Re: [meteorite-list] new meteorite please
Hi Mike, I am VERY interested in a new hammer - but I inferred From what you wrote that you and Bob had brought home one Piece each for your personal collections. If I am wrong, please Contact me off list and let me know how much I can get and At how much per gram. Best wishes, Michael on 7/25/07 7:36 PM, Michael Farmer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve, I agree, but you did bring this down on yourself. Read your own posts, you keep doing the same thing over and over, then apologizing for it. I simply ignore it but others dont. What pisses me off is that it seems that a new METEORITE FALL on a METEORITE LIST does not seem to interest many people. I think I am on the wrong list or something. If I had posted about a meteorwrong on ebay, I would have come back to endless emails about the outrage and that people should take action. A new fall seems to bore most people on here. Michael Farmer --- steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi mike and list.PLEASE LETS TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW METEORITE.It is getting really boring to see people talk about me.This is a meteorite list,not a personal list.I really want to hear about the new fall.So please people,enough about all the negativity some people must always bring to this great list. steve arnold Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!! chicagometeorites.net.Specializing in Gao Meteorites! Ebay I.D. Illinoismeteorites __ __ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=graduation+giftscs=bz __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Those who would give up essential freedoms for security, deserve neither freedom nor security. ...Benjamin Franklin __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD - Ebay Auctions ending
Good Morning All I have auctions ending tonight, ebay ID catchafallingstar.com. ALL started just at 99 Cents!!! Lots of Planetary offerings as well http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcatchafallingstar.com Full recap with photos on Paul and Jim's website: http://www.meteorite.com/meteorites/ebay/catch_a_falling_star_meteorites.htm Thanks for looking Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 http://www.catchafallingstar.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] looking for some cheap meteorite dust!
Any cutters out there that have some dust that they would like to sell for cheap of non-cool, non-nice, non-rare meteorites. Thanks for any help in this strange quest. -Leigh Anne DelRay Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] looking for some cheap meteorite dust!
Any cutters out there that have some dust that they would like to sell for cheap of non-cool, non-nice, non-rare meteorites. Thanks for any help in this strange quest. -Leigh Anne DelRay - Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Indiana Jones?
Not quite Indiana Jones, as Indiana Jones would have jumped out of the speeding car, thrown a strong punch to the head of the gunman knocking the gunman into the path of a speeding train, swept up a 40 kilo meteorite our of the path of a tour bus, and then spent the night with a beautiful senorita. Cheers, Fred Hall ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] lunar meteorites from the farside
At 20:53 24-07-07 Tuesday, you wrote: Thank you David. I didn't want to sound so skeptical. Remote sensing suggests is what I was refering to. I definitely want to believe that farside rocks are in my possession. Just need some returned specimens for confirmation. Jerry, and list: To the best of my knowledge, about half of the lunar meteorites come from the farside and the other half from the nearside. (And, with a bow to Jim Strope, that means that half come from DARK side and the other half from the not-dark side.) I have heard no arguments that strongly challenge the assumption lunar meteorites come from randomly distributed locations on the Moon, except for the one below. That one is irrelevant to us in that any point on the Moon is in the trailing half half half of the time. [If I misunderstand this, please let me know.] On the basis of dynamical modeling calculations, Gladman et al. (1995) make the following statements [with my comments in square brackets]: The earth should be uniformly covered with lunar meteorites [!], and there is no bias for or against Antarctica on dynamical grounds [!!]