[meteorite-list] Mammoth Stew, just right

2007-12-19 Thread Sterling K. Webb
[Sorry if this appears twice; it never showed up for me.] -- Hi, EP, List, EP wrote: ...the gravitational effects of the Earth+Moon system should draw items in, gradually changing their orbits from those passing near to

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronauts to Comb International Space Station for Meteorite Strike

2007-12-19 Thread Pete Pete
Season's Greetings, all! Technically speaking, isn't the object hitting the ISS still a meteoroid? It is, after all, still in outer space... Cheers, Pete Apologies if this topic has been previously vented. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tue,

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for 2x2x3/4 Clear plastic/acrylic cases

2007-12-19 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:09:37 -0500, you wrote: Hi List. Anyone know where I can buy the 2x2x3/4 clear plastic or acrylic air tight display cases. http://www.amacbox.com/products/mseries/index.html __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] eBay fraud - not a meteorite

2007-12-19 Thread Bob Loeffler
Hi, Here's an eBay fraud (some of you might already know about it). It is item #330197565397. The guy says it's a meteorite that was found in Maine but it looks exactly like a bad quality beryl crystal. Beryl crystals are prismatic and hexagonal (they have six sides, not including their

Re: [meteorite-list] Has Mali Been Classified?

2007-12-19 Thread info
Dean, others, the classification of the Mali material is almost completed. NomCom submission will follow soon. I provided the classifying lab with samples of the commom lithology as well as with samples of the IMB lithologies. I do already have the preliminary data and will provide them as

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - December 19, 2007

2007-12-19 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/December_19_2007.html **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay fraud - not a meteorite

2007-12-19 Thread Ron
I collect minerals as well as meteorites, and yeah, that's a massive, obviously not gem quality beryl crystal both of which are found in Maine. It looks to be terminated and does have nice hexagonal crystalization, but it's not a meteorite. Worse part is, he has two bids on it. To add further

[meteorite-list] Tunguska-- the movie

2007-12-19 Thread Darren Garrison
Videos on the site. http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/asteroid.html Sandia supercomputers offer new explanation of Tunguska disaster Smaller asteroids may pose greater danger than previously believed ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The stunning amount of forest devastation at Tunguska a

[meteorite-list] AD - Meteoritica website and auctions

2007-12-19 Thread Philippe Thomas
Hello Listees, 10 % off for all orders over $ 100 on Meteoritica website: http://www.meteoritica.com/ We have also some auctions ending soon on eBay (Taza and NWA 4425). http://stores.ebay.com/Meteoritica Merry Christmas, Philippe Lea __

[meteorite-list] From the really can't let it go department

2007-12-19 Thread Darren Garrison
This showed up at the top of Google News this morning. But when you click the link, you see no such text. http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/lifeinperu.jpg __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] From the really can't let it go department

2007-12-19 Thread Michael Farmer
Hilarious, as I was in Japan, I was getting daily threats from Randall Gregory. Habitual liar, let's see, Doctor Gregory, Attorney at Law Gregory, I bought4 kilos of Carancas Gregory, etc etc etc. He has nothing more in his pathetic life to do but to harrass me and anyone else who does not shower

[meteorite-list] what is this meteorite

2007-12-19 Thread habibi abdelaziz
happy holidays and a precose merry christmas to all, well ,we got this new meteorite unclassified that i named as an impact melt breccia two fantastic lithologies. first black litho = exactly an impact melt breccia, segong litho= greenish with black point we could say it look like a ck, no

[meteorite-list] mali cutter

2007-12-19 Thread mckinney trammell
looking for about a 100g mali for cutting slices. black shape, no(little) crust, no cracks. i need a rough looking stone and don't want to trash fine stone. UNLESS... soembody out there has pre-cut brecciated slices for sale?

Re: [meteorite-list] Phoenix desert fireball

2007-12-19 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
for me is a satellite matteo --- mexicodoug [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Hello List, Surprised this unprecedented video recording of a Geminid (?) long lasted splintering fireball imaged from the helicopter hasn't made it to the list yet...

