Meteorites and the Inherent Problems From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 20:56:10 -0700 (MST) Classifying Meteorites and the Inherent Problems I wanted to take some time out to tell everyone about what is involved in new meteorite analysis and classification. There are many things that make this a difficult and somewhat magical task. It is a very subjective process, that can yield different results if you allow personal judgment to get too involved. To analyze a meteorite you must first have a thin section. This is how all data is obtained, and can be extremely limited if you only have one. The smaller the meteorite, the more difficult to analyze with accuracy. The first step is to look at the general texture of the meteorite under normal light in the micro- scope. Here you can see how weathered it is and how bashed up it is. The minerals should be pretty much clear, but if it is weathered, they will appear brown. This can cause problems as this may further add to the bashed up appearence of the meteorite. Next you have to cross the polars. This means simply, polarize the light. Minerals behave differ- ently to polarization. This is due to a property known as bifringence. The atomic structure of a mineral will bend the light in a certain way, and create a most spectacular image. For example, olivine is pretty much colorless in plain light, but polarize it, and you get extremely bright blues, greens, and yellows. Each mineral behaves differently under polarization. It is these differences that help us decide what is in the meteorite. Now you must look for a mineral known to petrologists as OPX. This is basicly the solid solution of enstatite, bronzite, hypersthene, and ferrosilite. A solid solution is a solution that can have different chemical compositions depending on precentage of elements that are available. In OPX this is Fe, and Mg. If it were pure Mg, it would be enstatite, and if it were pure Fe, it would be ferrosilite. However it is rare that such a thing happens in nature, so bronzite and hypersthene are basicly different compositions of Fe, and Mg, hypersthene being more Mg rich, and bronzite being more Fe rich. When you find OPX, you must decide if it is the appropriate crystal system for you to use in your analysis. This is done by turning the microscope stage (the place where the thin section rests) until the mineral is completely black. If it turns and goes black it is what you are looking for. If it must be turned 90 degrees it is the wrong crystal system. Now you look at how many of these grains there are, and determine how abundant they are. All the while you are doing this you look at the state of the chondrules. Are they whole, twisted, degenerated, or just plain gone? This gives you clues to what petrologic type it is. The less OPX, and the more degenerated the chondrules, the higher the petrologic type. Now sound judgement must be used. Did I see what I thought, did I miss anything? Based on a few more tests you decide on the petrologic type. Now you are ready for the chemical classification(H, L, LL). You bring that sample to the microprobe for analysis. A microprobe is a device that sends X-rays down a short tunnel. These X-rays hit a minute portion of the sample, and become reflected. Different mineral compositions reflect x-rays in different ways. This is how an elemental composition is derived. The two minerals you use are OPX, and olivine. In both you try to determine how much Fe is present. This tells you what chemical class to put it in. H chondrites have about 18% Fe in both minerals, L chondrites have about 22%, and LL chondrites have about 26% . This is related to how much metallic Fe is in the matrix. The lower the percent in the minerals, the more free Fe in the matrix. That is why H chondrites show more metal flakes than either of the L or LLs. The problems are many. I spent two hours today trying to find an OPX grain suitable for microprobe analysis. The grains were so small, I kept getting too close to other minerals, that led to inaccurate results. At 75.00 an hour, this can be an expensive search. It takes about 12 hrs to do a really good analysis. So as you can see there is no such thing as a free analysis. Next I found that what had been written about Correo (H4) is not what I observed. I am using Correo as a model to compare the meteorites I am analyzing to. I find Correo to be of the petrologic type 5. The problem here is subjectivity. All meteorites are a mixture of all petrologic types. Which type a meteorite contains the most of is usually what it is given. Now I must decide to publish the change in type, or say it is just the way my research went. Well I hope that everyone
Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Connection to Seaton Beach 'Find'
Hi The first I have heard of this too...it seemed to imply it was found using his metal detector...so dubious about Martian!!! I can only think that it was Rob Elliot it was shown to also! Graham Ensor, Nr Barwell UK Rob McCafferty wrote: Mr Pavey continued: I took it to Eve's in Seaton and they put me onto an expert in Scotland, so I flew up there and had it checked out. He compared it to other specimens and said it was almost definitely a meteorite from Mars. I often carry a bit around to show different people. I wonder who he spoke to? There can't be many experts in Scotland. Maybe it was Rob Elliott? It certainly wasn't me (couldn't be, it was seen by an expert). This is the first anyone in the British and Irish Meteorite Society have heard about it, I think. Wouldn't mind taking a look at it myself. Once again, there's the report of it being warm, possibly hours later. Uh-oh! I feel an attack of cynicism coming on...must...take...medication... Where the heck IS Seaton, anyway? Rob McC Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] New Jersey Meteorite That Hit Home To Be Displayed
