Re: [meteorite-list] Problems with ebay

2006-02-23 Thread MarkF
Hi Mike Matteo and list I haven't had any of these problems, but I use mozilla as my browser (less popup issues). I can suggest you download spybot to make sure thats not the problem (spyware). The make sure your history is cleared, and all files and cookies have been deleted from your

Re: [meteorite-list] 980 gr Cherry Picked Meteorite on EBay

2006-02-17 Thread MarkF
I think Brad is in Kentucky and Jackstraw is on the west coast I believe - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 3:47 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] 980 gr Cherry Picked Meteorite on EBay Adam inquired: Who is

Re: [meteorite-list] Permit Needed to Hunt Meteorites on Parks inCanada

2006-01-06 Thread MarkF
When they realize that theres no safety hiding under her petty-skirts - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Permit Needed to Hunt Meteorites on Parks

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardesttogetmeteoritesfrom?

2006-01-06 Thread MarkF
Can you imagine the price tag on a Liechtenstein? Mark F - Original Message - From: Jan Bartels [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:38 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardesttogetmeteoritesfrom? Try to

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy New Year

2005-12-31 Thread MarkF
Happy New Year Everyone - Original Message - From: Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Happy New Year Happy to hear from you on New

Re: [meteorite-list] OK -So, What, Where, When and How?

2005-12-18 Thread MarkF
Hi Gary and List From what I can see, the whole USA is wide open to exploration with the exception of private, gov, and tribal lands. I know that Kentucky has quite a few finds and falls, but no one has looked into potential strewn fields as such. Kentucky seems to be a place where hunting

Re: [meteorite-list] Hors d'oeuvres (very OT)

2005-11-15 Thread MarkF
horses hooves - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:07 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Hors d'oeuvres (very OT) In a message dated 11/15/2005 2:45:59 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL

[meteorite-list] How laws are changing in North Africa (Egypt)

2005-10-30 Thread MarkF
Here's a story about antiquities laws in Egypt http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/766/he1.htm __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Fossils Offer Support for Meteor'sRoleinDinosaurExtinc...

2005-09-23 Thread MarkF
Hi Doug I did set the bar high, because some of the researchers actually believe the event was so powerful, the ozone layer itself would have been blasted away 1000 times over (their own words when challenged on the subject. Without ozone at all, there would be very little life period being

Re: [meteorite-list] Fossils Offer Support for Meteor's RoleinDinosaur Extinction

2005-09-22 Thread MarkF
Hello Charles and List Many of the experts use marine micro-fossils for determining dates and mass extinctions. I've asked some experts directly how a foram extinction equated to a dinosaur extinction and they could not answer. There have been no dinosaur fossils found yet at these K-T

Re: [meteorite-list] Earliest Meteorites Provide New Piece inPlanetary Formation Puzzle

2005-09-20 Thread MarkF
Sounds like reporter that has no business doing science articles - Original Message - From: Martin Horejsi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:46 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [meteorite-list] Rissani meteorites

2005-09-04 Thread MarkF
It will be great to see Ruben's research on this meteorite when its done. Should be an interesting piece in itself. Mark Ferguson (no where near Rissani) - Original Message - From: Kevin Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: New Orleans

2005-09-02 Thread MarkF
Hold the auction on the list or at Mark B's chatroom! - Original Message - From: Adam Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Notkin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: New Orleans Hi

Re: [meteorite-list] Poll

2005-08-21 Thread MarkF
But, the question was defined, stating spheres of specific weight, in a classic physics example. No masses of varying energies or quarkiness, just good old simple fun to see who would fall for the what falls faster, a pound of feathers, or a pound of lead? Mark, lost in a land where most

[meteorite-list] Slice holders

2005-08-17 Thread MarkF
Hello List I ran across a fairly inexpensive way to keep smaller slices and pices without the worry of PVC. They're coin holders called Kointain®, and are made specificly for coins which are also affected by PVC breaking down. Heres what they look like and although they do not provide the

Re: [meteorite-list] Sikhote-Alin question

2005-08-13 Thread MarkF
Sergey, that was really good! Thankyou Mark Ferguson - Original Message - From: Sergey Vasiliev [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 3:37 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Sikhote-Alin question Hello List, It was a request yesterday

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad: Announcing a Gorgeous NEWACAPULCOITE-NWA2714 (prov.)!