... We thus conclude that the discovery location on the Earth imparts no information as to where on the Moon a lunar meteorite was launched. Nevertheless Fig. 4 demonstrates that objects launched with high velocity (more than 2.6 km/sec [lunar escape velocity is 2.4 km/sec]) have an extreme bias toward coming from the trailing half of the lunar surface if those particles are delivered to Earth without ever escaping geocentric orbit. [Some lunar meteoroids meteorites go into heliocentric orbit, however.] If the 4[pi] CRE [cosmic-ray exposure] of an object could be shown to be only a few days [it can't] (so that the meteorite arrived via direct transfer), then one might be able to deduce more, especially if the ejection velocity and angle were known... Since such information is unlikely to be available [correct!], we must conclude that dynamics can do little to narrow down the source regions of lunar meteorites. So, theory doesn't help us. It has become fashionable, if not expected, in scientific papers about new lunar meteorites to speculate about where on the Moon a meteorite is likely to have originated. I've done it myself. The truth, however, is that we do not know with certainty where ANY given lunar meteorite comes from. All of the statement in the literature by geochemists and geologists are based on a few observations and some assumptions: 1) The high-thorium region of the Moon (the PKT) is on the nearside. There are no high-Th regions on the farside, although the SPA (South Pole-Aiken) region is a bit enriched in Th. Therefore, if a lunar meteorite has high concentrations of Th, then it most likely comes from the nearside. I'd say this assumption has a 99+% chance of being correct for SaU 169 and NWA 4472/4485. Gnos et al. (2004) speculate about the exact crater for SaU 169, but it is just speculation. We have studied samples from the Apollo 12 missions that are indistinguishable from SaU 169, and that site is 450 km from the crater advocated by Gnos et al. (They still might be right, however.) I used to think that Calcalong Creek originated from the PKT, too, but now that we've obtained our own analysis of Calcalong Creek (which is not the focus of abstract, below), we note that it and Dhofar 961 have some funny geochemical characteristics that suggest to me that they ARE NOT from anywhere near the Apollo sites, which were all on the nearside. That makes it more likely (but hard to quantify) that they come from the SPA area and, therefore, the farside. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2007/pdf/5257.pdf 2) There are more maria (the dark eyes or seas) on the nearside, and the maria are rich in iron because the maria consist of basalt. So, a given basaltic lunar meteorite is most likely to come from the nearside than the farside. However, there are also maria on the farside, so maybe one or two of the basaltic meteorites originates from the farside. The first lunar meteorite, ALHA 81005, was low in iron and thorium. That led me (for example!) to state The low LIL [large-ion-lithophile, like thorium] element concentrations of 81005 are consistent with an origin distant from the KREEP-rich Imbrium-Procellarum region [PKT, Apollo sites], possibly on the lunar farside (Korotev et al., 1983). Others said the same thing (it wasn't really a profound observation) and have continued to say so about new lunar meteorites because the statement sounds neat. Now, about half the lunar meteorites are, in fact, feldspathic and low in iron and thorium. http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/chemclass/chemclass.htm Because a larger fraction of the farside real estate is low in iron and thorium, more than half of the feldspathic lunar meteorites probably DO come from the farside. We just
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[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - July 22, 2007
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[meteorite-list] Not a good day for NASA
Earlier today, I saw where astronauts had gone onto the shuttle skunk drunk. And now, breaking news on CNN.com, NASA says it has found wires which may have been deliberately cut on computers bound for the international space station. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] looking for some cheap meteorite dust!
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[meteorite-list] Mikes travels and new finds...