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070124/NEWS01/70124021/1004/living Meteorite that hit home to be displayed Associated Press January 24, 2007 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- It caused a sensation earlier this month when it crashed through the roof of a Freehold Township family's home, landing in the bathroom. Now members of the public will have a chance to catch a glimpse of the golf ball-sized, silvery meteorite that came to the Garden State from outer space, Rutgers University announced Wednesday. Rutgers' geology museum in New Brunswick plans to hold a one-day display of the meteorite during its annual open house, scheduled for Saturday. Admission is free. Two geologists from Rutgers, along with an independent metallurgist, helped Freehold Township police and the homeowners, the Nageswaran family, identify the golf-ball-sized, 13-ounce object as a metal-rich meteorite, possibly from the deep interior of a broken-up asteroid. The Nageswarans recently said they were still deciding what to do with their meteorite, but wanted it to serve an educational purpose. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Comet McNaught Discovered While Searching For Killer Asteroids
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2objectid=10419945 Encounters too close for comfort New Zealand Herald January 20, 2007 AUSTRALIA - Australian astronomer Rob McNaught was looking for something much darker and deadlier when he found the dazzling comet that now bears his name. I was looking for NEOs or near earth objects, he says, asteroids and defunct comets that have orbits that cross ours and could therefore one day collide with our planet and cause massive destruction. Or killer asteroids, such as the one that hit the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago and wiped out much of life on Earth - including, many scientists say, the dinosaurs. Even the small cometary fragment that exploded over Siberia, in the Tunguska Event of June 30, 1908, produced as much force as a 20-megaton hydrogen bomb. Had it slammed into the atmosphere over a major city it would have burned millions of people to death. But Comet McNaught is neither killer asteroid nor rogue comet. In August, McNaught was scanning images taken by a telescope on Siding Spring Mountain, New South Wales, during an NEO-hunting sky patrol. He found a point of light where none should have been. It was identified - from its motion against the stars, and by using spectroscopic analysis - as an incoming comet that had passed near the sun, deep inside the orbit of Mercury. The patrol is regarded by McNaught and his colleague Gordon Garradd as far more important than a spectacle intriguing the millions of people who have seen Comet McNaught. We are tracking potentially dangerous objects, including some that will come so close to Earth or the other planets that their orbits may be speeded up or slowed down or bent in a way that puts them on a collision course with Earth with little warning, Garradd says. One such object is Apophis, a small asteroid about 320m wide, that was discovered in 2004. On Friday, April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass Earth so low that it will plunge under the orbit of many dozens of communications satellites positioned 35,786km above the equator. It will appear as a steadily moving bright star crossing the skies of western Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe - all in a mere 30 minutes. Apophis is going to be a graphic example of how easily a near-Earth encounter could set up a subsequent collision, Garradd says. It only has to pass through a 'keyhole' 600m wide when it dives under or through the satellites in 2029 to have its orbit sufficiently bent to hit us on April 13, 2036. This object has been crossing Earth's orbit unseen around twice a year for centuries. But now that it has been found it is also entering a period where many of its crossings occur when Earth is in its vicinity, rather than on the other side of the sun. The astronomers say that if it hits a satellite in 2029 it would be like an insect hitting a truck windscreen at a speed of 30km a second. And while Apophis is well below the threshold diameters of one to two kilometres - where it could threaten mankind with similar global devastation that killed the dinosaurs - it is about 40 times larger than the calculated size of the Tunguska object, or the equivalent of more than 800 megatons of dynamite if its kinetic energy were released in a collision. McNaught says that if Apophis proves to be a loose clump of boulders such as near-Earth asteroid Itokawa, examined close up by the Japanese probe Hayabusa in 2005, an impact with a large satellite might make it slowly expand into a cloud of objects, a potentially ugly scenario if it led to a later encounter with a sky full of Tunguska-sized fireballs. However, if Aphophis