Re: [meteorite-list] Bright Fireball seen over southern Arizona tonight

The MMT Observatory on top of Mt. Hopkins has an all sky camera that operates continually. At night the camera makes 10-second exposures. Additionally they build all of the frames from each day and each night into an avi movie. I downloaded last night's file and grabbed the two frames in which

[meteorite-list] AD - Nice Camel Donga Thin Sections For Sale

Hi to everyone, here is my ad for the week and the last one until sometime after July 4th. I have 5 thin sections of the Camel Donga (eucrite)in hand and available for sale. All are uncovered to allow the buyer the option of testing. These are nice samples and priced reasonably at $80 each and

Re: [meteorite-list] Bright Fireball seen over southern Arizona tonight

Thanks for the update, It would be nice to have another US fall. Pictures are also nice. I think having pictures and video of falls make it all the more special to have a sample of in collections. Greg C. --- On Thu, 6/25/09, Richard Kowalski damoc...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Richard Kowalski

[meteorite-list] Looking for good video of Buzzard Coulee fall

3 messages from me today! Does anyone have good quality video footage of the Buzzard Coulee fall? All I have been able to find is youtube stuff and I would like something of higher quality. I can provide a blank disc and cover postage costs for it, or if upload/download is an option, that

[meteorite-list] OT nice video on detecting processed meat products

I've linked to the print version of Shermer's baloney detection kit before, now there's a video version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Please explain this terminology.

Hi List, This seller describes a Sikhote Alin shrapnel as having : 54 Gram Sikhote-Alin Meteorite-w/SharpRoll-Over Edges I thought a roll-over lip or edge was an orientation feature? How can an exploded piece of shrapnel exhibit these features? Is this one of those cases where you stare at the

[meteorite-list] Volcanoes and Meteoroids Make Materials Harder Than Diamond

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/24-volcanoes-meteoroids-make-materials-harder-than-diamond Volcanoes and Meteoroids Make Materials Harder Than Diamond by Adam Hadhazy Discover Magazine From the July-August special issue published online June 24, 2009 The reputation of diamond as

[meteorite-list] New historic US-meteorite found in Millis, MA

Ehm list, look what I found on Holbrook (!) Square in the town of Millis. Click picture 10, 11, 12 on this page. http://kuerzer.de/millisma Well, some myths better never should be busted Martin __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] New historic US-meteorite found in Millis, MA

Hi Martin and List! Wow! What a discovery! It turns out that America has entire mountain ranges made out of meteorite! I drove through the Smoky Mountains once and saw hundreds of meteorites exactly like that one. It's amazing that these big stones have escaped notice for so long. Seriously

Re: [meteorite-list] Please explain this terminology.

Remember Mike that all pieces started out as shrapnel once disintegration begins. Only those the fully tumble lose all their shrapnel features. The maelstrom of SA's entry was punctuated buy multiple fragmentation events. Which as much going on and as busy as the sky was I imagine there are

[meteorite-list] freebies and back to work

Hello to all the good people on this list.After 7 and half months,I finally went back to work this week.It will be nice to be getting a pay check soon.So in honor of my new job,I have 5 very nice meteorites to givaway to a new home.LA LUZ,TAHOKA,NWA 5537,ARRIVACA CREEK, and a CAMPO END

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - June 26, 2009

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[meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Granite-like rocks on Vesta

List/Darren you had asked once about granite. I don't remember if was a compositional or an origin issue. I do know that granite's crystaline structure results from slow cooling under monumental pressures [substantially 5 miles of overburden is a commonly mentioned denominator-often referred to

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Granite-like rocks on Vesta

I thought that the presence of Quartz was a good indication that the rock was not a meteorite ! Now it seems that at least the 4 Vesta meteorites can have some Quartz in them? Pete IMCA 1733 - Original Message - From: Jerry Flaherty g...@verizon.net To:

[meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Granite-like rocks on Vesta

Hello, You can download the complete article here: http://www.meteoritica.com/nwa%201769.htm Best wishes, Philippe __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Granite-like rocks on Vesta

Hello, HED meteorites contain often a silica phase... Anyway, the crust of Vesta is commonly thought to be made of basalts (eucrites) and mafic or ultramafic cumulates (diogenites and cumulate eucrites). We have studied a few howardites and found impact glass beads. Some of these glasses are

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska Blast a water rich comet: Holocene age clusters of similar craters in New Mexico, east of Las Vegas and southeast of Estancia: Rich Murray 2009.06.25

Re: [meteorite-list]Tunguska Blast a water rich comet: clusters of similar craters, very like Carolina Bays, in New Mexico, east of Las Vegas and southeast of Estancia: Rich Murray 2009.06.25 About 8 miles SE of Las Vegas, NM, via Google Maps and Google Earth, note McAllister Lake, Crane