Re: [meteorite-list] A Curator Replies

2009-07-09 Thread Mark Ford
eoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Mark Ford Sent: 08 July 2009 16:01 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Curator Replies Also we should never underestimate the contribution made to science by collectors! Th

Re: [meteorite-list] A Curator Replies

2009-07-08 Thread Mark Ford
Also we should never underestimate the contribution made to science by collectors! This is particularly true of meteorites, if no-one collected them, and created the resources needed for hunting them, our museum draws would actually be much emptier I suspect - Yes the market price would (arguably

Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay pain in the $%$$

2009-06-29 Thread Mark Ford
>>Anyone else here had problems with me shipping? eBay is getting worse, and the world is officially going madder by the day! I for one have never forgotten the time I bought a small Allende from you Mike, you where flying out to Germany around the same time, and you actually bought the ite

Re: [meteorite-list] Panspermia, Reverse Panspermia & Life In Space

2009-06-05 Thread Mark Ford
Many studies have been done which suggest some microbes or Archaea could potentially survive a short trip to mars inside a rock (under perfect ideal conditions that is), even Lichen has been shown to survive in space. But the physics of a suitable impact would suggest that at best we would be talk

Re: [meteorite-list] Dealers, Sellers: Please INSURE your shipments

2009-06-03 Thread Mark Ford
Lets not mention 'the declared value thing' , best not to 'rock' the boat... :) -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Aubrey Whymark Sent: 02 June 2009 20:31 To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentr

Re: [meteorite-list] Request from Kenya on suspect rock

2009-05-29 Thread Mark Ford
...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Mark Ford Sent: 29 May 2009 08:54 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Request from Kenya on suspect rock Hi Eric, As a part time flint knapper [and] a meteorite collector - I would say it

Re: [meteorite-list] Request from Kenya on suspect rock

2009-05-29 Thread Mark Ford
Hi Eric, As a part time flint knapper [and] a meteorite collector - I would say it's a piece of flint!? Best Mark -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Eric Hutton Sent: 28 May 2009 22:45

Re: [meteorite-list] Farewell Richard

2009-05-28 Thread Mark Ford
is in these sad situations), but I hope the fact that we are all thinking of her and her family will at least be of some small comfort. Mark Ford (British and Irish meteorite Society) UK CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the

Re: [meteorite-list] DOCUMENTED Human strikes - Listeners Correct Auctioneer About Meteorite History

2009-05-14 Thread Mark Ford
Add me to the list too :) - I was clearing a book shelf a couple of weeks ago ,and a 306g NWA fell on my head! (I was using it as a book end!) these things hurt I tell you - I can't imagine what it would feel like to be hit by one doing terminal velocity! .. 3 ft was bad enough. Mark -

Re: [meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek

2009-04-16 Thread Mark Ford
Steve has a point there, is the new name cross correlated in some way with 'West' in the actual database? (It just came up as Ash Creek when I searched). - Just worries me it's a great way to loose a few thousand specimens of a fall, if in the future you can't cross correlate the label names! I

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this an ethical way to treat a meteorite?

2009-04-09 Thread Mark Ford
Thanks Bill, for the information, always useful to have other peoples take on how to treat rusting irons. A note to those using or considering using chemical gun blues: be very very careful, it is really soo toxic as usually it contains Selenium dioxide, it will make you very ill. (Also even

Re: [meteorite-list] Name Upgrade

2009-04-03 Thread Mark Ford
Or as we call it over on the British and Irish Meteorite Society list, the 'BSL' or Big scary list... :) Mark -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of John.L.Cabassi Sent: 02 April 2009 15:29 T

[meteorite-list] Governmentium - a new heavy element

2009-04-01 Thread Mark Ford
Scientists Discover Heaviest Element known to mankind! The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are

Re: [meteorite-list] Gold-plated Gibeon on eBay

2009-03-31 Thread Mark Ford
Err. .. Why would anyone gold plate an iron?? I can just about take people making jewelry, watch dials, dog statues, spheres, knives, coins, medals, out of space rocks if they must, but gold plating!?? Hell you might as well just paint them with hammerite paint!! Humans eh, I give up. Mark -

Re: [meteorite-list] [IMCA] Hammers & Orientation

2009-03-12 Thread Mark Ford
Ha! very good Martin, sounds just like something the European Commission would actually implement! Or ... we could just say, 'if the rock in question hit something other than the ground, then it's a hammer!?' Best, Mark -Original Message- From: imca-boun...@imcamail.de [mailto:imca-

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas

2009-02-24 Thread Mark Ford
Indeed, Bet the poor dog is gutted though, he'd been searching for a meteorite for years, then when he finds one... LOL Mark -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Kuyken Sent: 24 Febru

Re: [meteorite-list] Bogus indochinites? Are they or aren't they?