proves to be a dense metallic asteroid, rich in nickel or iron, there would be a very bright flash and Apophis would continue on as if nothing had happened. Both astronomers emphasise that such scenarios are conjecture, but that their Siding Spring Survey work is part of a methodical and serious programme to identify potentially hazardous objects. This is to give mankind as much warning as possible of a serious risk of collision - and perhaps to intercept and deflect them. The simplest and increasingly most popular concept involves the space-tug technique - putting a heavy satellite in orbit around the dangerous object to modify its trajectory away from Earth. The Siding Spring survey is part of a small network of sky patrol telescopes funded by by Nasa. Last year, Siding Spring found 400 NEOs, or 60 per cent of all such objects discovered that year, plus Comet McNaught - the Great Comet of 2007. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] New Jersey Meteorite That Hit Home To Be Displayed
Did I miss it, but has any REAL scientific study been done on this suspected meteorite? This is a lot of hubbub for piece of metal. Matt Ron Baalke wrote: http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070124/NEWS01/70124021/1004/living Meteorite that hit home to be displayed Associated Press January 24, 2007 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- It caused a sensation earlier this month when it crashed through the roof of a Freehold Township family's home, landing in the bathroom. Now members of the public will have a chance to catch a glimpse of the golf ball-sized, silvery meteorite that came to the Garden State from outer space, Rutgers University announced Wednesday. Rutgers' geology museum in New Brunswick plans to hold a one-day display of the meteorite during its annual open house, scheduled for Saturday. Admission is free. Two geologists from Rutgers, along with an independent metallurgist, helped Freehold Township police and the homeowners, the Nageswaran family, identify the golf-ball-sized, 13-ounce object as a metal-rich meteorite, possibly from the deep interior of a broken-up asteroid. The Nageswarans recently said they were still deciding what to do with their meteorite, but wanted it to serve an educational purpose. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- === Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com ebay id: mhmeteorites __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Could it be.... Frank's Article Dated 20 Mar 1997
Hello Bernd and All, thank you very much for the article. I have read some articles on classification, but this one written by Frank Stroik is easily understood. I do have a better idea of how classifying a meteorite is done now. I can see also how mistakes are made, also given the time one has to put in to have the proper result. Do you think with so many NWAs being classified that some are done faster than others and I don't mean only NWAs? So I have heard before that some universities have a different outcome. Having read the article its better understood why. With best regards, Moni _ Get Hilary Duffs homepage with her photos, music, and more. http://celebrities.live.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] re-Classified - NWA 4472 KREEP-rich Basaltic Breccia
Dear List of Lunar Lovers, It is my pleasure to announce that NWA 4472 and its recent pairing have been re-classified as KREEP-rich Basaltic Breccia. Congratulations to all who have purchased this exciting material. The new classification is far more rare than the previously assigned class. Here is my revised description I use for eBay sales of NWA 4472: NWA 4472 Lunar KREEP-rich Basaltic Breccia Meteorite ... NWA 4472, a new and very unique Lunar KREEP-rich Basaltic Breccia meteorite. It has the very rare minerals tranquillityite and zircon, along with rare granophyric clasts known in some Apollo 14 breccias. Tranquillityite was first identified in the interstitial, last crystallizing regions (mesostasis) of Apollo 11 mare basalts. The Total Known Weight of NWA 4472 is just 64.3 grams in a single stone! Although another 188 gram stone surfaced and was determined to be paired to NWA 4472, it is an extremely rare and collectible meteorite that is closely related to the unobtainable SAU 169 Lunar KREEP-rich meteorite from Oman. Link to 35.3 gram Main Mass Image: http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4472/nwa4472mainmass1.jpg Here is some specific information prepared by scientists at the University of Washington: NWA 4472 Lunar KREEP-rich Basaltic Breccia Purchased Morocco 2006 Breccia consisting of clasts and mineral debris derived from KREEP-rich basalts and related granophyric rocks. The basalt clasts are composed of pigeonite, olivine, calcic plagioclase, ilmenite, Ti-chromite, baddeleyite, Na-Mg-bearing merrillite and troilite; FeO/MnO ratios measured for the mafic silicates are within the ranges for lunar rocks. The granitic clasts consist of ribbon-like intergrowths of a silica polymorph (probably tridymite) with potassium feldspar (probably sanidine) and accessory baddeleyite, zircon and rare tranquillityite (a Ti-Fe-Zr-silicate first described in mesostasis regions of Apollo 11 mare basalts). Similar granophyric clasts are present in some Apollo 14 breccias. This specimen also contains scattered clasts of silica (more than in any other lunar