[meteorite-list] Secret BLM maps battle of the Smithsonian

Woody Guthrie on meteorite collecting on federal lands: I saw above me that endless skyway I saw below me that golden valley This land was made for you and me. I roamed and I rambled and I followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts While all around me a voice was

[meteorite-list] SETI conducts coordinated search for ET

But outer Space, At least this far, For all the fuss Of the populace Stays more popular Than populousRobert Frost--- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/06/AR2010110604127.html Observatories on 5 continents to scan skies for extraterrestrial life

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunting Rats

Elton: That's too funny!! The Pied Piper with a herd of meteorats! - Phil Whitmer Actually it is an excellent idea. There is a Belgian Scientist in Africa that has raised a variety of larger, affectionate, friendly rats that are trained for finding land mines

[meteorite-list] Not a missile -- a jet contrail

The flight path of a 757 was posted over the Catalina Island area at the time of the contrails by Rob: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE808/history/20101108/1955Z/PHNL/KPHX I find that to be very solid evidence for the contrail theory. Apparently

[meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake-Leonid Meteor Shower

While we're on the off-topic of minority bashing: I live in an area with a high concentration of Amish and Old-Order Mennonites. I don't know how many times I've heard people say: You know you have to pay higher taxes because the Amish don't have to pay taxes because it's against their

[meteorite-list] Weston on e-bay

This auction just ended, a great price for 72 grams of Weston, (I paid a lot more than that for mine!), not so great of a price for botryoidal hematite. But seriously, if you're so dumb you don't know that Weston is an H4 and you bid on a piece of Weston sold as an iron, I don't really feel

[meteorite-list] Weston on e-bay

Hi Eric, It's right there in the first line of the auction: Item specifics 2003 Material: Iron, 2002 Meteorite Material: Iron It took me less than 10 seconds to go to the Meteoritical Database and determine that Weston was an H4. It took another 10 seconds to check and compare real

[meteorite-list] Barringer Meteor Crater

Patrick: Awesome pictures! I've been to Meteor Crater several times and was always dissapointed that you couldn't hike down into it. Nothing like the Monturaqui Crater, where you can do burnouts and cut doughnuts with your SUV right in the crater itself. Not to mention being allowed to camp

[meteorite-list] Ice Meteorite Found with Extraterrestrial Life-Forms

This could be more important than the discovery of the lunar strewn-field! Be sure to follow the links for more information on this fascinating find. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ice-meteorite-found-with-extraterrestrial-life-forms-109640729.html Ice Meteorite Found with

[meteorite-list] Temperature of meteorites

I was under the impression that it's a myth that direct friction from O and N molecules on the surface of a meteorite create the heat that causes ablation. I thought that ram pressure in front of the meteorite was the main factor in generating heat. The KE and PE would create a hot shock

[meteorite-list] sulphurous smell of meteorites (was Temperature of meteorites)

Marco: Ditto that! Last summer I was photographing some crusted Zag in the full sun when it was 95 degrees out. I was distracted for four or five minutes, when I came back the meteorites were so hot you could barely hold them in your hand! Phil Whitmer

[meteorite-list] Ice Meteorites From Jesus

The press conference is tomorrow. This could be as big as Roswell! I can't wait: http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/will-proof-of-extraterrestrial-life-be-revealed-at-a-michigan-ramada-inn/19735919 Will Proof of Extraterrestrial Life Be Revealed at a Ramada Inn? Larry Knowles AOL

[meteorite-list] Ice Meteorites From Jesus

There is a mental disorder called meteorophobia. (Not really that crazy if you think about it). There are related phobias called: astrophobia, cometophobia, kosmikophobia, siderophobia, (fear of stars), and spacephobia. There should be a name for the meteorite related delusional disorder that

[meteorite-list] Ice Meteorites From Jesus

Here's a new one: http://cgi.ebay.com/North-American-Biologic-Planetary-Meteorite-/120652410277?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item1c1771ada5 To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. (SW) Phil Whitmer

[meteorite-list] Tally of Falls in the Last 10 years

Yeah, Tagish Lake was pretty awesome. I liked West, Texas and the Mifflin falls. Park Forest was pretty cool too. --- When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded (SW) Phil Whitmer - Hello Listers, Out of those 56 falls since

