[meteorite-list] My Allende Arrived!!

[Mark Miconi]

Got our little 1.5 gram slice of Allende 
today. Super fast transaction and better than I expected specimen. We spent 
about an hour with the magnifying glass and my kids PC Microscope checking in 
out. My son says it is the best meteorite in our little collection...but on any 
given day he says that about all of them. The hour we spent together is worth 
more than all of them!
 
Mark M.
 

Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Mark Miconi]

Thanks for the reply everyone. Mark
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> I recieved a call from someone in the 660 area code of Missouri about a
week
> ago who said they had a stony meteorite that was being classified in Albq.
> weighing ~5 pounds.
> ---Shaw.
> -Original Message-
> From: Matt Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Mark Miconi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Matson, Robert
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> Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri
> Garage For Two Years
>
>
> >I heard 2.3 kg or so.
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> >From: "Mark Miconi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:43 PM
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> >Garage For Two Years
> >
> >
> >> Did they mention how big it is? I did not see it in the article.
> >>
> >> Mark M
> >> - Original Message -
> >> From: Matson, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: 'Ron Baalke' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:55 PM
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> >Garage
> >> For Two Years
> >>
> >>
> >> > > MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which
> >> > > may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage
> >> > > for about two years before a student brought it in to a
> >> > > geology teacher at Northwest Missouri State.
> >> >
> >> > ...
> >> >
> >> > > "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said.
> >> > > Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed
> >> > > her conclusions.
> >> >
> >> > So the question is:  pallasite or mesosiderite?  --Rob
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Re: [meteorite-list] OT: September Birthdays

[Tracy Latimer]

I'll chip in with 9/12/63.  Although I may be on vacation during
September, depending on a number of factors, I probably won't be making
any mainland trips soon.  We're saving up our shekels now for my husband's
proposed trip to Great Britain in 2005.  He is a Naval History nut, and
wants to be there for the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar.  Supposedly they
are restoring HMS Victory to sailing condition and will be taking her out
and _firing her guns._  Whoa.

Tracy Latimer

On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Matson, Robert wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> << So, how many of us have birthday's in September???   And how many
> of those would be in Denver during the September show? >>
> 
> > Darn good month, September..9/23/58





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[meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Matson, Robert]

Hi All,

So, to summarize, we have a new, probable pallasite from
Missouri weighing approximately 2.3 kg that is currently being
analyzed in Albuquerque (presumably UNM).  --Rob

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RE: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Matt Morgan]

Apparently it was on Fox news; a list member said it was a pallasite.
matt

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On Tue, 19 February 2002, "Matt Morgan" wrote

> 
> I heard 2.3 kg or so.

Unless the object in question is examined by an
authority on meteorites, I would take this report with
more than a "grain of salt"

So many times I get letters and e-mails saying that the
rocks found were "confirmed by a college"

and it turns out otherwise...

Steve Schoner.
AMS
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> 
> > Did they mention how big it is? I did not see it in
the article.
> >
> > Mark M
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> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:55 PM
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> Garage
> > For Two Years
> >
> >
> > > > MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of
meteorites, which
> > > > may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a
Missouri garage
> > > > for about two years before a student brought it
in to a
> > > > geology teacher at Northwest Missouri State.
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,'
" Rohs said.
> > > > Rohs took it to a University of Kansas
professor, who confirmed
> > > > her conclusions.
> > >
> > > So the question is:  pallasite or mesosiderite? 
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[meteorites]

On Tue, 19 February 2002, "Matt Morgan" wrote

> 
> I heard 2.3 kg or so.

Unless the object in question is examined by an
authority on meteorites, I would take this report with
more than a "grain of salt"

So many times I get letters and e-mails saying that the
rocks found were "confirmed by a college"

and it turns out otherwise...

Steve Schoner.
AMS
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> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron
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> Garage For Two Years
> 
> 
> > Did they mention how big it is? I did not see it in
the article.
> >
> > Mark M
> > - Original Message -
> > From: Matson, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: 'Ron Baalke' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:55 PM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite
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> Garage
> > For Two Years
> >
> >
> > > > MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of
meteorites, which
> > > > may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a
Missouri garage
> > > > for about two years before a student brought it
in to a
> > > > geology teacher at Northwest Missouri State.
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,'
" Rohs said.
> > > > Rohs took it to a University of Kansas
professor, who confirmed
> > > > her conclusions.
> > >
> > > So the question is:  pallasite or mesosiderite? 
--Rob
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[meteorite-list] Spell checker..