meteorite specimen we have examined), fayalite (intergrown with silica), baddeleyite, zircon, ilmenite (with baddeleyite inclusions), Ni-bearing metal and schreibersite (the last two possibly from exotic impactors). = Here are some false-color back-scattered electron images of clasts in NWA 4472: Granophyric clast composed of ribbon-like intergrowth of silica (blue) and K-feldspar (green). http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4472/ts1.jpg Granophyric intergrowth clasts (blue and green), pyroxene (red) and troilite+metal (white). http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4472/ts2.jpg Granophyric intergrowth clast (blue and green). http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4472/ts3.jpg Fayalite-rich clast (yellow) associated with silica+K-feldspar intergrowth, troilite, merrillite, pigeonite and glass. http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4472/ts4.jpg Small glass sphere, probably impact melt droplet (diagonal line are polishing scratches). http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4472/ts5.jpg Glassy clast with fine quench crystals. http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4472/ts6.jpg Link to list of Lunar meteorites - Washington University in St. Louis: http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alumina.htm Additional studies currently being performed at several institutions include; bulk chemical analyses, cosmic ray and terrestrial age determinations, along with a whole host of other scientific analysis, which may reveal additional secrets hidden within this unusual lunar meteorite. NWA 4472 is of considerable scientific interest because the relatively abundant sanidine containing potassium that decays to argon, and zirconium-rich minerals, which always contain uranium that decays to lead. These minerals will permit very precise age dating of NWA 4472. Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD - 2 New Martians
Dear List Members, To help kick off the start of the Tucson Show, I would like to announce two new Martian meteorites I acquired last year, NWA 4480 and NWA 4527. They are both outstanding examples from the red planet, but one of them stands out more than the other. It is NWA 4480, an unpaired and new evolved Ferroan Basaltic Shergottite. It is unlike any other Martian meteorite I have seen! Both of these new Martian's have extremely low Total Known Weights and I have listed all that is available of each on eBay, some selling as I was loading them! Here are the direct links to these: NWA 4480 Ferroan Basaltic Shergottite (TKW 13 grams!) 374mg (largest specimen available) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078522415rd=1rd=1 202mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078523483rd=1rd=1 192mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078523851rd=1rd=1 112mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078524190rd=1rd=1 86mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078524993rd=1rd=1 76mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078525506rd=1rd=1 74mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078525747rd=1rd=1 54mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078527246rd=1rd=1 40mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078527626rd=1rd=1 38mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078527960rd=1rd=1 32mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078528267rd=1rd=1 30mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078529532rd=1rd=1 20mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078529941rd=1rd=1 NWA 4527 Olivine-Orthopyroxene-Phyric Shergottite (TKW 10.064 grams !!) 7.022 gram Main Mass http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078531073rd=1rd=1 10mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078532072rd=1rd=1 2mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078532301rd=1rd=1 2mg http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078532471rd=1rd=1 152mg Cutting Material http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078532980rd=1rd=1 In addition to these two new Martian meteorites, I would like to give an update to lunar meteorite NWA 4472 and its recent pairing. They have been re-classified as KREEP-rich Basaltic Breccia. Congratulations to all who have purchased some of this fantastic meteorite. I have only two slices left and am accepting offers on the 35.3 gram Main Mass of NWA 4472 so email me privately if you are interested in the Main Mass. Here are the direct links to the last two slices of NWA 4472: NWA 4472 Lunar KREEP-rich Basaltic Breccia 35.3 gram Main Mass (not on eBay, email privately with offers) http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4472/nwa4472mainmass1.jpg 5.212 gram Complete Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078533929rd=1rd=1 2.770 gram Complete Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180078534427rd=1rd=1 Best regards and Good Luck to all who would like to bid on these, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD-Ebay ending-smaller pieces
I have a few auctions ending in about 4 hours with no reserve. Please have a look. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmhmeteoritesQQhtZ-1 Thank you! -- === Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com ebay id: mhmeteorites __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Could it be....
