[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2, 2009
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Re: [meteorite-list] CONUS
Thanks everyone (got a ton of OFF LIST email on this), So, when we had King George(W) in rule, POTUS ran the CONUS but deserved no bonus cuz his style was so bogus. I think I got the locus - so now let's refocus. Thanks, again, Michael on 1/1/09 11:30 PM, Bob Loeffler at b...@peaktopeak.com wrote: CONUS = CONtinental US = the lower 48 = the 48 contiguous states = all of the US states except Hawaii and Alaska. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_United_States; I had never heard of CONUS until I saw it in a dealer's ad here on the meteorite list a few months ago. Regards, Bob -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael L Blood Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:25 PM To: Michael Gilmer IMCA candidate; Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Year Freebie - Move Quick! OK, I plead ignorance. WHAT IS CONUS? Michael on 1/1/09 9:33 AM, Michael Gilmer at michael_w_gil...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Listees! To celebrate the coming of 2009, I am offering a mystery freebie meteorite to the first two CONUS residents to who respond to this post. I am giving away a free stony meteorite and a free iron meteorite. Both are small, but are quite nice for their small size. The first responder will get their choice of stone or iron. The second responder will get the other specimen not taken by responder #1. This offer is open to CONUS residents only. If I get a flood of responses, I will reply to the winners of the freebies, and will post a stop notice to the list to let everyone else know that the freebies are taken. Happy New Year and clear skies! :) MikeG . Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale .. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Get 30% to 50% more gas mileage immediately (I did!): http://go4best.water4gas.hop.clickbank.net/ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Get 30% to 50% more gas mileage immediately (I did!): http://go4best.water4gas.hop.clickbank.net/ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2, 2009
Great post, Michael! What a stunning specimen, and it's great to see that Svend's superb work continues to be picked up by the community... Happy New Year to all, Dave www.fallingrocks.com -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael Johnson Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:25 AM To: Meteorite List Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2,2009 http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_2_2009.html __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2, 2009
Doesn´t this great (!) specimen show that uncleaned iron individuals, at least in some cases (Gibeon, Sikhote-Alin, Canyon Diablo, Henbury etc..), can be much more appealing to our eyes than their cleaned counterparts? Well, I for my part think so. But as always: it may just be a matter of perspective and it ultimately lies in the eyes of the beholder... Happy New Year all, Alex Berlin/Germany Original-Nachricht Datum: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:39:15 -0500 Von: Dave Gheesling d...@fallingrocks.com An: \'Michael Johnson\' mich...@spacerocksinc.com, \'Meteorite List\' meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2, 2009 Great post, Michael! What a stunning specimen, and it's great to see that Svend's superb work continues to be picked up by the community... Happy New Year to all, Dave www.fallingrocks.com -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael Johnson Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:25 AM To: Meteorite List Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2,2009 http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_2_2009.html __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] New AGU presentation on Holocene Start Impacts
Hi Wu, all - One of the frustrating things for me commercially in this is if you go to amazon for Dr. Firestone's book, you'll find that the usual set of frauds, the ones who screwed me so magnificently, have their books at the bottom of the page for his book. (I except Ed Malkowsky and Andrew Collins from this.) However, when life hands you lemons, you make a lemon meringue pie, and in this case I have a mile high already made - Amazing Stories, my guide inside the lunatic fringe. Write me for a free copy - another freebie for Monday! I don't know if my own amazon sales site is even working, so I don't expect much of a sales bounce from this, but it will help next powwow season, if I get that far. Of course, the big news is Tankersley's one inch thick layer of cometary impactites near Sandusky, and the search for one of the holocene start impact sites in Canada. I am hoping for Mike Griffin's speedy departure as NASA Administrator, and hoping that he takes Dr. Morrison along with him. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 2, 2009
