[meteorite-list] Meteorites Poster
Hello list, For those of you who have ordered the Meteorites: A-Z poster it has been delayed in going to press. We look for the new release date to be the 25th. All those who put in an order for one will be seeing a ship date then. Sorry for the inconvenience. Best, Sarah Kennedy Science Mall/ Jensan Scientifics __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Asteroids and Torino Scale
Hello List Members, Just wanted to remind you that the "Asteroids and Meteorites" poster has the new revised (July '03 edition) Torino Scale on it that Dr. Binzel has done. See: http://shop.store.yahoo.com/scimall-usa/asandme.html For those who teach astronomy, which is most of us, this is really essential stuff. ALso, we are almost at the end of the special offer for the new "Meteorites: A to Z" poster, now available at $14.95. After September 8 it will be $16. A special rate of 2 for $28 is still offered til Sept. 8 as well. If you have a copy of "Rocks From Space, Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites, Meteorites and Their Parent Planets," then this poster would add a great final touch to these collective works and your knowledge of meteorites. For teaching districts, you can, by email, get 10 for $100. Best offer and the best time to learn about these relevant subjects. http://shop.store.yahoo.com/scimall-usa/woofmefrtoz.html Best, Sarah Science Mall-USA __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Poster for Collectors
Good morning list, Finally, there is a meteorite poster for the collector! Geoff Notkin and I have gathered forces to produce the first one ever! see: "The World of Meteorites: A to Z" http://shop.store.yahoo.com/scimall-usa/woofmefrtoz.html This is destined to become a poster classic along with its companion ... "Traveler's Guide to the Surface of Mars." Ship date Sept. 2cd. http://shop.store.yahoo.com/scimall-usa/suofmapo.html Both of them have been edited by Harry McSween (author of many science books), and have plenty photograph contributors from the list including Al and Iris Lang, Geoff Cintron, Jim Kreigh, John Sinclair, Steve Arnold and a section by O. Richard Norton. David Weir wrote the copy about each meteorite that was alphabetically selected. Purchase these before the release date comes about and you got to pay more. Destined to be classics! The poster becomes the regular price Sept. 8th, which is the ship date. Email me for discounts on quantity. See meteorites as you have never seen them before! Best, Sarah Kennedy Jensan Scientifics/ Science Mall-USA __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Spoof warning Additional, State Parks
Hi again, Many of you have responded by saying one needs to have firearm backup in such cases as carjacking, but it is important to remember in the intracies of things that you should not use anything like that until you know you are completely at risk. To law enforcement officials you do not want to look like the perpetrator. And never take official action on your own behalf until it is clear you have no other recourse. That is all I have to say. Think safe. Don't panic until it is time too. Be careful of areas that might be dangerous. Meteorites and exploring can still be a great sport. You should absolutely get self defense training if you do high risk things. Sarah --- Jensan Scientifics/ Sci-Mall wrote: > > Thanks Al. > > The kind I recognized them to be - they use knives. Its quiet. They did > get close enough to guess their nationality. > > One additional comment...:) > > Sarah > > -- > > almitt wrote: > > > > Ahhh Sarah and all, > > > > You needed Mr. Smith and Wesson. One shot through the windshield usually gets most > > idiots to back off!! Of course they might have been armed as well but I think if > > they > > were they would have used that option. It is a dangerous area for a lot of reasons. > > Glad you made it back safe and I wouldn't loose sleep over it as it now makes you > > more > > experienced and better equipped to handle future events like that. > > > > Had something similar like that happen to me one time. > > > > --AL > > > > __ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > __ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Spoof warning Additional, State Parks
Thanks Al. The kind I recognized them to be - they use knives. Its quiet. They did get close enough to guess their nationality. One additional comment...:) Sarah -- almitt wrote: > > Ahhh Sarah and all, > > You needed Mr. Smith and Wesson. One shot through the windshield usually gets most > idiots to back off!! Of course they might have been armed as well but I think if they > were they would have used that option. It is a dangerous area for a lot of reasons. > Glad you made it back safe and I wouldn't loose sleep over it as it now makes you > more > experienced and better equipped to handle future events like that. > > Had something similar like that happen to me one time. > > --AL > > __ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Spoof warning Additional, State Parks
