Re: [meteorite-list] Auction Questions
I found a good explanation on this website about buyers premiums at auctions: Here is a link that explains it: http://www.ganews.co.uk/premium.html Pretty interesting reading. He helped me greatly to understand the concept although I do not agree with it. Take Care Adam - Original Message - From: Adam Hupe To: Adam Cc: Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 8:55 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Auction Questions Hi Michael and List Members, Your fees seem reasonable to me, especially after checking out some auction houses that charge a 20% seller premium plus a 20% buyer's premium equaling an outrageous 40%. Then catalog fees are added on top of that figure. Perhaps you can answer a few questions for me? Why do some auction houses charge a buyers premium to begin with? It seems that this practice confuses bidders and is misleading. I know it confuses me trying to make a quick multiplication in my head during live bidding. Why should the buyer have to pay this extra amount? It seems the seller should be pay a straight percentage like most auction sites do including eBay. When you bid on storage units, houses, cars or what have you, what you bid is what you pay. Seems pretty straight forward to me. Imagine if all businesses added a 20% buyers premium to their products and I am not talking about sales tax. What purpose does it serve? I believe in simplicity, Best Regards, Adam From: Michael Blood To: Meteorite List Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Meteorite Auction 2013 (AD) Dear fellow List members, This coming Tucson Meteorite Auction will be held in the Same location as the last several years on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionTucson2013.html First, I would like to thank all of you for your past patronage in The Tucson Meteorite Auctions of the past. I appreciate it very much. Unfortunately the cost of putting on the auction has increased So significantly in the last several years that I have been walking a Narrow line just to stay in the black on these events, let alone make any money from them. On occasion, it has even cost me - after hundreds Of hours of prep (the on line catalog is quite time consuming)and money Up front. As you are probably aware, most auctions charge at least 25% Consignment fees while 35% is rapidly becoming the norm. In short, I must raise my consignment fee to 15% (for items submitted by Sept. 1) to be certain I will break even. In addition, most auctions now have a Buyers' Premium of 15% At least and often more. I will be holding that to 10%. I already have 15 items "up" and a personal collection of 17 pallasites and 38 other meteorites on the way - in the mail to me NOW As soon as they arrive I will get them photographed and listed in the On line catalog. That will make 70 lots from the get go. SEE HERE: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionTucson2013.html Those who would like to submit items, please contact me off list. I hope you all will be continuing your involvement - I would certainly love to see this auction continue as the joyful event it has become as part of the overall Tucson Show experience for the meteorite community. Thanks, Michael __ 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
[meteorite-list] AD , Chondrites for sale
Hi All I am offering 6555 gr Lot of Ordinary Chondrites for sale , if interested please contact me to provide photos . Regards Malek __ 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] Auction Questions
Hi Michael and List Members, Your fees seem reasonable to me, especially after checking out some auction houses that charge a 20% seller premium plus a 20% buyer's premium equaling an outrageous 40%. Then catalog fees are added on top of that figure. Perhaps you can answer a few questions for me? Why do some auction houses charge a buyers premium to begin with? It seems that this practice confuses bidders and is misleading. I know it confuses me trying to make a quick multiplication in my head during live bidding. Why should the buyer have to pay this extra amount? It seems the seller should be pay a straight percentage like most auction sites do including eBay. When you bid on storage units, houses, cars or what have you, what you bid is what you pay. Seems pretty straight forward to me. Imagine if all businesses added a 20% buyers premium to their products and I am not talking about sales tax. What purpose does it serve? I believe in simplicity, Best Regards, Adam From: Michael Blood To: Meteorite List Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Meteorite Auction 2013 (AD) Dear fellow List members, This coming Tucson Meteorite Auction will be held in the Same location as the last several years on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionTucson2013.html First, I would like to thank all of you for your past patronage in The Tucson Meteorite Auctions of the past. I appreciate it very much. Unfortunately the cost of putting on the auction has increased So significantly in the last several years that I have been walking a Narrow line just to stay in the black on these events, let alone make any money from them. On occasion, it has even cost me - after hundreds Of hours of prep (the on line catalog is quite time