[meteorite-list] Martian Meteorites

I'm pretty sure the raison d'etre behind the Mars Missions is to look for life or signs of biological activity. I know they're looking for water, but why? Could it be because 70 to 90% of a living organism is water? Water is the prime ingredient and habitat for life. Something like 80% of all

[meteorite-list] Martian Meteorite Not Evidence of Extraterrestrials, Scientists Say

Not only is there no evidence of life on the surface of Mars, there's also no evidence in Martian meteorites: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars-meteorite-extraterrestrial-life-atmosphere-101201.html Martian Meteorite Not Evidence of Extraterrestrials, Scientists Say By

[meteorite-list] NASA Finds New Life Form

Commonly seen scrawled on walls in the 1970s: Clapton is God. But in a recent interview with the original graffitist, he conceded he meant to write Clapton is Good, but he doesn't spell very well. -- I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for

[meteorite-list] NASA Finds New Life Form

What's up with the NASA junk science? First it's psuedo-fossils in meteorites, now a phony not-new life form. What's next, cold fusion? -- For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. (SW) Phil Whitmer And, the blowback:

[meteorite-list] NASA Finds New Life Form

According to that vast repository of all human knowledge, the modern day Library of Alexandria; Wikipedia, junk science is defined as: Junk science is a term used in U.S. political and legal disputes that brands an advocate's claims about scientific data, research, or analyses as spurious. The

[meteorite-list] Warning about ebay member

Yes, I would recommend banning this guy. He's a sport bidder, who bids on stuff then never pays for it or responds when you email him. He's in Montpelier, France. Happy Festivus, Peak Shoppping, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice, Druid Yule Day and Kwanzaa! Phil Whitmer Dear

[meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay

And he just got outbid by a bidder with 93 feedbacks! I never complain about situations like this. Bidding wars bring in badly needed income during the Great Recession when you're lucky to sell anything at any price. Phil Whitmer ---

[meteorite-list] New Meteorite used as Neolithic Tool

It looks a lot more like a cupstone or a discoidal than a hammerstone. Doesn't look anything like an anvil. An anvil would have a flat surface. A hammerstone generally wouldn't have a depression in its middle. We have a Campo in the museum that was used as an anvil, I have a picture of it

[meteorite-list] Steve Arnold and Steve Arnnold

That pistol looks like it has a silencer on it! Phil Whitmer --- Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life. (SW) -- Hi all, It is surprising how often, even to this day, some list members

[meteorite-list] The Most Interesting Meteorite Man in the World

MikeG; excellent comedic writing, funniest stuff I've read in a long time. -- Instead of pumice, my wife prefers to use nakhlite to exfoliate her feet. So I'm down at the museum having the scientists cut a 400 gram block out of the back of the Lafayette

[meteorite-list] Very Unique Meteorite

My first impression was: Meteorwrong! The overall shape is wrong and those don't look like chrondules. If someone brought this into the museum, I'd give it a thumb's down. I'd say there's about a one or two percent chance it's extra-terrestrial. --- When I'm not in

[meteorite-list] Apollo Moon rock sample on eBay?

I believe this is the only court case involving moon rocks: http://www.collectspace.com/news/usvmoonrock.pdf Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Apollo Moon rock sample on eBay?

I couldn't find any specific statutes or codicils specifically prohibiting the ownership of Nasa moon rocks. I don't believe there is one. According to Wikipedia such a law doesn't exist. The Honduran case was about a customs violation. They might be able to get you on theft chages since the

[meteorite-list] TUCSON AUCTION ETIQUETTE/ AN APOLOGY IN ORDER??

In spite of the kerfuffles and sometimes egregious abrogations of the etiquette of auctioneering decorum, this was still by far and away, the most awesome meteorite auction I have ever vicariously (virtually) attended. Anyone with the means to drop a few thou could have built an awe-inspiring

[meteorite-list] Cleaning Sikhote Alin meteorites

Martin, It's been my experience on eBay at least, that people won't buy uncleaned meteorites. I had a group of Odessa irons, some cleaned, some not. Every single one of the cleaned ones sold, not a single one of the rusty ones sold. I did receive numerous emails about condition issues with the

[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Spotted Over Philly

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/021411-possible-meteorite-spotted-over-philadelphia Possible Meteorite Spotted Over Philly Fox 29 has received several reports of an object that resembled a meteor that has spotted in the sky near the Philadelphia Navy Yard facility. The incident