Gosh I love this list...my finds are so trivial... but thru these reports and stories and subsequent photos and learned discussions I can almost feel like I was part of the journey. I really appreciate you guys. The good tips about eBay frauds, the good tips about good stuff on eBay, and good stuff from good solid members, all on top of the cool stories from finders as they happen... wow. It all adds up to one wonderful list... and really brightens my day Now, anyone care to lend a ground penetrating radar for a week? For a split? __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Cali, Colombia meteorite tidbit
Alex At nearly 2,000 Colombian pesos to the weak US dollar, it still comes out to about $US250 to $US1,250, a fair chunk of change my two Colombian cents worth Dave Alexander Seidel wrote: My Spanish is poor (3 yrs at school, but then again this is more than 35 yrs ago!), so I tried an Altavista Babelfish translation from Spanish to English, and got an idea of what the Colombian newspapers wrote this and the other day. Thank you, Mike, for the messages, and have a good and safe trip home with your companion Robert Ward. I bet your families will be more than glad to see you back home again! que oscila entre $500.000 y $2.500.000 cada una. Is this a hint to what any later commercial offers might be..?? :-) Well, just kidding. Welcome home, as you read this - you may be on a plane right now at this moment, Alex Berlin/Germany Original-Nachricht Datum: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:17:45 -0700 (PDT) Von: Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: [meteorite-list] Cali, Colombia meteorite tidbit I am up now at 5 am, preparing to leave Colombia in a couple of hours, typing with my broken glasses on, so forgive any typos please, it is hard for me to see this morning. My glasses I use when my contacts are out got stepped on in Sweden and I never did get time enough at home to repair them. I should make it home tonight if I can make tight airline connections, as I changed my ticket, and so I would expect tomorrow to being having photos uploaded and a page began. I have hundreds of photos and maps to try and deal with, so bear with me on that one. As of now, 22 days after the fall, there are only 7 stones found. I do not expect much more if any to be found, as the streets (like in Park Forest) would be pretty much the only places suitable for hunting. We did that for hours yesterday and unfortunately due to torrential rains and spotty street sweeping, most are already lost to the sewers. When it rains in the jungle, let me tell you, it pours! The total weight recovered is barely 300-350 grams. I know that there are likely many kilos on the ground, but when I post the maps, you will understand that it is all in the canefields and garbage dump. And considering that terrain, absolutely impossible to hunt, and the danger to life and limb there, forget it. I think some more might be found in the streets, but that chance dwindles by the hour as rain and cleaning dump them all in the sewer, and that area that is populated is where the strewnfield began, so only small stones there. Here is a list of stones with estimated weights (I left in such a rush that I forgot my scales, but then again, in the drug capital of the world, scales might be viewed as something of interest for the customs agents). Cali 001 ~80 grams, roof smasher, sold to a Spanish scientist. Cali 002 ~40-50 grams, roof smasher, I have the main mass and the metal roof which Robert and I cut out. Much of the stone was lost as police took some fragments and no report, and one week of attempts to locate that material were in vain. Cali 003 ~40 grams, complete stone, ~99 % crusted. Roof smasher and fridge denter, now owned by Robert Ward. Cali 004 ~120 grams, roof smasher, ~70% complete, some frags missing from impact with roof and top of cement wall. I own this one and some of the damaged tile material. The hole was large and the tile panel over 1 meter long. We were attempting to get it last night, but absolutely impossibe to get within 5 miles of that neighborhood at night and it did not work out. Cali 005 ~12 grams, 90% complete stone, found in street a few days after the fall. Cali 006 ~6 grams, fusion crusted fragment, found very close to Cali 0005 in the street gutter, same day as that stone. Cali 007, complete stone, ~85% crusted with chips from being run over by cars and some slight oxidation from rainfall. Found 8 days after the fall in another street. Robert and I bought this one last night, for the highest price I have ever paid for a chondrite. Astronomical like the Astronomy Clum member who found it. But well worth it. That is it folks, we were hoping that the publicity would bring others forward, and thankfully it did, that is how I got the Cali 004 stone yesterday, they saw offers of cash and finally spoke up. After 8 days of non-stop tv, radio and newspaper interviews, I think that even that time is passing. Anyone who had a stone should have already tried to sell it. Of course calls and emails came pouring in but for junk and pieces which amazingly fell the same day in FARC strongholds hundreds of miles from Cali. More later, but I have a flight to catch, this should tide you over for a day right? This morning's newspaper. http://www.elpais.com.co/HOY/REG/meterin.html Michael Farmer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Attempted robbery, I am coming home.
