This news report rather distorts the meaning of the word "worth". It's not
"worth" quadrillions of $$$. It's not "worth" anything at all, because the
costs of cutting it up and lowering it down through Earth's gravity well
(safely, without destroying all civilization) far exceeds the value of the
m
Re the destruction of magnetic data in meteorites by hand magnets, I wonder
whether the thousands of professionally collected fresh Falls, and
professionally collected Antarctic Finds, aren't sufficient for all the
paleomagnetism research that will ever get done? At some point the
relatively small
There could be pieces of iron from Earth's core floating around the solar
system, left over from the collision that created the Moon. Since we have
no direct chemical analyses of Earth core material, when an iron meteorite
falls, how would we know whether it was originally Earth material or not?
O
Spanish turkeys say gluglú gluglú gluglú.
On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 at 09:34, Matthias Bärmann via Meteorite-list <
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> In German, at least:
>
> habedi-habedi-habedi-habedi.
>
> Bit more nervous, hectic even.
>
>
> Am 23.11.2023 um 17:29 schrieb Michael Gilme
As someone who lives in Tucson, I'll add that many Tucson storage units are
notoriously unsafe! I know of numerous thefts from storage units, and the
storage facility owners will not even necessarily inform you after your
unit has been burglarized. Especially for foreign dealers who only visit
the
Will NASA pay for the damage to the guy's roof?
On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 11:41, John Lutzon via Meteorite-list <
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> uh, watch that decimal point. Correction: how bout 1,763,680 Lbs.
>
> > On 04/16/2024 1:38 PM EDT John Lutzon via Meteorite-list <
> met
https://www.facebook.com/reel/344175572079596
... Just in case anyone wanted to know what it's *really* like to hunt for
meteorites in Antarctica 😂🤣😂
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Well, we would have all died of starvation long ago if terrestrial rocks
didn't contain K and P.
;))
On 6 October 2017 at 20:30, Francesco Moser via Meteorite-list <
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> Hello!
> a man have send me some pictures of a dozen stones and asked me wich types
Let's hope that no one ever makes contact, because it would be a disaster
for one of the parties, us or them. In first contacts between cultures, the
less developed one is usually destroyed, if not by violence then by
inferiority complexes, addictions and other mental issues. Making contact
with an
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171121-the-german-town-encrusted-with-diamonds
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Osbornite has however been reported from terrestrial mantle rock, so not
quite true to say that it's an exclusively "alien" mineral.
On 16 December 2017 at 20:30, Graham Ensor via Meteorite-list <
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> Interesting stuff eh! StirlingMore detail here sen
This has got to be the worst, and funniest, in a schadenfreude sort of way,
hoped-to-be-a-meteorite ever:
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/gurugram-residents-store-poop-falling-from-aircraft-in-fridge-thinking-that-it-s-a-rare-mineral-338089.html
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One hundred years laying outdoors in that humid climate and it's still
"black and gleaming"? Wouldn't it have rusted?
On 1 March 2018 at 21:49, Tommy via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180301_27/
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> Regards!
>
> Tom
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Other possible Kuiper Belt or Oort Cloud objects:
Khatyrka meteorite - https://www.mindat.org/loc-2717.html - Has undergone
an enormous amount of study because of the presence of quasicrystals in it
(the first known from a natural source). All known fragments are in the
hands of researchers; none
Apart from possible paucity of phosphorus, there are several other reasons
why advanced life could be much rarer than previously thought. Currently
everyone is looking for planets in the "habitable zone" around stars, but
we don't know what % of planets within a habitable (ie. temperature
suitable
There is an interesting modern model for this: We are all familiar with the
Inca civilization, thanks to its enormous stone ruins, but how many people
are familiar with the Inca's contemporaries in the Amazon jungle? The
Amazon culture was magnificently well organized, developed methods for
growing
Not specifically about meteorites, but rather a mineral collection that was
partially destroyed by fire, creating similar recovery problems, described
in Dr Steven Chamberlain's article in Rocks & Minerals, vol 83 (2008), #2
This has a lot of helpful information that would apply to meteorite
collec
Not my taste and I would never buy such a monstrosity, but let's keep in
mind that from the point of view of "destruction" of valuable scientific
material, this is really no big deal in this particular case. Gibeon is
abundant; no scientist needs a piece for study anymore. And if one objects
to thi
Remember that from any given spot on Earth, we can see tens or hundreds of
meteors every night and, if we had no atmosphere, almost all of those would
impact and create a flash, instead of burning up in the atmosphere.
Assuming that the same number of loose stones per unit volume of space pass
by t
Because everyone is busy in Tucson? (or Cuba)
;))
On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 at 09:00, Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list <
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> No picture was submitted for today.
>
> http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=02/03/2019
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Thanks, Paul, for the link to the very interesting paper on diamond fossils.
I would however like to point out that the authors should not be inventing
new mineral-type names (ie. "...ite") for something that isn‘t a new
mineral; it‘s diamond afterall.
And if they are going to unilaterally propos
"*Also, meteorites can be worth a lot of money, and you know, when there's
big money involved, you can count on lies and deception*."
...Ha, ha, ha. True words spoken by the seller himself.
Alfredo Petrov
On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 21:45, Anne Black via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.
Lots of Moroccans already set up in Quartzsite. Obviously outdoor shows
have an advantage in these pandemic times.
On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 at 17:41, AL Mitterling via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> Is there still going to be a show this year? Looks like Arizona is havi
In maritime law, if a private (non-military) vessel was insured, then the
insurance company can claim any wreckage. I don't know whether any court
will extrapolate that to space wreckage.
On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 11:57, Keith D Lemons via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
David New retired, I heard, and his stock went to Tony Nikischer at
Excalibur Minerals - www.excaliburmineral.com - in Virginia.
Alfredo Petrov
On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 at 15:43, Gregory Shanos via Meteorite-list <
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> Dear Meteorite Enthusiasts.
>
> On Page
The article makes it sound as if the diamond landed in Dubai as a
meteorite. It didn't. If it is really a true carbonado, and not a hoax,
then it came from a diamond deposit in Africa or Brazil, and not from a
meteorite. There's a lot wrong with the way the popular press is depicting
this thing.
O
Meteorite "Certificates of Authenticity" are mainly just a marketing tool
to appeal to the general public, as in many cases they are printed by the
seller, so they are no different from any other seller-issued "product
guarantee", and are in fact unnecessary because, in most countries,
commercial l
"No dust means a Really fresh fall." ...not necessarily. A strong wind, or
a rotating "dust devil", can remove old dust. If it works on photovoltaic
cells, it should work on a rock too.
Cheers,
Alfredo
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