[meteorite-list] AD - Thin Sections for sale and more (even a website)
Hi to all, hope everyone is good. I have a few things in this ad. I have 4 really nice thin sections of the Camel Donga (Eucrite) for sale. $75 each off ebay or $80 on ebay. These are uncovered to allow the buyer the option of testing and study. Thin sections available: #1 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF2220.jpg #2 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF2218.jpg #3 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF2216.jpg #4 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF2214.jpg Here is an image of the Camel Donga meteorite under xpol light http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/CamelDongaTS1.jpg I also have many meteorites ending on ebay in the next 24 hours you can see my listings here: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZwanderingstarmeteoritesQQhtZ-1 I purchased the website www.brenhammeteorites.com some time ago. Original plans were to use it, but I dont have the time to maintain it and market is properly. If anyone is interested in it, make an offer. With the Meteorite Men TV show with Brenham featured, Im sure there will be a increase in interest in the fall, this site could be a good source for selling Brenham meteorites... it is after all BrenhamMeteorites.com! In the top 5 if not higher for many search engines, this is a great site. One last thing... I will be posting a few things to Erics site www.spacifieds.com on Sunday. Everything I list will be 10% off normal ebay prices (to reflect a portion of the savings from not having final value fees) for those who want a deal. Thanks for looking, Greg C. www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Angrite NWA 4931 Willamette cutting
Elton, I subsequently found the missing bit here... http://www.darrylpitt.com/willamette.html The article states that there is evidence of sampling elsewhere, and that science was again served when this meteorite was cut in 1997 and the end piece in question was removed. So twelve years ago there was undoubtedly no issues with core sampling technology not being available, so science would appear to have been served in a clumsy fashion. Possibly something to do with the trade value of an end piece versus a core? Greg, I like this, it looks much less intrusive.. Link to image of core sampling at MIT laboratory: http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/nwa4931core.jpg Interesting paper you link to... Link to LPSC abstract on magnetic field on Angrite Parent Body: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/2143.pdf Especially interesting (re: D'Orbigny) is the differentiation of the random field from the collector's magnet and the stable oriented field presumably induced by the parent body. Now the stable oriented field is discounted as having been acquired by slow thermal acquisition of the earth's field after landing (VRM) or from recrystallisation from a weathering process. However is there any possibility that an oriented meteorite might become magnetised on entry - it gets hot (ok, probably not in the middle), keeps it's orientation, and crosses the earth's albeit rather weak flux extremely quickly? Also I thought coercivity was the resistance to demagnetisation and was related to the magnetic material. I therefore don't get how one can have one magnetic material (the meteorite) carrying high and low coercivity fields unless the fields are carried in different mineral components e.g. one in pyrrhotite and one in magnetite (or throw native iron into the mix). Maybe this is the point that the stable field is held equally through all magnetic minerals but the one from the collector's magnet only really established itself in the more easily magnetised (and demagnetised) component - whatever that is (iron I guess). Regards, John __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis GSA and AGU Abstracts
The GSA abstracts can be found in T94. Impact Cratering from the Microscopic to the Planetary Scale II (GSA Planetary Geology Division; International Continental Scientific Drilling Program [ICDP]; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Paleontological Society; GSA International Division) at http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/session_25177.htm The abstracts are; 1. Dryas. Pinter, N., A. C. Andrew, and D. Ebel, 2009, Extraterrestrial and Terrestrial Signatures at the Onset of the Younger Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_162563.htm 2. Holliday, V. T., and D. J. Meltzer, 2009, Geoarchaeology of the 12.9ka Impact hypothesis. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_160959.htm 3. Paquay, F., S. Goderis, G. Ravizza, and P. Claeys, 2009, No evidence of of extraterrestrial geochemical components at the Bolling-Allerod/Younger Dryas Transition. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_163154.htm 4. Surovell, T. A., and V. T. Holliday, 2009, Non- Reproducibility of Younger Dryas Extraterrestrial Impact Results. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_163912.htm PDF files of various papers by Dr. V. T. Holliday can be found beneath Publications of Vance T. Holliday at: http://www.argonaut.arizona.edu/holliday.htm This includes: Vance T. Holliday, David A. Kring, James H. Mayer, and Ronald J. Goble, Age and effects of the Odessa meteorite impact, western Texas, USA. Geology. vol. 33, pp. 945-947. at: http://www.argonaut.arizona.edu/articles/holliday_etal2005.pdf The Abstracts to the 2009 American Geophysical Union presentations for PP15: Younger Dryas Boundary: Extraterrestrial Impact or Not? have not been posted yet. Eventually, they should appear at http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/scientific_session_search.php?show=detailsessid=388 According to George Howard, http://www.georgehoward.net/clovis_comet_at_fall_2009_agu.htm , the titles of the accepted papers are: 1. Lost Impacts 2. High resolution Osmium isotopes in deep-sea ferromanganese crusts reveal a large meteorite impact in the Central Pacific at 12.4 ka 3. What Caused the Younger Dryas? An Assessment of Existing Hypotheses 4. An Independent Evaluation of the Younger Dryas Extraterrestrial Impact Hypothesis 5. Cosmic impact: What are the odds? 6. Cometary airbursts and atmospheric chemistry: Tunguska and a candidate Younger Dryas event 7. Problems with the Younger Dryas Boundary ( YDB ) Impact Hypothesis 8. Beringian Megafaunal Extinctions at ~37 ka B.P.: Do Micrometeorites Embedded in Fossil Tusks and Skulls Indicate an Extraterrestial Precursor to the Younger Dryas Event? 