Re: [meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find - VIDEO

2009-12-23 Thread ensoramanda
Excellent video Ruben...really enjoyed that. Looking forward to finding out what the classification is...really unusual find...congratulations. Also can't wait to see the Meteorite Men shows when I can find a way of getting them here in the USA. Heading to Tucson again this year so see you all t

Re: [meteorite-list] park forest fall on tv now

2009-12-24 Thread ensoramanda
Happy Barwellmas ;-) Or upload the tv prog somewhere that us folks in the other remote parts of the Universe can access it (with a link on the list)...then that would be marvelous. Just a thought that as Tucson is always after Christmas then family can't browse around for presents...so all you

Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteorite" Magazine + Season's Greetings

2009-12-25 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Geoff, all, Thanks for that Goeff, and greetings to you too. Just a thought that lazy, disorganized people like myself have not got around to subscribing to Meteorite magazine (and I know I should and want to) because the method of subscribing is not the most user friendly. If someone could

Re: [meteorite-list] Dreamtime Meteor Impact Found Near Alice Springs, Australia

2009-12-30 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Paul, Thanks for that info. A few years back I spent the night just yards from it in a swag on the banks of Palm Valley...would you believe it? On route from touring round Gosse Bluff. No more news appeared about the Wisbech daytime fireball on the 19th by the way...but chasing it up. Grah

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Or Not?

2009-12-30 Thread ensoramanda
Just this... Alastair McBeath, Director of the SPA's Meteor Section, has provided the following update (26th December 2009): Sightings of the spectacular daylight fireball on December 19 have been received from places in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire so far, though as

Re: [meteorite-list] Hole in Red Rock Lounge Roof Still a Mystery

2010-01-03 Thread ensoramanda
Quicksomeone check behind the Jukebox!!! Greg Stanley wrote: > > > Hole in Red Rock Lounge Roof Still a Mystery > > Greg S. > > http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=11755241 > > > > By: Stacey Kaiser > s.kai...@krdotv.com > Follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/staceykaiser >

Re: [meteorite-list] 2010 meteorite friends?

2010-01-04 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Jim, All, Yes...I think I pointed that out a while back and not sure who did itmade me lol though. He's just retired from his morning radio shows over here but is going to be starting a Sunday show in FebI might phone/write in and ask him about his collection!!! ;-) Actually It's t

Re: [meteorite-list] Christian Anger

2010-01-13 Thread ensoramanda
Dear Anne and list, What terribly sad news. Such a tragedy for the family. My deepest sympathies. I only saw Christian a couple of times at Ensisheim but he always had a smile for everyone. And I too remember the photograph of you both dancing in the square...I think Peter Marmet took the pho

[meteorite-list] Free Spirit

2010-01-14 Thread ensoramanda
Noticed this also on your link Darren.seems they have taken notice of one of my earlier posts suggesting this method! -;) http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/20100113a.html Graham Darren Garrison wrote: > http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/2305/ > __

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday H. H. Nininger

2010-01-17 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Keith and list, Can someone let me know exactly where Niningers meteorite museum was/is near meteor crater...hoping to take a look on the way down to Tucson. See you all thereWe will be staying at the Westward Look Resort from the 4th to the 9th Feb if anyone wants to make contact. Grah

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Group Meteorite Hunt?

2010-01-17 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Ruben, All As part of our tight schedule we intend to be in the Holbrook area on Wed 3rd, So if that fits in with you or any others that would be great probably staying somewhere in Flagstaff that night...nothing booked though. Would have liked to have attended one of Geoff's Meteortie

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Group Meteorite Hunt? Warning!

2010-01-17 Thread ensoramanda
Ooopsthanks for the warning...good job there are not that many tree's about in the area's we are visiting! Cheers Larryanyone at the show taking subscriptions for meteorite magazine or have I still got to post the form via snail mail. Regards, Graham lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu wrot

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Group Meteorite Hunt? Warning!

2010-01-17 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Richard Wow..I was 'hanging around' those trees then when I visited the Flandrau Centre during my last Tucson show then? Thinking of doing a mad drive down from the Grand Canyon for that evening at the Kuiper Space Sciences building. Have you heard any more about/had anything to do with a tr

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Group Meteorite Hunt? Warning!

