[meteorite-list] AD - Australite Part Button ending in a day on eBay
Hi all, Just a quick one to let you know that my Australite Part Button is ending on eBay in about a days time. Even if you're not interested in Tektites, it's worth having a look. Cheers, Desmond Leong IMCA #2254 http://www.TektiteInc.com http://stores.ebay.com/Tektite-Inc http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZtektiteinc-dot-com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OFF TOPIC - police raid house, end up playing wii
everybody loves wii bowling. BTW I have the original asteroids arcade game at the bottom of my site... its not wii bowling but still cool for old schoolers who like meteorites. Mike Hankey http://www.mikesastrophotos.com
[meteorite-list] Stan Wall - phone number?
Hello List, Maybe someone can help me out, I need the phone number of Stan Wall. Thank You, Tim Heitz __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OFF TOPIC - police raid house, end up playing wii
Read this today, very funny to say the least... http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/21/undercover-drug-investigators-embarrass-polk-sheri/ "With guns drawn and flashlights cutting through darkened rooms, Polk County undercover drug investigators stormed the home of convicted drug dealer Michael Difalco near Lakeland in March. As investigators searched the home for drugs, some drug task force members found other ways to occupy their time. Within 20 minutes of entering Difalco's house, some of the investigators found a Wii video bowling game and began bowling frame after frame. While some detectives hauled out evidence such as flat screen televisions and shotguns, others threw strikes, gutter balls and worked on picking up spares. A Polk County sheriff's detective cataloging evidence repeatedly put down her work and picked up a Wii remote to bowl. When she hit two strikes in a row, she raised her arms above her head, jumping and kicking. While a female detective lifted a nearby couch looking for evidence, another sheriff's detective focused on pin action. But detectives with the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the Auburndale, Lakeland and Winter Haven police departments did not know that a wireless security camera connected to a computer inside Difalco's home was recording their activity. The recording obtained by News Channel 8 showed several members of the county's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) task force entering the house shortly after 8 a.m. According to the search warrant, their mission was to search for drugs, stolen property and the fruits of any illegal drug activity. Now there are questions on how the impromptu bowling tournament might affect the case against Difalco. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd denies it will have any effect. "That absolutely is not true; that doesn't invalidate the search at all," Judd said. "Now the defendant would like for it to invalidate the search, but unfortunately for him, it won't." Judd, who watched the video during an interview last week, called the situation an embarrassment. "I'm not pleased that they played that Wii bowling game," Judd said. The sheriff's office oversees the drug task force. Judd said he initiated an internal administrative investigation of the incident. "That is not appropriate conduct at a search warrant," he said. "But I am less pleased with the supervision that didn't walk in and say, turn that off. That's what supervision should have done." Task force members played the video game at various times during the day, for a total of a little over an hour of playing time. The competition proved to be quite competitive at times. A task force supervisor from the Lakeland Police Department, gun at his side, pumped his fist after picking up a strike on the first ball he threw. The video showed he continued bowling frame after frame, competing with another undercover detective." __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Off Topic: Element 79 by Fred Hoyle & Ad
>>For those of you who have always wanted to hold a good piece of element 79 in your hand, or to have something to compare to when you tell someone that a certain meteorite in your collection is worth more, gram for gram, than gold I have an auction on ebay:<< That's a nice looking Australian nugget...no doubt with a high purity...perhaps around 22k and 23k. GeoZay __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Off Topic: Element 79 by Fred Hoyle & Ad
Hi list, I remember fondly a science fiction story by the famous English Astro- Physicist, Fred Hoyle. It is about a meteorite fall that would have destroyed the world financial system, if it hadn't been kept secret. The name of the story is: "Element 79" Here's the ad part: For those of you who have always wanted to hold a good piece of element 79 in your hand, or to have something to compare to when you tell someone that a certain meteorite in your collection is worth more, gram for gram, than gold I have an auction on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290352540640&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_1137 if someone on the list should be the buyer, I'll include my treasured copy of Hoyle's story "Element 79". Mike Fowler Chicago __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish his story