[meteorite-list] Near Misses

2007-12-19 Thread Peter A Shugar
Hello list, Stated in it's smplest terms, the near miss will preturb the oribital parametersof the smaller body way more than the much larger earth. Yes ! However- The only way that the object will come back to haunt our placid life here on earth is IF the orbital parameter dealing in

[meteorite-list] Imilac 2930 grams vende

2007-12-19 Thread Martinezr
Hola List Members I wish sell my last Imilac found on december 7th, a nice complete individual of 2930 grams. I accept offers over $ 17,000 USD The closing date to receive offers will be this Sunday 23 December, mid day, chilean hour. Look the short video in

[meteorite-list] FW: BEAUTIFUL AUCTIONS ENDING TODAY-SEE HIGHLIGHTS!

2007-12-19 Thread michael cottingham
From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:27 PM To: 'michael cottingham' Subject: AD: BEAUTIFUL AUCTIONS ENDING TODAY-SEE HIGHLIGHTS! Hello, Today- A 30% off on

[meteorite-list] Imilac 2930 grams SALE

2007-12-19 Thread Martinezr
Hola List Members I wish sell my last Imilac found on december 7th, a nice complete individual of 2930 grams. I accept offers over $ 6 USD per gram. The closing date to receive offers will be this Sunday 23 December, mid day, chilean hour. Look the short video in

[meteorite-list] near miss stuff

2007-12-19 Thread Peter A Shugar
Hello list, Stated in it's smplest terms, the near miss will preturb the oribital parametersof the smaller body way more than the much larger earth. Yes ! However- The only way that the object will come back to haunt our placid life here on earth is IF the orbital parameter dealing in

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - December 19, 2007

2007-12-19 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES December 19, 2007 o Santa Claus Craters http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006271_2210 o Chryse Planitia Surfaces http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006268_1995 o Exposure of Basal Section of Polar Layered Deposits

Re: [meteorite-list] what is this meteorite

2007-12-19 Thread Francisco Ocaña
Amazing! After weeks I have finally cut some Dean´s NWAs and one of them is very simmilar to yours. It is quite black, very homogeneus, with absence of chondrules or metal. It is a 75g fragment with a ,what I think, is a nice fusion crust ( http://asaaf.fis.ucm.es/~paco/D469.JPG ) . The

[meteorite-list] Imilac 2930 grams Sale

2007-12-19 Thread Martinezr
Hola List Members I wish sell my last Imilac found on december 7th, a nice complete individual of 2930 grams. I accept offers over $ 6 USD per gram. The closing date to receive offers will be this Sunday 23 December, mid day, chilean hour. Look the short video in

[meteorite-list] AD - Ebay Auctions ending

2007-12-19 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
at few hours some auctions ending, take a look the low price for the Alfianello piece, ended this after the price return to the old price. http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=mcomemeteorite Matteo __

[meteorite-list] FW: BEAUTIFUL AUCTIONS ENDING TODAY-SEE HIGHLIGHTS!

2007-12-19 Thread michael cottingham
EXCUSE IF THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I JUST DONT SEE THE First One... Michael From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:27 PM To: 'michael cottingham' Subject: AD: BEAUTIFUL AUCTIONS ENDING TODAY-SEE

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska-- the movie

2007-12-19 Thread Jerry
Right on the mark Darren. It speaks to many of the questions raised in the Mammoth thread in terms of frequency and potential effects of an airburst as well as impacts. The footnote to Comet Levy/Shomaker may also reminds us that impactors don't necessarily travel alone. In tandem, some strike,

[meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009

2007-12-19 Thread Jerry
RECORD MARE BASALT IN KALAHARI 009 Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: PSRD [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:37 PM Subject: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD] New

Re: [meteorite-list] Phoenix desert fireball

2007-12-19 Thread mexicodoug
Hi Matteo, Listees, Right - BTW, what's the deal on that tremendous bolide that fell near Trieste somewhere over Slovenia, and lit up Venice like a Christmas tree a month ago, during the Leonid nights? For some reason I just received your post now in my inbox (but it has an older date -

[meteorite-list] near miss

2007-12-19 Thread Peter A Shugar
Hello list, Stated in it's smplest terms, the near miss will preturb the oribital parametersof the smaller body way more than the much larger earth. Yes ! However- The only way that the object will come back to haunt our placid life here on earth is IF the orbital parameter dealing in

[meteorite-list] Chips Off an Old Lava Flow (Lunar Meteorite Kalahari 009)

2007-12-19 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec07/cryptomareSample.html Chips Off an Old Lava Flow Planetary Science Research Discoveries December 19, 2007 --- Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 contains fragments of basalt about 4.35 billion years old, a record-breaking old age for mare basalt. Written by G.