2010-01-17 Thread ensoramanda
Many thanks Delores for the information that has been a great help in deciding what to do on our visit. Thanks for taking time to get back to me before we leave for Tucson. Hope all goes well with the event and everyone has a great time that evening. I look forward to seeing all the photographs

Re: [meteorite-list] SRPOFTD 1-20-2010

2010-01-20 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Rob, What a great video... not many of us will ever get the chance of finding such a thing and it really gets over the thrill of "being there". Thanks for sharing the experience. Just keep hoping for the same experience at Barwell. See you in Tucson. Cheers, Graham Ensor, Nr Barwell, UK. -

Re: [meteorite-list] Almlahata Sitta from Bernd

2010-01-22 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Bernd, Twink, Larry, List, Yes, glad I got my slice from Seigfried.. really exciting material it turned out to be, never mind the story behind its discovery... and probably much more to come...it even contains amino acids. Here http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009DPS41.0909C See yo

Re: [meteorite-list] Some meteorite words

2010-01-24 Thread ensoramanda
Chindroolwhat we all get when we see a spectacular type 3? Fusion lustgotta have that oriented one with those luscious roll over lips! Fireballs...that warm feeling in your loins when you find your first meteorite! Acondroit...a french meteorwrong? (think about it) Techtight...a resulti

Re: [meteorite-list] Some meteorite words

2010-01-24 Thread ensoramanda
MeteorWongMekong iron? IDPwhat Hopper the dog uses to make sure he knows which are his and which are Ruben's meteorites! Katie Boundrythat long thin dark dancer who was first discovered down the Chicks Club! Neumann Bandbright new group with a good line in heavy metal...used to

Re: [meteorite-list] Some meteorite words

2010-01-24 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, A Tucson question. Several mineral/gem dealers in Tucson only sell to the trade I have noticed on other visits. Can anyone advise on what trade documentation you need to show in order to purchase from them. Cheers, Graham, UK __ Visit the A

[meteorite-list] A Tucson Question.....reposted with relavent heading..sorry

2010-01-24 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, A Tucson question. Several mineral/gem dealers in Tucson only sell to the trade I have noticed on other visits. Can anyone advise on what trade documentation you need to show in order to purchase from them. Cheers, Graham, UK _

Re: [meteorite-list] Some meteorite words

2010-01-25 Thread ensoramanda
Looks like you'll all be recognizing me this time then as I walk round the show Cheers, Graham "Sterling K. Webb" wrote: > Or one of those neat Indiana Jones > bullwhips, maybe? > > And the hat... > > > Sterling K. Webb > ---

[meteorite-list] Scanning meteorites to help mars mission?

2010-01-25 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, Has anyone seen this article... http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4852991.Mars_probe_scientists_in_York_to_exa/ An interesting thing to do but I cannot see how that will help identify meteorites on Mars. As we all know, the atmosphere is much thinner so that fresh meteorites would not be

Re: [meteorite-list] Scanning meteorites to help mars mission?

2010-01-25 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Gary That is the actual Middlesborough meteorite...one of the most perfectly oriented meteorites ever found...spectacular...a lucky few (not me) have some of the casts which were available not long ago...missed out on those :-( Cheers, Graham Gary Fujihara wrote: > No Graham, but it

Re: [meteorite-list] Some meteorite words

2010-01-25 Thread ensoramanda
Don't worry Anne wouldn't dream of it. I'll save that for Tombstone! BTW Not many folks know that Wyatt Earp's family came from a village a few miles from me here in the UK called Melbourne (which also gave it's name to Melbourne, Australia)...there are still many Earp's living there. Regards,

Re: [meteorite-list] Scanning meteorites to help mars mission?

2010-01-25 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Dan, I have chased up the original sources of the casts and they are no longer available...unless of course someone on the list knows different...I have been after one for years. Graham "Daniel H. Fronefield" wrote: > > So, does anyone still carry these Middlesborough meteorite cast

[meteorite-list] A Riot of over 300 regmaglypts!