Hello list, Life is not what it should be in the PayPal world, but that also applies to vacations and state parks. For those of you going West for vacation fun, as I usually do, the road can be hazardous. I had always wanted to visit Mt. St. Helens and so my kids and I decided to make a vacation out of it. We went up to see the crater at an observation point, then decided to helicopter into the crater to take a closer look. This is REALLY cool. There is actually a small waterfall in the crater. The helicopter guide pointed out some interesting features of the area. Alot of it was definitely more interesting from the air. Then I decided to take a back road from exit 504 headed to Yakima, Washington. So we get on the back side of Mt. St. Helens headed to Spirit Lake. Beautiful, luxurious overgrowth, small waterfalls, semi-pristine appearing land. This was about 7 o'clock at night, still had a 3 hour drive ahead. Still wanted to see the back side, though, having driven all the way from Wisconsin to "see it all." Out of nowhere comes this conversion van with headlights on trying to touch my bumper, two big guys driving it. I hit the gas and again it does the same thing. Again and again I hit the gas. They never touch my bumper but try to get me to stop. In karate they teach you that your vehicle can be your weapon, if you do not have others. You never stop or put yourself in position to stop. I took the center of the road where they could not get along side of me. It finally dawned on me that car-jacking is real popular along the west coast and they wanted my Suburban. Fortunately it is a modern Suburban, but it also had modifications that made it faster then regular Suburbans. We were doing hairpin turns from 50-80 in a State Park. No one else on the road. Weird- No, planned on their part. In areas when we had roaming ability from our cell phone, they seemed to back off, but in void areas they were persistent. Later I found out from researching the web that there are at least 700 people that are missing in Washington state alone, and 100 unidentified bodies. According to many sources drugs are being grown on state park land, and hiking in beautiful places may not be so cool. They chased me all the way down the mountain and obviously never got me. I highly recommend fast driving skills through many parts of America, unfortunately. I was glad my teenage son was not driving. (He even admits that) Something like this makes a vacation a NOT vacation. I was glad to get home. The object of this post is like paypal, even meteorites, sometimes, things are not as simple as they should be. Trust your instincts. Even resorts may not be resorts. And where is a policeman (or state park trooper) when you need one? Best, Sarah Jensan Scientifics/ Science Mall --- "Charles R. Viau" wrote: > > The thing to remember about messages from PayPal, is that they rarely > ever send you unsolicited mail, and if they do, there is never a link in > the message that invokes a login to the site. If you do ever get a > message from them requesting information from you, just examine the mail > header (in Outlook, just right-click on the message in the inbox folder > and select "options"). Look at the "received:" line information and you > can see if the sender was original, or faked. The real Domain name and > the IP address of the actual sender will show up linked to any phony or > forged sender address. Also, never go into PayPal in your browser, > unless the URL starts with "https//" (not http//) like in:" > https://www.paypal.com..."; It is almost impossible for hackers like > this to be able to use SSL to authenticate their bogus web sites. You > can prove this by first making sure you disable Active-x and Java > scripting in your browser, then attempt to invoke the bogus PayPal link. > The address box in the top of the browser will show "http://";, and the > rest of the URL may start with something like "playpal.com" followed by > a bunch of directory entries that wind up pointing you to a bogus ASP > script that will suck up your password. (you have disabled scripting, so > the page will not show up the way it normally would). > > CharlyV > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael > Farmer > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 2:07 AM > To: Matson, Robert; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: PayPal spoof warning > > This has been going around for some time. I never let money pile up in > my > account. I had my card number stolen in Brazil, and they got me for $800 > in > just a few minutes. It was refunded, but remember, PAYPAL is a cash > account, > debit, so money can be stolen from it, that is what these scumbags are > doing. > Mike Farmer > - Original Message - > From: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 10:58 PM > S
[meteorite-list] Small Irons
Hello List Members, Does anyone have small nice Gibeons, 4-6 grams? I am in need of some - about 100. Sarah Jensan Scientifics __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Kaaba
