Re: [meteorite-list] AD - World Biggest Impact Melt slices

2005-11-22 Thread Gi-po Meteorites

Hello,

why comparing now ebay prices with sale-site prices??

"the prices asks for
IMB now its exaggerated"

Really? Than ask me one question please, the NWA 2843 R-Chondrite that i've
sold in the list for 9$/g you offer now for 50$/g at your sales/trades website.
What is this, super-exaggerated??

Carsten











 


Hello List
Im happy to announce new big meteorite:
NWA 4036 L6 Impact Melt , Weathering 1, Fa23.4,
Fs20.3

   I want to say that there are not many Impacts
right now. I looking a
little over net and only find some at Farmer, Fectay
and somewhere only
single specimens of  different localites. And yes,
Capot Rey ofcourse. So
this type is more rare than I expected. Prices are
beetween 10-30$/g.
   



Where? The last Capot Rey IMB on ebay its go sold for
$3.1/gr. My NWA 1701 LL5 IMB with special entru on
met.bulletin I have put on ebay for $10/gr. and is not
go sold...the other IMB I have, I sale for $5/gr. and
few slices its gosinceraly, the prices asks for
IMB now its exaggerated, seen the people look the
prices on ebay only, not in the sites of the dealers.

Matteo




M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato
Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it 
Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info

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Re: [meteorite-list] Sikhote-alin question

2005-11-22 Thread Darren Garrison
On 03 Nov 2005 19:21:55 UT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Hi again,
>
>On page 1128, Buchwald calls these features "octahedral parting".
>On page 1129, there is a picture of a 4.4 kg fragment from impact
>hole no. 30 with a fracture that follows Widmanstaetten boundaries.
>

If anyone's interested, I notice that there's a piece on Ebay right now showing 
that feature:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6579874323
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Re: [meteorite-list] AD - World Biggest Impact Melt slices

2005-11-22 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites

--- Marcin Cimala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: 

> Hello List
> Im happy to announce new big meteorite:
> NWA 4036 L6 Impact Melt , Weathering 1, Fa23.4,
> Fs20.3
> 
> I want to say that there are not many Impacts
> right now. I looking a
> little over net and only find some at Farmer, Fectay
> and somewhere only
> single specimens of  different localites. And yes,
> Capot Rey ofcourse. So
> this type is more rare than I expected. Prices are
> beetween 10-30$/g.

Where? The last Capot Rey IMB on ebay its go sold for
$3.1/gr. My NWA 1701 LL5 IMB with special entru on
met.bulletin I have put on ebay for $10/gr. and is not
go sold...the other IMB I have, I sale for $5/gr. and
few slices its gosinceraly, the prices asks for
IMB now its exaggerated, seen the people look the
prices on ebay only, not in the sites of the dealers.

Matteo




M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato
Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it 
Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info
MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com
EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/






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Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteorite" Magazine Lives

2005-11-22 Thread Pat Brown
Great News!

Please let me know how to subscribe. I am in the USA.
THe subscription link seems to be broken.

Pat Brown

--- Notkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Dear Listees:
> 
> I have some very surprising and very happy news to
> share with you all. 
> Christine Schiff has asked me to post this to the
> M-List on her behalf.
> 
> We'll have to figure out what to do for those of you
> who asked me to 
> put your remaining subscription dues toward a gift
> for Joel. We'll 
> think on that and get back to you.
> 
> Anyway, congratulations to Joel and Christine and
> the new publishing 
> and editorial staff. I guess I might get to do a
> story on the Brenham 
> find after all  : )
> 
> 
> Best to all,
> 
> Geoff N.
> 
> 
> **
> 
> 
> METEORITE LIVES ON!
> 
> Our dearly beloved METEORITE magazine is being taken
> over by a very 
> skilled and professional team in the USA - Derek and
> Hazel Sears, Larry 
> and Nancy Lebofsky. It will be exactly the same
> magazine as before in 
> appearance, content, style and level of articles as
> well as 
> advertisements. Nothing will be changed. Joel will
> continue to act as 
> an advisor to the new team. All subscribers will
> soon be contacted by 
> the new editors regarding this recent turn of events
> and be given 
> renewal forms wherever necessary.
> 
> The unused portions of all subscribers will be
> honored so the 
> transition will simply carry on business as usual.
> In fact, the 
> February issue is now in preparation and will appear
> on time.
> 
> We do hope that everyone supports the magazine in
> the same way as you 
> have in the past.
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[meteorite-list] Gamma Rays, Meteorites, Lunar Samples, and the Composition of the Moon

