Re: [meteorite-list] Newest Lunar meteorite on show at the Tucson Gem show.

[M come Meteorite Meteorites]

Sinceraly I prefear NWA 482 to this.

Matteo

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> Matt it really is quite spectacular, much better
> than the photos show.   I am looking forward to
> seeing it sliced.   I think NWA 482 is a beautiful
> meteorite. This easily its equal but in a completely
> different way.  I may be sharing a show room with
> Mike, but I am not part of this deal and will be
> lining up for a piece like many others when it is
> cut.   Coal black with so many white clasts even
> small pieces will enjoy the great contrast.
> 
> --
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> ELKK Meteorites
> http://www.star-bits.com
> 
>  -- Original message
> --
> From: Matt Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Mike:
> > How come every lunar you get is the best ever
> offered? I am sure it is 
> > nice, but really, man.
> > Matt Morgan
> > 
> > Michael Farmer wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi everyone.
> > > It has been an extremely hectic and busy week in
> Tucson, Eric Olsen, 
> > > Jim Strope and I,  have been setting up our room
> and shopping, so no 
> > > report from Tucson until now.
> > >
> > > First thing first. Jim Strope and I have
> purchased the newest Lunar 
> > > meteorite to grace private collections. It is
> NWA 2995, a simply 
> > > unbelievably beautiful Lunar breccia. So fresh
> it is Weathering 0-1, 
> > > and so gorgeous it took my breath away. We
> bought the stone on the spot.
> > > It weighs 538 grams total, and is so fresh and
> full of clasts, that 
> > > when sliced, it will likely be among the most
> beautiful Lunar 
> > > meteorite ever offered to collectors.
> > >
> http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/nwa2995.htm
> > >
> > > Let us know what you think about this!
> > >
> > > See for yourself, then come to Inn Suites, Room
> 184 and see it in person.
> > > It will blow your mind. While none will be
> available for sale until 
> > > after the show,  we will have more Lunar and
> Mars specimens in our 
> > > room that will likely be available in all of the
> rest of the rooms in 
> > > Tucson.
> > >
> > > Now for the rest of the show. Technically, it
> opens tomorrow, so some 
> > > rooms are still not open, but many are, so we
> have been running all 
> > > over the city back and forth looking for
> goodies. I have already 
> > > scored some of the best flight-oriented
> Sikhote-Alin meteorites that 
> > > could exist. We also have 3-5 kilo Pallasite
> slices. The shipment from 
> > > DHL arrived today, so Sunday we will have over
> 500 kilos of solid, 
> > > handpicked NWA chondrites for sale, more than
> anywhere. I have seen 
> > > very little available at any Moroccan tables.
> > >
> > > Steve Arnold is set up, and has more Brenham
> than has ever been seen 
> > > in one place, and I must admit, I might be a tad
> jealous of the 
> > > oriented one on display, it is a stunning find
> of a lifetime. I wonder 
> > > if Steve will ever top that? And if he does, I
> have to see that.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I am tired, and have a ton of work to do
> tonight, so this will 
> > > end my first Tucson report.
> > >
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Re: [meteorite-list] Newest Lunar meteorite on show at the Tucson Gem show.

[joseph_town]

Is there such a thing as a bad lunar meteorite?