Hi List, Does anyone have a picture of the Kaaba? Thanks. Sarah Science Mall __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Hoba Picture
Hello list, Does anyone have a picture of the Hoba meteorite that is useable for publishing? Thanks Best, Sarah Jensan Scientifics __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] New Items to Chose From
Hello List, I am sure many of you are wondering about what is going to happen to Jensan Scientifics and Science Mall-USA since the passing of my husband, Dave. I wish to inform you that both businesses will continue and much of our mission will be the same: "Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education" -- J. F. Kennedy The slant and style has changed somewhat, but not considerably. I have owned this business for 10 years now, and want to continue to pursue studying and procuring the most interesting and rare materials on our planet and serving the science-minded customer. I want to thank the Nortons, Geoffrey Notkin, Joel Schiff and many others for their support through this adjustment phase of continuing the businesses, since Dave's death. Please view for some new items: http://shop.store.yahoo.com/scimall-usa/specocgif.html Suggestions are welcomed. TWO new products of interest designed for asteroid, meteorite, and space science enthusiasts will be coming shortly. Hope to see you all in Denver. Best, Sarah Kennedy-Coleman Jensan Scientifics/ Science Mall __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Duncan Steel
Hi List, Does anyone know Duncan Steel's email? Sarah Jensan Scientifics - Zelimir Gabelica wrote: > > Thanks for your suggestion Mark. > I did send some optimistic words to Steve through the Flagstaff Medical > Center site and it works perfectly. > I encourage, among others, all the non US meteorite enthousiasts (eh Mateo > ?) to do the same, even if you don't know Steve, as it is my case. > We all at least know (some of) his achievements in the meteorite domain. > A few simple but optimistic words coming from an obscure part of our world, > can be such a therapy! > > Best, > > Zelimir > > ** > Prof. Zelimir Gabelica > Groupe Sécurité et Ecologie Chimiques (GSEC) - ENSCMu > 3, rue A. Werner > F-68093 MULHOUSE Cedex, FRANCE > Tel: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 94 > FAX: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 15 > e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** > > __ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] The Perplexing Ice Hole Mystery
Listees, The ice hole mystery can be a perplexing one. Another idea that should not be overlooked is that the area is either geothermal or methane in nature, can be percolating through vents in the floor of the lake, bubbling up, and causing the ice to fracture from below. The idea of methane percolating from below in a body of water is supported by evidence and theories proposed about disappearances in the Bermuda triangle. Just a thought. Maybe Bernd could advise on this. Sarah Jensan Scientifics __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Thankful For Meteorite and
Dear listees, I thought it would be nice to think of what piece out of our whole collection we were thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. And which piece we wished we had and could be thankful for, the prettiest pieace, and our favorite pieces (2): So my pick of... the piece I own and am thankful for is: NWA 482 The prettiest piece: Glorietta And the piece I wished I had: Lake Murray And the favorite pieces (only two) out of my miscellaneou collection: Beaverhead breccia and Jack Hills Zircon (dated at 4.3 BILLION years old). And of course I am thankful for my friends on the list of meteorite central, our Nation, and of course my own family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. Sarah Kennedy-Coleman Jensan Scientifics/ Science Mall-USA http://www.sciencemall-usa.com --- __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Thanks for Condolences
List Members: Thank you so much for all the kind condolences I received about Dave's passing. He was truly a great man indeed...!!! I printed out all of your messages for family and friends to see, and for me to hold dear to my heart. It will comfort them as it has me in many difficult moments. Like so many on the list, most of our best friends are far away for any type of support or socializing. It would have been nice for us all to have real estate around one big crater which we could explore when we wanted to, visit among ourselves with more convenience, while looking at the stars. I have few friends locally, but they do not care for science at all. That's why I go to Tuscon, and maybe even the Denver show someday. --- My favorite writing is "The Man in the Arena" by Theodore Roosevelt. Life IS the arena. The most important thing is that achievement comes only when you decide to live your possibilities, and "to conquer without risk is to triumph without glory." - El Cid -- Many of you have expressed your many difficult trials. That has helped me alot. Ultimately we learn that "if we burn time, time buries us." Each day is precious. Dave did not burn time. Neither do I. It is important to stay away from the TV and DO! "Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education" -JFK May God help the next generation to live and be properly educated while caring from the heart. With kindest regards, Sarah Kennedy-Coleman Jensan Scientifics/ Science Mall-USA --- __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] A Passing On
