[meteorite-list] AD: Midnight Special -
Hello, A midnight special 1st $3000.00 takes this big one home! That is only about .35 per gram! Great Display piece! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220487907838 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] AD Australite Flanged Button & Manila Flood Pictures
Hello all, Sorry for not replying to some emails because we have been busy cleaning the house after the terrible floods on Saturday in Manila. Also we didnt have any electricity or phones both land lines and cell. Please see the link below for some pictures if youre interested. http://tektiteinc.com/manilafloods.html Please also check out this video taken from a University nearby. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6nkxVaydmY However, things are finally getting back to normal now. Anyways, please visit my ebay shop for a nice Australite button Im putting up for sale. You can also see this specimen on my site by clicking on the link below: http://tektiteinc.com/forsale.html 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
[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 30, 2009
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Re: [meteorite-list] I love NY
Hi Mike! VERY nice pictures and hope you enjoyed NYC! It's an awesome place! I go down from time to time myself (I'm 65 miles north of there) and LOVE going down. I was just down to Citifield in Queens to a Mets game (I know they suck this year but the new park is AWESOME!), the people are great and there's no place like it. Happy birthday to the misses! Tom __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Report Calls Arecibo Observatory 'Uniquely Powerful' for Detecting Near-Earth Objects
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/AreciboNAS.html Report calls Arecibo Observatory 'uniquely powerful' for detecting near-Earth objects Sept. 29, 2009 By Anne Ju Cornell University a...@cornell.edu The Arecibo Observatory provides "unmatched precision and accuracy" in detecting asteroids or comets that could hit the Earth, says a report by the National Academy of Sciences. That statement could help secure the observatory's future. The world-famous, Cornell-run radio telescope's unsurpassed capabilities for taking precise, clear pictures of these near-earth objects (NEOs) are laid out plainly in the recently released interim report, "Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies." Mandated by Congress in 2008, the report was written by a survey committee appointed by the National Research Council, which is the operational arm of the National Academy of Sciences. A final report is due out in December. Although Earth has been hit by asteroids and comets for billions of years, it was suggested in the 1980s that a massive asteroid impact had wiped out the dinosaurs. Since then, scientists have considered the effects -- and possible widespread extinction -- of future impacts. The report's positive review of Arecibo's role in NEO detection and imaging was welcome news for Cornell officials as they await a decision by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on funding for the observatory, as well as whether they'll be allowed to continue operating the facility via a long-held cooperative agreement with the NSF. The agency has announced it will require all institutions, including Cornell, to compete for the right to operate Arecibo through an ongoing Request for Proposal process. Arecibo's future has been clouded since November 2006, when the Senior Review, an advisory panel to NSF's Division of Astronomical Sciences, recommended that the facility's operating budget be reduced to $8 million from $10.5 million over three years, and then halved to $4 million in 2011. If such a drastic reduction did take place, it could mean Arecibo would have to close. Meanwhile, NASA is facing a 2005 Congressional mandate, according to the report, of discovering 90 percent of all NEOs that are 140 meters (almost .09 miles) in diameter or greater, by 2020. Current NASA surveys are not sufficient to meet this goal, the report says. The glowing review of Arecibo's importance to NASA's NEO detection mitigation might be a key push for Arecibo staying open for the foreseeable future. "If the survey committee had not come out that strongly, it would have virtually ruled out any funding," said Don Campbell, director of Arecibo's parent organization, the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center. "[The report] was a necessary, but not sufficient condition to get funding from either NASA or NSF." Despite NASA's insistence that it will not provide operational funding for an NSF facility, Campbell remains optimistic that, eventually, there will be funding for Arecibo's NEO program. "The Arecibo planetary radar system provides by far the best imagery and tracking data for NEOs, short of sending a spacecraft," Campbell said. "It is hard to imagine that we will deliberately give up such a capability." Only time will tell what practical impact the report will have with regard to funding for Arecibo, Campbell said. In the meantime, the NSF has not yet released budget figures for the facility for fiscal year 2011. -- __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] International Space Station
Hi Carl, Very cool! Thanks for posting the link. Best regards, Charley "Well, squids don't work. Hey! Let's try elephants !" Hannibal > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:50:07 -0700 > From: > Subject: [meteorite-list] International space station > To: meteoritelist > Message-ID: <20090928155007.eawwd.390979.im...@fed1rmwml33> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Space station takes shape. > > http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm > -- > Carl or Debbie Esparza > Meteoritemax __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Risk assessment of Tunguska class events