2005-11-22 Thread Ron Baalke

http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Nov05/MoonComposition.html

Gamma Rays, Meteorites, Lunar Samples, and the Composition of the Moon
Planetary Science Research Discoveries
November 22, 2005

--- Lunar meteorites provide ground truth to help calibrate orbital
geochemical data, allowing an estimate of the composition of the entire
Moon.

Written by G. Jeffrey Taylor 
Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology

A gamma-ray spectrometer built at Los Alamos National Laboratory and
carried on the Lunar Prospector orbiter in 1997-1998 allowed scientists
to measure the concentrations of several elements on the entire lunar
surface. The data have been widely used by planetary scientists to
determine the chemical composition of the Moon and infer something about
the processes operating when it formed. However, specialists in the
study of lunar samples have been a bit uneasy about the details of the
elemental compositions and have offered modest, but significant,
corrections to the gamma ray data to make them more in line with what we
know from samples.

The latest of these approaches to correcting the gamma-ray data has been
done by Paul Warren (University of California, Los Angeles), a renowned
lunar sample specialist. He concentrated on correcting the analysis for
the element thorium (Th), whose natural radioactive decay releases
characteristic gamma rays. Thorium is an important element because we
understand its behavior during the formation and subsequent evolution of
magma, and because it is a refractory element-that is, it condenses at a
high temperature from a gas. This means that if you know the thorium
concentration, you also know the concentrations of all other refractory
elements with similar geochemical behavior, which includes the rare
earth elements, uranium, zirconium, titanium, calcium, and aluminum.
Using his revised global thorium concentration as a springboard, Warren
then estimated the concentration of numerous elements in the entire
rocky portion of the Moon, which makes up more than 95% of the orb that
graces the night sky. His estimates do not agree with those produced by
others, which will lead to continued debate and refinement of the Moon's
chemical composition.

References:

* Warren, Paul H. (2005) "New" Lunar Meteorites: Implications for
  composition of the global lunar surface, lunar crust, and the bulk
  Moon. Meteoritics and Planetary Science v. 40, p. 477-506.
* Warren, Paul H. (2001) Compositional structure within the lunar
  crust as constrained by Lunar Prospector thorium data. Geophysical
  Research Letters, v. 28, p. 2565-2568.



The Composition of the Moon and Planet Formation

Most cosmochemists subscribe to the hypothesis that the Moon formed when
a huge, Mars-sized object slammed into the Earth near the end of its
construction (see the computer-simulation movie of the impact, below).
Understanding this event, including the origin of the impactor, is
central to testing ideas about how the inner (rocky) planets formed.
Determining the chemical composition of the Moon is a crucial link in
our chain of evidence.

The current consensus is that the Moon formed as the result of the
impact of a Mars-sized object with the young Earth. Events like this
were probably common during formation of the planets, so it is important
to understand the processes operating in the hot cloud of vaporized gas
and molten rock. The record of those processes is contained in the
chemical composition of the Moon, so it is important to figure out what
the Moon is made of. (Movie courtesy of Alfred G. W. Cameron,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.)

Earth building involved the accretion of large objects from smaller
ones. Experts in the physics of planetary accretion define three major
stages in the planet construction process. The first is not well
defined, but involves dust grains clumping together, like those dust
bunnies that accumulate under our beds (unless you are a fanatical
housekeeper!). In the planet construction process the dust bunnies
continued to gather more dust until there were thousands or millions of
objects the size of asteroids (1 to a few hundred kilometers in
diameter). Heating by the decay of short-lived isotopes such as
aluminum-26 caused these planetesimals to sinter into hard rocks and
even to melt. This stage lasted no more than a few million years.

painting of planetesimal formation by accretion
This painting by James Garry illustrates the initial stage of accretion
that led to the formation of asteroid-sized objects from a cloud of dust.

