Ruben,
Congratulations on a truly amazing couple of weeks!!
Most collectors dream of finding ONE in their
lifetime. It is inspiring to see what can happen when
you get out there with enough knowledge to recognize a
keeper when you see it. Make no mistake, it's not
easy, but when preparation
Graham,
With heightened airport security, you may have trouble
with carry-ons. I tried bringing a couple of good
sized Campo del Cielo irons in that way. No problems
in Argentina or Chile, but when I hit the USA they
caused great consternation. The security screeners
couldn't find anything
Thanks for the better picture Adam. From the random
abrasions and percussion pits, it looks like a
fragment from some heavy equipment part that self
destructed, then got run over for a few months on a
hard surface. How it came to fall out of the sky is a
mystery though. Maybe it got stuck in
Gary Foote,
Just in case you don't get it, this is about you. You
are spamming the list. Real questions? Great.
Informative answers? Even better. Chit-chat? Fine,
OFF list. There are over 600 of us. What if everyone
posts something without content to every post? We do
appreciate your
Sonny,
Waaay to go!!!
Regards,
Norm
(http://TektiteSource.com
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
After spending about two hours of hunting I found
a 34 gram fragment
from an old weathered chondrite. The magnet jumped
to it like a piece
of steel. I spent about an hour walking
Gang,
I just posted a page on our website with pics of some
of our Tucson acquisitions that will be of interest to
some of you. Its biased towards tektites, but includes
some NWAs and a Sikhote. Be sure to check out the
little shatter cone we found in a box of NWAs.
Ma Lan List,
Stretch tektites are specimens that partly broke and
bent after the skin had become brittle, but while the
interior was still semi-molten and taffy-like.
As commonly used, the term does not include
starburst-ray skin splits even though their
interpretation and significance is
Rockbiter list,
I enjoyed your write-up. I've always viewed the
magnet as a tool to test things seen by the eye
rather than a collecting tool, but you've made your
point well.
Recently en route to Tucson, I spent a day in the
Arizona desert. There are rainwater collection and
dispensing
List,
Just a brief note to temper recent topics. I made a
deal a while back to trade for a tektite from a deep
jungle location. My contact had never attempted an
international shipment before, so I agreed to send my
part of the trade first. Both of us were nervous
whether it would make it
Gang,
It'll be fun to see who can type fastest when it is
posted with a $0.01 Buy-it-now!!
Regarding the fusion crust, I have been shopping for a
nice Tatahouine, and I have been surprised at how many
little fragments actually do have tiny patches of
fusion crust. It's mostly at a hand-lens
Mike all,
That did look like a winner, but too bad about the
crumby documentation. The seller didn't seem very
interested in providing anything but platitudes. The
caliche crusts were right for eastern Oregon.
Cheers,
Norm
--- Mike Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi List,
Did any of you
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-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Im Auftrag von Norm
Lehrman
Gesendet: Samstag, 17. Februar 2007 23:11
An: Mike Fowler; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Cc: Mike Fowler
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Eastern Oregon
Meteorite on Ebay
Mike all
Mark list,
Tatahouine is an exception to the bigger costs less
per gram pattern. Due to the large crystal size in
this material and the well-developed cleavages of
pyroxene, Tatahouine shattered when it hit the
atmosphere. Small bits dominate, biggerr pieces are
rare. As a consequence, there
Jerry,
A superb and exemplary contribution to the list! A
great story, informative, and exactly on-topic. The
links were a great touch. Thanks and well done.
I still have my first (central Nevada) find, and will
be keeping it till my last rock moves on. It likely
will be the last rock to go.
Elton and all,
Well said. I too have been holding back on this
subject, but I agree strongly that to send a certain
meteor-wrong in to be examined by our small and
over-taxed group of classifiers is unconscionable.
The vision rock is a nice rock and has value as a
landscape boulder. Most of
Johnny,
Moody Blues, circa 1969:
First Man: I think, I think I am, therefore I am, I
think.
Establishment: Of course you are my bright little
star,
I've miles
And miles
Of files
Pretty files of your forefather's fruit
Michael,
Nothing in your photos looks remotely suspicious.
Most look to be stream-rounded quartzite pebbles.
Disseminated magnetite is the likely culprit.
