[meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Forbes
Dear List Members, There is a great article on Naveen Jain in Forbes about his fantastic meteorite collection. I am particularly proud of the complete slice of NWA 5000 dubbed the The Ambassador which is now part of his collection. It is in great hands since he is one of the co-founders of Moon Express. You can see an image of it in the article. I do not know if the hyperlink will work in plain text mode but I copied the long URL for those who may be interested. You can copy and past into your browser if necessary. Hyperlink to great article on Naveen and his meteorite collection: Naveen Jain Forbes Article URL: http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/06/04/entrepreneur-naveen-jain-put-together-his-top-flight-meteorite-collection-at-warp-speed/ Happy Collecting, Adam __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Article on CloudyNights.com
Hi folks! I wrote an article about collecting meteorites for the Cloudy Nights astronomy website. It's geared towards beginners with little knowledge about collecting. :) You can read the article at the following link - http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1929 And the article is being discussed in the forum here - http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2878680/ Clear skies! MikeG . Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com .. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite article in German Playboy
Hi everyone, I have been on the road heading north for days now, so little email contact. I just wanted to let my friends in Germany know that there is a meteorite article about Bob Haag and I in German Playboy Magazine, December issue. I have yet to see it, but it deals with meteorites in general, and focuses on Carancas. Time is running out to get a copy, so grab one before they are gone. I should have a few copies in Tucson, and I am sure there are other attributes in the magazine if you don't like the story about Bob and I:) Happy Holidays from snowy and very cold Montana. Michael Farmer __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite article in German Playboy
Wow H! An excuse to get a Playboy Mag. Bernd, can you get me a copy? Maybe you should buy a dozen for other meteorite friends. Mike Michael Farmer wrote: Hi everyone, I have been on the road heading north for days now, so little email contact. I just wanted to let my friends in Germany know that there is a meteorite article about Bob Haag and I in German Playboy Magazine, December issue. I have yet to see it, but it deals with meteorites in general, and focuses on Carancas. Time is running out to get a copy, so grab one before they are gone. I should have a few copies in Tucson, and I am sure there are other attributes in the magazine if you don't like the story about Bob and I:) Happy Holidays from snowy and very cold Montana. Michael Farmer __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite article in German Playboy
I am not sure if I want to see Mike Farmer nude! Hehehehheheheh, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! M. Cottingham On Dec 24, 2008, at 11:38 AM, tett wrote: Wow H! An excuse to get a Playboy Mag. Bernd, can you get me a copy? Maybe you should buy a dozen for other meteorite friends. Mike Michael Farmer wrote: Hi everyone, I have been on the road heading north for days now, so little email contact. I just wanted to let my friends in Germany know that there is a meteorite article about Bob Haag and I in German Playboy Magazine, December issue. I have yet to see it, but it deals with meteorites in general, and focuses on Carancas. Time is running out to get a copy, so grab one before they are gone. I should have a few copies in Tucson, and I am sure there are other attributes in the magazine if you don't like the story about Bob and I:) Happy Holidays from snowy and very cold Montana. Michael Farmer __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite article in German Playboy