LOL I need that laugh! --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! > From: cyna...@charter.net > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:26:04 -0500 > Subject: [meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish > his story > > Caution-- this story contains such a dense concentration of misinformation > that > there is the risk of it tearing a hole in reality and suck you into your > monitor. > > Photo in the link. > > http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/22/meteorite-rocks-bruno-s-world-97319-24745554/ > > > 'Meteorite' rocks Bruno's world > > Sep 22 2009 by Vicky Farncombe, Birmingham > > STARGAZING student Bruno Bertullo had a wish come true when what he believes > to > be a meteorite landed in his grandmother’s back garden. > > The Spanish 16-year-old was playing on the computer in his bedroom when out of > the corner of his eye he saw a fireball whizz past the window. > > He ran down to the garden in Blackford Road, Sparkhill, where he discovered an > unusual looking rock. > > It was the size of his hand and covered in holes. > > “I tried to touch it but it was very hot so I ran back into the kitchen to > fetch > the tongs,” said Bruno. > > “I put it in some cold water and straight away the water went hot. > > “It’s very strange. I have never seen anything like it in my life and it > wasn’t > in the garden before.” The keen astronomer studied the rock and looked up its > structure on the internet. > > “I think it’s a meteorite,” he said. “I know from listening to spacemen that > meteorites look broken and their surface is full of pores – just like this > one.” > > Bruno, who moved from Madrid to his grandmother’s house to practise his > English, > is a sports student at Solihull College. > > He said he was “really excited” to find the moon rock. > > “I’m very interested in astronomy. I never thought I should be so lucky as to > find a meteorite,” he said. > > Meteorologist John Wright from the University of Birmingham said it was “very > likely” that the rock fell from outer space. > > “The earth’s orbit has been passing through a cloud of meteorites in the last > few weeks so I’m not surprised,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of people > witnessing > shooting stars. If it is a meteorite it will be very dark and heavy.” > __ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ New: Messenger sign-in on the MSN homepage http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9677403 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: A Cool & Rare Meteorite With Provenance -On Sale!
Hello, Quick Note: Nice Rarity priced to sell! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200386894490 Thanks and Best Wishes Michael __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] [AD] The Handbook of Iron Meteorites by Vagn Buchwald
As much as I hate to part with it, I would rather let someone else enjoy it. It is too valuable to continue to collect dust. Excellent condition. Questions and offers off-list, please. Thanks, J.R. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Large Angrite Slices - NWA 4931 - AD
Dear List Members, About a week ago I announced NWA 4931, the angrite that was flown to MIT in 2007 where a core sample was taken for magnetism analysis. I was able to get large slices cut from the largest mass after the coring was completed. It was cut and polished by one of the best professionals out there! I would like to offer what I have available at discounted prices. Here is the list with photo links (measurements are in millimeters). The description of NWA 4931 is below the list in this email. In addition to announcing NWA 4931, I also have some very nice achondrite meteorite auctions ending on eBay tomorrow, Wednesday, September 23rd. Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault ***Available specimens of angrite NWA 4931*** 685g Fragment (no coring was done on this piece). 110mm x 90mm x 40mm http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc1.jpg 302g end cut 100 x 70 x 32 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc3.jpg 58.5g slice (has part of core hole along back side). 108 x 70 x 3 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc6.jpg 56.8g slice 105 x 69 x 3 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc7.jpg 32.2g part slice 67 x 49 x 3.5 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc8.jpg 29.8g part slice 68 x 53 x 3 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc9.jpg 23.3g part slice 64 x 45 x 3 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00010.jpg 22.7g part slice 62 x 43 x 3 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00011.jpg 22.4g part slice (has part of core hole along back edge). 62 x 40 x 3 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00012.jpg 17.2g part slice (has part of core hole along back edge). 58 x 40 x 3 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00014.jpg 16.3g part slice 59 x 38 x 3 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00015.jpg 14.8g part slice 68 x 23 x 3.5 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00016.jpg 8.9g part slice (has part of core hole along back edge). 