2009-02-13 Thread Mark Ford
I don't think assuming 'no one would bother faking something' is the same as meaning they never will, or that something else is consiquentaly genuine because of the low likely hood. This is like applying the same logic that some doctors use, when they say 'you don't have X wrong with you because

Re: [meteorite-list] Buzzard Coulee update on Meteorite News Website10Jan09

2009-02-11 Thread Mark Ford
>>> By Rod Nickel, Saskatchewan News Network February 10, 2009 Ha, and and excellent example of 'nominative determinism' .. - i.e. a meteorite report by 'Rod Nickel' Reminds me of a GPS satellite lecture I once went to, that was given by 'tom spacey' B

Re: [meteorite-list] Bogus indochinites?

2009-02-02 Thread Mark Ford
Actually I've seen plenty of dodgey black glass indochinites for sale in gem shops, (its a bit obvious when they have sometimes have perfectly flat edges or mold lines and the glass style varies) and also there have been quite a few repro button Australites for sale on ebay, (admittedly they are c

Re: [meteorite-list] Is there smelly life out there?/Pillinger

2009-01-16 Thread Mark Ford
words are easy but cash is less forthcoming, why should we all go it alone anyway? Best, Mark Ford UK -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of mexicod...@aim.com Sent: 15 January 2009 19:49 To

Re: [meteorite-list] Is there smelly life out there?

2009-01-15 Thread Mark Ford
>Although there is a consensus among some scientists that methane is also >produced by volcanic processes, the lack of any active volcanoes on Mars rules >this possibility out. So by that somewhat 'skewed logic' (imho) there's also life on Jupiter, the moon, Titan, at least one exoplanet and Venu

Re: [meteorite-list] More on the lights and damage in UK

2009-01-08 Thread Mark Ford
It's obviously just a blade failure, this is quite common in wind turbines particularly certain makes. If a UFO had hit it there would be more than one blade broken off, think about it, these things spin very fast with a lot of torque, the whole lot would shear if the bade set was stopped due to

Re: [meteorite-list] Hey folks

2008-12-09 Thread Mark Ford
>>PS - Probably a few years from now someone will have little flat panels with the Peekskill fall video, with a piece of >>Peekskill mounted next to it. Already done! I used a stripped down key ring LCD photo viewer loaded with impact pics - fits inside a Riker mount. Only problem is they eat powe

Re: [meteorite-list] New possible impact structures detected

2008-07-24 Thread Mark Ford
Hi Uwe, Not sure about the Peru one, it looks like a military training range or similar! - scan to the south and there are some burned out building it's like a firing range or similar, so could be a bomb crater? The Antarctica one is difficult to say, as the resolution is way too low on googl

Re: [meteorite-list] field guide to meteors and meteorites..

2008-07-09 Thread Mark Ford
I have just written a book review for an astronomy magazine on that book 'Field guide to meteors and meteorites', whilst I can't re-print the article here, I can say it's a very nice little book, well worth getting if you can find it.. It has an intro on IDP (Interplanetary Dust Particles), and

Re: [meteorite-list] More golden showers

2008-07-08 Thread Mark Ford
Agreed it truly is getting more bizarre by the day. Given that there are hundreds of thousands maybe even millions of tons of rock per every diamond, we would have a serious transport of MAJOR debris, beyond anything ever known,- or are they claiming the gold and diamonds (and silver) where someh

Re: [meteorite-list] Rob Matson finds his 76th comet - it's #1500for SOHO

2008-07-01 Thread Mark Ford
Yeah yeah yeah, I've discovered a comet too... http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexsegre/436562878/ ;) No seriously, Rob good work congrats! 76 comets is pat-on-the-back-worthy! Best Mark F. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Notkin Sen

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska..

2008-07-01 Thread Mark Ford
a >>case of Meteorite Fever.) Oh how true! - There's space rock in them there valleys! Mark -Original Message- From: Sterling K. Webb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 July 2008 08:04 To: Mark Ford; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tung

[meteorite-list] Tunguska..