Bill


 -- Original message --
From: Matt Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Mike:
> How come every lunar you get is the best ever offered? I am sure it is 
> nice, but really, man.
> Matt Morgan
> 
> Michael Farmer wrote:
> 
> > Hi everyone.
> > It has been an extremely hectic and busy week in Tucson, Eric Olsen, 
> > Jim Strope and I,  have been setting up our room and shopping, so no 
> > report from Tucson until now.
> >
> > First thing first. Jim Strope and I have purchased the newest Lunar 
> > meteorite to grace private collections. It is NWA 2995, a simply 
> > unbelievably beautiful Lunar breccia. So fresh it is Weathering 0-1, 
> > and so gorgeous it took my breath away. We bought the stone on the spot.
> > It weighs 538 grams total, and is so fresh and full of clasts, that 
> > when sliced, it will likely be among the most beautiful Lunar 
> > meteorite ever offered to collectors.
> > http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/nwa2995.htm
> >
> > Let us know what you think about this!
> >
> > See for yourself, then come to Inn Suites, Room 184 and see it in person.
> > It will blow your mind. While none will be available for sale until 
> > after the show,  we will have more Lunar and Mars specimens in our 
> > room that will likely be available in all of the rest of the rooms in 
> > Tucson.
> >
> > Now for the rest of the show. Technically, it opens tomorrow, so some 
> > rooms are still not open, but many are, so we have been running all 
> > over the city back and forth looking for goodies. I have already 
> > scored some of the best flight-oriented Sikhote-Alin meteorites that 
> > could exist. We also have 3-5 kilo Pallasite slices. The shipment from 
> > DHL arrived today, so Sunday we will have over 500 kilos of solid, 
> > handpicked NWA chondrites for sale, more than anywhere. I have seen 
> > very little available at any Moroccan tables.
> >
> > Steve Arnold is set up, and has more Brenham than has ever been seen 
> > in one place, and I must admit, I might be a tad jealous of the 
> > oriented one on display, it is a stunning find of a lifetime. I wonder 
> > if Steve will ever top that? And if he does, I have to see that.
> >
> > Anyway, I am tired, and have a ton of work to do tonight, so this will 
> > end my first Tucson report.
> >
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Re: [meteorite-list] Newest Lunar meteorite on show at the Tucson Gem show.

[star-bits]

Matt it really is quite spectacular, much better than the photos show.   I am 
looking forward to seeing it sliced.   I think NWA 482 is a beautiful 
meteorite. This easily its equal but in a completely different way.  I may be 
sharing a show room with Mike, but I am not part of this deal and will be 
lining up for a piece like many others when it is cut.   Coal black with so 
many white clasts even small pieces will enjoy the great contrast.

--
Eric Olson
ELKK Meteorites
http://www.star-bits.com

 -- Original message --
From: Matt Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Mike:
> How come every lunar you get is the best ever offered? I am sure it is 
> nice, but really, man.
> Matt Morgan
> 
> Michael Farmer wrote:
> 
> > Hi everyone.
> > It has been an extremely hectic and busy week in Tucson, Eric Olsen, 
> > Jim Strope and I,  have been setting up our room and shopping, so no 
> > report from Tucson until now.
> >
> > First thing first. Jim Strope and I have purchased the newest Lunar 
> > meteorite to grace private collections. It is NWA 2995, a simply 
> > unbelievably beautiful Lunar breccia. So fresh it is Weathering 0-1, 
> > and so gorgeous it took my breath away. We bought the stone on the spot.
> > It weighs 538 grams total, and is so fresh and full of clasts, that 
> > when sliced, it will likely be among the most beautiful Lunar 
> > meteorite ever offered to collectors.
> > http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/nwa2995.htm
> >
> > Let us know what you think about this!
> >
> > See for yourself, then come to Inn Suites, Room 184 and see it in person.
> > It will blow your mind. While none will be available for sale until 
> > after the show,  we will have more Lunar and Mars specimens in our 
> > room that will likely be available in all of the rest of the rooms in 
> > Tucson.
> >
> > Now for the rest of the show. Technically, it opens tomorrow, so some 
> > rooms are still not open, but many are, so we have been running all 
> > over the city back and forth looking for goodies. I have already 
> > scored some of the best flight-oriented Sikhote-Alin meteorites that 
> > could exist. We also have 3-5 kilo Pallasite slices. The shipment from 
> > DHL arrived today, so Sunday we will have over 500 kilos of solid, 
> > handpicked NWA chondrites for sale, more than anywhere. I have seen 
> > very little available at any Moroccan tables.
> >
> > Steve Arnold is set up, and has more Brenham than has ever been seen 
> > in one place, and I must admit, I might be a tad jealous of the 
> > oriented one on display, it is a stunning find of a lifetime. I wonder 
> > if Steve will ever top that? And if he does, I have to see that.
> >
> > Anyway, I am tired, and have a ton of work to do tonight, so this will 
> > end my first Tucson report.
> >
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Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Remember Our Fallen Space Heroes

[dfreeman]

Dear Greg;
Rather a bad season to be launching/landing spacecraft.  The Nat. 
Geographic Channel Special on the Challenger  demise was pretty tearful.

Surly bonded to Earth,
Dave F.

Greg Redfern wrote:


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Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 6:44 PM

Subject: Remember Our Fallen Space Heroes

All,

If you have time, read my What's Up: The Space Place Column - use the link
below - about our fallen astronauts and cosmonauts.

