Re: [meteorite-list] Non magnetic meteorites
Good ole schizophrenia. How do you deal with it when it comes knocking? What do you say to a madman that insists he has a meteorite or tektite in hand when he's staring you in the eye at your front door raging in your face? It's very uncomfortable having to tell someone with a dozen pieces of plastic they found in their field after seeing lights drop them there, that they are only parts of old toys, even when you show them the identical rubber tractor toy wheels on a toy in your collection, from the 50's that must have washed out of a small garbage dump... gasp... After all the cards and flyers I've circulated they all know where I live so I must invite them in. The price we pay for science :) From: sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net To: carother...@gmail.com; magellon@gmail.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:09:28 -0600 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Non magnetic meteorites Hi, All, The ultimate in this kind of crazy thinking is the case of Randolph Kirkpatrick. He was the assistant keeper of lower invertebrates at the British Natural History Museum from 1886 until his retirement in 1927 and made several valid scientific discoveries. However, he had one immensely crazy notion. In 1912, he published a book entitled The Nummulosphere which put forward the theory that the entire Earth was formed from the accumulation of the calcium shells of forams, like the Nummulites, small creatures like the ones he'd spent a lifetime studying. He believed everything geological -- basalts, red seafloor clays, marble, granites, mountains -- everything was formed from these little one-celled shelled organisms. It's crazy enough to think the entire Earth was made out of them, but even better, he apparently believed that the Earth GREW from a beginning speck of water and nummulites into the planet of today, built by the nummulites the way corals build a reef. Russell T. Wing, like Randolph Kirkpatrick, has one immensely crazy idea. The key word there is ONE. What we have here are monomaniacs. They do not tenuously believe their crazy notion. For them, it is a burning luminous concept that commands belief. Monomaniacs are so obsessed with their one idea that it overpowers every other thought and corrupts their judgment until they believe it explains everything. I have no doubt that if Wing got worse and worse, he would end up believing that the Earth was made of accumulated Wingstars just as Kirkpatrick believed the Earth was made of accumulated Nummulites! PS: I haven't read Russell Wing, so I don't know that he doesn't already think that. If the Earth is covered with a huge number of fresh Wingstars (like in his garden), why not? What better explanation? The Earth is just a self-gravitating sphere of accumulating Wingstars -- a Wingstarosphere! Someone should suggest it to him. Would it be fun to push him over the edge? Assuming he's not already there, that is. Sterling K. Webb -- You can read about Kirkpatrick here: http://books.google.com/books?id=ddpCtPz8D78Cpg=PA139dq=NUMMULOSPHEREei=e2p_S6XMIKHWNJ3WzOcPcd=5#v=onepageq=NUMMULOSPHEREf=false - - Original Message - From: dave carothers To: Ken Newton ; Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Non magnetic meteorites Ken You ask: Can anyone explain this dogged type thinking? That the owner's rock HAS TO BE a meteorite despite the fact that every expert contacted has told them differently. I just don't understand the thinking but I want to. I can only reply that people who think like this have rocks in their heads. Regards, Dave - Original Message - From: Ken Newton To: Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Non magnetic meteorites Perhaps many meteorwrongs actually were meteorites! I seem to encounter misguided individuals who tenuously believe such dribble on regular basis. Russell T Wing is the exemplar of meteorwrong 'wingnuts' just as Harvey Nininger is to meteorite enthusiasts. Here is an example from Wing's book:This entire experience seemed incredible and unbelievable. How could a small collection of stones - not over 100 - and over half of them picked up out of my rock garden in 1969, produce 25 earth-type quartz meteorites when never before had a quartz meteorite been known! ... But in this investigation, the unthinkable thing seems to be the common thing. And again, after thinking things over, my unbelievable collection of quartz meteorites needed to balance it off; they simply could not be alone. There must also be many other kinds of meteorites here if my quartz ones were authentic. And Wing goes on to
[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - February 20, 2010
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[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working?
Hi List, Is anyone else having problems loading the Met Bulletin lookup page? I've been trying to access it since yesterday afternoon and it's not loading. http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php Best regards, MikeG -- Mike Gilmer http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working?
Yeah, me too. I was just about to fling this old computer out of the window until I saw your post! :D Good. Now I don't need to make a special trip to the library today. Carl2 _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working?