Some of today's magnets are just too good. I've put
away my big hard-drive monster that will pull nails
out of fences and opted for a
Harlan all,
My best guess is that it might be a fragment of
petrified palm or cycad root. There is a pattern of
dark circular features at the bottom edge that look
like vascular tissues.
Note that the analytical report pictured says 2 ppm
iridium, which is to say iridium was absolutely
Guys,
That look on the Nininger's faces followed the sad
realization that the tektites weren't lunars after
all. Imagine your expression if your coveted
tablefull of lunars all turned terrestrial!
Cheers,
Norm
(http://tektitesource.com)
--- AL Mitterling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Jerry and
Dave,
In a career working frequently with basalts, I've
never seen megascopic free metal. I also have never
heard of the same. Basalts are, by nature, iron rich,
but for all practical purposes, most of the iron is
present in silicate phases. This thing isn't a
basalt. I don't have any better
that the
seller with a feed
back of 75% and only sold three Canyon Diablo' s is
a meteorite expert.
I go with a real meteorite and a real person going
to a real meteorite
dealer and phony going with phony and going to
eBay.
Doh,
Dave pebble-pup.
Norm Lehrman wrote:
Dave,
In a career
Pete,
Thanks for the heads up on this guy. He has been
trying to seduce me (off list) with offers to sell the
same material now listed on ebay for very reasonable
prices. Something spooked me though---the prices were
a bit too good and he was a bit too persistent. With
nothing more than a gut
All,
Maybe someone can elucidate on the terms specifically
as they are used in meteorites, but in geology
polymict implies varied clast composition (poly =
many), while xenolith (= foreign rock), implies
clasts from an external source.
Cheers,
Norm
(http://tektitesource.com)
--- Walter Branch
Steve #1,
Now that's fine post. Thoughtful. Educational.
Keep 'em coming.
Cheers,
Norm
(http://TektiteSource.com)
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How many errors can we find in this story? 10? 15?
20?
Let's count them:
*
Clue to life in Thar meteorite rain
Sandipan
Jeff and list,
I have been sent some identical material from a source
(? the same ??) in Hong Kong for examination. What I
saw, which was virtually identical to this, is melted
bottle glass.
Cheers,
Norm
(http://TektiteSource.com)
--- Jeff Kuyken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doesn't look quite
List,
I finally got around to posting pics of one of the
coolest Australites in our collection. I call it the
Rosetta Core, as it provides fantastic insight into
thermal ablation core formation. Enjoy! Here's the
link:
http://tektitesource.com/Australite%20cores.htm
Cheers,
Norm
All,
I have access to a PIMA (portable infrared mineral
analyzer). These operate on spectral reflectance in
the SWIR spectrum (1300-2500 nanometers). There are
excellent water absorption features in this range.
I'm sure I've run tektites before, but never in direct
comparison with volcanic and
All,
Most of you will remember, but there may be some new
members on the list that did not participate in the
last round of How do you recognize a real tektite?
list discussions. A sysnopsis of the results is
posted on my website, including pics of a heated
Arizonaite provided by Jim Tobin (this
List,
A final note on this auction: I contacted the seller,
Gao Fu Development Ltd, (who had several other fakes
listed in his ebay store). He was glad for the
heads-up and has removed all the items. He said he
had purchased them from a new dealer in Hong Kong,
and was already suspicious that
List,
Either my email died or it has gone really quiet out
there---
Against all odds, I just got one of our best shipments
of QUALITY Besednice hogs ever. This is old stock
directly out of the Czech Republic. We found hardly
any of this quality at Tucson, and no more are being
mined.
Have a
John list,
Try http://www.amlap.com/alw/page4.html for starters.
Regards,
Norm
http://TektiteSource.com
--- Arizona Skies Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi all...does anyone know of a good website for
plastic display stands?
Thanks in advance!
-John
Arizona Skies
Tracy,
No problems here. I was glad to be reminded of the
fine word pulchritudinous. Webster says having or
marked by physical comeliness. Without question that
is an appropriate word for the meteorite community's
use, hence, not OT. There should be a special
category for pulchritudinous
Doug, Sterling, and all you other amazing brains,
(Deity or planetary name of your choice), it's good to
to listen to you guys with IQs in the clouds. Some
people do word-searches or crosswords to exercize
their brains. For some of us, it's the MetList.