Alexander Seidel wrote: Doesn´t this great (!) specimen show that uncleaned iron individuals, at least in some cases (Gibeon, Sikhote-Alin, Canyon Diablo, Henbury etc..), can be much more appealing to our eyes than their cleaned counterparts? Hi Alex and All! I agree 100%! Please see a few more picts of natural patina individuals here: http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id25.html Cheers, Peter Peter Marmet Bern, Switzerland IMCA #2747 p.mar...@mysunrise.ch http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Carancas
From astronomy magazine. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=aid=6726 Have a great day Steve __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Happy New Year - Ruben Garcia - Dealers List - Tucson Info
Happy New Year and Best Wishes to Everyone! For those of you who've been looking for Ruben Garcia's website, he has moved his articles and video listings to The Meteorite Exchange. All of Rubens articles are up and I should have all Ruben's videos listed a few days after we post the January issue of Meteorite-Times. Ruben is listed under the Information menu. Direct URL is http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ To all Meteorite Dealers: This is our annual request for you to verify your information on our Meteorite Dealers Listing page http://www.meteorite.com/dealer_list.htm Please reply off list with any changes. Changes will be made a few days after we get Meteorite-Times up. To all of you who are soon to be Tucson bound please add your information to our Tucson Information page. Our Tucson Information page is found on Meteorite-Times. Information page here: http://www.meteorite-times.com/tucson/ Add your Tucson information here: http://www.meteorite-times.com/tucson/form/ Thank you! Paul and Jim __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] the new fall in morroco tichka dn tahanout region
hi listoids, first happy new year. i get a sample today from what is supposed to be the new fall; i heard there is found some, i see that there are some grad of weathering already, it look like and h3 or h4, may be it fall in snow and become so weathered , when i polish without water it look fresh inside also when i brook the sample its lloks fresh, the crust also i will be sur once its classified, http://www.flickr.com/photos/azizhabibi/ see photo here and tell me what do you think, and for you to judge. my best aziz habibi habibi aziz box 70 erfoud 52200 morroco phone. 21235576145 fax.21235576170/font __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] the new fall contunue// tichka mountains
hi again just a short note to say, that there is may be many kilos found and there is a fight for it,split on 3 places,an area of more than 4000 km square. taddart tahanout and tichka , could be more places as far as things goes we will hear defenitly tomorow of the aproximate amount of kilo's, the center of the fall is may be tichka mountain full of snow now, according to the fireball and the sonic boum its big. it become from houre to houre sur that its sur that the sample i get is from the new fall; my best aziz habibi font style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#40; face=comic sans mshabibi aziz box 70 erfoud 52200 morroco phone. 21235576145 fax.21235576170/font __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] RE: Happy New Year - Ruben Garcia
Hi Paul, and All, A Happy, Healthy and Prosper New Year to you all. Did anyone have a look at Ruben's old URL - there's an article about meteorite hunting on this new site that sounds pretty (babel-)fishy... If you want to have a good laugh have a look at: http://www.mr-meteorite.com/treasure-hunting-for-meteorites/ There's a great definition of meteorite, for example: A healthy intent imagining in outdoor space which survives a stroke with a earths aspect is called a meteorite. Hmmm ;-? My favorite howler: Be unequivocally clever with singular earth magnets since they will repairs credit cards, dungeon phones, computers, PDAs as well as alternative electronic equipment. Good advise, huh? I'm just wondering where I could possibly get such a darn dungeon phone! Any dungeolar for sale ,-? All the best, Norbert -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Happy New Year and Best Wishes to Everyone! For those of you who've been looking for Ruben Garcia's website, he has moved his articles and video listings to The Meteorite Exchange. All of Rubens articles are up and I should have all Ruben's videos listed a few days after we post the January issue of Meteorite-Times. Ruben is listed under the Information menu. Direct URL is http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ To all Meteorite Dealers: This is our annual request for you to verify your information on our Meteorite Dealers Listing page http://www.meteorite.com/dealer_list.htm Please reply off list with any changes. Changes will be made a few days after we get Meteorite-Times up. To all of you who are soon to be Tucson bound please add your information to our Tucson Information page. Our Tucson Information page is found on Meteorite-Times. Information page here: http://www.meteorite-times.com/tucson/ Add your Tucson information here: http://www.meteorite-times.com/tucson/form/ Thank you! Paul and Jim __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Humor Alert! = Meteorite Dungeon: Was Ruben Garcia