[David Freeman]

Kevin Kichinka...I have to enter this in my spell checker...
Alpodave


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[meteorite-list] Canadian meteorite export law

[Matson, Robert]

Hi Graham,

> I just finished writing an E-mail to my MP about the law banning
> the exportation of meteorites from Canada. I urge all of you who
> are Canadian to do so also. The problem is that because it is
> illegal to sell meteorites found in Canada, there is no incentive
> for people to search.

Others will probably chime in on this subject, but you should know
the whole law before drafting your letters.  It is not illegal to
sell meteorites found in Canada if you follow the rules.  As I
recall, the Canadian government has first right of refusal on the
purchase of any meteorites found.  They have six months (?) to do
so (though I expect at a price quite a bit below "market value").

As I remember it, if a deal is not worked out in time, then the
finder is free to sell it to anyone in Canada.  I believe someone
on the list has stated that you can also apply for export permits
to sell outside of Canada, though those export permits may not be
easy to get.

--Rob

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[meteorite-list] Re: Canadian Meteorite Export Law

[Ron Baalke]

> 
> I just finished writing an E-mail to my MP about the law banning the 
> exportation of meteorites from Canada. I urge all of you who are Canadian to 
> do so also. The problem is that because it is illegal to sell meteorites 
> found in Canada, there is no incentive for people to search. 

There has been some discussion about this.  It is not illegal to sell or
export meteorites found in Canada.  Meteorites have been legally sold from Canada (ie:
Tagish Lake).  You just need to obtain an export license, and any Canadian citizen
may apply for one.

The Canadian legislation that governs this is called the Cultural Property
Export and Import Act, and it went into effect in Canada on September 6, 1977.
The Act was enacted to regulate the import and export of cultural property.
The key word here is "regulate".  The act has its roots in a 1970 UNESCO
convention (in case you didn't know, UNESCO is a United Nations organization).
The main purpose of the convention was to combat illicit traffic in cultural
property. There are eight categories of cultural property that the
Canadian Act applies to (and the Act used the UNESCO definition of cultural
property).  Cultural property includes meteorites, fossils, military objects,
applied and decorative art, fine art and archaeology objects, just to name a
few.   The Act does allow for the export of these items from Canada,
but a cultural property export permit is required.  Such a permit can be
obtained for meteorites, and meteorites can and have been legally exported
from Canada.

I'd suggest taking a look at this home page for more information
on Canada's Movable Cultural Property Program:

http://www.pch.gc.ca/arts/heritage/mcp_e.htm

Ron Baalke


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[meteorite-list] Here's some pictures...

[David Freeman]

Dear Tim, List;
Every time I see the birthday party pictures of Kevin Kichina, I break 
out in an uncontrollable howling like an injured dogand drop to the 
floor in comedic seizure and hope "to turn as to ashes"  before I stop 
laughing...what a great guy and what a great story.  Just one of the 
high lights of the Birthday bash.
yip, yip,
Dave F.


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[meteorite-list] Meteorite export law

[Graham Christensen]

Hello meteorite list and astro list,
I just finished writing an E-mail to my MP about the law banning the 
exportation of meteorites from Canada. I urge all of you who are Canadian to 
do so also. The problem is that because it is illegal to sell meteorites 
found in Canada, there is no incentive for people to search. As a result, 
meteorites are left to weather in the harsh Canadian climate instead of 
being sold and studied. I am sure that most meteorite dealers would donate a 
small portion of any meteorite they find to a local university or scientific 
institution. For more information you can go to this site that I found:
http://www.canadian-meteorites.com/file5.htm

Please write to your MP. The study of meteorites is important because it can 
tell us about the formation of the solar system and even the origins of life 
on earth.


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[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey Update - February 19, 2002

[Ron Baalke]

MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Mars Odyssey Mission Status
   February 19, 2002

 NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has begun its science 
mapping mission. The spacecraft turned its science instruments 
toward Mars on Monday, February 18.

 Flight controllers report that the thermal emission 
imaging system was turned on this morning. The camera system, 
which takes both visible and infrared images, will go through 
a period of calibration before the first science images are 
taken during the next few days.  The first images will be 
released at a news conference on March 1.

 "As with any new camera, it takes a while to get all the 
settings right to optimize the picture quality," said Dr. 
Philip Christensen, principal investigator for the thermal 
emission imaging system at Arizona State University, Tempe.  
"Once we get the system calibrated, there will be a tremendous 
flow of image data." 

