Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ?

2009-03-20 Thread Dave Gheesling
-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ? Hi Dave, > I believe fusion crust is created not only by the heat of atmospheric > friction but also by the heat generated through high pressures, the > latter generated by a column of molecules simply n

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ?

2009-03-19 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Dave Gheesling" To: ; Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ? Darren/All, The thinner atmosphere on Mars -- and the lower minimum atmospheric entry velocity due to its gravity -- should only mean that the modeling to produce survivi

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ?

2009-03-19 Thread Dave Gheesling
07 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ? Off-list argument relisted because-- well, the content has great potential for much wise input from other list members. On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:11:45 -0700, you wrote: >Lets back up a bit here

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ?

2009-03-19 Thread Darren Garrison
Off-list argument relisted because-- well, the content has great potential for much wise input from other list members. On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:11:45 -0700, you wrote: >Lets back up a bit here. You know very well that my posts usually >argue against what we think we know. I think there is an over

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ?

2009-03-19 Thread Michael Murray
Hi Carl, Since we already have a one-on-one email thing going here posted for the whole list to see, I hope you don't mind my jumping in with my 2 cents. To my way of thinking, Darren seems to be spot-on for the most part with his usually brief but informative posts, which are pretty much

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ?

2009-03-19 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:13:06 -0400, you wrote: > I have no idea who you are but from your posts I thought >you of all people might know the difference between a meteorite >classification and the study of a meteorites Cosmochemistry. Here's a hint for you-- by classifying a meteorite as an H4-5

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ?

2009-03-19 Thread cdtucson
Darren, I have no idea who you are but from your posts I thought you of all people might know the difference between a meteorite classification and the study of a meteorites Cosmochemistry. Obviously you don't. Maybe you should try a Google search before you Try to make other people look stupid

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ?

2009-03-19 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Darren Garrison kirjoitti: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:47:04 -0700, you wrote: This material has been shown to have a very odd cosmochemistry. So much so that scientists are unwilling to publish the results. http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=45817 Okay, some of you on the l

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ?

2009-03-19 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:47:04 -0700, you wrote: >This material has been shown to have a very odd >cosmochemistry. So much so that scientists are >unwilling to publish the results. http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=45817 Okay, some of you on the list have close ties with real meteo

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas: Arsenic smell ?

2009-03-19 Thread cdtucson
Michael, This article you posted is dated Sept. 24th. We were there on the 18th and the smell was already gone. The locals described it to us as a sulfur smell more than Garlic but I don't think we asked about garlic so maybe it did smell of Garlic. I do know that the water was boiling for sev