Mike, It seems to have gone down yesterday about 2:30 PM Pacific. - John John Kashuba Ontario, California -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Galactic Stone Ironworks Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 6:44 AM To: Meteorite List Subject: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working? Hi List, Is anyone else having problems loading the Met Bulletin lookup page? I've been trying to access it since yesterday afternoon and it's not loading. http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php Best regards, MikeG -- Mike Gilmer http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working?
All, I have found the lookup to be very slow, but it still works... eventually... Ed - Original Message - From: Kashuba mary.kash...@verizon.net To: 'Galactic Stone Ironworks' meteoritem...@gmail.com; 'Meteorite List' meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working? Mike, It seems to have gone down yesterday about 2:30 PM Pacific. - John John Kashuba Ontario, California -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Galactic Stone Ironworks Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 6:44 AM To: Meteorite List Subject: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working? Hi List, Is anyone else having problems loading the Met Bulletin lookup page? I've been trying to access it since yesterday afternoon and it's not loading. http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php Best regards, MikeG -- Mike Gilmer http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.14390 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.14390 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working?
Perhaps there are a multitude of would be meteorite hunters searching the database for meteorites to hunt in their area and the server may not have been able to handle the load. ;) On 2/20/2010 6:44 AM, Galactic Stone Ironworks wrote: Hi List, Is anyone else having problems loading the Met Bulletin lookup page? I've been trying to access it since yesterday afternoon and it's not loading. http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php Best regards, MikeG __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working?
USGS server facilities are undergoing electrical maintenance this weekend. There could be outages through Sunday morning. Jeff On 2010-02-20 10:18 AM, Carl 's wrote: Yeah, me too. I was just about to fling this old computer out of the window until I saw your post! :D Good. Now I don't need to make a special trip to the library today. Carl2 _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184 US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383 954 National Center Reston, VA 20192, USA __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working? (and Daule Fall Ecuador 2008)
Hi Jeff, Thanks for the heads up on why the bulletin is not working properly. I thought I was finally going crazy from that Murchison-laced Coca Cola I drank about a month ago. LOL Best regards, MikeG PS - did anyone else notice that a new fall was approved in the Bulletin recently? The fall is Daule from Ecuador. It was a L5 chondrite fall on March 23, 2008. I don't recall this one being discussed on the List. How come we didn't hear much about this fall until now? I don't recall it being on Mike Jensen's fall page either. Was it just me and I was under a rock and missed the chatter about it? On 2/20/10, Jeff Grossman jgross...@usgs.gov wrote: USGS server facilities are undergoing electrical maintenance this weekend. There could be outages through Sunday morning. Jeff On 2010-02-20 10:18 AM, Carl 's wrote: Yeah, me too. I was just about to fling this old computer out of the window until I saw your post! :D Good. Now I don't need to make a special trip to the library today. Carl2 _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184 US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383 954 National Center Reston, VA 20192, USA __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Mike Gilmer http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 238U/235U Variations in Meteorites: Extant 247Cm and Implications for Pb-Pb Dating
Hello Listers, I found an article today on the topic of Pb-Pb dating and how it might be flawed. Down below is the abstract and the article and also a link to the pdf file which also has graphs and the reference section. Shawn Alan http://www.geo.umass.edu/petrology/PetSem/Brennecka%20et%20al_Science_2010_UPb.pdf Abstract The 238U/235U isotope ratio has long been considered invariant in meteoritic materials (equal to 137.88). This assumption is a cornerstone of the high-precision lead-lead dates that define the absolute age of the solar system. Calcium-aluminum–rich inclusions (CAIs) of the Allende meteorite display variable 238U/235U ratios, ranging between 137.409 ± 0.039 and 137.885 ± 0.009. This range implies substantial uncertainties in the ages that were previously determined by lead-lead dating of CAIs, which may be overestimated by several million years. The correlation of uranium isotope ratios with proxies for curium/uranium (that is, thorium/uranium and neodymium/uranium) provides strong evidence that the observed variations of 238U/235U in CAIs were produced by the decay of extant curium-247 to uranium-235 in the early solar system, with an initial 247Cm/235U ratio of approximately 1.1 × 10‑4 to 2.4 × 10‑4. Meteorites can provide a wealth of information about the formation and evolution of the solar system. In chondrite meteorites, calcium-aluminum–rich inclusions (CAIs) represent the first solids to condense from the cooling protoplanetary disk during the birth of the solar system (1); therefore, the ages of CAIs are generally considered to date the solar system’sorigin (2–4). High-precision Pb-Pb dating studies, which rely on a known ratio of parent U isotopes, assume that the 238U/235U ratio is invariant in meteoritic material (equal to 137.88) (5). Uranium isotope variations in meteorites may be produced by many mechanisms, including the decay of extant 247Cm to 235U, nucleosynthetic anomalies in U isotopes, or fractionation of U isotopes during chemical reactions, as recently observed on Earth (6, 7). Any or all of these mechanisms may play some role in 238U/235U variability in early solar system materials; however, the existence and effect of 247Cm on the 238U/235U ratio can be studied using geochemical proxies for Cm. 247Cm is only created in certain types of supernovae during r-process nucleosynthesis. It decays to 235U with a half-life of 15.6 million years (My) (8–13). If 247Cm was present during the formation of the solar system, it would be detected by variations of 238U/235U in ancient meteoritic materials in which the original solar system Cm/U ratio may have been substantially fractionated by processes associated with the formation of the meteoritic materials. The CAIs in chondritic meteorites are likely to be such materials, because many of them experienced ele 1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA. 2Institut fur Geowissenschaften, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany. 3Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany. 4Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: brenne...@asu.edu †Present address: Institut für Geology und Mineralogie, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany. mental fractionation during condensation and evaporation processes that were involved in their formation and because Cm is more refractory than U (14). Quantification of the abundance of extant 247Cm has the potential to provide new constraints on the origin of short-lived radionuclides in the early solar system. If the 247Cm in the early solar system was predominantly inherited from galactic chemical evolution (13), then it should be possible for us to determine the time interval of free decay (D) between the last r-process nucleosynthetic event and the formation of the solar system (5, 1 , 15, 16). Supposed claims of large variations in the 238U/235U ratio that were caused by the decay of 247Cm (8, 9) were refuted in subsequent studies (5, 10, 1 , 17). Here we present high-precision 238U/235U ratios obtained from 13 CAIs of the Allende meteorite to quantify the amount of 247Cm present in the early solar sys- Fig. 1. 238U/235Uisotope values for the samples of this study. The box represents the measured value and analytical precision of replicate analyses of 20– to 100–parts per billion solutions of the SRM950a standard. Error bars are calculated as 2 times the standard deviation (2SD) of multiple runs of each sample, when possible. In samples with extremely limited uranium, for which fewer than three runs were possible, the reported errors are conservatively represented by the long-term reproducibilities (2SD) based on multiple runs of SRM950a measured over the course of this study at the
Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working? (and Daule Fall Ecuador 2008)
Hi Mike and List members, This was announced back in November. Mike Farmer has a write-up with photos on his website. Look under his collection link and click on Duale. The link to his site is: http://www.meteoritehunter.com/ Enjoy, Frank - Original Message From: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com To: Jeff Grossman jgross...@usgs.gov Cc: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 10:50:30 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Lookup not working? (and Daule Fall Ecuador 2008) Hi Jeff, Thanks for the heads up on why the bulletin is not working properly. I thought I was finally going crazy from that Murchison-laced Coca Cola I drank about a month ago. LOL Best regards, MikeG PS - did anyone else notice that a new fall was approved in the Bulletin recently? The fall is Daule from Ecuador. It was a L5 chondrite fall on March 23, 2008. I don't recall this one being discussed on the List. How come we didn't hear much about this fall until now? I don't recall it being on Mike Jensen's fall page either. Was it just me and I was under a rock and missed the chatter about it? On 2/20/10, Jeff Grossman jgross...@usgs.gov wrote: USGS server facilities are undergoing electrical maintenance this weekend. There could be outages through Sunday morning. Jeff On 2010-02-20 10:18 AM, Carl 's wrote: Yeah, me too. I was just about to fling this old computer out of the window until I saw your post! :D Good. Now I don't need to make a special trip to the library today. Carl2 _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184 US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383 954 National Center Reston, VA 20192, USA __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Mike Gilmer http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Hopper discovered one year ago... yesterday!
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Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings!
Hi list, I have never been lucky enough to see a bolide, or fire-ball. But I have in my life seen 3 that were bright green, 2 That made a loud hissing or swishing noise. But this past november, I seen a very Bright white one start directly over head and head south east, as the bright light burnt out, for a few tenths of a second, the object just glowed bright red, went dim, and glowed about half as bright again, no tail. I would think this object made it through the lowest levels of the atmosphere. Anyone ever had an encounter like that! Thanks Dave __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings!