I too, would love to read the document when it's ready. I always think this sort of thing is like trying to work out the odds of you winning a raffle. You may have some sort of idea how many people are entering it but you're really just guessing. Am I the only one who feels uneasy that some committee somewhere will shelve plans to tackle this on the grounds that "Ahhh! It'll probably be all right" I read a book called "From Exodus to Arthur" (it's not brilliant, once it starts geting to conjecture to be honest and it reaches that point fairly early). One good thing about it is the fact that ancient myths, legends and writings have the remote possibility of being impact events if they are origined on anything other than utter fable. Even if just a one of the old legentd come from impact stories and comets, it raises questions over just how often Tunguska events may happen. (the best bit of the book is the pretty thorough explanation of dendochronology and a paragraph that points out that all our climate change data for the last 100,000 years comes from just 4 ice cores and there are gaps. Now there really is no reason for you to buy it). Rob --- On Tue, 9/29/09, E.P. Grondine wrote: > From: E.P. Grondine > Subject: [meteorite-list] Risk assessment of Tunguska class events > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 9:55 PM > Hi - > > I am looking forward to reading the pdf soon. > > I tried to come to an estimate of Tunguska class events via > the historical and archaeological record - a small part of a > a book I wrote titled "Man and Impact in the Americas". > > E.P. > > > > __ > 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] Risk assessment of Tunguska class events
Hi - I am looking forward to reading the pdf soon. I tried to come to an estimate of Tunguska class events via the historical and archaeological record - a small part of a a book I wrote titled "Man and Impact in the Americas". E.P. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] New Impact Site Selected for LCROSS
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/lcross/090928crater/ New impact site for LCROSS water-hunting mission BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW September 28, 2009 Officials have shifted the target for next week's smash into the moon by the LCROSS lunar impactor mission after a new analysis showed another crater has a better chance of yielding results verifying the existence of water at the south pole. NASA announced on Sept. 11 the probe would be targeting a crater named Cabeus A near the moon's south pole. In an update posted to the LCROSS Web site Monday, the agency said scientists agreed to select a new crater based on the latest data from current and retired lunar orbiters. The impact is scheduled to occur around 1130 GMT (7:30 a.m. EDT) on Oct. 9. The new crater, called Cabeus, was on the short list of candidate targets considered by the science team before officials made their initial decision earlier this month. "The LCROSS team concluded that Cabeus provided the best chance for meeting its mission goals," the statement said. Cabeus is not far from Cabeus A near the moon's south pole. Both craters have floors that never receive light due to the low sun angles at the polar regions. Scientists made the change based on the latest understanding of hydrogen concentrations in the region from information recently collected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and archived data from the Lunar Prospector mission more than 10 years ago. "The general consensus of lunar experts led by the LCROSS science team is that Cabeus shows, with the greatest level of certainty, the highest hydrogen concentrations at the south pole," the Web update said. New terrain models compiled from topographic information from LRO and Japan's Kaguya spacecraft also show a small valley along the Cabeus perimeter rim. The previously-unseen notch will allow sunlight to illuminate material propelled above the surface by the high-speed impact of the mission's Centaur rocket stage. "While the ejecta does have to fly to higher elevations to be observed by Earth assets, a shadow cast by a large hill along the Cabeus ridge, provides an excellent, high-contrast, back drop for ejecta and vapor measurements," the posting said. The LCROSS shepherding spacecraft is towing the Centaur stage, part of its Atlas 5 launch vehicle, through space and aligning its trajectory to hit the moon next Friday. Officials will continue to refine the exact point of impact over the next few days to avoid rough spots and to maximize lighting conditions, NASA said. The probe will release the Centaur a few hours before impact and back away from the inert rocket. A suite of instruments on the spacecraft, along with telescopes on Earth, will observe the Centaur's explosive collision and the resulting cloud of lunar debris sent skyward by the event. The spacecraft will fly through the lunar dust on the way to its own impact, streaming live data back to Earth about the material's composition. Scientists hope to confirm the debris contains water ice, a hypothesis established from data showing hydrogen inside permanently shadowed craters at the moon's poles. NASA last week announced new results indicating lunar water is more widespread than earlier thought, including detections of potential water further away from the poles. The $79 million LCROSS mission is designed to provide more answers in the search. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fewer large asteroids
Hi all - Ahah - fewer large asteroids, but the same number of large comet hits. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Start of Quaternary Period - Pleistocene Epoch Now 2.58 Million Years Ago
End of an Era: New Ruling Decides the Boundaries of Earth's History, September 22, 2009 http://www.physorg.com/news172824857.html After decades of debate and four years of investigation an international body of earth scientists has formally agreed to move the boundary dates for the prehistoric Quaternary age by 800,000 years, reports the Journal of Quaternary Science. The paper is: Gibbard et al., 2009, Formal ratification of the Quaternary System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a base at 2.58 Ma. Journal of Quaternary Science. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122602421/abstract Yours, Paul H. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Bolide? Maybe. Cool photo? Definitely.
