[meteorite-list] Question for European dealers

2010-11-16 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
Hi List, Yesterday at my post office I was told that the parcel weight for the airmail to USA is limited to 453 gram. All heavier parcels can be send only by ground/boat. I was told that this regulation will be at least until Christmas. I'm wondering if this is only in Czech Republic or some

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for European dealers

2010-11-16 Thread Mirko Graul
Hi Sergey, I think this applies only to the Czech Republic. From Germany, I can always all sizes of parcels and registered mail send by airmail. Regards Mirko Mirko Graul Meteorite Quittenring.4 16321 Bernau GERMANY Phone: 0049-1724105015 E-Mail: m_gr...@yahoo.de WEB:

[meteorite-list] Delete - looking for planetary collectors

2010-11-16 Thread Martin Altmann
Sorry for disturbing. Have problems to transfer my addressbook from my old mill into my new one. For being sure not losing any of the planetary collectors, but mainly for showing some few last specimens of some running out Martians, in case they still need them please contact me off-list.

[meteorite-list] Particles brought back by Hayabusa identified as from Itokawa

2010-11-16 Thread Katsu OHTSUKA
like LL5--6? http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/11/20101116_hayabusa_e.html Katsu OHTSUKA __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Canvas de Onis Fall of 1866

2010-11-16 Thread Habib Gupta
Hello list! You are just mispeling! The name is Cangas de Onis. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Cangas+de+Onissfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=5252 Saludos Sanscelerien On

Re: [meteorite-list] Particles brought back by Hayabusa identified as from Itokawa

2010-11-16 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:43:30 +0900, you wrote: like LL5--6? I was just about to post the same link-- the world's most expensive ordinary chondrite! __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of Day - November 16, 2010

2010-11-16 Thread Michael Johnson
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/November_16_2010.html __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] METEORA ornaments are on sale now

2010-11-16 Thread Maurizio Eltri
After much work, some METEORA ornaments are on sale now: http://shop.ebay.it/castore66/m.html Some details can be found here: http://www.meteoriti.info/foto/meteora.htm Greetings from Venice, Italy Maurizio Eltri __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for European dealers

2010-11-16 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
Hi Marcin, Yes, it is a new (started on Monday) regulation in Czech post. I even got the DHL newsletter today, said that it will be more security procedures with the parcels to USA because of recent bombs in parcels. DHL not limited the weight, just worried about security. Best regards, Sergey On

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for European dealers

2010-11-16 Thread Marcin Cimala
I think this applies only to the Czech Republic. From Germany, I can always all sizes of parcels and registered mail send by airmail. Regards Mirko I can send registered (air/ground) mail up to 2000grams and not matter if this is for Poland, for EU or international shipment. But try to go to

[meteorite-list] Tonight: All-New Meteorite Men in Chile

2010-11-16 Thread Notkin
Dear Listees: Tonight's Season Two, Episode Three premiere of Meteorite Men may be of particular interest to some of you. Steve and I visit the magnificent 100,000 year-old Monturaqui Crater in Chile's Atacama Desert, as well as the European Southern Observatory at Paranal, and the

[meteorite-list] Identification of Origin of Particles Brought Back by Hayabusa

2010-11-16 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/11/20101116_hayabusa_e.html Identification of origin of particles brought back by Hayabusa Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) November 16, 2010 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been engaged in collecting and categorizing particles in the

Re: [meteorite-list] Terrestrial Age of Bonita Springs H5

2010-11-16 Thread mckinney trammell
my guess it is fairly recent due to the amount af rainfall+saltwater in the area. i'm sure i would have been gone if it were to have been around 10,000 or so years. --- On Mon, 11/15/10, Kevin Kichinka mars...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kevin Kichinka mars...@gmail.com Subject: [meteorite-list]

[meteorite-list] AD - Nice Material Ending at Auction Today

2010-11-16 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, Please take a look at 54 auctions I have ending today. There are a lot of great planetary and rare pieces. All were started at just 99 cents with no reserve. Some nice items do not have an opening bid. I am running low on a lot of this material with no way of restocking.

[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Ensisheim

2010-11-16 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers,   Ensisheim is 518 years old, thats alot of spankings.   http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/Ensisheim_meteorite.html   Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebaystore http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html     __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

2010-11-16 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi List, Questions... Is it possible, since the Mojave Green is so deadly, to secure some sort of antivenin for use in an emergency while in the field? I've read the antivenin needs to be refrigerated? There are tiny 12v portable fridges you can have with you at camp... So if you're in the

[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Ensisheim

2010-11-16 Thread bernd . pauli
Alan S. wrote: Ensisheim is 518 years old Hello All, --- Thousand four hundred Ninety two, There was heard here a great Noise: Then down before the city, The 7th of the Wintermonth*, A huge stone, on a bright day, Was fallen with a

Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

2010-11-16 Thread Count Deiro
Hi Eric and Listees, Access Google search for Ten Deadliest Snakes or Most Dangerous Snakes and you will find the Mohave Green listed and its venom compared in lethality to the other vipers. Thats where i gost the quote on comparison to the common Cobra on a volume basis. I am not a physician

[meteorite-list] US shipping restrictions Was-Question for European dealers

2010-11-16 Thread drtanuki
List, The Japan post announced that due to recent events the US was now only accepting parcels of UP TO 453grams for airmail. Dirk...Tokyo --- On Wed, 11/17/10, Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net wrote: From: Marcin Cimala mar...@meteoryt.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question for

[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Ensisheim

2010-11-16 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello All, Forwarding this message from one of our List Giants: Martin Horejsi! Hello Bernd and All, Happy Ensisheim Day! http://www.meteorite-times.com/navigation/accretion-desk/ensisheim-the-king-of-meteorites/ __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY close approaching NEO!

2010-11-16 Thread Richard Kowalski
I doubt there is anyone on this list that does not know Lisa Marie Morrison and Leigh Anne DelRay Cromwell. Last night they visited me at the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 telescope on Mt. Lemmon. Lisa Marie is writing an article about CSS for the EZ Guide that gets distributed during the Tucson

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY close approaching NEO!

2010-11-16 Thread Notkin
Richard Kowalski wrote: I doubt there is anyone on this list that does not know Lisa Marie Morrison and Leigh Anne DelRay Cromwell . . . Last night they visited me at the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 telescope on Mt. Lemmon. That's why she didn't answer the phone. Nice going ladies! Two of my

Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

2010-11-16 Thread Adam Hupe
I was told by a local nurse that the average cost to treat a Mojave Green snake bite is between $60,000.00 and $70,000.00. I asked why so expensive? She claimed that illegal aliens, working mostly out-of-doors with no insurance are mainly to blame. None have insurance and the anti-venom is

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY close approaching NEO!

2010-11-16 Thread Richard Kowalski
Yes Geoff. There is no time to answer the phone when you are defending the planet! For those unfamiliar with the time I posted, closest approach will be about 10:45pm Eastern Standard Time, or 7:45pm Pacific, tonight. You will need a large telescope to see it visually or one equipped with

Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

2010-11-16 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Aaaahh, those bloody non-insured illegal people. Always waiting in the desert to get bitten exactly just before insured citizens. Only to cause them troubles. Bah. Holy nurse ... Sorry, best, Matthias - Original Message - From: Adam Hupe raremeteori...@yahoo.com To: Adam

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY closeapproaching NEO!

2010-11-16 Thread Greg Hupe
Pretty Cool! Congrats to Leigh Anne and Lisa Marie on being part of a new NEO discovery!! I would also like to thank Richard and the CSS team for graciously opening their doors (or roof in this case) and time for everyday folks, a thrill to be a part of! Best regards, Greg

Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

2010-11-16 Thread Adam Hupe
Hi Mathias, I wasn't trying to make any political statement or otherwise. A List member asked if it would be practical to carry anti-venom in the field and my response is that it would be cost prohibitive. This is one of the first questions I asked when I moved out here. I certainly would

[meteorite-list] Japan Says Hayabusa Brought Back Asteroid Grains

2010-11-16 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1011/16hayabusa/ Japan says Hayabusa brought back asteroid grains BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW November 16, 2010 KODIAK, Alaska -- Japanese scientists have concluded the Hayabusa probe limped back to Earth with the first flakes of an asteroid ever

Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

2010-11-16 Thread Meteorites USA
Cost prohibitive to save a life? ;) Hmmm How much cost are we talking? Seems counter intuitive to me Hell, I think most everything should be free, electricity, medical care, etc... Only problem is 99.9% of the people on Earth need money to get by from day to day. That sucks! I've

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover May Have Lost Power for Good

2010-11-16 Thread Ron Baalke
http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2010/11/16/mars-rover-may-have-lost-power-good Mars Rover May Have Lost Power for Good The Cornell Daily Sun By Yusnier Sonora Lopez November 16, 2010 Spirit - one of two rovers sent to Mars in Jan. 2004 as part of the Mars Exploration Rover

[meteorite-list] Camera on Curiosity's Arm will Magnify Clues in Rocks

2010-11-16 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-384 Camera on Curiosity's Arm will Magnify Clues in Rocks Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 16, 2010 NASA's next Mars rover, Curiosity, will wield an arm-mounted magnifying camera similar to one on the Mars Rover Opportunity, which promptly

Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

2010-11-16 Thread Darryl Pitt
Whoa. Adam, I know you're only relating what you've been informed, but something needs to be said of the nurse's outrageous ignorance. The notion that aliens don't have insurance and U.S. citizens all carry insurance has hardly been the case. A significant fraction of the citizenry of

[meteorite-list] Straying a bit OT: snake fixation

2010-11-16 Thread Matson, Robert D.
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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY closeapproaching NEO!

