[meteorite-list] Cub Scouts and a Star Party

2010-10-11 Thread bernd . pauli
Ed wrote: A wonderful report, I enjoyed the read very much. So did I! Albireo (beta Cygni)is one of my favorites, too! My 42-year-old daughter, when she was young, used to call Albireo Little Sister and Brother :-) and: Everyone knows that it is in the south... ;-) Ed, hey, ain't it a U.S.

[meteorite-list] AD: nice oriented NWA Morocco

2010-10-11 Thread Giovanni Sostero
Hello list, for sale is a nice oriented NWA (Morocco) unclassified meteorite. It has a classycal heat-shield shape, a fusion crust with delicate flow lines in the front side, and some thumbprints in the back side : http://www.fototime.com/71BF0E843D0A29E/convx264.mp4

Re: [meteorite-list] Bob Walker Memorial Web Page

2010-10-11 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Michael, That is a very nice tribute you did for Bob. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee... -John Donne __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread karmaka
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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Well, Martin, in the end it's a better idea than fixing an original meteorite on the map. Best, Matthias - Original Message - From: karmaka karm...@email.de To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 4:11 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art -

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Martin and List, Interesting idea about burning through with a hot meteoritic iron, but the price seems a bit steep to me for a print of a map with a couple of holes burned in it - and no actual piece of meteorite is included. My wife has been working on some meteorite-related art and art

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Walter Branch
I'm with you Mike. $699 for a map with a burned hole in it?? Oh well, to each his own. -Walter __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Meteorites USA
Now, your wife's work is true ART! Very nice Mike... ;) Can't wait to see the meteorite art! Regards, Eric On 10/11/2010 7:18 AM, Galactic Stone Ironworks wrote: Hi Martin and List, Interesting idea about burning through with a hot meteoritic iron, but the price seems a bit steep to me for

Re: [meteorite-list] Bob Walker Memorial Web Page

2010-10-11 Thread Greg Hupe
To the Friends of Bob Walker and All he encountered, I was fortunate to call Bob a friend over the years. His sense of humor was unparalled and always gave me a chuckle when receiving one of his spoof images. Rest in Peace, Bob. You will be greatly missed! Best Regards, Greg Hupe On Oct

[meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
H... meteorite related conceptual art. I don't much care for conceptual art, despise it actually. Now, Munster related art, that's more like it! Very well done too, I might add. I just could never figure out how a Frankenstein monster and a vampiress could have a wolf-boy son.

[meteorite-list] AD: New Classified CV3

2010-10-11 Thread Matthew Martin
Hello Fellow Listoids, I'd like to introduce you to a brand new CV3 from the deserts of Northwest Africa. It is NWA 6159 (Provisional). I acquired a large 662g stone early this year and submitted a sample for study and classification. Analysis and classification was performed by A.

[meteorite-list] Bob Walker Memorial Web Page

2010-10-11 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
Well done Michael. I had several email exchanges with Bob and he made you feel like you were good friends after only a fleeting encounter. A very impressive fellow. I hope when my time comes I can be 1/10 as brave as he was. His thin section blow-ups are awesome! ---

[meteorite-list] AD- Ebay - Sacramento Wash 005, Sikhote Alin, Planetary: All starting at .99 cents!

2010-10-11 Thread Felipe Guajardo
Hey everyone, I have some nice meteorites ending next sunday afternoon starting at only .99 cents! http://shop.ebay.com/felipemiami/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=_trksid=p4340 Listings include: Sacramento Wash 005: lot of 11.3g Sikhote Alin: individual 74g Campo del Cielo Meteorite: 419g Gao

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Count Deiro
Matthias and List, After having seen the work of Ulrike Arnold, whose earth art paintings use pigments made of the cutting dust out of the kerf of meteorites, I am nominating her as my favorite meteoritic artist. Incidentally Matthias, thank you for the introduction. Ms. Arnold sent me the

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Phil, but maybe you like that? Artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis put on a meteorite impact on public space in Yekaterinburg in 2009. http://www.goethe.de/ins/ru/lp/prj/art/kue/mey/akt/ruindex.htm http://www.ffur.de/impact Also a Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Martin Altmann
Shht Count, my favorite meteorite artists are Andrzej Pilski, Andi Gren and Marlin Cilz. What they can do with a brownish lump of iron - is pure art! Best! Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
Hello Martin, Yes, I like that. Quite a lot, actually. But that's performance art, not conceptual art. Thanks for the links, you're always very helpful and a great asset to the List. Phil Whitmer --- Hi Phil, but maybe you like that? Artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Martin Altmann
Unbelievable, isn't it? Not so, powdered mummies were a standard medicament, sold in the apothecaries in former times. Mumia vera aegyptiaca was sold in drugstores still in the 1920ies. Was recommended from Paracelsus on against various kinds of diseases. In 20 century it was later then

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Martin Altmann
Art. http://www.meteorite-pictures.org/Meteorite-Thin-Section-Pictures/NWA-2977-1 0.jpg http://www.meteorite-pictures.org/Meteorite-Thin-Section-Pictures/Mount-Taze rait-1.jpg -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Thanks, Guido. Yes I agree, Ulrike is really good. Not only with meteorite - , but also with her earth-paintings. Both belong together from her point of view. If someone'd be interested: http://www.ulrikearnold.com/ and http://www.ulrikearnold.com/video_gb.html . Best, Matthias -