49 x 27 x 3 http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/dsc00019.jpg I have priced these at $75.00 per gram for the polished slices and can offer further discounts on the large fragment and end cut. If you are interested in any of these specimens, please email me Off-List. Thank you for considering these beautiful angrite specimens! Here is my description of NWA 4931 with photo links of the coring and overall meteorite: Start>> NWA 4931, the Main Mass to the now famous angrite, NWA 2999. NWA 4931 has a Total Known Weight (TKW) of 2140 grams in two interlocking fragments, which form a complete stone. Surprisingly, the two parts were recovered by nomads months apart in the Sahara Desert in 2007. The first 1314-gram half was flown to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston where scientists extracted a core sample in order to conduct magnetism tests, which they hoped would provide vital evidence indicating the size of the Angrite Parent Body (APB). Image of 1314-gram stone representing 60% of entire mass (cube: 1-inch square): http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/nwa4931complete1.jpg Link to image of core sampling at MIT laboratory: http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/nwa4931core.jpg Image of 66-gram complete slice displaying abundant xenocrysts: http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/nwa4931slice.jpg An international consortium of scientists, led by Dr. Benjamin Weiss of MIT, took a new approach to the problem by testing samples from several angrites with an extremely sensitive magnetometer. They discovered the material showed evidence of ancient magnetic fields similar to those of rocks formed on Earth within the planet's magnetic field. In other words, as the team reported in the October 31, 2008 issue of Science, these 4.56 billion-year-old meteorites once were part of bodies that were either big enough or hot enough to produce central, molten, metallic cores. Link to LPSC abstract on magnetic field on Angrite Parent Body: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/2143.pdf "The meteorites, therefore, are essentially magnetic recording tapes," says Weiss. The magnetic fields that they recorded were probably generated by molten metal swirling around inside the planet's core like a giant, rotating dynamo, as happens on Earth. Angrites are among the oldest known pristine basaltic meteorites ever found and have provided new clues about the conditions that existed at the beginning of the solar system, solving a longstanding mystery and overturning some accepted ideas about the way planets form. They still contain magnetic records about the earliest stages of planet formation and differentiation. ScienceNOW Daily News: October 30, 2008: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1030/2 Science October 31, 2008: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/5902/713 Link to abstract reporting ages of angrites NWA 2999, NWA 4801 and NWA 4590 "Tamassint": http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metchron2007/pdf/4061.pdf BSE image of corona textures in NWA 4931. http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4931/nwa4931bse.jpg
Re: [meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish his story
This statement really got to me: He said he was “really excited” to find the moon rock. He must have done some reading on the net and decided a moon rock would get the most bang-for-the-buck for his web of lies. A witnessed lunar meteorite, come on! This piece of fiction reads like a like a baby bouncing around with a nasty diaper. It was worth a good laugh. Best Regards, Adam __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish his story
Is that a "zit" on that kid's face, or did he just stick a yellow pin in it? Ugh! I don't know what looks worse, that thing he's holding, or his body ornamentation. Count Deiro -Original Message- >From: Meteorites USA >Sent: Sep 22, 2009 11:53 AM >To: cyna...@charter.net >Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish >his story > >Hi Darren, List, > >That is perhaps the worst reporting and story I've read on meteorites to >date. Not to mention the "expert opinion" from the University of >Birmingham's "Meteorologist".. ???Really??? > >Headline should read: >"Lucky kid astronomer listens to spacemen and finds hot and holey moon >rock in backyard!" and a meteorologist confirms? What does meteorology >have to do with meteorites ;) > >Any other ideas for headlines appropriate for this article? > >Regards, >Eric > > > > >Darren Garrison wrote: >> Caution-- this story contains such a dense concentration of misinformation >> that >> there is the risk of it tearing a hole in reality and suck you into your >> monitor. >> >> Photo in the link. >> >> http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/22/meteorite-rocks-bruno-s-world-97319-24745554/ >> >> >> 'Meteorite' rocks Bruno's world >> >> Sep 22 2009 by Vicky Farncombe, Birmingham >> >> STARGAZING student Bruno Bertullo had a wish come true when what he believes >> to >> be a meteorite landed in his grandmother’s back garden. >> >> The Spanish 16-year-old was playing on the computer in his bedroom when out >> of >> the corner of his eye he saw a fireball whizz past the window. >> >> He ran down to the garden in Blackford Road, Sparkhill, where he discovered >> an >> unusual looking rock. >> >> It was the size of his hand and covered in holes. >> >> “I tried to touch it but it was very hot so I ran back into the kitchen to >> fetch >> the tongs,” said Bruno. >> >> “I put it in some cold water and straight away the water