The asteroid-sized planetesimals were strewn about the solar system, in
circular orbits. They started to interact gravitationally, attracting
each other. This led to an episode of what the experts call "runaway
growth." The swarm of asteroid-sized planetesimals evolved to a group of
perhaps a couple of hundred Moon to Mars-sized objects

Re: [meteorite-list] fukang meteorite pallasite

2005-11-22 Thread John Birdsell
Steve...ancient chinese proverb say...

"Better to get your information straight from horse's
mouth than from horse's other end."


Cheers


-John





--- "Steve Arnold, Chicago!!"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I was told that there is over 900 kilo's of this
> pallasite.At the munich
> show I was also told that there was over 100 kilo's
> of this there.So there
> is alot to go around.I was also told that a certain
> meteorite dealer has
> over 400 kilo's.So I guess there is alot to go
> around.So where is it
> all?And when the flood gates open,how much per gram
> will this be going
> for?It will be interesting to see how this turns
> out.I also hear that this
> is bigger than esquel.WOW!!!But it is also a
> ruster!I do need to know more
> about this pallasite.I will be listening.
> 
> 
>steve
> arnold,chicago
> 
> Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 
>  
> 
> Illinois Meteorites,Ltd!
> 
> 
> website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com
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[meteorite-list] fukang meteorite pallasite

2005-11-22 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
I was told that there is over 900 kilo's of this pallasite.At the munich
show I was also told that there was over 100 kilo's of this there.So there
is alot to go around.I was also told that a certain meteorite dealer has
over 400 kilo's.So I guess there is alot to go around.So where is it
all?And when the flood gates open,how much per gram will this be going
for?It will be interesting to see how this turns out.I also hear that this
is bigger than esquel.WOW!!!But it is also a ruster!I do need to know more
about this pallasite.I will be listening.


   steve arnold,chicago

Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 
 

Illinois Meteorites,Ltd!


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[meteorite-list] AD - World Biggest Impact Melt slices

2005-11-22 Thread Marcin Cimala
Hello List
Im happy to announce new big meteorite:
NWA 4036 L6 Impact Melt , Weathering 1, Fa23.4, Fs20.3

I want to say that there are not many Impacts right now. I looking a
little over net and only find some at Farmer, Fectay and somewhere only
single specimens of  different localites. And yes, Capot Rey ofcourse. So
this type is more rare than I expected. Prices are beetween 10-30$/g.
But becouse I have mainly specimens over 100g I decided to sell it at very
reasonable price.

This meteorite its just one big river of melt. It have alot of tiny
black fragments that swim in black matrix, but it is good visible under
light or on unpolished surface.
Besided this, there are big light colored chondritic inclusions that
looks very strange. They are red, yelow, grey and also little green. They
looks like this propably becouse of high level of melt.

I invite You on my page
http://www.polandmet.com/_nwa4036.htm



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Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteorite" Magazine Lives

2005-11-22 Thread Meteoriteshow
THAT'S A GREAT NEWS!!!
I AM VERY HAPPY TO READ THIS AND WISH JOEL & CHRISTINE A LOT OF PLEASURE TO 
KEEP ON WITH METEORITE MAGAZINE TOGETHER WITH THE NEW
TEAM.
MANY THANKS ALSO TO DEREK & HAZEL SEARS, LARRY & NANCY LEBOFSKY FOR THEIR 
INVOLVEMENT.