consuming)and money Up front. As you are probably aware, most auctions charge at least 25% Consignment fees while 35% is rapidly becoming the norm. In short, I must raise my consignment fee to 15% (for items submitted by Sept. 1) to be certain I will break even. In addition, most auctions now have a Buyers' Premium of 15% At least and often more. I will be holding that to 10%. I already have 15 items "up" and a personal collection of 17 pallasites and 38 other meteorites on the way - in the mail to me NOW As soon as they arrive I will get them photographed and listed in the On line catalog. That will make 70 lots from the get go. SEE HERE: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionTucson2013.html Those who would like to submit items, please contact me off list. I hope you all will be continuing your involvement - I would certainly love to see this auction continue as the joyful event it has become as part of the overall Tucson Show experience for the meteorite community. Thanks, Michael __ 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] OT Different of "Crater" Forms in Assumption Parish, Louisiana
For the last several weeks, natural gas has been been bubbling fairly steadily from Corne Bayou in Assumption Parish where it overlies the Napoleoville Salt Dome. 1. Could earthquakes be the cause of bubbling bayou? The Daily Comet, July 19, 2012 http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20120719/ARTICLES/120719571 2. DNR says well not causing Bayou Corne gas bubbles by David J. Mitchell, the Advocate, July 28, 2012 http://theadvocate.com/home/3448652-125/dnr-officials-say-well-is Now, a giant sinkhole has formed. 1. Giant sink hole appears in swamp, WAFB, Aug. 3, 2012 http://www.wafb.com/story/19189790/large-area-of-land-collapses-near-bayou-where-bubbles-spotted 2. Bayou Corne evacuation ordered after sinkhole forms, Daily Comet, Aug. 3, 2012. http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20120803/HURBLOG/120809853/1223?Title=Bayou-Corne-evacuation-ordered-after-sinkhole-forms "State Department of Natural Resources officials have determined that the potential failure of an inactive salt- mining cavernnear the area, which was closed in 2011, is likely the cause of the sinkhole and recent bubbling." 3. the earth has turned over upside down -- says Assumption Parish official about latest development near Bayou Corne http://thedailybite.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/the-earth-has-turned-over-upside-down-says-assumption-parish-official-about-latest-development-near-bayou-corne/ 4. Evacuations ordered near Assumption sinkhole by David J.Mitchell, The Advocate, August 3, 2012 http://theadvocate.com/home/3527104-77/large-sinkhole-forms-in-swamps Yours, Paul H. __ 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] FOR SALE AD: On Ebay--NICE little NWA-3118 CV-3 piece.
Hi All, Check out my nifty little NWA-3118 CV3 piece on Ebay. Comes with GREAT provenance with ID Card, and in a small gem case. This is my last piece from my collection that I am offering. Ebay link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/120960822707?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649. . Thanks for looking!! :-) Have a great weekend. Kirk. __ 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] Tucson Meteorite Auction 2013 (AD)
Dear fellow List members, This coming Tucson Meteorite Auction will be held in the Same location as the last several years on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionTucson2013.html First, I would like to thank all of you for your past patronage in The Tucson Meteorite Auctions of the past. I appreciate it very much. Unfortunately the cost of putting on the auction has increased So significantly in the last several years that I have been walking a Narrow line just to stay in the black on these events, let alone make any money from them. On occasion, it has even cost me - after hundreds Of hours of prep (the on line catalog is quite time consuming)and money Up front. As you are probably aware, most auctions charge at least 25% Consignment fees while 35% is rapidly becoming the norm. In short, I must raise my consignment fee to 15% (for items submitted by Sept. 1) to be certain I will break even. In addition, most auctions now have a Buyers' Premium of 15% At least and often more. I will be holding that to 10%. I already have 15 items "up" and a personal collection of 17 pallasites and 38 other meteorites on the way - in the mail to me NOW As soon as they arrive I will get them photographed and listed in the On line catalog. That will make 70 lots from the get go. SEE HERE: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionTucson2013.html Those who would like to submit items, please contact me off list. I hope you all will be continuing your involvement - I would certainly love to see this auction continue as the joyful event it has become as part of the overall Tucson Show experience for the meteorite community. Thanks, Michael __ 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] AD-Metsoc Madness Sale