I am ABSOLUTELY sure I don't!!! David H. - Original Message From: michael cottingham mikew...@gilanet.com To: tett t...@rogers.com Cc: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de bernd.pa...@paulinet.de; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; meteorite...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 1:40:00 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite article in German Playboy I am not sure if I want to see Mike Farmer nude! Hehehehheheheh, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! M. Cottingham On Dec 24, 2008, at 11:38 AM, tett wrote: Wow H! An excuse to get a Playboy Mag. Bernd, can you get me a copy? Maybe you should buy a dozen for other meteorite friends. Mike Michael Farmer wrote: Hi everyone, I have been on the road heading north for days now, so little email contact. I just wanted to let my friends in Germany know that there is a meteorite article about Bob Haag and I in German Playboy Magazine, December issue. I have yet to see it, but it deals with meteorites in general, and focuses on Carancas. Time is running out to get a copy, so grab one before they are gone. I should have a few copies in Tucson, and I am sure there are other attributes in the magazine if you don't like the story about Bob and I:) Happy Holidays from snowy and very cold Montana. Michael Farmer __ 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] Meteorite article in German Playboy
he he, Never fear, I think I recall Playboy tending to focus more on the fairer sex. No nude posing here. I did hear though that the issue features the past 12 months of more attractive heavenly bodies;) Michael Farmer --- On Wed, 12/24/08, David Hardy mdavidha...@yahoo.com wrote: From: David Hardy mdavidha...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite article in German Playboy To: michael cottingham mikew...@gilanet.com, tett t...@rogers.com Cc: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de bernd.pa...@paulinet.de, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, meteorite...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2008, 12:18 PM I am ABSOLUTELY sure I don't!!! David H. - Original Message From: michael cottingham mikew...@gilanet.com To: tett t...@rogers.com Cc: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de bernd.pa...@paulinet.de; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; meteorite...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 1:40:00 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite article in German Playboy I am not sure if I want to see Mike Farmer nude! Hehehehheheheh, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! M. Cottingham On Dec 24, 2008, at 11:38 AM, tett wrote: Wow H! An excuse to get a Playboy Mag. Bernd, can you get me a copy? Maybe you should buy a dozen for other meteorite friends. Mike Michael Farmer wrote: Hi everyone, I have been on the road heading north for days now, so little email contact. I just wanted to let my friends in Germany know that there is a meteorite article about Bob Haag and I in German Playboy Magazine, December issue. I have yet to see it, but it deals with meteorites in general, and focuses on Carancas. Time is running out to get a copy, so grab one before they are gone. I should have a few copies in Tucson, and I am sure there are other attributes in the magazine if you don't like the story about Bob and I:) Happy Holidays from snowy and very cold Montana. Michael Farmer __ 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 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Sky Telescope Magazine and in Meteorite, Aug 2008, pp. 15-18
Ruben wrote: Sorry, I didn't make that clear Hi Ruben and List, Nothing to be sorry for. I only wanted to send a heads-up to those List members who don't have a ST subscription (I subscribed to S T 31 years ago - July 77 was my first issue... how time goes by!) so that they don't miss out on that Oct 2008 issue! But that's not the only reason why I'm posting this. I've just finished reading Ruben's article in the latest issue of our METEORITE magazine and wanted to thank Ruben for sharing this. If you haven't read it yet, you had better do so now because you can literally feel Ruben's and his son's enthusiasm. While reading it, I felt like being there and Denny's oriented 13 kg (!) Franconia is a gorgeous textbook example of a thumbprinted, dome-shaped meteorite! Well, sooner or later, I'm going to show up at Gold Basin and/or Franconia. So beware ;-) 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] Meteorite Article in Sky Telescope Magazine andin Meteorite, Aug 2008, pp. 15-18
Hi, Thanks, Brend, for posting this. As a female new to meteorite collecting, I can tell you that I've already enjoyed many of Ruben's articles as well as his videos. I can't wait to read the Sky Telescope article! I agree - you can feel his energy and enthusiasm in everything he does. Melva -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:02 AM To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Sky Telescope Magazine andin Meteorite, Aug 2008, pp. 15-18 Ruben wrote: Sorry, I didn't make that clear Hi Ruben and List, Nothing to be sorry for. I only wanted to send a heads-up to those List members who don't have a ST subscription (I subscribed to S T 31 years ago - July 77 was my first issue... how time goes by!) so that they don't miss out on that Oct 2008 issue! But that's not the only reason why I'm posting this. I've just finished reading Ruben's article in the latest issue of our METEORITE magazine and wanted to thank Ruben for sharing this. If you haven't read it yet, you had better do so now because you can literally feel Ruben's and his son's enthusiasm. While reading it, I felt like being there and Denny's oriented 13 kg (!) Franconia is a gorgeous textbook example of a thumbprinted, dome-shaped meteorite! Well, sooner or later, I'm going to show up at Gold Basin and/or Franconia. So beware ;-) 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