2005-07-28 Thread MarkF
Makes you wonder if its a typo and should have read from the same ~7.5 kilo lot of stone(s) for if its from the same exact ~7.5 kilo stone, what was the purpose? - Original Message - From: Tom Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite Mailing List

Re: [meteorite-list] Google Moon

2005-07-20 Thread MarkF
But, but, itsyellow! - Original Message - From: Dawn Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jim Strope [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Google Moon HA HA HA - Original Message

Re: [meteorite-list] pollution

2005-07-18 Thread MarkF
Hi Al and List This has been a good topic, but one thing I think is novel is that the current rash of insidious killing bugs we have going on (aids and mad cow and now white tail deer wasting disease) all seem to be some little bug they can't see under a magnifier. So, they name them preons I

Re: [meteorite-list] Help, your opinion needed

2005-07-09 Thread MarkF
Hi Tom, Chris and List In 1999, I was camping in Barkerville, British Columbia and saw the best fireball. It was heading roughly north and was just super. Big, bright, flaming Ball. Barkerville is about 2/3'ds of the way up B.C. and with no light pollution, star gazing is superb! To see one

[meteorite-list] This person can't do this right?

2005-07-05 Thread MarkF
Hello List Here's an eBay item which, as far as I know, is illegal according to conventions in place. Am I correct and is this guy scamming people or is he just dumb? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=3239item=6544225890rd=1 Mark Ferguson - Not Lost in Space, but in

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Problems with the Met.Bulls

2005-06-26 Thread MarkF
Hi List I was able to open it with IE but not Mozilla, so I suspect it just was optimized for other browsers. Mark Ferguson - Original Message - From: JKGwilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Weir [EMAIL PROTECTED]; batkol [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com;

Re: [meteorite-list] NEA ASTEROIDS, ALBEDOS, AND ORIGINS

2005-06-26 Thread MarkF
Hi Sterling Great questions that the researchers really need to hear before they publish to the world about what killed dinosaurs! I do believe more research on the effects of impactors needs to be done so that definitive answers can be found for these and other questions and Tesla can be let

[meteorite-list] Re: I can't Think!

2005-06-20 Thread MarkF
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the list members that came to my aid in what has to be a period of total brain dysfunction. Once people started saying Mbale, I started looking for my 2 lb sledge to fine tune the 2 1/2 bits of slow ram memory that I call a brain. I have gone

[meteorite-list] Re:Can't read this!

2005-06-18 Thread MarkF
Does anyone recognize their handwriting? I cannot put a name to this and so its unknown to me, but maybe someone can read it and tell me what it is. http://auction.imagineopals.com/unknown.jpg Thanks much Mark Ferguson - Original Message - From: Tom Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: met

Re: [meteorite-list] Re:Can't read this!

2005-06-18 Thread MarkF
Thanks Sterling, Dave and Bob Thought I'd be more help if I put a pic up of the piece itself. http://auction.imagineopals.com/unknown2.jpg Mark - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MarkF [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 8:19 PM Subject: Re

[meteorite-list] Re: who does what for what cause?

2005-06-17 Thread MarkF
Hi List and the gently feuding I've been listening to the pros and cons of collecting and what some people feel is the right thing to do with something that might be scientificly important. The first things that come to mind are the years long court battles waged between a certain curator

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 869

2005-06-13 Thread MarkF
the lens and just explore. You won't see better in any picture anywhere and you can then draw your own conclusions. Mark Ferguson, not to be confused with MarkF or MarkB, as I'm not as knowledgable as they. - Original Message - From: MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: NWA 869

2005-06-13 Thread MarkF
396, 375 hp '65 Blue Malibu, Krager mags, Hurst shift kit dude...way kewl - Original Message - From: Dave Freeman mjwy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 9:07 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RE: NWA

Re: [meteorite-list] thin section waste?

2005-06-08 Thread MarkF
JUst want to thank Tom for finding that site. I happened to learn how to make thin sections in that lab at WWU using just that equipment. Professor Hirsh is a great teacher. I'm sorry to say I wasn't able to take any of his classes (his 1st year there at WWU was my last). But did help him as I

Re: [meteorite-list] Two Questions

2005-05-24 Thread MarkF
Hi Eric and List Its my understanding that an atmosphere is created as much by volcanism as anything else (gravity attracting the gases along with the denser matter which makes up a globe, ect). Via volcanoes, gases like H2 O ,SO2 ,CO2 are all generated during volcanism and found in

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Quartzite 2006

2005-05-15 Thread MarkF
Hi All The reason for Quartzite is not meteorites. There are dealers there with other stones I wish to acquire. Its just the way it is. Mark F - Original Message - From: MarkF [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteor list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:15 PM

Re: [meteorite-list] A Message Concerning Oman

2005-05-15 Thread MarkF
Hi Marcin and List I would suspect that it actually has nothing to do with meteorites or rocks at all. It may have to do with whats going on over there and they do not want to be accused of not being able to protect tourists. They might not be able to protect their own people and so foreigners

