Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensive meteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Martin and List, Does anyone else find it ironic that the Aussies will put an Argentinian meteorite on their Australian coin? The Aussie government doesn't want it's own meteorites leaving it's borders in the hands of non-Aussie citizens, so they will take another nation's meteorites and use

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - July 7, 2009

2009-07-07 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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Re: [meteorite-list] Lost or Unconfirmed Hammer Falls - Anyone haveinfo on these? (or specimens?)

2009-07-07 Thread Philippe Thomas
Dear Dave and List, In the report of Biot on the meteorite of L'Aigle, there is no mentionned that a person was hit by a stone. In its conclusion, Biot only says that one named Piche, an inhabitant from the village of Aunées, Commune of Gloss, which worked outdoors at the time of the

[meteorite-list] Rép : Lost or Unconfirmed Hamm er Falls - Anyone haveinfo on these? (or specimens?)

2009-07-07 Thread Philippe Thomas
Dear Dave and List, In the report of Biot on the meteorite of L'Aigle, there is no mentionned that a person was hit by a stone. In its conclusion, Biot only says that one named Piche, an inhabitant from the village of Aunées, Commune of Gloss, which worked outdoors at the time of the

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensive meteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Martin and List, Well analyzed Martin. Reading your posts on these matters is like receiving an education. Now if we could just get the governments in question to read this list and consider what Martin has written extensively on, then we might see a return to reason. It is in nobody's

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensive meteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread Martin Altmann
No, it shows only how exotic these laws are. I'm sure the Australian Government doesn't intentionally want to keep the Australian meteorites in Australia, I'm rather convinced that quite nobody in the Australian government is aware of that law at all, because normal people don't know about

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensive meteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread MeteorHntr
List, Someone should copy off Martin's replies, have them printed on vellum, hard bound and sold as a meteorite collectible themselves. Whatever the price, it wouldn't be too expensive. Or maybe they can each be framed and hung on the walls for all to see. Or possibly they can be

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensive meteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread MeteorHntr
MikeG and all, You said: It is in nobody's best interest to restrict the search for, discovery of, and trade of meteorites. I want to correct you. It is in the financial short term best interest for researches and their institutions in a country to get grant money to study their new

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensive meteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Steve and List, My curse/talent for oversimplification strikes again. Yes Steve, you are right on the money with that. I think science should always get first look at scientifically-interesting new meteorites. But, outside or freelance hunters should not be ignored either - look at the

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensive meteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:23:52 +0200, you wrote: Legislature means: politicians and civil servants. Of course these people can't have any idea what a meteorite is, how they are found, how many do exist, what for a scientific or economical value they have or don't have and how they were exchanged

[meteorite-list] Ad Large sale today, so cheap!

2009-07-07 Thread Michael Farmer
Check out this beauty selling on ebay in a few hours. Very nice large slice of Muonionalusta. This cost me more to cut and polish than the high bid right now! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=400059849989 See all available items at the link below, there are way too many to

[meteorite-list] LL4 S3 W1 is official! NWA 5799

2009-07-07 Thread Greg Catterton
Just a quick note for all those that picked up some of the NWA LL4 S3 W1 from me, it is now officially named - NWA 5799 Greg C. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensivemeteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread Martin Altmann
Ah Mike and Steve, it's not a big thing. Each child can do these tiny stats, and each professional meteoriticist, would need to come to these simple conclusions, because he knows where to find the Bulletin Database on web, not more than 5 to 10 minutes. And that's why I'm often so impatient.

[meteorite-list] Martin's Wisdom - Was Yet another gimmicky expensive meteorite collectable

2009-07-07 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Martin said - Gosh perhaps we should buy 1001 IMCA-Teddy-Bears and whenever we meet one of the old protectionists, we could bombard him with that stuff and scream: We love meteorites, we love you, we want to help you, we want to bring you so much meteorites more, which you never would get else

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensivemeteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread Walter Branch
In book 56, article 45, subsection 31, paragraph 20, quatrain 8, line 3 Martin Wrote Of course these people can't have any idea what a meteorite is, how they are Nice summary, Martin. -Walter Branch (surgery again tomorrow :-( - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensivemeteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread cdtucson
Martin, Forget about the job as a cook. Like Steve said, you need to publish your writing. Fantastic. -- Carl or Debbie Esparza IMCA 5829 Meteoritemax Martin Altmann altm...@meteorite-martin.de wrote: Ah Mike and Steve, it's not a big thing. Each child can do these tiny stats, and

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensivemeteoritecollectable

2009-07-07 Thread Martin Altmann
Ya but that wasn't meant as criticism. It's the most common thing on Earth, that nobody knows so well, what a meteorite is. Why politicians should be there an exception from all others? (And in fact, I would be worried, if the politicians have nothing better to do as to waste their time on

[meteorite-list] GIVEAWAY FREEBIE! - First Responder Gets It...!!