2008-06-30 Thread Mark Ford
Tunguska 100 years today  - deserves a mention! And are we really anywhere further forward explaining it? I wonder. Best, Mark CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us. Email [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [meteorite-list] WG: NASA Phoenix Lander Bakes Sample, Arm Digs Deeper

2008-06-19 Thread Mark Ford
to pull a clean direct Martian sample apart atom by atom, that means doing it here on Earth. However so confident am I that Mars does not contain life, I personally would be prepared to eat a piece of returned Martian soil! Best, Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] And the winner is-- PLUTOID!

2008-06-13 Thread Mark Ford
ng things up - yet a bloody again! Lol. Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sterling K. Webb Sent: 13 June 2008 04:39 To: Jerry; Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] And the winner is-- PLUTOID! Hi, Jerry, List The &

Re: [meteorite-list] Phoenix Lander

2008-06-04 Thread Mark Ford
aham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:35 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Phoenix Lander Dear List Mark Ford has a point. In the Apollo Lunar Missions, right away as soon as they emerged from the LM, the astronauts obtained a basket of moon rocks and sent it up to the

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA's Phoenix Scoops Up Martian Soil

2008-06-03 Thread Mark Ford
Is it me or are the Phoenix Mars lander team [really] taking their time with this mars mission!?? A week in and they still haven't sampled the soil yet! Now clearly they know what they are doing and I don't, but given its -80 C millions of miles away and a really, really hostile environment.. if

[meteorite-list] Phoenix Mars Pic...

2008-05-30 Thread Mark Ford
t be? Could it be moisture escaping from the soil? Best, Mark Ford CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] You should not copy or use this email or attachment(s) for

Re: [meteorite-list] Observed lunar meteorite impacts hit 100

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Ford
t composition. A burned out comet may or may not be similar to an asteroid from a mineralogical standpoint. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: "Mark Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: [meteorite-list] Observed lunar meteorite impacts hit 100

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Ford
be re-labeled 'outgassing asteroids' or similar. Or maybe micro-Planetoids... Just a thought. Mark Ford -Original Message- From: Mark Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 May 2008 12:38 To: Mark Ford Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Observed lunar meteorite impacts hit 100

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Ford
ly' than others... I'd find it very very hard to believe there are no pieces of comet in our collections. Best, Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 May 2008 03:09 To: Chris Peterson Cc: meteorite-

Re: [meteorite-list] What a surprise! (not)

2008-05-02 Thread Mark Ford
Hi .. On the other hand, here in the UK, our postal '''service''' is slowly being privatized TO DEATH, already most parcels are shipped by separately run companies, and the profit making part of the royal mail has been basically given away. The postal system is in tatters, moral at an all time l

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know?

2008-04-16 Thread Mark Ford
>> .. approx .. 4,566,500,000 years old .. and it still amazes me that number ! It's always fun to blow peoples mind who are handling meteorites for the first time with : These rocks are [old]... 4,566,500,000 years Or 60,886,666 Human Lifetimes or 237,458,000,000 weeks or 1,662,206,000

Re: [meteorite-list] European/US market comparison

2008-04-10 Thread Mark Ford
PROTECTED] Sent: 10 April 2008 10:36 To: Mark Ford Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] European/US market comparison Hi Mark, So where is the meteorite festival this year? Any details yet? Graham Ensor, Nr Barwell Mark Ford wrote: >Well put ... And ... don't forget in the UK we have The Bri

Re: [meteorite-list] European/US market comparison

2008-04-10 Thread Mark Ford
mbers give lectures and talks all the time. We also are holding a meteorite festival later in the year. Best Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Altmann Sent: 09 April 2008 16:54 To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subjec

Re: [meteorite-list] Tektites and "Fused Glass" in Israel ???

2008-04-08 Thread Mark Ford
ier' to explain away... ) Best, Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Sent: 07 April 2008 18:24 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Tektites and "Fused Glass" in Israel ??? In sci

Re: [meteorite-list] Effect of fall of dollar against Euro?

2008-04-08 Thread Mark Ford
>> might now be relatively cheap for individuals with non-dollar funds. ... Well if you have only just realized that, you've got some serious catching up to do ;) lol Best, Mark F. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E.P. Grondine Sent:

Re: [meteorite-list] "How Do You Know It's A Meteorite"?