Dear List Members, I regret to inform you that my talented and amazing husband, David L. Coleman passed away yesterday after a sudden stroke. Davids talent went beyond the scope of just loving science. With me he invented many wonderful educational posters and geolgical study sets that changed the way people at the sciences, such as astrogeology with our World Impact Maps. As most things are, his work will probably be more esteemed in death than in his short life. David was 48. I will miss him terribly. Sarah Kennedy-Coleman Jensan Scientifics/ ScienceMall-USA __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Values
Sounds like noted telescope maker and author Thomas Cave. I seem to remember numerous articles in Sky and Telescope, often in concert with William Sheehan. Dave and Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I don't know the author but if he is a List member I want him to know that he did a >stupendous job there. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Come ON, NASA!!!
Hi all, We find it hard to believe that after the loss a couple of years ago of the whole Mars Polar Lander mission (that is; the main lander AND its independent surface probes) without a trace during a planned communication blackout, JUST like that of the Contour spacecraft...that NASA would plan any more missions, EVER, where critical mission maneuvers are carried out without telemetry coverage. It still might fail, BUT at least we'd save the cost of an investigation and have a little more to go on for the re-design effort. Yes, we know that some maneuvers must be carried out "behind" the planet...this has been true of orbit insertion and de-orbit engine burns as far back as the Surveyor and Apollo missions. It's always been a mission risk without telemetry. But just think about it for a second... the Contour spacecraft was only 140 miles or so away from Earth when some catastrophic failure apparently occurred, and it was "out of radio contact with controllers". Come on NASA, do a "lessons learned" analysis, HUH??? Best, Dave and Sarah ... ... Ron Baalke wrote: > > Donald Savage/Bob Jacobs > Headquarters, Washington August 26, 2002 > (Phone: 202/358-1547/1600) > > RELEASE: 02-161 > > NASA APPOINTS CONTOUR MISSION INVESTIGATION TEAM > > On Aug. 15, CONTOUR's STAR 30 solid-propellant rocket motor > was programmed to ignite at 4:49 a.m. EDT, giving CONTOUR > enough boost to escape Earth's orbit. At that time, CONTOUR > was about 140 miles above the Indian Ocean and out of radio > contact with controllers. The CONTOUR mission operations team > at APL expected to regain contact at approximately 5:35 a.m. > EDT to confirm the burn, but NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) > antennas did not acquire a signal. > > Since then, there has been no contact with CONTOUR. Commands > pre-programmed into the spacecraft's flight computer system, > designed to instruct the spacecraft to try various alternate > methods of contacting Earth when contact is lost, also have > not worked to date. > > Images from a Spacewatch ground-based telescope at Kitt Peak, > Ariz., show three objects at the location where CONTOUR was > predicted to be, images which may indicate the spacecraft has > broken apart. Mission controllers at APL will continue > listening for signals from the spacecraft periodically until > early December, when CONTOUR will come into a more favorable > angle for receiving a signal from Earth. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 2002NY40 Flyby
Hi Bernd and all, Well, we just came in from observing asteroid 2002NY40 hu past Earth! Conditions were 65 F, a bit gusty from the north (cold front a few hours ago swept "most" cloud awayYAH!), but still a little high, thin cloud that gave the stars a hint of fuzzy halo. Using an AstroPhysics 105mm f6 and a 9mm Nagler eyepiece for a magnification of 70x, it was our first eyeball view of any asteroidand to see it actually move past the background stars as one watchedawesome! After following it for awhile, we took Bernd's suggestion and visited the Hercules Globular Cluster M13, the Ring Nebula M57, and of course Albireo. The setting first quarter Moon was pumpkin-orange, and undulating with rising air currents as the night sky sucks the heat from the ground. Even so, it and the near-miss asteroid really do bring home to us the astounding priviledge of holding samples from them in our hands here on the ground. Time for a cup of hot joe, and "goodnight"... Dave and Sarah __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Terrestrial Impact Craters