ALL MY BEST WISHES,

Frederic Beroud
http://www.meteoriteshow.com
IMCA member # 2491 (http://www.imca.cc/)


- Original Message -
From: "Notkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Meteorite List" 
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:53 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] "Meteorite" Magazine Lives


> Dear Listees:
>
> I have some very surprising and very happy news to share with you all.
> Christine Schiff has asked me to post this to the M-List on her behalf.
>
> We'll have to figure out what to do for those of you who asked me to
> put your remaining subscription dues toward a gift for Joel. We'll
> think on that and get back to you.
>
> Anyway, congratulations to Joel and Christine and the new publishing
> and editorial staff. I guess I might get to do a story on the Brenham
> find after all  : )
>
>
> Best to all,
>
> Geoff N.
>
>
> **
>
>
> METEORITE LIVES ON!
>
> Our dearly beloved METEORITE magazine is being taken over by a very
> skilled and professional team in the USA - Derek and Hazel Sears, Larry
> and Nancy Lebofsky. It will be exactly the same magazine as before in
> appearance, content, style and level of articles as well as
> advertisements. Nothing will be changed. Joel will continue to act as
> an advisor to the new team. All subscribers will soon be contacted by
> the new editors regarding this recent turn of events and be given
> renewal forms wherever necessary.
>
> The unused portions of all subscribers will be honored so the
> transition will simply carry on business as usual. In fact, the
> February issue is now in preparation and will appear on time.
>
> We do hope that everyone supports the magazine in the same way as you
> have in the past.
>
> Kind regards,
> Christine Schiff
>
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[meteorite-list] AD: Thin sections of OCs & slices of C4an

2005-11-22 Thread Meteoriteshow
Dear Friends meteorite collectors,

I wish to inform you all that we have some new items available and shown on our 
website.

1- Thin Sections -> link: 
http://info.meteoriteshow.free.fr/Archives-Meteoriteshow/angl/Thin-Sections3.htm

First of all, if you are interested in thin sections, I got 11 new ones made 
from some of our chondrites:
Acfer 336 - L3.8: 2 pieces
Acfer 346 - LL6: 1 piece
Tnz 060 - LL4: 1 piece
Tnz 063 - H4: 2 pieces
Tnz 065 - L4: 3 pieces
Tnz 068 - H4/5: 1 piece
Tnz 069 - H5: 1 piece
Many pictures are available on the webpage (both natural and polarized light) 
and I can send you enlargements with natural light as
I only put polarized light enlargements on line.
Those thin section have been made acording to usual standards, with a 30µm 
thickness. No 'blade' has been added on top of the
material.

2- Tanezrouft 057 - C4 an -> link: 
http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20angl/pages%20meteorites/ck4%5Bfor-sale%5D.htm

All the slices that have been cut recently with a wire saw have now been 
polished and you can have a look at them.
This meteorite is officially classified as a C4 anomalous and is considered to 
be a CK5 by A. Rubin (see his last publication about
the new weathering index "Wi").
Future will say what it is as more publications are expected within about a 
year or so...
In the meantime, enjoy watching the slices, and more especially the endcut...

Thanks for watching, and do not hesitate to contact me for any question!
All the best,

Frederic Beroud
http://www.meteoriteshow.com
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[meteorite-list] Ad - 87 Auctions Ending - Great Specimens!

2005-11-22 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members,

I have some great auctions ending this evening, most still bargain priced.
Here are a few highlights:

BRAND NEW-NWA 2918 Intensely Rare CO3.0 Type Meteorite:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6579668430

1 of 12 Complete Stones Minus Type specimen of NWA 2999 Ultra-Rare/Unique
Angrite Meteorite. You will not find a better priced Angrite anywhere.
Compare prices:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6579670525

Large Specimen at NWA 3140 Very Rare Primitive Ureilite Meteorite at a
fraction of what it is worth:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6579678500

NWA 3151 Ultra Rare and True Brachinite Meteorite .410g
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6579681709

NWA 3160 O.P. Mare Basalt Lunar/Moon Meteorite .058g at a fraction of what
it is worth:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6579683271

Nature Quest International Highlights:

Outstanding examples of oriented Sikhote Alins:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6579661114

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6579661657

1.046 gram 15mmX 11mm X 5mm crusted part slice of NWA 482 Lunar Meteorite.
NWA 482
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6581591346

Raremeteorites Link, 72 Auctions, Excellent Material:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites

Nature Quest International link, 15 Auctions, Great Stuff:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnature-quest-internationalQQhtZ-1

Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck.

