Thank you Jeff! A fine treat to come home from work
to.
Bill
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Cheers,
Jeff Kuyken
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Congrats Sonny,
You never cease to amaze me...Perhaps you need to go
through your rock pile again.
Looks like I may also have another possible new find
from out West. ASU has it now for classification.
It has been a busy year for you my friend!
Bill Southern
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A simple streak test will ID either..
Magnetite - greasy black or grey streak
Hematite - Reddish to rust brown streak
On unglazed porcelain.
Bill
--- Elton Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gary K. Foote wrote:
It looks more like a huge hematite node. Even its
crumbs are magnetic.
My first find (Trilby Wash, AZ) took about 8 months at ASU and still has not shown up in the bulletin although classification info is available at ASU and I was told this was pretty quickly done as busy as they are, all at no cost. I did donate a hefty specimen that is now on display in their very
For those interested or the several from the list that have a specimen here
is an update from ASU. The meteorite was submitted the 28th of July.
http://www.nuggetshooter.com/images320/ClassificationreportTW.jpg
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Thank you All for answering my question so completely and the ongoing
discussion has been very educational! This is indeed a great place to ask
and learn.
Bill
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Sent: Monday, July 18,
Hello List,
I am curious as to whether there is more information available about the
Shirokovsky Palasite Meteorwrong? I have read the info available at the Met
Bulletin
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=31359
but I am very interested in what earth rock/mineral this has been
The photo came from an ebay ad that ended yesterday and I would guess he has
more there for sale.
Bill
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Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:16 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] meteor-wrong
Bill, I have
Interesting and somewhat distressing that a meteorwrong naturally occurring
or otherwise can be sold in this market at a fairly high price.
If naturally occurring here on earth the process that created it I think
would be of great interest to science. If not natural they are sure crafty
/3.7tw2.jpg
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and collecting for
those of you that like to share their knowledge also.
Ads are also welcome... Yes it is moderated to some extent...
http://www.nuggetshooter.ipbhost.com/index.php?s=b3da0c389f9bc9fde05acc14fe3f0e6fshowforum=4
Cheers, Bill Southern
Hello List,
I have a very nice end cut of Arizona's newest chondrite Trilby Wash, a
L4-S1-W3 This meteorite has some very large chondrules and on this end cut
you can see one protruding on the broken edge, as well as one of the large
ones showing on the cut face.
This end cut has crust on
Forgot to add this silent auction will end today the 6th of July at 6:00 PM
Mountain time.
Bill
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Hello List,
For some reason my outlook express is locking up trying to receive mail and
will not work except to send...Anyway please send any silent auction bid
email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or I will not see it. Sorry to the rest of
you for the mess...
Bill Southern
will end on this item at 8:00 mountain time tonight the 26th of June
and I will contact the winner at that time, free shipping.
Bill Southern
IMCA 1552
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By the way the tw in those links stands for Trilby Wash, the proposed
name As I mentioned the location and other details of the find will be
in the next Met Bull.
Cheers, Bill
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a couple in
the 30 to 60 gram size I may cut and offer at a later date.
I also plan to have a few thin sections made
Bill
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From: JKGwilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Bill Southern [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 6
about me:
John B.
John Gwilliam
Larry Sloan
and a few others. If interested please contact me off list and click the
link for a photo.
http://www.nuggetshooter.com/fimage/Newfinda1-13-2005.jpg
Best Regards, Bill Southern
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Hello List,
I am very happy to announce that the chondrite I found in January is now
classified by Lora Bleacher at ASU. I do not have all the information yet,
but it looks to be an
L5, S1, W3
If some of you remember your guesses just by looking were right on the
money!
This sure is
Hello List,
Have any of you seen something similar to this or perhaps know what it is?
It is a NWA purchased because it looked interesting from the outside.
http://nuggetshooter.ipbhost.com/uploads/post-4-1118104085.jpg
Thanks in advance, Bill
Thanks Michael,
I was guessing the same, but still being very new to the game was looking
for just that answer.
Cheers, Bill
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Sent: Monday, June 06
Thank you Walter!
Bill
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From: Walter Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 6:58 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Chondrules inside CAIs
Hello Everyone,
Ok, if you are not interesed in this, you are not
Hello Tom,
I just tried a small 1.7 gram specimen of NWA 800 an R4 and also a 1 gram
Ouzina also R4 and both will stick to a rare earth magnet.
Bill
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To: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Hello list,
I was studying some slices of Franconia today under the microscope when I
noticed movement on the surface of one of the slices (stay with me I'm not a
nut) I switched to a bit higher magnification and along the edge of some of
the metal in the specimen were small areas of rust
Sorry for piggy backing in on this post, but for some reason my last 3
attempts have failed to get through as happens here at times...
I was just going to let this go, but seeing some folks not understanding how
this fellow operates I have decided to tell a short story about my first
dealings
sorry just a test...
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I was just going to let this go, but seeing some folks not understanding how
this fellow operates I have decided to tell a short story about my first
dealings with Steve A. from Chicago (Elgin) IL.
I was actually taken in by a request for some Franconia irons a few weeks
back which I hunt for
Hello List,
Well now my posts lost this morning are showing up, sorry if any are double.
Bill
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their little feelings hurt like I
and others have (grin) Heck to someone that goes out into these deserts to
look for and find these specimens they are...Well important (to me anyway)
and science too ;)
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Very Nice John!
Thanks for sharing it.
Bill
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From: Kashuba, Ontario, California [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Edwin Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - D'Orbigny thin
Thank you Jeff for some great info I somehow missed the first time around...
Bill
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From: Jeff Kuyken [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 4:50 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Bleached Chondrules
I have offered my help in this matter and I am in AZ.
Bill S.