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Sky Telescope Magazine and in Meteorite, Aug 2008,
Thanks Guys, The Meteorite Magazine article was fun to do. I counted at least 25 people that participated (in one way or another) in this extraordinary event. Many notable list members are included, like Mike Miller, Robert Ward, Jim Smaller, John Wolfe, Billy and Tiffany Wetzel, Jim Shorten, Mike Morgan, Paul Desilets, Del Waterbury, Stan Santiago, Denny Asher, and many more!! I'm thinking of doing another similar article/video. It would be another group hunt; except for this one would be How to Hunt a Dry Lake Bed. I think it would be great to get 20-30 novices/pros out on a dry lake bed and see what happens! We'll see ... Just so everyone is clear on this, the upcoming- Oct 2008- Sky and Telescope article was coauthored by writer/photographer Geoff Notkin. His pictures turned out Amazing! I can’t wait to see the article either! Thanks again to Bob and Kelly ( S T Mag.) and Larry and Nancy (Meteorite Mag)who are always glad to publish my articles. Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona http://www.mr-meteorite.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfrightp=v --- On Sun, 8/17/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Sky Telescope Magazine and in Meteorite, Aug 2008, pp. 15-18 To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sunday, August 17, 2008, 7:01 AM Ruben wrote: Sorry, I didn't make that clear Hi Ruben and List, Nothing to be sorry for. I only wanted to send a heads-up to those List members who don't have a ST subscription (I subscribed to S T 31 years ago - July 77 was my first issue... how time goes by!) so that they don't miss out on that Oct 2008 issue! But that's not the only reason why I'm posting this. I've just finished reading Ruben's article in the latest issue of our METEORITE magazine and wanted to thank Ruben for sharing this. If you haven't read it yet, you had better do so now because you can literally feel Ruben's and his son's enthusiasm. While reading it, I felt like being there and Denny's oriented 13 kg (!) Franconia is a gorgeous textbook example of a thumbprinted, dome-shaped meteorite! Well, sooner or later, I'm going to show up at Gold Basin and/or Franconia. So beware ;-) 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
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Sky Telescope Magazine
Michael Johnson asked: Anyone on the list know about Sky Telescope Mag. publishing an article on meteorite collecting in the October 2008 issue? Ruben responded: Geoff Notkin and I have just recently completed a feature article for Sky and Telescope magazine. It will be fairly substantial - over 2000 words - and should be packed with incredible pictures of meteorites that only Geoff could take! The article will touch on many aspects of this great hobby - meteorite collecting, meteorite hunting, etc. and also: S T has also allowed us to post meteorite related text, pictures and video on their website - which should be up in Sept. or Oct. The article should reach subscribers in late Aug, and I think it will hit newsstands in late Sept or early Oct. Hello Michael, Ruben, and List, I got my September issue of S T today and the article Ruben mentioned will be in the *next* issue and on newsstands September 2nd. Hunting for Space Rocks: Collecting meteorites is a great way to touch the stars without leaving home So don't forget to get your copy if you are not a subscriber! Bernd (tired because he saw too many dinosaurs at the Senkenberg Museum today) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Sky Telescope Magazine
Thanks Bernd, You are right! The article Hunting for Space Rocks: Collecting meteorites is a great way to touch the stars without leaving home. will be featured in the Oct 2008 Sky and Telescope Magazine. Sorry, I didn't make that clear... Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona http://www.mr-meteorite.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfrightp=v __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Sky Telescope Magazine!