Take Care,


Adam Hupe
The Hupe Collection
Team LunarRock
IMCA 2185
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[meteorite-list] Re ad: interesting and historic material on ebay

2005-11-22 Thread Martin Horejsi
Hello Peter and all,

Sorry for the link problem.

Try this one:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZzagamiQQhtZ-1

Thanks for your patience.

Martin




On 11/22/05, Peter Marmet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> it seems the link does not work?!
>
> Cheers, Peter
>
>
> Martin Horejsi wrote:
>
> > http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/zagami/
> >
> > Howdy Folks,
> >
> > In case anyone is interested, I have posted a couple dozen pieces of
> > rare falls etc. on ebay. Also listed are a few books and a couple
> > interesting NASA/JPL items.
> >
> > http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/zagami/
> >
> > Just click on the above link to take you to the auctions.
> >
> > A few of the highlights include:
> > Canyon Diablo metallic spheroids
> > Binda howardite
> > the Germam mesosiderite called Hainholtz
> > Hayes Center
> > Lemmon
> > Leoville
> > Abee
> > Mt. Tazerzait
> > Nuevo Mercurio individual
> > large Orgueil with card
> > Willamette
> > and many more.
> >
> > Happy Hunting.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/zagami/
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[meteorite-list] Ad, very nice ebay sale tonight.

2005-11-22 Thread Michael Farmer

Hi again, I have some spectacular meteorites ending tonight, some worth over
$500, each listed for one cent.
Be sure to get bids in early, I have people email me every auction night who
complain that they forgot to bid.

Over 60 meteorites, click the links below to see them all.
http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=meteoritehunters

http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=meteorite-hunters


Some specific pieces of note:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6579693707
This is the oriented Sikhote-Alin with more flow lines than any other I have
seen! A true gem of a piece.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6579715288
Beautiful carved meteorite bead.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6579677868
35 gram Ureilite piece.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6579680533
65 gram complete Muononalusta slice.

Thanks for your time, I will be in Asia for all of December, so my holiday
sales are early this year. My ebay auctions will stop before 5 december.


Thanks
Michael Farmer


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[meteorite-list] RMC professor studies space rock

2005-11-22 Thread Darren Garrison
Interesting article that should add argument to the debate going on about 
abogenic oil.

http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/22/build/local/45-rmc-spacec.inc

RMC professor studies space rock 
By MARY PICKETT
Of The Gazette Staff 

A Rocky Mountain College professor has added important new information about a 
meteorite that fell
to Earth 36 years ago. 

That information may help scientists learn more about how the solar system 
began. 

Jingdong Mao, assistant professor of chemistry, is studying a piece of the 
Murchison Meteorite that
hit Earth in Australia in 1969. 

The meteorite is considered one of the most important extraterrestrial rocks 
because it was
retrieved soon after it fell, minimizing contamination from earthly substances. 
It also it came to
Earth two months after NASA put men on the moon, and labs working on moon rocks 
were ready to
analyze the meteorite. 

Over the past three decades, the meteorite's soluble organic matter - which can 
be dissolved in
water, acid or alkaline solution or organic solvents - has been analyzed. 

Its insoluable organic matter has not been studied as much because there 
haven't been good research
techniques to do so. 

Not, at least, until Mao developed them. 

Using those techniques, Mao confirmed earlier findings that the Murchison 
contains three major
insoluble organic compounds: a kerogenlike material, microscopic diamonds and 
graphite. 

Kerogen found on Earth is a solid bituminous material in some shales that 
yields petroleum when
heated. 

Mao's research went one step further to correct previously stated proportions 
of the materials in
the meteorite. He found that about 70 percent of the insoluble matter was 
kerogenlike matter, about
20 percent tiny diamonds and about 10 percent graphite. 

The appearance of the piece of meteorite that Mao worked on - less than a 
half-ounce in weight and
slightly bigger than a dime - belied its importance. 

"It's like a little rock that you'd find by the side of the road," Mao said. 

He extracted the insoluble organic matter by placing the meteorite in 
hydrofluoric acid that
dissolved away soluble matter, leaving a black powder that looked like coal 
dust. 

