Re: [meteorite-list] Tata-Foumzgit-Tanzrou Martian Fall. (Why no lunar falls? and freshest lunar?)

2012-01-16 Thread Graham Ensor
But is was more than a decade later that Viking got evidence that made them realize what they hadwould the investigations have been different if they had known...or am I completely wrong with that? Graham On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:04 AM, Gary Fujihara fuj...@mac.com wrote: Indeed Zagami had

[meteorite-list] meteorites for sale (AD)

2012-01-16 Thread steve arnold
Good morning list.I cant believe I,m up at 4:35 am.Oh well here goes.I like mike blood need to raise for the show as well.I have 4 meteorites forsale.The 1st one is a really nice oriented 16 gram complete unclassed stone button.It even has what looks like a trapped air bubble on the

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2012-01-16 Thread valparint
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[meteorite-list] Location of Tata/Foum Zguid fall

2012-01-16 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Hello, does anyone have the exact location of the martian Tata/Foum Zguid fall ? Kind regards, Pierre-Marie Pele __ HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Tata-Foumzgit-Tanzrou Martian Fall. (Why no lunar falls? and freshest lunar?)

2012-01-16 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Graham and List, Very good point. Up until the time when we could sample the Martian atmosphere, Martian meteorites were only a theory. And even after the Viking data was compared to some of the meteorites on hand, the Martian-origin theory still had some opposition, mainly from scientists

[meteorite-list] Tata-Foumzgit Martian Fall. The most significant fall of this century?

2012-01-16 Thread Carl Agee
Of course time will tell how significant. But here are a few reasons why Tanzrou is important: It's a different lithology from Zagami, Nakhla, Shergotty, Chassigny. It has large olivine phenocrysts -- you don't even need a microscope to see them. Zagami and Shergotty are pretty similar to reach

[meteorite-list] Advert / Governador Valadares Sells Today - eBay

2012-01-16 Thread Darryl Pitt
Hi Everyone, In approximately eight hours at 3:49p Pacific Standard Time (6:49p EST / 00:49a CET), a slice of the most difficult to obtain nakhlite publicly available, Governador Valadares, will be sold on eBay. The specimen weighs 0.205 grams and has some fusion crust. The reserve is

Re: [meteorite-list] Tata-Foumzgit Martian Fall. The most significant fall of this century?

2012-01-16 Thread Michael Farmer
Not to mention the fact that Zagami and the other Martian meteorites were not treated properly, cut in water or oil, highly contaminated for decades etc. This one is pristine, though touched by people in the field, in the lab simple sectioning of larger pieces to get to the pristine interior of

[meteorite-list] Canyon Diablo impact spherules in the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University.

2012-01-16 Thread ROCKS FROM SPACE
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[meteorite-list] Tucson Meteorite List

2012-01-16 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi all, Many have emailed and asked what I'll have for sale in Tucson and what day it begins. The official start day is Saturday Jan, 28th 2012. However, I’ll be set up and open for business on Thursday, Jan 26th 2012 from The Hotel Tucson City Center – Room 234. I will have on hand the NEW

[meteorite-list] Canyon Diablo impact spherules in the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University.

2012-01-16 Thread ROCKS FROM SPACE
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[meteorite-list] AD: Some nice stuff ending soon on ebay !

2012-01-16 Thread David Goettlich
Hello List, some of my meteorites on ebay ending soon: http://www.ebay.com/sch/gruenekatze3/m.html?hash=item20c1026f5bitem=140677115739pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0_trksid=p4340.l2562 Take a look may you will like something! Cheers David ___ SMS

[meteorite-list] AD - Special Monday NIght Auctions Ending

2012-01-16 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, Just a quick note to let you know that my Special Monday night auctions are due to end end in a few hours.  Many great planetary specimens and other rarities were all started at just 99 cents with no reserve.  I also have 54 great auctions ending tomorrow night. Please

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrules! MPOD

2012-01-16 Thread Pete Pete
Good grief! Apologies to Andreas Koppelt - The proper calendar page link is: http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp?XX=1WYD=MM=1YY=2012 From: rsvp...@hotmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:33:05

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Guide

2012-01-16 Thread Michael Blood
Can someone send me the URL for the new Tucson Show Meteorite Guide? Don't know how I misplaced THAT! Perhaps the list would like to have it posted again, too. Thanks, Michael __ HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] I'm Baaaaack... :)

2012-01-16 Thread Gary K. Foote
Though I've been away for some time in recuperation I am still alive and kicking and VERY grateful for this list's members for their help in my hard times a few years ago. Getting well enough now to get back to my collection and noticed a Gibeon slice has oxidized enough so the etchings have

Re: [meteorite-list] I'm Baaaaack... :)

2012-01-16 Thread Matthias Bärmann
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Re: [meteorite-list] I'm Baaaaack... :)

2012-01-16 Thread Jimski47
Hi Gary, I use a product called Bar Keepers Friend to freshen up my etched irons. It comes in a powder and liquid form. Get the powder one. You can find it in the cleanser isle of most grocery stores or Walmart. Wet the etched surface with warm water then mix the Bar Keepers Friend into a

Re: [meteorite-list] Tata-Foumzgit Martian Fall. The most significant fall of this century?

2012-01-16 Thread Graham Ensor
Totally agree Mike...well said...hope you've stashed a few nice examples too ;-) Graham On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com wrote: Not to mention the fact that Zagami and the other Martian meteorites were not treated properly, cut in water or oil, highly

Re: [meteorite-list] I'm Baaaaack... :)

2012-01-16 Thread MexicoDoug
Hi Gary, What a great example you are and welcome back, you're a great fighter and I hope you're kicking butt! Jim's is one point of view and I understand most do something like that. But keep in mind that absolutely nothing beat a re-etch. If the meteorite has oxidized somewhat, you will

Re: [meteorite-list] I'm Baaaaack... :)

2012-01-16 Thread Richard Montgomery
Hi Listregarding re-etch work, I again nominate Mike Miller. I've sent some critical specimens to him and his work (as we know) is tops. Richard Montgomery - Original Message - From: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, January

[meteorite-list] University Experience :P

2012-01-16 Thread Erik Fisler
Well Hello there fellow list members! I'd like to step out of the shadows and share some of my experiences now that I'm working my way through my junior year of my space exploration degree at ASU. Being that I completed my associates degree from a community college (which a very friendly and

[meteorite-list] Caribbean Meteor 16JAN2012

2012-01-16 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, Large fireball seen in the Caribbean 16JAN2012: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2012/01/breaking-news-puerto-rico-aruba-curacao.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] I'm Baaaaack... :)

2012-01-16 Thread MexicoDoug
Thanks for the private messages; sorry, I have no time today to individually answer the same question at the moment and since this is of gerneral interest I'll asnwer you wityh another post. Some people have a problem ordering educational stuff and someone else asked about Nitol (Nital). I

Re: [meteorite-list] University Experience

2012-01-16 Thread Erik Fisler
Thanks Mark, see you in Tucson as well! I'll be at the birthday bash for the first time as I am now 21 ;) Bob, universities actually do make trades and buy new material. I was lucky enough to be let into the vault and there was kilos and kilos of new stuff that had been traded and bought to

[meteorite-list] AD: Ebay auctions

2012-01-16 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
Hi List, I have a few nice auctions on ebay ending in 1-2 days. Take a look: http://stores.ebay.com/svassiliev Thanks for your time! Sergey --- http://www.sv-meteorites.com http://impactites.net http://systematic-mineralogy.com __