[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2013-05-16 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: CMS 04078 (pallasite) Contributed by: AMN http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] AD - NWA 6043 Carbonaceous Chondrite CR2, Large Slice at Ebay

2013-05-16 Thread Carsten Giessler
Hello List, i have a large 14.6g. fullslice of NWA 6043, CR2, listed at ebay. The slice shows a big nice chondrule, such kind of chondrules are very rare in this carbonaceous chondrite. Please see here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=221227846329 Please pm me if you like to

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite found in second Connecticut home

2013-05-16 Thread John Hendry
Will be in Paris for the weekend. Are there any museum meteorite collections there worth checking out? Thanks, John __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite found in second Connecticut home

2013-05-16 Thread Michael Farmer
You can meet Alain and Louis Carion at their mineral shop on ile st Louis just steps from Notre Dame cathedral. Great shop. Nearby is the natural history museum with some meteorites on display. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On May 16, 2013, at 8:53 AM, John Hendry p...@pict.co.uk wrote:

[meteorite-list] Asteroid 1998 QE2 to Sail Past Earth Nine Times Larger Than Cruise Ship

2013-05-16 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-163 Asteroid 1998 QE2 to Sail Past Earth Nine Times Larger Than Cruise Ship Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 15, 2013 On May 31, 2013, asteroid 1998 QE2 will sail serenely past Earth, getting no closer than about 3.6 million miles (5.8 million

[meteorite-list] NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development (OSIRIS-REx)

2013-05-16 Thread Ron Baalke
May 16, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jo...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-143 NASA'S ASTEROID SAMPLE RETURN MISSION MOVES INTO DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA's first

[meteorite-list] House-Pedigree-AD: Large Nininger Bondoc (244g) superb Nininger Estherville Indivdual (111g) with AML-Labels

2013-05-16 Thread Martin Altmann
Dear Collectors, today we want to accelerate especially the heartbeat of the lovers of documented historic specimens, in setting up for sale two of such, which would be without doubt also very remarkable, if they wouldn't be accompanied by their passports of provenience, the labels of the

[meteorite-list] AD Wonderful museum-sized Tatahouine (88.6 grams) on ebay

2013-05-16 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Hello everybody, check this wonderful Tatahouine piece on ebay. It weighs 88.6 grams, and it's a real beauty, a museum piece. http://www.ebay.com/itm/111074214497 Pierre-Marie Pelé Meteor-Center Météorites : achat - vente - expertise - expéditions - recherche http://www.meteor-center.com

[meteorite-list] Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record

2013-05-16 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-166 Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 16, 2013 PASADENA, Calif. -- While Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited Earth's moon for three days in December 1972, they drove

Re: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk trip report is up

2013-05-16 Thread Graham Ensor
Excellent report Robwish I could have made it out therebad timing for me. Thanks for sharing the adventure. Cheers, Graham On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:51 AM, Rob Wesel nakhla...@comcast.net wrote: It's a 12 pager. Put the kids down and grab some corn.

[meteorite-list] Please help id ureilite

2013-05-16 Thread lgarvie
Dear Meteorite Enthusiasts, Following this years Tucson show, someone kindly gave the Center for Meteorite Studies half of an unknown (unclassified?) achondrite. It looks like a coarse-grained ureilite. There is remnant fusion crust. See photos here

[meteorite-list] AD-Moapa Valley CM1 Carbonaceous Chondrite 3.0 grams

2013-05-16 Thread Terry Scott
Last chance to get this rare slice of Moapa Valley, at 50% off retail. 3.0 gram slice for 1,500 OBO. If not sold it will go under the hammer and be sold piecemeal. Provenance is direct from the finder Sonny Clary and comes with original specimen card. Photos available upon request. Free U.S.

[meteorite-list] Paul Swartz contact in please

2013-05-16 Thread drtanuki
Dear List,  Would someone on this list help me find Pauls email contact.  Thank you.  Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - Sau 559 (Ureilite)

2013-05-16 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Bulletin Watchers, One new approval today. It is an old Oman find from 2005. Apparently this ureilite was very stubborn and it chewed up several blades before it could be subdued by the saw. Text - Sayh al Uhaymir 559 (SaU 559)20°33.046’N, 56°39.336’E Al Wusta, Oman Found: Nov

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - Sau 559 (Ureilite)

2013-05-16 Thread John Cabassi
Thanks Mike. That is awesome and a big congrats to John. He's been very quiet lately, maybe he is still out on that same archaeological site. On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bulletin Watchers, One new approval today. It is an old

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - Sau 559 (Ureilite)

2013-05-16 Thread Jim Wooddell
Congrats to JohnB and Laurence! Nice! Cheers! Jim Wooddell On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:15 PM, John Cabassi j...@cabassi.net wrote: Thanks Mike. That is awesome and a big congrats to John. He's been very quiet lately, maybe he is still out on that same archaeological site. On Thu, May 16,

[meteorite-list] Bright explosion on the moon

2013-05-16 Thread Rich Atkinson
On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium, says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen before.