[meteorite-list] AD-West TX slices-big surface area, oriented stone

[mail]

Hi All:
I just sliced up a very nice broken individual and have a few slices  
to offer.  These are thin and were cut in alcohol. Also I have a very  
nice oriented piece with rollover lip and silky crust.


Please email me for pricing, which will be very good!

11.5 gram complete stone, oriented, with roll-over lip on back side.
http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/west_11-5_front.jpg

11.5 gram photo of backside showing roll-over lip on fusion crust
http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/west_11-5_back.jpg

11.5 gram photo of side showing pyramidal shape
http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/west_11-5_side.jpg

Slices
6.3 gram end cut with fragmented back and crust on edge SOLD

4.7 gram slice with edge of fusion crust
http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/west_4-7.jpg

4.4 gram slice with edge of fusion crust
http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/west_4-4.jpg

4.3 gram slice with edge of fusion crust
http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/west_4-3.jpg

3.4 gram end cut with fully crusted back
http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/west_3-4end.jpg

0.3 gram end cut with fully crusted back
http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/west_0-3.jpg

Thanks,
Matt



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[meteorite-list] Ad - Website update, First Batch!

[Impactika]

Hello everybody,

I finally got the first batch of new acquisitions on my site.
And it is a very ecclectic bunch, coming from every corner of the globe, from 
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Toulouse, and many other rare ones in between. From Latvia to Turkmenistan to 
China.
And yes, there are pictures.
Have a look: _http://www.impactika.com/MetList.htm_ 
(http://www.impactika.com/MetList.htm) 

Now, back to work. I have so many more...
 
Any questions, just let me know.
Thanks.

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http://www.impactika.com/
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[meteorite-list] AD: Small West, TX Individual

[RJP]

Does everyone that wants a stone from the West, TX fall mow have one for their 
collection? 

I ended up with two pieces, so I am offering one to to the list. (small, 
complete stone) 

In-situ photos included. Please email off-list for weight, price, and photos. 

And for everyone that is holding off until more are found, please take a look 
at the forecast for West. Not to mention, Spring field prep is now in full 
swing. We're down to the wire for fresh stone recovery.

Cheers,

Ryan Pawelski
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[meteorite-list] WEST TEXAS METEORITE HUNT

[Michael Johnson]

http://www.rocksfromspace.org/WTM.html
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[meteorite-list] Stereo Google Earth

[Chauncey Walden]

Want to hunt for craters on Google Earth in stereo?
http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/index.html
Chauncey
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[meteorite-list] Fw: (meteorobs) Need Meteorite Specialist for Upcoming Teen Show(Michigan)

[drtanuki]

Perhaps someone on these lists can help Abbey with an event in Michigan?  Thank 
you. Dirk Ross...Tokyo


--- On Sat, 3/7/09, Abbey Morris  wrote:

> From: Abbey Morris 
> Subject: (meteorobs) Need Meteorite Specialist for Upcoming Teen 
> Show(Michigan)
> To: meteor...@meteorobs.org
> Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 10:45 AM
> To Whom it May Concern,
> 
> I am the associate producer for an upcoming show produced
> in southeast
> Michigan that will focus on getting teens excited about
> math and
> science-related careers. For each episode we have a teen
> investigative team
> interview an "expert" who fills them in on the
> facts behind their job. The
> reason why I contacted you all, is that for an episode
> called
> "Meteor-wrong," one of the characters thinks he
> has a meteor, yet is not
> sure. The character then decides to interview a
> "planetary scientist"
> (geologist? geochemist? astronomer?) to find out if the
> rock is a meteor or
> not. We are looking for an expert in meteoritics in the
> southeast Michigan
> area who would be willing to explain his or her career, how
> meteors are
> formed, and then go into explaining how meteors are formed
> and how to test
> them for validity.
> 
> If anyone knows any information about who would be suitable
> for this role,
> or who I could contact for more information, it would help
> greatly. Keep in
> mind that we are not looking for just an expert, but an
> expert who can also
> engage teens and make science cool.
> 
> Thanks for your time!
> Abbey Morris
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Re: [meteorite-list] west,texas

[Tom Randall (KB2SMS)]

  So Steve, when will this be up for sale? Not that I care. Or is it  
sold already?