Nevermind! I had my geography wrong. LOL! On 8/3/12, MikeG wrote: > Hi Gary and List, > > Please, be very careful going around the Horn! Or, are you crossing > via the Panama Canal? > > If there are new insights into Sutter's Mill or any of the recent > falls, please be sure to let us know. The office pool is picking > Sutter's Mill to be a CM2.1, and I get a sack full of meteorwrongs if > I win! :) > > Hope you have smooth sailing and a safe trip. Will you be near any > good surfing spots? > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > -- > - > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone > RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 > - > > > > > > On 8/3/12, Gary Fujihara wrote: >> Aloha Listoids, >> >> My ebay auctions end this Saturday, August 4 beginning at 8am Pacific / >> 11:00am Eastern / 4:00pm London / 6:00pm Helsinki / 11:00pm Singapore. >> FREE >> Worldwide shipping on select meteorites, all of which can be seen here: >> http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html >> >> I am preparing for a business trip to attend the 75th annual MetSoc >> meeting, >> Aug 12-17, and won't be listing items tomorrow for auctions ending August >> 11. Prompt payment by winners of tomorrow's auction will be appreciated >> since I won't be around to send them out after Aug 9. >> >> In light of my travel, I need to jettison extra weight out of my canoe to >> make the journey. Hence I am clearing inventory now of select meteorites >> in >> my MetSoc Madness Sale. 10% off all of the following with FREE SHIPPING: >> >> NWA 869 kg lots - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA869.html >> NWA 7309 CM2 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7309.html >> NWA 7307 CK4 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7307.html >> NWA 7306 CO3 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7306.html >> NWA 7129 Achung - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7306.html >> NWA 6957 CR2 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA6957.html >> NWA 6926 Achung - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA6926.html >> NWA 6394 R3.9 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWAxRum.html >> >> Mahalo nui loa, have a great day and weekend, and I hope to see some of >> you >> in Cairns! >> >> Gary Fujihara >> Big Kahuna Meteorites >> PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720 >> (808) 640-9161 >> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ >> http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html >> >> >> Gary Fujihara >> Big Kahuna Meteorites >> PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720 >> (808) 640-9161 >> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ >> http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html >> >> __ >> >> 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 >> > -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 - __ 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] POP QUIZ FRIDAYS win a free meteorite sample :)
Hello Listers, Today is POP QUIZ FRIDAYS The name of the game Be the 10thLister to email me of the List with the correct answer and you will win a free 565mg McKenzie Draw (b) meteorite fragment, found in the summer of 1989 while plowing a peanut field. Question: In what year was the 1stlunar meteorite established as being from the moon? Good luck Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBay Story http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html? http://www.meteoritefalls.com/ __ 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] AD-Metsoc Madness Sale
Hi Gary and List, Please, be very careful going around the Horn! Or, are you crossing via the Panama Canal? If there are new insights into Sutter's Mill or any of the recent falls, please be sure to let us know. The office pool is picking Sutter's Mill to be a CM2.1, and I get a sack full of meteorwrongs if I win! :) Hope you have smooth sailing and a safe trip. Will you be near any good surfing spots? Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 - On 8/3/12, Gary Fujihara wrote: > Aloha Listoids, > > My ebay auctions end this Saturday, August 4 beginning at 8am Pacific / > 11:00am Eastern / 4:00pm London / 6:00pm Helsinki / 11:00pm Singapore. FREE > Worldwide shipping on select meteorites, all of which can be seen here: > http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html > > I am preparing for a business trip to attend the 75th annual MetSoc meeting, > Aug 12-17, and won't be listing items tomorrow for auctions ending August > 11. Prompt payment by winners of tomorrow's auction will be appreciated > since I won't be around to send them out after Aug 9. > > In light of my travel, I need to jettison extra weight out of my canoe to > make the journey. Hence I am clearing inventory now of select meteorites in > my MetSoc Madness Sale. 10% off all of the following with FREE SHIPPING: > > NWA 869 kg lots - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA869.html > NWA 7309 CM2 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7309.html > NWA 7307 CK4 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7307.html > NWA 7306 CO3 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7306.html > NWA 7129 Achung - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7306.html > NWA 6957 CR2 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA6957.html > NWA 6926 Achung - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA6926.html > NWA 6394 R3.9 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWAxRum.html > > Mahalo nui loa, have a great day and weekend, and I hope to see some of you > in Cairns! > > Gary Fujihara > Big Kahuna Meteorites > PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720 > (808) 640-9161 > http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ > http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html > > > Gary Fujihara > Big Kahuna Meteorites > PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720 > (808) 640-9161 > http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ > http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html > > __ > > 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] Taking a Robotic Geologist to Mars (MSL)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA August 3, 2012 This story and photos are online at: http://uanews.org/story/taking-robotic-geologist-mars . Contact information follows this story. Taking a Robotic Geologist to Mars Mars rover Curiosity is the closest thing to a real geologist landing on Mars. It will explore the composition of rocks with the help of the world's largest reference database of minerals, housed at the University of Arizona in Tucson On Aug. 5, at about 10:30 p.m., an already busy summer will kick into overdrive for University of Arizona geosciences professor Bob Downs and one of his graduate students, Shaunna Morrison. At that time provided everything goes as planned Curiosity, the most sophisticated exploration vehicle ever sent to another planet, will parachute toward the Martian surface faster than the speed of sound after a nine-month journey through space. And as soon as it sinks its six wheels into the red dust, the two scientists specializing in mineralogy will have not one, but two planets to deal with. As 'primary data downlink leaders" designated by NASA, Downs and Morrison are part of a team of scientists tasked with the identification of rocks that Curiosity will encounter during its two-year expedition across the floor of Gale Crater near the Martian equator. "The Curiosity rover is the next best thing to sending a geologist to Mars," said Downs. "It carries all the necessary equipment that we would use here on Earth when we study rocks and minerals." NASA's latest in a series of Mars rovers is also the biggest and best of the bunch. Two times larger and five times heavier than the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, Curiosity rivals a small SUV in size and carries 15 times the weight of the scientific instruments that Spirit and Opportunity have. Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity was designed to survey the Martian landscape and examine rocks up close. It is the first rover lacking solar panels, which suffered from frequent accumulations of dust. Instead, a dustbin-sized nuclear generator mounted to the rover's back powers the vehicle and its scientific payload. The heat generated by the radioactive decay of non-weapons-grade plutonium-238 is turned into electrical power supplying the rover's batteries day and night. Curiosity is the first rover sent to another planet capable of not only navigating the terrain, but scooping up and analyzing rock and dust samples. Its mission is to venture up to 12 miles from its landing site and explore the area for past or present conditions favorable for life, and conditions capable of preserving a record of life. The rover is expected to collect, grind and analyze about 70 samples of soil and rock. Downs and Morrison are members of the science team in charge of CheMin, one of 10 scientific instruments mounted on the rover. CheMin, short for chemistry and mineralogy, is the first X-ray diffractometer ever sent to space, said Downs. "It works by shooting X-rays at a rock sample, which interact with the electrons in the rock and send back signals that are like fingerprints," he explained. "It's the standard for identifying minerals, just what you would do in a lab here on Earth." Once CheMin has finished analyzing a rock sample, which can take up to 10 hours, Curiosity will send the data to Earth, where Downs and Morrison will be among those who gather the data and interpret them. Downs has accumulated the largest database of minerals in the world. About 5,000 small vials, neatly labeled and stored in a cabinet in his lab, represent about 2,200 species of the approximate 4,600 known Earth minerals, more than any other lab in the world. The scientists will use that database to figure out what minerals make up the sample that Curiosity scooped up millions of miles away based on its X-ray ³fingerprint,² which is unique to each mineral. "The beauty of X-ray diffraction is that even if we get a sample of an unknown mineral, we can figure out its exact chemical composition and structure." The technique was not an option on previous, solar-powered rovers because it requires high energies of about 45,000 volts. Another instrument, ChemCam, short for chemistry through the camera, combines a camera with a mass spectrometer to analyze rocks from a distance. In Star-Wars-like fashion, ChemCam, mounted onto the rover's mast, will shoot a laser beam at a rock up to 23 feet away, vaporize a small amount of it and a spectrometer will analyze the rock's chemical composition based on the pattern of the reflected light. The idea is to sample the terrain from a distance and get a rough overview of its composition before sending the rover for a close investigation. In addition, the rover is equipped with a magnifying glass and a digital camera providing real-color, close-up views of rocks. "That's the first thing a geologist would do here on Earth," Downs said. "Take your hand lens to the ro