[meteorite-list] HELLO

CAN I BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST. - NO YOU CANNOT. ONCE YOU JOIN IT'S FOR LIFE. DYING IS THE ONLY WAY OUT. - PHIL WHITMER __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html

[meteorite-list] The Trials and Tribulations in Dealing with Landowners

The space gems need to be marketed to high profile fashionistas like Lady GaGa, Kendra, Paris Hilton and the Kardashians. With Kim and Khloe flashing those babies as they hobnob with the crowned heads of Europe, the demand will grow like wildfire. Soon every rock star and Hollywood actor will

[meteorite-list] Strange things found while hunting for meteorites : )

Mike: I stumbled upon almost the exact same setup while traipsing through the dense thicket looking for soft-shell turtles somewhere in the middle of Florida back in the late 1970s. I thought it was some kind of camp for runaway kids. It would be weird to live in those conditions. I kept

[meteorite-list] Tucson Auction

The problem that I see with publicly posting the auction results so anyone can easily find them with a Bing search is that the cat will get out of the bag. People will see the incredible bargains and will attend the auction in droves or bid remotely to drive the prices way up. The auction

[meteorite-list] Tucson Auction

Make that $1500 for the termite! -- Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Meteorites Illuminate Mystery of Chromium in Earth's Core

- http://www.universetoday.com/83452/meteorites-illuminate-mystery-of-chromium-in-earths-core/--Meteorites Illuminate Mystery of Chromium in Earth's Coreby Anne Minard on February 24, 2011It's generally assumed that the Earth's

[meteorite-list] Meteorites Illuminate Mystery of Chromium in Earth’s Core

http://www.universetoday.com/83452/meteorites-illuminate-mystery-of-chromium-in-earths-core/ Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] OT transpermia vs. God vs. Science

Einstein was a Deist who went to Catholic School. One particular evening in 1929, the year he turned 50, captures Einstein's middle-age deistic faith. He and his wife were at a dinner party in Berlin when a guest expressed a belief in astrology. Einstein ridiculed the notion as pure

[meteorite-list] OT transpermia vs. God vs. Science

To provide a bit of clarification to the foregoingAlbert Einstein was born to into a non-religious Jewish family and as an extremely young child attended Catholic School for a couple of years; throughout his life Einstein was an observant Jew. That's not true,

[meteorite-list] OT transpermia vs. God vs. Science

observant. In contemporary Judaism, there is a big difference between religious and observant. But enough of this. All best / Darryl On Mar 3, 2011, at 11:52 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote: To provide a bit of clarification to the foregoingAlbert Einstein was born to into a non-religious

[meteorite-list] OT transpermia vs. God vs. Science

SNOPES? What proves that SNOPES is true? -Richard Montgomery Snopes is an unquestionable arbiter of the truth, much like Wikipedia, the Amazing Randi and the Urban Dictionary. - I heard that Einstein suffered from tonsurphobia, the

[meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

The first time that NASA announced they found fossils in a Martian meteorite, I sort of half-believed them what with the Presidential news conference and all. Then the same people make the same announcement to little fanfare. Intrigued, I looked into the literature on magnetotactic nano

[meteorite-list] CI1 meteorites and cyanobacteria

Sir, you are correct, I would like to amend my diagnosis to advanced cases of wishful thinking with complications of severe grandiosity. And of course they're all trying to make a buck. What with all the funding cuts coming and shooting those two rockets into the sea at a cost of 400-450 mil

[meteorite-list] Where is all the Murchison???

I found the Murch. Belly up to the Murchison buffet: MURCHISON CM2 Fell on 9/28/1969 at 1045-1100 hrs. Victoria, Australia MU 2640 Fragments 17,116.66 g ME 2641 Fragments and individuals from 6 down in size. 5,325.60 g ME 2642 Mass + 15 thin sections + 1 thick section 1,206.00 g ME 2644 Four

[meteorite-list] Gebel Kamil

I guess it's too early to tell what the views of the newly installed Egyptian military junta are regarding the hunting and export of meteorites. - Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Omani Prison Saga

They're sending a message to meteorite hunters that we don't want your kind in these parts. If they just wanted the meteorites they'd have taken them and let M R go. Just my two riyals, Phil Whitmer -- Hi Mike Robert, Glad you are both home and safe and sound. What a story!

