Re: [meteorite-list] meteorites and geology

2017-10-12 Thread Mr Eman via Meteorite-list
Can't send you the answer says no mailbox. Rely if you still need am answer Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Abdelfattah Gharrad via Meteorite-list wrote: Dear Lists,  please clarify the relationship between geology and

Re: [meteorite-list] Willamette cutting question

2009-09-12 Thread Mr EMan
Hello John Circular diamond coring bits only came into use recently. The Willamette donation was in the early 1900's. I can only assume that the saw method of the time dictated the location of the cut: large heavy frames using a wire loop with abrasives hand fed into the grove. It is not like

Re: [meteorite-list] What is and isn't a Widmanstatten Pattern was Cooling rates

2009-09-08 Thread Mr EMan
--- On Mon, 9/7/09, Jeff Grossman jgross...@usgs.gov wrote: Most of the metallic minerals in iron meteorites are described as alloys in that they are composed of various metals combined together.  I understood the distinction was that the Fe Ni formed a chemical compound not merely a mixture

Re: [meteorite-list] What is and isn't a Widmanstatten Pattern was Cooling rates

2009-09-08 Thread Mr EMan
I guess once again as with CCDs my education is outdated. I see that any metal compound or mixture can be called an alloy. OR it has come into such common use the distinction between mixture and compound is obsolete when talking about metals. Elton --- On Tue, 9/8/09, Mr EMan mstrema

[meteorite-list] Antitaenite

2009-09-08 Thread Mr EMan
I see that a new mineral came and went last decade and I don't recall a discussion of it on the list. Course the list was may not have been around in 1995! It was found in Vaca Muerta. Fe3Ni. I also see that the IMA rejected it as a new mineral. Passed along for your perusal from the

Re: [meteorite-list] Plessite and Schreibersite. was Widmanstatten Pattern

2009-09-08 Thread Mr EMan
As the ravages of time rake through my memory...some is coming back to me. The mineral Plessite is an intermediate mixture of both taenite and kamacite. It may be the bulk mineral in iron meteorites. I need to find it it is also the composition of the iron flecks in common chondrites of does

Re: [meteorite-list] Frank's hypothesis

2009-09-08 Thread Mr EMan
It is a statistical certainty that Apollo era urine is still in lunar and Terran orbit Perhaps it has been freeze dried. Would make an interesting micrometeorite. Elton --- On Tue, 9/8/09, E.P. Grondine epgrond...@yahoo.com wrote: From: E.P. Grondine epgrond...@yahoo.com Subject: Re:

Re: [meteorite-list] What is and isn't a Widmanstatten Pattern was Cooling rates

2009-09-06 Thread Mr EMan
We had a metallurgist on the list a few years back that insisted Widmanstatten patterns were found everywhere and posted some micrographs supporting his assertion. As I recall he got very ill with us when we pointed out why, what he had photos of, weren't Widmanstatten patterns. It was focused

Re: [meteorite-list] Let's talk about meteorites

2009-09-04 Thread Mr EMan
--- On Thu, 9/3/09, Alan Rubin aeru...@ucla.edu wrote: snip... The metal liquid sank to the crater floor, incorporated some rapidly melted silicate debris andcooled.  This is a controversial model and not universally accepted.  I think this theory has a potential fatal flaw if what we think we

Re: [meteorite-list] weird rock - meteor wrong

2009-09-04 Thread Mr EMan
Yes I do or in the local dialect yeppers. Silicate slag (a glass with also with bands of ceramic/clay) a bi-product of iron smelting which has been produced and disposed of-- all over Pennsylvania for at least 240 years. It was a popular automotive and rail road bed filler. This was tapped

Re: [meteorite-list] Wind Scorpion Meteorite Hunter

2009-08-31 Thread Mr EMan
Gosh, now I know where my ex mother-in-law got her genes!!! Elton __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] More eBay cancelled auctions

2009-08-30 Thread Mr EMan
To mention once again: I am fairly sure it is against eBay terms of service to sell an item outside of eBay once listed for the duration of the auction and for an additional 90 days(?)there after. So delisting an item to sell it to someone else outside the ebay system for whatever reason is a