LOL!


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[meteorite-list] AD: Meteorite Back Issues

[Walter Branch]

Hello Everyone,

I have some back issues of Meteorite (periodical) ending Sunday on ebay. 
For those who might be interested, do a search on seller branchmeteorites 
and you will find them.  Thanks.


-Walter Branch 


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[meteorite-list] Some West totals and estimates

[teddy applebaum]

Hi list,

I spent a little time scouring the web for West totals and came up
with the following numbers. Numbers in parentheses are individual
stone weights when known.

Rob Wesel: 9 stones, total: 255 g
Ruben Garcia: 15 stones’ total: unknown  (12.6g)
Patrick Thompson: 15 stones total: unknown
Mike Bandli: 6 stones, total:  53.715g
Micheal Cottingham: 18 stones, total: 286g
Micheal Farmer: 23 stones, total: 531.6
Greg Hupe: at least 1 stone, total: unknown (50g)
Eric Wichman: 1 stone, total: 6.7 grams
Jim Baxter 5.9g: from mike farmer
Robert Woolard: and son 7 stones, total: 407 grams
James Phillips: 4 stones, total: 36.3
Geoff Notkin: at least 13 stones, total: unknown (18.8g)
Mike Miller: at least 1 stone, total: unknown  (212g)
Del Waterbury: 5 stones totaling: 75.3g (8g, 5,6g, 5.2g, 5.5g, 51g,)
Mike Morgan: 1 stone total: 13g

Totals: 79 stones with known weights = 1963.915g  + at least 42 other
known stones lacking weights + unknown numbers from these hunters:

Jason Phillips
Jim Schade
Sonny Clary
John Sinclair
Steve Arnold
Shauna Russel
Robert Ward

So far we can be sure that nearly 2 kilos of West have been founf, and
presume that:

The 79 stones with known weights = 1963.915g, which averages out to
24.85g per stone.

At that rate the 42 stones with unknown weights would add another 1042.7g

So my minimum estimate of the West total is 3 kilos, and I’m willing
to bet that 3.5-4 kilos have been found (based on all the hunters with
unreported stone and weight totals) which is somewhat higher then what
most people have been estimating.

Hope this helps – Teddy A
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[meteorite-list] West Texas Meteorite Hunt - Question

[catoni52]

 Greetings All:
  Some questions that I have is:

  What kind of deal does one make with the land-owner?
  A split of the finds between land-owner and searcher? By weight?
  A simple payment of so many dollars for permission to search?
  Do you have some sort of document for both to sign?

  In most cases do you get fairly easy permission and the land-owners are 
usually friendly?


  Best wishes to all, and clear skies.

  Rob Williamson


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[meteorite-list] NYT The Lure Of Rocks From Space

[JoshuaTreeMuseum]

Hello everybody:

In today's NYT, in the opinion section is an interesting 
commentary/discussion on asteroids and the possibility of them impacting the 
earth.  It was posted yesterday.


Phil Whitmer 


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[meteorite-list] Article and video on West

[Darren Garrison]

http://kdrv.com/page/96362

The movie about it seems to have taken some artistic licence with the details:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njP6YczRgsA
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Re: [meteorite-list] Waco Tribune Letter to the Editor

[wahlperry]

Hi Matt,

Way to go, Nice letter!


Sonny



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Sent: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 9:03 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] Waco Tribune Letter to the Editor






Hi All: 

I wrote a small letter to the editor of the Waco Tribune that was 
actually printed. Basically, it was in response to a not-so-flattering 
article that was printed in the February 26th edition. 

 

 
 

Best, 

matt 

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[meteorite-list] Waco Tribune Letter to the Editor

[mail]

Hi All:
I wrote a small letter to the editor of the Waco Tribune that was  
actually printed. Basically, it was in response to a not-so-flattering  
article that was printed in the February 26th edition.




Best,
matt
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[meteorite-list] Thank you West Texas!

[Eric Wichman]

Hi All,

We're back from West Texas now and after letting things slow down a bit 
and catching up on some much needed work I've finally got a moment to 
post some photos. I'd like to thank all you guys out there in meteorite 
land. My good friends, Mike Miller & Ruben Garcia (finally got to meet 
you Ruben after talking on the phone for 2 years!) Without you guys' 
help this trip might not have been a success.