went hot. >> >> “It’s very strange. I have never seen anything like it in my life and it >> wasn’t >> in the garden before.” The keen astronomer studied the rock and looked up its >> structure on the internet. >> >> “I think it’s a meteorite,” he said. “I know from listening to spacemen that >> meteorites look broken and their surface is full of pores – just like this >> one.” >> >> Bruno, who moved from Madrid to his grandmother’s house to practise his >> English, >> is a sports student at Solihull College. >> >> He said he was “really excited” to find the moon rock. >> >> “I’m very interested in astronomy. I never thought I should be so lucky as to >> find a meteorite,” he said. >> >> Meteorologist John Wright from the University of Birmingham said it was “very >> likely” that the rock fell from outer space. >> >> “The earth’s orbit has been passing through a cloud of meteorites in the last >> few weeks so I’m not surprised,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of people >> witnessing >> shooting stars. If it is a meteorite it will be very dark and heavy.” >> __ >> 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] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish his story
hey, i've found thousands of black rocks with holes in them. I must be rich! Calling news stations now... On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:31 AM, wrote: > Good morning Folks, > > I can hear the next door neighbor who was BBQing, and tossed the hot rock > over the fence, laughing his keester off from here. > > Paul Martyn > Savannah, GA > > In a message dated 2009/09/22 11:25:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > cyna...@charter.net writes: > Caution-- this story contains such a dense concentration of misinformation > that > there is the risk of it tearing a hole in reality and suck you into your > monitor. > > Photo in the link. > > http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/22/meteorite-rocks-br > uno-s-world-97319-24745554/ > > __ > 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] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish his story
Hi Darren, List, That is perhaps the worst reporting and story I've read on meteorites to date. Not to mention the "expert opinion" from the University of Birmingham's "Meteorologist".. ???Really??? Headline should read: "Lucky kid astronomer listens to spacemen and finds hot and holey moon rock in backyard!" and a meteorologist confirms? What does meteorology have to do with meteorites ;) Any other ideas for headlines appropriate for this article? Regards, Eric Darren Garrison wrote: Caution-- this story contains such a dense concentration of misinformation that there is the risk of it tearing a hole in reality and suck you into your monitor. Photo in the link. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/22/meteorite-rocks-bruno-s-world-97319-24745554/ 'Meteorite' rocks Bruno's world Sep 22 2009 by Vicky Farncombe, Birmingham STARGAZING student Bruno Bertullo had a wish come true when what he believes to be a meteorite landed in his grandmother’s back garden. The Spanish 16-year-old was playing on the computer in his bedroom when out of the corner of his eye he saw a fireball whizz past the window. He ran down to the garden in Blackford Road, Sparkhill, where he discovered an unusual looking rock. It was the size of his hand and covered in holes. “I tried to touch it but it was very hot so I ran back into the kitchen to fetch the tongs,” said Bruno. “I put it in some cold water and straight away the water went hot. “It’s very strange. I have never seen anything like it in my life and it wasn’t in the garden before.” The keen astronomer studied the rock and looked up its structure on the internet. “I think it’s a meteorite,” he said. “I know from listening to spacemen that meteorites look broken and their surface is full of pores – just like this one.” Bruno, who moved from Madrid to his grandmother’s house to practise his English, is a sports student at Solihull College. He said he was “really excited” to find the moon rock. “I’m very interested in astronomy. I never thought I should be so lucky as to find a meteorite,” he said. Meteorologist John Wright from the University of Birmingham said it was “very likely” that the rock fell from outer space. “The earth’s orbit has been passing through a cloud of meteorites in the last few weeks so I’m not surprised,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of people witnessing shooting stars. If it is a meteorite it will be very dark and heavy.” __ 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] Similarities between Meteorite Hunting and Beach-Combing