I saw a really nice one on the way to the recent MAG meeting. I first thought it was for 10 seconds, but more close to the time for me to tell my wife oh my god, look at that one! then it went out. I tried to find out more about it, but had no luck. That was the biggest and brightest one I think I have ever seen. Kinda nice early in the morning on the way to a meteorite meeting. Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings! To: Jeff Grossman jgross...@usgs.gov, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com Cc: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 3:33 PM Hi list, I have never been lucky enough to see a bolide, or fire-ball. But I have in my life seen 3 that were bright green, 2 That made a loud hissing or swishing noise. But this past november, I seen a very Bright white one start directly over head and head south east, as the bright light burnt out, for a few tenths of a second, the object just glowed bright red, went dim, and glowed about half as bright again, no tail. I would think this object made it through the lowest levels of the atmosphere. Anyone ever had an encounter like that! Thanks Dave __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fw: Your top meteor sightings!
- Forwarded Message From: James Balister balisterja...@att.net To: meteorite-list-requ...@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 4:01:30 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings! What got me started in meteorites was one that I saw in 1957 or 58. I was looking up into the night sky and exactly where I was looking one just lit! To make things better it came right for me! It dropted small teardrop shaped fire of different colors as it came down. It was totaly silent. It passed between the next door garage which was about 30 feet away and me. I knew that because the sparks fell on this side of the garage. It would have landed in the field to my left, but some how it slightly raised and went two blocks North and landed on the other side of the tree line. I have been looking ever since. Now that we have Google Earth I beleive I have found the spot where it landed. I am going after it this spring. That meteor was most exciting to see streaking in! The sighting was at least 10 seconds. And I will never gorget it. There was a story about it in the local newspaper that I cut out and come accross from time to time.. - Original Message From: Greg Catterton href=mailto:star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com;star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com To: Dave Myers href=mailto:whitefalcons...@yahoo.com;whitefalcons...@yahoo.com Cc: href=mailto:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com;meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 2:52:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings! I saw a really nice one on the way to the recent MAG meeting. I first thought it was for 10 seconds, but more close to the time for me to tell my wife oh my god, look at that one! then it went out. I tried to find out more about it, but had no luck. That was the biggest and brightest one I think I have ever seen. Kinda nice early in the morning on the way to a meteorite meeting. Greg Catterton href=http://www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com; href=http://www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com;www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Dave Myers href=mailto: ymailto=mailto:whitefalcons...@yahoo.com; href=mailto:whitefalcons...@yahoo.com;whitefalcons...@yahoo.com ymailto=mailto:whitefalcons...@yahoo.com; href=mailto:whitefalcons...@yahoo.com;whitefalcons...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Dave Myers ymailto=mailto: ymailto=mailto:whitefalcons...@yahoo.com; href=mailto:whitefalcons...@yahoo.com;whitefalcons...@yahoo.com href=mailto: href=mailto:whitefalcons...@yahoo.com;whitefalcons...@yahoo.com ymailto=mailto:whitefalcons...@yahoo.com; href=mailto:whitefalcons...@yahoo.com;whitefalcons...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings! To: Jeff Grossman href=mailto: ymailto=mailto:jgross...@usgs.gov; href=mailto:jgross...@usgs.gov;jgross...@usgs.gov ymailto=mailto:jgross...@usgs.gov; href=mailto:jgross...@usgs.gov;jgross...@usgs.gov, Galactic Stone Ironworks href=mailto: ymailto=mailto:meteoritem...@gmail.com; href=mailto:meteoritem...@gmail.com;meteoritem...@gmail.com ymailto=mailto:meteoritem...@gmail.com; href=mailto:meteoritem...@gmail.com;meteoritem...@gmail.com Cc: Meteorite-list href=mailto: ymailto=mailto:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; href=mailto:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com;meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com ymailto=mailto:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; href=mailto:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com;meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 3:33 PM Hi list, I have never been lucky enough to see a bolide, or fire-ball. But I have in my life seen 3 that were bright green, 2 That made a loud hissing or swishing noise. But this past november, I seen a very Bright white one start directly over head and head south east, as the bright light burnt out, for a few tenths of a second, the object just glowed bright red, went dim, and glowed about half as bright again, no tail. I would think this object made it through the lowest levels of the atmosphere. Anyone ever had an encounter like that! Thanks Dave __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list ymailto=mailto: ymailto=mailto:Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; href=mailto:Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com;Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com href=mailto: href=mailto:Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com;Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com ymailto=mailto:Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com;
Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings!