Because of the complexity of his research, Mao used a specialized nuclear 
magnetic resonance
spectrometer at Iowa State University as well as an NMR spectrometer at Rocky 
Mountain College. The
spectrometer, which Rocky obtained last year, is a powerful magnet that looks 
at the atomic
composition of substances. 

The spectrometers produced data that Mao has been analyzing for the past year. 

Mao, the author of 30 scientific papers, is writing up his research about the 
Murchison Meteorite
for publication in a scientific journal next summer. 

In addition to his research, Mao teaches a soil science class at Rocky. 

Meteorites that come to Earth are the easiest way of getting nonearthly 
material to study, he said.
The other way is to send a spaceship beyond Earth to pick it up. 

By looking at the molecular structure of meteorites, scientists hope to learn 
how the solar system
was formed and what Earth was like before life began. 

Polishing off his research on the Murchison is not the end of Mao's study of 
meteorites. 

"This is just the starting point," he said, adding that he'd like to work on 
kerogenlike materials
in meteorites for years to come. 

Mao is applying for a National Science Foundation grant to continue research on 
other meteorites
using some of the groundbreaking techniques he used on the Murchison. If he 
gets the grant, he could
hire at least three Rocky students to work on the research with him. Those 
skills would help them
should they go on to graduate school. 

The Montana Space Grant Consortium has supported his research. 


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RE: [meteorite-list] fukang pallasite

2005-11-22 Thread mark ford

Speaking of Fukang can anyone direct me to classification data for this
material

Mark

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Do you have the laws in written form?
The idiocies for me are always those speculations where, what, when is
forbidden to export or to collect
and nobody knows the wording and terms of those laws of each country
concerned.

So Matteo, job for you:

Collect the actual law textes of all countries
and build up the CODEX NAHABEDIENSIS

Thanks
Buckleboo


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> Its this I no understand, if is forbidden export
> chinese meteorites, why the market its full of
> nantans, juancheng, jilin etc...for me its only idiocy
> of the persons write in the blog
>
> Matteo
>
> --- Marcin Cimala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
>
> >>
> > So finally what is situation with Chinse meteorites
> > ? They all need export
> > permission like from Australia ? Also Nantan, Jilin
> > etc?
> >
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Re: [meteorite-list] fukang pallasite

2005-11-22 Thread Martin Altmann
Do you have the laws in written form?
The idiocies for me are always those speculations where, what, when is
forbidden to export or to collect
and nobody knows the wording and terms of those laws of each country
concerned.

So Matteo, job for you:

Collect the actual law textes of all countries
and build up the CODEX NAHABEDIENSIS

Thanks
Buckleboo


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> Its this I no understand, if is forbidden export
> chinese meteorites, why the market its full of
> nantans, juancheng, jilin etc...for me its only idiocy
> of the persons write in the blog
>
> Matteo
>
> --- Marcin Cimala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
>
> >>
> > So finally what is situation with Chinse meteorites
> > ? They all need export
> > permission like from Australia ? Also Nantan, Jilin
> > etc?
> >
> > -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]-
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Re: [meteorite-list] fukang pallasite

2005-11-22 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:23:38 +0100, "Marcin Cimala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>> I have seen many idiocy write on this meteorite in the
>> Meteorite Blogger, one is the China State want back
>> the all material why its forbidden China meteorites go
>> outside the State - type Australia - well, and for the
>> nantans its the same?
>>
>> Matteo
>
>So finally what is situation with Chinse meteorites ? They all need export
>permission like from Australia ? Also Nantan, Jilin etc?

Here's a quote from a post from earlier this year:


>To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] China warning
>From: drtanuki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:16:25 -0700 (PDT)
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>List,
>  Anyone planning on traveling to China, PRC should be
>aware that the National Relics Protection Law is about
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Re: [meteorite-list] fukang pallasite

2005-11-22 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Its this I no understand, if is forbidden export
chinese meteorites, why the market its full of
nantans, juancheng, jilin etc...for me its only idiocy
of the persons write in the blog

Matteo

--- Marcin Cimala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: 

>> 
> So finally what is situation with Chinse meteorites
> ? They all need export
> permission like from Australia ? Also Nantan, Jilin
> etc?
> 
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Re: [meteorite-list] fukang pallasite

2005-11-22 Thread Marcin Cimala

> I have seen many idiocy write on this meteorite in the
> Meteorite Blogger, one is the China State want back
> the all material why its forbidden China meteorites go
> outside the State - type Australia - well, and for the
> nantans its the same?
>
> Matteo

So finally what is situation with Chinse meteorites ? They all need export
permission like from Australia ? Also Nantan, Jilin etc?