 The gamma ray spectrometer instruments are collecting 
data on the composition of the martian surface.  The door on 
the gamma ray sensor was opened yesterday, allowing the 
instrument to cool down to its operating temperature. The 
instrument will be fully operational later this week.  The 
neutron spectrometer and high-energy neutron detector are 
collecting data that scientists expect will show the location 
of hydrogen on Mars, which may indicate deposits of water ice.

 Having passed these milestones, engineers plan to begin 
troubleshooting the martian radiation environment experiment 
next week. The process of evaluating the status of the 
instrument could continue for several weeks.  The radiation 
experiment stopped communicating and was turned off in August 
2001. 

 JPL manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's 
Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Principal 
investigators at Arizona State University in Tempe, the 
University of Arizona in Tucson, and NASA's Johnson Space 
Center, Houston, operate the science instruments. Additional 
science investigators are located at the Russian Space 
Research Institute and Los Alamos National Laboratories, New 
Mexico. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime 
contractor for the project, and developed and built the 
orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from 
Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California 
Institute of Technology in Pasadena.  

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[meteorite-list] Zagami for sale

[Rob and Colleen]

Hello-
I still have a little chunk of Zagami for sale. Dimensions are 1.8cm x
1.8cm x 0.6cm at the widest points. Weight 2.7 grams. I will offer it
here first for just under $225 per gram, total $600, and I will priority
mail worldwide for free. Image link below, first email in gets it.
Thanks.

http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/ra/rancor/Zagami2.7.jpg

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Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Allen Shaw]

ooops they said stony-iron, not stony.
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>I recieved a call from someone in the 660 area code of Missouri about a
week
>ago who said they had a stony meteorite that was being classified in Albq.
>weighing ~5 pounds.
>---Shaw.
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>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri
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>
>>I heard 2.3 kg or so.
>>- Original Message -
>>From: "Mark Miconi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:43 PM
>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri
>>Garage For Two Years
>>
>>
>>> Did they mention how big it is? I did not see it in the article.
>>>
>>> Mark M
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: Matson, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: 'Ron Baalke' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:55 PM
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri
>>Garage
>>> For Two Years
>>>
>>>
>>> > > MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which
>>> > > may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage
>>> > > for about two years before a student brought it in to a
>>> > > geology teacher at Northwest Missouri State.
>>> >
>>> > ...
>>> >
>>> > > "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said.
>>> > > Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed
>>> > > her conclusions.
>>> >
>>> > So the question is:  pallasite or mesosiderite?  --Rob
>>> >
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Allen Shaw]

I recieved a call from someone in the 660 area code of Missouri about a week
ago who said they had a stony meteorite that was being classified in Albq.
weighing ~5 pounds.
---Shaw.
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>I heard 2.3 kg or so.
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>Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:43 PM
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>
>
>> Did they mention how big it is? I did not see it in the article.
>>
>> Mark M
>> - Original Message -
>> From: Matson, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:55 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri
>Garage
>> For Two Years
>>
>>
>> > > MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which
>> > > may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage
>> > > for about two years before a student brought it in to a
>> > > geology teacher at Northwest Missouri State.
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> > > "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said.
>> > > Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed
>> > > her conclusions.
>> >
>> > So the question is:  pallasite or mesosiderite?  --Rob
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[meteorite-list] Density

[Bernd Pauli HD]

Graham Christensen wrote:

> density of 2.81. Isn't that low for a meteorite?
> I heard that they are usually above about 3.5 g/cc.


Hi Graham and List,

Baszkowka, an L5, porous with vugs, has a density of 2.9 g/cm^2.
NWA 482, LUN has a density of ~2.54 g/cm^3.

So, maybe Matteo has something exciting and exotic to look forward to
!!!


Bernd

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Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Matt Morgan]

I heard 2.3 kg or so.
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> Did they mention how big it is? I did not see it in the article.
>
> Mark M
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> For Two Years
>
>
> > > MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which
> > > may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage
> > > for about two years before a student brought it in to a
> > > geology teacher at Northwest Missouri State.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said.
> > > Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed
> > > her conclusions.
> >
> > So the question is:  pallasite or mesosiderite?  --Rob
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Mark Miconi]

Did they mention how big it is? I did not see it in the article.

Mark M
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> > MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which
> > may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage
> > for about two years before a student brought it in to a
> > geology teacher at Northwest Missouri State.
>
> ...
>
> > "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said.
> > Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed
> > her conclusions.
>
> So the question is:  pallasite or mesosiderite?  --Rob
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Walter Branch]

>Besides, Felton had seen meteorites only behind >museum glass.

Sad, isn't it...

