[meteorite-list] Re: Meteorite-list digest, Vol 1 #2030 - 13 msgs
Hi Dave, Sorry your having a hard time getting your emails to me. It seems that AOL 9.0 has it's own idea of what Spam is, and a lot of people are having a hard time getting through. I'm going back to AOL 7.0 for now until AOL can get it's act together. Yes, I have NWA 176 available, and also the new and really strange CV3, NWA 1465. Best Regards, Geoff Cintron Island Meteorite http://www.islandmeteorite.com
[meteorite-list] New CV-3 for sale!
All, We've been lucky enough to obtain a good portion of the mass of NWA 1465, a recently discovered CV3. This CV3 is quite unusual, and was originally ungrouped. I've been waiting until the full abstract was released before making pieces available to collectors. The price will be $25 per gram If you are interested please contact me off the list. Here's an excerpt from the Meteoritical Bulletin; Northwest Africa 1465 Western Sahara Found 2001 Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) Many pieces totaling 3000 g and mostly covered with fusion crust were found in 2001 by an anonymous finder in the Western Saharan desert. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz, Kurz): a type 3 carbonaceous chondrite with chondrules, mineral fragments, and refractory objects in a compact anhydrous matrix of Fe-rich olivine (Fa43-57.6), Ca-rich pyroxene, enstatite, forsterite, troilite, magnetite, FeNi-metal, and weathering products; olivine, Fa5.5 (range Fa0.4-41.9); pyroxene, Fs2.8 (range Fs0.8-5.5); shows a strong foliation defined by flattened chondrules and refractory objects; the sample contains cm-sized Ca,Al-rich inclusions and large inclusions of dark material; oxygen isotope composition of the bulk meteorite (R. Clayton and T. Mayeda, UChi): d18O = 4.89, d17O = 0.71 per mil; oxygen isotope composition of dark material, d18O = 13.08, d17O = 5.83 per mil., is not in equilibrium with the host meteorite. Shock stage, S4; degree of weathering, W3. Specimens: type specimen, 21.8 g, and one polished thin section, MNB; main mass with anonymous finder. See also Greshake et al (2003), LPSC 34, #1559 Best Regards, Geoff Cintron Island Meteorite http://www.islandmeteorite.com
[meteorite-list] yellowengine@earthlink.net
Hi Ryan, Island Meteorite specializes in cutting irons for the industry. We have reasonable rates, and fast turn around. Best Regards, Geoff Cintron Island Meteorite http://www.islandmeteorite.com
[meteorite-list] Has anyone spoken with John Sinclair?
All, Hurricane Isabel has passed leaving in it's wake much devastation here on the East coast. We were lucky this time on Long Island, but we've been hit by hurricane Gloria in 1985, so I know how much damage a hurricane can bring personally. John is now living on an outer bank island in North Carolina, not far from the landfall of Isabel. This is one of the most dangerous places to be when a hurricane hits, so I am hoping that he has come through it all right. Best Regards, Geoff Cintron Island Meteorite http://www.islandmeteorite.com
Re: [meteorite-list] Dealer Refunds
All, Perhaps I can throw a little more light on this argument. The meteorite in question here is one that I purchased from Steve for the SAME price as the customer wanting a refund. I have sold a good amount of it, as well as many other dealers on this list. My customers are happy, and rightly so, as this meteorite is a rare witnessed fall, and smaller examples, like the one the customer of Steve wants to return, are even rarer. As we all know, the value of meteorites is in a constant flux. Dealers should know this most of all. Steve's customer IS a dealer, although I use this in the broad sense of the word. He is only looking to maximize his profit by asking Steve for a refund. Best Regards, Geoff Cintron Island Meteorite http://www.islandmeteorite.com
[meteorite-list] Get rid of all your meteorites before it's too late!
All, Get a kick out of this; Far-Out Theory Ties SARS Origins to Comet Best Regards, Geoff Cintron Island Meteorite http://www.islandmeteorite.com
[meteorite-list] Sad day for astronomy
All, I've just received this email. One of the worlds greatest observatories has been totally destroyed. Fires destroy Stromlo observatory; Irreplaceable equipment worth millions of dollars was destroyed when the Canberra bushfires ravaged the historic Mount Stromlo Observatory. Research officer Vince Ford, a 38-year veteran of the observatory, told AAP staff were given 20 minutes' notice to evacuate as a fire storm on Mount Stromlo caught authorities by surprise. A single road through pine forests links the observatory, established by the Commonwealth in 1924, with suburban Canberra. "There's no way we could have saved it," Mr Ford said. The fire storm destroyed all the observatory's telescopes and the original observatory building, which dated back to 1924. "It's gone, it's all gone," Mr Ford said. "We've lost all the telescopes, the administration building, which was the original observatory back in 1924. "The first telescope has actually been there since 1910, it's gone. "The main research telescopes, the 74-inch and 50-inch, they're gone. I've just seen pictures of it from the air and we don't have a telescope left." The Australian National University (ANU) facility was one the premier astronomy training and research centres in Australia. "(It's a huge loss) from a historical point of view, from a cultural point of view, from a scientific point of view," Mr Ford said. "It's an absolute disaster." Observatory staff still hope they may be able to salvage some of their research, stored on computers in office buildings that might have escaped the worst of the blaze. The observatory offices are believed to be standing, but have been water damaged. "At least we should be able to recover the hard disks from some of the computers, but at this stage we're guessing," Mr Ford said. "All we know is the observatory is gone." Some back-up files would also have been stored at the main ANU campus in Canberra. "But a lot of the work will be at the observatory," Mr Ford said. "Some of us, being suspicious sods, have stuff at home, but most of it would have been on the computers or in the offices up at the observatory." ANU vice-chancellor Ian Chubb was due to meet observatory chiefs to be briefed on the extent of the damage.
[meteorite-list] Re: Stolen lunar materials
Hi John, I'm of the opinion that the material stolen from NASA was for all practical purposes worthless on the collectable market. Let me elaborate; Most collectors willing to purchase lunar meteorites are intelligent, and successful people. All of these people would recognize that NASA lunar material is prohibited material. What thinking person would purchase a collectable that if you were found out having, could send you to jail, and ruin your life? It's like trying to sell the Mona Lisa, no art collector would buy it, because he would be branded a criminal by doing so. This is why the Mona Lisa is not only priceless, but worthless to a collector. There is no "market value" to the Mona Lisa, nor is there one for the Apollo Lunar samples. Best Regards, Geoff Cintron Island Meteorite http://www.islandmeteorite.com