9. Airbursts in the Sky with Diamonds? Shock Limits to a Younger Dryas Impact. 10. The platinum group metals in Younger Dryas Horizons are terrestrial 11. Putting the Younger Dryas Cold Event into Context 12. Field-Analytical approach of land-sea records for elucidating the Younger Dryas Boundary syndrome 13 Evidence of four prehistoric supernovae 250 parsecs from Earth during the past 50,000 years 14. Oblique impacts into low impedance layers 15. Cold Climate Related Structural Sinks Accommodate Unusual Soil Constituents, Pinelands National Reserve, New Jersey, USA. 16. Positive anomaly in platinum group elements and the presence of shocked diamonds: Two question marks at the Younger Dryas 17. Nanodiamonds and Carbon Spherules from Tunguska, the K/T Boundary, and the Younger Dryas Boundary Layer 18. Are Nanodiamonds Evidence for a Younger Dryas Impact Event? 19. Rockyhock and Kimbel Carolina Bays: Extraterrestrial Impact or Terrestrial Genesis? 20. No support from osmium isotopes for an impact event at the Bolling-Allerod/Younger Dryas transition 21. Climatic Control of Biomass Burning During the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition 22. Human Population Decline in North America during the Younger Dryas 23. Summary of impact markers and potential impact mechanisms for the YDB impact event at 12.9 ka 24. Testing Younger Dryas ET Impact ( YDB ) Evidence at Hall’s Cave, Texas 25. Wildfires, Soot and Fullerenes in the 12,900 ka Younger Dryas boundary layer in North America. Obviously, the discussion about the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis continues. Yours, Paul H. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Holbrook Blitz
Hi Erik,Ben Way to go! Keep up the good work. Sonny -Original Message- From: Erik Fisler erikfw...@msn.com To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sat, Sep 12, 2009 4:15 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] Holbrook Blitz Recently pops and I drove up to Holbrook for a quick one day hunt. Considering that we didn't even spend 8 hours looking we made out like bandits. I have insitu pictures, cleaned up pictures, and total pictures which is quite a few so Ill here are our two totals first for people who don't have time to sift through a lot of pictures: Erik's Total (14.7g's)- http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/?action=viewcurrent=IMG_4197.jpg Dad's Total (18g's)- http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/?action=viewcurrent=IMG_4198.jpg Here is my dad with his 8.7 gram stone: http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/?action=viewcurrent=IMG_4015copy.jpg Here are the isitu pictures: http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3887copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3894copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3907copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3920copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3928copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3932copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3955copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3965copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3970copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3973copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3979copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3982copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3984copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3985copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3989copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3991copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3993copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3999copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4001copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4004copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4005copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4006copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4008copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4020copy.jpg Here are the cleaned up shots. There are two shots, a front and back, for each stone. The cube shows T for Top and B for bottom. Dad's: http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4128.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4130copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4131.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4132.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4133.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4135.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4136.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4138.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4139.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4140.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4141.jpg Erik's: http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4152.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4154.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4155.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4158.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4159.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4160.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4161.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4162.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4163.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4164.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4165.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4166.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4168.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4169.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4170.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4171.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4172.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4174.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4176.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4177.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4178.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4179.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4180.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4181.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4182.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4183.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4184.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4185.jpg
[meteorite-list] AD: Thousands In Auctions This Week! Also, A good time to make offers on Items You Have Watched For A Long Time....