2010-11-16 Thread Stuart McDaniel
Awesome, congratulations!! Maybe we will get a new meteorite! -Original Message- From: Richard Kowalski Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:59 PM To: Meteorite List Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY closeapproaching NEO! I doubt there is anyone on this list

[meteorite-list] SPIRIT: R.I.P.

2010-11-16 Thread Matson, Robert D.
http://xkcd.com/695/ -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Ron Baalke Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:08 PM To: Meteorite Mailing List Subject: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover May Have Lost

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Ensisheim

2010-11-16 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi there, I guess that's the most comprehensive monograph about Ensisheim, By Ursula Marvin: http://kuerzer.de/Marvinens I think it was her, who ascribed that unsigned drawing by Albrecht Duerer, to be an observation of the fireball of the Ensisheim meteorite (which is told to be since so):

Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

2010-11-16 Thread Adam Hupe
Hi Eric and List, The cost for rattlesnake anti-venom seems to be around $3,500.00 for a small vial. I imagine that a Mojave Green's venom which is double-acting would require special treatment. I am certainly not an expert on such things. Perhaps a zoo keeper that handles snakes can answer

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY closeapproaching NEO!

2010-11-16 Thread Leigh Anne DelRay
List, I must say, it was TOTALLY AMAZING to be there last night and to see that! It was like our little baby, the three of us! hee hee Richard was so awesome and you are right Greg, we felt so privileged to just be a part of something like that, just being the 'regular old folk' that we are! I

Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

2010-11-16 Thread Rose, David MD
I would have to believe that the quoted cost is not for the antivenin treatment alone. The victim of such a snake bite would probably need to be admitted to an Intensive Care Unit with significant hemodynamic and possible respiratory support, not a cheap proposition. David -Original

Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

2010-11-16 Thread michael cottingham
Hello, A friend who was bitten 2 years ago by a Green stated that his medical cost from beginning to end was $64,000.00. This was in Tucson Arizona at the University Hospital.  Best Wishes Michael Cottingham From: dr...@emersonhosp.org To:

Re: [meteorite-list] {MPML} 2010 WA to come closer than GEO belt

2010-11-16 Thread Richard Kowalski
On 11/16/2010 2:35 PM, Matson, Robert D. wrote: Hi All, Newly discovered 2010 WA will come within 33,000 km of the earth's surface in about 6 hours. Close approach is at around 45 degrees north latitude, so it will not come particularly close to any geosynchronous satellites. --Rob Thanks

Re: [meteorite-list] US shipping restrictions Was-Question for Europeandealers

2010-11-16 Thread Rob Holcomb
Actually the 1 pound limit was imposed by Japan Post; Japan Post will not accept packages larger than 1 pound bound for the US. As far as the USPS there are no other countries imposing a similar ban on Airmail. Though security will be tighter than it was before the fan mail from Yemen arrived.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY closeapproaching NEO!

2010-11-16 Thread Leigh Anne Delray
You are right, I got hitched. It is Crowell. Not Cromwell like Richard had written, but oh well... Just details Thanks for the congratulations. It was a phenomenal wedding and an even more phenomenal guy! -L.A. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 16, 2010, at 7:42 PM, cdtuc...@cox.net wrote:

[meteorite-list] AD-NWA 6390 L3, Henburys, Breja, ebay auctions

2010-11-16 Thread Gary Fujihara
Aloha, * NWA 6390 L3 (W2) - a new unequilibrated chondrite with a stunning visual treat of a matrix is now available on ebay. Here are some pictures of the specimen: Endcut: http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/Images/NWA6390.jpg Thin section: http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/Images/NWA6390TS.jpg

[meteorite-list] AD: AUCTIONS TODAY (Wed17th) 20% to 50% Off * Over $50, 000 worth of NEW ITEMS!

2010-11-16 Thread michael cottingham
Hello, I have a Fantastic auction run this week... ENDS TODAY... SALE IN MY STORE -20 to 50 percent off. I added some really cool new specimens over $50,000 worth of NEW ITEMS! THANKS AND BEST WISHES MICHAEL COTTINGHAM ALL SALE ITEMS

[meteorite-list] Impact melt formation by low-altitude airburst processes, evidence from small terrestrial craters and numerical modeling, H E Newsom MBE Boslough 2008 Mar 2p abstract: Rich Murray 2

2010-11-16 Thread Rich Murray
Impact melt formation by low-altitude airburst processes, evidence from small terrestrial craters and numerical modeling, H E Newsom MBE Boslough 2008 Mar 2p abstract: Rich Murray 2010.11.17 http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.htm Wednesday, November 17, 2010 [ at end of each long

Re: [meteorite-list] CanGas de Onís Fall of 1866

2010-11-16 Thread Leoncio Cividanes Álvarez
(Forgot to use plain text) Here it is the translation (hope it's clear, my english is as rusty as some of my meteorites +_+). Sounds quite naive to me. Description and analysis of the aeroliths that fell in the district of Cangas de Onís (Asturias) on December 6, 1806, by Mr. José Ramón de