2010-01-25 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, For all those who get excited by the aesthetic qualities and beauty of flight marked meteorites I would like to share photographs of an 8kg UNWA which I have been working on. Initially this was covered in caliche and concretions hiding most of what was underneath, although it was possib

Re: [meteorite-list] A Riot of over 300 regmaglypts!

2010-01-25 Thread ensoramanda
Robert, Thanks...I think it is always a difficult decision knowing what to do with a new acquisition. Do you restore, preserve, cut etc etc. This was purchased with the view to cleaning and is not likely to be anything but a very weathered ordinary chondrite but had such aesthetic potential. Wi

Re: [meteorite-list] organics in Muchison.....

2010-02-17 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, Really excited by all this Murchison talk and new scienceby some strange luck I 'invested' in a 50g lump before Tucson that should arrive in the post (fingers crossed) within the week...can't wait for a sniff! Graham E, UK Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote: > Hi Folks! > >

Re: [meteorite-list] Impact catalogues, anyone?

2010-02-17 Thread ensoramanda
Try here... http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/index.html but not updated since March last year. Around 120 confirmed I think. "E.P. Grondine" wrote: > Hi all - > > >From the MPML mailing list. > > "Good morning all. > > I am interested in the latest research on how many known

Re: [meteorite-list] Impact catalogues, anyone?

2010-02-17 Thread ensoramanda
Terry, As James says there are many places documented where falls have occurred and meteorites can still be found. They are not necessarily found near the large documented craters due to ages of the craters or the fact that the impactors were mostly completely vapourizedmore likely to be f

[meteorite-list] Lots of 'new' meteorites!

2010-02-22 Thread ensoramanda
All of a sudden everyone knows they have a meteorite and wants to sell it...do you think they've been watching too much science channel? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320488987311 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320488986235 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP

Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteorite Men" Season Finale Tonight

2010-02-24 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Geoff, Looking at the listings for Quest it states "New Series" next to the pilot show...so hoping that the rest will be shown too...will find out when next weeks listings appear. Cheers, Graham E, UK. Notkin wrote: > Dear Listees: > > Viewers in the US might like to know that the

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas

2010-02-24 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, Any chance that someone has a copy of this article that they can let me see? Cheers, Graham E, UK Jerry Flaherty wrote: > The Journal of the Meteoritical Societyl, December 2009, Vol. 44, #12 has a > very thorough write up of the Carancas Event of Sept. 2007 > for those who have

Re: [meteorite-list] just in

2010-02-25 Thread ensoramanda
Hi James, Where exactly is Tennfjord against Midsund then? Graham E, UK James Balister wrote: > I just got this from a friend in England..She saw a really BIG meteor stream > in with a smoke trail.  Went over Tennfjord against Midsund  at about 10:30 > AM.   >

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men Comment

2010-02-27 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Paul, Following on from your information about bog ironI was recently shown a picture by a friend who had visited Orkney, off the coast of Scotland. It showed a rock labeled as a meteorite in a cabinet at the museum there. I had never heard of that before and followed it up with emails t

Re: [meteorite-list] Labeling specimens

2010-02-28 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, Thanks Martin for bringing up this subject...very interesting to see what the general consensus is. Arnaud...I agree that we would not want lots of numbers covering historical stones...but I don't think that would happen. If you had a stone with a Huss or any other number then there is

Re: [meteorite-list] Labeling specimens

2010-02-28 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, Thanks Martin for bringing up this subject...very interesting to see what the general consensus is. Arnaud...I agree that we would not want lots of numbers covering historical stones...but I don't think that would happen. If you had a stone with a Huss or any other number then there is

Re: [meteorite-list] Labeling specimens

2010-02-28 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Jeff A universal system sounds a great idea. Infact in many ways all the NWA numbers, Sahara etc could be used as is, with extra numbers for 'named' meteorites. Graham Jeff Kuyken wrote: > I would tend to agree with Arnaud and I don't think everyone painting their > own numbers i

Re: [meteorite-list] Hundreds of fish fall out of the sky

2010-03-02 Thread ensoramanda
Meatyorites? Graham, UK Greg Stanley wrote: > > Just think: if they had a "fishion" crust, everyone would have dinner cooked > Cajun or (blackened) style. > > Greg S. > > > > From: meteorh...@aol.com > > Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:54:40 -0500 > >

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Value if used as Tools

2010-03-02 Thread ensoramanda
Great example of a Taza meteorite used as an ancient tool here...photo from Dr Svend Buhl's site. Since Ensisheim last year this piece now sits proudly in my own collection. 3rd meteorite down on this page.. http://www.meteorite-recon.com/en/Meteoritensammlung_12.htm Graham E, UK Richar

Re: [meteorite-list] Way To Go Count!!!!!!!!!!