Hello, A quick note to remind folks that I have great auctions ending this week. Please take a look. I have had a lot of watchers on a lot of items for sometime now and if you are one of those people-feel free to make an offer. I am looking for extra cash to buy an old collection. Also, if you check all my auctions, you will see I have reduced some to fly out the door! All Auctions Here: http://shop.ebay.com:80/merchant/meteorite-collector_W0QQLHQ5fAuctionZ1QQ Also Here For Everything: http://stores.ebay.com/voyage-botanica-natural-history Thanks and Best Wishes Michael Cottingham __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Announcement: Are You On My List?
Hi listees, This is a presale announcement. If you're not on my mailing list, you might want to Get On it Now! http://www.meteoritesusa.com/newsletter/ I'm getting ready to list some special items like I've never posted before. My personal mailing list will get first dibs. I will be mailing out to my list this evening BEFORE I mail out to the Met-List. If you're not on my personal mailing list YOU WILL MISS OUT on some great pieces. Brenham, Dronino, Admire, Campo del Cielo, Canyon Diablo, Nantan, Glorieta, Seymchan, Franconia, Toluca, Taza, Muonionalusta, Gibeon, Brahin, and some gorgeous UNWA... There will be no second chances. Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA 904-236-5394 P.S. If you have questions, please contact me via email off-list or by phone and I'll be glad to help you. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Postcards
Mike, Your approach is a good one but some slag does not only look like some meteorites but some meteorites look like some slag. The two can in fact have very subtle differences. To that end I would not leave it up to a farmer to decide. It is well worth the trouble to let an informed observer check them all out. A lot of impact melts did melt like slag and do look like slag. The best example is Cat Mountain . This find fooled not only Scientists but Bob Haag himself. The reason is that it was so severely shocked that even on a broken surface the interior is as dark as the fusion crust. And what if it happens to be an IMB like Cat? Cat also showed no metal grains or chondrules until cut open. So, It really can require an expert to check them out. If you shoot this list photos I'm sure between us we can narrow down the prospects. After that we also have some fine meteoriticists on this list that can take it from there. If you have The Robert Haag Collection Of Meteorites private Collection Edition page 87 shows a nice picture of Cat MT. Good luck to you. Carl PS if you don't I will shoot you or anyone else a picture off-list. Carl or Debbie Esparza IMCA 5829 Meteoritemax Mike Hankey mike.han...@gmail.com wrote: Dear List, I plan on sending out close to 2,000 of these post cards next week to property owners with 10 or more acres in the 6 zip codes that include and surround the Lancaster County search area. Within the last few days I have started to get more meteorite found reports. The leads that I have followed up with so far have turned out to be slag. To a meteorite novice, slag really does look like a meteorite or what you would think a meteorite would look like if you had never seen one before. Slag is black, often magnetic and burnt. It is easy to mistakenly think a piece of slag could be a meteorite if you don't know what you are looking for. With this post card I hope to 1) Raise awareness and excitement with a broad number of residents that extend beyond our refined search area. 2) Give the residents an informational and visual guide to help them identify a meteorite 3) Let them know about slag and how to identify it (in an effort to cut down on false reports) Here is the front of the card: http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meteor-postcard-front.jpg Here is the back of the card: http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meteor-postcard-back.jpg I plan on sending these out early next week. Please let me know if you have any comments, criticism or suggestions before they hit the mail. Thanks, Mike Hankey http://www.mikesastrophotos.com __ 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] Meteorite Postcards
Hola, Well, I'd have to disagree. I wouldn't tell people to look for flecks of metal - small rounded bumps, maybe, but...it's very unusual to see metal on the broken surface of a chondrite. My only criticism would be that there is a small chance that the stone was carbonaceous or achondritic (including irons, pallasites). Admittedly, the odds would be very against that, but if someone does find an iron, given your postcard, they might think nothing of it - same goes for any C-type chondrite, really, given the fact that you say the interior of a meteorite would be cement-coloured. Adding comments like 'Fell from space' don't really add anything. Yeah, if the person saw it 'fall from space,' it's probably a meteorite. Amusing, but there's more useful information you could include in that space. My problem with making fliers for the West fall, as well as others, was that there is just too much potentially useful information to squeeze onto an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper. You've done a good job as-is, assuming the fall was a relatively unshocked ordinary chondrite... Regards, Jason On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Phil Whitmer prairiecac...