2008-04-07 Thread Mark Ford
it land just over the hill.. Because it cost me like £50/g... Because it had a certificate and everything... Because a bloke in my geology class said it was... It has melting all over it.. It's a brown rock.. Best, Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Ford
I don't know all that much about ballistic missiles... but presumably this ballistic missile they are planning to use, uses large amounts of DU? (Depleted uranium) hmm .. sniff that air... Another thing to look out for tonight, A Total lunar eclipse see http://www.spaceweather.com/ Mark

Re: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite

2008-02-15 Thread Mark Ford
secrets (which are already probably common knowledge anyway). Best, Mark Ford CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] You should not copy or use this email or

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball...

2007-09-03 Thread mark ford
>>Some officials speculated that it may have been a [comet or a meteor], but a spokeswoman with the New Jersey [Astrological] Association said, "It's news to us." And I thought astrologers where able to predict the future??! - E-nuff said!! Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL P

Re: [meteorite-list] HiRISE Camera Returns New View of Dark Pit onMars

2007-08-30 Thread mark ford
Forgot to add this link ... http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/images/2007/details/cut/PSP_004847_1745_cu t_b.jpg take a look, simply stunning.. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mark ford Sent: 30 August 2007 08:49 To: Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] HiRISE Camera Returns New View of Dark Pit on Mars

2007-08-30 Thread mark ford
A link to some new hires pics of the martian cave... http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_004847_1745 wow! Mark __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Ancient bacteria could point to life on Mars

2007-08-29 Thread mark ford
] Sent: 29 August 2007 10:40 To: mark ford Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ancient bacteria could point to life on Mars C'mon now Sterling, If transported earth bugs could survive, we would or already do have a martian petri dish. That just can't be! Bill > -Original Messag

Re: [meteorite-list] Ancient bacteria could point to life on Mars

2007-08-29 Thread mark ford
there are parts of those spacecraft which couldn't be 100% sterilised... ;) Best Mark Ford -Original Message- From: Sterling K. Webb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 August 2007 21:12 To: mark ford; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ancient bacter

Re: [meteorite-list] Ancient bacteria could point to life on Mars

2007-08-28 Thread mark ford
>> "When it can live half a million years on Earth it makes it very promising it could survive on Mars for a very long time," Willerslev said. "Permafrost would be an excellent place to look for life on Mars." Yeah but call be a cynic, but Surely half a million years on earth is environmentally li

Re: [meteorite-list] Killer Space Rocks

2007-08-17 Thread mark ford
fter all it's the ones that land in tact that are the killer ones. Just a thought. Best, Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sterling K. Webb Sent: 16 August 2007 23:51 To: Meteorite Mailing List Cc: Ron Baalke Subject:

Re: [meteorite-list] Scientist Claims Calculations Prove Life Began inComet

2007-08-17 Thread mark ford
>> Chandra Wickramasinghe Isn't that one of the scientists connected with that 'red rain'saga? (and famous advocate of Aids and other virus's arriving from space??) Seems to be speculative from what I can gather : basically if you assume water and clays exist in a stable place long enough (and

Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite FellInTheirCourtyardinIndia

2007-08-09 Thread mark ford
>> half the population believes the earth is less than 1 years old ... Well here in Britain, half the population don't even care how old the earth is at all, let alone believe an actual date!! Lol :) Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beh

Re: [meteorite-list] MIND BLOWING

2007-07-17 Thread mark ford
could be sat on the martian surface for months waiting for the right wind, hardly a reliable scientific research tool. Imho - We should be sending a large moon buggy style car to mars, so we can drive some serious distance (and send the rocks back here). Best, Mark Ford -Origina

Re: [meteorite-list] Dangerous! Do not try repeat process with regularacid!

2007-06-29 Thread mark ford
But is the result any better than Ferric Chloride? - They seemed to etch awfly quick!, with a lot of foaming, that's seems to be quite a strong acid... (Iv'e used Ferric Chloride for years (and also Ammonium Persulfate) - it gives a really good etch, which if neutralized properly afterwards in

Re: [meteorite-list] Fauld Crater, Staffordshire, England

2007-06-26 Thread mark ford
recover! Best Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ensoramanda Sent: 25 June 2007 23:21 To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fauld Crater, Staffordshire, England Hi Paul, I live about 20 miles from the

Re: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska

2007-06-22 Thread mark ford
Hi Rob, As Sterling said, - mega practice. - over 2 million years of modifying innocuous stones and sticks into perfect killing machines. (Sort of gets in your blood after a while!) We tend to forget that humans are evolutionary perfected to make flint tools, kill and hunt animals and eat mostl

Re: [meteorite-list] $1,000,000 buy-it-now Martian meteorites!