Hi Dave, This is the best one I've ever seen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwWc_eCkSyw The smoke was quite colorful and lasted a long time. I saw it as it flew across western Montana on its way to its closest earth approach over Canada. Best, Martin On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi list, I have never been lucky enough to see a bolide, or fire-ball. But I have in my life seen 3 that were bright green, 2 That made a loud hissing or swishing noise. But this past november, I seen a very Bright white one start directly over head and head south east, as the bright light burnt out, for a few tenths of a second, the object just glowed bright red, went dim, and glowed about half as bright again, no tail. I would think this object made it through the lowest levels of the atmosphere. Anyone ever had an encounter like that! Thanks Dave __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Lorton case settled
This is a way to settle the Lorton ownership case. see link; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DqSw41jD2Q -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings!
I hesitate to relate my story as I do not have all the facts in place...In fact I have been saying to myself that I should do just that but time has gone on way to long without action...your topic is the perfect place to start 1993 I believethe date I do not recall..but can be determined..I was the Chief of Police of a NE Pennsylvania Police Dept..at approx. 0400 hrs. I was talking to a Police officer from the next jurisdiction.when a large object was observed by both of ustravelling west to eastalmost directly above us...in fact it made us duck slightly when seen.This huge piece of rock was the lenght of my index finger with arm extended...It was not on 'Fire but totaly visible with surface features casting shadows upon itself from the full moon..the speed of the object was very slow.the full moon cast shadows off of the high peaks onto it's surface and the tips of the high areas took turns dropping.redwhite..blue.yellow sparklers! If you know what a sparkler looks like while it burnssome of the sparks go fast and some slow.well that's what these object diddropped slow sparklers off the high peaks.. The rock was shaped like a heavy topped kidney bean.the surface had definate contours with high peaks and the middle of the object had a very jagged looking area.reminding me of jagged teeth...Two long thin electric lime trails extended from the top and bottom of the object and stayed in place as the object slowly moved east. The first thing that alerted us to the object was a loud roaring sound.. that...funny at the time sounded like the engine from a star trek ship.steady .high pitched whistles went with the sparkler effect with the sound of a string of firecrackers going offnumerous Booms etc. I will say this about the experience..Having served my Country during Vietnam as a Special Forces soldier and in Law enforcement situations. I have never been in a situation that I did not feel in control of until this...It looked like a computer generated object complete with sparklers and sound...I thought if this things explodes Philadelphia to New York would be effected...I had nothing to do but watch...I counted off 25 sec. untill the object disappered. The next day I heard that people from Virginia to New England reported seeing a object ...two days later I had ufo investigators looking for info...I told them like I am telling youIt was a huge Rock and a once in a lifetime event. Oh!...the police officer that witnessed this with me refused to discuss the event with anyone to the point of almost denial..he has since retired and I am going to make contact ...and get his side..because he left quite quickly that nite and never spoke about it againit's time we talked. Michael Mikowski - Original Message - From: Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com To: Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings! I saw a really nice one on the way to the recent MAG meeting. I first thought it was for 10 seconds, but more close to the time for me to tell my wife oh my god, look at that one! then it went out. I tried to find out more about it, but had no luck. That was the biggest and brightest one I think I have ever seen. Kinda nice early in the morning on the way to a meteorite meeting. Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings! To: Jeff Grossman jgross...@usgs.gov, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com Cc: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 3:33 PM Hi list, I have never been lucky enough to see a bolide, or fire-ball. But I have in my life seen 3 that were bright green, 2 That made a loud hissing or swishing noise. But this past november, I seen a very Bright white one start directly over head and head south east, as the bright light burnt out, for a few tenths of a second, the object just glowed bright red, went dim, and glowed about half as bright again, no tail. I would think this object made it through the lowest levels of the atmosphere. Anyone ever had an encounter like that! Thanks Dave __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the
Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings!
