[meteorite-list] A million $ rock on eBay
Hello Mike and list; I personally believe that we are a "captive audience"when a new fall is explored by someone and the adventures are posted on this great meteorite list.Michael says that upon viewing the posts he just enjoys them and feels that commentary isn't necessary,i agree 100%,and also enjoy the reports.If we comment and it is taken the wrong way due to the excitement of the moment then the list will explode into a feeding frenzy against the person making the comment.I think,so best to read and enjoy and hope for a specimen at some time in the future.I think. I for one appreciate your efforts in meteoritics very much,and wish you good fortune and exciting adventures.Thanks to you and other adventurers we enjoy specimens for study and pleasure.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Best Regards;Herman Archer IMCA # 2770 **Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr000520) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Tomorrow in History + AMNH NYC
Hello Geoff; Sounds like you have had and are having a hot and exciting summer.Enjoyed your post very much.Brings back the old days of the beginning of manned space exploration.What a time. Good to hear from you on the list and look forward to more exciting posts,and informative too.Thanks. Best Regards;Herman Archer IMCA # 2770 **Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr000520) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] A million $ rock on eBay
Herman and all, this is not about me, just a comment on the fact that when anyone announces something new, for example, Sonny announced a new R chondrite from the USA, the first ever and something quite special that he found. I watched and there was only silence. I am not saying that everyone on the list needs to comment, that would be nuts, but when these ebay scams are put up, it seems so many people jump on every time. I am just curious why, and some of you have answered your own personal reasons. Enough said. Michael Farmer --- On Sun, 7/20/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] A million $ rock on eBay > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 8:54 AM > Hello Mike and list; > > I personally believe that we are a "captive > audience"when a new fall is > explored by someone and the adventures are posted on this > great meteorite > list.Michael says that upon viewing the posts he just > enjoys them and feels that > commentary isn't necessary,i agree 100%,and also enjoy > the reports.If we comment > and it is taken the wrong way due to the excitement of the > moment then the > list will explode into a feeding frenzy against the person > making the > comment.I think,so best to read and enjoy and hope for a > specimen at some time in the > future.I think. > > I for one appreciate your efforts in meteoritics very > much,and wish you good > fortune and exciting adventures.Thanks to you and other > adventurers we enjoy > specimens for study and pleasure.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. > > Best Regards;Herman Archer IMCA # 2770 > > > > > **Get fantasy football with free live scoring. > Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr000520) > __ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] best way to glue meteorite together
Hi Greg, It depends on the specimen - are you talking about a Whole stone, a thick (5mm to 8mm) slice or partslice, a Thin part or whold slice (2 to 3mm), etc. Whatever it is You can be sure Bill Mason has invented a glue for it. (he developed "paleobond," meteorite cutting fluid you Mix with distilled water and a number of other meteorite Products - not to mention hundreds of other commercial Patens for product development. You can contact him at: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Best wishes, Michael on 7/19/08 5:34 PM, greg stanley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All: > > What is the best way to attach or (glue) pieces of a. Meteorite together > without causing damage? I want to be able to attach broken pieces together. > > Any thoughts... Perhaps putty or some type of temp. glue. > > Thanks, > > Greg S > > > > __ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Toluca Meteorite with quartz
Hi all, Take a look at this ebay auction. None of the pictures looks like any Toluca meteorite that I've ever seen, and some of the pictures show what looks like quartz! http://cgi.ebay.com/IRON-METEORITE-TOLUCA-3330-GRAMS-JIQUIPILCO-MEXICO_W0QQitemZ180265923155QQihZ008QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona http://www.mr-meteorite.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfright&p=v __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] best way to glue meteorite together