[meteorite-list] Catastrophic Impacts Made Life Flourish

2007-12-19 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22298683/ Catastrophic impacts made life flourish Meteorites linked to an explosion in biodiversity millions of years ago By Dave Mosher MSNBC December 17, 2007 Space rocks are blamed for a lot of rough times on Earth, from the die-off of most marine animals some

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009

2007-12-19 Thread Adam Hupe
It is too bad that Kalahari 009 was never officially weighed before it was cut. It seems that the anonymous owner could have at least given this record-breaking stone the dignity of a certified weigh-in. Using the term about 13.5 kilograms will never hold water in the record books and history

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009

2007-12-19 Thread Jerry
This rock is so uncharacteristically meteoric in appearance, so terrestrial looking, I'd have tossed it had I been the one to find it. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday,

[meteorite-list] Saturn's Rings May be Old Timers

2007-12-19 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-149 Saturn's Rings May be Old Timers Jet Propulsion Laboratory December 12, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - New observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicate the rings of Saturn, once thought to have formed during the age of the dinosaurs,

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska-- the movie

2007-12-19 Thread lebofsky
Jerry: SL/9 WAS one object that got too close to Jupiter and was pulled apart by the gravity of Jupiter (probably at the same time it was being captured into an orbit around Jupiter). It also, unfortunately for it, went into an orbit that had perijove (closest point in orbit) INSIDE of Jupiter,

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009

2007-12-19 Thread Adam Hupe
It sure is not very attractive from this collector's view but none the less, a very important stone from a scientific standpoint and deserves the very best consideration including a formal weigh-in. I still do not understand all of the secrecy surrounding it and the short recovery story sure is

Re: [meteorite-list] Saturn's Rings May be Old Timers

2007-12-19 Thread lebofsky
Hi All: This idea is not new. Don Davis et al. published a similar model more than 20 years ago. It is also interesting how similar the artist concept of the rings in the article is to one done by Bill Hartmann something like 30 years ago. It would be nice if people gave credit where credit was

Re: [meteorite-list] near miss stuff

2007-12-19 Thread lebofsky
Hi Pete: One other possiblity: Capture! Think about SL/9. I suspect that for the Earth/Moon system, this is not a very likely situation. Jupiter is much larger (with greater gravity) and objects passing by Jupiter will be going much slower than they would pass by Earth. Larry On Wed, December

Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoth Stew - first you cut up the Mammoth

2007-12-19 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Sterling, Jason, all - Concerning recent impacts (12,000 years old), what I've noticed over the years is that some people go into denial, and those denial mechanisms are sometimes really pretty bizarre. It's tough to accept on a gut level that as things now sit you, your family, your friends,

[meteorite-list] Happy Holidays

2007-12-19 Thread Rob Wesel
Hello all Happy Holidays from Nakhla Dog Meteorites. Enjoy 10% off for the rest of 2007 A few items not on the site, prices are before the discount: A 0.289 gram Ensisheim fragment priced at $150 Mundrabilla small irons at $2 per gram Small cherry picked Sikhotes at $2 per gram EL3 polished

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay fraud - not a meteorite

2007-12-19 Thread Bob Loeffler
Hi Ron, Yes, it's terminated on at least one end, but I still wouldn't pay a dime for it. (I'm a mineral collector also.) I just sent an e-mail to eBay's customer support. It probably won't help, but can't hurt. Regards, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] QMIG UPDATE/S

2007-12-19 Thread Bob WALKER
Listoids Firstly a very merry XMAS and happy new year to listoids QIG update - http://www.qmig.org I have started to scan and webpublish some of the very olde and hard-to-find artikles on Queensland meteorites First up woz an article on the Rockhampton meteorite - this was found by