There was a follow up to the 2008 pond story:
http://meteorite-identification.com/mwnews/01202008.html
and
Gary Foote's 2007 pond adventure:
http://meteorite-identification.com/mwnews/02212007.html
http://www.webbers.com/meteorites/nhmet.html
I agree that this seems to be a natural occurrence.
Looks like you'll all be recognizing me this time then as I walk round the
show
Cheers,
Graham
Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Or one of those neat Indiana Jones
bullwhips, maybe?
And the hat...
Sterling K. Webb
Hi Graham:
Unfortunately (in my opinion), with a permit, you could walk around the
show with a sidearm or a bullwhip.
Larry
Looks like you'll all be recognizing me this time then as I walk round the
show
Cheers,
Graham
Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Or
Please help me get in touch with Marvin,
Thanks Bill Hall
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Hi All
I'm headed to Tucson today and will arrive on Wednesday. Hope to see
everyone there. I'll be in Room 265-266 of the old Inn Suites; Dave
Bunk Minerals. Look me up there everyday from 10 - 6.
I will have a few meteorites with me, mostly irons but a large
selection of LDG. Prices will range
I need the same seen he not have give to me back the
meteorites I have sent to analyzed in Arizona University and
its pass years and years without any answer. Shame!
Matteo
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Hi All,
Has anyone seen this article...
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4852991.Mars_probe_scientists_in_York_to_exa/
An interesting thing to do but I cannot see how that will help identify
meteorites on Mars. As we all know, the atmosphere is much thinner so that
fresh meteorites would not
Hi,
Well, it's time to close this thread. Thanks to all. One of my favorite was
Graham's MeteorWong, though for a different reason. :D Here's my last one. It's
pretty dumb and you can see why it didn't make my first post.
Meteorzilla: A big monster asteroid.
Carl, Meteortyke.
No Graham, but its a pretty darn good excuse to play with that gorgeous
oriented nosecone as pictured in the article (if that is indeed the
Middlesborough meteorite and not just a file photo) ;^)
gary
On Jan 25, 2010, at 3:39 AM, ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Hi All,
Has anyone seen
No worries, Graham.
You won't need a permit to carry your sidearm. You can carry it in the open.
Although many are unable to recognize it, an armed society is a polite society.
Paul Swartz
Hi Graham:
Unfortunately (in my opinion), with a permit, you could walk around the
show with a sidearm
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:48:23 -0700, you wrote:
Although many are unable to recognize it, an armed society is a polite
society.
Yes, the ideal society is one in which everyone walks on eggshells, in fear of
causing the least offense to anyone in hopes to avoid being murdered on the
street.
Hello List
I told some people at the Tucson Show this weekend, the root origin the word
Shrapnel, some didn't believe me so I'm post this.
Fragments from exploding air busting artillery shell is call shrapnel, this
is name after English artillery Lieutenant General Henry Shrapnel who
invented
Hello List
I told some people at the Tucson Show this weekend, the root origin the word
Shrapnel, some didn't believe me so I'm post this.
Fragments from exploding air busting artillery shell is call shrapnel, this
is name after English artillery Lieutenant General Henry Shrapnel who
invented
Hi Gary
That is the actual Middlesborough meteorite...one of the most perfectly
oriented meteorites ever found...spectacular...a lucky few (not me) have some
of the casts which were available not long ago...missed out on those :-(
Cheers,
Graham
Gary Fujihara fuj...@mac.com wrote:
No
Thanks for that information Graham. But of course I must apologize for my
blurting out play, for as we all know, scientists actually handle and
investigate such specimens in the laboratory, right?;^)
gary
On Jan 25, 2010, at 7:28 AM, ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Hi Gary
That is
Dear List Members,
I have two sets of excellent auctions ending over the next two days. I will
then be running two special 10-day auctions while attending the Tucson show.
When I return, you will find that I have been busy revamping my entire
inventory
so expect to see a lot of new very
Oh no, you won't!
Not in Room 230 in the InnSuites, no you won't.
I don't allow those things in my home and I won't allow them there either.
I agree with Larry. There is no room for guns in a polite society.
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
Hi Everyone,
One thing I noticed about this Lorton meteorite fall, and perhaps
something that some may not have, or failed to mention for some reason
or another is a neat little factoid that is rather good for the
meteorite world knowledge base when describing the velocity of
meteorites as
Hi Anne,
What if he uses his bullwhip to whip across the room, snare a nice meteorite
specimen from the far cabinet, and then grasp it in his hand on the whip's
return exclaiming, I'll take it! How much? ;-)
You may have to put up signs that read, You Break It, You Bought It! :-)
See
Oh boy...