Hello Keith, hello Tracy, Tracy is correct in her appreciation of crater-wiping forces on Earth. There are very few terrestrial impact sites of great age (Barringer is a youngster at abt. 50,000 yrs) that remain without plenty of alteration! Here are two items to add to the discussion, though... The Wabar impact, although not that large, occurred in sand and several craters remain visible. They have retained shape in part due to the formation of a glass lining in the crater bowl that resists wind erosion. They may fill and empty over the years as the surface dunes shift. The so-called "splosh" craters on Mars have very obvious lobate ejecta blankets that suggest the impacts occurred in a wet target material. For a neat simulation of this, consider the way the Yellowstone mudpots toss gooey mud into an ejecta pattern as the bubbles burst at the surface. The difference on Mars is that, unlike the mudpots model, the ejecta remains frozen in shape on the surface for us to see today after many millenia. You can see lots of crater comparison info on the newly published poster: "Meteorite Impact Craters on the Earth"..at.. http://www.sciencemall-usa.com/impactposter.html Best, Dave and Sarah . . Tracy Latimer wrote: > > I think that any crater in loose sediments would likely be filled in > rapidly by the same mechanisms that deposited the sediment in the first > place. You might, for a while, be able to track the crater by deformation > in the surrounding sedimentary layers, but eventually it would all even > out, leaving barely a ruffle in the geologic record. Only craters in > hard, non-disappearing rock, not sludgy mud, would have a chance of > remaining long enough for us to discover them. > > Tracy Latimer __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] dry gas for irons?
Good evening Listees, Anybody know whether there are brands of "pressurized air" cans (as used to blow dust out of computers, off photo negs, etc) that features a dry gas suitable for displacing the air and preserving iron meteorites in sealed containers? Most, if not all cans tout that they are HCFC and CFC-free, but no other info. Seems like an easy way to give those irons some added protection if you can go to Office Max and get a squirt can of "air" for a few bucks to shoot into those sealed baggies and display boxes we all have. Best, Dave and Sarah __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite impact poster_thanx_AD
Hi again Listees! Thanks to Walter and Grant for their kind words on the Meteorite Impact Posters they got from our special List offer a few days ago. Several of you have asked what this is about, having missed the original announcement due to travel, or a few days of e-mail foulups some had about then (19 June). So, once more, here it is for List Members Only... . >From 19 June 2002...Hello listees! A new "Special Offer to List Members Only", for our just-released full size poster called... "Meteorite Impact Craters on the Earth"..See it here: http://www.sciencemall-usa.com/impactposter.html Created with contributions by: Bevan French, Smithsonian Institution Carolyn Shoemaker, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ V.L. "Buck" Sharpton, U. of Alaska, Fairbanks R.R. Anderson, Iowa Geological Survey Bureau Christian Koeberl, U. of Austria, Vienna and our own List members Paul Dudley and Mike Farmer. Over a year in the making, this is just off the press, and List Members Only can get it by E-MAIL REPLY to this notice. Normally $16.00 as shown on the website, List Members can get one for $12.00. IF you promise to donate the second one to your best nearby science teacher for his/her classroom, you can get 2 posters for $20.00. Please reply off-list, and we'll get the info we need to ship pronto. Best to you all, Dave and Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > HI FOLKS, I ordered two posters also. I agree with Walter. They are > great!! I'm trying to decide whether to donate the second one to my > earth science club or to a local school >- REGARDS, GRANT ELLIOTT > > Walter Branch wrote: > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I just received my Meteorite Impact Craters posters (I ordered two) from > > Jensan Scientifics. I am very impressed with the quality of the poster. It > > is printed on heavy stock, the information it provides is great, and both > > were extremely well packaged and arrived safe and secure. I am very > > pleased. If you are wavering on whether or not to purchase one and you have > > the slightest interest in impact craters on Earth, this poster has my > > greatest recommendation. > > > > -Walter > > --- > > Walter Branch, Ph.D. > > Branch Meteorites > > 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B > > Savannah, GA 31405 USA > > www.branchmeteorites.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Martian diagrams needed.