Thanks (and Garcias to you, Doug---)
All,
I've been getting calls on this. Newspapers are
reporting that Mars will appear as large as the moon!
Note that the story Bob forwarded says:
((At a modest 75-power magnification )) Mars will
look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.
That first part is pretty important. The moon
All,
It is important to understand that the Persieds are
quite different from the Perseids. There are two
accepted meanings. Some hold that the persi- is
derived from persifler (to banter, i.e, good-
natured and usually witty animated discourse) + eds,
obviously a contracted form of educational
Bernd and all,
As you may know, I am acting as an agent for the
Futrell family in finding a new home for Darryl's
tektite collection. I am periodically in contact with
his daughter Kathy Lee, and have forwarded your email
to her. I am sure it will mean a lot to the family to
know that, while
Dirk,
Do you think the meteor had anything to do with the
three month local time regression?
Best regards,
Norm
(http://TektiteSource.com)
--- drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
List,
At 8:05pm local time on May 19, about 9 minutes
ago, I observed a meteorite entering the atmosphere
and
List,
I just checked on the status of the new Arizona
meteorite I sent to Alan Rubin for classification
about 6 months ago. He never received it. Lost in
the mail!
It breaks my heart to cut off another 25 gm slice to
start over again.
Your counsel please. I planned to sell the specimen,
Art,
As the juvenile stuff ebbs and flows, I have been
continuously impressed by your apparent restraint. It
is impossible to step into the middle of every
dogfight. Many (most?) would get sick and tired of the
mental drain involved when people expect a referee to
step in and chastise others for
Sorry. I know this was sort of a #3(private message),
but I'm willing to bet I speak for a whole bunch of us
on the list, so it's not all that private.
Blurtheline!
--- Norm Lehrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Art,
As the juvenile stuff ebbs and flows, I have been
continuously impressed
Rob,
A yes! but this have re-start to broken to
me with no sense...
I concur with your comments with this provisio, I
think---
Norm
--- Rob Wesel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
mo sense lose words with a person that it
does not reason
I concur
Rob Wesel
Anne,
There's not much chance for confusion. Orbicular
granite, especially like the West Aussie stuff that
Kevin may have seen, typically has orbs no smaller
than about 4 cm, and sometimes much bigger. Pretty
big chondrules!
Cheers,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris list,
Possible or impossible?
Possible. Quite a few minerals can emit light on
being crushed or scratched. This is termed
triboluminescence. Additionally, some minerals can
emit light when heated to temperatures still well
below red heat. This is thermoluminescence. I
don't know the
Anne all,
The types of luminescence that I described are
restricted to non-metallics. One thing I've wondered:
what sort of saws would they have used in the olden
days? Probably soft iron plus a particulate abrasive.
It wouldn't be too hard to frictionally heat a cut to
red heat if inadequate
Pete,
I don't know if it's been reported in meteorites, but
if this was earth material, my first guess would be
vivianite, a hydrous iron phosphate. It can look
exactly like that (and is often photosensitive: with
exposure to sunlight it will darken and often turn
dark green).
Maybe someone on
All,
I couldn't resist playing off the fantastic Franconia
announcement. Hats of to Asher, Baird, and Ortega!
While trying to replicate their luck at the Majuba,
Nevada find area, I recovered what I think may go down
in history as the smallest Majuba granule likely to
ever be recovered. With a
Steve all,
I've always wondered whether the old meteorite farm
was truly farmed out! You went the next step beyond
just wondering. Congratulations. H.H.N. is looking
down with a huge smile on his face, probably the
biggest since he left us.
Now, you absolutely MUST follow Nininger's
Neil,
In the USA, it's oriented.
Cheers,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
--- Neil Caliva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone I'm new but have been watching for a
month or so. Which way is
right for meteorites oriented or orientated?
List,
Sorry if I'm boring you, but this is driving me nuts!
The moldavite faceting rough that is constantly
listed on ebay, so gorgeously apple green but devoid
of normal moldavite skin character IS NOT REAL. I can
only presume that the faceted gems offered by the
same sellers are also man-made
Matt,
Thanks for that link! It was well worth the time. Any
of you that haven't listened, give it a shot.
Every Christmas season, the Geological Society of
Nevada looks for presentations that might be of
general interest to kids and spouses as well as the
geos in the family. I have been making
of a source for these test strips?