2010-03-04 Thread ensoramanda
Just fantastic Guido, I felt like jumping around the kitchen and celebrating out out here in the UK. Never got to meet you this year in Tucson...perhaps next time or in Ensisheim? Congratulations, Graham E, Nr Barwell UK countde...@earthlink.net wrote: > Can you imagine the feelings that

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Humidity: Some Questions . . .

2010-03-06 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Gracie, I sympathise as the UK is not the driest of places and I can't resist irons and pallasites. I try and tackle the problem from as many angles as possible and am still working on improving things after the trauma of seeing early pallasites as a pile of rust and olivine after being rat

Re: [meteorite-list] Related Meteorite Falls 11 years apart? BothHammers! Both L6 Olivine-hypersthene

2010-03-08 Thread ensoramanda
I know it was slightly off topic...but beautiful video...what a great encounter. Thanks for sharing, Graham E cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: > On a lighter side. It seems different ages may be related. Just a guess here. http://www.wimp.com/babymoose/ -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax --

Re: [meteorite-list] Related Meteorite Falls 11 years apart? BothHammers! Both L6 Olivine-hypersthene

2010-03-08 Thread ensoramanda
I know it was slightly off topic...but beautiful video...what a great encounter. Thanks for sharing, Graham E cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: > On a lighter side. It seems different ages may be related. Just a guess here. http://www.wimp.com/babymoose/ -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax --

[meteorite-list] Probable new impact crater

2010-03-10 Thread ensoramanda
Just seen this...big one! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8526093.stm Graham E, UK __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pair

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 10, 2010

2010-03-10 Thread ensoramanda
That's an unusual looking Jilin?...My piece (and most other pieces I have seen) have a very distinct light grey fusion crust. Is this piece a later weathered find that has been cleaned up perhaps...great shape though. Graham E, UK Michael Johnson wrote: > http://www.rocksfromspace.org/M

Re: [meteorite-list] Santiago del Estero - Campo?

2010-03-14 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Mike, Santiago del Estero is one of the provinces that the Campo strewn field crosses...the other is Chaco. Supposedly meteorites from that province are..or were.. legal to sell/export...but not sure since all the changes recently see here... http://www.planetarium.montreal.qc.ca/Informatio

Re: [meteorite-list] The Sniper Mentality

2010-03-17 Thread ensoramanda
It's just so simple to understand why sniping is likely to get you the best price...just an obvious thing to do! Just keep it quiet Tomthe less people that understand sniping the more bargains for us.. ;-) Graham starsinthed...@aol.com wrote: > All I know is that people that use sni

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 19, 2010...vugs/gasses?

2010-03-19 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Frank, michael,all, Nice slice. Looking at the impact melt there appears to be some sort of vug exposed. Just made me wonder if any work has ever been done on such vugs in meteorites. It seems to me that they are likely to contain gasses formed during impact in space...especially in fresh f

Re: [meteorite-list] Testing again, ...

2010-03-21 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Bernd, Welcome backwe missed you! Cheers, Graham, UK bernd.pa...@paulinet.de wrote: > .. because I can hardly believe I got through to the > List after several months. Sorry for double testing! > > Bernd > > __ > Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Remembering Park Forest (Images)

2010-03-26 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Steve, Great set of photo's. Wish I'd been there. Thanks for sharing. Graham, UK Steve Witt wrote: > Greetings List, > > It's hard to believe it's been seven years. If you weren't there...you missed > a great time. I uploaded 46 images of the 1000 or so that I took. See: > http://ww