[meteorite-list] 8.9 Quake in Japan, 10 meter Tsunami, Hope Dirk and others are ok

Lets see now, exploding nuclear power plants and flash fires of spent fuel, no, I don't see anything to worry about there. Cesium-137 is actually good for you and builds strong bodies 12 different ways. I just had a bowl of it for breakfast. It was good, and it's good for you! Let's check back

[meteorite-list] Fw: 8.9 Quake in Japan, 10 meter Tsunami, Hope Dirk and others are ok

Ryan, you've been called out. Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Republican Party? ;-) -- Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing

[meteorite-list] Fw: 8.9 Quake in Japan, 10 meter Tsunami, Hope Dirk and others are ok

This is a no-brainer. I would toss a well balanced throwing knife made of Muonionalusta or Gibeon at my adversary. - Phil Whitmer If you were to get into a meteorite throwing argument, which type of meteorite would you throw at the other person and why? (taking

[meteorite-list] Lorton Meteorite

The landlords got outlawyered: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/whatever-happened-to-the-lorton-meteorite-/2011/03/04/AB14tMq_story.html By Neely Tucker, Sunday, March 20, 11:42 AM When last we heard, Everybody's Favorite Meteorite was locked up in legal limbo. The oblong

[meteorite-list] Heeeeee's Ba-ack

Mad as a March Hare, nuttier than squirrel feculence. Happy Lunar Perigee Day! Phil Whitmer --- Be sure to click the video http://www.nbc11news.com/localnews/headlines/Man_Wants_Montrose_Recognized_as_the_Meteorite_Capitol_of_the_World_118308919.html Rob Wesel

[meteorite-list] Wickramasinghe Canned, Claims Ageism

Looks like Cardiff has had enough of the screwey panspermia balderdash dished out by this guy. Summum Luna, Phil Whitmer - http://www.sinhalaya.com/news/eng/2news2lanka2.php?go=fullnewsnewsid=729 Home / Cyber Talks / Chandra Wickramasinghe dismissed from

[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Over North Carolina

I like the part about the three propulsion systems: http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20110322/ARTICLES/110329902/-1/news06?Title=Possible-meteorite-lights-up-sky-911-phone-linestc=ar Possible meteorite lights up sky, 911 phone lines Published: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 9:31 p.m. Last

[meteorite-list] OK dinner

It's about time you guys kissed and made up! (OK, a firm handshake will suffice!) The World's Most Famous Meteorite Hunter and the World's Greatest Meteorite Hunter should let bygones be bygones and at least share a cordial working relationship. By that I mean guest appearances on the show

[meteorite-list] OK Dinner

Rob: That's Treasure of the Sierra Madre Country done there in Durango State. You'll need mules, tobacco (to share with the natives), coffee, bacon, metal detectors, GPS device, a satellite phone, snake boots, a pair of those specially reinforced brush jeans, machete and a sharpening stone and

[meteorite-list] BS In The NYT: Black Market Trinkets From Space

Not only that, but now you have to pay the NYT to read their dumb articles. I propose that Martin Altmann compose a scathing rebuttal to this melange of blithering blather. __ Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Dear NYT:

Dear NYT, I understand that times are hard and you can't afford to pay reporters what you used to. Changing to a paid subscription on the Internet will cost you lots of readers. I certainly will be reading the WaPo from now on. I can see how you have to drum up a readership. You have bills to

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Victims Will Receive Aids

Oh great, first a meteorite blows up 3 houses and all they get for it is Aids? --- Meteorite Victims Will Receive Aids BERITAJAKARTA.COM - 5/4/2010 5:08:46 PM Explosion incident due to meteorite destroying three houses in

[meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

Melanie: I think they're just recycling their old claims to try and get more taxpayer funding for their project. I'm still waiting to hear their new evidence. It's the same as their old evidence, which is weak. McKay and his crew remind me of Michael Mann and his CRU with their AGW agenda.