Today is the 39th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire, tomorrow is 20 years
since Challenger, and Feb 1 is 3 years since Columbia. 


Greg Redfern
NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador
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[meteorite-list] FW: Remember Our Fallen Space Heroes

[Greg Redfern]

-Original Message-
From: Greg Redfern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 6:44 PM
Subject: Remember Our Fallen Space Heroes

All,

If you have time, read my What's Up: The Space Place Column - use the link
below - about our fallen astronauts and cosmonauts.

Today is the 39th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire, tomorrow is 20 years
since Challenger, and Feb 1 is 3 years since Columbia. 

Greg Redfern
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Re: [meteorite-list] Newest Lunar meteorite on show at the Tucson Gem show.

[Michael Farmer]

Matt, the photos speak for themselves, it is the most brecciated Lunar I 
have ever seen, and since it is the 4th I have acquired, I am entitled to my 
opinion. Actually though, I am glad you brought it up, since every Lunar is 
of course, extremely rare, there has to be a way to differentiate them, and 
freshness and beauty is one of the ways, this one is the most beautiful I 
have ever seen.

My opinion of course, but hey, I am freely expressing it here.
Mike Farmer
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To: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Newest Lunar meteorite on show at the Tucson 
Gem show.




Mike:
How come every lunar you get is the best ever offered? I am sure it is 
nice, but really, man.

Matt Morgan

Michael Farmer wrote:


Hi everyone.
It has been an extremely hectic and busy week in Tucson, Eric Olsen, Jim 
Strope and I,  have been setting up our room and shopping, so no report 
from Tucson until now.


First thing first. Jim Strope and I have purchased the newest Lunar 
meteorite to grace private collections. It is NWA 2995, a simply 
unbelievably beautiful Lunar breccia. So fresh it is Weathering 0-1, and 
so gorgeous it took my breath away. We bought the stone on the spot.
It weighs 538 grams total, and is so fresh and full of clasts, that when 
sliced, it will likely be among the most beautiful Lunar meteorite ever 
offered to collectors.

http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/nwa2995.htm

Let us know what you think about this!

See for yourself, then come to Inn Suites, Room 184 and see it in person.
It will blow your mind. While none will be available for sale until after 
the show,  we will have more Lunar and Mars specimens in our room that 
will likely be available in all of the rest of the rooms in Tucson.


Now for the rest of the show. Technically, it opens tomorrow, so some 
rooms are still not open, but many are, so we have been running all over 
the city back and forth looking for goodies. I have already scored some 
of the best flight-oriented Sikhote-Alin meteorites that could exist. We 
also have 3-5 kilo Pallasite slices. The shipment from DHL arrived today, 
so Sunday we will have over 500 kilos of solid, handpicked NWA chondrites 
for sale, more than anywhere. I have seen very little available at any 
Moroccan tables.


Steve Arnold is set up, and has more Brenham than has ever been seen in 
one place, and I must admit, I might be a tad jealous of the oriented one 
on display, it is a stunning find of a lifetime. I wonder if Steve will 
ever top that? And if he does, I have to see that.


Anyway, I am tired, and have a ton of work to do tonight, so this will 
end my first Tucson report.


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Re: [meteorite-list] Newest Lunar meteorite on show at the Tucson Gem show.

[Matt Morgan]

Mike:
How come every lunar you get is the best ever offered? I am sure it is 
nice, but really, man.

Matt Morgan

Michael Farmer wrote:


Hi everyone.
It has been an extremely hectic and busy week in Tucson, Eric Olsen, 
Jim Strope and I,  have been setting up our room and shopping, so no 
report from Tucson until now.


First thing first. Jim Strope and I have purchased the newest Lunar 
meteorite to grace private collections. It is NWA 2995, a simply 
unbelievably beautiful Lunar breccia. So fresh it is Weathering 0-1, 
and so gorgeous it took my breath away. We bought the stone on the spot.
It weighs 538 grams total, and is so fresh and full of clasts, that 
when sliced, it will likely be among the most beautiful Lunar 
meteorite ever offered to collectors.

http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/nwa2995.htm

Let us know what you think about this!

See for yourself, then come to Inn Suites, Room 184 and see it in person.
It will blow your mind. While none will be available for sale until 
after the show,  we will have more Lunar and Mars specimens in our 
room that will likely be available in all of the rest of the rooms in 
Tucson.