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 31, 2010

2010-03-31 Thread ensoramanda
Wow! Marcin, what a fantastic Camel Donga...one of the most extremely oriented pieces I've ever seenso frothy on the back it looks more like slag. Excellent photo. All the best, Graham, UK Michael Johnson wrote: > http://www.rocksfromspace.org/March_31_2010.html > > > > > > ---

Re: [meteorite-list] The Latest Nevada Find, Not

2010-03-31 Thread ensoramanda
This just goes to show how bogus reports get into the news after so called experts are consulted. The biggest clue that it was not a meteorite was surely the scorched grass and the long skid mark along the grass instead of an impact pit. cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: > Adam, > What kind of Tar

Re: [meteorite-list] The Latest Nevada Find, Not

2010-03-31 Thread ensoramanda
This just goes to show how bogus reports get into the news after so called experts are consulted. The biggest clue that it was not a meteorite was surely the scorched grass and the long skid mark along the grass instead of an impact pit. cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: > Adam, > What kind of Tar

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Crashes Into Clock Tower!

2010-04-01 Thread ensoramanda
Amazing...and on April 1st too!!! :-) Thomas Webb wrote: > http://www.stratfordpress.co.nz/local/news/meteorite-crashes-into-clock-tower/3911990/ > > > > > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-arch

Re: [meteorite-list] your new lunar is a howardite

2010-04-01 Thread ensoramanda
Hey Marcin, Great fun! Beautiful insidewill you have some at Ensisheim? I thin the clue for the April Fools Day joke was in the Fall Date you added to the picture - 01.04.10 Not sure our friends in Morocco know the significance of April Fools Day. :-) Graham, UK Marcin Cimala - P

Re: [meteorite-list] Signal Mountain (IVA), Baja California

2010-04-07 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Bob, Just found a link to the pictures you wanted..plus lots more...amazing. Must have been terrifying. Here... http://forum.surfermag.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1790955&an=0&page=0 Graham, UK Robert Verish wrote: > On Easter Sunday afternoon Moni Waiblinger and myself were

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Earthquakes and volcanoes

2010-04-07 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Bjorn, Cars seem to be driving dangerously close to it, or is that just an illusion? Graham, UK Bjorn Sorheim wrote: > > Notice, btw that this is _live_ video. > You can also choose two alternative views further > away on the left side. > > These vents are currently situated right be

Re: [meteorite-list] Signal Mountain (IVA), Baja California

2010-04-07 Thread ensoramanda
Looks like similar rockfalls and dust clouds on Mars too..! amazing shot... http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_016423_2640 Robert Verish wrote: > On Easter Sunday afternoon Moni Waiblinger and myself were hiking in the Yuha > Desert near Ocotillo (just north of the US-Mexican Border) whe

[meteorite-list] Meteorite fake but Rare!!

2010-04-11 Thread ensoramanda
Now you really have to laugh don't you? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140396975709 Graham, UK __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritec

Re: [meteorite-list] Museum investigation: 'Probably a rock, not meteorite'

2010-04-13 Thread ensoramanda
Interesting thought Martin... I wonder what their position would be regarding a meteorite (that belonged to the state) hitting and injuring/killing somebody? Graham, UK Martin Altmann wrote: > "A lot of people find slag out of glass furnaces and think they are > meteorites as well, they

Re: [meteorite-list] $1 Million "Dream" Meteorite Collection

2010-04-14 Thread ensoramanda
A bigger cabinet? :-) Graham UK Meteorites USA wrote: > Hi listees and meteorite addicts, > > A $1 Million Dollar challenge. > > Scenario: You're a wealthy collector and have an "extra" $1 Million to > spend on your meteorite collection. > > What do you buy? > > Have fun... > > Re

Re: [meteorite-list] Impact Crater - Nevada?

2010-04-15 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Count, Looks to me like you could be on to something there. When you look at it in 3d elevation and spin around it in google earth it seems to have a raised rim and possibly even a double ring structure from further out. Perhaps worth collecting some rocks and have someone look for shocked q

Re: [meteorite-list] Remarkable Photos of Natural Shock Waves

2010-04-21 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Count, All, Wow...Best shock wave pics I've seen...but probably not the first...see here... http://i.livescience.com/images/090622-matua-volcano-02.jpg (condensation shock collar plus local cloud driven out by shocked air) http://news.discovery.com/earth/visible-shock-wave-rocks-japanese

Re: [meteorite-list] Elemantary School Boy Finds Meteorite in his schoolyard!!