Hi List, Please forgive the somewhat-whimsical nature of this post. Last week I was fortunate enough to spend a great deal of time on Indian Shores and Indian Rocks beaches in Pinellas County Florida. My wife and I walked several miles of beach, every morning and every evening (and plenty in-between as well) for an entire week. In addition to meteorites and rocks, we also collect seashells and I was on the hunt the entire time. One thing that struck me, as I meandered down the sandy shores, was that hunting for meteorites in the field must share some similarities with hunting valuable seashells. 1) Both require a sharp eye that can distinguish a possible "hit" from the multitudinous background of common or worthless items and fragments. In my mind, this is similar to hunting for black meteorites on a busy desert pavement. There is a lot of visual overload in every glance - tons of tiny objects that are mostly worthless or not of interest. And then without warning, you spot something unusual and stoop down to inspect it. If it's a rare type of shell or something very beautiful, then you hold it up like a little kid, dance up and down, and then proudly show it to anyone who cares to look. 2) You do a lot of walking and more walking, and then some more walking. If you don't enjoy hiking, beach-combing, or just walking around out in nature, then you probably aren't cut out for meteorite hunting or shelling. I guess the best way to put it is - you must love the chase. 3) Interface with the locals. It helps to be friendly and observant when entering a new community in search of your prize. Pay attention to what the locals are doing and be very considerate of their local laws and customs. Whether you are meteorite hunting or hunting conchs, you never want the locals mad at you. Also, the locals know the area much better than you. Search engines and Google Earth can only tell you so much - the rest is learned through trial and error, or interfacing with the locals. 4) Where there is one rare or desirable type of shell, there is likely to be more. Places for shelling run hot and cold. You might walk a 2 mile stretch and not find anything of note and then you hit a hotspot that is loaded with uncommon shells. These shell-rich areas are like a strewnfield, so it pays to stop and spend some time hunting out that area. Frequently, I would walk a grid in the knee-deep surf with my scoop-basket, pulling up cones, conchs, scallops, rocks, and anything else that caught my eye. (or I felt with my foot) My wife walked the tideline, several feet away, and we systematically hunted entire stretches of beach right after sunrise. I pity anyone who came along after us, expecting to find something extraordinary. However, one thing I did notice that is different about shelling and meteorite hunting is - every time I tried to document my finds, I would lose my scale cube in the surf. My GPS also got wet, and after the first in-situ photo, it fried out on me. ;) Best regards from sunny Florida, MikeG PS - the metal detector yielded very little. Lots of bottlecaps, some pocket change, lots of foil wrappers, and big ugly chunk of scrap iron buried 12 inches down near the storm line. -- . Michael Gilmer (Florida, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale Twitter - Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone eBay - http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/maypickle .. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish his story
Good morning Folks, I can hear the next door neighbor who was BBQing, and tossed the hot rock over the fence, laughing his keester off from here. Paul Martyn Savannah, GA In a message dated 2009/09/22 11:25:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cyna...@charter.net writes: Caution-- this story contains such a dense concentration of misinformation that there is the risk of it tearing a hole in reality and suck you into your monitor. Photo in the link. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/22/meteorite-rocks-br uno-s-world-97319-24745554/ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish his story
Caution-- this story contains such a dense concentration of misinformation that there is the risk of it tearing a hole in reality and suck you into your monitor. Photo in the link. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/22/meteorite-rocks-bruno-s-world-97319-24745554/ 'Meteorite' rocks Bruno's world Sep 22 2009 by Vicky Farncombe, Birmingham STARGAZING student Bruno Bertullo had a wish come true when what he believes to be a meteorite landed in his grandmothers back garden. The Spanish 16-year-old was playing on the computer in his bedroom when out of the corner of his eye he saw a fireball whizz past the window. He ran down to the garden in Blackford Road, Sparkhill, where he discovered an unusual looking rock. It was the size of his hand and covered in holes. I tried to touch it but it was very hot so I ran back into the kitchen to fetch the tongs, said Bruno. I put it in some cold water and straight away the water went hot. Its very strange. I have never seen anything like it in my life and it wasnt in the garden before. The keen astronomer studied the rock and looked up its structure on the internet. I think its a meteorite, he said. I know from listening to spacemen that meteorites look broken and their surface is full of pores just like this one. Bruno, who moved from Madrid to his grandmothers house to practise his English, is a sports student at Solihull College. He said he was really excited to find the moon rock. Im very interested in astronomy. I never thought I should be so lucky as to find a meteorite, he said. Meteorologist John Wright from the University of Birmingham said it was very likely that the rock fell from outer space. The earths orbit has been passing through a cloud of meteorites in the last few weeks so Im not surprised, he said. Weve had a lot of people witnessing shooting stars. If it is a meteorite it will be very dark and heavy. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Thank you List.