Aloha meteor watchers, My most memorable meteor sighting was on November 21, 2001, during the peak of the Leonids shower on the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii was in the perfect location to view the peak (of the 2001 shower and 33 year cycle), and I happened to be working at the 8.3m Subaru Telescope, operating the SuprimeCam wide field imager on the prime focus of the telescope. Night lunch is at 11:30 pm, and I took my break outside to get a glimpse of the meteor shower. I faced the eastern sky and observed as Leo slowly rose above the horizon. Several meteors were already appearing, with occasional earth-grazers traversing almost 180 degrees across the sky. One I recall would appear as a bright greenish-blue streak that pierced the dark night sky, fading out before reappearing again this time as an orange-yellow meteor. This was probably an earth-grazer that skipped across and through the earth's atmosphere not unlike a stone across a pond or lake's surface. But that was not the most memorable meteor of the night. At 12:09 am, there was a super bright bolide that appeared and got brighter and brighter in intensity, seemingly without moving at all in the sky. It was apparently traveling toward me, and its light cast shadows from the support building and railings that danced all around me. At its brightest, I would estimate that it was -13 v magnitude, or about equal to that of the full moon. While all this occurred I thought I could hear a buzzing sound associated with the meteor. Its intensity seemed to match that of the bolide I was watching. After what seemed like an eternity (but was probably only a few seconds at the most), the meteor spiked in brightness before extinguishing to darkness. Wow! I had to pinch myself to be sure I had not imagined that experience. In retrospect I know that any sound emanating from a meteor could not coincide with the vision of it, because of the difference in speed of light and sound waves. But I know what I heard and and experienced and later learned of electrophonic sound phenomenon, which could explain what I had experienced. A most unforgettable meteor sighting! Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] GPAA Gold Show in Fresno Today
Hi all...I just got back from the GPAA gold and treasure show in Fresno today. It was quite crowded. Maybe a thousand or two people. Anyways, I went there mainly for the gold panning contest. I placed third, but had a problem with picking out the small nuggets with my fingers that slowed me down. Besides, I already got 3 copper pan trophies and my wife doesn't want anymore on the wall. :O) there also wasn't much of anything in the ways of equipment that I desired to purchase. Oh...I bought a 30.5 gram nugget for only $4. I should add that it wasn't made up of gold, but copper. Still it was natural and river worn. It looks pretty neat. It was from Michigan. During my wonderings at the show, I noted one vendor with several fragments of Meteorites kinda hidden off to the side. I recognzed them before I was able to find a hand scribbled note that simply said, Meteorites. No prices, but I doubt they would have sold for much. they all looked like ordinary chondrites probably unclassifed NWA's. I'm now wondering why there's no vendor that has a sizeable amount of modest priced meteorites for sale there? I bet it would be worth the effort. Someone could do what several vendors usually do with a small gold nugget or two and that is to raffle them off. Tickets for about a buck a piece and selling maybe a couple hundred by days end. Selling raffle tickets are real popular at these shows. At the end of the day, the show raffles a lot of items, including what the individual vendors provided from their ticket sales. A couple years ago, I won a 3 gram gold nugget this way. It was a hoot! :O) Now my wife posses it. These shows are only weekends long and there's about 10 of them thru out the U.S. each year. I'm not a meteorite dealer, but if I was one, I sure would contact the GPAA folks to find out the particulars. Maybe someone could set up a display at a show that's near your location. I noticed that there's usually two in Arizona, One In Primm, Nevada, San Bernardino, Fresno, two in Oregon, Montana, N. Carolina, Washington State, Colorado, Penn. these were last years locations, but often they are in the same place. Besides the gold related paraphanalia, I see some gemstones and what have you. I'd think meteorites would fit right in. George Zay __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings!