2010-04-22 Thread ensoramanda
Fantastic story...you couldn't make it up. Just the fact that they all got together and and took the time out to do the presentation in the middle of the hunt with the school and cameras was greatbut to finish off with one of the pupils finding a meteorite too...amazing. Graham, UK R

Re: [meteorite-list] Aziz's Carbonaceous Breccia?

2009-02-20 Thread ensoramanda
Sureley a bencubinite would show a lot of metalunless the metal has weathered/changed in a similar way to Hukitta? But I agree it does have that look about it. Graham Ensor Mr EMan wrote: > > Looks to me like a CB as in Bencubinite. The "large chondrites" mentioned > should be bleb

Re: [meteorite-list] List Members, Job, ETC.

2009-02-20 Thread ensoramanda
I am an Artist who has always been fascinated by Astronomy and meteorites since the Barwell meteorite fell just up the road on the day after my 9th birthday in 1965. Meteorites are among some of the many things that inspire my artwork and designs. I have always exhibited during my 20 years as a

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunters flock to West area...great article

2009-02-20 Thread ensoramanda
What a good article showing how scientists and hunters can all work together for collectors and science all in cooperation for a change. Graham Ensor Jim Strope wrote: > Interesting Article on Texas Fall: > > http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1214950.html > > Jim Strope > 421 Fourt

Re: [meteorite-list] West, Texas meteorite finds

2009-02-21 Thread ensoramanda
Quick...make an offer for the dog! Thanks for the interesting update/report. Graham Ensor UK mexicod...@aim.com wrote: > Hello from Sunny Texas, under clear and starry-eyed skies at the moment, > > A few stones were found right at the time of the fall, however, they > were not definitive

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas

2009-02-21 Thread ensoramanda
Well I,ve seen dogs trained to hunt for truffles (and actually they look a lot like meteorites!) so why not a dog trained to find meteoritesnow this one has got the scent as such, perhaps you should be hiring it to track down the rest Ruben! Can't wait for the video...what a great meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Meteorites and Methane

2009-03-05 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Whitney, What a brilliant idea. I hope it is followed up and the methane is found...and you get some credit for it. Imagine... coming up with the idea that confirmed life on mars! Keep us informed of any developments you come across. Graham Ensor, UK Whitney Riner wrote: >I s

Re: [meteorite-list] Parry Sound, Ontario meteor 5MAR08 any updates on meteorite recovery?

2009-03-06 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Michael, I have a small meteorite fragment from a fall in 2003 that was found within yards of a beach just weeks after. It had already deteriorated very badly because of the salty wet atmosphere. Pieces from further inland showed hardly any weathering...so I suspect that any meteorite contai

Re: [meteorite-list] West TX slices-big surface area, oriented stone

2009-03-08 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Matt, All, Great lookinging breccia in your slices Matt... even in this small piece it looks like it is ready to fragment even more, with what appear to be voids along fracture linesso thats probably why the fall has comprised of lots of small individuals and no large main massyet!

Re: [meteorite-list] Witnessed Falls and Hammers - warning, LONG.

2009-03-09 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Michael, Check out Jeff's website here...excellent. The Sikhote video should be right up your street. Set aside 18 minutes and go back in time. I like to think that I might have the piece of shrapnel that went straight through the huge tree that one guy illustrates by by poking a stick righ

Re: [meteorite-list] Witnessed Falls and Hammers - warning, LONG. Forgot link..

2009-03-09 Thread ensoramanda
Sorry forgot the link first time... http://www.meteorites.com.au/odds&ends/sikhote-alin.html ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Check out Jeff's website here...excellent. The Sikhote video should be right > up your street. Set aside 18 minutes and go back in time. I like t

Re: [meteorite-list] West - Blue-Silvery Markings

2009-03-11 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Tom, All... The metallic sheens produced in ceramics..eg Raku, are not produced by metal vapors but by subjecting the metal oxides in the clay or glazes to an environment without oxygen whilst still red hot (not sure of the actual temp without research) often this is by introducing gases to

Re: [meteorite-list] RE : Stolen Canyon Diablo Ring to be returned!