Good Morning from Sin City, I have been collecting and recently hunting meteorites for just these past nine months. Nearly a dozen dealers on the LIST can attest that I "caught the bug" and quickly aquired first, the requisite, ubquitose, types and now the more definitive and rare examples as I refine my interest. I could not have obtained these specimens and the lab equipiment to enjoy them without the postings of the members of the List and their respective websites. The amount of knowledge one can aquire from perusing the professional photography and academic papers posted to the List and available on the dozens of links provided is frankly, incredible. I wish to publicly thank the List for welcoming this "newbie". A special thanks to Sonny Clary who, by serendipty, lives within hailing distance of me and has generously guided my first steps into this remarkable field of interest. His finds, particularly in Nevada, are among the rariest extant. A quick Vielen Dank to Moritz Karl for the gorgeous Cape York. The Winonaite was beautifully prepared. Count Guido Deiro __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD -Another heads up/ K-T Boundary material
Hi, I did some searching online for some K-T Boundary material since I'm too lazy to go looking for the stuff myself. I was inspired by the recent conversations on the Chicxulub asteroid here. I thought it would nicely complement my meteorite collection and would be cool to look at when related programs on TV airs. I found this: http://www.mountain-skies.org/newitems.htm I got mine yesterday. I opted for the smaller size specimen for $10 plus shipping. Shipping cost was a bit high at nearly $7 for 1st class (w/delivery confirmation), but being a non profit organization I think I can deal with that. Shipping was pretty quick as I ordered on Thursday and received it the following Monday. My piece weighs 0.3g and measures 12mm X 14mm X 1mm and fits nicely in a round 1 3/4" gem jar. It's a bit friable since little crumbs broke off when I clumsily picked it up off my scale. There is no data (or COA) to go with it, only that it's from Alberta, Canada and that's from their website. The piece is black, granular with some grayish material (looks like concrete) embedded in it. Using a 30X loop, I can see tiny, shiny bits of, what I think is metal. I saw NEMS also has some specimens from different localities for sale but I don't plan to buy anymore of this material so wont be doing a write up on them anytime soon. Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Mountain-Skies nor do I know anyone there, though it's quite possible some members are also members of this list. Carl _ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due
Jim Strope, Matt Morgan and Michael Cottingham!! Regards, Michael Johnson http://www.rocksfromspace.org Thumbed On My BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "dave carothers" Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:11:43 To: Steve Dunklee; 'meteorite list' Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due I agree. As a community, we are blessed with a large number of sellers and professional dealers that provide outstanding service to us all. We don't say it often enough, so let me add a few more names to the list from the folks I've done business with in the past. THANK YOU Adam, Greg, Mark, Mike, Marcin, Geoff, Eric, Mirko, Carsten, Eric, Jim, Bernhard, Wayne, McCartney, Bob, Mike, Sergey, Siegfried, Andreas, Martin, Pierre-Marie, Anne, Dean, Ruben, Hanno, Doug, Robert, Svend, Dirk, and Steve#1 for your honesty, integrity, and for providing us with so many beautiful specimens to add to our collections. Dave - Original Message - From: "Steve Dunklee" To: "'Richard Kowalski'" ; "'meteorite list'" ; Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:23 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due Many other dealers also deserve praise. The Hupes and Marcin Cimala for example take the gretest care in sample preparation, not to forget Notkin and others too many to list. so a great thanks to all., Steve Dunklee --- On Mon, 9/21/09, Bits Of Earth wrote: > From: Bits Of Earth > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due > To: "'Richard Kowalski'" , "'meteorite list'" > > Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:03 PM > I most definitely agree 100%. > > Erik Twelker helped me a while back to pick out/buy a very > special meteorite > (to me) and was THE definition of "first class service". > Still have the > meteorite to this day. > > You will get nothing but the best from him. > > Jaime Kelly > www.bitsofearth.com > > > -Original Message- > From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] > On Behalf Of Richard > Kowalski > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:56 PM > To: meteorite list > Subject: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than > due > > I know that most businesses never hear anything