Hi Gary, Great stories. Being an amateur astronomer, you know that if you spend enough time looking up, you will see things that many people don't ever see or rarely see. I used to think shooting stars and bolides were rare until I picked up telescopes and big binoculars for the first time. One night, while sitting out under NELM 5 skies (not exactly dark, but not terrible either), I had a 25x100mm binocular mounted a paralellogram. I kicked back in a chair and did sweeps of the sky from zenith to horizon. This was standard operating procedure for me. I would take a cooler full of iced coffees outside with me, a cigar, and the ST Pocket Sky Atlas. I'd pick a couple of areas, like Orion or Cygnus (depending on the season) and just concentrate on finding DSO's in that region. I stay out for about 6 hours and then finish the night with the cigar before packing it in. Well anyhoot, that particular night I was out to observe and there was no meteor shower or other activity on the schedule. I saw a total of 7 sporadic meteors that night, many of which came from different radiants. Some were bright and some were faint. Most were quick streaks of white or whitish light that would last only 1-2 seconds and then suddenly vanish like a switch turned them off. One I saw while looking through the eyepieces of 100mm binocular and it lasted several seconds. I looked away from the eyepieces and tried to spot the meteor with my naked eye, but it was too faint. I quickly returned to the binocular just in time to see it suddenly wink out. Well, despite having dew shields, it was very humid that night and the big 4-inch objectives of the binocular dewed up on me. So it was time to go in. I lit my cigar and kicked back in the chair, ticking off the DSO's I had spotted that night in my observing log using a dim red flashlight. I looked up and saw a BIG BRIGHT BOLIDE that was bright yellow, it travelled from west to east across Ursa Major and it left behind a bright trail of sparks which were yellow and white. The bolide lasted about 4-5 seconds before it brightened to about Magnitude 1 before it winked out (apparently an airburst or explosion), leaving behind a trail of sparks that lingered for a second longer before it was utterly gone. I didn't hear any sounds associated with it. Gary, that big bright one you saw that had electrophonic effects, it's quite possible that bolide dropped meteorites. Did it go out over the ocean? If so, I wonder if it would be possible to plot something like that and drop a big magnet behind a trawler and locate it. (assuming the water is not too deep - which it probably is) Best regards and clear skies, MikeG On 2/20/10, Gary Fujihara fuj...@mac.com wrote: Aloha meteor watchers, My most memorable meteor sighting was on November 21, 2001, during the peak of the Leonids shower on the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii was in the perfect location to view the peak (of the 2001 shower and 33 year cycle), and I happened to be working at the 8.3m Subaru Telescope, operating the SuprimeCam wide field imager on the prime focus of the telescope. Night lunch is at 11:30 pm, and I took my break outside to get a glimpse of the meteor shower. I faced the eastern sky and observed as Leo slowly rose above the horizon. Several meteors were already appearing, with occasional earth-grazers traversing almost 180 degrees across the sky. One I recall would appear as a bright greenish-blue streak that pierced the dark night sky, fading out before reappearing again this time as an orange-yellow meteor. This was probably an earth-grazer that skipped across and through the earth's atmosphere not unlike a stone across a pond or lake's surface. But that was not the most memorable meteor of the night. At 12:09 am, there was a super bright bolide that appeared and got brighter and brighter in intensity, seemingly without moving at all in the sky. It was apparently traveling toward me, and its light cast shadows from the support building and railings that danced all around me. At its brightest, I would estimate that it was -13 v magnitude, or about equal to that of the full moon. While all this occurred I thought I could hear a buzzing sound associated with the meteor. Its intensity seemed to match that of the bolide I was watching. After what seemed like an eternity (but was probably only a few seconds at the most), the meteor spiked in brightness before extinguishing to darkness. Wow! I had to pinch myself to be sure I had not imagined that experience. In retrospect I know that any sound emanating from a meteor could not coincide with the vision of it, because of the difference in speed of light and sound waves. But I know what I heard and and experienced and later learned of electrophonic sound phenomenon, which could explain what I had experienced. A most unforgettable meteor sighting! Gary
Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings!
Hi Martin and list, Seeing something like that is my dream before I Die, That is Awesome! Great video! I just hope, I don't see one like that while driving! LOL, I know, I will (crash),...I would never keep my eyes on the road! But the top 5,( meteors) I did see and here, Well, I will take with me through the cosmic dust, and tell all about it on the other side! (LOL), I wish you all the best visual effects, that this universe can display in all our life time, and hope it is soon, so you can tell now, rather then later! Take care all, and great posts, so keep them coming! Dave Myers --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Dark Matter freequa...@gmail.com wrote: From: Dark Matter freequa...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings! To: Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com Cc: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 10:18 PM Hi Dave, This is the best one I've ever seen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwWc_eCkSyw The smoke was quite colorful and lasted a long time. I saw it as it flew across western Montana on its way to its closest earth approach over Canada. Best, Martin On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi list, I have never been lucky enough to see a bolide, or fire-ball. But I have in my life seen 3 that were bright green, 2 That made a loud hissing or swishing noise. But this past november, I seen a very Bright white one start directly over head and head south east, as the bright light burnt out, for a few tenths of a second, the object just glowed bright red, went dim, and glowed about half as bright again, no tail. I would think this object made it through the lowest levels of the atmosphere. Anyone ever had an encounter like that! Thanks Dave __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings!