Thanks,
Norm Lehrman
(http://TektiteSource.com)
P.S., Stay tuned! I found 6 nice Nevada stonys Monday
and I'm headed back out tomorrow. I'm betting on 20
or 30 more! Full story coming---
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Meteorite-list mailing list
List,
I had a meteorite talk to give this past Wednesday
about the remarkable new meteorite finds in Nevada,
and I wanted to be able to say we've already found X
more this week, so Monday I took a newbie out and we
found eleven in about 5 hours. That felt so good we
went back out today and found
Ron,
Just an afterthought. (I think I failed to include
the list in my previous response, but it said, in
short, that this absolutely does NOT sound like a
meteorite (or tektite, in reference to another reply).
But, what about a fulgurite??? These are never
metallic, but the metallic silica
Dana,
Your first paragraph is VERY well worded. Many of us
feel the same. Amen.
I can't comment on bikers, but you guys and your
machines should work okay on our dry lakes--- Watch
out for soft spots.
As for the circumstances of your Esquel search, sorry.
What a nice thought. I'd like
List,
A guy came in today with a flat of shiny black glass
that looks identical to Wabar or Irghizite impactites.
It has been studied and published, and was spewn from
a monster fulgurite tube!
Most dealers, curators, academics, and collectors are
bombarded with stuff like this. I didn't
Jeff,
Thanks for the shift in focus!
That is one amazing iron. I've never seen anything
vaguely resembling those textures! Nice.
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
(and still sitting by the computer waiting for a reply
to my counter-offer on the exogenic fulgurites)
--- Jeff Kuyken [EMAIL
Gary list,
Nice thread. My pockets have been full of rocks since
childhood, and the space rock thing hasn't improved
matters. I typically carry a nice crusted NWA
chondrite and a little Sikhote or Canyon Diablo (today
it was the latter). Being a tektite guy, I usually
carry a nice little
List,
I went ahead and bought the Exogenic Fulgurites I
wrote about a couple of weeks ago and they are now
posted on the TektiteSource website. You'll need to
move fast if you are interested. I gave those who
asked to be placed on a waiting list first chance, and
about half of the specimens are
List,
I went ahead and bought the Exogenic Fulgurites I
wrote about a couple of weeks ago and they are now
posted on the TektiteSource website (
http://tektitesource.com/Exogenic%20Fulgurites.htm )
. You'll need to move fast if you are interested. I
gave those who expressed interest to my
Tom,
I got it as well. He forgot to take his meds. He
does this everytime he forgets. For the record, the
first name is Urine. Forward his spam back to him.
If we all do that everytime, we can at least stuff his
mailbox. He won't quit with a polite request. I've
tried that.
Cheers,
Norm
Fantastic! If you haven't been to the NASA website
yet, go there! There's streaming video replays of
Stardust's re-entry and recovery, great interviews,
particularly with Brownlee. I found it all really
emotional
Congrats to all involved,
Norm
Http://TektiteSource.com
P.S., notice how
Keith list,
Thanks for that. We all wouldn't be here talking to
each other without Harvey. What a legacy! Truly a
man with a passion.
cheers,
Norm
http://TektiteSource.com
--- Arizona Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello All
I just like to say, today was Harvey Nininger
Birthday
Mike list,
I haven't seen any responses come through on this and
it's a bit of meteorite lore that many might find
occasion to need. I don't know anything about the
Schoner post you mentioned, but last year I had a
chance to go to Argentina and acquire some Campos
directly from the family who's
That's a big Yes from here!
Norm
--- Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear List Members,
A month or two ago I posted to the list that I felt
that Steve Arnold - IMB
and Phil Mani should be nominated for a Harvey Award
for their Huge Brenham
Main Mass discovery and also Geoff Notkin
List,
We just got back from Tucson. What a place. We
overheard a little 5 year old tell his mom: I get
it! If you make more money you can buy more
rocks!---which about sums it all up.
I wanted to share some pics of a remarkable little
Sikhote we found. The best find of the show for us,
and
List,
We just got back from Tucson. What a place. We
overheard a little 5 year old tell his mom: I get
it! If you make more money you can buy more
rocks!---which about sums it all up.