Oops, I sent this directly to Greg, but intended to send it to the list as well... Hi Greg, Bond 527 (available at Michael's) is a good reversible glue. You can dissolve it with acetone. But be aware, acetone is not friendly. In the museum conservation field, reversibility is what you're after. You can glue it together, and then take it apart if you need to. As for how to do it, as an archaeologist some time back, and having glued many pieces of Primm together, I would suggest a "sand box." Sand will allow you to balance the pieces so that they dry without falling out of position. And as to where to start, try fitting several pieces together by hand. Figure out which ones need to be glued together first so that you don't end up with a piece that won't go in. Have fun, Nick __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Drilling meteorites to make jewelry
Does anybody know of a good type of drill to drill small holes through chondrites? Thanks DEAN __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Toluca Meteorite with quartz
Not Toluca. On 7/20/08 2:56 PM, "Ruben Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > Take a look at this ebay auction. None of the pictures looks like any Toluca > meteorite that I've ever seen, and some of the pictures show what looks like > quartz! > > http://cgi.ebay.com/IRON-METEORITE-TOLUCA-3330-GRAMS-JIQUIPILCO-MEXICO_W0QQite > mZ180265923155QQihZ008QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > Ruben Garcia > Phoenix, Arizona > http://www.mr-meteorite.com > http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfright&p=v > > > > __ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Drilling meteorites to make jewelry
Hi Dean, I have good success with diamont drill tips used by dentists. Uwe Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com -Ursprüngliche Mitteilung- Von: dean bessey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Verschickt: Mo., 21. Jul. 2008, 0:22 Thema: [meteorite-list] Drilling meteorites to make jewelry Does anybody know of a good type of drill to drill small holes through chondrites? Thanks DEAN __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list AOL eMail auf Ihrem Handy! Ab sofort können Sie auch unterwegs Ihre AOL email abrufen. Registrieren Sie sich jetzt kostenlos. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Drilling meteorites to make jewelry
Hi Dean, Diamond bits. They come in all sizes, use with lots of water... I might have some around, but you can get them at most gem and jewelery shows and certainly at Tucson. I may have some around. Try looking at the websites for Dremel and Fordham tools... What I'd like to find are some diamond hole drills. I have some that are up to about 1/2 inch diameter, but they have a rather large kerf. I'd like to core some good looking meteorites to get the 20grams for the labs and not damage the appearance of my meteorites. Bore the hole. Break out the core. Fill the hole with some filler and paint it. Minimal change to the appearance of the meteorite - ample sample extracted. Cheers, Nick At 03:22 PM 7/20/2008, dean bessey wrote: Does anybody know of a good type of drill to drill small holes through chondrites? Thanks DEAN __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Drilling meteorites to make jewelry
Hi, Nick, all, A tiny diamond coring bit sounds like a custom-made tool, but I like the idea! Lots of us have fusion encrusted unclassified individuals too gorgeous to cut in to, which drives us insane wondering what lies inside. Fight the temptation! A small core sample, I'm thinking a few millimetres, to have a microscopic peek would be perfect. Cheers, Pete > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:19:35 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Drilling meteorites to make jewelry > > Hi Dean, > > Diamond bits. > They come in all sizes, use with lots of water... > I might have some around, but you can get them at most gem and jewelery shows > and certainly at Tucson. I may have some around. Try looking at the > websites for > Dremel and Fordham tools... > > What I'd like to find are some diamond hole drills. > I have some that are up to about 1/2 inch diameter, but they have a > rather large kerf. > I'd like to core some good looking meteorites to get the 20grams for > the labs and > not damage the appearance of my meteorites. Bore the hole. Break > out the core. > Fill the hole with some filler and paint it. Minimal change to the > appearance of the > meteorite - ample sample extracted. > > Cheers, > Nick > > At 03:22 PM 7/20/2008, dean bessey wrote: >>Does anybody know of a good type of drill to drill small holes >>through chondrites? >>Thanks >>DEAN > > __ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Find hidden words, unscramble celebrity names, or try the ultimate crossword puzzle with Live Search Games. Play now! http://g.msn.ca/ca55/212 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Please help save the gigantic crater buried deep under the ocean and solid rock!