Norbert jokingly: Good advise, huh? I'm just wondering where I could possibly get such a darn dungeon phone! Any dungeolar for sale ,-? Ahem, ... what about the London Tower??? If they can't help, you might surely ask Henry VIII or one of his beheaded loved ones :-)) Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Estherville, Mesosiderite Micrographs
Hi list, I just took some very beautiful micrographs of Estherville, Iowa, Mesosiderite. This meteorite fell May 10,1879. The magnification is approximately 160X with a field of view of 0.40 mm taken in cross polarized transmitted light. If any one wants to take a look, just email me. 11 shots embedded (no files to open up). Tom Phillips **New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom0026) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] the new fall contunue// tichka mountains
What do you mean 4000KM 2, this would be one of the largest falls known. I have not heard much about it, so I doubt that it could be that impressive. More likely pieces of a fresh chondrite, or chergach, or Bassikounou. Michael Farmer --- On Fri, 1/2/09, habibi abdelaziz azizhab...@yahoo.com wrote: From: habibi abdelaziz azizhab...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] the new fall contunue// tichka mountains To: meteorite list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 4:31 PM hi again just a short note to say, that there is may be many kilos found and there is a fight for it,split on 3 places,an area of more than 4000 km square. taddart tahanout and tichka , could be more places as far as things goes we will hear defenitly tomorow of the aproximate amount of kilo's, the center of the fall is may be tichka mountain full of snow now, according to the fireball and the sonic boum its big. it become from houre to houre sur that its sur that the sample i get is from the new fall; my best aziz habibi font style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#40; face=comic sans mshabibi aziz box 70 erfoud 52200 morroco phone. 21235576145 fax.21235576170/font __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ad/sale Etched Taza added to my web site
Hi all I have added a couple VERY nice end cuts of the Taza Plessetic octahedrite meteorite to my site you can see them here http://www.meteoritefinder.com/whats-new-sale.htmThanks -- Mike Miller 230 Greenway Dr. Kingman Az 86401 www.meteoritefinder.com 928-753-6825 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Anyone in the area of Tok Alaska?
Possible bolide in that area today. Mike in CO __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Happy New Year - Ruben Garcia
It looks like the new owner ported all his old blog entries over to the site. He has entries going back into 2005, at which time I know Ruben still controlled it. Howlers indeed! Tracy Latimer From: riffr...@timewarp.de To: p...@meteorite.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 00:43:39 +0100 Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: Happy New Year - Ruben Garcia Hi Paul, and All, A Happy, Healthy and Prosper New Year to you all. Did anyone have a look at Ruben's old URL - there's an article about meteorite hunting on this new site that sounds pretty (babel-)fishy... If you want to have a good laugh have a look at: http://www.mr-meteorite.com/treasure-hunting-for-meteorites/ _ It’s the same Hotmail®. If by “same” you mean up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_broad1_122008 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Estherville pic
Good morning Tom and List, Well, good morning because it's 01:40 our time and I had better go to bed now! Always interested as you probably know! Here's one of my Estherville pics that I took some years ago. Magnification is only 8x, but so beautiful, so very color- ful!!! All the best for 2009, Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re : the new fall contunue// tichka mountains
hi mike 4000km power 2 means 100 km* 40km. that's mean it has been heard over irghem and over tichka and over tahenout so between all its over 4000 km square , not exponential, it has been seen over the third of morroco;so calculate and you will see, the fireball make the entry in atmosphere and true meteorite all along the tragectory, this what has happened to zag more than 4000 km² , and to amgala more than 5000 km², and most of the falls, so question of how you say 4000km².you do the square root of 4000km² and it become small :-). back to what is it, under my microscope its an H3 OR 4 ? HIGHLY MAGNETIC. firts thought when i saw it i sad there could be a scam and it coud be bassikounou not chergash, but looking closely its may be different and i wrote i will wait for analysis, we will see , but we have a new big fall in our hand and the more there are the more it's belish, thanks for your comment mike and happy new year. my best aziz font style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#40; face=comic sans mshabibi aziz box 70 erfoud 52200 morroco phone. 