Re: AW: [meteorite-list] Re: 13.5 kg lunar

2005-05-14 Thread MarkF
Makes you wonder how he can afford to stay online or go to shows, the poor sap. All his income gone the way of dinosaurs - Original Message - From: Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 12:23 PM Subject: Re: AW:

[meteorite-list] Tucson Quartzite 2006

2005-05-14 Thread MarkF
Greetings list Planning ahead a little and would like to know if anyone might be interested in meeting in Tucson and sharing room costs and then renting a car and driving up to Quartzite for a couple days and either flying out of Phoenix or back to Tucson? Email me off list Mark F

Re: [meteorite-list] An Anthropologist's look at Kansas:Creation, Evolution and Intelligent Design

2005-05-13 Thread MarkF
make for an unlimited supply of turtle soup, eh? - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] An Anthropologist's

Re: [meteorite-list] Size of diamonds in meteorites

2005-05-11 Thread MarkF
Hi Bernd and List I've been reading about this and have to wonder if its diamonds at all. It may be that what has been experienced is a combination of factors, not the least of which is simple rock density itself. Add to this silicon carbide crystals, nano-diamonds and you have the makings of a

Re: [meteorite-list] what??? OT

2005-05-08 Thread MarkF
Interesting concepts here. But, in my linguistics class, I did learn that languages evolve just as species do. If the written form does not evolve with it, one ends up with two different, but somewhat compatible languages. That was one of the arguments for the slangs a few years ago. And they

Re: [meteorite-list] collecting to long?

2005-05-06 Thread MarkF
Tom, thats just too funny!!! Gotta love kids, they talk from innocence - Original Message - From: Tom Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: met list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 10:59 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] collecting to long? Hello List, what's wrong

Re: [meteorite-list] Properties of chondrules

2005-05-06 Thread MarkF
http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/books/BID699.htm - Original Message - From: Jeff Kuyken [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 7:54 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Properties of chondrules Hi List, I'm looking for a PDF (if

Re: [meteorite-list] Vatican Meteorite Collection

2005-04-02 Thread MarkF
Hi Ryan Heres the link I have that works http://utenti.lycos.it/Meteoriteman/index.htmlVATICAN - Original Message - From: RYAN PAWELSKI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 7:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Vatican Meteorite Collection

[meteorite-list] Re:

2005-03-30 Thread MarkF
Evening list Heres one everyone missed out on...or at least they aren't posting it for laffs..but over 350 hits! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=1467item=5567269372rd=1Mark searching for the elusive, finding the mundane __

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende, the new drug of 2005?

2005-03-19 Thread MarkF
its a holistic thing hehehehehe - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tom Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; met list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Allende, the new drug of 2005? Hi, The

Re: [meteorite-list] Burglary

2004-12-16 Thread MarkF
Dear Bernhard I am so sorry to hear of this event. If you would like to make a more detailed list of items available to us, I'm sure we can collectively scour the auction sites and other online venues to help locate these items. My guess is that they will attempt to front these items in pawn and

Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive hobby??

2004-12-09 Thread MarkF
Have you looked at what people will pay to play golf? - Original Message - From: Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 5:18 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] The most expensive hobby?? Hi list, and goodafternoon.I had a discussion

Re: [meteorite-list] Opinions? Ideas?

2004-12-07 Thread MarkF
When enlarged, it appears that the lamp on the pole has blown up. The dark trail leading to it may be a spear on the lens as it did not change like the image did (pixelation). - Original Message - From: Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 07,

Re: [meteorite-list] Opinions? Ideas?

2004-12-07 Thread MarkF
Actually, someone on that discussion list came up with a great answer which is that when the lamp blew, what appears to be a trail is actually the shadow line of the top of the pole. - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MarkF [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites

2004-12-06 Thread MarkF
Hi Mike What can you say, its British and sits right in there with marmite (a disgusting substance) and loo (term for toilet). Mark - Original Message - From: Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: John Birdsell [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 11:52

Re: [meteorite-list] Pellisson, the end of a free meteorite hobby?