[meteorite-list] Bob Walker Memorial Web Page

2010-10-11 Thread valparint
Nice, Captain Blood. Paul Swartz __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Habitable Martian Environments Could be Deep Beneath Planet's Surface

2010-10-11 Thread Ron Baalke
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE SENT: Oct. 11, 2010 FROM: Alan Fischer Public Information Office Planetary Science Institute 520-885-5648 520-622-6300 fisc...@psi.edu Habitable Martian Environments Could be Deep Beneath Planet's Surface A new discovery of hydrothermally

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Count Deiro
Martin and List, Not ART...but NATURE... Thin sections as art equate with opening a geode and proudly showing the contents in the light of day. Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: Martin Altmann altm...@meteorite-martin.de Sent: Oct 11, 2010 10:08 AM To:

[meteorite-list] Habitable Martian Environments Could be Deep Beneath Planet's Surface

2010-10-11 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
I don't understand why people got so excited about a habitable earth-like exoplanet, (not earth-like at all by any stretch of the imagination), that's light years away, when right next door we have an actual earth-like planet, or at least it used to be, that should be teeming with signs of

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Phil and List, Thanks for the kind words about Tina's art. She works in several mediums. She is planning to do two different series of paintings - one of pop culture figures like the Munsters and another series involving meteorite-themed paintings that incorporate a range of real meteoritic

[meteorite-list] AD -Check it Out

2010-10-11 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, I have 15 auctions ending this afternoon and 54 tomorrow. The ones ending today are priced with the buy-it-now option enabled. Tomorrows auctions were all started at just 99 cents with no reserve. I have several other auctions due to end within 10 days with the make offer

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
Agree with Count, Just walk out to see the sunrise or sunset. Sergey On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net wrote: Martin and List, Not ART...but NATURE... Thin sections as art equate with opening a geode and proudly showing the contents in the light of day.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
If anybody knows how to ask ebay for some compensation for their outworking service? ;-) I have my ebay page looking like that: http://sv-meteorites.com/gallery/ebay.doc Regards, Sergey On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Sergey Vasiliev vs.petrov...@gmail.com wrote: Agree with Count, Just walk

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

2010-10-11 Thread Rob Holcomb
Hi Sergey, My listings have been messed up today, but it appears that it has been fixed this afternoon. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250709559875 Regards, Rob Holcomb -- From: Sergey Vasiliev vs.petrov...@gmail.com Sent:

Re: [meteorite-list] Cub Scouts and a Star Party

2010-10-11 Thread cdtucson
Walter, Thank you for a great story. You said; Jupiter was fantastic. The scouts and their families got to see a nice treat. One of the moon's shadows was transiting across face of Jupiter. Cool. You may be right about seeing a moon shadow but, according to my AP *Google Sky Map* on my

[meteorite-list] AD Ungouped irons : NWA 6166 Main Mass and NWA 6167 Last Slice

2010-10-11 Thread Fabien Kuntz
Hello list, these two ungrouped irons have been approved 16 september on the MetSoc Database : http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=51756 http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=51757 Both have unusual pattern when etched, both are mineralogicaly interesting : NWA 6166

[meteorite-list] Post a link to your site on my forum

2010-10-11 Thread Greg Catterton
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Re: [meteorite-list] Cub Scouts and a Star Party

2010-10-11 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Carl, Thanks, but since the orbit of Uranus lies outside that of Jupiter, it would be impossible for Uranus to transit across the face of Jupiter. Uranus and Jupiter are easily in the same field of view in a small finder scope. With increased magnification, Uranus appears very

[meteorite-list] Transfer of Life-Bearing Meteorites from Earth to Other Planets

2010-10-11 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers, Here is a research paper I found on the Internet today and I think its an interesting paper to bring new ideas on how parent bodies can seed life to other parts of the galaxy. Take a look and enjoy. Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBaystore

[meteorite-list] Asteroid 2010 TD54 to Pass Within Earth-Moon System on October 12

2010-10-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-332 Small Asteroid to Pass Within Earth-Moon System Tuesday Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 11, 2010 PASADENA, Calif. -- A small asteroid will fly past Earth early Tuesday within the Earth-moon system. The asteroid, 2010 TD54, will have its

Re: [meteorite-list] Cub Scouts and a Star Party

2010-10-11 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Carl, Thanks, but since the orbit of Uranus lies outside that of Jupiter, it would be impossible for Uranus to transit across the face of Jupiter. Uranus and Jupiter are easily in the same field of view in a small finder scope. With increased magnification, Uranus appears very

[meteorite-list] Meteorites Hunting in NW NV.

2010-10-11 Thread ontheroad
HI to ALL you Meteorite lovers I'm back on the recovery of old meteorite falls here in north western part of NV. My wife Terri I left our Airpark the Eagles Nest in Wa state and are on the road south for the winter of teaching flight on dry lake beds small airports like Borrego CA Parker AZ.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites Hunting in NW NV.

2010-10-11 Thread Adam Hupe
Yep, there are parts of Nevada that I believe have never been explored, at least by modern man. It is nice to drive 100 miles down dirt trails and not see a single sign of recent human inhabitants. No trash, no fences, no noise pollution, no light pollution and no cell phone connections. You

Re: [meteorite-list] Cub Scouts and a Star Party

2010-10-11 Thread cdtucson
Walter, I guess I did not need to tell you I knew nothing about the stars after all. It is obvious. My phone showed them piled one on the other and since Jupiter was bigger it seemed farther away and I had no idea what Oh was. . Thanks to you I now know twice as much as I knew this morning