-Walter


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>
>
> http://digmo.org/news/local/premium/0218local11163.html
>
> Rare meteorite kept in garage for two years
> Associated Press
> February 18, 2002
>
> MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which
> may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage for about
two
> years before a student brought it in to a geology teacher at Northwest
> Missouri State.
>
> The student, who wants to remain anonymous, brought the rusty rock into
> Richard Felton's general geology class out of curiosity.
>
> Felton and the student polished away the layers of rust and found a shiny
> metallic surface beneath.
>
> "It was looking more and more unusual as we worked on it," Felton said. "I
> didn't think it could be a meteorite, but I didn't give up on it, either."
>
> Just after midnight, Felton stopped his research and testing. He didn't
want
> to lose objectivity in his excitement.
>
> "Geologists are a conservative bunch," he said. "I was still trying to
> convince myself that something this rare couldn't be sitting in my
office."
>
> Besides, Felton had seen meteorites only behind museum glass.
>
> "I really needed someone who'd actually held and studied them," he said.
>
> He brought it to a colleague, Renee Rohs, an assistant professor of
geology.
>
> "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said.
>
> Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed her
> conclusions.
>
> Rohs said stony-iron meteorites typically net between $2 and $10 per gram.
> In the mid-1980s, there were only 73 in the world, one of them found in
> Missouri, two in Kansas and one in Iowa.
>
> A friend of the student who brought the meteorite to Felton found the rock
> in his field near Fairfax.
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Matt Morgan]

Gotta be a pallasite. Most people couldn't recognize a mesosiderite.
-matt morgan

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> > MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which
> > may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage
> > for about two years before a student brought it in to a
> > geology teacher at Northwest Missouri State.
>
> ...
>
> > "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said.
> > Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed
> > her conclusions.
>
> So the question is:  pallasite or mesosiderite?  --Rob
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[meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Matson, Robert]

> MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which
> may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage
> for about two years before a student brought it in to a
> geology teacher at Northwest Missouri State.

...

> "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said.
> Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed
> her conclusions.

So the question is:  pallasite or mesosiderite?  --Rob

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[meteorite-list] Stony-Iron Meteorite In Missouri Garage

[Bernd Pauli HD]

Ron Baalke informed us:

> "Geologists are a conservative bunch," he said. "I was still trying to
> convince myself that something this rare couldn't be sitting in my office."

So far so good, but:

> Besides, Felton had seen meteorites only behind museum glass.

Hm!

> Rohs said stony-iron meteorites typically net between $2 and $10 per gram.

Typically, a lot of people always consider
the monetary aspects first ?!?!

> In the mid-1980s, there were only 73 in the world, one
> of them found in Missouri, two in Kansas and one in Iowa.

Statistical survey:

042 pallasites worldwide without Antarctica
038 mesosiderites worldwide without Antarctica

005 US-Antarctic pallasites (or maybe 6 => QUE 93148)
026 US-Antarctic mesosiderites ( or 27 => ALHA81208)

002 Japanese Antarctic pallasites (maybe some more now!)
004 Japanese Antarctic mesosiderites (maybe some more now!)


Best wishes,

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Re: [meteorite-list] Probable meteorite fallen over a roof in Italy

[Graham Christensen]

>...spiky stone,
Aren't most meteorites smooth because of ablation? Unless it shattered on 
impact and there are more pieces.

>density of 2.81.
Isn't that low for a meteorite? I heard that they are usually above about 
3.5 g/cc.


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[meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

[Ron Baalke]

http://digmo.org/news/local/premium/0218local11163.html

Rare meteorite kept in garage for two years
Associated Press
February 18, 2002 

MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which
may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage for about two
years before a student brought it in to a geology teacher at Northwest
Missouri State.

The student, who wants to remain anonymous, brought the rusty rock into
Richard Felton's general geology class out of curiosity.

Felton and the student polished away the layers of rust and found a shiny
metallic surface beneath.

"It was looking more and more unusual as we worked on it," Felton said. "I
didn't think it could be a meteorite, but I didn't give up on it, either."

Just after midnight, Felton stopped his research and testing. He didn't want
to lose objectivity in his excitement.

"Geologists are a conservative bunch," he said. "I was still trying to
convince myself that something this rare couldn't be sitting in my office."

Besides, Felton had seen meteorites only behind museum glass.

"I really needed someone who'd actually held and studied them," he said.

He brought it to a colleague, Renee Rohs, an assistant professor of geology.

"I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said.

Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed her
conclusions.

Rohs said stony-iron meteorites typically net between $2 and $10 per gram.
In the mid-1980s, there were only 73 in the world, one of them found in
Missouri, two in Kansas and one in Iowa.