Now for the rest of the show. Technically, it opens tomorrow, so some 
rooms are still not open, but many are, so we have been running all 
over the city back and forth looking for goodies. I have already 
scored some of the best flight-oriented Sikhote-Alin meteorites that 
could exist. We also have 3-5 kilo Pallasite slices. The shipment from 
DHL arrived today, so Sunday we will have over 500 kilos of solid, 
handpicked NWA chondrites for sale, more than anywhere. I have seen 
very little available at any Moroccan tables.


Steve Arnold is set up, and has more Brenham than has ever been seen 
in one place, and I must admit, I might be a tad jealous of the 
oriented one on display, it is a stunning find of a lifetime. I wonder 
if Steve will ever top that? And if he does, I have to see that.


Anyway, I am tired, and have a ton of work to do tonight, so this will 
end my first Tucson report.


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[meteorite-list] Newest Lunar meteorite on show at the Tucson Gem show.

[Michael Farmer]

Hi everyone.
It has been an extremely hectic and busy week in Tucson, Eric Olsen, Jim 
Strope and I,  have been setting up our room and shopping, so no report from 
Tucson until now.


First thing first. Jim Strope and I have purchased the newest Lunar 
meteorite to grace private collections. It is NWA 2995, a simply 
unbelievably beautiful Lunar breccia. So fresh it is Weathering 0-1, and so 
gorgeous it took my breath away. We bought the stone on the spot.
It weighs 538 grams total, and is so fresh and full of clasts, that when 
sliced, it will likely be among the most beautiful Lunar meteorite ever 
offered to collectors.

http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/nwa2995.htm

Let us know what you think about this!

See for yourself, then come to Inn Suites, Room 184 and see it in person.
It will blow your mind. While none will be available for sale until after 
the show,  we will have more Lunar and Mars specimens in our room that will 
likely be available in all of the rest of the rooms in Tucson.


Now for the rest of the show. Technically, it opens tomorrow, so some rooms 
are still not open, but many are, so we have been running all over the city 
back and forth looking for goodies. I have already scored some of the best 
flight-oriented Sikhote-Alin meteorites that could exist. We also have 3-5 
kilo Pallasite slices. The shipment from DHL arrived today, so Sunday we 
will have over 500 kilos of solid, handpicked NWA chondrites for sale, more 
than anywhere. I have seen very little available at any Moroccan tables.


Steve Arnold is set up, and has more Brenham than has ever been seen in one 
place, and I must admit, I might be a tad jealous of the oriented one on 
display, it is a stunning find of a lifetime. I wonder if Steve will ever 
top that? And if he does, I have to see that.


Anyway, I am tired, and have a ton of work to do tonight, so this will end 
my first Tucson report. 



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Re: [meteorite-list] Stardust Capsule Reentry Movie

[Gerald Flaherty]

Thanks Ron.
- Original Message - 
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Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:31 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stardust Capsule Reentry Movie




http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/stardust_reentry.html
   
Stardust Capsule Reentry Movie


http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/anim/stardust_reentrya.mov 
(Quicktime, 6.4 MB with caption)


This movie was taken from a NASA DC-8 aircraft as the Stardust sample
return capsule entered the atmosphere in the early morning hours of Jan.
15, 2006. At the time this video was shot, the DC-8 was flying at the
eastern edge of the Nevada state line. The Stardust sample return
capsule had a soft landing in the US Air Force's Utah Test and Training
Range at 3:10 am MST.

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RE: [meteorite-list] Stardust Capsule Reentry Movie

[Matson, Robert]

Great video!  Too bad the plane wasn't in a racetrack turning to the right
in order to allow longer tracking of Stardust at its brightest, but what
they did capture was quite spectacular...