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From: Alexander Seidel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tom's Franconia slice
Folks, you may
Hello List,
I am doing a web project at my site to show different types of meteorites
whole and sliced. I already have a few good ones, but if any of you have
some outstanding photos you'd like displayed please send them off list
I can post them with or without credit to the owner. Thank you in
Thanks for the great story and photos! Congrats on a nice find.
Bill
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From: Tom Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 8:39 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] My own Franconia find!!!
Hello List, I got a
Thank you for a really good read after a long day at work...
Cheers, Bill S.
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From: McCartney Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:25 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Field Trip Report - Mexico
Earlier posting
Ok here's my 2 bobs worth...I also am quite new to this list and in the few
short months I have been around I have learned much and found some new
friends! Oh yes and found some very nice specimens to add to my collection.
This list and the blog which I went to for the first time today are not
Very nice indeed!! Thank you for the look.
Bill
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From: Jeff Kuyken [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:18 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Monthly Favourite - May 2005
Monthly Favourite for May is up.
Long day at the office, came home set up pool for 7 year old's B-Day and
leveled half a 12 ton load of pea gravel in the driveway. Not complaining
just tired and when I got done the wife says hey you have a package from
Germany A fine gift after a long day, a nice slice of NWA2889 loaded with
Hello list,
Just thought I'd share a photo of a very nice 325 gram Franconia, AZ in as
found condition. It was one of several on Saturday, but this one really put
a smile on my face. The detector coil in the photo is 14 long for
reference...
http://www.nuggetshooter.com/fimage/FR423insitu.jpg
I forgot to add that a small 4 gram bit had broken off and I saw it while
taking photos with the GPS, can you spot it?
Bill
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Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:12 PM
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Nice photos Larry,
I will be there this weekend
Bill S.
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Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:22 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Franconia Field Trip
Hello List,
I thought I would share some photo's of my
Hello List,
Last week I took a short vacation meteorite/gold nugget hunting along the
Colorado River here in Arizona. While getting my internal batteries
recharged I also managed a few meteorites from both Franconia (bottom) and
Gold Basin (top)
It's getting so a fellow really has to work for
You are absolutely correct on the Horned Lizard and I also have come across
this species in the same area. Another one of my hobbies Desert Iguana
(Dispsosaurus dorsalis) is also fairly common in the area and will let you
walk right up on them... Guess I'm a little off topic, but there were
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Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Horned lizards at Franconia
You into wildlife or reptiles? My daughter and I have a Nile monitor,
gopher snake, Ball python, Chilean rose hair Tarantula and a few dozen
fish. Normally, I would have
Hello Michael and list,
Yes I too have received these type emails from Nigeria, but asking to buy 25
to 30 Minelab Metal Detectors at a time...I treat them as you do.
By the way thanks for the beautiful thin sections
Bill S.
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Thank you All,
that responded to my request, I found exactly what I was looking for as well
as a couple others I plan to pick up. This is a great place to shop (grin)
Bill S.
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As a newer list member that was somewhat curious as to why Steve was so
unpopular, I think after seeing that email I now understand. I agree
that if you have even a shred of dignity you will pull that negative
feedback Steve.
Bill S.
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I am interested in a modest slice of NWA 1933, perhaps a individual stone?
Please contact me off list
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Hello Ron,
Just a thank you for taking the time to share...
Bill S.
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Hello Jeff and All,
If it is somewhat greenish it could be epidote and we find similar looking
specimens in AZ quite often. It is hard to tell from a photo, but the
crystal structure looks right.
Bill S.
What's this wrong?
G'day List,
I had this photo sent to me which is obviously a
of time I have used Priority Mail.
Bill Southern
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From: Tom Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 7:49 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Priority mail problems?
Hello List, Ted bunch tried to send my newly
Thank you Bernd for the reply and yes I read your item yesterday. It is
saved in my files for future reference. The more I learn, the more I wish to
know It is amazing what you see under magnification.
Regards, Bill
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slice to replace the broken one and told me
to keep the crumbs also. Anyway I hope others have a chance to deal with
this collector/seller in the future as he is top notch in my book! Just
gotta put credit where due!
Thanks Stefan, my new slice arrived today 100% intact.
Best regards, Bill
Hello Bernd,
You are absolutely correct and the second slice sent was more than I
originally purchased! I have sent him a surprise in the mail
Regards, Bill S.
Hello Bill and List,
I absolutely concur and dozens of other meteorite collectors will, too.
Stefan is in Marocco at the moment
Thank you Eric for sharing your Oman trip! Great reading and nice finds!
Bill S.
Everybody seems to enjoy meteorite hunting tales so here is one from
my just completed trip to Oman with Mike Farmer and Jim Strope. It was a
good trip for me. I found a HUGE piece of Mike's lunar, a
Hello List,
There is another meteorite forum here
http://www.nuggetshooter.ipbhost.com/index.php?s=823e12ba437ad84c1159837c18db89bfshowforum=4
Moderated and easy to post photos with a couple from this list using it
already to some extent.
Bill Southern
Hi All
There has been alot of interst
Have you considered grits used for rock tumbling? They come in all the
mentioned grades and inexpensive.
Bill
I just cant find any powders on eBay, but from my point of view powder is
more cheap in use.
For example 500g of every grid cost below 10$ and this will be enough for
years for person
at. The larger was the first
find...
Thanks again for taking the time to give your opinions and I will post the
classification information when it is given to me by Lora at ASU.
http://www.nuggetshooter.com/fimage/Newfinda1-13-2005.jpg
Bill Southern
to hear some
guesses or opinions from you folks as to what it may be. I know a photo is
hard to get an ID from, but I guess I'm like a new mother wanting someone to
guess by the ultra sound photo (:
http://www.nuggetshooter.com/fimage/new001cut.jpg
Thanks in advance, Bill Southern
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