but > complaints, and I've > expressed my share on this list too. > > I just want to let everyone know of a dealer going above > and beyond, WAY > above, and offer some praise here instead of complaint. > > I ordered a small slice of Gujba, just a couple of grams, > for my type set > from Eric Twelker a short while ago. When it hadn't > arrived, I inquired if > it had been sent and when, just to make sure it hadn't > gotten lost in the > mail. He responded quickly that he was away but would check > on it as soon as > he returned home. Finding he had made a mistake, he > apologized that he > hadn't yet sent it and said it'd be on its way that day. > That was on > Saturday. > > I just went out to the mailbox to find my slice already > delivered with $21+ > postage on the envelope! I'm still shocked. Totally > unexpected and in my > case, unnecessary. He could have sent it via normal 1st > class mail and I > would have been happy with that, but he made the extra > effort and loss of > profit to make a very small mistake in mind very much more > than right. > > Eric's website > > http://www.meteoritemarket.com/mmhomef.htm > > -- > Richard Kowalski > http://fullmoonphotography.net > IMCA #1081 > > > > > > __ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 09/21/2009 > Tested on: 9/21/2009 4:04:56 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 09/21/2009 > Tested on: 9/21/2009 7:03:19 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.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 __ 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] Credit where credit is more than due
Jim Strope, Matt Morgan and Michael Cottingham!! Regards, Michael Johnson http://www.rocksfromspace.com Thumbed On My BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "dave carothers" Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:11:43 To: Steve Dunklee; 'meteorite list' Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due I agree. As a community, we are blessed with a large number of sellers and professional dealers that provide outstanding service to us all. We don't say it often enough, so let me add a few more names to the list from the folks I've done business with in the past. THANK YOU Adam, Greg, Mark, Mike, Marcin, Geoff, Eric, Mirko, Carsten, Eric, Jim, Bernhard, Wayne, McCartney, Bob, Mike, Sergey, Siegfried, Andreas, Martin, Pierre-Marie, Anne, Dean, Ruben, Hanno, Doug, Robert, Svend, Dirk, and Steve#1 for your honesty, integrity, and for providing us with so many beautiful specimens to add to our collections. Dave - Original Message - From: "Steve Dunklee" To: "'Richard Kowalski'" ; "'meteorite list'" ; Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:23 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due Many other dealers also deserve praise. The Hupes and Marcin Cimala for example take the gretest care in sample preparation, not to forget Notkin and others too many to list. so a great thanks to all., Steve Dunklee --- On Mon, 9/21/09, Bits Of Earth wrote: > From: Bits Of Earth > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due > To: "'Richard Kowalski'" , "'meteorite list'" > > Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:03 PM > I most definitely agree 100%. > > Erik Twelker helped me a while back to pick out/buy a very > special meteorite > (to me) and was THE definition of "first class service". > Still have the > meteorite to this day. > > You will get nothing but the best from him. > > Jaime Kelly > www.bitsofearth.com > > > -Original Message- > From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] > On Behalf Of Richard > Kowalski > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:56 PM > To: meteorite list > Subject: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than > due > > I know that most businesses never hear anything but > complaints, and I've > expressed my share on this list too. > > I just want to let everyone know of a dealer going above > and beyond, WAY > above, and offer some praise here instead of complaint. > > I ordered a small slice of Gujba, just a couple of grams, > for my type set > from Eric Twelker a short while ago. When it hadn't > arrived, I inquired if > it had been sent and when, just to make sure it hadn't > gotten lost in the > mail. He responded quickly that he was away but would check > on it as soon as > he returned home. Finding he had made a mistake, he > apologized that he > hadn't yet sent it and said it'd be on its way that day. > That was on > Saturday. > > I just went out to the mailbox to find my slice already > delivered with $21+ > postage on the envelope! I'm still shocked. Totally > unexpected and in my > case, unnecessary. He could have sent it via normal 1st > class mail and I > would have been happy with that, but he made the extra > effort and loss of > profit to make a very small mistake in mind very much more > than right. > > Eric's website > > http://www.meteoritemarket.com/mmhomef.htm > > -- > Richard Kowalski > http://fullmoonphotography.net > IMCA #1081 > > > > > > __ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 09/21/2009 > Tested on: 9/21/2009 4:04:56 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 09/21/2009 > Tested on: 9/21/2009 7:03:19 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.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 __ 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] Credit where credit is more than due