Re: [meteorite-list] Aussie Photographs Meteor Through Telescope

2009-08-29 Thread Mr EMan
IF this were a timed exposure, then the head would have been a constant diameter along the trail. IMHO Elton --- On Sat, 8/29/09, Mike Hankey mike.han...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mike Hankey mike.han...@gmail.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Aussie Photographs Meteor Through Telescope To:

[meteorite-list] Calif Fireball 7-8pm local Aug 28

2009-08-29 Thread Mr EMan
I have an apparent major fireball sighting Simi Valley/ Thousand Oaks/Stockton Just a heads up. Elton The ball of light was white and large and had a very long trail of smoke. It was in the Simi Valley/Thousand Oaks area. Anyone else see it or know what it is? I saw the ball of light from

Re: [meteorite-list] Aussie Photographs Meteor Through Telescope: NOT

2009-08-29 Thread Mr EMan
I need to revise and extend my remarks from before. This probably is a meteor in spite of our first judgments. I too piped in as an early naysayer because I was thinking in the film paradigm. I've rethought the image in the digital paradigm. Long and boring and technical rationale: I've

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Sentenced- new information

2009-08-26 Thread Mr EMan
Bill the woman was elderly and just a few weeks before had been broken in on, robbed and possibly beaten as I recall from early accounts. Had this the trespassing happened before this robbery She would have likely offered them ice tea. I agree it was a vote getting ploy for the judge and the

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien Contact Predicted

2009-08-25 Thread Mr EMan
The corollary--I ask because they obviously have confederates (if not actual members themselves) on this list-- maybe they can bring us a Mercury sample? Maybe Venus? Phobos? Demos? Saturn ring tektites? I have some glass beads, tin mirrors, iron hatchets to swap. (It worked once before

[meteorite-list] Source for sudden influx of Martian meteorites discovered

2009-08-20 Thread Mr EMan
Panoramic digital photograph reveals two meteorite hunters( possibly well financed IMCA members) disguised as Bedouins, in the distance collecting meteorites by following a US Vehicle. This was not detected until much later, only after processing and posting. No one can be sure how long this

Re: [meteorite-list] Cease fires and Cataloging and Displaying collections was question

2009-08-19 Thread Mr EMan
--- On Wed, 8/19/09, steve arnold wrote: People have to learn to grow up.  Steve R. Arnold, Chicago!! I was unsure I'd ever see a day I'd be in agreement with you Steve. I/We promised to not bash if you would stop doing things worthy of bashing. If you completely refrain from talking about it

Re: [meteorite-list] Delays in processing samples

2009-08-19 Thread Mr EMan
This is a quick message to all those that have send me samples in the couple months-- most everyone is on the list. I've been on bed rest and haven't had the time to look at everything and write everyone back. I've several hundred emails to look back through so if you've not gotten an answer

[meteorite-list] Science comprehension: state of affiars-OT

2009-08-14 Thread Mr EMan
For a pastime I occasionally help answer questions on Yahoo Ask!. Most are by lazy, late, approaching deadline, homework assistance requests --but It helps me keep a finger on the pulse of education and learning amongst today's adolescents.  Occasionally there are the navel contemplatives but

Re: [meteorite-list] Post from Bob Walker

2009-08-11 Thread Mr EMan
Is someone else off their meds again or does someone dislike folks from the southern hemisphere in general?? I don't think you have a leg to stand on, Howard, regarding lecturing others about list ethics... but Bob's dealings with The Chicago person or vice versa are known to many and I think

Re: [meteorite-list] Collector ethics... Apology

2009-08-06 Thread Mr EMan
This is a public retraction to my insinuation that Steve was acting unethically regarding his collection as listed on the Encyclopedia of Meteorites website. Steve, I apologize for all the appearance of challenging your ethics. Please accept my apology for doing so. Crow was on my menu

Re: [meteorite-list] Interesting crystal in meteorite - what is it?

2009-08-04 Thread Mr EMan
--- On Mon, 8/3/09, Pekka Savolainen nuu...@dlc.fi wrote: To me the form of the crystal looks like typical plagioglace feldspar, (labradorite), (anorthosite + albite), /N//a/(/A//l//S//i/3/O/8)/C//a/(/A/12/S//i/208). Agreed in principle-- Going by the semi-waxy luster, cleavage, and apparent

Re: [meteorite-list] Collector ethics... was What is this?