A big hello and thank you also go out to our new friends Michael 
Cottingham and Christopher Cottingham for his first finds, 
congratulations to Christopher for his gorgeous 44 gram oriented West 
meteorite. It was a pleasure to be there to see it happen. And to Keith 
and Dana Jenkerson, we appreciate the advice! Jim Baxter, I didn't 
forget you... It was very good to meet you Jim!


I certainly can't forget Mike Farmer, Robert Ward, Shauna Russell, Greg 
Hupe, and their crew for their generosity in sharing the information. It 
was good to meet all you guys finally. A big hello also to Steve Arnold 
& Geoff Notkin. It was good to finally meet you Steve, I have a new 
found respect for you now. And to Geoff, glad to meet you again, this 
time in the field. Too bad we didn't get a chance to talk a bit.


I also want to thank all the people of West Texas for their Texas sized 
hearts and their overwhelming generosity. If it weren't for your 
hospitality the scientists and hunters wouldn't have had the opportunity 
to collect as many specimens and the meteorites would be plowed over or 
rotted away never to be seen again. Not only did you help us collect 
meteorites, you helped further science and the knowledge of our 
universe! I thank you very much for your kindness, and the meteorite 
world thanks you, sincerely.


As for Hopper, the meteorite finding dog... ;) Well all I can say is I 
have to chuckle a bit!. We got to spend two days with Hopper. No photos 
of the dog but I did somehow manage to get on the news in the Hopper 
segment New 8 Austin filmed. I'm only in the opening scenes but it was 
kind of exciting to see yourself on TV. Weird feeling really. Hopper 
liked everyone, well, everyone that might have food! She also loved to 
mess with the cows.


My first experience with Hopper was startling. Literally! I was out in 
the middle of a field minding my own meteorite hunting business and all 
of a sudden out of the middle of nowhere as I was staring at the ground 
searching intently for the elusive West Texas meteorite this black furry 
creature runs up to me and I about jump out of my boots!


You have to picture this, I'm concentrating so hard on the ground at 
finding a meteorite that I'm oblivious to my surroundings and out of 
nowhere a black hairy thing comes walking up within inches of my leg and 
I was staring into the eyes of the beast! ;) lol My heart leapt and I 
had to choke back a little noise. THAT was MY first experience with 
Hopper! Sweet dog really…


Another little tidbit of info for all you guys that went Gaa Gaa over 
Hopper. Since we did get a chance to hunt for two days with Hopper 
running around and frolicking in the fields of West Texas, we got to see 
a side of Hopper most didn’t have the good fortune to witness. They 
certainly experienced it, even if it was unknowingly. Dogs will be dogs, 
and we all know dogs like stinky stuff. Really stinky stuff! And what do 
dogs do when they find stinky stuff? That’s right, they roll in it!


Hopper came up to me and played and right off I noticed how nice a dog 
she was. She was so friendly she would walk up to anyone. I petted her 
and played a little with her in the field and went back to hunting. Then 
a couple hours later, I witnessed her rolling around on the ground about 
20 feet or so away, and when I walked over to see what was going on, 
that’s when I noticed the nice big, ugly and very dead raccoon Hopper 
was rolling around in. Eew, Yuck! I promptly washed my hands. I tried to 
warn everyone I saw, but they were so caught up they didn’t care. You 
know the old saying “you don’t know where that’s been.” Well…


This in no way detracts from her meteorite hunting prowess, or her 
awesome personality! Hopper is a great dog. I wish I had a meteorite 
hunting dog like her. She was super and deserves every steak she’s fed. 
She truly is a one of a kind dog. She does need a bath though.

OK, OK… I know you guys are wanting to see some photos so here they are…

I was fortunate enough to find one stone. It’s not much but it made the 
trip all that more rewarding, and 10, 20, or 50 years from now I can say 
Feb 25th 2009 I went, hunted, and found a piece of the West Texas 
meteorite fall. A witnessed fall, and my first chased meteorite fall 
expedition.