Politely, and with all due respect... This is a meteorite list, not a
gun law list. This is hotly debated and needn't be hashed out here,
there are good arguments for both sides of this debate, however I feel
it's simply not a subject for the list. Do you guys?
Regards,
Eric
Venturing off topic here and to a touch subject with many I am sure, but I
would like to add a thought...
My aunt was almost raped several years ago by a known rapist who broke into her
house... the only thing that prevented it was the fact she was able to get to
my uncles handgun and defend
Don't worry Anne wouldn't dream of it.
I'll save that for Tombstone!
BTW Not many folks know that Wyatt Earp's family came from a village a few
miles from me here in the UK called Melbourne (which also gave it's name to
Melbourne, Australia)...there are still many Earp's living there.
I would have to agree 100% with Eric, even if I did add my opinions.
To get back onto meteorites, a new meteorite word from me...
Meteoritis - the pain you get in your back and neck from working for hours on
end cutting, polishing and cleaning meteorites.
Greg C.
--- On Mon, 1/25/10,
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:34:06 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
My aunt was almost raped several years ago by a known
rapist who broke into her house... the only thing that
prevented it was the fact she was able to get to my
uncles handgun and defend herself.
Which is a lesson to all-- when you go to
Meteoritis - the pain you get in your back and neck from working for hours on
end cutting, polishing and cleaning meteorites.
A labor of love though Greg, that many of us endure (enjoy), if not from
preparing or selling, then from inspecting (adoring).
Cheers, from a chronically inflicted
is this supposed to be funny? i've missed the humor if it's supposed to be.
susan patton
imca 1982
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Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Some
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:44:02 -0600, you wrote:
is this supposed to be funny? i've missed the humor if it's supposed to be.
susan patton
No-- it is supposed to be factual. The only reason having a gun stopped her
from being raped is that the rapist didn't have a gun. But the more likely
Oh, I get it...
Meteor Rights.
The right of the people to keep and bear meteorites, shall not be infringed.
-Martin
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let me start by saying, i'm glad your aunt was not raped. it's a
terrifying, humiliating and crushing experience. however, you words were
directed at rapists, advising them to bring a gun along to what, make sure
your efforts were a success? everyone's entitled to their own opinions.
mine
I did read however in one article by a major newspaper that stated the
Lorton meteorite was smoldering. Don't remember where though. Perhaps
a misquote, or misinterpretation?
Probably a reporters poetic license being exercised. :O)
geozay
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So, does anyone still carry these Middlesborough meteorite casts for
sale? Is the 3D scan made by ESA/NASA available to the general
public? If so, a reasonable replica could be produced by various
methods. Just thinking ... I'd love to have replica for my display too.
Dan
Handmade
Maybe someone else mentioned this, but on the interview with the
dentist, Dr. Ciampi, that NPR aired this weekend, he clearly said
that the meteorite wasn't warm either when he [his partner] touched it.
Also, the reporter, Audie Cornish, consistently referred to the thing
as a meteor despite
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:08:00 -0600, you wrote:
directed at rapists, advising them to bring a gun along to what, make sure
your efforts were a success? everyone's entitled to their own opinions.
mine is, you're a jackass.
1.) While I may be wrong, I have my doubts that there are many serial
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about my comment (based on some
replies on and off list.) I do not avocate rape and I DID NOT advocate rape. I
simply pointed out the flaw in using the idea of being armed as being a panacea.
Criminal does X, criminal is defeated my Y. From this,
HI All,
In need of another mental distraction from work, I noticed that a
famous Yogi Berra quote would apply to meteorite collection if
slightly tweeked. So with apologies to the great man himself, here are
some other variation that I think preserve some of the spirit of his
original mixed
How about this one:
Hey, hey, hey, Boo Boo! I see another meteorite pic-a nic basket over there!
What? Wrong Yogi? Sorry, Martin.
Carl
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Dear Friends,
Anyone interested in what must be the largest collection
of meteorwrongs that is published in beautiful detail in
downloadable PDF files, they can go to World most
Incredible Mysterious Stones in various volumes that
can be found at:
Would you not agree?
complete stone
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF3235.jpg
Interior from a stone cut in half
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF3246.jpg
More coming soon.
Greg C.
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Hello List,
Here's a fellow who must stay so far back in his laboratory at AU that they
mail him daylight.