2004-12-03 Thread MarkF
Hi Norbert and list I find this simply amazing. To think that someone would stoope to such to further their own cause only brings to mind that those who complain the most have something to hide. Maybe a flurry of mail to the French Govenment informing them of the wild goose chase these people

Re: [meteorite-list] More Great News Nikon Coolpix Camera

2004-12-03 Thread MarkF
please, don't say that next you'll be using a map to go out and about the wilds. - Original Message - From: David Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:33 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] More Great News Nikon Coolpix Camera Dear

Re: [meteorite-list] Caliche

2004-12-02 Thread MarkF
Hi Walter I'm surprised this question hasn't come up more often. Its a common problem in paleo and archaeo dig sites and of course, they will most often have some undergrad attack it with dental picks and such so as to not loose any of the specimen, but other methods are usable for calcium

Re: [meteorite-list] Epinal and Luce meteorites

2004-11-30 Thread MarkF
Hi Ken and Kist I too am curious about the Vatican collection as it appears there may be a lack of good curation there on these items. Maybe someone with good practices and ethics could get an endorsment to check this collection for them and recommend changes, preservation methods and the like.

Re: [meteorite-list] news paper and tv

2004-11-28 Thread MarkF
Hello Aziz This is what this list is all about. Good information shared to all. Translations and media reports are all part of the community. Thanks very much Mark - Original Message - From: aziz habibi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November

Re: [meteorite-list] BCC meteorwrongs

2004-11-23 Thread MarkF
Hey David It also helps find marbles, just ask tuttles - Original Message - From: David Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BCC meteorwrongs Dear Robert; Maybe they

Re: [meteorite-list] Cave man

2004-11-21 Thread MarkF
My grandmother's 3rd cousin's great great grandson is Jessie James of Monster Garage...think I could get a new scoot to ride? - Original Message - From: David Weir [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: J. Devon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 9:29 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite numbers

2004-11-21 Thread MarkF
Hi Jerry and Matt and list I believe you both hit on some good concepts. It would, because of value to research, behove a buyer or finder of a special and potentially expensive meteorite, to have it classified, regardless of costs so that a better picture of the solar system and interest in

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite numbers

2004-11-21 Thread MarkF
good quality and color of thin sections would be good as well. Heres a link to one such example of plane and polarized light thinsection. http://gmr.minsocam.org/Examples/XPolars.html Mark - Original Message - From: John Birdsell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

Re: [meteorite-list] ET re Another fake name, serious business

2004-11-16 Thread MarkF
Hi Mike and List This brings very good questions of authenticity. As a minor collector (meaning I only have a small collection and I'm new to this having been doing so a couple of years now), I do have to wonder about many of the stones I've aquired over the last 2-3 yrs. I've never doubted

Re: [meteorite-list] Literal Meteorite PriceLists...Igot some--wantem?

2004-11-09 Thread MarkF
Hi Bernhard and List Having been on ebay since 96, I can say that few rock buyers in general do the xmas frenzy stint. most hobbiests in the lapiday/collector world, usually know what they'd like and season rarely factors in except for summers when children aren't in school and day

Re: [meteorite-list] MUNICH 2004 photos

2004-10-31 Thread MarkF
Hello Peter That was great! I could put faces to some of the people I've communicated with and listen to on the list. Looks like it was a very nice show and everyone had a great time. Thanks Mark - Original Message - From: Peter Marmet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [meteorite-list] The Relic and Some Images

2004-10-29 Thread MarkF
Hi Jeff and List I agree that old civilizations had iron, but smelting is another aspect and not really needed to work iron. The records show that China smelted as early as 500-700 BC, but cold workking iron goes back further as seen in greek legend of swords of legendary warriors which would

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite preservation

2004-10-23 Thread MarkF
Hi Tom and List I got some of those acrlyic vacumm storage jars for foods for my mass storage of stones and irons (like when I moved). They seem to hold the vacumm very well, they use a little handheld pump and they can be seen through very well. They come in a variety of sizes. The ones I see

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Which one came closest?

2004-10-15 Thread MarkF
My closest would be Cumberland Falls. ho hum, extremely nasty meteorite searching terrain and a state park where metal detectors are not allowed. Mark __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Maybe time to move on....

2004-10-04 Thread MarkF
But I'd leave Alabama so I could find trees with branches - Original Message - From: Bernhard Rems [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Dave Harris' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] Maybe time to move on Sure, now we let

Re: [meteorite-list] OT Meteorite eBay Bidding Comment OT

2004-06-13 Thread MarkF
ending time. So, sniping really doesn't factor in as much of an issue. I learned a long time ago that there is always someone bigger than me just around the corner. I could be a multi-millionaire and there would be a Bill Gates out there waiting on me to make my move. MarkF - Original

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite eBay Bidding Comment

2004-06-11 Thread MarkF
Hi List and Randy Seems to me that the few true auctions I've been to that when the auctioneer wants to close the sale, he says "going going gone" (to paraphrase what they actually say, but you get the idea) and this doesn't occur over a five minute period. It happens within 30-60 seconds

Re: [meteorite-list] stange meteorites

2004-06-08 Thread MarkF
Oh No Walter! One must always use a howardite for exfoliating! I've watched "What Women Want" and so am fully versed on such things Then there are the game pieces and the skin tone mauve ballsnever have I seen a woman with mauve colored skin??? think there are aliens here on earth

Re: [meteorite-list] From my kitchen...