2009-07-07 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Listees! Lately I have realized just how valuable the List has been to me - for learning, networking, and meeting friends. I have made some great friends and I have annoyed some people as well. While reading Martin's excellent posts today, I fully realized how ignorant I was (and still am)

Re: [meteorite-list] GIVEAWAY FREEBIE! - First Responder Gets It...!!

2009-07-07 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi List! Everyone can stop replying. We have a winner - Bernd Pauli! :) I received several correct responses, but Bernd was the first (by barely a minute) to respond with all 3 correct answers. He are the questions and answers : 1) Okechobee is one of 5 approved meteorites from Florida.

[meteorite-list] - AD - Beautiful split NWA meteorite (classified, numbered) closing tonight

2009-07-07 Thread Jason Utas
Hello All, My first-ever ebay auction closes tonight shortly before 1am - here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemssPageName=STRK:MESELX:ITitem=230353073435 There's only the one auction up at the moment, but I'll have some new ones up and running sometime in the next few

[meteorite-list] GIVEAWAY FREEBIE! - First Responder Gets It...!!

2009-07-07 Thread bernd . pauli
MikeG. kindly wrote: Hi Bernd! You are the winner! Hello Mike and List, How about either donating this wonderful prize to one of your local schools, or, maybe even better, having teachers of one of your local schools organize a kind of contest - difficulty depending on schoolchildren's age and

Re: [meteorite-list] GIVEAWAY FREEBIE! - First Responder Gets It...!!

2009-07-07 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Bernd and List, That is very generous of you Bernd - of course the prize is your's to dispose of as you see fit. So if you want me to donate it on your behalf, then I will certainly do so. Also, my wife and I recently moved from Louisiana to sunny Florida. My wife's older sister took over

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Arizona Fall a secret

2009-07-07 Thread Mark
I know lots of people that are gold prospectors here in Arizona, they will take anyone anytime to teach them how to find gold. These same poeple guard their areas well and no amount of talking or liquer will persuade them to give up their best locations. I have found that if you show these

[meteorite-list] AD? LL5-6 Polymict breccia? FREE for study/testing use only

2009-07-07 Thread Greg Catterton
Hi to all, not sure if this would be an AD or not... As I did with the LL4 material (now NWA 5799), I have some nice cutting scraps to offer for places that can use them for study/testing/educational use. Please, no collectors or dealers, I would like these to go to places that can benifit

[meteorite-list] Hi Walter

2009-07-07 Thread Carl 's
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[meteorite-list] Google Earth Kmz file for July 6 Fireball PA available

2009-07-07 Thread Mr EMan
I have exported the plots of the 16 AMS reports as well as some Non AMS reports of significance and most of the towns where a witness made a report from. It is an 8kb file that you can import into Google Earth. Should work on PC or Mac. Possibly iPhones. The purpose of this file is to

Re: [meteorite-list] Google Earth Kmz file for July 6 Fireball PA available

2009-07-07 Thread Richard Kowalski
Elton has sent me his kmz file for Google Earth. It is available on my website at the following location: http://fullmoonphotography.net/images/Meteorites/PA_Fall_200907.htm The link to the file is at the very bottom of the page. Good Hunting all! -- Richard Kowalski

Re: [meteorite-list] Google Earth Kmz file for July 6 Fireball PA available

2009-07-07 Thread Whitney Riner
The Kmz file and info are posted here: http://drop.io/meteoritechat Get google earth here: http://earth.google.com Surveillance video of the fireball has been posted: http://www.wgal.com/news/19966650/detail.html Best wishes and a speedy recovery to Dr. Branch -Whitney

Re: [meteorite-list] PLEASE READ - If your emails weren't being replied to - MikeG email issue

2009-07-07 Thread Pete Pete
One gig?! 640K ought to be enough for anybody! Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:03:48 -0400 From: meteoritem...@gmail.com To: m...@galactic-stone.com CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] PLEASE READ - If your emails

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - July 8, 2009

2009-07-07 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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[meteorite-list] - witness to July 6 Fireball PA

2009-07-07 Thread Linton Rohr
Good evening folks. I just saw a post on Astromart from Mike Hankey of Freeland, Maryland concerning this fireball. He was shooting exposures of Andromeda and inadvertently captured the meteor. He was on the evening news, with his photo. This might be helpful in determining the trajectory,