[meteorite-list] AD-MetSoc Madness Sale
Aloha Listoids, My ebay auctions end this Saturday, August 4 beginning at 8am Pacific / 11:00am Eastern / 4:00pm London / 6:00pm Helsinki / 11:00pm Singapore. FREE Worldwide shipping on select meteorites, all of which can be seen here: http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html I am preparing for a business trip to attend the 75th annual MetSoc meeting, Aug 12-17, and won't be listing items tomorrow for auctions ending August 11. Prompt payment by winners of tomorrow's auction will be appreciated since I won't be around to send them out after Aug 9. In light of my travel, I need to jettison extra weight out of my canoe to make the journey. Hence I am clearing inventory now of select meteorites in my MetSoc Madness Sale. 10% off all of the following with FREE SHIPPING: NWA 869 kg lots - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA869.html NWA 7309 CM2 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7309.html NWA 7307 CK4 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7307.html NWA 7306 CO3 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7306.html NWA 7129 Achung - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7306.html NWA 6957 CR2 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA6957.html NWA 6926 Achung - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA6926.html NWA 6394 R3.9 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWAxRum.html Mahalo nui loa, have a great day and weekend, and I hope to see some of you in Cairns! Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720 (808) 640-9161 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html __ 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] AD-Metsoc Madness Sale
Aloha Listoids, My ebay auctions end this Saturday, August 4 beginning at 8am Pacific / 11:00am Eastern / 4:00pm London / 6:00pm Helsinki / 11:00pm Singapore. FREE Worldwide shipping on select meteorites, all of which can be seen here: http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html I am preparing for a business trip to attend the 75th annual MetSoc meeting, Aug 12-17, and won't be listing items tomorrow for auctions ending August 11. Prompt payment by winners of tomorrow's auction will be appreciated since I won't be around to send them out after Aug 9. In light of my travel, I need to jettison extra weight out of my canoe to make the journey. Hence I am clearing inventory now of select meteorites in my MetSoc Madness Sale. 10% off all of the following with FREE SHIPPING: NWA 869 kg lots - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA869.html NWA 7309 CM2 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7309.html NWA 7307 CK4 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7307.html NWA 7306 CO3 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7306.html NWA 7129 Achung - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA7306.html NWA 6957 CR2 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA6957.html NWA 6926 Achung - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA6926.html NWA 6394 R3.9 - http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWAxRum.html Mahalo nui loa, have a great day and weekend, and I hope to see some of you in Cairns! Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720 (808) 640-9161 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720 (808) 640-9161 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html __ 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] What to Expect When Curiosity Starts Snapping Pictures
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-226 What to Expect When Curiosity Starts Snapping Pictures Jet Propulsion Laboratory August 03, 2012 If a group of tourists piled out of a transport vehicle onto the surface of Mars, they'd no doubt start snapping pictures wildly. NASA's Curiosity rover, set to touch down on the Red Planet the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (early morning EDT), will take a more careful approach to capturing its first scenic views. The car-size rover's very first images will come from the one-megapixel Hazard-Avoidance cameras (Hazcams) attached to the body of the rover. Once engineers have determined that it is safe to deploy the rover's Remote Sensing Mast and its high-tech cameras, a process that may take several days, Curiosity will begin to survey its exotic surroundings. "A set of low-resolution gray scale Hazcam images will be acquired within minutes of landing on the surface," said Justin Maki of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Once all of the critical systems have been checked out by the engineering team and the mast is deployed, the rover will image the landing site with higher-resolution cameras." Maki led the development of Curiosity's 12 engineering cameras -- eight Hazcams at the front and back of the rover, and four Navigation cameras (Navcams) at the top of the rover's "look-out" mast. All the engineering cameras acquire black-and-white pictures from left and right stereo "eyes," which are merged to provide three-dimensional information. Half of the cameras are backups, meaning there's one set for each of the rover's A- and B-side redundant computers. The very first images are likely to arrive more than two hours after landing, due to the timing of NASA's signal-relaying Odyssey orbiter. They will be captured with the left and right Hazcams at the back and front of the rover, and they will not yet be full-resolution (the two images arriving on Earth first are "thumbnail" copies, which are 64 by 64 pixels in size). The Hazcams are equipped with very wide-angle, fisheye lenses, initially capped with clear dust covers. The covers are designed to protect the cameras from dust that may be kicked up during landing; they are clear just in case they don't pop off as expected. These first views will give engineers a good idea of what surrounds Curiosity, as well as its location and tilt. "Ensuring that the rover is on stable ground is important before raising the rover's mast," said Mission Manager Jennifer Trosper at JPL. "We are using an entirely new landing system on this mission, so we are proceeding with caution." Color pictures from the rover's Mars Descent Imager, or MARDI, acquired as the rover descends to the Martian surface, will help pinpoint the rover's location. Initial images from MARDI are expected to be released Aug. 6, the day after landing. These will also be in the form of thumbnails (in the case of the science cameras, thumbnails can vary in size, with the largest being 192 pixels wide by 144 pixels high). One full-resolution image may also be returned at this time. Additional color views of the planet's surface are expected the morning of Aug. 7 from the Mars Hand Lens Imager, or MAHLI, one of five devices on the rover's Inspector Gadget-like arm. The camera is designed to take close-up pictures of rocks and soil, but can also take images out to the horizon. When Curiosity lands and its arm is still stowed, the instrument will be pointed to the side, allowing it to capture an initial color view of the Gale Crater area. Once Curiosity's mast is standing tall, the Navcams will begin taking one-megapixel stereo pictures 360 degrees around the rover as well as images of the rover deck. These cameras have medium-angle, 45-degree fields of views and could resolve the equivalent of a golf ball lying 82 feet (25 meters) away. They are designed to survey the landscape fairly quickly, and, not only can they look all around but also up and down. Navigation camera pictures are expected to begin arriving on Earth about three days after landing if the mast is deployed on schedule. Like the Hazcams, Navcam images are used to obtain three-dimensional information about the Martian terrain. Together, they help the scientists and engineers make decisions about where and how to drive the rover and which rocks to examine with instruments that identify chemical ingredients. "A large part of the surface mission is conducted using the images returned from the cameras," said Maki. Also, about three days after landing, the narrower field-of-view Mast Cameras (Mastcams) are expected to start snapping their first shots. These two-megapixel color cameras will reveal the rover's new home in exquisite detail. Small thumbnail versions of the pictures will be sent down first with an initial high-resolution panorama expected more than a week later. The camera of the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument will provide a telescopic view of targets at
[meteorite-list] Mars Express Marks the Spot for Curiosity Landing
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMEV8TX55H_index_0.html Mars Express marks the spot for Curiosity landing European Space Agency 3 August 2012 Much like a treasure map branded with an "X" to mark the site of buried bounty, NASA's rover Curiosity will be targeting its very own "X" inside Gale Crater, to seek out the signs of past water - and maybe even life - on the Red Planet. Mars Express will play an important role in monitoring the spectacular delivery of Curiosity to the martian surface during the "seven minutes of terror" that describe the entry, descent and landing of the car-sized rover. But the ESA spacecraft has already provided information that led to refinements of the rover's landing ellipse last month. Part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, Curiosity was initially aiming for a 20 x 25 km landing ellipse, already much smaller than the landing target area for any previous Mars mission thanks to MSL's techniques for improved landing precision. By combining elevation data from the High Resolution Stereo Camera on Mars Express, image data from the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and colour information from Viking Orbiter imagery, the target ellipse was adjusted to just 20 x 7 km. Curiosity targets ellipse near Gale's mountain This shifts the centre of the ellipse closer to the mountain inside the 154 km-wide Gale Crater. The central mound - known informally as Mount Sharp - rises 5.5 km above the crater floor and is the prime destination of Curiosity. Orbiting spacecraft have already identified minerals and clays there that suggest