Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Status?

2003-08-08 Thread Michael Farmer
Adam and everyone, here is my take on this simply put. I am not trying to cause problems with this, just show that people in this community need to stick together to assist the meteoritical society process, study, and publish meteorites in a timely manner. We all get a kick out of all the kooks

[meteorite-list] New Blood: Not Just the Job of Dealers

2003-08-08 Thread Michael L Blood
Title: New Blood: Not Just the Job of Dealers Hi Steve, You are doing a terrific job! Perhaps if all dealers offered your club a $25 to $50 certificate to award as you see fit (have a drawing or an auction or other fund raiser, or to reward club members or WHATEVER) that would be a help.

RE: [meteorite-list] Elma Status?

2003-08-08 Thread Charles R. Viau
If this is what the List members want. I will simply will not post future results obtained in the lab regarding this material, pretty simple, no need for you and Mike to get nasty This is NOT what this list member wants. This is supposed to be a free-format forum where people who share the

Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Status?

2003-08-08 Thread Joecuriale
i'm very new to collecting meteorites and to this list... so, i find it pretty discouraging to have to be subjected to these kinds of ugly exchanges... it's very ironic since other posts have talked about helping others to gain an interest in this field of collecting when these kind of personal

[meteorite-list] Tonight is the night, Massive sale, ALL one cent start AD

2003-08-08 Thread Michael Farmer
Hi again, this is my summer blowout ebay sale, I have loaded over $5000.00 worth of meteorites on ebay and ALL of them started at one cent and ending tonight! We are talking Eucrites, Millbillillie individuals, Agoult (almost 50 grams) CR2, 100+ gram piece of NWA 801, LARGE slice of

[meteorite-list] Re: Meteorite Collecting Ban

2003-08-08 Thread Robert Verish
Well Al, If what you say is true, then I may want to know the name of this snitch, too. No doubt, this tipster informed on me, as well, when I wrote this post back in 2001: - Archived Message [meteorite-list] NOT [OT] Robert Verish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 12 Oct

Re: [meteorite-list] Ignorance is bliss - but only for the ignorant!

2003-08-08 Thread Steve Schoner
--- Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/6/03 2:15 PM, Matson, Robert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The operative point here is that (by definition) the average IQ is 100, and education can only do so much. --- Hi Robert, A few years ago when I was remarking upon how

Re: [meteorite-list] NEW BLOOD

2003-08-08 Thread Gtceb
Greetings. This is my first post, and I wanted to chime in and say that I am not sure there is anything more important than what you all are doing right now with children! For the last 7 years, I have been going to schools that my children attend (and others) to teach different classes about

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status - August 6, 2003

2003-08-08 Thread Ron Baalke
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Guy Webster (818) 354-6278 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Donald Savage

Re: [meteorite-list] NEW BLOOD

2003-08-08 Thread almitt
Hi Marcia and all, Marcia Swanson wrote: Meteorite study, education, and hunting can do that. It's a constructive, fun, exciting thing to do for them, and for the person taking them. It is the one true way to be a space adventurer and explorer right here on Earth!!! At the recent Star Party

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Collecting Ban

2003-08-08 Thread Jeff Grossman
Without taking sides in this debate, I can help get the statistics straight. 73% of classified and published meteorites are Antarctic (source Metbase v6.0, total 20,366 of 27,732 meteorites ). Of the remaining meteorites, ~56% (~4100) of them are in numbered series directly attributable to

Re: [meteorite-list] Hundreds Report Burning Meteor Over Australia

2003-08-08 Thread Michael Farmer
Here we go again. Why do scientists say that? If the fireball was large enough to excite thousands of people, it is most likely that something DID hit the ground. There are many instances of meteorites falling without the fanfare of explosions and bright fireballs, take the Canadian fall

Re: [meteorite-list] I found a meteorite and...

2003-08-08 Thread Steve Schoner
--- John Gwilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, I just returned from a meeting with a young lady who claimed she had found a meteorite and wanted to know how to go about selling it. Any of you that have had contacts similar to this know that the prudent thing to do is ask a

[meteorite-list] ASTEROIDS DEDICATED TO SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA CREW

2003-08-08 Thread Matson, Robert
Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington August 6, 2003 (Phone: 202/358-1547) DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (Phone: 818/393-9011) RELEASE: 03-259 ASTEROIDS DEDICATED TO SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA CREW The final crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia was

[meteorite-list] UNSUBSCRIBE

2003-08-08 Thread Konstantin
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[meteorite-list] Lost Dog.

2003-08-08 Thread Howard Wu
I'm going to pull a Dubya. That story about the dog is an historical authentic rumour. Nakhla has been blamed for a death of a dog even if that dog neverbeen produced.It still mayturn upsomeday once a thorough search has been conducted by the experts in lost pets. Howard Wu"Charles R. Viau"

[meteorite-list] Ignorance is bliss - but only for the ignorant!

2003-08-08 Thread Michael L Blood
on 8/6/03 2:15 PM, Matson, Robert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The operative point here is that (by definition) the average IQ is 100, and education can only do so much. --- Hi Robert, A few years ago when I was remarking upon how stunned I was by how dumb so many people are someone

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Collecting Ban

2003-08-08 Thread almitt
Hi Eric, Dr. Grossman and all, Starbits Wrote: Another comparison would be total mass. We know that NWA 869 has been estimated at 1500-2000kg alone. What is the mass of all the Antarctic meteorites? This is and would be an important consideration. I have noticed that a lot of the Antarctic

[meteorite-list] OT: metal detector giveaway!

2003-08-08 Thread tracy latimer
Aloha! When we bought our house, it was an estate sale. The former owner was eccentric; among the things we acquired with the house were 3 metal detectors: a Micronta 4003, a Search Master Treasure Tracker DX 4000, and a Heathkit Groundtrack VLF. We are keeping at least one of these, but the

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Collecting Ban

2003-08-08 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello all A curiosity, how much ask now the Moroccans for ordinary material? I received email with offers from Moroccans that want from the $2 to the $16/gr. for ordinary material. begin a few to exaggerate with the requests, a time if satisfied with $0.10-20/gr. If you want answer in