@rtcol.com wrote: Hey Mike, I think the postcards are a great idea! You're taking a very good approach to this hunt. I for one say if there are meteorites to be found in this area, you'll find 'em! The only thing I would add to the description would be to look for tiny metal flecks and small circular rounded bumps (chondrules). I know it's probably too late for major changes, but you might want to add a bit of biographical information, about your historic photo and how you're now on an epic quest to recover the fall. Adds some human interest to the story, might make people want to get more involved. I know you're downplaying the economic side of it, you obviously aren't doing this as a money making venture. It's a touchy subject, but moolah is a big motivator, look at all the stones it brought out of NWA. I guess you said they're valuable, that should be enough. I'm just guessing but this seems to be a smaller fall than West. Otherwise a stone or two would have been found by now you'd think. West initially went for over 140 a gram, then leveled off at 70. That kind of incentive would have me walking corn fields from sunup to sundown. (Nothing compared to the thrill of the hunt, though.) Offering a reward is sort of vulgar, but it might get results. I know this is a controversial matter and I'm not a dealer or a hunter (been on two hunts, an extensive one for the Plymouth Meteorite and not so extensive one for the Rochester Meteorite), so I can't say one way or another. OK, Bird-in-hand, Intercourse, Bareville, it sounds like a bunch of sophomores made up those names! Now, if you just spoke High German!, Phil Whitmer __ 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] COMET P/1783 W1 = 2003 A1 = 2009 R2 (PIGOTT-LINEAR-KOWALSKI)
Thanks... I'm not sure notorious is the right word, but ok... I was doing a little research on the history of the comet and found a pair of pages that might be of interest. Sorry that this is off topic for the list. http://tinyurl.com/p9y3nq http://cometography.com/pcomets/226p.html -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Sat, 9/12/09, countde...@earthlink.net countde...@earthlink.net wrote: From: countde...@earthlink.net countde...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] COMET P/1783 W1 = 2003 A1 = 2009 R2 (PIGOTT-LINEAR-KOWALSKI) To: ohts...@jb3.so-net.ne.jp, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 9:55 PM Sincere congratulations, Richard. You are well on your way to ...how is it said? Ah, yes...becoming notorious! Guido -Original Message- From: ohts...@jb3.so-net.ne.jp Sent: Sep 12, 2009 11:03 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] COMET P/1783 W1 = 2003 A1 = 2009 R2 (PIGOTT-LINEAR-KOWALSKI) Great job! Congrats, Richard! http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K09/K09R40.html http://www.comethunter.de/ Katsu OHTSUKA Tokyo, JAPAN __ 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 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Meteorites Stuff - BIG SALE
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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Postcards
Jason, Mike, Of course you're right about the metal flakes, the stone would have to be cut and polished to see them. (Duh! on my part). It would seem that if this was a big fall, at least one stone would have turned up by now. The Amish farmers with their slow moving horse drawn equipment would find some stones you'd think. I think there are also a lot of Mennonite and Old Order Brethren farmers in that area. They're all people that live close to the earth. They would be more likely to respond to a postcard written in Pennsylvania Dutch (Deitsch). I don't think there's an online translator for that though! The corn picking will start in a couple of weeks, maybe something will turn up. Phil Whitmer __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 14, 2009
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 14, 2009
Now THAT is a great find! Can't ask for a better conversation piece.it pretty much tells its own story!thanks for sharingArlene - Original Message - From: spacerocks...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:04 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 14,2009 http://www.sikhote-alin.org/September_14_2009.html __ 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] Meteorite Postcards
I know there are some assumptions i've made that could cause things to back fire. e.g. if this is not a west like stone this will not work. its a gamble, and the odds are in favor, but if it turns out not to be... this won't help. the fell from space thing is to add to excitement, but I agree its not very descriptive. i had another version with pictures of a lot of different kinds of meteorites but I thought that was also confusing. There isn't a lot of room on the postcard or for people's attention span. the challenge is keeping it simple but informative at the same time. the goal is to get people jacked up about looking for it and to give them some help along the way. Realistically I can't go on 2000 meteor-wrong reports either... so there has to be some balance and compromise. most people have told me this will be similar to the west fall, i'm not sure if this is just because of the odds, or if there are other reasons. The witness reports described a blue-ish color. I'm not sure if there is anyway to guess the type based on the colors described in witness reports? thanks for the feedback. On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com wrote: Hola, Well, I'd have to disagree. I wouldn't tell people to look for flecks of metal - small rounded bumps, maybe, but...it's very unusual to see metal on the broken surface of a chondrite. My only criticism would be that there is a small chance that the stone was carbonaceous or achondritic (including irons, pallasites). Admittedly, the odds would be very against that, but if someone does find an iron, given your postcard, they might think nothing of it - same goes for any C-type chondrite, really, given the fact that you say the interior of a meteorite would be cement-coloured. Adding comments like 'Fell from space' don't really add anything. Yeah, if the person saw it 'fall from space,' it's probably a meteorite. Amusing, but there's more useful information you could include in that space. My problem with making fliers for the West fall, as well as others, was that there is just too much potentially useful information to squeeze onto an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper. You've done a good job as-is, assuming the fall was a relatively unshocked ordinary chondrite... Regards, Jason On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Phil Whitmer prairiecac...