I wanted to share some pics of a remarkable little
Sikhote we found. The best find of the show for us,
and
Martin list,
I had a related experience a couple of years ago. I
acquired a couple of 7 kg Campos in Buenos Aires, and
not wanting to push my checked bags over the weight
limits, I wrapped the meteorites in bubble wrap and
packed them in a heavy-duty carry-on. I then flew to
Chile, no
Mark and all,
This really is a cool image. Thanks for bringing it
to our attention. I'm guessing you might appreciate a
serious reply or two.
On earth, this is immediately reminiscent of a
weathered lahar fragment. Volcanic mudflows involving
big blocks in an ashy matrix are almost universal
Greg,
I'll bite. That is one stupendous photo, not for a
minute forgetting the memories of the chance at Tucson
to fondle that sweet beauty!
How did you make that pic?
I'm totally sure I'm not the only one who wants to
know.
Verrry nice.
Best regards,
Norm
(http://TektiteSource.com)
---
Sterling,
I too got drawn into tektites by the mystery. They
often tell their individual stories plainly, but we
still can't get the big picture out of them!
One comment on your comments though. Tektites
(australites) ARE very often emu gizzard stones. In
the dry lakes where they are most
Steve,
Everything sounds fine till that last couple of
paragraphs where every other proposal also stumbles.
Just where is all this silicate material in our oceans
or atmosphere? I still see a mass balance problem.
I'm open for a good answer, but if you just described
it, I didn't understand.
List,
With all the talk about oriented stones, I thought I'd
get some great new strongly flight-oriented Sikhote
Alin bullets posted.
Check out the Sikhote Alin page at
http://TektiteSource.com
I'll be posting these to ebay over the next few
months, but they are available from the website
Gary,
No one has bothered to explain it because it doesn't
happen. What do you smoke just before you see this
phenomenon?
Regards,
Norm
http://TektiteSource.com
--- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't seem to fnid an explanation online anywhere.
Gary
Sterling,
Thanks for posting this series! One question though:
Item #5: It would also appear that no one tried
breaking a specimen of each, as the fracture
morphology of each differs.
In what way? I've never tried breaking specimens, but
I've seen plently of broken ones and have never
List,
If you, like me, are one of the chosen, you'll be
receiving another edition of Göran Lindfors' extreme
lunar fakes spam about now. Please forward several
copies of his message back to him. As I recall, we
shut down his mailbox for a few days the last time.
He seems to be a slow learner.
Göran all,
I don't understand the chemistry involved, but I have
personally used a concentrated sodium hydroxide bath
to remove rust from very rusty Campos. It took weeks,
but scales of rust just kept detaching untill the
bottom of the pail was a centimeter deep in rust
flakes. I did do a
Bernd list,
This is indeed exciting, and may finally justify LDG
being recognized as a true tektite rather than a
simple impactite.
Although the article doesn't give us much for location
beyond at the northern tip of the Gilf Kebir region,
that's close enough, as the LDG strewn field is
Doug,
Good points all, but if you want to raise the
water/purity issue, you can't dodge the Muong Nong
issue. (The best answer is that they shouldn't be
called tektites, BUT, they ARE so called by all
authorities).
With LDG, it can be reasonably argued that
flight-related morphology has been
Doug,
I do enjoy your contributions. Always stimulating.
I have no fundamental disagreements. Just a few
hair-splitting points.
Re: the partial pressures in Australasian bubbles. It
has been argued that our numbers are bogus. As
atmospheric water is absorbed into the hydrating
tektite
Sonny list,
My stats are not going to be what people want to hear.
I have been collecting rocks, fossils, and artifacts
since I could walk. I have been a continuously active
exploration geologist for 35 years. I have been
looking at the ground in front of me with something of
a trained eye
List,
Czech out
http://tektitesource.com/taffy_cored_tektites.html
This is a gorgeous new stretch tektite from Chlum.
I've never heard of any others. There is a chance
that it is the first and only example of its kind! If
any of you know of any other stretch Moldavites,
please let me know.
Greg all,
Nice specimens.
Just a minor side point: the term is slickensides
for the striated, movement-polished surface itself, or
slickensided for a rock showing slickensides. Your
version is a common, but erroneous, transliteration.
Cheers,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
--- Greg Hupe
://tektitesource.com
--- Pete Pete [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, Norm all,
There are meteorites with slickenside?!