Hi Michael and all, Michael Johnson asked: Anyone on the list know about Sky Telescope Mag. publishing an article on meteorite collecting in the October 2008 issue? Geoff Notkin and I have just recently completed a feature article for Sky and Telescope magazine. It will be fairly substantial - over 2000 words - and should be packed with incredible pictures of meteorites that only Geoff could take! The article will touch on many aspects of this great hobby - meteorite collecting, meteorite hunting, etc. Special thanks to Kelly Beatty and Robert Naeye from S T for extending the offer to write such an article. It was a pleasure and a privilege to be given the opportunity and we both appreciate it very much. S T has also allowed us to post meteorite related text, pictures and video on their website – which should be up in Sept. or Oct. The article should reach subscribers in late Aug, and I think it will hit newsstands in late Sept or early Oct. Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona http://www.mr-meteorite.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfrightp=v __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] meteorite article
Hi list.On the yahoo home page,there is an article about Dr.Randy Kortov.He talks about meteor-wrongs and other interesting items concerning meteorites.://:www.yahoo.com. is where you will find it. Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!! chicagometeorites.net.Specializing in Gao Meteorites! Ebay I.D. Illinoismeteorites Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite article
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:50:26 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Hi list.On the yahoo home page,there is an article about Dr.Randy Kortov.He talks about meteor-wrongs and other interesting items concerning meteorites.://:www.yahoo.com. is where you will find it. Here's the link: http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/potw/20070622.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite article
Thanks, Darren. Dave - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite article On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:50:26 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Hi list.On the yahoo home page,there is an article about Dr.Randy Kortov.He talks about meteor-wrongs and other interesting items concerning meteorites.://:www.yahoo.com. is where you will find it. Here's the link: http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/potw/20070622.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite article
Thanks for the link, Darren, A good article, and a great site to revisit. http://www.meteorites.wustl.edu/ http://www.meteorites.wustl.edu/ I see there have been some updates. Cheers, Pete From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite article Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:03:55 -0400 On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:50:26 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Hi list.On the yahoo home page,there is an article about Dr.Randy Kortov.He talks about meteor-wrongs and other interesting items concerning meteorites.://:www.yahoo.com. is where you will find it. Here's the link: http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/potw/20070622.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Tell us your tech love story in the Summer Lovin Competition for your chance to win laptop loaded with Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Windows Live OneCare. http://www.microsoft.com/canada/home/contests/summerlovin/default.aspx __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Article From Gem and Mineral Society Newsletter
An example of what is being written about meteorites in the newsletters of gem and mineral societies can be found online. It is: Rike III, Z. W., 2006, Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites - Part 1. Pineywoods Rooter, Novmeber 2006, Pine Country Gem Mineral Society. This article is repinted on pages 27 31 of vol. 38, no.2 (February 2007) of the Backbend's Gazette, which published by the Houston Gem and Mineral Society ( http://www.hgms.org/ ). The article and issue can downloaded from the February 2007 link on the back issue web page at: http://www.hgms.org/Backbender'sGazetteIssues.html and directly from: http://www.hgms.org/BBG/Feb07.pdf One way of reaching new people, would be to write popular articles for your local Gem and Mineral Society about various topics related to meteorites, impactites, tektites, and so forth. These newsletters would be a good places to educate the public about meteorites and meteorwrongs. Best Regards, Paul H. 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite article-- care to count the errors?
http://www.oberlin.edu/stupub/ocreview/2005/12/02/news/article12.html My favorite line: The asteroid belt generally orbits Mars and Jupiter and includes such large asteroids as Eros, an ice chunk 33 kilometers in diameter. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite article