@rtcol.com wrote: Hey Mike, I think the postcards are a great idea! You're taking a very good approach to this hunt. I for one say if there are meteorites to be found in this area, you'll find 'em! The only thing I would add to the description would be to look for tiny metal flecks and small circular rounded bumps (chondrules). I know it's probably too late for major changes, but you might want to add a bit of biographical information, about your historic photo and how you're now on an epic quest to recover the fall. Adds some human interest to the story, might make people want to get more involved. I know you're downplaying the economic side of it, you obviously aren't doing this as a money making venture. It's a touchy subject, but moolah is a big motivator, look at all the stones it brought out of NWA. I guess you said they're valuable, that should be enough. I'm just guessing but this seems to be a smaller fall than West. Otherwise a stone or two would have been found by now you'd think. West initially went for over 140 a gram, then leveled off at 70. That kind of incentive would have me walking corn fields from sunup to sundown. (Nothing compared to the thrill of the hunt, though.) Offering a reward is sort of vulgar, but it might get results. I know this is a controversial matter and I'm not a dealer or a hunter (been on two hunts, an extensive one for the Plymouth Meteorite and not so extensive one for the Rochester Meteorite), so I can't say one way or another. OK, Bird-in-hand, Intercourse, Bareville, it sounds like a bunch of sophomores made up those names! Now, if you just spoke High German!, Phil Whitmer __ 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 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Postcards
Phil, They're all people that live close to the earth. This is what I'm banking on, if they are aware and its in their sub conscious when they come across it should register and they should act on it. As for it not being found yet, the amount of corn fields out here is mind blowing. They have just started to cut crops, so there is still 80-90% of the land that is in-accessible until that happens. If something doesn't turn up in the next 6 weeks, it probably never will. Will keep you all posted. Thanks for all the feedback. Mike On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Phil Whitmer prairiecac...@rtcol.com wrote: Jason, Mike, Of course you're right about the metal flakes, the stone would have to be cut and polished to see them. (Duh! on my part). It would seem that if this was a big fall, at least one stone would have turned up by now. The Amish farmers with their slow moving horse drawn equipment would find some stones you'd think. I think there are also a lot of Mennonite and Old Order Brethren farmers in that area. They're all people that live close to the earth. They would be more likely to respond to a postcard written in Pennsylvania Dutch (Deitsch). I don't think there's an online translator for that though! The corn picking will start in a couple of weeks, maybe something will turn up. Phil Whitmer __ 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] Holbrook Blitz
Ben and Erik, Hola from New Mexico! You two are the kings of Holbrook! You always manage to tear it up when you are hunting Holbrook. Save some for Zaya the Z-man and I. Congrats on super finds! Good on ya! Dean and Z-man To: erikfw...@msn.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:28:59 -0400 From: wahlpe...@aol.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Holbrook Blitz Hi Erik,Ben Way to go! Keep up the good work. Sonny -Original Message- From: Erik Fisler To: meteorite-list Sent: Sat, Sep 12, 2009 4:15 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] Holbrook Blitz Recently pops and I drove up to Holbrook for a quick one day hunt. Considering that we didn't even spend 8 hours looking we made out like bandits. I have insitu pictures, cleaned up pictures, and total pictures which is quite a few so Ill here are our two totals first for people who don't have time to sift through a lot of pictures: Erik's Total (14.7g's)- http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/?action=viewcurrent=IMG_4197.jpg Dad's Total (18g's)- http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/?action=viewcurrent=IMG_4198.jpg Here is my dad with his 8.7 gram stone: http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/?action=viewcurrent=IMG_4015copy.jpg Here are the isitu pictures: http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3887copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3894copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3907copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3920copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3928copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3932copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3955copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3965copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3970copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3973copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3979copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3982copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3984copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3985copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3989copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3991copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3993copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3999copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4001copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4004copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4005copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4006copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4008copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4020copy.jpg Here are the cleaned up shots. There are two shots, a front and back, for each stone. The cube shows T for Top and B for bottom. Dad's: http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4128.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4130copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4131.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4132.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4133.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4135.