Frank at that time was at U of Wyoming and was in the process of cataloguing an abandon pile of miss labeled meteorites that didn't fit in with the museum dedicated to dinosaurs.m I miss Frank! Dave F. Frank and earnest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Hutton wrote: My earliest email I have saved is from 10th May 1997 Hello Eric, Alex, and List, The earliest email I have saved is from Thu, 20 Mar 1997 and it was written by no less a person than Frank ... Frank Stroik for those who still remember him. Time really flies fast and while some list members are still here, others have left us, ... some for good. Who still remembers good, ole Jim? Jim Hurley, the arachnaut! The last I ever heard from him was a mail he sent me Thu, 08 Nov 2001 and, unfortunately, he did not sound very optimistic: Hello Bernd,...yes, I still lurk. I have become a starving artist, so I no longer can afford my web sites, let alone meteorites. Best wishes to All of Us and THANKS A LOT to Art! 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] 1860 New Concord NPA, Hammer Stone?
Paper: The Wisconsin Daily Patriot City: Madison, Wisconsin Date: Tuesday, May 22, 1860 Page: 1 (of 4) A Meteoric Shower in Ohio. The following is a definite and detailed account of this interesting and startling phenomena: HENDRYSBURG, O., May 9, 1860. Dear Professor: - You will doubtless see in the papers an account of a shower of meteoric stones that fell on the 1st inst., near the village of Concord, in Muskingum County, Ohio. Lest you should think it a hoax, or at least an incorrect account. I have taken such pains as circumstances would permit to obtain as near as possible all the facts and circumstances connected with it. The shower took place between 12 and 1 o'clock p.m. The day was unusually cool for the season of the year, and the sky about two-thirds overcast with clouds. Simultaneously with the fall of the stones a tremendous explosion took place in the atmosphere. To there near by it resembled a severe clap of thunder in sound, but was accompanied by a jarring sound, which, together with the noise, was felt and heard at a much greater distance than the effect of thunder. It was observed and remarked as something peculiar by persons fifty miles off. I was at the time about thirty miles distant, and so extraordinary was the detonation and jarring sensation that I thought it (although an unknown occurrence in this region) an earthquake shock; in that, such was the general opinion of all who heard it. To those near where the stones fell several distinct reports were heard - accounts very from six to twelve; they were in rapid succession, perhaps not over a second of time between them. So strange was the sensation that cattle in the fields ran started at it. Four stones were seen to fall and have been recovered, but the probabilities are that many others fell. Two, which fell within about six hundred yards of each others, were seen by a couple of men who were laboring in a field. Hearing the reports one of the men looked up and saw a large body fall into a field close by; the other, looking in another direction, saw another which fell upon a fence. Within about twenty minutes they approached and dug out the one which had fallen on the field, where it had buried itself to the depth of about twenty inches in the still limestone soil. It was still so hot that it could scarcely be held in the hands. From the direction in which it entered the earth its fall appeared to be vertical. Its weight was fifty-one pounds, and its shape irregular, long and flattened, but resembling somewhat the enclosed sketch. It entered the ground point foremost. The other, which fell upon the fence, weighed forty-two pounds. In its descent it cut through the rails on the fence, and buried itself in the earth, having a direction apparently from the north-east. About one and a half-miles from where these two stones fell, a young man plowing a field, heard a strange, whizzing sound overhead, and, looking up, saw the clouds in a strange state of commotion. (The