Professor Paul Davies, purported to be a physicist, has alien life sitting in
the meteorite collection down the hall from him...so to speak..and he makes
this idiotic pronouncement. All
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:42:18 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
Hello List,
Here's a fellow who must stay so far back in his laboratory at AU that they
mail him daylight.
Professor Paul Davies, purported to be a physicist, has alien life sitting
in the meteorite collection down the hall from him...so to
Congratulations to Todd Parker on his new classification Thumb Butte.
One nicely Oriented 104 g specimen H3.8 Chondrite. Todd found this specimen
while hunting in the Bullhead/Laughlin area in Mar, 2008. This is the first
of Todds 4 new cold finds to be classified.
Check out the pictures on
That has to be one of the coolest meteorite names ever. LOL
I want a micro!
Congrats to Todd. :)
On 1/25/10, Wayne Holmes holm...@frontiernet.net wrote:
Congratulations to Todd Parker on his new classification Thumb Butte.
One nicely Oriented 104 g specimen H3.8 Chondrite. Todd found this
Count, the proposal is not so outlandish. No one thought that organisms could
exist without sunlight for photosynthesis before Vinogradskii proposed
chemosynthesis in 1890. That was proven in the 1970s by Alvin the submersible
when scientists using it first discovered hydrothermal vents and
Hi Dan,
I have chased up the original sources of the casts and they are no longer
available...unless of course someone on the list knows different...I have been
after one for years.
Graham
Daniel H. Fronefield dfron...@hiwaay.net wrote:
So, does anyone still carry these
Sounds like a crack problem to me.
In all seriousness; Congratulations Todd!, this find is practically in my back
yard.
I like that the term cold find is being applied to meteorites since I coined
it several years ago. It is just a spin on treasure hunting terms wet find
and dry find that
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-028
NASA's WISE Eye Spies Near-Earth Asteroid
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
January 25, 2010
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE,
has spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid, the first
of hundreds
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An interesting argument, but one that has been refuted many times.
The problem is that such occurrences are the exception the the rule,
and studies show that, in general, guns actually cause more harm than
good; either the people who choose own them are simply twice as likely
to commit suicide, or
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/24spirit/
Looming Martian winter threatens Spirit rover
BY CRAIG COVAULT
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
January 24, 2010
NASA Headquarters managers face an imminent decision to formally halt
further extraction maneuvers by the Mars rover Spirit to conserve
electricity
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/22neo/index.html
More funding needed to meet asteroid detection mandate
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
January 22, 2010
NASA is not doing enough to complete a mandated search for
Earth-threatening asteroids and comets because the space agency is not
Darren and Gary:
I agree, it may be a long shot, but one of the problems with science is
it's resistance to change. Almost every monumental discovery was met by
skepticism if not outright ridicule. Just a few years ago the mere mention of
any researcher considering lights or outgassing
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:26:04 -0500, you wrote:
Darren and Gary:
I agree, it may be a long shot, but one of the
problems with science is it's resistance to change.
Almost every monumental discovery was met by
skepticism if not outright ridicule.
Right. I'm not going to laugh at the
Though I disagree with Jason's opinion and would love to debate this
issue in a public forum, I'm reasonably sure this has absolutely NOTHING
to do with meteorites.
Can we please get back on topic...?
Regards,
Eric
On 1/25/2010 4:08 PM, Jason Utas wrote:
An interesting argument, but one
Hi All,
For all those who get excited by the aesthetic qualities and beauty of flight
marked meteorites I would like to share photographs of an 8kg UNWA which I have
been working on. Initially this was covered in caliche and concretions hiding
most of what was underneath, although it was
GORGEOUS!
Regards,
Eric
On 1/25/2010 5:16 PM, ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Hi All,
For all those who get excited by the aesthetic qualities and beauty of flight
marked meteorites I would like to share photographs of an 8kg UNWA which I have
been working on. Initially this was covered
Congratulations Todd on the classification and naming of your cold find! What
a great name for a meteorite as well Thumb Butte. Way to go!
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Beautiful work Graham! :)
Do you have any before photos?
Best regards,
MikeG
On 1/25/10, ensorama...@ntlworld.com ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Hi All,
For all those who get excited by the aesthetic qualities and beauty of
flight marked meteorites I would like to share photographs of
Dear Count,
First, one should always be cautious about
UK tabloid news and the ways in which they
present things.
Secondly, before saying somebody is
purported to be a physicist, you ought to
check him out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Davies
Honestly, I disagree with a lot of
Graham,
I think you absolutely did the right thing. Very nicely done, and a gorgeous
stone!