A friend of the student who brought the meteorite to Felton found the rock
in his field near Fairfax.

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[meteorite-list] OT: September Birthdays

[Matson, Robert]

Wow -- that didn't take long!  Mark Miconi shares my birthday --
and only a couple years apart... --Rob

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[meteorite-list] OT: September Birthdays

[Matson, Robert]

Hi All,

<< So, how many of us have birthday's in September???   And how many
of those would be in Denver during the September show? >>

> Darn good month, September..9/23/58

You can add me to the growing list of September b-days:
9/14/62.  Surprising, isn't it, that if only 23 of us were
to chime in with our birthdays (open to all months), that
there's a better than 50% chance that two people share a
birthday.  --Rob

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[meteorite-list] Tucson 2002

[Bernd Pauli HD]

Anne kindly informed us:

> My pictures of the Tucson 2002 Show
> are ready for your viewing pleasure!!

> Just go to  http://photos.yahoo.com/impactika
> and click on "Tucson 2002"

William Russell wrote:

> Anne, As usual your pictures are
> great. Keep up the goodwork.

Having a lot of pleasure viewing them at this
very moment. Great photos ! Thank you, Anne!

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Re: [meteorite-list] September Birthdays

[Mark Miconi]

Mark Miconi - 9/14/1960 Denver is a little far off to know right now. If the
economy picks up and I can get back to a real job that is in my field the
chances will get better that I can make it.
I have wanted to be there for the last two years.

Mark
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> Dear Listees;
> So, how many of us have birthday's in September???   And how many of
> those would be in Denver during the September show?
> 9/9/53,
> Dave Freeman
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[meteorite-list] ebay stuff

[Michael Farmer]

I have over 50 meteorites ending today on ebay. Due 
to a problem with Geocities, all of my photos have been deleted a few days 
ago. I have replaced them but almost nothing had been bid on due to lack of 
photos. Now is the chance to grab some nice meteorites cheap! 
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Thanks 
Mike Farmer

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Pictures

[William Russell]

Anne,
    As usual your pictures are 
great.  Keep up the
good work.
 
Bill Russell
 

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  Pictures
  Hello Everybody, 
  My pictures of the Tucson 2002 Show are ready for your viewing 
  pleasure!! Just go to  http://photos.yahoo.com/impactika and click on "Tucson 2002" 
  I only wish Yahoo will leave enough room to list the names of all the 
  people, but that would require a lot of room.  :-) Next: 
  Inventory of all the nice pieces I brought back (almost done!) Any 
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Re: [meteorite-list] Probable meteorite fallen over a roof in Italy

[Matteo Chinellato]

Sorry, the close Wedge is near Cuneo, a city in Italy.
reagrds

matteo

--- Matteo Chinellato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> Bringing back here an article appeared in an Italian
> newspaper:  
> 
> La Stampa, 15.02.2002, Edizione Cuneo, p. 37
> 
> LA PIETRA DI STRAORDINARIA DUREZZA VERRA´ SOTTOPOSTA
> AD ANALISI 
> Roascio, «meteorite» sul tetto 
> Trovata in una trave del solaio di una cascina 
> 
> ROASCIO 
> 
> Sembra solo una piccola pietra nera, acuminata,
> anche
> se il suo peso è 
> maggiore di quanto le dimensioni farebbero pensare.
> Potrebbe, perciò, 
> trattarsi di una meteorite, anche viste le
> conseguenze
> della sua caduta 
> sul tetto della cascina Fenoglio, a Roascio: il
> bilancio è di due tegole 
> rotte, prima di conficcarsi profondamente in un
> trave
> del solaio. Lì 
> l´hanno trovata Luigi Alberto e la sua famiglia, che
> l´hanno poi 
> consegnata al cebano Beppe Raviola, appassionato di
> meteorologia e 
> fenomeni celesti. «La pietra pesa 26,7 grammi,
> misura
> 9,5 centimetri cubi 
> e ha una densità di 2,81 - ha spiegato ieri Raviola
> -.
> Elementi che non 
> fanno pensare a una pietra di materiale comune, ma a
> una meteorite. Ora la 
> faremo analizzare, per rispondere alla nostra
> curiosità. Non può essersi 
> staccata da una scarpata, perché vicino alla casa
> non
> ce ne sono, e 
> neanche può essere stata tirata da qualcuno, perché
> non si sarebbe 
> piantata in quel modo nel travetto, rompendo anche
> le
> tegole».
> 
> If someone has a good translator council to bring
> back
> translate in English, here I make a small reassumed
> of
> the event:
> 
> One small black, spiky stone, with a weight elevated
> to common rocks, has been found implanted in one
> beam
> in wood of the roof of one house to Roascio, close
> Wedge. The stone has been implanted after to have
> broken 2 tile of the roof. The stone weight 26.7
> grams
> and measure 9.5 cubic centimeters and density of
> 2.81.
> Probably the stone will come analyzed for knowing if
> is a meteorite or not.
> 
> I hope have personaly a piece of this stone for send
> outside of Italy, in Italy the analyses are slowest
> and all the Institutes do not know to analyze
> meteorites. I hope is a meteorite, I am under wait a
> photo of this stone.
> Regards
> 
> Matteo
> 
> 
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[meteorite-list] Probable meteorite fallen over a roof in Italy