[meteorite-list] El Paso Fireball

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzsgsBqUgI0 Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Blue Meteorite(Wrong)

A farmer found this in his field and brought it in today. A University of Notre Dame geologist said it contained plagioclase, olivine and possibly iron. He said it probably is not a meteorite and I concur with his opinion. I told the farmer I would post the pics on the metlist for other

[meteorite-list] FW: Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - May 8, 2010

Why would you even think that's a meteorite? I think Darren called it. It's a snap fastener. Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] FW: Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - May 8, 2010

This guy lists all kinds of interesting junk that he finds in strewnfields. He claims they're meteoriteswell, because they were found in a strewn field! He's sold 80 meteorites on eBay and has never had to return a single one based on lack of authenticity.

[meteorite-list] FW: Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - May 8, 2010

Hi Joe, You misunderstood my post. I never said the links were from Larry, the Franconia meteorwrong guy. They're from some other meteorwrong guy. But I guess I can see how you infered that. I was trying to illustrate the point that something found in a known strewn field doth not a

[meteorite-list] FW: Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - May8, 2010

Here are some photos of Franconia irons: http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z126/tboswell/005.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z126/tboswell/007-1.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z126/tboswell/008.jpg Lots of odd morphologies in the smaller ones, similar to the more oddly

[meteorite-list] Yet Another Jupiter Meteorwrong Makes The News

So any time you find a rock, just call the newspaper and say it's a meteorite and they'll publish the story? Please note: every earthly factor has been ruled out and it's probably from Jupiter or Mars. http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2010/05/13/news/doc4bec031a6ab9b765018531.txt

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: ET?

Buildings on Mars??!!?? Shades of Dr. Edgar Mitchell! James, you're sort of inviting abuse when you come on the metlist with such wacko ideas. I'm suprised at the restraint shown by all the well mannered listoids! Also your credibility would be vastly improved if you invested in a

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: ET?

Son, when your IQ approaches mine, then we will argue. . Pops, When dealing with a text book case of full blown delusional syndrome, I would think that IQ is irrelevant. You claim to have an IQ of 165, yet you spell like a 6th grader and lack a knowledge of basic

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: ET?

Anybody remember the smiley faces found on the moon? I wonder what the Lunarians are trying to tell us? (^_^) http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z126/tboswell/May2010c/smile.gif Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Jack Horkheimer Star Hustler passes away

That is sad news. I loved that guy, he was so enthusiastic about astronomy! I remember when he got cancer, his TV spots were temporarily canceled until he recovered, I was worried then he was going to die. I'm sure he got lots of kids interested in astronomical phenomena. They should name a

[meteorite-list] Composition of Tektites

After a brief conversation with Dr. Carl Allen's wife Jackie, a volcanologist, I seem to recall her saying that most of the glass on the surface of the moon was basaltic in nature, from volcanic action billions of years ago when the moon's center was still hot enough to produce magma. The

[meteorite-list] Red Rain-Why Smart People Believe Weird Things

Please note: he mentions meteorites in the first paragraph. http://www.michaelshermer.com/weird-things/excerpt/ Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] More Info on Ancient Aeroliths and Baetyli

Interesting stuff: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1939JRASC..33..177A/177.000.html Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Some Interesting eBay Meteorites

NWA Numero Uno, if I had the moolah, I would buy this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/METEORITE-A-Piece-History-NWA-001-L6-Main-Mass-190g-/190440164850?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item2c571e4df2 Figure 8 shaped iron found in area of rare Ohio dinosaur tooth discovery:

[meteorite-list] Other hobbies

Stamps Coins Currency Rare cacti and succulents Arrowheads Rocks, fossils and crystals Antiques Bottles Insulators Audubon and other natural history prints Japanese prints Huichol yarn paintings Art and illustrated natural history books Comic books Lots and lots of books Reading Writing Painting

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Guides on eBay

Or alternatively: http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxtheres.html There's a sucker born every minute by Mark Israel [This is a fast-access FAQ excerpt.] Those of P. T. Barnum's acquaintances who mentioned the subject were unanimous in insisting that he never said this. The closest

[meteorite-list] bleeding in stoneys

This a fairly common phenomenona seen in Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox stoneys, it's called stigmeteorata. - If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Phil

[meteorite-list] Prof Davies, Aliens, Hillary Clinton and Laurence Rockefeller

Maybe they know that 50 years of complete and total silence from the SETI search means there is no life in deep space.. -- Phil Whitmer __ Visit