The best I ever saw was a huge Earth grazer about 17 years ago. A massive fireball travelled from almost the western horizon and dissapeared over the eastern. It seemed like it must have taken 30-60 seconds to do it. Imagine the Trenton fireball at night and that's what it was like. I've never seen anything like it since. Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com To: Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings! I saw a really nice one on the way to the recent MAG meeting. I first thought it was for 10 seconds, but more close to the time for me to tell my wife oh my god, look at that one! then it went out. I tried to find out more about it, but had no luck. That was the biggest and brightest one I think I have ever seen. Kinda nice early in the morning on the way to a meteorite meeting. Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings! To: Jeff Grossman jgross...@usgs.gov, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com Cc: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 3:33 PM Hi list, I have never been lucky enough to see a bolide, or fire-ball. But I have in my life seen 3 that were bright green, 2 That made a loud hissing or swishing noise. But this past november, I seen a very Bright white one start directly over head and head south east, as the bright light burnt out, for a few tenths of a second, the object just glowed bright red, went dim, and glowed about half as bright again, no tail. I would think this object made it through the lowest levels of the atmosphere. Anyone ever had an encounter like that! Thanks Dave __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Hopper discovered one year ago... yesterday!
Contratulations Ruben, I hadn't heard that cool story until this years B-day bash. Happy hunting, Mark B Vail, AZ - Original Message From: Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 12:22:48 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Hopper discovered one year ago... yesterday! Just thought I'd mention it, http://www.mr-meteorite.net/abouthopper.htm -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings!
Hi Gary, Indeed it does sound like you experienced electrophonic sounds. Many years ago Bernd helped me put a meteor sound page together using his famous database of info. It's amazing as when you read through them you start to see a definite pattern in the descriptions. The witness descriptions of many falls are here: http://www.meteorites.com.au/oddsends/sounds.html Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Gary Fujihara fuj...@mac.com To: Shelly shelly1...@msn.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your top meteor sightings! Aloha meteor watchers, My most memorable meteor sighting was on November 21, 2001, during the peak of the Leonids shower on the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii was in the perfect location to view the peak (of the 2001 shower and 33 year cycle), and I happened to be working at the 8.3m Subaru Telescope, operating the SuprimeCam wide field imager on the prime focus of the telescope. Night lunch is at 11:30 pm, and I took my break outside to get a glimpse of the meteor shower. I faced the eastern sky and observed as Leo slowly rose above the horizon. Several meteors were already appearing, with occasional earth-grazers traversing almost 180 degrees across the sky. One I recall would appear as a bright greenish-blue streak that pierced the dark night sky, fading out before reappearing again this time as an orange-yellow meteor. This was probably an earth-grazer that skipped across and through the earth's atmosphere not unlike a stone across a pond or lake's surface. But that was not the most memorable meteor of the night. At 12:09 am, there was a super bright bolide that appeared and got brighter and brighter in intensity, seemingly without moving at all in the sky. It was apparently traveling toward me, and its light cast shadows from the support building and railings that danced all around me. At its brightest, I would estimate that it was -13 v magnitude, or about equal to that of the full moon. While all this occurred I thought I could hear a buzzing sound associated with the meteor. Its intensity seemed to match that of the bolide I was watching. After what seemed like an eternity (but was probably only a few seconds at the most), the meteor spiked in brightness before extinguishing to darkness. Wow! I had to pinch myself to be sure I had not imagined that experience. In retrospect I know that any sound emanating from a meteor could not coincide with the vision of it, because of the difference in speed of light and sound waves. But I know what I heard and and experienced and later learned of electrophonic sound phenomenon, which could explain what I had experienced. A most unforgettable meteor sighting! Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 9.8 LB Stony Meteorite - NO RESERVE starting at $1
See here. http://shop.ebay.com/mr-meteorite/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=_trksid=p4340 -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] 9.8 LB Stony Meteorite - NO RESERVE starting at $1
Where? - Original Message - From: Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 8:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] 9.8 LB Stony Meteorite - NO RESERVE starting at $1 See here. http://shop.ebay.com/mr-meteorite/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=_trksid=p4340 -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14390 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14390 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] 9.8 LB Stony Meteorite - NO RESERVE startingat $1
This is just a sort of a double-ditto to Ron's. Where is is it from? When was it found? Did you collect it in the field? Or buy it for re-sale? NWA? USA? And all the rest of it! Inquiring Minds Want To Know... Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: R N Hartman rhartma...@earthlink.net To: Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com; Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 12:38 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 9.8 LB Stony Meteorite - NO RESERVE startingat $1 Where? - Original Message - From: Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 8:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] 9.8 LB Stony Meteorite - NO RESERVE starting at $1 See here. http://shop.ebay.com/mr-meteorite/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=_trksid=p4340 -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14390 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14390 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