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4136.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4138.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4139.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4140.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4141.jpg Erik's: http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4152.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4154.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4155.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4158.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4159.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4160.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4161.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4162.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4163.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4164.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4165.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4166.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4168.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4169.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4170.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4171.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4172.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4174.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4176.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4177.jpg
Re: [meteorite-list] Holbrook Blitz
Erik and Ben, Hola Que lindo son los estrellitas! You two are the kings of HOlbrook! Very nice finds! Congrats to you both and good on ya! Save a few for Zaya the Z-man and I! Say hello to the familia. Dean From: erikfw...@msn.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:15:37 -0700 Subject: [meteorite-list] Holbrook Blitz Recently pops and I drove up to Holbrook for a quick one day hunt. Considering that we didn't even spend 8 hours looking we made out like bandits. I have insitu pictures, cleaned up pictures, and total pictures which is quite a few so Ill here are our two totals first for people who don't have time to sift through a lot of pictures: Erik's Total (14.7g's)- http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/?action=view¤t=IMG_4197.jpg Dad's Total (18g's)- http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/?action=view¤t=IMG_4198.jpg Here is my dad with his 8.7 gram stone: http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/?action=view¤t=IMG_4015copy.jpg Here are the isitu pictures: http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3887copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3894copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3907copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3920copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3928copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3932copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3955copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3965copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3970copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3973copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3979copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3982copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3984copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3985copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3989copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3991copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3993copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_3999copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4001copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4004copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4005copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4006copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4008copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4020copy.jpg Here are the cleaned up shots. There are two shots, a front and back, for each stone. The cube shows T for Top and B for bottom. Dad's: http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4128.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4130copy.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4131.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4132.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4133.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4135.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4136.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4138.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4139.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4140.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4141.jpg Erik's: http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4152.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4154.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4155.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4158.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4159.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4160.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4161.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4162.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4163.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4164.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4165.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4166.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4168.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4169.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4170.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4171.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4172.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4174.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4176.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4177.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4178.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4179.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4180.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/IMG_4181.jpg