Steve, Excellent point though it sould be expanded to maintaining a low profile in ALL aspects. Having interviews and such only broadcasts to the bad guys that a new target has arrived in town. Dave From: Steve Schoner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/07/26 Thu AM 09:55:29 CDT To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Attempted robbery, I am coming home. Michael, and all, This should underscore a problem with personal internet profiles. If one is known to have money, or a large collection of meteorites which are very valuable. And if one goes to a dangerous area such as Columbia, cocaine capital of the world, and internet savey, they put themselves a great risk for exactly what Michael outlined below. Just think of what could have happened if the gunmen succeeded? They could be held for ransom, with death hanging over their heads. This would be a terrible burden for them and their families at home. It takes a lot of grit to go down there and do what they are doing, but it is probably best to go there with a low internet profile. Better yet, get contacts down there to assist you. The police departments are probably the best bet, as they will get specimens first. If they get specimens, meet with them and get out right away after the deal is done. Steve Schoner IMCA #4470 [meteorite-list] Attempted robbery, I am coming home. Michael Farmer meteoriteguy at yahoo.com Wed Jul 25 16:14:26 EDT 2007 * Previous message: [meteorite-list] AD: 115.7g Bassikounou looking for a home * Next message: [meteorite-list] Attempted robbery, I am coming home. * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Well, only hours after writing about how unsafe it is here in the Cali meteorite strewnfield, I now must write that only two hours ago I had a gun pointed at me and my friends in an attempted robbery/kidnapping. Robert and I were with a local astronomy group, in the barrios where the meteorites fell, and we spent the morning with two groups of news reporters, one for the El Pais newspaper, and one for a Colombian national TV station. We were warned several times to leave the area by the locals. After doing some interviews and photo ops hunting and talking with people, we got into two taxis and left to meet at a place for lunch. I was with two of the Colombian astronomy club members and as we tried to drive through a barrio just near where one of the stones was found, a man ran at the taxi with a large gun scraming at us to stop. I saw the people in the front of the taxi duck down and then saw the gunman running at us. The driver hit the gas and we swerved around him, but the gun was about 1 meter from my head. He did not fire thank god, but what a scare, we quickly tried to get out of the neigborhood and told police who ran to the place but we have no idea what happened later. We just fled. We are done here, it is clearly not safe enough to stay, Robert and I both have collection pieces, and having a gun near your head is enough to know when to call it even and go home. I am a little shook up right now, will write more about the meteorite later today or tonight. I already have a flight home tomorrow morning and plan to get out of Dodge as fast as possible. Those of you who don't hunt meteorites should appreciate the danger that those of us who do hunt, face in some of these countries. Michael Farmer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Steve or New meteorite, which to discuss?
Hello Mike; I vote new meteorite fall and circumstances surrounking the hunt and recovery of the prized remnants of such a great cosmic event.Good luck and stay safe. Best Regards;Herman Archer. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Attempted robbery, I am coming home.
Michael, and all, This should underscore a problem with personal internet profiles. If one is known to have money, or a large collection of meteorites which are very valuable. And if one goes to a dangerous area such as Columbia, cocaine capital of the world, and internet savey, they put themselves a great risk for exactly what Michael outlined below. Just think of what could have happened if the gunmen succeeded? They could be held for ransom, with death hanging over their heads. This would be a terrible burden for them and their families at home. It takes a lot of grit to go down there and do what they are doing, but it is probably best to go there with a low internet profile. Better yet, get contacts down there to assist you. The police departments are probably the best bet, as they will get specimens first. If they get specimens, meet with them and get out right away after the deal is done. Steve Schoner IMCA #4470 [meteorite-list] Attempted robbery, I am coming home. Michael Farmer meteoriteguy at yahoo.com Wed Jul 25 16:14:26 EDT 2007 * Previous message: [meteorite-list] AD: 115.7g Bassikounou looking for a home * Next message: [meteorite-list] Attempted robbery, I am coming home. * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Well, only hours after writing about how unsafe it