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Re: [meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines?
Oops one typo: "The "rosette" color Bernd cites" should have been: The "orange" color Bernd cites. They were referring to a rosette pattern, not color ... for example, see: CARBONATES IN THE MARTIAN ORTHOPYROXENITE ALH 84001: EVIDENCE OF FORMATION DURING IMPACT-DRIVEN METASOMATISM. R. P. Harvey and H. Y. McSween, Jr., Lunar and Planetary Science XXVI, pp. 555-556, LPI, Houston, TX, 1995. Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: Mexicodoug To: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 12:12 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines? Hi Melanie, Werner, Jeff, Bernd and List, This is yet another reason why cleaning/polishing Tatahouine meteorites can be shortsighted due to all the exquisite and fragile features it packs, invisible to the untrained eye. Plenty of uncleaned Tatahouine specimens still have the Jurassic age Tatahouine desert sand packed in the nooks and crannies, as well as the oxidizing iron inclusions. Most visibly (and I think more likely than calcite), Jurassic sand is bright red colored, and makes a beautiful "natural" contrast with the green/gray meteorite and also could be what Melanie is seeing. The red formed in the limestones basically due to rust staining. The oxidizing atmosphere of the Jurassic (big-dino) time period interacted with iron: Forming h ematite and weathering basically creating the red hematite streak as a pigment staining the world in that geological age (as I understand it). Based on (Gillet, Barrat et. al. ca. 1993-1999), Bernd wrote: "Second, yellowish to *light orange calcitic aggregates* were found in some samples. They mainly occur as a partial filling with a rosette texture or completely fill some fractures (ca. 100 µm wide)." It is worth noting that the calcitic stuff (over 60% calcium carbonate) was shown to be completely derived from the environment. In other words it is RESIDUE FROM THE LIMESTONE/SAND, and NOT to be from the meteorite itself - the basic point of that article. The aggregate s were said to have developed during time from the fall to the collection of more specimens 63 years later. The "rosette" color Bernd cites, only might occur due to staining of the typically white calcite with a little bit of the hematite pigment mentioned. In my personal experience, this is not very obvious upon a quick look at the specimens and yellow is much more common, that can blend in easily with the meteorite. (Of course one can't rule out its staining by the rusting of an iron inclusion that happens to be on the calcite wetted surface, in which case the iron could be meteoritic). The suggestion by Barrat and Gillet et. al., was that this occurred due to aqueous leaching of carbonates from the limestone sands into tiny cracks (where we can imagine the water being sucked in by wetting-surface tension). I.e., perhaps water repeatedly entered and stuck in the optimally thin crevices and repeatedly dried out over the years, concentrating the carbonates from the 6% of the "soil" to ten times that amount in the appropriately sized fluid sucking crevices. The carbonates, in turn, are derived from the calcium carbonate used in making marine organism shells and maybe a dash of their bones. So, besides all the wonderful things already said about Tatahouine, we now know that it is the official meteorite we can collect that itself enjoys collecting earthly seashells :-) Here are examples http:/ /www.diogenite.com/b8y.jpg (Jurassic sand) http://www.diogenite.com/b6y.jpg (predominantly Jurassic sand glued in with some carbonates) http://www.diogenite.com/b11y.jpg (iron inclusion oxidation) Hope this helps and also a big welcome to Melanie who recently joined the list. Thanks kindly Werner! Best wishes, Doug -Original Message- From: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de To: meteorite-l...@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 6:06 am Subject: [meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines? Hi Melanie, Jeff, Werner, and List, BARRAT J.A. et al. (1999) The Tatahouine20diogenite: Mineralogical and chemical effects of sixty-three years of terrestrial residence (MAPS 34-1, 1999, 091-097, excerpts): "The crystals of orthopyroxene ... contain many inclusions ... of silica, troilite, chromite, and *metal*. The silica inclusions ... contain silica with either metal (Fe, 98%; Ni + Co, 2%) or chromite." and: "The samples collected in 1994 contain secondary minerals, which clearly developed in the soil during their 63 years of terrestrial residence. First, *Fe stains* replace metal or troilite inclusions on the surfaces of the clasts in contact with soil or inside fractures. Second, yellowish to *light orange calcitic aggregates* were found in some samples. They mainly occur as a partial filling with a rosette texture or completely fill some fractures (ca.