2009-08-04 Thread Mr EMan
I'm with Ken on this matter. I, frankly, am dumbfounded to see this material held out as meteorites, as I believe a member of an collectors association should be held to a higher standard and should police themselves more strictly than they police others. It is a breach of good taste if not

Re: [meteorite-list] Yet another video of Pennsylvania 6JUL09 Fireball? YES!

2009-07-31 Thread Mr EMan
Hey Folks. I calculated the PGH area camera LOS at 126 degrees and the meteor path is well east of that so I am not seeing a West to East path for sure and looks like back to a SE to NW track? Am I missing something? Elton __

[meteorite-list] Chesapeake Impact Specifics?

2009-07-29 Thread Mr EMan
I found the below report at an answer site on the internet about Chesapeake Crater (35my) but it looks comingled with another crater's data. The asker saw this on a UHaul Truck. I thought the Uhaul featured panel was the Iowa Manson Crater(74my). Specifically what doesn't seem correct:

Re: [meteorite-list] Chesapeake Impact Specifics?

2009-07-29 Thread Mr EMan
Ok Ok ok... I found this article cited (but don't want to pay the $32 to download it): Ancient impact structures on modern continental shelves: The Chesapeake Bay, Montagnais, and Toms Canyon craters, Atlantic margin of North America by C. Wylie Poag, Jeffrey B. Plesciab and Phillip C. Molzera

[meteorite-list] I not the met-list proctologist

2009-07-24 Thread Mr EMan
Dear List I hope the good folks on this list understand that I am not the list proctologist*. The claim that I am presently or recently outspoken on the list regarding the malcontents isn't true. If you have an issue with something I say, please write me directly so I can address it. Don't put

Re: [meteorite-list] [off-list]--NOT WHATS WITH THE ATTACKING

2009-07-23 Thread Mr EMan
Jason wrote: Posting messages that were intended to be kept private to the list is wrong - unless they are necessary in proving a situation such as a deal gone wrong, or cheating having taken place, So Jason which of your listed situations applies to what you've just done? Were you drunk or

Re: [meteorite-list] Regarding list content

2009-07-21 Thread Mr EMan
If you are thinking about responding to the Freebies string please consider this before you make your final decision. I love you all one way or another, Peace. Elton This is for everyone on both sides: This is not per se about the source of the conflict but the way the members deal with it

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Impact Event on Jupiter?

2009-07-21 Thread Mr EMan
Right Mark, that holds for ground impacts. The apparent diameter looks roughly 3-5 earth diameters and I don't think we are missing a major planet. I presume someone will compare this to the known sizes of Shoemaker/Levy-9 to get an estimate since that it the only frame of reference we have

Re: [meteorite-list] GPS Device located on my car!

2009-07-19 Thread Mr EMan
I ment to say this before but this is IMCA business as formated and this is not the list for that discussion. In fact the IMCA list is not for this discussion. There are published procedures for filing a complaint against an IMCA member even if the complainer isn't a member. Based on the

Re: [meteorite-list] Blackout on AZ fall information

2009-07-17 Thread Mr EMan
Shh (whispering) does any body know what type cell phone Mike Farmer uses keep it quiet but pass it along... Anyone know what color it is??? Elton Sherlock Buttinski __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Apollo landers photographed from orbit--NOT

2009-07-17 Thread Mr EMan
This is the cover story that the public was given. North Korean scientist according to Pravda have found these shots were photo-shopped!!! The same scientists claim to have the real unencrypted photos. They have all been displaced to a central location on the lunar highlands. As many as 7

Re: [meteorite-list] OT(WIND Farm, ie SPAM) Meteorite Men Promotion

2009-07-13 Thread Mr EMan
I have examined some of those freebies and they are NOT meteorites... maybe that can be worked minds of the masses. Elton --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net wrote: From: Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT(WIND Farm, ie SPAM)

Re: [meteorite-list] Astro Mikes meteor streak Photo

2009-07-11 Thread Mr EMan
Well one thing for certain this NOT the same perspective which was first posted. Live an learn. Elton --- On Sat, 7/11/09, dean bessey deanbes...@yahoo.com wrote: From: dean bessey deanbes...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Astro Mikes meteor streak Photo To:

[meteorite-list] Meteoroid Energy Calculations

2009-07-10 Thread Mr EMan
I just did for some for funzies calculations about the kinetic energy a meteoroid has during certain phases of flight.-- WOw! Sorry for our metric friends I calculated results in foot pounds and US Tons. A 5 kg stone passing into darkflight which is going around 1788.889m/s --a little over a

[meteorite-list] New Ad Hoc Fireball research group at Yahoo.groups

2009-07-08 Thread Mr EMan
Short gist: I felt the need for a working group /discussion platform to sort out the nitty-gritty details regarding a major fireball sighting. Also to give a sounding board/ semi-peer review for conclusions before they are released into cyberspace. I hastily set up this group until something

Re: [meteorite-list] - witness to July 6 Fireball PA

2009-07-08 Thread Mr EMan
On Thu, 7/9/09, Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net wrote: Meteorites are worth 5 cents a gram to $1,000 a gram, depending on how rare they are, Arnold said. Three guesses which figure any property owner reading that is more likely to ask for... ROTFL MSOMN ( Rolling on the floor

[meteorite-list] Google Earth Kmz file for July 6 Fireball PA available

2009-07-07 Thread Mr EMan
I have exported the plots of the 16 AMS reports as well as some Non AMS reports of significance and most of the towns where a witness made a report from. It is an 8kb file that you can import into Google Earth. Should work on PC or Mac. Possibly iPhones. The purpose of this file is to

Re: [meteorite-list] Lost or Unconfirmed Hammer Falls - Anyone have info on these? (or specimens?)

2009-07-06 Thread Mr EMan
Neagari - Feb 18, 1995 Japanese fall, L6 chondrite.  The Catalogue of Mets states : ...The next morning, in the city of Neagari, Mr. K. Sasatani found a hole in the boot of his car and meteorite fragments were on and inside the boot. Yes the claim was substantiated and an interesting

Re: [meteorite-list] Large fireball in PA!--MD or WV more likely

2009-07-06 Thread Mr EMan
I agree with Darren's new info. This is probably not in PA. I have started plots and this looks more like over Maryland's Serpentine Barrens/Belt or more southerly. Which may include West Virginia. CAUTION: This could very well be in the vicinity of Camp David when more info is confirmed.

Re: [meteorite-list] Lost or Unconfirmed Hammer Falls - Anyone have info on these? (or specimens?)

2009-07-06 Thread Mr EMan
or Unconfirmed Hammer Falls - Anyone have info on these? (or specimens?) To: 'Mr EMan' mstrema...@yahoo.com, 'Meteorite List' meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, 'Galactic Stone Ironworks' meteoritem...@gmail.com Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 4:19 PM Hi Elton,     The photo of the car

Re: [meteorite-list] Large fireball in PA!--MD or WV more likely

2009-07-06 Thread Mr EMan
Disregard the Camp David caution as I don't believe it traveled that far. Elton --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Mr EMan mstrema...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Mr EMan mstrema...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large fireball in PA!--MD or WV more likely To: cyna...@charter.net, metlist meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] PA July 6 Fireball Ground plot update

2009-07-06 Thread Mr EMan
I have hand plotted 16 or so AMS reports on a printed map after assigning place marks in Google Earth. One might look at all the reports and wonder if they were looking at the same fireball. Of those, 11 are cleanly plottable, several have glaring holes in them but were partially plotted for

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunting in one's own backyard?

2009-07-06 Thread Mr EMan
I want everyone to know that this wasn't a post to dissuade anyone from meteorite hunting and it in no means was a dig at Richard's post. I just took the opportunity to put into prespective how deep this hobby is and can be a life long quest for understanding. being tied into this list makes

Re: [meteorite-list] Opinions on an oddball meteorite I cut open

2009-07-03 Thread Mr EMan
atypical. Good Luck in finding an answer Elton --- On Thu, 7/2/09, Mr EMan mstrema...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Mr EMan mstrema...@yahoo.com Mike, I am coming in to this midstream--but if you can't see chondrules BUT can see metal flakes AND it is weakly attracted to a ND magnet, then this is strongly

Re: [meteorite-list] Opinions on an oddball meteorite I cut open

2009-07-02 Thread Mr EMan
Mike, I am coming in to this midstream--but if you can't see chondrules BUT can see metal flakes AND it is weakly attracted to a ND magnet, then this is strongly suggesting this isn't a meteorite. Some part of the things you've found don't seem to fit inside the normal wisdom. Elton