water may have once filled the area, and as Curiosity slowly makes its ascent, it will analyse samples of these materials with its onboard laboratory in search of its own treasure: the building blocks of life. Timeline: ESA tracks MSL arrival at Mars The highlight of ESA's support for NASA's Curiosity landing happens at 06:29 on Monday, 6 August, when the Mars Express Lander Communication (MELACOM) system is switched on. Recording of the radio signals transmitted by the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is planned to begin at 07:09 and end at 07:37 (all times shown as ground event time in CEST). ESA's ground tracking station in New Norcia, Australia, will also listen and record signals from the NASA mission at the same time. At 08:15, Mars Express will contact Earth via ESA's 35 m deep space station at New Norcia, and begin transmitting the recorded information, which should take about 11 minutes to download; signals will take nearly 14 minutes to cover the 248 million km distance to Earth. The transfer will be complete by about 08:26; the data will be transferred in real time to ESOC, and made immediately available to NASA's MSL mission team at the Jet Propulsion Lab in California. [Timeline Chart] __ 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] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: July 30 - August 3, 2012
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES July 30 - August 3, 2012 o Naktong Vallis (30 July 2012) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5948 o Gale Crater (31 July 2012) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5949 o Channels (01 August 2012) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5950 o Crater Ejecta (02 August 2012) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5951 o V46125015 (03 August 2012) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5952 All of the THEMIS images are archived here: http://themis.asu.edu/latest.html NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in co.oration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. __ 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] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: July 25, 2012 - August 01, 2012
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity Prepares for Curiosity's Arrival! - sols 3023-3029, July 25, 2012 - August 01, 2012: Opportunity has been roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. However, activity will be constrained for the period ahead as Opportunity prepares for the arrival of Curiosity. The project is preplanning nine day or sols of activity around the landing time of Curiosity, so as not to require Deep Space Network tracking antenna coverage. On Sol 3024 (July 26, 2012), Opportunity drove just over 20 feet (6 meters) to position for some surface targets at the feature called "Whim Creek." On Sol 3025 (July 27, 2012), the rover collected an atmospheric argon measurement with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS). On Sol 3027 (July 29, 2012), the robotic arm was used to collect a Microscopic Imager (MI) mosaic of the surface target, called "Rushall," followed by the placement of the APXS for a multi-sol surface integration. On Sol 3028 (July 31, 2012), Opportunity served as a trial horse for possible direct detection at Earth of Curiosity's Ultra High Frequency (UHF) signal during landing with the Parkes Radio Observatory in Australia. Opportunity transmitted a UHF signal configured as Curiosity's UHF will be at landing. The Parkes antenna was able to detect the Opportunity test signal and will be now be listening during Curiosity's landing. As of Sol 3022 (July 24, 2012), the solar array energy production was 547 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.642 and a solar array dust factor of 0.720. Total odometry is 21.52 miles (34,639.45 meters). __ 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] MetBul search of provisional or unknown meteorites
The community is welcome to direct questions and suggestions about the MetBull Database to me. I am the editor, author, and programmer of the database. The pulldown item "Unclassified meteorites" captures the ones called "unknown". Alternatively, you can click the "Classes" radio button and search for "unknown." You cannot directly search for a specific class in the listings, as these meteorites have no published classification. But if use change the pulldown menu that defaults to "Normal table" to "Provisional", then the output of your search will include the description field, which frequently contains an unpublished classification. Jeff On 8/2/2012 9:48 PM, Mendy Ouzillou wrote: I'm trying to do something that should be easy, but am having a heck of a time trying to get it to work. I'd like to search the MetBul for a specific class of meteorite within the listings that have provisional numbers. The "Classes" pulldown does not include "Unknown" and a straight up text search with the two terms does not work. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mendy __ 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] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Springwater Contributed by: Davio Ribeca http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ 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