same with regard to the agitation of the clouds was observed by others.) Thinking that he heard something fall, upon searching he found a stone weighing thirty-six pounds, which had fallen upon, and imbedded itself in a decaying log. - It was supposed that it had in its fall a direction from the south-east. Near Claysville, about six miles distant, two gentlemen walking out heard the explosion, and very soon afterward a stone weighing four lbs. fell near them, striking the ground so obliquely as to ricochet. The direction of this appeared to be from the north. The four stones about mentioned were all there were seen to fall, another, however, was found which had fallen in the woods and lodged in the earth among a thick cluster of roots surrounding a beach tree. It weighed about thirty pounds, and appeared to have fallen vertically. All of the stones were irregular in figure and had the same general appearance, having a blackened smooth vitrilited surface. This exterior coating was, however, very thin - not one-fiftieth of an inch in thickness. Within the stones had an ashy color, and contained fine particles of some shining substances, probably native nickel. Enclosed I send you a very small specimen which I picked off a large lump. It was my desire to send you a large piece, of, if possible one of the stones entire, but all except the largest one were broken up and the pieces distributed along persons who, while the marvel last, attach to them great value. The largest one (yet unbroken) is the possession of A. S. Milholland, from who, if desirable, you might possibly obtain it for the Smithsonian. You could, I presume, obtain further information and probably a specimen by writing to Dr. M. McConnell or the Rev. Mr. Seigfred, at Concord, Ohio. I write under very unfavorable circumstances, but hope that you will be able to decipher it. Yours truly, JND, Tidball,
[meteorite-list] 1860 New Concord NPA, early account
Paper: Janesville Daily Gazette City: Janesville, Wisconsin Date: Tuesday Evening, May 8, 1860 Page: 3 (of 8) AN EARTHQUAKE IN EASTERN OHIO - The Columbus Fact of Thursday evening, says: On Tuesday last the counties of Guernsey, Belmont and Harrison, in eastern Ohio, were visited by an earthquake, more serious than any preceding one which there is any record in this section of the country. The earthquake lasted for about thirty minutes (or seconds?) producing the most intense excitement among the inhabitants, and striking terror to the heart of all who happened to be within its range. At Cambridge, Barnesville and other points, the citizens assembled together in the streets, and prayed for a safe deliverance from the destined face which seemed impending. Probably the most singular feature of the event, long to be remembered by those who saw and felt it, was the falling of what is supposed to be meteoric stones in various portions of that locality. Four large stones, weighing from forty to sixty pounds each fell on or near the track of the Central Ohio Railroad, near Concord, burying themselves in the ground two feet, while at Claysville, south-east of Cambridge, and other portions of the country, stones of the same quality, but in greater quantities, fell to the earth. The Cambridge Jeffersonian of Friday makes the following mention of the matter: No little excitement has arisen from the report that the rumbling sound which alarmed the delicate nerves of so many of our fair sex, on Tuesday last, was caused by the falling of a shower of stones, coming in an oblique direction toward the south-east. The specimens that we have seen are angular, of light-gray color internally, and of dark metallic on the outside. They are very compact and heavy. (end) Mark Note: This article refers to the New Concord meteorite. This meteorite fell in Muskingum county, Ohio on May 1, 1860 at 12:45 p.m. More then thirty pieces, 227 kg., of this L6 stone chondrite was recovered. (Reference: Meteorites A to Z: Second Edition). __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 1860 New Concord NPA, more reports...