21235576145 fax.21235576170/font - Message d'origine De : Michael Farmer meteorite...@yahoo.com À : meteorite list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; habibi abdelaziz azizhab...@yahoo.com Envoyé le : Samedi, 3 Janvier 2009, 1h22mn 19s Objet : Re: [meteorite-list] the new fall contunue// tichka mountains What do you mean 4000KM 2, this would be one of the largest falls known. I have not heard much about it, so I doubt that it could be that impressive. More likely pieces of a fresh chondrite, or chergach, or Bassikounou. Michael Farmer --- On Fri, 1/2/09, habibi abdelaziz azizhab...@yahoo.com wrote: From: habibi abdelaziz azizhab...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] the new fall contunue// tichka mountains To: meteorite list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 4:31 PM hi again just a short note to say, that there is may be many kilos found and there is a fight for it,split on 3 places,an area of more than 4000 km square. taddart tahanout and tichka , could be more places as far as things goes we will hear defenitly tomorow of the aproximate amount of kilo's, the center of the fall is may be tichka mountain full of snow now, according to the fireball and the sonic boum its big. it become from houre to houre sur that its sur that the sample i get is from the new fall; my best aziz habibi font style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#40; face=comic sans mshabibi aziz box 70 erfoud 52200 morroco phone. 21235576145 fax.21235576170/font __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas
. You just wonder how many other lakes and ponds were created by stony meteorites, says Schultz. I live in Plymouth, MA, the land of 360 ponds, many of which are actually moderate sized lakes.. Thanks for the article Steve. An additional motivation to invest in an underwater detector to confirm or dispute my own personal suspisions about some of their origins. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Steve Dunklee sdunklee72...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 12:36 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Carancas From astronomy magazine. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=aid=6726 Have a great day Steve __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD SALE METEORITE AUCTIONS ON EBAY ENDING BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/09/09
Hello List Members, Happy New Year! I hope everyone is having a Great week! I have several ebay auctions ending 1/4 and over the next few days. Please take a look. WESTON METEORITE RARE .254 gm H4 COA IMCA USA FIRST MET AMERICA'S FIRST METEORITE 0.254 gm FROM BRITISH MUSEUM Item number: 280299170735 http://cgi.ebay.com/WESTON-METEORITE-RARE-254-gm-H4-COA-IMCA-USA-FIRST-MET_W0QQitemZ280299170735QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ST MICHEL METEORITE CHONDRITE 6.30g BLACK CRUST IMCA http://cgi.ebay.com/ST-MICHEL-METEORITE-CHONDRITE-6-30g-BLACK-CRUST-IMCA_W0QQitemZ280298922175QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem BILANGA METEORITE ACHONDRITE DIOGENITE 7.g CRUST IMCA http://cgi.ebay.com/BILANGA-METEORITE-ACHONDRITE-DIOGENITE-7-g-CRUST-IMCA_W0QQitemZ280298927692QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem SMYER METEORITE RARE 28.35 gm H-6 COA IMCA TEXAS NICE http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=270322843199ssPageName=STRK:MESE:ITih=017 AGOULT METEORITE .61g IMCA ACHONDRITE EUCRITE RARE RARE http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=280297736494ssPageName=STRK:MESE:ITih=018Thanks for looking,Brian CoxIMCA # 6387searchingforfun is my User ID on ebay __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas
Hey stimulate the economy buy the detector and wetsuit and have at it, Jerry you might defeat the odds at that. BUT of those 360+ natural ponds, at least 359 of them are kettle lakes with glacial origins..any impact pit/crater older than 8000-13,000 years would have been filled by glacial debris. Seems like a soil sampling auger would be more meaningful than a metal detector. Frankly, given a 300+ year Anglo history in New England, I'll further wager at least 359 of those ponds have iron in them anyway. I always hedge against the 6thSD outlier. The only way to know for sure is sample them all. Elton --- On Fri, 1/2/09, Jerry Flaherty g...@verizon.net wrote: I live in Plymouth, MA, the land of 360 ponds, many of which are actually moderate sized lakes..Thanks for the article Steve. An additional motivation to invest in an underwater detector to confirm or dispute my own personal suspisions about some of their origins. Jerry Flaherty __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Alaska Town Abuzz Over Mystery Sky Explosion