PHOTOS: http://www.meteoritesusa.com/west-texas-meteorite.htm

We hunted all over West, and had help from some of the best hunters in 
the business, but it comes down to being able to spot them on the 
ground, and there's no substitute for experience in the field. It take

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Very rare IRONS!

[al mitterling]

Greetings Peter and all,

Super nice specmens! Well worth a look.

--AL Mitterling


- Original Message - 
From: "Peter Marmet" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 9:28 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] AD - Very rare IRONS!



Hello All,

http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id42.html

I just listed 14 very nice and rare iron meteorites.

They all come from the well known SPACEJEWELS collection:

- Carbo IIC; found in Mexico 1923, part slice 180.05 g

- Djebel in Azzene IIIAB; found in Algeria in 1990; part slice 27.75 g

- Bur-Abor IIIAB; found in Kenya in 1997; part slice 22.45 g

- Chihuahua City IC anom; found in Mexico in 1929; part slice 36.29 g

- Cleburne IVA; found in Texas in 1907; full slice 59.50 g

- El Capitan IIIAB; found in New Mexico in 1893; part slice 7.15 g

- Fairfield IAB; found in Ohio in 1974; part slice 12.73 g

- Fuzzy Creek IVA anom; found in Texas; full slice 33.90 g

- Landes IAB-MG; found in Virginia in 1930; part slice 5.8 g

- Lueders IAB si.; found in Texas in 1973; part slice 27.50 g

- Okahandja IIAB hex.; found in Namibia in 1926; part slice 28.19 g

- Sacramento Mts. IIIAB; found in New Mexico in 1890; full slice 49.96 g

- Tombigbee River IIG; found in Alabama in 1859; part slice 7.2 g

- Warbourton Range IVB atax.; found in Australia 1963; part slice 34.08 g

http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id42.html

I will add a few more next week.

For questions and orders please write to: p.mar...@mysunrise.ch

Thank you,
Peter

Peter Marmet
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[meteorite-list] AD - Very rare IRONS!

[Peter Marmet]

Hello All,

http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id42.html

I just listed 14 very nice and rare iron meteorites.

They all come from the well known SPACEJEWELS collection:

- Carbo IIC; found in Mexico 1923, part slice 180.05 g

- Djebel in Azzene IIIAB; found in Algeria in 1990; part slice 27.75 g

- Bur-Abor IIIAB; found in Kenya in 1997; part slice 22.45 g

- Chihuahua City IC anom; found in Mexico in 1929; part slice 36.29 g

- Cleburne IVA; found in Texas in 1907; full slice 59.50 g

- El Capitan IIIAB; found in New Mexico in 1893; part slice 7.15 g

- Fairfield IAB; found in Ohio in 1974; part slice 12.73 g

- Fuzzy Creek IVA anom; found in Texas; full slice 33.90 g

- Landes IAB-MG; found in Virginia in 1930; part slice 5.8 g

- Lueders IAB si.; found in Texas in 1973; part slice 27.50 g

- Okahandja IIAB hex.; found in Namibia in 1926; part slice 28.19 g

- Sacramento Mts. IIIAB; found in New Mexico in 1890; full slice 49.96 g

- Tombigbee River IIG; found in Alabama in 1859; part slice 7.2 g

- Warbourton Range IVB atax.; found in Australia 1963; part slice 34.08 g

http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id42.html

I will add a few more next week.

For questions and orders please write to: p.mar...@mysunrise.ch

Thank you,
Peter

Peter Marmet
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Re: [meteorite-list] Find a Falling Star for $35

[Walter Branch]

Hello Michael,

About 7 or 8 years ago, I used to buy many copies from bookdealer Johnny 
Hahn (hope the spelling is right and the name for that matter) for $20.00 
apiece - new softcover copies.  I sold them for about that much.  Most 
recently I bought a copy from Ed Thompson for $50.00 - new softcover.  Well 
worth it.  Contact Ed (he is a list member) to inquire if he has more.


It is a great book, one that you will (re)read many times.  I have.

I would also like welcome you the the Meteoite List!

-Walter Branch 


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[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 7, 2009

[Michael Johnson]

http://www.rocksfromspace.org/March_7_2009.html

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