Congrats,
Robert Woolard
On Jan 25, 2010, at 7:16 PM, ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Hi All,
It has taken many hours slowly removing the caliche without removing remnant
crust or creating 'false'
Congrats Todd! Looking forward to seeing the info on your other 3 cold
finds!
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Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: Introducing Thumb Butte
Congrats Todd! Great find.
Eric
On 1/25/2010 2:06 PM, Wayne Holmes wrote:
Congratulations to Todd Parker on his new classification Thumb Butte.
One nicely Oriented 104 g specimen H3.8 Chondrite. Todd found this
specimen while hunting in the Bullhead/Laughlin area in Mar, 2008.
This is the
Robert,
Thanks...I think it is always a difficult decision knowing what to do with a
new acquisition. Do you restore, preserve, cut etc etc. This was purchased with
the view to cleaning and is not likely to be anything but a very weathered
ordinary chondrite but had such aesthetic potential.
Hey Adam,
I always like the term I coined Unique Find but yours has a better
ring to it. I now use Cold Find too. I never knew who came up with
it though. Good to know who to blame :)
I like that the term cold find is being applied to meteorites since I
coined it several years ago. It is
Dear Sterling,
I agree with you. It was a cheap shot for me to say purported to be a
physicist. I regret making the aside and trust, if he hears of the remark, the
good Professor Davies will forgive me.
The point that I went over the top trying to make is that all life on earth is
native to
Hello Everyone,
I have a couple of questions about lunar meteorite NWA 482.
Dealers and re-sellers of this meteorite often note that NWA 482 originates
from the lunar farside.
Randy Korotov notes that there no scientific evidence that any particular
lunar meteorite originates from the lunar
Hi Everyone,
I'm not too sure how to broach the subject without stepping on toes, so
I say this will all due respect to everyone who would be offended by the
questions.
I've been reading Meteorites by Caroline Smith, Sara Russell, and
Gretchen Benedix, Firefly Books, 2009. Lovely book, with
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:43:06 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
The point that I went over the top trying to make is that
all life on earth is native to it.
Unless the first life was native to Mars, or maybe Venus, and hitched a ride
here during the Late Heavy Bombardment...
If we find a new species
Hi Walter and all,
I believe that the lunar farside origin of NWA 482 comes from the linked
article below:
http://www.catchafallingstar.com/nwa482/nwa482farside.htm
Cheers,
Frank
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Hello Eric,
I'm very sure others on the List will supply you with much better info in
short order, but here are 3 quick quotes I found that states that very tiny
micrometeorites make it through the atmosphere without burning up. I've read
better explanations (it involves the ratio of surface
Hello List
Added a few more photos taken today at the show, will keep adding more for
the next few week and if I have the time.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46923...@n06/sets/72157623154261599/
Keith V.
Chandler AZ
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Hi, Eric,
The Earth collects dust. Not just from meteors
and meteoroids burning up in the atmosphere
but directly from space. The Earth gravitationally
collects solar wind particles, zodaical dust,
interplanetary dust, interstellar dust, cometary
dust, dust from a variety of sources. Whoops! I
Hey, hope everyone is doing well.
I would like to offer you all the chance to ask questions about testing and
classification with the person that does it for me.
Anthony works as a geologist at Appalachian State University and is a great guy
who goes out of his way to help me and I have
Hi Sterling,
I always enjoy your 'down-to-earth' reasoning! Thank you! :-)
Greg
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Frank
Thats a good read on NWA 482.
Shawn
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Let me try this again Frank and Listers.
Great Link Frank. I am learning alot on this list, but for some reason when I
reply to the list I cant forward the list that I was replying to unless I copy
and paste like what I did below. Is this what all the listers do when replying
to a Listers
Hello list,
Small Meteorite Crashes Through Doctor’s Office:
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1812791/small_meteorite_crashes_through_doctors_office/
Who lives nearby and could do some interviews about the sightings of this
fireball?
Perhaps more material is waiting on the streets for
Gorgeous stone! Wish I could put that on display in my room! Graham, that
seems like buried treasure to me! It looks like it was worth the effort.
[Erik]
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:38:12 +
From: ensorama...@ntlworld.com
To: meteoritefin...@yahoo.com
CC:
Eric, try this:
One way to collect micrometeorites is to set a large shallow tray of
water outside for a couple days. You should see some residue on the
bottom in time. Cover a magnet with Saran wrap, wax paper or some other
type of material. Pick up magnetic material in tray with your magnet
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