Sorry if this has already been posted, I don't remember seeing it. http://www.oregonlive.com/science/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/science/1102424284156630.xml Mad about meteorites Wednesday, December 08, 2004 RICHARD L. HILL The retired Idaho rancher suspected that the small stone he had found with his metal detector in Utah was a rare rock from space -- a meteorite that had taken perhaps millions of years to reach Earth. The odds weren't on his side. Meteorites are rare, and only 16 had ever been found in Utah. Like many Northwesterners, he wondered how he might identify his find. An Internet search led him to the right place: a fledgling facility at Portland State University called the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory. He sent us the rock, and it looked very promising, said Melinda Hutson, one of the lab's three founders. So we cut it open, and sure enough, it was a meteorite. After studying and classifying the meteorite with sophisticated microscopes, the lab sent its findings -- with a proposed name of Greener Reservoir for the area where it was found -- to the Meteoritical Society, the international nonprofit that catalogs all meteorites, for official recognition. The retired rancher, whom the lab declined to name for privacy reasons, also found two small meteorites in central Idaho that the lab is beginning to study and classify. Only five meteorites had previously been found in Idaho. It's the kind of case that Hutson, Alex Ruzicka and Dick Pugh had in mind when they came up with the idea for the lab over dinner about three years ago. With the closest meteorite labs in St. Louis, Los Angeles and Arizona, they saw a need for a place in the Northwest that could serve as a repository and classification center. So we hung out a placard and said, 'Here we are,' Hutson said. The university gave them space, but the three operate the lab without pay in their spare time. In addition to helping people identify meteorites, Ruzicka, Hutson and Pugh set up the lab to study meteorites and to educate students and the public about the extraterrestrial rocks. The lab's collection has grown from one meteorite -- a 35-pound iron meteorite from a crater near Odessa, Texas -- to more than 250, a collection worth more than $1 million. Most pieces were donated by private collectors; a few were bought with NASA grant money for specific research projects. Ruzicka and Hutson, a husband-and-wife team, are research assistant professors in PSU's geology department, and Hutson also teaches geology and astronomy at Portland Community College. Both have doctorates in planetary science from the University of Arizona. Pugh, a retired science teacher who taught at Cleveland High School for 31 years, is well known in the Northwest for his expertise in meteorites. He became interested in them while studying under the late professor Erwin Lange at PSU, where Pugh received his bachelor's and master's degrees in science. Calls from all over The lab's reputation is spreading quickly. The operators have had calls from throughout the Northwest and from as far as Georgia and New York. I get two or three phone calls and e-mails a week from people all over the state who want me to take a look at the possible meteorites they've found, Pugh said. Two weeks ago, I went to Eugene, Roseburg, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Medford, Bend and downtown Mosier looking at rocks. I looked at a lot of basalt and slag, but no new meteorites. Meteorites are scientifically important discoveries that reveal the origins and evolution of our solar system about 4.5 billion years ago. They show what elements and gases were present in the swirling dust before the sun and planets were formed. Most are fragments of asteroids that orbit the sun in an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Only about 30 meteorites from Mars and another 30 from the moon have been found on Earth. They are the result of comets or asteroids slamming into the moon or Mars and breaking off chunks that ultimately land on Earth. Only four meteorites have been found in Oregon and only a half-dozen in Washington -- the states' heavy vegetation and basalt-covered landscape make them hard to find. Oregon's big one Oregon is known for its 151/2-ton Willamette Meteorite, the world's sixth-largest meteorite and the largest discovered in the United States. It was found in West Linn in 1902 and donated to the American Museum of Natural History in 1906 by a wealthy benefactor who had bought the rock from Oregon Iron Steel. Pieces of the meteorite are in museums and private collections. The other Oregon meteorites are the Sams Valley meteorite, a 15-pound rock found about 10 miles northwest of Medford in 1894; the 38-pound Klamath Falls meteorite, found in Klamath County in 1952; and five fragments called the Salem meteorite, which hit the roof of a Salem house in 1981. What we'd like to find is meteorite No. 5 from
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Article
Dear List, Here is an interesting article: MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY FOUND A STRANGE LOOKING ROCK. HOW CAN WE TELL IF IT'S A METEORITE? http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?SID=mailarticleID=000C478F-7A76-1C72-9EB7809EC588F2D7 © 1996-2004 Scientific American, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Seed