[Matteo Chinellato]

Hello all

Bringing back here an article appeared in an Italian
newspaper:  

La Stampa, 15.02.2002, Edizione Cuneo, p. 37

LA PIETRA DI STRAORDINARIA DUREZZA VERRA´ SOTTOPOSTA
AD ANALISI 
Roascio, «meteorite» sul tetto 
Trovata in una trave del solaio di una cascina 

ROASCIO 

Sembra solo una piccola pietra nera, acuminata, anche
se il suo peso è 
maggiore di quanto le dimensioni farebbero pensare.
Potrebbe, perciò, 
trattarsi di una meteorite, anche viste le conseguenze
della sua caduta 
sul tetto della cascina Fenoglio, a Roascio: il
bilancio è di due tegole 
rotte, prima di conficcarsi profondamente in un trave
del solaio. Lì 
l´hanno trovata Luigi Alberto e la sua famiglia, che
l´hanno poi 
consegnata al cebano Beppe Raviola, appassionato di
meteorologia e 
fenomeni celesti. «La pietra pesa 26,7 grammi, misura
9,5 centimetri cubi 
e ha una densità di 2,81 - ha spiegato ieri Raviola -.
Elementi che non 
fanno pensare a una pietra di materiale comune, ma a
una meteorite. Ora la 
faremo analizzare, per rispondere alla nostra
curiosità. Non può essersi 
staccata da una scarpata, perché vicino alla casa non
ce ne sono, e 
neanche può essere stata tirata da qualcuno, perché
non si sarebbe 
piantata in quel modo nel travetto, rompendo anche le
tegole».

If someone has a good translator council to bring back
translate in English, here I make a small reassumed of
the event:

One small black, spiky stone, with a weight elevated
to common rocks, has been found implanted in one beam
in wood of the roof of one house to Roascio, close
Wedge. The stone has been implanted after to have
broken 2 tile of the roof. The stone weight 26.7 grams
and measure 9.5 cubic centimeters and density of 2.81.
Probably the stone will come analyzed for knowing if
is a meteorite or not.

I hope have personaly a piece of this stone for send
outside of Italy, in Italy the analyses are slowest
and all the Institutes do not know to analyze
meteorites. I hope is a meteorite, I am under wait a
photo of this stone.
Regards

Matteo



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[meteorite-list] The Great Comet of 1532

[Bernd Pauli HD]

Ron Baalke wrote:

> "In recent days, several observers have made their own independent
> calculations suggesting that Ikeya-Zhang might have an orbital period of
> roughly 500 years, making for a strong argument that there may indeed be
> a direct connection with the comet of 1532," Bortle said.

Hello Astronomy Buffs, Hello List,

If that is this medieval comet, it would probably be the one Peter
Apian observed. There is a famous woodcut depicting the comet
of 1532 and clearly showing (I even think for the first time) that
comet tails always point away from the sun.

Reference:

WHIPPLE F.L. (1985) The Mystery of Comets, Chapter 3: Breaking the
Crystalline Spheres (Smithsonian Library of the Solar System, p. 17).

Best wishes,

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Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson pictures are up 18 pictures in all

[trandall]

  Thanks for putting the photos up Tim! Nice to see everyone, even if 
it isn't in person.

Regards,
Tom Randall


>Hello Everyone,
>
>I just put up 18 pictures that I had taken in Tucson, it may take some
>time to load but its worth the wait.
>http://www.meteorman.org/Tucson_2002.htm
>
>
>
>Best Regards,
>Tim Heitz
>
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[meteorite-list] Newly Spotted Comet Will Soon Grace Night Skies (Comet C/2002 C1 - Ikeya-Zhang)

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/anew_comet_020219.html

Newly Spotted Comet Will Soon Grace Night Skies
By Joe Rao
space.com
19 February 2002

A newly discovered comet, now approaching the Sun and Earth, could develop
into a relatively bright naked-eye object in coming weeks, researchers say.
The best views of the comet may be reserved for those under dark skies far
from bright lights, but even city dwellers should be able to spot it.