2007-06-22 Thread mark ford
By the looks of it he's got [loads] more ''auctions'' running though... http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZanothergameguy Best Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Yankewitz Sent: 22 June 2007 02:04 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecen

Re: [meteorite-list] Centimeter cubes on the cheap

2007-06-22 Thread mark ford
Now that's Genius ! I hadn't even considered using them as 10cm cubes. I would suggest pouring some black epoxy potting compound into the base, and the ones I have seen have the sizes 'printed on', so some solvent would get rid of the text easily enough, and voila all the 10cm cubes you can eat,

Re: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska

2007-06-20 Thread mark ford
>> He is now Chairman of the B612 Foundation and a member of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) ... Good job it's not the 'Association of Retired Space Explorers'.. One thought occurred to me, this 'NEO deflection technology' that is being developed, could it not potentially also be (techn

Re: [meteorite-list] Martian Cave Entrance Detail

2007-06-14 Thread mark ford
Hi, I have had a go at reprocessing the Martian cave detail, see http://www.freewebs.com/fordmeteorites/martiancaveentrance.htm There is certainly something there that is more than noise (well not normal random thermal noise anyway) Looks like a dark spot in the centre which is probably where

Re: [meteorite-list] Sky detonation video

2007-06-13 Thread mark ford
Hi Sterling, As you say the questioners in those surveys are as dumb as some of the respondents! - what sort of a question is 'The universe began with a huge explosion? True or false? Obviously its actually false not true (as stated) as the universe most likley started as an infinitely tiny event

Re: [meteorite-list] Amazing coincedence, Off topic DEFORESTATION for Furniture.

2007-06-11 Thread mark ford
So that they'll see, that's simply cheaper for them to use better products. And I see no hope, that energy prices won't get more and more expensive. It's very simple, isn't it and certainly no question of an ideology. Skol Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL P

Re: [meteorite-list] Amazing coincedence, Off topic DEFORESTATION for Furniture.

2007-06-11 Thread mark ford
Yep, and solar panels, energy efficient light bulbs, and most wind turbines all take more 'co2'/energy to produce, dispose of, and transport around the world than they will ever 'save' or generate in their entire short working product life! (Paticularly solar panels, they are the worst way of gene

Re: [meteorite-list] ot - Global Warming - Scientifically proven or afarce

2007-06-11 Thread mark ford
Basically imho, its still way to early to be sure, personally I'm still very much on the fence, we've got idiot beauracrats jumping on band wagons left right and centre, people on both sides sticking their heads in the sand, and a media who jump on every hot summers day as an excuse to prove globa

Re: [meteorite-list] Rusty droplets

2007-06-08 Thread mark ford
Iso means 'pure' ... Mark -Original Message- From: Pete Pete [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 June 2007 13:13 To: mark ford; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rusty droplets Mark wrote: ..."Iso-alcohol (pure ethano

Re: [meteorite-list] Rusty droplets

2007-06-08 Thread mark ford
e sanding paper. They also preferably need to be kept somewhere dry like inside a cabinet with dessicators inside, or better still a dehumidifier. Most slices reach a stable point eventually once you have done this! Best Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

Re: [meteorite-list] [meteorite_sale] Iron Meteorite for sale

2007-05-04 Thread mark ford
Yeah, we've had loads of these fake meteorite offers too, they are all scams. This new variant is just the usual "I am the late wife of an oil baron, and I want to transfer some money..." scam, but reworded. As mike said Deal with those you know well (i.e with the 'inner circle' (that's IMCA mem

Re: [meteorite-list] Polishing Chondrite Slices

2007-05-03 Thread mark ford
I've got a large Ghubara slice that was done by a Norwegian dealer (I think maybe by Lars?), absolutely stunning, mirror finish, and actually one of my best slices, looks an unearthly 'spooky black'! And I'd recommend a mirror finish on a Ghubara any day! As for rustiness - Mines stayed mint, Actua