Re: [meteorite-list] Another question for the Saw Wizards

2009-06-30 Thread Mr EMan
Last time I cut with a diamond blade it only would cut the nail and not the skin--wanna give it a try and see if thinner blades can cut skin? Mike they make a slab holder/jig which comes in few sizes that lets you cut down below 10mm or so. Once you clamp the stone in the jig you clamp it in

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - June 29, 2009

2009-06-29 Thread Mr EMan
What is there about this that makes me think it wasn't photographed in situ? just kidding --but as always thanks Michael for making these envy-arousing shots each day! Elton --- On Mon, 6/29/09, Rob Wesel r...@nakhladogmeteorites.com wrote: Damn Rob Wesel

Re: [meteorite-list] Please explain this terminology.

2009-06-25 Thread Mr EMan
Remember Mike that all pieces started out as shrapnel once disintegration begins. Only those the fully tumble lose all their shrapnel features. The maelstrom of SA's entry was punctuated buy multiple fragmentation events. Which as much going on and as busy as the sky was I imagine there are

Re: [meteorite-list] Even More stupid media use of meteorites + Age of Man

2009-06-19 Thread Mr EMan
So... what... like a mining gang NEVER EVER pulled a prank on their mining engineer? Wind or water transported volcanic ash will date to the same age as the ash fall they are composed of when using Zircon and Uranium dates because mechanical transport doesn't reset the clock. Like most

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible new Illinois meteorite

2009-06-16 Thread Mr EMan
Joe, Interesting for sure. It looks like much like ore. I didn't catch if it was magnetically attractive. However that is the reason we have anomalous achondirtes to search through. Like you offered please keep us informed. Good Luck! Elton Here is a link to see some of them sliced and

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Re: Hot Cold again was When the Moon hits your eye like a really, really, really big pizza pie

2009-06-16 Thread Mr EMan
Any heat hot enough to start fires that would be related to meteorites would have to be coming from a very large meteorite hitting the ground is from molecular bonds being rent in twain not from latent heat within the meteoroid which in stone meteorites with low heat transmisivity could chill

Re: [meteorite-list] prehistoric artifact made of meteorites

2009-06-14 Thread Mr EMan
Pierre, Here is what I have on the topic but not the details you seek perhaps. During parts of Desert Shield, I was in Israel and visited the shop of a widow who's husband was an artifact broker/collector. This was right across the street from the US Embassy which was then in Tel Aviv. I've

Re: [meteorite-list] Oktibbeha County Super Ataxite? ...was The tale of a falling star

2009-06-14 Thread Mr EMan
The Oktibbeha Meteorite is a triple hitter for unusual meteorites and unfortunately only a few grams are still in existence. I believe someone asked about other meteorites which were found in entombed, in burial mounds, etc. The Oktibbeha County, Mississippi meteorite found in 1857 in a

Re: [meteorite-list] Military intelligence-- still an oxymoron.

2009-06-11 Thread Mr EMan
Who knows what justification was used but I've got a pretty good idea I know what the real reason is. For 4 months I've had weekly phone calls with AF Personnel all over the globe and against all belief I very much suspected that something had gone dark. As to the article someone somewhere in

Re: [meteorite-list] A question????? another answer

2009-06-05 Thread Mr EMan
Pete sometime let me tell you about the First Church of the Navelites.. but to your question They would be called meteorites until identified as originating from the Earth--then the debate is opened up again. Recently someone at NASA or in the IAU stated the new definition of meteorite

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

2009-06-05 Thread Mr EMan
Totally agree with Mark's quote below about Panspermia. As to reverse contamination-- studies so far suggest launching and landing temperatures are sufficiently low that neither process sterilizes the cargo: Mars to Earth or Earth to Mars transport. Elton --- On Fri, 6/5/09, Mark Ford

Re: [meteorite-list] A question????? another answer

2009-06-05 Thread Mr EMan
You are too kind, Carl. Let me address your questions inside your quote: --- On Fri, 6/5/09, cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: Q: I have a few follow-up questions for you; If an Earth meteorite (terrene) were to return back to Earth, would we be able to identify it correctly? A: Yes

