[meteorite-list] Old rusting Bahrins, Brenhams or similar

2016-03-15 Thread Mike Fiedler via Meteorite-list
I want to try making a thin section from a pallasite. I'm sure others have done it before, but it's a challenge I'd like to try. But it seems an old rusting piece might well be something to work with...at least to start with. Anyone with a low-budget ruster that has seen better days, willing

[meteorite-list] Announcing, PetroViewer!

2016-12-30 Thread Mike Fiedler via Meteorite-list
Dear List Members -- Don't you love those photos of thin sections, with all the dazzling colors, and the definitive chondrule shapes and all? And the cost of a single section is often right in line with the cost of a nice meteorite slice for my collection cabinet. So why don't I buy them? I

[meteorite-list] "Best in Show, esthetics and educational content"

2017-09-21 Thread Mike Fiedler via Meteorite-list
Congratulations, Anne, on the recognition your entry in the Denver show was afforded, as you note on your web page. Work to mount a display like that is a real service to the Meteorite community, and the public at large. Message: 3 Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:21:45 -0400 From: Anne Black

Re: [meteorite-list] Food for Thought

2018-10-18 Thread Mike Fiedler via Meteorite-list
Bet it's extra crispy. Original Message- From: Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list To: meteorite-list Sent: Fri, Oct 12, 2018 6:39 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] food for thought KFC meteorite This is so Beautiful I can't wait to hear what you all think of it?

[meteorite-list] Impactful Eclipse

2019-01-22 Thread Mike Fiedler via Meteorite-list
From the NBC News account*, I see a familiar name: " And though it may be surprising to see an object strike the moon during a lunar eclipse, it’s not uncommon for the moon to get whacked. According to Randy Korotev, a lunar geochemist at Washington University in St. Louis, these impacts happen

[meteorite-list] News from Science abstract

2020-04-26 Thread Mike Fiedler via Meteorite-list
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/archivists-uncover-earliest-evidence-person-being-killed-meteorite?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2020-04-24_rid=318716186_cid=3302125 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the