Hello Listees, Looking for whole-rock and/or internal isochron diagrams for the martian meteorites. Rb-Sr diagrams preferred, but all types welcome. Diagrams available electronically would be super! (Already checked "Planetary Materials" (Reviews in Mineralogy #36), but no diagrams in chapter 6 .. Allan T. are you there?? ...:) Thanks! Dave and Sarah . . __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NEW meteorite impact poster-AD
Hello listees! A new "Special Offer to List Members Only", for our just-released full size poster called... "Meteorite Impact Craters on the Earth"..See it here: http://www.sciencemall-usa.com/impactposter.html Created with contributions by: Bevan French, Smithsonian Institution Carolyn Shoemaker, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ V.L. "Buck" Sharpton, U. of Alaska, Fairbanks R.R. Anderson, Iowa Geological Survey Bureau Christian Koeberl, U. of Austria, Vienna and our own List members Paul Dudley and Mike Farmer. Over a year in the making, this is just off the press, and List Members Only can get it by E-MAIL REPLY to this notice. Normally $16.00 as shown on the website, List Members can get one for $12.00. IF you promise to donate the second one to your best nearby science teacher for his/her classroom, you can get 2 posters for $20.00. Please reply off-list, and we'll get the info we need to ship pronto. Best to you all, Dave and Sarah __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] dissolve tape 2
Hi again, Typo in the last note...the little crystals are about .005 inch, not .05. And we thought the Post Office was just an anthrax menace.:) Dave and Sarah __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] dissolve scotch tape???
Hi all, We have had some very tiny mineral crystals (.05 in.) become stuck to gooey scotch tape by having the Post Office crush a vial they had been sent to us in. They are quite valuable. The tape accidentally but fortunately saved a few. Now we need to separate the little guys from the goo. Our best idea has been to put the tape and crystals in a clean glass vial and dissolve the tape, (both the plastic film AND adhesive), leaving the crystals to sink to the bottom for collection. Any of you lab folks know a good solvent for plastic tape? Best, Dave and Sarah __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] What IS this stuff???another puzzler
Hello again listees! What IS this stuff??? A rock type that was eagerly sought on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts, it appears as a central character in any discussion of how the Moon formed. Many meteorite collectors can now walk over to their shelves and see little bits of this rock type on display there. Can anyone get the answer BEFORE looking at the "answer link" given on the page below??? Look here: http://www.sciencemall-usa.com/mystermineral.html .. BTW. The answer to last week's mineral puzzler... terrestrial, or "native" iron. Cheers, Dave and Sarah . . __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Age of Lunar Meteorites
Dear List, Can anyone supply us with the crystallization ages of these three lunar meteorites: DAG-400 Dofar-081 NWA-482 Thanks. Best, Dave and Sarah --- __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] What IS this stuff???another puzzler
Hello again listees! What IS this stuff??? One of the most common elements IN Earth, yet nearly impossible to find in any deposit ON Earth. More likely to fall on your head (woof, Kevin, woof!). Can anyone get the answer BEFORE looking at the "answer link" given on the quiz page??? Look here: http://www.sciencemall-usa.com/mystermineral.html .. BTW. The answer to last week's mineral puzzler... green, bubbly, glassy, radioactive TRINITITE! Congrats to Matt Morgan for being first with the right answer, and to Anne Black for being only moments behind Matt. You Colorado guys $ gals are quick on the draw! Cheers, Dave and Sarah . . __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] What IS this stuff??? puzzler