Re: [meteorite-list] A question????? another answer Correction#1

2009-06-05 Thread Mr EMan
OOps Popagui is spelled Popigai and is almost the same age as Chesapeake Bay. I am aware there is a lot of brecciated quartzite in the rim so it is another candidate for producing Earthites Elton __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Finally, a plausible explanation for Tunguska

2009-05-26 Thread Mr EMan
snip... Scientists suppose that the stones used to be a part of the navigational system of a spaceship. Fracking lunatics!@ Scientist eah? If they were engineers they would know it is not from the navigation system-- it is from the subspace hyperdrive anti-matter pre-mixer..DUH Elton

Re: [meteorite-list] Isopropyl concentrations was Question about cutting stones on a small saw

2009-05-21 Thread Mr EMan
Hey Ed, The usefulness as fuel depends on the concentration of water. Rubbing Alcohol is 70% Isopropyl 30% water. The fuel line antifreeze(Heet TM etc)is 99%. If you are using it in an alcohol stove you need the Heet vs Rubbing alcohol. Not much choice: either cut in oil or water or alcohol

Re: [meteorite-list] Sterling, help with some calcs please

2009-05-20 Thread Mr EMan
From Mr Buttinsky Eman: I am a wee skeptical regarding meteorite fragments from ancient impacts in general and Chixculub specifically. There is also an H4 fragment recovered in sea floor dredging which was announced as the smoking gun. Unfortunately I continue to get group postings reliably

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska Questions

2009-05-18 Thread Mr EMan
A couple of points related to the questions posed The Ries impactor is believed to have hurled multi-ton limestone sections up slope onto the Alps, 100km/60miles away. It was far larger than Tunguska and a different scenario all together save for it could have been a dead comet and related

Re: [meteorite-list] Nice ???

2009-05-16 Thread Mr EMan
What is this and is it bigger than a bread box? If there are any experts or (mind readers for that matter) who've figured this one out please interpret nice in a petrographical--even dimensional context, Thanks. Elton --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] nice

2009-05-16 Thread Mr EMan
Ahhh thanks! Certainly an atypical color combo for a Lunar. Yes nice cut indeed! Elton --- On Fri, 5/15/09, habibi abdelaziz azizhab...@yahoo.com wrote: From: habibi abdelaziz azizhab...@yahoo.com is this nwa 4734 the monzoggabro, anyway nice slices and nice cut. aziz

Re: [meteorite-list] 25 years ago in Memphis

2009-05-12 Thread Mr EMan
Maryville, TN L6 fell on 28 Jan 83 That is the one that got me da fever Elton __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Angrite or not?

2009-05-11 Thread Mr EMan
Well only the Hupes can confirm provinence and I recognize the seller as a meteorite seller but no idea whom now might be buying meteorites on eBay and turning right around and selling them on eBay. One thing probable the write-up was lifted from past Hupe auctions. Elton

[meteorite-list] Scored a Polarizing scope-- need Manual: MRH3-POL LOMO

2009-05-09 Thread Mr EMan
After 6+ years of looking for an affordable polarizing scope, I found a MRH3-POL LOMO Polarizing scope complete with external lamp power supply. I found it at non-profit thrift store in Kentucky. I paid the full asking price... $20. On the LOMO US websites they have no link and only who

Re: [meteorite-list] TAMEDAGHT PHENOMENA - more enigmatical examples

2009-05-02 Thread Mr EMan
Certainly bizarre. Have you ruled out natural asphalt aka pitch? In pure form under desert sun it would be near liquid and when cold it shows a glass-like fracture. For it to be terrestrially formed as a conglomerate it seems certainly to have been reworked and consolidated from an original

Re: [meteorite-list] Livingston mystery rock might be from space

2009-04-22 Thread Mr EMan
Looks promising...anyone know how this stacks up with the fireball sighting just announced? Elton --- On Wed, 4/22/09, Mike Groetz mpg...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Mike Groetz mpg...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Livingston mystery rock might be from space To:

Re: [meteorite-list] GPS

2009-04-19 Thread Mr EMan
Well Mike, I am a fan of the Garmin Rino series 110/120/130 and 530/530(color) They are water proof, 5-14 mile range dual GPS and FRS/GRS radio units which can be slaved to a laptop GPS program and powered from either internal batteries or off vehicle power. You can use several map sources