One thing I noticed right at the end of the video is what appears to
be a fast meteor streak at the upper left corner of the frame just
as Stardust reaches the right edge of the window.  Look around timetag
0957:57.029 for a fast object moving down and slightly right to left.
It suppose it could also be a reflection off the window glass of
something inside the plane, but it seems too much in focus to be
a near-field reflection.  --Rob


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http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/stardust_reentry.html

Stardust Capsule Reentry Movie

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/anim/stardust_reentrya.mov 
(Quicktime, 6.4 MB with caption)

This movie was taken from a NASA DC-8 aircraft as the Stardust sample
return capsule entered the atmosphere in the early morning hours of Jan.
15, 2006. At the time this video was shot, the DC-8 was flying at the
eastern edge of the Nevada state line. The Stardust sample return
capsule had a soft landing in the US Air Force's Utah Test and Training
Range at 3:10 am MST.
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[meteorite-list] Comet Dust Clouds Planetary Society Crater Contest (Deep Impact)

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2006/0125_Comet_Dust_Clouds_Planetary_Society.html

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 25, 2006
CONTACT:
Contact Susan Lendroth
Voice: (626) 793-5100
Fax: (626) 793-5528
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Comet Dust Clouds Planetary Society Crater Contest

3 Winners Randomly Selected from Large Pool of Entrants in
Planetary Society Contest

Pasadena, CA, - When NASA's Deep Impact mission slammed into comet Tempel
1 in July 2005, The Planetary Society expected to make an immediate
announcement about the winners of its "Great Comet Crater Contest" to
guess the diameter of the crater created by the impact.  However, one
learns to expect the unexpected with space exploration; six months after
the impactor kicked up an opaque cloud of comet debris, team scientists
have learned a lot about Tempel 1 but can still only estimate the
crater's size as being somewhere between 100 and 250 meters in diameter.

The Planetary Society has, therefore, selected at random three grand
prize winners from the 1,865 contest entrants who submitted a guess
within the estimated size range.  The grand prize winners and their
respective crater estimates are Wojciech Karcz, Tarnowskie Gory, Poland
- 161 meters; Michael Ramo, Danielson, Connecticut - 153 meters; and Tim
Thomas, Hayward, California - 141.4272 meters.  Read
 additional
information on the contest. 

Contest rules stipulated that all entrants who guessed within 10 meters
of the correct crater diameter would be entered into drawings for the
grand prize, with three winners to be selected at random from that
pool.  Since the Deep Impact team announced a size range rather than a
single figure, the number of entrants who fell within those parameters
proved quite large.

"When we planned our experiment, we estimated how long it would take for
the dust to fall back onto the comet, and multiplied that estimate by
4," said Lucy McFadden, Co-Investigator on Deep Impact.  "We only had a
limited time to observe because this was all happening at relative
speeds of 22,000 miles per hour. To our surprise, the dust never cleared!"

Because the dust never cleared, the team used a combination of
theoretical modeling and constraints provided by image processing to
estimate the crater size to be between 100 and 250 meters in diameter.

More than 7,000 people from nearly 100 countries entered the contest,
with the median guess of crater size being 90 meters.   In addition to
the three grand prize winners, the Society randomly selected 150
runners-up representing 24 nations: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,
China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, India,
Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, South Africa,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, USA, and Venezuela.

Each grand prize winner will receive a custom-made plaque from Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp (BATC), who built the Deep Impact
spacecraft.  The plaque is made of the same kind of copper material that
made up the heavy mass of the impactor, laser-engraved with the mission
logo. The grand prize winners will also each receive a complimentary
Planetary Society membership.  The runner-up prizes will consist of a
certificate and a Deep Impact spacecraft paper model provided by BATC.

"Since the impact on July 4, more than 7,000 contest entrants around the
world have been waiting for the dust to settle so that the science team
could estimate the size of the crater made by Deep Impact," said Emily
Lakdawalla, Science and Technology Coordinator for The Planetary
Society.  "The very uncertainty of the final result has reminded all of
us that no matter how many questions a space mission answers, it always
raises more."

The Deep Impact mission was led by Principal Investigator Michael
A'Hearn at the University of Maryland.  BATC, in association with the
University of Maryland and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
developed and built the Deep Impact flyby spacecraft, impactor
spacecraft, and science instruments, including three telescopes, two
cameras and a spectrometer for analyzing the interior of the comet. Deep
Impact is the eighth mission in NASA's Discovery Program, and the first
mission to ever impact a comet nucleus in an effort to probe beneath its
surface.

About the Planetary Society

Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, The Planetary Society has inspired
millions of people to explore other worlds and seek other life. Today,
its international membership makes the non-governmental Planetary
Society the largest space interest group in the world. Carl Sagan, Bruce
Murray and Louis Friedman founded The Planetary Society in 1980.