Re: [meteorite-list] WARNING - Suspicious Morrocan sellers

2007-05-01 Thread mark ford
Yeah, I hear on the grape vine, that quite a few people have been ripped off recently, and it's getting much worse. So be extra careful about sending money there (especially before getting the goods!). I personally will never deal with these people unless they send the goods first on approval, if

Re: [meteorite-list] Present the Worlds Largest Privately Owned Meteorite Sphere Collection

2007-04-30 Thread mark ford
Very nice! They always remind me of mini death stars from starwars! (Though personally my conscience wouldn't allow me to collect meteorite spheres, they waste an awful lot of material making those spheres you know!! ) Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: [meteorite-list] Scientists find most Earth-like planet yet

2007-04-25 Thread mark ford
From: Sterling K. Webb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 April 2007 11:11 To: mark ford; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Scientists find most Earth-like planet yet Hi, Mark, List, > would have been through hell in the > past, (since the star is now a dwarf

Re: [meteorite-list] Scientists find most Earth-like planet yet

2007-04-25 Thread mark ford
hot Neptune et al)?! Certainly an important discovery... Best Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sterling K. Webb Sent: 25 April 2007 06:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-li

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 1685,FINALLY IN CLASSIFICATION

2007-04-23 Thread mark ford
Eh? NWA 1685 LL6, sounds like its already been classified?? Or am I missing something!? Best, Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of steve arnold Sent: 22 April 2007 00:44 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] NW

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite smugglers anger scientists - stamp collection

2007-04-17 Thread mark ford
dinosaurs who are very much the minority, if these people want the rocks they should go find them themselves, and quit whining at the rest of us. Mark -Original Message- From: Armando Afonso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 April 2007 09:51 To: mark ford; Meteorite-list@meteoritecent

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite smugglers anger scientists

2007-04-17 Thread mark ford
stics show non NWA's are under represented in literature. I doubt it's because NWA's are too expensive to work on. Best Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Grossman Sent: 17 April 2007 01:42 To: Meteorite-li

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite smugglers anger scientists

2007-04-16 Thread mark ford
Absolutley!! - I think every meteorite internet list is going ape over this subject at the moment, Its clearly a minority view, as a lot of researchers have worked very hard to forge good relationships with collectors/dealers over the years. - (and Which is clearly a mutually beneficial relationshi

Re: [meteorite-list] Old news reports: true or untrue?

2007-04-05 Thread mark ford
Robs retired - confirmed! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tracy latimer Sent: 05 April 2007 02:16 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Old news reports: true or untrue? I vote for calling it the "Mythbusters" thread. Reports

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-22 Thread mark ford
On that subject, anyone know what actual temperature the surface of the average Chondrite gets to on atmospheric entry? (it would no doubt vary with the entry angle time in flight etc) but there must be a ball park figure. Obviously I doubt anyone can have measured it directly (unless maybe it cou

Re: [meteorite-list] Pnew Moona-ultramicroscopicsilicosi/moon rock

2007-03-19 Thread mark ford
Hmm, ... this theory that's kicking around about melting moon dust with a microwave oven- its all very well melting a few mg of moondust in a 1kW home microwave oven, but by my calculations to melt 1 ton of moon dust you would need over 200MW of microwave power! So that's really practical then

Re: [meteorite-list] Pnew Moona-ultramicroscopicsilicosi/moon rock

2007-03-19 Thread mark ford
Hmm, ... this theory that's kicking around about melting moon dust with a microwave oven- its all very well melting a few mg of moondust in a 1kW home microwave oven, but by my calculations to melt 1 ton of mood dust you would need over 200MW of microwave power! So that's really practical then.

Re: [meteorite-list] Question: Just How ...?

2007-03-16 Thread mark ford
HA! Next time the missus moans about the cost/g of my rocks I shall use the 'Staple analogy' good one!! :) Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob McCafferty Sent: 16 March 2007 09:39 To: Robert Woolard; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Walter Branch Recovery Fund/Hair of SteveArnold, Brenham

2007-03-16 Thread mark ford
Think I'll buy that lock of hair and genetically clone steve, then send him off hunting here in the UK lol M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Notkin Sent: 16 March 2007 04:49 To: Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Walter B

Re: [meteorite-list] Not and Idea for list to think about - Thanks for the feedback!

2007-03-15 Thread mark ford
ebay search is done... And of course people can always still search for 'meteorite' if they want a full search! Best Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 March 2007 16:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad: Oriented Gao/Sikhote-Alin and others ending onebay tonight.