Kaoru Ikeya of Japan and Daqing Zhang from China first sighted the comet in
the constellation Cetus, the Whale, on Feb. 1. Both described it as a weak,
condensed glow in their telescopes with no mention of a tail.

The comet is called Ikeya-Zhang. The latest orbit calculation indicates it
will pass closest to the Sun, a point called perihelion, on March 18 at a
distance of 47.1 million miles (75.8 million km). After rounding the Sun,
the comet will continue moving toward Earth, making its closest approach to
our planet, called perigee, on April 28, when it will be 37.6 million miles
(60.5 million km) away.

Ikeya-Zhang's expected path across the sky in the coming weeks will greatly
favor Northern Hemisphere observers. During most of March on into early
April, the comet will be visible near to the north-northwest horizon about
an hour after sundown. Bright moonlight may hinder observations during the
last week of March.

After the first week of April, with the Moon no longer a factor, the comet
will also be visible in the morning sky, rising earlier and getting
progressively higher above the northeast horizon each night.

Seen before?

Initially, it appeared that this comet would not get brighter than fourth
magnitude, which is similar to the brightness of a relatively dim star.
Magnitude is a measure of a celestial object's apparent brightness.

But John Bortle, a longtime comet consultant for Sky & Telescope magazine,
said it could get brighter.

Soon after Ikeya-Zhang's orbit was calculated, some orbital specialists
noticed a similarity to a pair of much earlier comets that appeared in 1532
and 1661, Bortle explained in an e-mail interview last week. The 1532 comet,
in particular, was apparently a bright comet according to Oriental records.

Brian Marsden of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, an orbital specialist, said last Thursday that "a revolution
period of 400-500 years (for Ikeya-Zhang) is likely," keeping alive
speculations that this may be a return of the 1532 comet.

The key to figuring out if the comets are the same may lie in Ikeya-Zhang's
orbital period -- how long it takes to go around the Sun.

"In recent days, several observers have made their own independent
calculations suggesting that Ikeya-Zhang might have an orbital period of
roughly 500 years, making for a strong argument that there may indeed be a
direct connection with the comet of 1532," Bortle said.

What to expect

How comet Ikeya-Zhang ultimately performs is anyone's guess. So far it is
brightening more rapidly than originally expected. As of late last week, it
had nearly doubled in brightness in just one week and was at magnitude 6.8
as of Feb. 15.

But Terry Lovejoy, an assiduous comet watcher from Australia, says it's a
bit early to get excited.

"We've seen this situation before," Lovejoy cautions. "At first a new comet
appears to brighten at a much faster than normal rate, but then as it gets
closer to the Sun it seems to run out of puff. My best guess is that this
comet will be no different and will peak somewhere at around magnitude 3.5."

Such a brightness is just slightly fainter than Megrez, the star in the Big
Dipper that joins the handle with the bowl.

"A peak of magnitude 3.0 would not be at all surprising to me," says Bortle,
adding that he expects Ikeya-Zhang to unfurl an impressive tail perhaps up
to 15 degrees in length as it sweeps by the Earth. For comparison, your fist
held at arm's length measures roughly 10 degrees. However, because this tail
is likely to be chiefly composed of gas and not dust, it will appear faint
and bluish and likely only be visible to those with access to dark skies
free of light pollution.

So how might Ikeya-Zhang stack up against other popular comets?

The 1986 appearance of Halley's comet, considered disappointing by many,
also peaked at around magnitude 3.0. In contrast, comet Hale-Bopp, which put
on a memorable show in April 1997, attained a brightness close to magnitude
-1, or about 60 times brighter than Halley.

Binoculars or a small telescope should allow most skywatchers a view of
Ikeya-Zhang's fuzzy head, called a coma, and of the tail.

Editor's Note: Viewing tips and more information about comet Ikeya-Zhang
will be provided in our Spacewatch section in March: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ .

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Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite????

[John Gwilliam]

To me, it looks like limonite.