is here in the Cali meteorite strewnfield, I now must write that only two hours ago I had a gun pointed at me and my friends in an attempted robbery/kidnapping. Robert and I were with a local astronomy group, in the barrios where the meteorites fell, and we spent the morning with two groups of news reporters, one for the El Pais newspaper, and one for a Colombian national TV station. We were warned several times to leave the area by the locals. After doing some interviews and photo ops hunting and talking with people, we got into two taxis and left to meet at a place for lunch. I was with two of the Colombian astronomy club members and as we tried to drive through a barrio just near where one of the stones was found, a man ran at the taxi with a large gun scraming at us to stop. I saw the people in the front of the taxi duck down and then saw the gunman running at us. The driver hit the gas and we swerved around him, but the gun was about 1 meter from my head. He did not fire thank god, but what a scare, we quickly tried to get out of the neigborhood and told police who ran to the place but we have no idea what happened later. We just fled. We are done here, it is clearly not safe enough to stay, Robert and I both have collection pieces, and having a gun near your head is enough to know when to call it even and go home. I am a little shook up right now, will write more about the meteorite later today or tonight. I already have a flight home tomorrow morning and plan to get out of Dodge as fast as possible. Those of you who don't hunt meteorites should appreciate the danger that those of us who do hunt, face in some of these countries. Michael Farmer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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[meteorite-list] NASA 'Sabotage'
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/orl-bk-nasacomputer072607,0,2959788.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines - From Orlando Sentinel NASA reports sabotage of computer by worker who cut wires Marcia Dunn The Associated Press July 26, 2007, 4:51 PM EDT CAPE CANAVERAL -- A space program worker deliberately damaged a computer that is supposed to fly aboard shuttle Endeavour in less than two weeks, an act of sabotage that was caught before the equipment was loaded onto the spaceship, NASA said today. The unidentified employee, who works for a NASA subcontractor, cut wires inside the computer that is supposed to be delivered to the international space station by Endeavour, said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's space operations chief. The worker also damaged a similar computer that was not meant to fly to space. The sabotage occurred outside Florida. Gerstenmaier did not identify the subcontractor or where the damage took place. NASA's inspector general office is investigating. NASA hopes to fix the computer and launch it Aug. 7 as planned aboard Endeavour. The computer is designed for use aboard the space station, not the shuttle, and the damage would have posed no danger to either shuttle or station astronauts, Gerstenmaier said. - __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Hello all, I have an auction ending in about 15 hrs for a nice little fragment of the martian Shergottite, Los Angeles. Although officially this meteorite is called Los Angeles, this piece is from the Los Angeles 002 stone. Here is the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=200131080673ssPageName=STRK:MESE:ITih=010 Thanks, CJ Lebel IMCA#3432 Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood ... _ Local listings, incredible imagery, and driving directions - all in one place! http://maps.live.com/?wip=69FORM=MGAC01 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] NASA 'Sabotage'
Absolutely maddening! It will be interesting to see how this story developes. (Shades of Contact, Carl!) From: Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] NASA 'Sabotage' Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:34:21 -0700 http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/orl-bk-nasacomputer072607,0,2959788.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines - From Orlando Sentinel NASA reports sabotage of computer by worker who cut wires Marcia Dunn The Associated Press July 26, 2007, 4:51 PM EDT CAPE CANAVERAL -- A space program worker deliberately damaged a computer that is supposed to fly aboard shuttle Endeavour in less than two weeks, an act of sabotage that was caught before the equipment was loaded onto the spaceship, NASA said today. The unidentified employee, who works for a NASA subcontractor, cut wires inside the computer that is supposed to be delivered to the international space station by Endeavour, said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's space operations chief. The worker also damaged a similar computer that was not meant to fly to space. The sabotage occurred outside Florida. Gerstenmaier did not identify the subcontractor or where the damage took place. NASA's inspector general office is investigating. NASA hopes to fix the computer and launch it Aug. 7 as planned aboard Endeavour. The computer is designed for use aboard the space station, not the shuttle, and the damage would have posed no danger to either shuttle or station astronauts, Gerstenmaier said. - __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Windows Live Hotmail gives you the control you need to help you keep your e-mail private, safe and secure. See for yourself! www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA147 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Ebay auctions ending soon
