[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2012-07-12 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Cumberland Falls Contributed by: Jim Brady http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] AD- 114 ebay sales endoing very soon (NWA 6167 ataxite, Seymchan 16.54g NO RESERVE, Shergottite 0.203g NO RESERVE, Winona, NWA 6448 winonaïte...)

2012-07-12 Thread Fabien Kuntz
Hello, this week, 114 new objects on ebay, ending soon, and as usual mostly starting 0.01$ :  http://www.ebay.com/sch/wwmeteorites-25/m.html?_dmd=1_ipg=50_sop=12_rdc=1 Fabien Fabien Kuntz Météorites (ventes, expertise, conférences) Animation scientifique et technique WWMETEORITES (Siret

[meteorite-list] AD - 20% off Meteorites for sale - historic, rare and museum pieces!

2012-07-12 Thread Greg Catterton
Hi to all, I hope everyone is doing well. I have a 20% off sale going on ebay right now to raise some cash. Here are the listings: http://stores.ebay.com/Wandering-Star-Meteorites?_trksid=p4340.l2563 I will take an additional 10% off for sales OFF EBAY. Feel free to make offers, worst I can

[meteorite-list] 'Chemical evidence relevant to the origin of the solar system' (H. Urey)

2012-07-12 Thread karmaka
Dear list members This might interest you. I found this today. Chemical evidence relevant to the origin of the solar systemspeech by Harold Urey ( 25th June1964, 14th Meeting of Nobel Prize winners, Lindau, Germany ) MP3-DOWNLOAD:

[meteorite-list] sand-blaster

2012-07-12 Thread Francesco Moser
Hello! I'm planning to buy a sandblaster gun for remove rust from my iron meteorites and also for remove rust-sand from an as-found Muonionalusta. Wich type of sand is better? SiO2 (corundum), iron powder or glass microsphere? Wich #grit? Thanks a lot! Francesco! IMCA #1510

[meteorite-list] Solar System Ice: Source of Earth's Water

2012-07-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://carnegiescience.edu/news/solar_system_ice_source_earth%E2%80%99s_water Solar System Ice: Source of Earth's Water Carnegie Institution of Science July 12, 2012 Washington, DC - Scientists have long believed that comets and, or a type of very primitive meteorite called carbonaceous

[meteorite-list] NASA JPL Hosts Launch: Beyond Waste Forum

2012-07-12 Thread Ron Baalke
July 12, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jb...@nasa.gov Will Schmitt U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington 202-712-4971 wschm...@usaid.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-129 NASA JPL HOSTS LAUNCH: BEYOND WASTE FORUM PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA and

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: July 11, 2012

2012-07-12 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES July 11, 2012 o Light-Toned and Possible Hydrated Materials in Gullied Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_025472_1405 This observation shows a gullied crater in the Southern mid-latitudes with light-toned deposits near the center of its

[meteorite-list] Question

2012-07-12 Thread pshugar
I have a puzzelment on one of my UNWA's. There are a number of yellow very shiney blebs in a dark brown matrix. Two of the blebs are on oposite sides of the slice as near as I can tell directly accross from each other. These are the largest of all the blebs, at 1X2 mm in size. Any thoughts? If

Re: [meteorite-list] sand-blaster

2012-07-12 Thread Peter Scherff
Hi Francesco, I would start with something more gentle, walnut shells. If they don't give you what you are looking for I would then try glass beads. Peter -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf

Re: [meteorite-list] Question

2012-07-12 Thread Peter Scherff
Hi Pete, Without seeing the sample I am just guessing but it might be iron sulfide. Peter -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com Sent: Thursday, July 12,

Re: [meteorite-list] Question

2012-07-12 Thread Peter Scherff
Hi Pete, Without seeing the sample I am just guessing but it might be iron sulfide. Peter -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com Sent: Thursday, July 12,

[meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill Find Tally Page Update, TKW 916.3g, Main Mass 205.2g

2012-07-12 Thread MikeG
Greetings Listees, The official and unofficial Sutter's Mill Find Tally pages have been updated. The unofficial TKW is now 916.3 grams Robert Ward's superb 42.4g specimen has been dethroned as the main mass or largest known find. The biggest recovered single specimen is now Jeffrey Grant's

[meteorite-list] Rio Rancho meteorite story on Channel 13

2012-07-12 Thread Carl Agee
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=4293327050302saved -- Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 Tel: (505) 750-7172 Fax: (505) 277-3577 Email: a...@unm.edu