2009-03-11 Thread ensoramanda
Yes...if anyone deservse a freebee meteorite as a reward then he does! Michael Gilmer wrote: > > Hi List! > > What an awesome story that restores a little of my faith in humanity. :) > > We should all get together and send Mr. Lynch a Thank-You Card, > a bottle of Maker's Mark, and a C

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteoroids Before Meteorites

2009-03-13 Thread ensoramanda
and following on from that...what would an iron meteroid/aseroid look like in spacewould there be any sign of metallic lustre or would space weathering have darkened the surface? Graham Ensor Eric Wichman wrote: > Hi all, > > While looking at photos of our most recent extraterrest

Re: [meteorite-list] Excessively Large Reward a bad precedent.

2009-03-29 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Al, All. That was exacty my thought Al. We have had lots of talk about hunters needing to charge high prices for West to get a return. I understand that travel, research and all the other costs and time involved have to be taken into account when working our price, but actually $10 000 for a

Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Meteorite Books on eBay

2009-04-01 Thread ensoramanda
Well worth visiting ET's room at the Tucson show...great guy and mixes a mean margarita. I seem to remember a huge Camel Donga there when I visited which I was very tempted by. Hope he's still around next year. Graham Ensor...UK Alexander Seidel wrote: > > http://stores.shop.ebay.com/M

Re: [meteorite-list] How about a thread to discuss hunting ethics

2009-04-02 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Rob, All, On the other hand, here in the UK I was brought up in the countryside on a farm where there has always been a 'right to roam' and have never feared walking the fields and the many footpaths, often straying away from so called rights of way, but still being considerate and following

Re: [meteorite-list] (Proud Papa) - Lookey what I just scored!

2009-04-08 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Mike, Yes this source is always worth keeping an eye onI have quite an extensive collection acquired from him at very reasonable prices. Well documented too. Graham Ensor, UK Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote: > Hi List, > > Look what I just scored - > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/e

Re: [meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek

2009-04-16 Thread ensoramanda
Perhaps Ash Creek will cost less per gram than West... ;-) Graham Ensor, UK meteorh...@aol.com wrote: So, does this make West and Ash Creek "Officially Paired"? Steve Arnold Arkansas (synonyms: #1, the original, Brenham Steve, Birthday Boy #2, IMB) **Access 350+ FREE radi

Re: [meteorite-list] TAMEDAGHT PHENOMENA MUSEUM METEORITE?

2009-04-18 Thread ensoramanda
I cannot see how this could happensurely for it to happen the meteorite would have to still be in incandescent flight on impact which would be too fast for a stoney meteorite to survive like this...what does anyone else think? Graham Ensor, UK habibi abdelaziz wrote: > > hi all, > to

Re: [meteorite-list] The History Channel asteroids episode

2009-04-24 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Darren, Many thanks for the link...downloaded it and watched it just...great! Well done Geoff too. Fantastic to be able to watch an episode that will probably take years to find its way on to UK tv. Excellent. Graham Ensor, UK Darren Garrison wrote: > If you weren't able to watch it

Re: [meteorite-list] Ooooh Pretty....

2009-04-27 Thread ensoramanda
Yes...I met Stan at the same time there...Geoff introduced me to him...we exchanged ideas and intentions...both being artists with connections to meteoritics... and he was a very interesting guy...think he said he was based in NewYork then. Great images. Graham Ensor, UK Mike Bandli wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - May 2, 2009

2009-05-03 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, Murhison is listed as having a TKW of over 100kg and yet there is very little available for collectors...did most of it end up in labs or are collectors and dealers just holding on to this precious material. Graham Ensor, UK Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote: > Dieter Heinlein h

Re: [meteorite-list] vienna natural history museum

2009-05-12 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Jerry/all, The Vienna collection is out of this world...went last year and just couldn't stop taking photographs..a visit not to be missed. Graham Ensor, UK Meteorites USA wrote: > Wow! > > > > > Jerry Flaherty wrote: > > http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/May09/Meteorites.Vienna.Museum.h

Re: [meteorite-list] ID help Please

2009-05-12 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Carl, Are you sure it's not a prehistoric golf club ;-) How do you know its prehistoric and meteoric iron? Just interested in its origin and tests done. Graham cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: > List, > Can anyone help me identify the age and origin of this meteorite Iron Axe. > Weighs 3.5 po

[meteorite-list] Trying to contact Zelimir about Ensisheim Show, transport hotels etc.