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[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 16-27, 2006

[Ron Baalke]

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES
January 16-27, 2006

o Becquerel Crater (Released 16 January 2006)
  http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060116a

o Dust Slides (Released 17 January 2006)
  http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060117a

o Ganges Landslide (Released 18 January 2006)
  http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060118a

o Canyon Dust (Released 19 January 2006)
  http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060119a

o Layered Fan (Released 20 January 2006)
  http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060120a

o Channel (Released 23 January 2006)
  http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060123a

o Holden Crater Delta (Released 24 January 2006)
  http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060124a

o Blowouts (Released 25 January 2006)
  http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060125a

o Crater Clouds (Released 26 January 2006)
  http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060126a

o Crater Landslide (Released 27 January 2006)
  http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060127a


All of the THEMIS images are archived here:

http://themis.la.asu.edu/latest.html

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission 
for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission 
Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University,
Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. 
The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State 
University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor 
for the Odyssey 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] Stardust Capsule Reentry Movie

[Ron Baalke]

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/stardust_reentry.html

Stardust Capsule Reentry Movie

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/anim/stardust_reentrya.mov 
(Quicktime, 6.4 MB with caption)

This movie was taken from a NASA DC-8 aircraft as the Stardust sample
return capsule entered the atmosphere in the early morning hours of Jan.
15, 2006. At the time this video was shot, the DC-8 was flying at the
eastern edge of the Nevada state line. The Stardust sample return
capsule had a soft landing in the US Air Force's Utah Test and Training
Range at 3:10 am MST.

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[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day - January 27, 2006

[bernd . pauli]

Ken wrote: "Hello Bernd"

Hello Ken, nice to hear from you! As the comments below may be of general
interest to other List members, I'll send my answers to your questions to the 
List.

"Do you have access to a microprobe or is it a learned skill, that by the colors
and texture you deduce the minerals. How would I go about aquiring such skill."

No, I don't have access to a microprobe, nor is it a learned skill. It's rather 
a
combination or a mixture of these activities (and books that I own):

- reading the articles by Tom Toffoli and O.R. Norton on thin sections in Joel
  Schiff's quarterly "Meteorite".
- reading the entries in the Met.Bull. so I know what I can expect to see in my 
thin sections.
- looking at the thin section photos that are published online in the Antarctic 
Meteorite
  Newsletters. See here:

http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/curator/antmet/amn/amn.htm

As for books:

- I have Marvin's book, too, and it is a pity there is no information on how to 
indentify the minerals.
- I also have and can recommend:
  => NESSE W.D. (2004) Introduction to Optical Mineralogy (3rd Ed., Oxford 
Univ.Press, 348 pp.).
  => MacKENZIE W.S. and ADAMS A.E. (1995, 1996, 2000) A Color Atlas of Rocks 
and Minerals
 in Thin Section (John Wiley & Sons, New York-Toronto, 192 pp.).
  => Several books written in German on how to identify minerals in thin section
 with lots of color and b&w photos

There are presently 112 thin sections in my collection and I sometimes spend 
hours studying
one or several under my Russian MBS-10 microscope + Tobin Adapter for viewing 
them in cross-
polarized light. I compare what I see to the crystal colors in the books, to 
the geometry
(silhouettes) the crystals in the books show and draw my conclusions (sometimes 
probasbly
wrong ones, of course, as I am not a learned mineralogist). But the more you 
look and compare
the more experience you get.

"How do you deduce:"

1. the vivid bluish pink crystals are zoned, calcic olivines;

Those high relief, vivid colors are typical of olivines and if their rims are 
richer
in iron than the main part of the crystals, the rims look bluish or vice versa.

Another typical feature is "cleavage". Olivines rarely show good cleavage,
whereas the pyroxenes do. That these olivines are calcic is a piece of
information I culled from the entry in the Met.Bull.

2. the dazzling white crystals are anorthites;

Here again the Met.Bull. says that the plagioclase is almost pure anorthite
and that means it's white (cp. lunar anorthites!)

3. the light and medium brown, yellowish brown crystals are fassaitic pyroxenes;

Typical color shades of pyroxenes under crossed polars - so-called first-order
interference colors.  Pyroxenes show show good and easily recognizable
cleavages at 90°.

4. the upper half of the TS is dominated by vivid blue diopside crystals;

Diopside is a clinopyroxene and looks blue under crossed polars. As it is
a pyroxene, it does also show cleavages at 90°.

