Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - Tazizilet from Niger

2014-02-05 Thread Peter Scherff
Hi Mike, Wow, and to think that once upon a time I gave Jen a kilo sized unclassified meteorite from North West Africa. Thanks, Peter -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Galactic Stone

Re: [meteorite-list] hunting in northern CA?

2014-02-05 Thread Peter Scherff
Hi Doug, There were 2 recant falls in California that should be close to you: Novato http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novato_meteorite Sutter's Mill http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/index.php?sea=Sutter%27s+Millsfor=namesants

[meteorite-list] Paleolakes and Fluvial Channels on Mars

2014-02-05 Thread Paul H.
Paleolakes on Mars: Post by Dr. Gino Erkeling, Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/paleolakes-on-mars/ Fluvial channels in Central Pit Craters: Post by Samantha Peel Department of Earth and

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2014-02-05 Thread Dan Wray
Beautiful collection, thanks for sharing. Dan - Original Message - From: valpar...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 12:00 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Aerolite

[meteorite-list] MAVEN on Track to Carry Out its Science Mission

2014-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/maven-on-track-to-carry-out-its-science-mission/ MAVEN on Track to Carry Out its Science Mission Nancy Neal Jones NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. February 4, 2014 The MAVEN spacecraft and all of its science instruments have completed

[meteorite-list] New Technique Could Be Used to Search Space Dust for Life's Ingredients

2014-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.nasa.gov/content/new-technique-could-be-used-to-search-space-dust-for-lifes-ingredients/ New Technique Could Be Used to Search Space Dust for Life's Ingredients Bill Steigerwald NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. william.a.steigerw...@nasa.gov February 3, 2014 While

[meteorite-list] NASA Mars Orbiter Examines Dramatic New Crater (MRO)

2014-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-037 NASA Mars Orbiter Examines Dramatic New Crater Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 05, 2014 Space rocks hitting Mars excavate fresh craters at a pace of more than 200 per year, but few new Mars scars pack as much visual punch as one seen

[meteorite-list] Possible Fireball Sighting in Finland

2014-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke
http://yle.fi/uutiset/bright_flash_arouses_speculation__could_it_have_been_a_meteorite/7067273 Bright flash arouses speculation - could it have been a meteorite? yle (Finland) February 3, 2014 Separate fireball observations early Sunday morning have caused some to wonder whether a meteorite

[meteorite-list] The Anatomy of Asteroid 25143 Itokawa

2014-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1405/ The Anatomy of an Asteroid European Southern Observatory 5 February 2014 ESO's New Technology Telescope (NTT) has been used to find the first evidence that asteroids can have a highly varied internal structure. By making exquisitely precise

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - February 5, 2014

2014-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES February 5, 2014 o Channels in Phlegra Montes http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_034228_2150 Also visible in a Context Camera image, pictures like this can help us understand the fluvial and climate history of ancient Mars. o Fall Frost

Re: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Crater

2014-02-05 Thread Paul Gessler
Thanks Ron! The NEW crater is SPECTACULAR -Original Message- From: Ron Baalke Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 10:38 AM To: Meteorite Mailing List Subject: [meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - February 5, 2014 MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES February 5, 2014 o

[meteorite-list] NASA Sued Over Jelly Doughnut

2014-02-05 Thread Paul H.
The silly season is again upon us with another lawsuit has been filed over extraterrestrial lifeforms. This time it is not over an extraterrestrial lifeform in a so-called meteorite, but over a rock, called the Jelly Doughnut recently photographed by the rover Opportunity. It is discussed in

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Magazine article on Chelyabinsk Meteorite

2014-02-05 Thread Mike Jensen
Hi List Just received a magazine with an article about the Chelybinsk meteorite fall. The article in Mineralogical Alamnac Mineral Observer includes lots of information about the fireball and all the havoc it caused. There is also a excellent section on the hunting techniques that had to be used

[meteorite-list] Historic Online Tektite Publications

2014-02-05 Thread Paul H.
Some free PDF files of historic publications about tektites are: Baker, G., 1944, Flanges of Australites. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. no. 14, pt. I https://archive.org/details/MemoirsNational14Nati Baker, G., 1946, tektites. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. vol. 23

[meteorite-list] .8936 gram Black Beauty for sale $2999.00

2014-02-05 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi all, Please forgive the double post but a mistake made on the weight and price in my last AD forces me to repost with correct info. I'm selling this for a friend and he sent me the wrong info so I had to suspend the sale till the correct info was available. The scale used this time was ASU's

[meteorite-list] (no subject)

2014-02-05 Thread Mike Fiedler
Welcome to the game, Doug. Don't confuse tektites with meteorites, because they are quite distinct species. But they seem to have an inter-related history that ends up putting them in many of the same collections. And you live quite close to a hot-bed of discovery and debate about tektites.

[meteorite-list] Dhofar 1724 H4 1611 Gram Main Mass - End Cuts and slices For Sale

2014-02-05 Thread bobadebt
I purchased the main mass of Dhofar 1724 from Lukasz Smula to create a 50mm sphere to fill the H4 spot in my collection. I received it and processed it into rough cuts. I have 2 full end cuts, 1 full slice and then a variety of left over pieces. I will sell them for $1.50 per gram in the

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2014-02-05 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Aziz Habibi Contributed by: MPOD http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] AD - NWA 7105, L3, MAINMASS, 45g at Ebay

2014-02-05 Thread Carsten Giessler
Dear List Members, i have listed the Mainmass of NWA 7105, a Chondrite L3 at Ebay. Please see here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Meteorite-NWA-7105-Chondrite-L3-Endcut-MAINMASS-45-1g-/171235286569?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item27de6b1e29 Many thanks for viewing, Carsten Giessler