Re: [meteorite-list] Historical falls CDROM
> Hello to the List ! > To keep up the work after my 2 CDs (NWA CD and forthcoming Dar Al Gani CD), I'm planing to make a CD about historical falls. It could contain many things about meteorite falls (complete description, analysis, old texts, Bulletin abstracts, pictures, maps...) from all over the world. I have a few questions about this NWA CD. We stay together on Ensisheim :)) but there was many work so I not ask You personally. NWA CD contain NWA's catalog + photos os each NWA. Ok, but how many photos You can include to one small CD-ROM ? Its only 700MB and there is thousands of NWA meteorites. So how many photos is there and what quality/resolution. Photos shows slices or complete specimens ? I think photos its the most importand thing in this CD, becouse text catalog we have as a book in home. -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM +48(607)535 195 [ Member of: Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NPA, 10-1937 Stuart Perry, Paragould Donation
Hello list, I pretty much have avoided posting newspaper articles, while I am doing the Stuart Perry - Harvey Nininger letter serial, however I have not stopped looking for them. Since this one mentions Stuart Perry, and a meteorite related to Nininger's career (Paragould), I am making an exception. I have not decided if I will post a different serial of Nininger letters after the Perry letters, or go back to posting old newspaper meteorite articles. In case you a new list member, I note the "NPA" for Newspaper Article in the subject line of the newspaper postings I make. Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com www.imca.cc Paper: Reno Evening Gazette City: Reno, Nevada Date: Wednesday, October 27, 1937 Page: 4 BIT OF METEORITE IS PLACED IN MUSEUM One of the two pieces of the largest meteorite ever seen hitting the earth has just been added to the meteorite collection of the Smithsonian. This "shooting star" exploded in the air near the town of Paragould, Arkansas at 4 a.m. February 17, 1930. It is believed to have broken into three pieces, two of which were recovered. The largest, weighing approximately 200 pounds, is now in the field museum in Chicago. The second, seventy pounds in weight, comes as a gift to the Smithsonian from Stewart Perry, Michigan publisher and meteorite collector. The third, which may been the largest, has never been found. Not only was this the largest meteorite of any kind even seen to hit the earth, but it is the largest stony meteorite of which there is any record. Some of the iron meteorites are very much larger, one in South Africa weighing approximately sixty tons. Many stony meteorites, which probably constitute the bulk of shooting stars are very small when they strike the earth's surface, and the great majority of them are entirely consumed in the upper atmosphere, fortunately for mankind. This particular fragment is of singular mineralogical interest and will be subjected to intensive analysis. It seems to be a fusion of two distinct bodies, as if they had crashed together and the smaller was driven into the larger by the force of the impact. Such a collision might have taken place in their flight through space or it might have occurred in the original cosmic catastrophe, perhaps the breaking up of a planet in the distant past, which may be responsible for all meteorites. Nearly all the rocks from outer space in the Smithsonian collection, says Dr. William F. Foshag, the curator, show considerable fragmentation which indicates that they were involved in some tremendous explosion. There has also been added to this collection an amphoterite meteorite, the seventh ever found on earth. Its structure shows peculiarities which differentiate it strikingly from most bodies of its kind. It was found this year in Colorado. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Comet's Dust Seen As Key To Life; Stardust Will Carry Sample To Earth
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/8975443.htm Comet's dust seen as key to life; probe will carry samples to Earth BY ANDREAS VON BUBNOFF Chicago Tribune June 21, 2004 CHICAGO - (KRT) - Organic chemicals found on a comet may support the idea that ancient cosmic collisions helped spur the origins of life on Earth, scientists said as they presented data from a probe that passed within 147 miles of comet Wild 2 earlier this year. The probe, called Stardust, is bringing back to Earth the first dust samples ever returned from a comet. But recent data and pictures also give detailed clues about the comet's anatomy that indicate it is surprisingly different from comets studied before. Comets offer unique insights into the formation of the solar system because they contain material that has changed little since the sun and planets formed more than 4 billion years ago. They are essentially dirty snowballs, composed mostly of frozen water and dust, and they are visible only when their orbits take them near the sun. The sun's heat causes jets of dust and water vapor to burst from the comet's surface - forming the comet's tail. Because the young Earth was too hot for many organic molecules to last for long, some experts have proposed that impacts by comets in a later period may have seeded the planet with some of life's chemical building blocks. "We don't expect that life came from comets," said Donald Brownlee, the leading scientist of the Stardust mission. "But we do expect that the molecules used by life probably came from comets and asteroids." That theory gained support from Stardust data analyzed by a German team led by Jochen Kissel. Their findings appear in Friday's edition of the journal Science along with three other papers on the comet probe, including one by University of Chicago scientists. Kissel's group used instruments on the probe to analyze dust near Wild 2 and found an organic compound called PQQ that had never been detected in a comet. Researchers