5. Numerous isotropic spinel crystals appear black with crossed polars.

I am not quite sure about this and that's why I didn't want to write about it
but as Matt asked ... No matter which direction I rotate the thin section,
these dark areas remain dark under crossed polars. Thus you can deduce
these minerals are isotropic (they show no double refraction).

The Met.Bull. mentions (or will mention) "Cr-pleonaste" spinel: spinel is
isotropic, and "pleonaste" means it contains a substantial amount of Fe2+.
This high amount of Fe2+ may render the crystal almost opaque.

But as I said before I am not absolutely sure if these black opaque areas are 
really
spinels - especially because the entry in the Met.Bull. says that it occurs 
only as
"subordinate Cr-pleonaste spinel".


Best wishes from Germany,
- 6.2°C (about 21°F) here,

Brnd, sorry Bernd

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[meteorite-list] Searching for the book "A Bibliography on Meteorites" by H. Brown

[Pelé Pierre-Marie]

Hello to the List,

I'm searching for a book entitled "A bibliography on
Meteorites" by Harrison Brown and published by The
University of Chicago Press, Cambrige university
Press, London 1953.

If you have one for sale at a reasonable price, I
would be very interested as I'm working on the 2nd
edition of my book "Meteorites de France" and that
Brown's book is full of bibliography of old french
documents.

Thanks in advance,

Pierre-Marie PELE
www.meteor-center.com






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[meteorite-list] Fw: 30% OFF ALL EBAY STORE ITEMS. 500 Meteorites to choose from!

[Michael Cottingham]

- Original Message -
From: Michael Cottingham
To: Michael Cottingham
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:12 AM
Subject: 30% OFF ALL EBAY STORE ITEMS. 500 Meteorites to choose from!


Hello,  ( PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING)  TODAY ONLY!!!

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Sorry. Use the BUY IT NOW button, Shop, Shop, Shop and then send me an email
telling me your done and I will send you an invoice reflecting the 30% OFF.
If you know the routine go ahead and invoice/paypal me the total minus 30%.

PLEASE NOTE:  This ONLY applies to Meteorites, Minerals, Fossils,
Artifacts, NOT cups, books, buttons, etc. NO CAFE PRESS ITEMS are in this
SALE.

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Thanks & Best Wishes

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[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day - January 27, 2006

[bernd . pauli]

Matt wrote:

"Good photo. But no offense to you Bernd, I have always felt thin section photos
 (of any rock) were meaniningless unless there was a description of the section"

Hello Matt and List,

Well, I got this NWA 2999 angrite thin section only recently so I haven't had 
enough time yet
to study it thoroughly but here is what I have already seen and written to 
David Weir about it:

1. the vivid bluish pink crystals are zoned, calcic olivines;
2. the dazzling white crystals are anorthites;
3. the light and medium brown, yellowish brown crystals are fassaitic pyroxenes;
4. the upper half of the TS is dominated by vivid blue diopside crystals;
5. Numerous isotropic spinel crystals appear black with crossed polars.


Best regards,

Bernd

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Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Auction entries and absentee bids (ad)

[Michael L Blood]

Greetings all,
Absentee bidders should get their bids in TODAY.
A few last minute entries came in just before I leave for the show:
Particularly exciting is the Space Sphere with spectacular reentry
ablation markings and micro meteoroid craters. Last year this was
in the auction with a minimum below market price. However, it was
still substantial. This year the seller is "motivated" and it will start
at $2,000! (The few that have been available are generally $10K).
Be sure to check out the recent entries at the end of the catalog
and the equally exciting Lt #50 of the oriented Brenham.
See lots of you there!
Michael





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Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - January 27, 2006

[Matt Morgan]

Good photo. But no offense to you Bernd, I have always felt thin section 
photos (of any rock) were meaniningless unless there was a description 
of the section and arrows pointing to key minerals or key parts of the 
section that MEAN something and allow an interpretation.  I understand 
it may be "pretty", but maybe someone could tell us what is going on in 
the meteorite. It would carry a lot more weight for some of us.


Matt Morgan

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

http://www.spacerocksinc.com/Jan27.html  


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[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - January 27, 2006

[SPACEROCKSINC]

http://www.spacerocksinc.com/Jan27.html  

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