Greetings Dear Listees: Perhaps against my better judgement, I would like to inform you all that I have a meteorite article in the latest issue (May/June, 2003) of Seed, pages 38 - 40, entitled Tales from Tucson of Meteorites and Margaritas (not my idea). Seed is a relatively new high-profile glossy national magazine, available on newsstands, which is (inaccurately, in my opinion) promoted as a hip science publication for young, cool scientist types (!?). It looks sort of like a cross between Maxim and Discover. It contains photos of society openings, naked women, the Valera cow, lots of soldiers and demonstrations, and . . . well . . . let's just say it doesn't exactly have a unified vision. A couple of months back, I was contacted by a very nice editor at the magazine. She asked me to prepare a piece on the history of the Valera meteorite, and the eventual offering of same at the Macovich Auction in Tucson. And that I did. The senior editor then decided that what *she* really wanted was not a piece about Valera, but one about the eccentric characters within the meteorite community. So, I re-wrote it. Then she decided that she actually, truly, wanted a story about the Notkin/Arnold birthday party and the Harvey Awards (yes, I know how weird this sounds -- being paid to write an article about my own birthday party for a science magazine?). Anyway, to cut a long story short, my article was heavily re-written by persons other than myself, and dopey phrases like [Tucson] becomes a hotbed of meteorite passion were added in against my will. Seed made it abundantly clear that I had signed a contract with them, and they were going to do whatever they wanted with my article, and if I wasn't happy about the clichés and other made-up parts that had been added in, then that was just tough. And you thought the meteorite business was mean : ) On the positive side, List members Steve Arnold (IMB), Geoff Cintron, Iris and Allan Lang, Adam and Greg Hupé, Jim Kriegh, Darryl Pitt, and Matt Morgan are all mentioned by name in the article -- some in the capacity of Harvey Award winners. Michael Cottingham's excellent photo of the largest Valera meteorite and a stand-in (live) cow is printed nearly full-page size on pg. 38, and that is certainly worth a look (make sure you get paid for that photo, Michael!). Please note: I am *not* suggesting that you go out and buy this magazine. Seed gave me a really hard time, and my short article is not worth the $4.95 cover price. However, it is, hopefully, well worth a glance at your local newsstand, mostly because of Michael's fine photo and -- hey -- you just might get a laugh out of the article too. Regards, Geoff N. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Seed
Geoff, it is too bad that they butchered your story. You have always been such a good writer. I often get out my old Meteorite Magazines and re-read your story of your first trip to Chile with Steve Arnold (Arkansas). It just goes to show you that editors put their own spin on a story and the truth be damned! Got to sell magazines, you know The bottom line $$$ rules in our capitalist society. So, I guess I will go out and try to find a copy of SEED. Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 Catch a Falling Star Meteorites http://www.catchafallingstar.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 4:17 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Article in Seed Greetings Dear Listees: Perhaps against my better judgement, I would like to inform you all that I have a meteorite article in the latest issue (May/June, 2003) of Seed, pages 38 - 40, entitled Tales from Tucson of Meteorites and Margaritas (not my idea). Seed is a relatively new high-profile glossy national magazine, available on newsstands, which is (inaccurately, in my opinion) promoted as a hip science publication for young, cool scientist types (!?). It looks sort of like a cross between Maxim and Discover. It contains photos of society openings, naked women, the Valera cow, lots of soldiers and demonstrations, and . . . well . . . let's just say it doesn't exactly have a unified vision. A couple of months back, I was contacted by a very nice editor at the magazine. She asked me to prepare a piece on the history of the Valera meteorite, and the eventual offering of same at the Macovich Auction in Tucson. And that I did. The senior editor then decided that what *she* really wanted was not a piece about Valera, but one about the eccentric characters within the meteorite community. So, I re-wrote it. Then she decided that she actually, truly, wanted a story about the Notkin/Arnold birthday party and the Harvey Awards (yes, I know how weird this sounds -- being paid to write an article about my own birthday party for a science magazine?). Anyway, to cut a long story short, my article was heavily re-written by persons other than myself, and dopey phrases like [Tucson] becomes a hotbed of meteorite passion were added in against my will. Seed made it abundantly clear that I had signed a contract with them, and they were going to do whatever they wanted with my article, and if I wasn't happy about the clichés and other made-up parts that had been added in, then that was just tough. And you thought the meteorite business was mean : ) On the positive side, List members Steve Arnold (IMB), Geoff Cintron, Iris and Allan Lang, Adam and Greg Hupé, Jim Kriegh, Darryl Pitt, and Matt Morgan are all mentioned by name in the article -- some in the capacity of Harvey Award winners. Michael Cottingham's excellent photo of the largest Valera meteorite and a stand-in (live) cow is printed nearly full-page size on pg. 38, and that is certainly worth a look (make sure you get paid for that photo, Michael!). Please note: I am *not* suggesting that you go out and buy this magazine. Seed gave me a really hard time, and my short article is not worth the $4.95 cover price. However, it is, hopefully, well worth a glance at your local newsstand, mostly because of Michael's fine photo and -- hey -- you just might get a laugh out of the article too. Regards, Geoff N. __ 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
