Re: [meteorite-list] Brachinites NWA 4882

2008-12-02 Thread Martin Altmann
Good Morning list, and ooops what's going on? I'm sure Dirk wanted to express his enthusiasm rather than to offend someone. Friends! Brachinites! Can you have too many of them in the collection??? There are so few finds, such a tiny batch of material and yet they are so diverse and

[meteorite-list] status of NWA brachinites

2008-12-02 Thread Zelimir Gabelica
Hi Martin, I fully agree. To be complete, here is what I have in my archives: ...NWA 4969 (BRA, Algeria, tkw = [EMAIL PROTECTED] g) from Marcin, is paired with NWA 4882 (Algeria, from Hupé's, BRA, tkw = 2@ 3096 g), but apparently not with NWA 3151 (BRA, Hupé's, tkw = [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] no pairings of the sikote-alin meteorite

2008-12-02 Thread steve arnold
Good morning list.It just has to be a mess with all these nwa pairings with these brachinite's.Well a good thing for me.I do not have any brach's in my collection,only sikote-alin's here.So no pairings will ever be a hassle for this greatest of falls.I have to take this back.I do have a piece

Re: [meteorite-list] status of NWA brachinites

2008-12-02 Thread Greg Hupe
Hello Zelimir, NWA 4882: Here is the statement I see in the Bulletin: Classification: Achondrite (brachinite). This specimen (NWA 4882) is very similar in external appearance, texture, and mineral compositions to NWA 4969, with which it may be paired (Wittke et al. 2008). It also is very

Re: [meteorite-list] status of NWA brachinites

2008-12-02 Thread Zelimir Gabelica
Yep Greg, you are fully right. I just made a wrong recopy from the database. Sorry for that. Even if NWA brachinites are not so numerous, it is easy to make confusions. Regarding NWA 595, this is new to me, though, as Met. Soc. member, I do have all the MAPS issues. Strange that, after this

[meteorite-list] NWA Number Count - status of NWA brachinites

2008-12-02 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Zelimir, One thing I forgot to mention, the NWA number count is at NWA 5480 (maybe a few more since last week). It looks like the brachinite count is what you have listed earlier, unless there are any currently under study, none that I have heard of from scientists here in the U.S. This

Re: [meteorite-list] status of NWA brachinites

2008-12-02 Thread MeteorHntr
Greg, and List, So, does this place NWA 595 in another group (grouplet) or would it be totally unique and anomalous, being the only representative known from it's parent body (so far)? Looking at anomalous irons, we see a list of MANY such meteorites. In fact, being anomalous or unique

[meteorite-list] Unique Achondrites

2008-12-02 Thread MeteorHntr
Hey Guys, Speaking of Ungrouped Achondrites, is there a nice comprehensive list of Unique or ungrouped achondrites? Is there a list of less than 5 member grouped (or potentially future grouped) achondrites or chondrites for that matter? I was thinking that Coolidge was a carbonaceous

[meteorite-list] AD: Auction Highlights Some Ending Today, Some Tomorrow!

2008-12-02 Thread michael cottingham
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[meteorite-list] eBay Issues

2008-12-02 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
Hi Brian, McKinney, Listoids: eBay, like rock roll, will never die. It's the greatest platform for buying and selling meteorites the world has ever seen. Everything else too. Before eBay, where could the Average Joe go to buy his stones? After eBay buys Craigslist, (it already owns all

[meteorite-list] NASA Finishes Listening for Phoenix Mars Lander

2008-12-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/release.php?ArticleID=1964 NASA Finishes Listening for Phoenix Mars Lander Jet Propulsion Laboratory December 01, 2008 PASADENA, Calif. -- After nearly a month of daily checks to determine whether Martian NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander would be able to

[meteorite-list] NWA 3151 Brachinite Greg's thin section

2008-12-02 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi Dirk and List, I am not up to speed on the latest pairings or the going price for each. I respect a quality thin section and this NWA 3151 Brachinite thin section just that. Even if it is terrestrial basalt, a good thin section is a joy and believe me, even a Lunar thin is a

Re: [meteorite-list] status of NWA brachinites

2008-12-02 Thread Zelimir Gabelica
Dear Ted, Many thanks for the link. The paper by Rumble et al. (you included) is very instructive and (if I understood well), although not conclusive regarding the BRA parent body (unique or not), at least it throws much more light on the other properties that are different (but not

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Issues

2008-12-02 Thread mckinney trammell
they are screwing the customer+ themselves out fo existance with hi fees=bottom line. yea, the betamax, vhs, pacer and commodore c-64 were all great in their times. --- On Tue, 12/2/08, JoshuaTreeMuseum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: JoshuaTreeMuseum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Issues

2008-12-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:40:11 -0800 (PST), you wrote: they are screwing the customer+ themselves out fo existance with hi fees=bottom line. yea, the betamax, vhs, pacer and commodore c-64 were all great in their times. You know what Betamax, VHS, the Pacer and the Commodore 64 all had? Viable

[meteorite-list] A New Compositional Class of Comets: from Fire, Ice, or Beyond?