Re: [meteorite-list] GPS

2009-04-19 Thread Mr EMan
All the Rino units save for the 110(which still has the world wide city database) have base street maps installed and the 130 and 130/530 have both altimeters and have a GPS based compass. One more reason I like Rino is many first responders have then and one never knows when that would assist

Re: [meteorite-list] Wanted : Peeskill...was Micros of the following meteorites

2009-04-16 Thread Mr EMan
---Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: I have often wondered if anyone has bothered to hunt for more Peekskill. Yes-- sorta. The path of Peeskill's final path goes over a 2+ mile wide wide diagonal of the Hudson River making estern shore landfall at the Indian Point

Re: [meteorite-list] Questions about accretion. Part 1 Aluminium 26, and Asteroid ages

2009-04-07 Thread Mr EMan
My ISP continues to lose much of my email else send them in huge batches. Some additional points to what was discussed thus far: Iron migration to the core of a heat building/holding sized body is a buoyancy issue and gravity driven so long as the iron remains molten. Accretion probably

Re: [meteorite-list] Questions about accretion. Part 2 UAE, Shock wave distribution proto Solar System

2009-04-07 Thread Mr EMan
There was a question regarding the sorting of elements and why for example common chondrules had more iron than did Carbonaceous chondrites. The reason for the difference also includes why we use isotope ratios to determine from where a parent body probably formed within the solar system.

Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit

2009-04-04 Thread Mr EMan
Not adding an opinion but just about observation consistency. Four points and a question: 1. Once again we are dealing with a reporter--which is a class of individuals that consistently scramble eye-witness interviews. 2. His location was very close to the Doppler echo end track. 3. Owing to

Re: [meteorite-list] Banishment -OT was 2 arrested update

2009-04-03 Thread Mr EMan
--- On Thu, 4/2/09, meteorh...@aol.com meteorh...@aol.com wrote: some of this story smells a little fishy... snip.. it was reported that Honorable(sic) Judge Jerry M. Daniel told the guys to get out of dodge.“ Georgia and Alabama are the only US states left where the common law of

[meteorite-list] Steve of Chicago final message

2009-04-02 Thread Mr EMan
This is not the post anyone is expecting and it addresses everyone so please read to the end. As I am the originator of the thread this is for all: from the pacifist who were not privy to Steve's of Illinois complete meteorite dealings and for the others that experienced them personally:

[meteorite-list] Daytime fireball Video vic Marseille, France

2009-04-02 Thread Mr EMan
Forwarded links from the Meteorobs list Looks like a fishy squishie The degree symbol appears to be part of the the substitution of ? in the coordinates but I can't easily jam it into any of my map programs. 43*15'57.11 N 05*23'25.46 E .amateur astronomer located in Marseille, France

Re: [meteorite-list] Wire Fraud and Steve Arnold of Chicago...was nwa 1794

2009-04-01 Thread Mr EMan
Someone please forward this to Steve as he has me filtered. I wouldn't want him to get blind-sided or miss out on all of the white knuckled anticipation and glee some of us will be having today as a result of his April Fools Prank. I am presently in the process of reporting criminal activity

Re: [meteorite-list] [IMCA] Re: Wire Fraud and Steve Arnold of Chicago...was nwa 1794

2009-04-01 Thread Mr EMan
melody of satire I'm sure you've heard the song. Elton --- On Wed, 4/1/09, Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [IMCA] Re: Wire Fraud and Steve Arnold of Chicago...was nwa 1794 To: Mr EMan mstrema...@yahoo.com Cc

Re: [meteorite-list] One of the best of the 2008 TC3 articles

2009-03-26 Thread Mr EMan
Hello Larry, I was the one that put dust bunnies in the discussion mix whilst discussion space weathering color changes to meteoroids. I was using it generically and did not limit it to particles which were neutral in charge and gravitationaly emplaced. I was thinking in terms that there

Re: [meteorite-list] Odd meteorite.

2009-03-26 Thread Mr EMan
Yes actually but I'll let you decide when and where to announce it if we are right. Elton --- On Thu, 3/26/09, Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote: From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Odd meteorite. To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature

2009-03-26 Thread Mr EMan
I'd ask for my money back!!! lol You've ruled out mica and that is good. If it were mica it is immediate proof that this isn't a meteorite. Google up: specular hematite. See where that takes you. Had it been magnetic and not so shinny, I would have considered this a possible separation along

[meteorite-list] How The Earth Was Made:The Great Lakes--Shattercone?