Paper: Whitewater Register City: Whitewater, Wisconsin Date: Saturday, May 19, 1860 Page: 1 (of 4) Fall of Meteoric Stones in Ohio. From the Zanesville Courier An extraordinary phenomenon occurred on Tuesday, about noon, which has been noticed in many counties in Eastern Ohio. This occurrence, although it may be incredible to some, was certainly noticed by many in different localities about the same time. In this city the explosion or noise was distinctly heard. At New Concord, sixteen miles east, a gentleman who was out in his field heard a large crash, similar to sharp thunder, a succession of which lasted half a minute, and then died away, like the sound of a receding train of cars. On looking up he observed an object descending, with great rapidity, in an angling direction, and on marking where it touched the earth, he there found a stone imbedded two feet in the earth, and somewhat warm, weighing 52 lbs. Another was found of 56 lbs., one of 40 and one of 86 lbs., in weight, all within the circumference of a few miles. A small portion of one of these we have in our sanctum. At Bellair the concussion was so strong as to force open the large doors of a car house. At Malaga some of the inhabitances wore frightened, thinking of an earthquake. The shock at Barnesville seemed to jar the buildings to their foundations. Some boys were out in the woods near McConnellsville, which is perhaps thirty miles from Concord, and observed what they termed a large red ball descending to the earth with a fiery tail to it, but were so frightened as to immediately return home. From the Columbus Statesman, May 5th. A correspondent in New Concord, Muskingum County, in a letter published in the Statesman on Tuesday morning, mentioned a singular phenomenon in that neighborhood on Tuesday. It was an astounding noise in the sky like the roar of a cannon, which was followed by the fall of a number of stones, weighing from two to fifty pounds. Since the date of our correspondent's note we have received other letters from the same region of country, which not only corroborate his statement, but add greatly to the singularity of the phenomena. It appears that the noise alluded to was heard through a wide range of country, and that stones of the kind described were found freshly imbedded in the earth in the same manner, miles apart. In Morgan, Muskingum, Coshocton, Morrow and Tuscarawas County the explosion was distinctly head. Near McConnellsville several boys observed a huge stone descend to the earth, which they averred looked like a red ball, leaving a line of smoke in its wake. A gentleman walking the field, near New Concord, hard a terrific crash like thunder , which lasted half a minute, and then plainly saw a large body descending through the air in an angling direction, with a velocity apparently much greater then it could have attained by its own momentum. Going to the spot where it touched the ground, he found a rock weighing over fifty pounds, embedded in the earth a depth of two feet. The phenomena seems to be unprecedented. These stones were found nearly fifty miles apart, although the explosion was heard at all the places mentioned from the direction of New Concord. Houses were shaken by the shock, and in one or two instances the doors bursted open. It occasioned a great deal of consternation in that section of the country, as well it might. (end) Mark Note: This article refers to the New Concord meteorite. This meteorite fell in Muskingum county, Ohio on May 1, 1860 at 12:45 p.m. More then thirty pieces, 227 kg., of this L6 stone chondrite was recovered. (Reference: Meteorites A to Z: Second Edition). __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 1860 New Concord NPA...one more
Paper: Dawsons Fort Wayne Daily Times City: Fort Wayne, Indiana Date: Wednesday, June 6, 1860 Page: 7 (of 10) ONE OF THE METEORIC STONES. - The Ohio State Journal of the 18th, speaking of the recent meteoric showers in Guernsey county, of that State, says: One of the meteors has been laid upon our table by Mr. John Burdick, of this city, who dug it from its concealment in the bosum of the earth on his farm in Guernsey county. The meteor flashed upon our astonished vision, perfectly docile, a black, wedge-shaped mass of conglomerate rock, with a very mysterious smell. The meteor weighs just nine pounds, and was seen to descend like a streak of lightning blazing like molten iron. It penetrated the earth about a foot and a half, leaving a huge hole. Mr. Burdick has several of these missiles of Heaven's artillery, which he will exhibit to the curious at his residence. (end) Hello all, I have found a dozen or more other New Concord 1860 NPA's, but the one posted have the most good information. None referenced the meteorite hitting any animal, however the very detailed report (a letter sent to the Smithsonian) notes it as having broken a fence. So New Concord is likely a hammer, but not an animal smacker as some have suggested in the past. Clear Skies, Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] QMIG update
Listoids QMIG site update www.rawnet.com.au/~qwalkra1/ Firstly - apologies to all - there actually is another recent find called Winton 1 a 800 g stone ? H4 - three from Winton and not the two only that I had thought - whoops - falls page updated (tho this is a find) News is on new finds page until I revamp the site on the weekend to make it all a bit neater and tidier Hammond Downs, Tookabarnoo and Mulga (? another unknown Queenslander) are on the way I may have snaffled some Arrabury and another unknown Queenslander (Opal Corner) - wait out I'm still trying to get Wynella and Georgetown and Hidden Valley as my next foray As prev - my sincere thanx to any and all who have helped - you know who you are - an enormous amount of work happens behind the scenes - none of this happens without the assistance and contributions of many Cheers __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] What a beauty
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:50:42 -0600, you wrote: 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 So, now that the auction is over-- the price isn't vast enough to make it clear that people knew that it wasn't an acutal meteorite that they were bidding on, but $55 for a 13 page recent booklet seems pretty high to me-- and the top bidders had low feedback ratings. So I'm guessing that they didn't know what they were bidding on, as I had predicted. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fireball on the east coast
Anyone on the east coast witness a large green fireball falling low on the horizon at approximate. 7:30 EST? It was the largest I've seen in years. Had a smaller companion trailing behind it. Sincerely, Michael Johnson SPACE ROCKS, INC. 932 Hanging Rock Road Boiling Springs, South Carolina 29316-7401 USA http://www.spacerocksinc.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Cape York - exposed Widmanstätt en structure?