If we don't act now, the whole thing could be destroyed with only trillions of dollars and hundreds of years of concerted effort by the entire global population! So act today! http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/07/20/3556594.htm NASA calls for protection of asteroid impact zone in Mexico (EFE Ingles Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Mexico City, Jul 20 (EFE).- NASA is advocating that the Mexican zone of Chicxulub, where 65 million years ago a large meteorite impacted, changing the course of evolution on Earth, be declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. "It's a site unique in the world" where a phenomenon occurred that "changed the evolution of the Earth," Dr. Isabel Hawkins, an Argentine-U.S. astronomer with the University of California at Berkeley and contracted with by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, to work in the zone, told Efe. A meteorite calculated to have been 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) in diameter created the Chicxulub crater - a feature 200 kilometers (124 miles) wide - when it struck the spot just at the point in time separating the Cretaceous and Tertiary Periods. The characteristics of the crater are still being investigated by scientists. Seventeen years ago, NASA began sending missions to the zone to analyze the stratigraphy and geology there with an eye toward comparing the data with other verified meteorite impact sites, about 200 of which exist all around the globe. The special aspect of the Chicxulub impact is that "the dinosaurs that had ruled the Earth for 250 million years really disappeared" after the blast, Hawkins said. It was at that point that another group of vertebrates, the mammals, "who were smaller and could not compete with the dinosaurs, could gain ground, increase their strength and gain importance" evolutionarily, she said. Now, a scientist for NASA, Colombian Adriana Ocampo, is pushing UNESCO to declare the zone a scientific World Heritage Site to preserve the impact evidence and bring it to light. "She wants to support the Mexican government to promote a Unesco initiative," she added. Hawkins says that her colleague "as a first step, obtained the support of the Yucatan government." During the past week, NASA experts held open scientific-educational sessions in the zone to win the confidence of the local residents - about 3,000 of whom live in the immediate area - and make them aware "of the risk" for the area and the benefits that could result if better scientific protection is implemented there. Authorities are also speaking about fostering tourism and building a science museum to explain the landmark event that happened here millions of years ago. EFe act/bp __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Please help save the gigantic crater buried deep under the ocean and solid rock!
I might be naive, but why don't they just use the Peruvian method for preserving craters: fill it with urine! > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:06:00 -0400 > Subject: [meteorite-list] Please help save the gigantic crater buried deep > under the ocean and solid rock! > > If we don't act now, the whole thing could be destroyed with only trillions of > dollars and hundreds of years of concerted effort by the entire global > population! So act today! > > http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/07/20/3556594.htm > > NASA calls for protection of asteroid impact zone in Mexico > > (EFE Ingles Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Mexico City, Jul 20 (EFE).- NASA is > advocating that the Mexican zone of Chicxulub, where 65 million years ago a > large meteorite impacted, changing the course of evolution on Earth, be > declared > a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. > > "It's a site unique in the world" where a phenomenon occurred that "changed > the > evolution of the Earth," Dr. Isabel Hawkins, an Argentine-U.S. astronomer with > the University of California at Berkeley and contracted with by the National > Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, to work in the zone, told Efe. > > A meteorite calculated to have been 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) in diameter > created the Chicxulub crater - a feature 200 kilometers (124 miles) wide - > when > it struck the spot just at the point in time separating the Cretaceous and > Tertiary Periods. > > The characteristics of the crater are still being investigated by scientists. > > Seventeen years ago, NASA began sending missions to the zone to analyze the > stratigraphy and geology there with an eye toward comparing the data with > other > verified meteorite impact sites, about 200 of which exist all around the > globe. > > The special aspect of the Chicxulub impact is that "the dinosaurs that had > ruled > the Earth for 250 million years really disappeared" after the blast, Hawkins > said. > > It was at that point that another group of vertebrates, the mammals, "who were > smaller and could not compete with the dinosaurs, could gain ground, increase > their strength and gain importance" evolutionarily, she said. > > Now, a scientist for NASA, Colombian Adriana Ocampo, is pushing UNESCO to > declare the zone a scientific World Heritage Site to preserve the impact > evidence and bring it to light. > > "She wants to support the Mexican government to promote a Unesco initiative," > she added. > > Hawkins says that her colleague "as a first step, obtained the support of the > Yucatan government." > > During the past week, NASA experts held open scientific-educational sessions > in > the zone to win the confidence of the local residents - about 3,000 of whom > live > in the immediate area - and make them aware "of the risk" for the area and the > benefits that could result if better scientific protection is implemented > there. > > Authorities are also speaking about fostering tourism and building a science > museum to explain the landmark event that happened here millions of years ago. > EFe > > act/bp > __ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Try Chicktionary, a game that tests how many words you can form from the letters given. Find this and more puzzles at Live Search Games! http://g.msn.ca/ca55/207 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Some of my Meteorites in 3-D
Hi gang, since there has been a lot of talk of the Mars 3-D pictures, I'll throw out my 3-D pics of some of the meteorites I found. I've always wanted to do some 3-D pics of the meteorites, so I did it. I found a neat little program to make them and had a fun time doing it. Here is the link to the forum where the pics are posted: http://www.nuggetshooter.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=13161 Hope you all enjoy These are my Gold Basin and Franconia meteorites that I have found over the past few years. Jason Snyder VAMH (Very Amateur Meteorite Hunter) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