It would have to be Martian, then, right?
Cheers,
Pete
From: Norm Lehrman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Greg Hupe
[EMAIL PROTECTED],meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re
Mark list,
About five years ago, as Cookie and I were helping our
main Chinese supplier unpack at Tucson we found a
couple of dozen like you have pictured. The
coloration is a surface patina like Carnival Glass.
We never determined how it formed, but I have seen
similar patinas developed on
Dirk,
As I wrote earlier, I have seen this patina on old
ghost town bottles that have been through a fire.
There IS some connection. Perhaps the common ground
between our comments is that wood ash is strongly
alkaline. I remember my grandma leaching ashes to get
lye to make soap. Perhaps the
Gary,
That's just a thin translucent septum. What you are
seeing is the normal transmitted light color of most
australasians. You can only see it along thin edges
or where there's a shallow internal bubble.
Regards,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
--- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
Susan et al,
I agree. And you've gotta give that baby a little
credit too!
Just kidding,
Norm
(http://tektitesource.com)
--- batkol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i don't think i've ever seen a cuter meteorite on
this page . . . . take
care
susan
- Original Message -
From:
Paul,
I tried to send this off list, but the email link
doesn't work.
With all due respect, you are selling an idea as fact.
Ideas are fun and should be unconstrained. But don't
present them as done deals. I have dozens of
specimens of this sort. They are so uniform that they
cannot be the
List,
I just received several nice big 0.5 - 1 kg stony NWAs
(unclassified). One of them shows distinct magnetic
polarity. One face repells the magnet.
Is that common? Any particular significance?
regards,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
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List,
I've built a new page offering some specimens of the
controversial bubble blisters or impact welded
tektites featured by Paul Harris in the current
Meteorite Times Tektite of the Month column. Be
sure to check the MetTimes archive for an earlier
column in the March 2003 issue.
I have
List,
Here's a heads up on something kind of neat. A few
days ago I stopped at my favorite central Nevada dry
lake and collected several specimens complete with the
dessicated lake bed surface in which they were
embedded.
I just posted the first one to ebay. See it at:
Thomas,
Take heart. Almost a year? Try never. The last
piece I sent to UCLA they claim to never have received
even though people visiting the lab asked about it and
were told probable preliminary classifications. Now
they want a second piece?
Can anyone help me get the kick me sticker off my
List,
Although we specialize in tektites and impactites, I
couldn't resist cherry picking some superb NWA
unclassifieds at Tucson this year. Most are complete
or nearly complete individuals, all unclassified. I
finally got the page updated minutes ago. You may
find some sleepers there.
--- Norm Lehrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey Tom,
The list isn't your problem. After about day 2 when
the blog went bad, I've never been back, and won't
be
going there. WITHOUT going there, I don't even know
what you're talking about. Stay on the list.
You're
a good guy. The blog
All,
There are a couple of key issues regarding flanged aussie buttons. First, the
big money has always been for Port Campbell Victoria specimens which somehow
seem always bright, fresh, and pristine. All the others are in another league.
For years I have offered specimens from anywhere
Sorry, I was typing in the dark and hit a button that sent the message before I
was done.
The one on Ebay is significantly over-priced. For $1800, I think I can still
source a flawless specimen. With the rim chips, I would not pay $1000, but
times are certainly changing. They haven't made
All,
This is an interesting question with important nuances. I am one that does
leave many sold items pictured (but I do endeavor to marke them sold ASAP).
Here's why I do it: The items we sell, each and every one of them, are
unique.
It is not like listing a particular stock item that was
All,
I fear this thread may be counter-productive for any that are just getting
started in the search for meteorites. The glacier angle is, in this case, thin
ice. First, Antarctica is a very special case: in general glacial moraines
are
an absolutely horrible place to look. I'm with
of expanding
that find into multiple finds is greatly reduced, not enhanced.
Cheers,
Norm
www.tektitesource.com
- Original Message
From: Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net
To: Norm Lehrman nlehr...@nvbell.net; Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com
Cc: meteorite-list
the coarse pyroxene crystals. A
question for those more knowledgeable than I on impact cratering: could these
shattercones have formed during the event that ejected the material from its
source crater or are they artifacts of earlier impacts in the same location?
Best regards,
Norm Lehrman
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