John

At 07:26 AM 2/19/02 -0800, Dave Mouat wrote:
>do they have slag in Wyandot Co.?
>
>Rick Nowak wrote:
>
> > This was found in Wyandot County Ohio in May of 2001
> > and was sent to me by a John Ward.
> > The stone in question has NO magnet attraction. Due to
> > it’s oriented shape color and texture of other
> > meteorites I have seen I did not want to declare this
> > not a meteorite when in fact it could well be. Each
> > side of this stone is very smooth including the front
> > that has a nipple then a ring around the base of the
> > nipple.Their are no sharp cuts etc. The stone is no
> > bigger than a quarter yet weighs more than it should
> > for it’s size. He found the stone buried with ¾ of
> > it’s mass in the ground and just the end sticking out.
> > The problem is if I break this thing up I would
> > destroy it’s unique beauty. Since their would be no
> > metal inside a nickel test would be inclusive. If
> > anyone has any idea what this could be or where it can
> > be sent for testing let me know.Image avaible at
> >
> > http://206.25.226.2/~nickt/rmeteorpicture.htm
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Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite????

[Dave Mouat]

do they have slag in Wyandot Co.?

Rick Nowak wrote:

> This was found in Wyandot County Ohio in May of 2001
> and was sent to me by a John Ward.
> The stone in question has NO magnet attraction. Due to
> it’s oriented shape color and texture of other
> meteorites I have seen I did not want to declare this
> not a meteorite when in fact it could well be. Each
> side of this stone is very smooth including the front
> that has a nipple then a ring around the base of the
> nipple.Their are no sharp cuts etc. The stone is no
> bigger than a quarter yet weighs more than it should
> for it’s size. He found the stone buried with ¾ of
> it’s mass in the ground and just the end sticking out.
> The problem is if I break this thing up I would
> destroy it’s unique beauty. Since their would be no
> metal inside a nickel test would be inclusive. If
> anyone has any idea what this could be or where it can
> be sent for testing let me know.Image avaible at
>
> http://206.25.226.2/~nickt/rmeteorpicture.htm
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Re: [meteorite-list] September Birthdays

[CMcdon0923]

<< So, how many of us have birthday's in September???   And how many of those would be 
in Denver during the September show? >>

Darn good month, September..9/23/58  Was hoping to finally get to either Tucson or 
Denver this year, but thanks to TWO family weddings in different parts of the country 
this summer, it ain't gonna happen this year!


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[meteorite-list] September Birthdays

[David Freeman]

Dear Listees;
So, how many of us have birthday's in September???   And how many of 
those would be in Denver during the September show?
9/9/53,
Dave Freeman


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[meteorite-list] Re: more numbers

[David Freeman]

I was born the first son, of the first son, of the first son, on sept. 
9.  11199full house and I live by myself.and no children or 
wife...so...1119900   How's that for rocket science.

Anyone heard where Dirk Ross's four newly being classified meteorites 
came from?
Best from the western high desert,
Dave Freeman

MARK BOSTICK wrote:

>  
>
> I was the 3rd son born 3 minutes to three in the morning in the 3rd 
> month) March the sixth..darn it.  Guess I have to stop there.
>
>  
>
> Mark Bostick "The Big Collector"
>
> - Original Message -
>
> From: Dave Schultz
>
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 5:14 PM
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] [OT] About Time + Tucson 2002
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>  
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> I had a niece that was 9 on 09/09/99. Sorry, a little off topic. Dave
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> From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 4:04 PM
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> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] [OT] About Time + Tucson 2002
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> In a message dated 2/17/2002 9:35:03 AM US Mountain Standard
> Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]  writes:
>
>
>> As the clock ticks over from 8:01PM on Wednesday, February 20th,
>> 2002, time will (for sixty seconds only) read in perfect
>> symmetry. To
>> be more precise: 20:02, 02/20, 2002. It is an event which has
>> only
>> ever happened once before, and is something which will never be
>> repeated. The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical
>> pattern was long before the days of the digital watch (or the
>> 24-hour
>> clock) at 10:01AM, on January 10, 1001. And because the clock
>> only
>> goes up to 23.59, it is something that will never happen again.
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>
>
> That is so cool but so was my recent birthday 02/02/02  
> Something that I will never see again
> Bob
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Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Pictures

[Matteo Chinellato]

Hello all

Thanks for the photos, for who want to go around in
Italy I aspect you to March in Bologna for the Bologna
Mineral Show 2002, the greater one in Italy, with
Alain Carion and others.
Regards

Matteo 
 

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> My pictures of the Tucson 2002 Show are ready for
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> Just go to  
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>   and click on "Tucson 2002"
> 
> I only wish Yahoo will leave enough room to list the
> names of all the people, 
> but that would require a lot of room.  :-)
> 
> Next: Inventory of all the nice pieces I brought
> back (almost done!)
> 
> Any questions or comments, just let me know.
> 
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