[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2012-07-01 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Allende Contributed by: Stephan Kambach http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Canadian Meteorite Research Victim of Budget Cuts

2012-07-01 Thread Paul H.
Canada's cutting-edge meteorite research a victim of budget cuts (Funding for research tools and instruments from the NSERC will end next fall) by Tom Spears, Postmedia News, June 2, 2012

[meteorite-list] AD: Some very scarely seen meteorites on ebay NOW

2012-07-01 Thread meteorhntr
Hey List, I just got up some really rare, and some never seen on the market meteorites on Ebay.  I am more prone to just cut these down into smaller pieces after a day or two for the ones that don't sell than to do this round in a Reverse Auction like the last round a couple of months ago. 

[meteorite-list] POP QUIZ ANSWER AND WINNER :)

2012-07-01 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers I would like to thank everyone that submitted their answers for the POP QUIZ. The question was: Please tell me the meteorite sample that Biot used to compare samples from the L'Aigle meteorite fall in 1803 in France. Answer: Barbotan I would like to congratulate Mal B for

Re: [meteorite-list] [Meteorites] http://phys.org/news184402061.html

2012-07-01 Thread MstrEman
Not taking from what Pete said, lonsdalite isn't a newly identified mineral, per se. It has been around a few years but the explanation as to how both types of crystals formed during entry is bogus. Boron nitrate may or may not be formed on exposure to atmospheric nitrogen-- but it would only

Re: [meteorite-list] [Meteorites] http://phys.org/news184402061.html

2012-07-01 Thread MstrEman
Errata: Boron NITRIDE ( BN) not nitrATE (B(NO3)3)--(Bad spell checker-- Bad, bad!) On 7/1/12, MstrEman mstre...@gmail.com wrote: Not taking from what Pete said, lonsdalite isn't a newly identified mineral, per se. It has been around a few years but the explanation as to how both types of

Re: [meteorite-list] [Meteorites] http://phys.org/news184402061.html

2012-07-01 Thread Sterling K. Webb
E Man, Pete, List, Lonsdalite is the mineral form found in carbonados... Not a mineralogist, even an amateur one, but the statement that seems to say that carbonados are made of lonsdaleite:made my nose tickle, so I went to the consensus source. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonado

[meteorite-list] AD: 24 Hour Auction Run and Nice Sale * Thanks

2012-07-01 Thread michael cottingham
Hello, We are still slowly recovering from my Daughter's death. It is a slow process and once again just wanted to say THANK YOU ALL for the support. I have been able to do a little work, and here are the efforts: Thanks, Michael Cottingham ALL SALE ITEMS HERE:

[meteorite-list] July 2012 Monthly Updates now up!!

2012-07-01 Thread Don Merchant
Hi List and hope all of your are keeping cool with the hot temps most of the country are experiencing! My monthly July 2012 updates on my Website are now up. * One point of interest is The Black Hole Mystery Video of the Month called Deadly Comets and Meteors by the History Channel. This video