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475291,00.html Alaska Town Abuzz Over Mystery Sky Explosion Friday, January 02, 2009 FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Was it a meteor falling from space? Officials think that might be what residents saw shooting through the Alaska sky near Tok on Monday afternoon. A tremendous explosion, like a sonic boom, drew some people outside, where they watched irregular contrails scribe a path in a clear sky. At her home four miles west of Tok, Kathy Olding was loading a large sled with firewood to haul to her house when she was startled by an explosion. Peering out from the tarp-covered wood pile, she saw even her imperturbable Chesapeake Bay retriever, Journey, was on edge, ears cocked. I could kind of hear it still rumbling, like thunder, she recalled. I thought, what in the world? Turning her eyes to the sky, Olding saw the oddest contrail. It was just like somebody took a pen and made a white cloud that went up and down and up and down and squiggly, she said, describing the pattern. Others called 911. Alaska State Troopers dispatcher Diane Kendall fielded several calls starting about 3:30 p.m. Most reported a loud explosion. One caller, an adult, told Kendall an 11-year-old witnessed the entire spectacle outside. He said it was like a big fireball that exploded, with smoke everywhere, Kendall relayed. The kid said, 'I think it was a meteor,' and I went, right. The Martians have landed. But then I got three other calls, boom, boom, boom. I was pretty shocked. People reported hearing and feeling an explosion in the air, but no one called in about debris falling from the sky, said Sgt. Freddie Wells, the state trooper on duty at the time. Responding to the reports, he went out and cas is highly unusual for many, many Tokites to have heard this explosion, Olding wrote in an e-mail. Does ANYONE know what it was? We are all dying to know. News that the mysterious incident was likely a meteor was somewhat reassuring, laying to rest Martian theories. We're looking for UFOs around here, Sgt. Wells joked. Chappelow said nearly all meteors that leave visible trails in the atmosphere are no bigger than a BB, and most are as tiny as a grain of sand. The brightness comes from the speed with which meteors travel into the Earth's atmosphere. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Pallasite vs. Mesosiderite
This is a lost draft regarding the question about pallesites vs mesosiderites in the for what it is worth category. These two types of meteorites were trasditionally lumped together for a very long long time as stony-irons. We know now they have little in common chemically nor in point of origin. Two examples that can appear similar are Huckitta; a pallasite and Vaca Muerta; a mesosiderite. Given that they were widely available stony irons that happened to superficially resemble each other owing to extensive weathering. This perpetuated the misconception that they were related, IMO. Pallasites contain the mineral assemblage magnesium iron silicate with the formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4.aka olivine wich is a mixture of the minerals forresterite and fayalite. In fact a pallasite vs mesosiderite distinction is the silicate in pallasites are olivine (Mg,Fe)2SiO4, where the mesosiderite's pyroxene silicates are mostly XY(Si,Al)2O6 I do not know for sure I am fairly certain that notuing more than a trace of olivine--neither massive or pallasite-like olivine crystals have been found in mesosiderites. All mesosiderites have been linked to a single parent body totally disrupted both with extensively intermixed strata. Mesosiderites are an assemblage of iron, eucrite, diogenite, impact melt breccia, howardite soup--you name it. By disrupted I mean really comingled with lots of surface and mantle material shot through the center and into the other side, flash melting, biblical porportions of chaos crumbled up silicates with iron chunks for flavor mixing. Pallasites represent a less mixed, none-the-less disrupted parent body-- specifically, material from the mantle core boundary*. The olivine within the metal portions was emplaced in the iron via a yet to be confirmed process. Possible via a cumulate condensation or a impact imparted sloshing of a magma chamber in contact with the molten core. Because there are Widmanstatten patterns in pallasites we know that whatever the process, it wasn't the one that excavated the meteorites from the core of the parent body because rapid cooling would not allow those patterns to form. Some recent finds show entire sections void of olivine crystals all together ( hence siderite portions). I haven't looked it up recently but unlike a single parent in mesosiderites there are 7-13 separate parent bodies sampled in the worlds sampling of pallasites. AS mentioned before, very weathered pallesites can supreficially resemble mesosiderites such as is the case with Huckitta. Almost everyone owns some Huckitta which dosen't look at all like a typical pallasite. Much of the Huckitta in private collections is not the pristeen olivine metal mix we know so well but oxiadized metal and hydrated silicates. It looks like a meso in many appearance respects. Couple this with the availability of Vaca Muerta and in absence of anything else for comparrison and it is easy to see why anyone would assume they were very related. Elton * there is a theory about iron pools/pockets not at the core of asteroids but those are hard to explain rotationaly etc. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