2008-12-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.lowell.edu/media/releases.php?release=20081202 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2008 A New Compositional Class of Comets: from Fire, Ice, or Beyond? Lowell Observatory Astronomer Confirms New Class of Comets Flagstaff, Ariz. -- Comet 96P/Machholz 1 shows extremely anomalous

[meteorite-list] Canadian Meteorite Composition?

2008-12-02 Thread Mike Groetz
The Statten Island news paper included this comment within their article: While it's not yet known what kind of meteorite this one was, the fragments appear to be made of iron. Has anyone heard yet from the universities as to a preliminary composition? Mike

[meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies

2008-12-02 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear List Members, I was just cruising around eBay for about five minutes and my Internet Explorer popped up a message reading: To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for options... This pretty much confirms what

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies

2008-12-02 Thread mckinney trammell
wow. www.safernetworking.com for spybot SD free downloads. just ran it, though AFTER ebay use and no immed. threats found? --- On Tue, 12/2/08, Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies To:

Re: [meteorite-list] Canadian Meteorite Composition?

2008-12-02 Thread Chris Peterson
The initial assessment from Hildebrand's group at the University of Calgary is an ordinary chondrite, type 5 or 6. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: Mike Groetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies

2008-12-02 Thread Chris Peterson
There is no mechanism on a properly configured browser for a website to download software to your computer without your active consent. If you are using Internet Explorer (why would you?) it is possible to override the default setting and allow websites to quietly load ActiveX applications. But

Re: [meteorite-list] no pairings of the sikote-alin meteorite

2008-12-02 Thread m42protosun
Hello Steve, hello list my scientific researches point out that there could be a pairing between the Sikhote-Alin and the Veevers. Both have a lot of paired characteristics in petrology and chemistry. Apparently are both fragments of a mutual parent body. This body was destroyed in cyclopean

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies

2008-12-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:50:00 -0700, you wrote: There is no mechanism on a properly configured browser for a website to download software to your computer without your active consent. There is not an OS or browser avaiable that does not have security holes. Not only that, but there are multiple

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies

2008-12-02 Thread Chris Peterson
Serious security holes are increasingly rare, and increasingly being fixed before exploits appear. They don't represent a very big threat for people who keep their systems up-to-date and exercise a bit of common sense. In the context of this discussion, I am doubtful in the extreme that eBay is

[meteorite-list] Art, Please contact me

2008-12-02 Thread David Kitt Deyarmin
I don't know how to contact Art and I have a question for him so I hope he sees this __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies

2008-12-02 Thread Chris Peterson
Tagasaurus is simple malware. It has no way to install itself on a properly configured system. You need to download and run something carrying it. In this respect it is no different from most other malware. Doubleclick and Mediaplex do not download executable code to your computer. All they do

[meteorite-list] AD - Ebay Name Update

2008-12-02 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, Just a quick note to let collectors know I have a new eBay name. The old name raremeteorites has been changed to raremeteorites! with an explanation mark (!) at the end. I had to change it due to eBay's policy about having the same name as your email address. Those of you

[meteorite-list] Riker Storage Case? Need Help

2008-12-02 Thread Mike%20Bandli
If anyone is aware of a storage or transport case specifically designed to hold or organize lots of Riker-style mounts, please email me off-list. Thank you! Mike Bandli __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] New Canadian Meteorite (Not the Fall!)

2008-12-02 Thread tett
List, Not too much has been mentioned about the new Canadian iron to be found as most of the press has been given to the new fall in Lloydminster Sask.. Instead of driving from Edmonton two hours east to Saskatchewan you can drive about the same west to Whitecourt Alberta and see a newly

Re: [meteorite-list] no pairings of the sikote-alin meteorite

2008-12-02 Thread Jerry Flaherty
Thanks Uwe, parent body reference is always an interesting aside if not the very essence of serious collectors. Jerry - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:17 PM Subject: Re:

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - December 3, 2008

2008-12-02 Thread Michael Johnson
http://rocksfromspace.org/December_3_2008.html __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Meteorite video (probably)

2008-12-02 Thread Darren Garrison
This site seems to have video showing the new Canadian meteorite find. I can't get it to play in Firefox 3, it plays the damn commercial with the meerkats and the Rube Goldberg device over and over, but never the meteorite video. But you can try your luck on the link.