2009-03-25 Thread Mr EMan
Nice series but they take a few minor liberties with accuracy to explain some things. Towards the last 20 minutes when the tall, white-haired older scientist starts talking about the depth of Lake Superior...Well right around the time he is going to take a submersible down to the floor some

Re: [meteorite-list] Fusion Crusted Meteoroids

2009-03-25 Thread Mr EMan
A Caveat is we don't know how many are captured to finally disintegrate, how many are consumed by the sun, and how many are slung from the solar system via gravity assist. On the other hand...18,379,846.7 Angels can dance on the head of a pin but not all at once. This represents the

Re: [meteorite-list] STONE Artificial Meteorite Experiments wasArtificial Lunar Meteorites?

2009-03-20 Thread Mr EMan
Dave Gheesling wrote: ...Meteorites don't enter our atmosphere attached to spheres, and presumably that artificial contraption may have made for a different-than-typical result Dave www.fallingrocks.com I totally agree, Dave. Yet again I am not getting all the original post but in

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer a Mulligan

2009-03-19 Thread Mr EMan
This is like the problem I have with calling skin, bone, and blood an organ because it technically meets the definition of organ in that it is an assemblage of cells that serve a common function. Speaking of Blood, I am glad I am not the one having to catalog all the sub categories. I can

Re: [meteorite-list] Peekskill and UFOs ..was Hammer Juancheng etc

2009-03-18 Thread Mr EMan
I wish I had had you hear last week to explain this to some new friends of mine,Matthias. I don't know if anyone recalls this but soon after Peekskill hit there was a elaborate web page espousing that Peekskill was shot specifically into Michele's car by aliens to send a message about the

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas Bull

2009-03-15 Thread Mr EMan
Hello George, List I believe Carl pointed out that the translated term Bull does not necessarily mean bovine but could be any male animal. I don't know if ewe included all female animals and not just a female sheep. So the bull reference could be referring to the llama. In blast/overpressure

[meteorite-list] Chiemgau--an unsung hammer

2009-03-15 Thread Mr EMan
Chiemgau in Southern Germany contains a 4500yo crater field which was largely brought to scientific light just this decade and largely investigated by what we fondly know as amateurs --quiet capable and serious amateurs I might add. These appears to be a perfect marriage of amateur and

Re: [meteorite-list] (AD) 2 METEORITES FORSALE

2009-03-15 Thread Mr EMan
--- On Sun, 3/15/09, geo...@aol.com geo...@aol.com wrote: I personally don't object to his many ads...he's got some real bargains there. Now if others would post just as good bargains, I'd be favorable towards them too. :O) GeoZay Caveat Emptor George-- For several sellers there

Re: [meteorite-list] Iridium (+ Osmium ? + Technetium ?) measuring and testing

2009-03-15 Thread Mr EMan
Hello Darren The original post never made it to my mail box. To the original posters questions about metal detectors: One of the points to be made is that a metal detector only detects free metal not elements. It is a field test and searching for specific elements is a lab test' As they

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteoroids Before Meteorites

2009-03-14 Thread Mr EMan
Sorry but these suppositions are hogwash. The evidence says no such thing! The link, while interesting, is unrelated. Until a second petrology from West is found, the color of the meteoroid internal matrix was what we see on what was recovered. Yes we can not prove any pre-entry surface

[meteorite-list] Erick Wichman please contact me

2009-03-14 Thread Mr EMan
I an not able to get my email past your filters and am ready to ship. Elton Sorry List. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteoroids Before Meteorites

2009-03-14 Thread Mr EMan
Let me discuss this another way. Carl I believe that you really didn't mean to say that the color of a space weathered meteoroid's surface is the reason it is black when it reaches the ground. Ordinary chondrites arrive mostly blackish/charcoal-gray because of a melted film of magnetite and

Re: [meteorite-list] Unidentified object from sky destroys car in Cottonwood

2009-03-13 Thread Mr EMan
I was called out once in a similar case to Landcaster, Pa. Loud explosion, penetrated window and dashboard etc. Had to get very contorted to search the dash with all my inspection mirrors and forcepts. Found a fragment in the bottom of the plemum which was a gray matrix that s looked

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