2004-05-24 Thread MarkF
I like to put in an order for a slice of whole-chondrite with a nice juicy layer of organic-molecule rich cv sprinkled with some meteor crater speroids. Have you got any fresh squeezed comet juice to go with it? - Original Message - From: Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Moon Rock Stolen in Malta

2004-05-23 Thread MarkF
Hi All get ot, but the rumor was that NASA was on ebay, buying all the xt chips they could..something about hardened chips and thats what most of the onboard puters ran on...paid good money I heard too...anyone know if this was true? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bob

Re: [meteorite-list] Australian Iron Meteorite For Sale

2004-05-10 Thread MarkF
Hi Ken and List It appears that the ozzy gov wants to retain its control of the item, yet allow study to occur. Funny thing about cultural heritage items, they can go all over the world on loan...some never return I hearbut technically, they belong to some organization representing that

Re: [meteorite-list] Dunite

2004-05-05 Thread MarkF
Hi Dave, Dave and List I have some Washington state dunite. Great stuff. The Twin Sisters dunite is a nice outcropping and I understand that theres a refractory manufacturer who mines the dunite there in the Cascades east of Mt Vernon. Mark - Original Message - From: Dave Mouat [EMAIL

[meteorite-list] Kentucky Meteorites

2004-04-07 Thread MarkF
+Search+for+PublicationssrchType=pubs MarkF

[meteorite-list] Cumberland Falls

2004-02-29 Thread MarkF
Hello list I've done some web scouring and can't seem to turn up enough good info. What I would like is the approximate co-ordinates of the Cumberland Falls fall. The main stone I have approximate co-ordinates for, but understand two other stones were found as well but only that they were a

Re: [meteorite-list] Page Translated

2004-02-28 Thread MarkF
Hi Walter and List Maybe this is something the IMCA can help with along with the meteoritical society, we could supply the institues around the world with the names and contacts of those poeple willing to be known by such places. Even photographs. In this way the institues would have a

Re: [meteorite-list] It is ridiculous now.

2004-02-23 Thread MarkF
Title: Nachricht well, hasn't someone bought from this seller now? Therefore, when the article arrives, it should be analyzed by one of our experts, and a signedanalysis submitted for mail fraud. - Original Message - From: Bernhard "Rendelius" Rems To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] Glassface email address

2004-02-23 Thread MarkF
Maybe his isp provider is a clue to how slick this dewd is - Original Message - From: Michael Masse To: Meteorite-List ; Meteorite Collectors Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:09 PM Subject: [MeteoriteCollectors] Glassface email address For anyone

[meteorite-list] Re: [meteorite_sale] meteorite postcards, memorabilia, ephemera ;-) (AD)

2004-02-23 Thread MarkF
A short-lived thing. ephemera Printed matter of passing interest. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 10:34 PM Subject: [meteorite_sale] meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] the mad mad mad mad Canadian

2004-02-22 Thread MarkF
Hi Michael and List Having seen the court system in Canada (B.C.) work, it is hard for me to believe that any Canadian could get such an argument into court. Although they have recently (within the last 3-4 yrs or so) set a precedence for defamation of character in that country, one has to have a

Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Conservation of Meteorites]

2004-02-22 Thread MarkF
Hi Lars and List Things like this will only become more prevalent, not less because the powers who make such laws cannot tell the difference between one type of anything from another. So, to compensate for lack of knowledge, which they believe everyone has except for the experts in official

Re: [meteorite-list] Conservation of Meteorites

2004-02-22 Thread MarkF
Hi Nicholas and List This is something that is very much needed by the community here. How to keep specimens as safe as possible from wasting diseases! I'm sure you'd find as many opinions on how to handle, store, cut, and protect meteorites as there are ways to save an old brass spittoon. Some

Re: [meteorite-list] Glassface found the 33rd Mars Rock

2004-02-22 Thread MarkF
You realize too that you can also retract bids for a reason - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Glassface found the 33rd Mars Rock 44 bids in one hour...not a bad start. Can I bid on

Re: [meteorite-list] True collector or sick?

2004-02-17 Thread MarkF
Dear Astrobleme Hello List, am I a true meteorite collector or just sick? I wasdaydreaming tonight (?) while sitting in my back yard about seeing a hugefireball and having meteorites showering down all around me. I then askedmyself this question and thought seriously about the answer, if a