Re: [meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines?
Hi Melanie, Werner, Jeff, Bernd and List, This is yet another reason why cleaning/polishing Tatahouine meteorites can be shortsighted due to all the exquisite and fragile features it packs, invisible to the untrained eye. Plenty of uncleaned Tatahouine specimens still have the Jurassic age Tatahouine desert sand packed in the nooks and crannies, as well as the oxidizing iron inclusions. Most visibly (and I think more likely than calcite), Jurassic sand is bright red colored, and makes a beautiful "natural" contrast with the green/gray meteorite and also could be what Melanie is seeing. The red formed in the limestones basically due to rust staining. The oxidizing atmosphere of the Jurassic (big-dino) time period interacted with iron: Forming hematite and weathering basically creating the red hematite streak as a pigment staining the world in that geological age (as I understand it). Based on (Gillet, Barrat et. al. ca. 1993-1999), Bernd wrote: "Second, yellowish to *light orange calcitic aggregates* were found in some samples. They mainly occur as a partial filling with a rosette texture or completely fill some fractures (ca. 100 µm wide)." It is worth noting that the calcitic stuff (over 60% calcium carbonate) was shown to be completely derived from the environment. In other words it is RESIDUE FROM THE LIMESTONE/SAND, and NOT to be from the meteorite itself - the basic point of that article. The aggregate s were said to have developed during time from the fall to the collection of more specimens 63 years later. The "rosette" color Bernd cites, only might occur due to staining of the typically white calcite with a little bit of the hematite pigment mentioned. In my personal experience, this is not very obvious upon a quick look at the specimens and yellow is much more common, that can blend in easily with the meteorite. (Of course one can't rule out its staining by the rusting of an iron inclusion that happens to be on the calcite wetted surface, in which case the iron could be meteoritic). The suggestion by Barrat and Gillet et. al., was that this occurred due to aqueous leaching of carbonates from the limestone sands into tiny cracks (where we can imagine the water being sucked in by wetting-surface tension). I.e., perhaps water repeatedly entered and stuck in the optimally thin crevices and repeatedly dried out over the years, concentrating the carbonates from the 6% of the "soil" to ten times that amount in the appropriately sized fluid sucking crevices. The carbonates, in turn, are derived from the calcium carbonate used in making marine organism shells and maybe a dash of their bones. So, besides all the wonderful things already said about Tatahouine, we now know that it is the official meteorite we can collect that itself enjoys collecting earthly seashells :-) Here are examples http:/ /www.diogenite.com/b8y.jpg (Jurassic sand) http://www.diogenite.com/b6y.jpg (predominantly Jurassic sand glued in with some carbonates) http://www.diogenite.com/b11y.jpg (iron inclusion oxidation) Hope this helps and also a big welcome to Melanie who recently joined the list. Thanks kindly Werner! Best wishes, Doug -Original Message- From: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 6:06 am Subject: [meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines? Hi Melanie, Jeff, Werner, and List, BARRAT J.A. et al. (1999) The Tatahouine diogenite: Mineralogical and chemical effects of sixty-three years of terrestrial residence (MAPS 34-1, 1999, 091-097, excerpts): "The crystals of orthopyroxene ... contain many inclusions ... of silica, troilite, chromite, and *metal*. The silica inclusions ... contain silica with either metal (Fe, 98%; Ni + Co, 2%) or chromite." and: "The samples collected in 1994 contain secondary minerals, which clearly developed in the soil during their 63 years of terrestrial residence. First, *Fe stains* replace metal or troilite inclusions on the surfaces of the clasts in contact with soil or inside fractures. Second, yellowish to *light orange calcitic aggregates* were found in some samples. They mainly occur as a partial filling with a rosette texture or completely fill some fractures (ca. 100 µm wide)." Best wishes, Bernd __ 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] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 29, 2009