Hi All I have several auctions ending soon most still at 95 cents; http://collectibles.search.ebay.com/_Meteorites-Tektites_W0QQcatrefZC12QQsacatZ3239QQsassZmeteorfinder Thanks for looking. Mike Mike Jensen Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 303-337-4361 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Cali, Colombia meteorite tidbit
My Spanish is poor (3 yrs at school, but then again this is more than 35 yrs ago!), so I tried an Altavista Babelfish translation from Spanish to English, and got an idea of what the Colombian newspapers wrote this and the other day. Thank you, Mike, for the messages, and have a good and safe trip home with your companion Robert Ward. I bet your families will be more than glad to see you back home again! que oscila entre $500.000 y $2.500.000 cada una. Is this a hint to what any later commercial offers might be..?? :-) Well, just kidding. Welcome home, as you read this - you may be on a plane right now at this moment, Alex Berlin/Germany Original-Nachricht Datum: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:17:45 -0700 (PDT) Von: Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: [meteorite-list] Cali, Colombia meteorite tidbit I am up now at 5 am, preparing to leave Colombia in a couple of hours, typing with my broken glasses on, so forgive any typos please, it is hard for me to see this morning. My glasses I use when my contacts are out got stepped on in Sweden and I never did get time enough at home to repair them. I should make it home tonight if I can make tight airline connections, as I changed my ticket, and so I would expect tomorrow to being having photos uploaded and a page began. I have hundreds of photos and maps to try and deal with, so bear with me on that one. As of now, 22 days after the fall, there are only 7 stones found. I do not expect much more if any to be found, as the streets (like in Park Forest) would be pretty much the only places suitable for hunting. We did that for hours yesterday and unfortunately due to torrential rains and spotty street sweeping, most are already lost to the sewers. When it rains in the jungle, let me tell you, it pours! The total weight recovered is barely 300-350 grams. I know that there are likely many kilos on the ground, but when I post the maps, you will understand that it is all in the canefields and garbage dump. And considering that terrain, absolutely impossible to hunt, and the danger to life and limb there, forget it. I think some more might be found in the streets, but that chance dwindles by the hour as rain and cleaning dump them all in the sewer, and that area that is populated is where the strewnfield began, so only small stones there. Here is a list of stones with estimated weights (I left in such a rush that I forgot my scales, but then again, in the drug capital of the world, scales might be viewed as something of interest for the customs agents). Cali 001 ~80 grams, roof smasher, sold to a Spanish scientist. Cali 002 ~40-50 grams, roof smasher, I have the main mass and the metal roof which Robert and I cut out. Much of the stone was lost as police took some fragments and no report, and one week of attempts to locate that material were in vain. Cali 003 ~40 grams, complete stone, ~99 % crusted. Roof smasher and fridge denter, now owned by Robert Ward. Cali 004 ~120 grams, roof smasher, ~70% complete, some frags missing from impact with roof and top of cement wall. I own this one and some of the damaged tile material. The hole was large and the tile panel over 1 meter long. We were attempting to get it last night, but absolutely impossibe to get within 5 miles of that neighborhood at night and it did not work out. Cali 005 ~12 grams, 90% complete stone, found in street a few days after the fall. Cali 006 ~6 grams, fusion crusted fragment, found very close to Cali 0005 in the street gutter, same day as that stone. Cali 007, complete stone, ~85% crusted with chips from being run over by cars and some slight oxidation from rainfall. Found 8 days after the fall in another street. Robert and I bought this one last night, for the highest price I have ever paid for a chondrite. Astronomical like the Astronomy Clum member who found it. But well worth it. That is it folks, we were hoping that the publicity would bring others forward, and thankfully it did, that is how I got the Cali 004 stone yesterday, they saw offers of cash and finally spoke up. After 8 days of non-stop tv, radio and newspaper interviews, I think that even that time is passing. Anyone who had a stone should have already tried to sell it. Of course calls and emails came pouring in but for junk and pieces which amazingly fell the same day in FARC strongholds hundreds of miles from Cali. More later, but I have a flight to catch, this should tide you over for a day right? This morning's newspaper. http://www.elpais.com.co/HOY/REG/meterin.html Michael Farmer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