Hello Meteorite list, Here's a question/topic I would imagine the list has seen before. I have read somewhere that a piece of the Cape York meteorite, possibly Ahnighito, has a place on it which shows an exposed Widmanstätten structure due to a softer layer of the outside being ablated away. (Don't hold me to that being fact, I'm going off memory here) If I am remembering this correctly, I would like to ask if anyone on the list has taken a picture of that feature? If so, would you be willing to share a link to it so that I can take a look at it? My interest stems from my having this little stone with what appears to be a structure showing. http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/IMG_0178-1.jpg Michael Murray nom de plume - Rockbiter __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Cape York - exposed Widmanstätt en structure?
Mike, Here's a link to the photo I was referring to: http://www.muonionalustameteorites.com/1kg_1w.jpg - Original Message - From: Michael Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:01 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Cape York - exposed Widmanstätten structure? Hello Meteorite list, Here's a question/topic I would imagine the list has seen before. I have read somewhere that a piece of the Cape York meteorite, possibly Ahnighito, has a place on it which shows an exposed Widmanstätten structure due to a softer layer of the outside being ablated away. (Don't hold me to that being fact, I'm going off memory here) If I am remembering this correctly, I would like to ask if anyone on the list has taken a picture of that feature? If so, would you be willing to share a link to it so that I can take a look at it? My interest stems from my having this little stone with what appears to be a structure showing. http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/IMG_0178-1.jpg Michael Murray nom de plume - Rockbiter __ 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] Fireball on the east coast
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:06:21 EST, you wrote: Anyone on the east coast witness a large green fireball falling low on the horizon at approximate. 7:30 EST? It was the largest I've seen in years. Had a smaller companion trailing behind it. No, but I just heard something about it as breaking news on my local news station. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - January 25, 2007
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[meteorite-list] [ebay] ending in about a day
Hello all. Here is my last bunch of auctions for a little while - getting ready for tucson as i type this, desperatly trying to finish up some last minute work this week i have an absolutly killer piece of seymchan thats about 80% pallasitic with a nice big 'blob' blob of metal showing the typical awsome dual bandwidth widmanstatten pattern and nuewman lines typical of seymchan. The piece is alsmot 5 wide and cut only about 2.5 mm thick - so the crystals are nearly all translucent - really one of the best seymchans of it's size i have ever seen. It's at: http://cgi.ebay.com/fully-gem-olivine-seymchan-pallasite-meteorite_W0QQitemZ280072436676QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem all of my auctions are viewable at: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZlaserprogramQQhtZ-1 remeber to scroll past the laser junk - unless you want a 1.8 tesla electromagnet capible of ripping a screwdriver out of your hands! Auction end times start at 19:15 PST on thursday the 25th... I have a bunch of questions I'm behind on answering from these auctions. been swamped getting ready to leave for the show. I'll try to get them all banged out in the morning. See ya at the show for those who are going! TIA! _ From predictions to trailers, check out the MSN Entertainment Guide to the Academy Awards® http://movies.msn.com/movies/oscars2007/?icid=ncoscartagline1 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball on the east coast
Visible in Tennesse, too. There is a photo (apparently a frame from a video) on this page: http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=41612provider=top __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] brilliant!
Hi Frank! Thanks for the 101 on IDing and classification of meteorites! Brilliant - now I wish I had a bunch of thins sections, a petrological scope and you next to me pointing out the obvious! This is an arcane art! Much appreciated Dave IMCA #0092 Sec.BIMS www.bimsociety.org __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