believe PQQ plays a key role in cell growth. "PQQ is found in (almost) every cell of every living entity on earth," Kissel said. In addition to its chemical findings, Stardust obtained the highest resolution photos ever taken of the solid part of a comet, called the core. The comet was riddled with craters, which scientists said indicates that Wild 2's original surface has not been burned away by the sun. Named after the Swiss scientist who discovered it, Wild 2 (pronounced "vilt two") entered the inner realm of the solar system only recently, in 1974, after a close encounter with Jupiter changed its orbit. Only then did the comet's ancient core start losing material to the heat of the sun. "We were expecting craters," Brownlee said. "Craters mean that some of (Wild 2's) surface is really old." Yet the craters and structures were unlike anything seen before on the surface of comets, the researchers said. "We were totally stunned by what we saw," Brownlee said, describing craters with almost vertical walls. "The vertical walls are amazing because if the comet were made of a powdery material, you couldn't support vertical surfaces." Many scientists had thought of comet cores as fragile, said Claudia Alexander, project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Other comets seemed so tenuous that they fell apart easily, as when comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke up as it approached Jupiter in 1994. But Wild 2's craters suggest its composition is more solid. Scientists were also surprised to see that the comet had about 20 jets coming from its surface. "We thought that there would be maybe one jet," said Benton Clark, chief scientist of space exploration systems at Lockheed Martin. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] List status
Hi All, Is the list "down" or is this the slowest day in history for the list? (I have only two posts for this date - one from Mark & one ad for a CD). Anyone out there? -- "It is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." - Hermann Goering -- When Jesus said "Love your enemies" I think he probably meant don't kill them. Anonymous -- For perspective, try THIS: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html -- cool message fro Ben & Jerry: www.TrueMajority.org/oreo -- AMAZING photos of Aurora Borealis, etc. http://faculty.rmwc.edu/tmichalik/atmosphere.htm -- Hubble space telescope - AMAZING photos!: http://wires.news.com.au/special/mm/030811-hubble.htm -- http://www.costofwar.com/ -- SUPPORT OUR TROUPS: http://www.takebackthemedia.com/onearmy.html -- Worth Seeing: Earth at night from satellite: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg -- - Interactive Lady Liberty: http://doody36.home.attbi.com/liberty.htm -- Earth - variety of choices: http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html -- Michael Blood Meteorites: http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/ __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Rare material on ebay ending soon!
Howdy Folks, Just a quick reminder that my ebay auctions are ending in less than 24 hours. To view all the auctions, please click on or copy and paste this link: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/zagami/ Included in this set of offerings are: Washougal Diep River Dwight Beardsley Cape Girardeau Chingxing Collescipoli Ehole Ioka Loomis Orguiel Sardis Pasamonte Shalka WIldera Panhandle among others! Happy Shopping. Martin http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/zagami/ __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Surprises Continue; Spirit, Too, Finds Hematite
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 Guy Webster (818) 354-6278 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Dwayne Brown (202) 358-1726 NASA Headquarters,Washington News Release: 2004-161 June 25, 2004 Mars Rover Surprises Continue; Spirit, Too, Finds Hematite On challenging slopes that NASA's Mars rovers began exploring this month, both Spirit and Opportunity have found new surprises for the folks back home. Spirit rolled up to a knobby rock just past where the "Columbia Hills" start to rise from the surrounding plain. It touched the rock with a mineral-identifying instrument at the tip of its robotic arm and detected hematite. Hematite identified from orbit was NASA's key reason for choosing Opportunity's landing site halfway around Mars from these hills within Gusev Crater. Opportunity, continuing its descent into "Endurance Crater," has found unexpected similarities between lower layers of rock it is examining for the first time and an overlying layer at "Eagle Crater" where, months ago, the rover discovered evidence that water once soaked the area. "It's gratifying how well these machines keep performing, considering they've now nearly doubled their original three-month missions on Mars," said Chris Voorhees, rover mechanical systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. By the end of next week, Spirit will have worked on Mars for half a year. It has driven more than three times the design requirement of one kilometer (0.6 mile). The only symptom of wear or aging on either rover so far is increased friction in one wheel on Spirit. The rover team at JPL is beginning to consider good sites for the solar-powered robots to spend the period of martian winter when reduced daily sunshine cuts power supply to a minimum. In the nearer term, though, team members are eager to follow through on the new scientific findings. Spirit's hematite finding is in a rock dubbed "Pot of Gold," about the size of a softball. "This rock has a shape as if somebody took a potato and stuck toothpicks in it, then put jelly beans on the ends of the toothpicks," said Dr. Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., principal investigator for the rovers' science instruments. "How it got this crazy shape is anyone's guess. I haven't even heard a good theory yet." Dr. Doug Ming, a rover science-team member from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, said, "There's apparently some type of weathering, a removal of material, but we're still trying to determine whether it's by chemical or mechanical processes." Further study of Pot of Gold could also help scientists assess what the hematite in it tells about past environmental conditions. "Hematite can form in a few different ways. Most of them require water, but it can also result from a dry, thermal oxidation process," Ming said. "It was hematite identified from orbit that made Meridiani Planum a compelling place to send Opportunity. There, we've learned that the hematite is indeed part of a water story. At Gusev we're just at the starting stage." After examining Pot of Gold with the microscopic imager and two spectrometers on Spirit's arm, the rover backed away from the rock to re-approach at a better angle for using its rock abrasion tool to expose the rock's interior. In the rough and slippery terrain, that maneuver took several days. The Other nearby rocks may also be inspected before Spirit resumes longer drives exploring the Columbia Hills area. Also, engineers are planning an attempt to redistribute lubricant in Spirit's balky right front wheel before the rover leaves its current vicinity. Team members presented both rovers' status at a press conference at JPL today. Opportunity has driven far enough into the stadium-sized Endurance Crater to put it within arm's reach of three layers of rock beneath a sulfate-rich layer. That area is similar to what Opportunity first examined in the shallower "Eagle Crater," where it landed in January. "We're trying to systematically characterize the stratigraphy of the crater as we drive down, analyzing each unit chemically and mineralogically with all the instruments available," said Nicholas Tosca, a science-team affiliate from the State University of New York, Stony Brook. The first two newly accessed layers resemble the upper layer in having sulfate salts and spherical concretions; both are signs of formation of the rocks under wet conditions. Squyres said, "I had thought we might see just basalt below the top salty layer, but instead it's salty as far as we've been able to see so far. Every time we see more sulfates as we work down this stack, it adds to the amount of water that was necessary to make this happen." JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Exploration Rover pro
[meteorite-list] gibeon vs. railway- are they the same?!
railway was found in the gibeon strewn field are they the same? is the geochem. the same? nosey noses wanna know. i will be gradually switching over to yahoo mail (it has 100 FREE megs of storage). please cc to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Railway vs. Gibeon
Hello List, > railway was found in the gibeon strewn field are they the same? Vagn Buchwald, the ultimate authority on iron metorites wrote: "Railway, ... , is no doubt a typical Gibeon mass, although Frick & Hammerbeck (1973) listed it as an independent meteorite: South African Railways." Reference: BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Vol. 2, pp. 584-593. Best regards Bernd P.S.: The elderly lady, my neighbor, that I told you about and who fell down the stairs while we were in Ensisheim, did not come to anymore but passed away in hospital. Oh well, life can take an unexpected turn any moment of our lives. So let's be nice, cordial, enjoy our lives and our beloved heavenly messengers - meteorites! __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Joshua Tree Imports
Dear List, I am on vacation for the week and one of the things that I wanted to do was visit Joshua Tree Imports that is located just a few miles from me in Lakeville, Indiana, and South of South Bend, Indiana. This business is owned and run by Terry and Susan Boswell and no doubt many of you have met them at the Tucson Show. Although they have many items that include handcrafted collectibles, they also sell fossils, wood carvings, marble pedestals, Onyx Vases and a number of other quality items that also include meteorites. I had the pleasure of spending the morning with Terry and he graciously showed me around the shop and especially a number of meteorites he has on display there at their location. He has a number of finds from the Sahara and number are sitting where children and adults can touch a meteorite. Also in a display case are a number of well known specimens like Imilac, Chile, Springwater, Canada, some very nice iron slices, Odessa, Texas, Campo's and really many many more interesting items. I think that anyone living in about a one or two hundred mile radius would really find it worth their while to visit this very nice display that boarders along the lines of a museum. It would be a good idea to contact Terry or Susan first so they can arrange to be there the day of your visit so you get to see the wide variety of specimens he has. Oh yes, there are a number of items for sale so it doesn't hurt to talk to them about what they can offer. Terry has told me he hopes to build some more display cases later in the fall and have an even better display for those passing through. I am thinking of doing an article (if Joel will let me) on the business and the nice educational presentation that Terry and Susan have on display. You can contact them at: 574-784-2291 and the address there is 106 S. Michigan St. Lakeville, Indiana. Also see [EMAIL PROTECTED] A number of local papers have done articles on their shop and business. I know this sounds like a commercial but when you see something that you would like to share with like minded people, it would be ashame to not point this interesting place out. Please feel free to respond off or on list to this post. All my best! --AL Mitterling __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Pic Of The Day - June 26, 2004
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