Phenominal!You learn something new every day... Fluorescent meteorites? Wow! How many other meteorites fluoresce under ultra violet light? Regards, Eric spacerocks...@aol.com wrote: http://www.rocksfromspace.org/September_29_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
[meteorite-list] International space station
Space station takes shape. http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax __ 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 29, 2009
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[meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines?
Hi Melanie, Jeff, Werner, and List, BARRAT J.A. et al. (1999) The Tatahouine diogenite: Mineralogical and chemical effects of sixty-three years of terrestrial residence (MAPS 34-1, 1999, 091-097, excerpts): "The crystals of orthopyroxene ... contain many inclusions ... of silica, troilite, chromite, and *metal*. The silica inclusions ... contain silica with either metal (Fe, 98%; Ni + Co, 2%) or chromite." and: "The samples collected in 1994 contain secondary minerals, which clearly developed in the soil during their 63 years of terrestrial residence. First, *Fe stains* replace metal or troilite inclusions on the surfaces of the clasts in contact with soil or inside fractures. Second, yellowish to *light orange calcitic aggregates* were found in some samples. They mainly occur as a partial filling with a rosette texture or completely fill some fractures (ca. 100 µm wide)." Best wishes, Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines?
LOL! You beat me to it Werner! ;-) Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: "W&S Schroer" To: "Meteorite List" Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines? Melanie, list, I wondered about those red spots too after I received and examined my piece of the Tatahouine meteorite a few weeks ago. (Thanks Doug) An answer for it I found here http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/tatahouine.html (Thanks Jeff) Cheers Werner & Sandra Schroer - Original Message - From: "Melanie Matthews" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:24 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines? I've noticed that some tatahouines appear to have small regions of red that remind me of ruby inclusions.. Anyone know what they are or what they could be? Has ruby corundum ever been found in meteorites? Regards --- 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! _ Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660826 __ 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] Red spots on Tatahouines?
Hi Melanie, It's hard to say without seeing a pic of the inclusions but one of my fragments does have 'red inclusions'. It is small specks of oxidised iron. http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/tatahouine.html Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: "Melanie Matthews" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:54 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines? I've noticed that some tatahouines appear to have small regions of red that remind me of ruby inclusions.. Anyone know what they are or what they could be? Has ruby corundum ever been found in meteorites? Regards --- 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! _ Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660826 __ 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] Red spots on Tatahouines?
Melanie, list, I wondered about those red spots too after I received and examined my piece of the Tatahouine meteorite a few weeks ago. (Thanks Doug) An answer for it I found here http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/tatahouine.html (Thanks Jeff) Cheers Werner & Sandra Schroer - Original Message - From: "Melanie Matthews" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:24 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Red spots on Tatahouines? I've noticed that some tatahouines appear to have small regions of red that remind me of ruby inclusions.. Anyone know what they are or what they could be? Has ruby corundum ever been found in meteorites? Regards --- 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! _ Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660826 __ 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] Red spots on Tatahouines?
I've noticed that some tatahouines appear to have small regions of red that remind me of ruby inclusions.. Anyone know what they are or what they could be? Has ruby corundum ever been found in meteorites? Regards --- 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! _ Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660826 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