2009-06-02 Thread ensoramanda
Hi, Has anyone got Zelimir's email address...or if you are out there reading this, Zelimir, I was wondering if the official flier for Ensisheim had been produced...or have I missed that post? Was thinking of coming and wanted to know your reccomendations for nearest airport, transport and hot

[meteorite-list] Trying to contact Zelimir about Ensisheim Show, transport hotels etc.

2009-06-02 Thread ensoramanda
Hi, Has anyone got Zelimir's email address...or if you are out there reading this, Zelimir, I was wondering if the official flier for Ensisheim had been produced...or have I missed that post? Was thinking of coming and wanted to know your reccomendations for nearest airport, transport and hot

[meteorite-list] Find a falling star

2009-06-07 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, This was broadcast again recently...though those that didn't listen to it last time might like to hear it... I wonder why it was broadcast again? ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00l169w/Catch_a_Falling_Star/ Graham Ensor, UK _

Re: [meteorite-list] Last Call......for a while

2009-06-09 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Anne, Looks like Ensisheim will be even more special than ever with the 10th AnniversaryMany thanks to Zelimir for all his hard work and generosity in helping me with my journey and contacts too. Looking forward to seeing you there Anne and all the others, Graham Ensor, UK impact.

[meteorite-list] Green lights/meteor seen in uk

2009-06-16 Thread ensoramanda
Hi all, Just caught the end of a news article this morning saying that strange green flare like lights were seen near the south coast area of UK'possibly a meteor shower'. Any one else seen reports? Graham Ensor, "Fries wrote: > Wow - you really are new to the list! ;-) > > > s

[meteorite-list] Terrestrial age of Taza?

2009-06-28 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, Firstly Great to see everyone at Ensisheim again, another very enjoyable weekend, great atmosphere and amazing specimens on show. Many thanks to Zelimir for all his hard work and hospitality and to Peter Davidson for his company travelling to the show and during the eventgreat

Re: [meteorite-list] ISS volcano pictures - must see!

2009-07-03 Thread ensoramanda
Amazing shots...you can actually see the progress of the debris and pyroplastic flows travelling down the lower valleys over just a few seconds in the sequence. Graham Ensor Greg Catterton wrote: > > Totally awesome images from the ISS that captured a volcano erupting in one > of the K

Re: [meteorite-list] HOT Meteorite Hunting

2009-07-03 Thread ensoramanda
The name supposedly came from shortening 'SPiced hAM' Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote: > Hi Bernd, > > http://www.spam.com/ > > Spam is a canned meat of dubious value - it's one of those foods that > people either love or hate. > > Spam was lampooned by British Comedy troupe Monty Pytho

Re: [meteorite-list] HOT Meteorite Hunting

2009-07-03 Thread ensoramanda
The name supposedly came fronm shortening 'SPiced hAM' Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote: > Hi Bernd, > > http://www.spam.com/ > > Spam is a canned meat of dubious value - it's one of those foods that > people either love or hate. > > Spam was lampooned by British Comedy troupe Monty Pyth

Re: [meteorite-list] ISS volcano pictures - must see!

2009-07-04 Thread ensoramanda
WOW! Well worth a look. Thanks for that link Jeff Graham Jeff Kuyken wrote: > I noticed the same thing Graham. This is one of the most remarkable series > of photographs that I have ever seen taken from space! The QuickTime > animation from the NASA Earth Observatory is a must see! > >

[meteorite-list] China meteorites?

2009-07-06 Thread ensoramanda
Hi All, Good luck to all those hunting the new Arizona fall...exciting stuff! Just off (wednesday) for a tour of China ending up at the total eclipse in Shanghai on the the 22nd. Communication after wed may be difficult! Just wondered if anyone on the list had any knowledge of meteorite related

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