2007-03-15 Thread mark ford
That Tato' is stunning too... http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-achondrite-meteorite-Tatahouine-Tunisia_W0QQite mZ170091729379QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Carothers Sent: 15 March 2

Re: [meteorite-list] Idea for list to think about

2007-03-15 Thread mark ford
Why not just put 'meteorite ML' in the ebay description instead of 'Meteorite' Then just 3 extra characters is all it would use, least it would cut out the meteorite caravans, lipsticks, eye shadows, lamps, CD's etc !! Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [meteorite-list] New Paper in Chicxulube - K-T BoundaryControversy Published

2007-03-14 Thread mark ford
Yeah, it's a real problem at the moment, virtually all the decent papers have dried up on the net, only accessible by these 'companies' that offer access to papers in return for $$ payment. Far as I'm concerned most of these research projects where paid for from government funds, that makes them p

[meteorite-list] laser tweezers

2007-03-13 Thread mark ford
x27; which can actually move material around, since space is a vacuum, and if you had sufficiently large lasers could they not be made to collect microscopic samples and move them around, perhaps pull dust off the surface of an asteroid onto to an orbiting space vehicle? Or similar? Just a though

Re: [meteorite-list] Who's still got their first meteorite?

2007-03-13 Thread mark ford
Hi, Got my first in about 1986, (an expensive) 'Oddessa' (a measley 2g speck stuck to a card), came from a famous fossil shop in Lyme Regis in Dorset UK, I remember also seeing a large Gibeon slice which had a price tag of £1250 pounds on it! First time I had ever seen a Widmanstatten pattern,

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-08 Thread mark ford
The best has to be ... wait for it ...'Shitcoated-Alin' -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Forbes Sent: 08 March 2007 07:49 To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go Aaaahh, ha h

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Gao-Guenie

2007-03-06 Thread mark ford
Hi Mark, Happy birthday for tomorrow! - (and its also my 33rd tomorrow too!) Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MARK BOSTICK Sent: 06 March 2007 02:50 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Happy

Re: [meteorite-list] proud tom,Redux

2007-03-05 Thread mark ford
Hmm, all very well and good, and usually most people can take a well meant joke and laugh with it, that is until someone then finds it deeply offensive or hurtful or harmful to their lively hood then its suddenly not quite so funny any more. In today's, ip logged, globally litigious world, persona

Re: [meteorite-list] the price per gram of tatahouine

2007-02-27 Thread mark ford
Steve, I think you'll find it usually works the other way a lower$/g for larger pieces and Higher $/g for smaller (Otherwise there would be no reason for anyone to cut rocks into smaller pieces, and that would make a main mass worth less than the total cost of the cut pieces!). Mark. ---

Re: [meteorite-list] Steve's Imilac Trip, slightly off-topic: pisco

2007-02-27 Thread mark ford
Sounds just like it's 'distilled fermented grape juice' to me - so, presumably Schnapps / moonshine is probably a close equivalent? ? Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sterling K. Webb Sent: 27 February 2007 01:19 To: Steve Schoner; [

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Finally 1st Chladni MARS Case - getthevery first box crafted. Soon a historical collectible!

2007-02-22 Thread mark ford
seller - pardelmops - then no items for sale are shown. HELP! -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: mark ford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2007 09:52 An: Martin Altmann; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: RE: [meteorite-list] AD: Finally 1st Chladn

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Finally 1st Chladni MARS Case - get thevery first box crafted. Soon a historical collectible!

2007-02-22 Thread mark ford
I think it's a great idea, this is what is missing in a lot of meteorite collections these days - good presentation, a good mount or display can make a dull sometimes worthless speck into something to really inspire people!, that is a GOOD THING. Best, Mark -Original Message- From:

[meteorite-list] nickel silicide ...

2007-02-21 Thread mark ford
Hi, Anyone got any pics/info on 'Nickel Silicide' in meteorites (esp. as found in Enstatites)? Cheers Mark __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Meteorite holidays??

2007-02-21 Thread mark ford
Hi, I have been asked if I know anyone who runs meteorite related holidays? I.e perhaps meteorite hunting trips in their locality etc, trips around craters etc etc. If you do, or know of anyone who perhaps you would let me know off list, and I will forward your contact details on to the per

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