[meteorite-list] Cali, Colombia meteorite tidbit
I am up now at 5 am, preparing to leave Colombia in a couple of hours, typing with my broken glasses on, so forgive any typos please, it is hard for me to see this morning. My glasses I use when my contacts are out got stepped on in Sweden and I never did get time enough at home to repair them. I should make it home tonight if I can make tight airline connections, as I changed my ticket, and so I would expect tomorrow to being having photos uploaded and a page began. I have hundreds of photos and maps to try and deal with, so bear with me on that one. As of now, 22 days after the fall, there are only 7 stones found. I do not expect much more if any to be found, as the streets (like in Park Forest) would be pretty much the only places suitable for hunting. We did that for hours yesterday and unfortunately due to torrential rains and spotty street sweeping, most are already lost to the sewers. When it rains in the jungle, let me tell you, it pours! The total weight recovered is barely 300-350 grams. I know that there are likely many kilos on the ground, but when I post the maps, you will understand that it is all in the canefields and garbage dump. And considering that terrain, absolutely impossible to hunt, and the danger to life and limb there, forget it. I think some more might be found in the streets, but that chance dwindles by the hour as rain and cleaning dump them all in the sewer, and that area that is populated is where the strewnfield began, so only small stones there. Here is a list of stones with estimated weights (I left in such a rush that I forgot my scales, but then again, in the drug capital of the world, scales might be viewed as something of interest for the customs agents). Cali 001 ~80 grams, roof smasher, sold to a Spanish scientist. Cali 002 ~40-50 grams, roof smasher, I have the main mass and the metal roof which Robert and I cut out. Much of the stone was lost as police took some fragments and no report, and one week of attempts to locate that material were in vain. Cali 003 ~40 grams, complete stone, ~99 % crusted. Roof smasher and fridge denter, now owned by Robert Ward. Cali 004 ~120 grams, roof smasher, ~70% complete, some frags missing from impact with roof and top of cement wall. I own this one and some of the damaged tile material. The hole was large and the tile panel over 1 meter long. We were attempting to get it last night, but absolutely impossibe to get within 5 miles of that neighborhood at night and it did not work out. Cali 005 ~12 grams, 90% complete stone, found in street a few days after the fall. Cali 006 ~6 grams, fusion crusted fragment, found very close to Cali 0005 in the street gutter, same day as that stone. Cali 007, complete stone, ~85% crusted with chips from being run over by cars and some slight oxidation from rainfall. Found 8 days after the fall in another street. Robert and I bought this one last night, for the highest price I have ever paid for a chondrite. Astronomical like the Astronomy Clum member who found it. But well worth it. That is it folks, we were hoping that the publicity would bring others forward, and thankfully it did, that is how I got the Cali 004 stone yesterday, they saw offers of cash and finally spoke up. After 8 days of non-stop tv, radio and newspaper interviews, I think that even that time is passing. Anyone who had a stone should have already tried to sell it. Of course calls and emails came pouring in but for junk and pieces which amazingly fell the same day in FARC strongholds hundreds of miles from Cali. More later, but I have a flight to catch, this should tide you over for a day right? This morning's newspaper. http://www.elpais.com.co/HOY/REG/meterin.html Michael Farmer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] harrasing ebay emails
Hi list.I have getting harrasing emails on ebay from a former now banned list member.He is constently sending me harrasing emails about my auctions.I have contacted ebay 3 times with no results.Is there I can do stop the harrasment.It is getting old and I am tired of it.Just like all the harrasment I continue to get from list members who really have nothing to harrass me about.Any help will be appreciated.And please no negative comments please.I am only trying to correct a problem. steve arnold,chicago Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!! chicagometeorites.net.Specializing in Gao Meteorites! Ebay I.D. Illinoismeteorites Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