Hello listees, What IS this stuff??? Sorta like impactite, sorta like vesicular impact melt. Can anyone get the answer BEFORE looking at the "answer link" provided??? Look here: http://www.sciencemall-usa.com/mystermineral.html .. BTW. The answer to last week's mineral puzzler, (the metallic-looking spherule in matrix), if you didn't make it back to the page to check.was corundum! Never have found globular corundum in a sample before. Best, Dave and Sarah . . __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Miss the new poster announcement? AD
Dear Listees, We've been told by quite a few list members that they missed our original post on the new poster we have produced. YES, Meteorite List members DO have a special deal on this one. The good news is, list members are all entitled to the special deal no matter how they hear of it...!!! So, the deal is simple: (Limit one) LAMINATED poster: "The Periodic Table in Earth and Sky: A Study in Minerals and Astronomy" for the price of the UNLAMINATED version. See it here: http://www.sciencemall-usa.com/per.html Poster is $16.00 (normally $26.00 for the laminated version) plus 5.75 shipping in the States. A little more if overseas shipping. Meteorite List members who want the deal need to contact us off-list by e-mail, and NOT USE THE REGULAR SHOPPING CART ON THE SITE. Best, Dave and Sarah http://www.sciencemall-usa.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] hint...NOT a chondrule
Dear listees, For anyone hankering for a rocky challenge. What IS this spheroid??? No ad, just a specimen identification quiz:) We have not seen this structure in this mineral before...can anyone identify and comment? http://www.sciencemall-usa.com/mystermineral.html Best, Dave and Sarah __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] New Norton Book
Saw a copy of the first run of O.R.N's new book in Tucson. Spent some quality time with it for a half hour or so. Boys and girls.it's beyond praise. Get in line at Amazon NOW! Best, Dave Coleman . . TMS/TNS/HRC wrote: > > I preordered mine direct from the publisher and have not seen it yet. > Anyone else order in this way? Have you gotten it yet?? > > Anxious in Alaska, > Jeannie __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Minerals and Astronomy
Hi all, Sorry for this unwarranted exuberance, but we feel great today! Some of you got to see the prototype of this new creation in Tucson at Twink and Jim's celebration. Here it is, in production at last! All the layout and all the photography done here by us, including some microphotography required for teeny samples. Several of you on the List know of the struggles of this long project, and we thank you for your support and encouragement!!! To celebrate (our first try at this sort of project), we want to offer meteorite list members ONLY, (who are also into the stuff their meteorite collection is made of), the chance to get one of the laminated posters for the unlaminated price. Big saving, so limit one each, please. On a special deal like this, please let us know you want one by "off-list" e-mail, RATHER THAN using the website "Order" button used by the general public...so we know where you heard about the offer. Here 'tis. http://www.sciencemall-usa.com/per.html Best to all, Dave and Sarah .. .. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re: Kitchen Comet Cows
In my humble but doubtless unique opinion, too much of our world is run already by crude youth and their toadies, the crude youth marketeers. Perhaps like the methane itself, it's a product of decay. I vote not to encourage it. Dave Coleman ... > And don't forget the methane! So I take a stuffed cow and have it pass some gas into > the bucket. Sure its crude. That's why the kids love it so. > Mooo! __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