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Re: [meteorite-list] fukang pallasite

2005-11-22 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
I have seen many idiocy write on this meteorite in the
Meteorite Blogger, one is the China State want back
the all material why its forbidden China meteorites go
outside the State - type Australia - well, and for the
nantans its the same?

Matteo

--- Marcin Cimala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: 

> > No need to worry Steve, there will be more than
> 100 kilos in Tucson for
> > sale.
> > This meteorite will flood the market and I predict
> a very good price on it
> > soon enough.
> > Nice meteorite, 900 kilos, several investors, nuff
> said.
> >
> > Mike Farmer
> 
> Anyone have any photos ? What about this from Munich
> ? Looks like this was
> keeped in secret becouse me and my friends not hear
> about this in Munich. Or
> we listen wrong walls maybe.
> 
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Re: [meteorite-list] fukang pallasite

2005-11-22 Thread Marcin Cimala
> No need to worry Steve, there will be more than 100 kilos in Tucson for
> sale.
> This meteorite will flood the market and I predict a very good price on it
> soon enough.
> Nice meteorite, 900 kilos, several investors, nuff said.
>
> Mike Farmer

Anyone have any photos ? What about this from Munich ? Looks like this was
keeped in secret becouse me and my friends not hear about this in Munich. Or
we listen wrong walls maybe.

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RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite calendar for 2006?

2005-11-22 Thread mark ford


Rob Elliot's meteorite calendar will always be the best, imho!

 Nice pair of chondrules;)




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Hola Tracy, 

Just to add another  option:

Print Shops, the photo department in some big department stores,
Kinko's 
type 24-hour copy shops, etc., frequently offer a service of making
calenders.  
While the quality may vary,and while it doesn't really fit the
Tulipmania of 
meteorite commerce, an alternative is that you can bring 12  pictures
and get 
your own calendar made.  So the June Calendar shot can be  that June
meteorite 
hunting vacation, your birthday month can be a picture you  find of the 
meteorite that fell on your birthday, an anniversary, etc...  February
can be that 
shot of you and Bob Haag in the Desert Inn in Tucson   - the
possibilities are 
endless:)

The calendars are not to much more  expensive (and sometimes cheaper),
you 
get the personalized touch, and there are  extras to look for:
1. captions under the month pictures (Matteo: only  ourselves to blame
for an 
error:-) )
2. captions on individual days (watch  out Anne...there's an birthdayish
idea)
3. slick finish
4. Spiral  binding

For those of you that like to modify photos, maybe a big  meteorite on
your 
favorite kid's shoulders like Atlas holding the  world

And that wouldn't stop us from buying a commercial calendar,  too,
right?  I 
think (not positive) that since it is for personal use you  could use
any 
picture you find to stick up in your kitchen on the calendar, but  of
course you 
are making a commercial calander you are more restricted as to the
images.

Finally, I am sure there is a better service if someone has a  moment to
find 
it on the internet, where you can design all these things in the
comfort of 
your own home on your computer and upload the images and text...click
"make 
calendar,, put in your credit card and shipping info and then pick it up
at 
your doorstep) anyone wanna look for a reasonable link?

Saludos,  Doug
(Still making my own greeting cards after all these  years)






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I hope in a nice  calendar, in the last the quality is
not many nice and I have find some  mistakes in the
numbers

Matteo

--- tracy latimer  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: 

> Is anyone putting out a  meteorite calendar for 2006?
>  The last 2 years' 
> calendars  have been very successful around my house,
> so I'd rather pick one  
> up if available, alternatives being a generic one
> from a local  charity, etc.
> 
> Tracy Latimer


Saludos, Doug  

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