Hi list, living in the Australian Outback can be a bit hazardous sometimes and right now I'm experiencing one of the worst dust storms I've ever been through. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the world outside of my house has turned into what hell might look like. It is almost complete dark but the darkness is not black but a deep red caused by the typical red sand of the Australian deserts. To be honest, it's a bit scary and I hope the roof will still be where it belongs when this is over. We here in Australia have dust storms quite frequently, what we don't have are lots of local meteorite dealers to chose from. But there is at least one seller whose helpfulness and generosity I found to be outstanding: http://www.rocksonfire.com/home.html located in Melbourne and owned by Norbert and Heike Kammel . I can't recall the number of items I've bought from this business over the years but I remember well that I always felt like being treated as part of the 'family' every time I contacted them. So no matter where you live in this world, if you want excellent service and fair prices the address above is certainly worth to be checked out. Werner & Sandra Schroer __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due
I agree. As a community, we are blessed with a large number of sellers and professional dealers that provide outstanding service to us all. We don't say it often enough, so let me add a few more names to the list from the folks I've done business with in the past. THANK YOU Adam, Greg, Mark, Mike, Marcin, Geoff, Eric, Mirko, Carsten, Eric, Jim, Bernhard, Wayne, McCartney, Bob, Mike, Sergey, Siegfried, Andreas, Martin, Pierre-Marie, Anne, Dean, Ruben, Hanno, Doug, Robert, Svend, Dirk, and Steve#1 for your honesty, integrity, and for providing us with so many beautiful specimens to add to our collections. Dave - Original Message - From: "Steve Dunklee" To: "'Richard Kowalski'" ; "'meteorite list'" ; Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:23 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due Many other dealers also deserve praise. The Hupes and Marcin Cimala for example take the gretest care in sample preparation, not to forget Notkin and others too many to list. so a great thanks to all., Steve Dunklee --- On Mon, 9/21/09, Bits Of Earth wrote: From: Bits Of Earth Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due To: "'Richard Kowalski'" , "'meteorite list'" Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:03 PM I most definitely agree 100%. Erik Twelker helped me a while back to pick out/buy a very special meteorite (to me) and was THE definition of "first class service". Still have the meteorite to this day. You will get nothing but the best from him. Jaime Kelly www.bitsofearth.com -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Richard Kowalski Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:56 PM To: meteorite list Subject: [meteorite-list] Credit where credit is more than due I know that most businesses never hear anything but complaints, and I've expressed my share on this list too. I just want to let everyone know of a dealer going above and beyond, WAY above, and offer some praise here instead of complaint. I ordered a small slice of Gujba, just a couple of grams, for my type set from Eric Twelker a short while ago. When it hadn't arrived, I inquired if it had been sent and when, just to make sure it hadn't gotten lost in the mail. He responded quickly that he was away but would check on it as soon as he returned home. Finding he had made a mistake, he apologized that he hadn't yet sent it and said it'd be on its way that day. That was on Saturday. I just went out to the mailbox to find my slice already delivered with $21+ postage on the envelope! I'm still shocked. Totally unexpected and in my case, unnecessary. He could have sent it via normal 1st class mail and I would have been happy with that, but he made the extra effort and loss of profit to make a very small mistake in mind very much more than right. Eric's website http://www.meteoritemarket.com/mmhomef.htm -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 09/21/2009 Tested on: 9/21/2009 4:04:56 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 09/21/2009 Tested on: 9/21/2009 7:03:19 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.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 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