[meteorite-list] OT: Listening To Fermi

Interesting point Eric. My question is: how many years of complete and total silence would it take to reach the conclusion there's just nobody out there? 1,000? 10,000? a million years? a billion? a googlezillion? You could listen for eternity, hear nothing and say, well we just need a little

[meteorite-list] OT: Listening To Fermi

Where are they? For the sake of this argument let's say they're on one of the Alpha Centauri planets, a mere 4.3 light years away. Or, for that matter, they could be anywhere within 75 light years, the distance Earth's transmissions have reached. With their advanced planet detection methods and

[meteorite-list] OT: Listening To Fermi

Hi Richard; That's an excellent argument for cancelling the silly SETI project. The key word in your argument is believe. You believe in the existence of exo-life without any supporting evidence, I don't. So we can agree to disagree. If life never existed on Mars, I can't see it existing

[meteorite-list] OT: Listening To Fermi

Richard, With all the news reports of organic compounds on Mars and fossils in Martian meteorites I think the possibility of extraterrestrial life is very on topic. Eric, Your point is well taken. According to the laws of probablity, anything that happened once could happen again, not matter

[meteorite-list] Iron Aficionados - 27 new NWA irons and mesos

For those wondering where all the NWA irons are: they're at the Tuscon Show! Or at least they were. --- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate --- Phil Whitmer

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

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] Bob Walker Memorial Web Page

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] Meteorites in Art - Art with meteorites?

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

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

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

[meteorite-list] very small possible

Hi Michael: Great story! It's just extremely highly unlikely that a person interested in finding meteorites will ever see one fall right in front of him, especially a mini, and then recover it. What with the lack of a fireball, sonic boom, electrophonic sound waves and all the other

[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

I saw the Amazing Randi perform his stage act back in the '70s. He did some incredible things. He took two class rings from guys sitting right next to me and interlocked them. The rings were passed down the row to Randi and back and I held them before and after they were interlocked. It was

[meteorite-list] (AD) Ebay auctions, Howardite slice, 869 sphere and jewelry

I have some meteorites, spheres, slices and 869 products currently running on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=280573270221ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IThttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=310260042333ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:ITThanks,Phil Whitmer

[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as a type of superstition. According to my conviction this is, however, unjustified. The dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the reaction of the human nervous system to certain factors which are unknown to us at this time. -

[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

Either that, or as Albert thought, the central tenet, the core belief in randomness that lays the foundation of quantum mechanics is wrong. When Al says that He doesn't throw dice, he's expressing a disbelief in the randomness of the universe. He's echoing the teleological beliefs of Aristotle

[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

Chris, Let me get this straight, the author of Special Relativity is unqualified to offer an expert opinion on theoretical physics. I would be better off conferring with Joe Blow from Kokomo, the guy that picks through the trash in the alley. Joe claims to have invented string theory, but lost

[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

Hi Eric, A big Duh!! on my part. Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Chris, I concede your point, Albert was no expert on the human nervous system. And you're right, everyone is a philospher. And everyone says dumb stuff, e.g. look at all the silly things that Hawking says. When it comes to

[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

Years ago, an employee of the local utility company told me his foreman always kept a pair of dowsing rods in his tool truck. He said he didn't know how or why they worked, and didn't care, they were just practical to use. At the time I thought he was b'sing me.

[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

- Original Message - From: JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:48 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron Years ago, an employee of the local utility company told me his

[meteorite-list] Stop Naysaying! (Was: Try divining rods over a large iron)

OK, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to take Michael Murray up on his original proposition that started this crazy thread. I'm going to make some divining rods like Warren's dad made. Then I'll bury a 10 kilo Odessa meteorite a foot underground. I will then see if it shorts out the

[meteorite-list] New 328g Chondrite, Nevada cold find.

I have an iron meteorite in the museum that looks exactly like Richard Nixon. I'm not kidding. We call it the Tricky Dick meteorite. Phil Whitmer --- Nice job dude! Hey Rob, I wondered if this forum had changed format - I was just about to post pictures of my Nixon

[meteorite-list] Goldilocks Planet Might Not Exist

Myself, I'll wait for direct visible-light observational evidence. I thought it was a little strange that some guys saw a star wobble a little bit and said it was because of a goldilocks planet with a 100% chance of life. Then a SETI guy claims he got an alien signal from the area of the

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