[meteorite-list] Big Chondrula on Ebay

2002-03-20 Thread Matteo Chinellato
Hello all I have just cut yesterday a meteorite buy from a Moroccan person in Bologna, is many similar to my NWA 975 - sold all - or NWA 1189, but this have a very big chondrula on the matrix, is 5x4 mm, this is the auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1085964605 and I have

Re: [meteorite-list] Weston Fall Newspaper

2002-03-20 Thread capricorn89
When I was a student I took an upper division course titled "Introduction to the English Language".  I had no idea what I was getting into at the time, but it turned out to be about the development and evolution of our language into what it is today.  What was most interesting was that if yo

Re: [meteorite-list] Weston Fall Newspaper

2002-03-20 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi,     The "f" for "s" comes from the fact that at the beginnings of printing in English (Caxton in 1458), the subsidiary or inferior "s" was written as a tall stretched vertical form like a thin integral sign (with no crossbar at all) and our present-day full circumflex "S" was used only for t

[meteorite-list] Weston Fall Newspaper

2002-03-20 Thread Mark Bostick
Here is a transcript a newspaper I recently aquired, note many of the s's are typed as f's. I have not altered or changed the spelling. Newspaper has two names as I noted (I'm not confused...:-). Maffachufetts Spy, or Worcefter Gazette, Wednesday, January 6, 1808, page 2 Bridgeport, Dec. 24

[meteorite-list] Richard Norton?

2002-03-20 Thread Gordon Trone
Hello list, Does anyone have Richard Norton's e-mail address? I have a question for him about his "Rocks from Space" book. Thanks, Gordon Trone

[meteorite-list] Bensour photos

2002-03-20 Thread Starbits
I stopped by Mike Farmer's about an hour before he headed for the beaches of the south pacific and got to see the bensour pieces.There is some very nice stuff. There are a lot of small individuals and some bigger pieces. In addition to the big 9 kg piece there are a couple that a

[meteorite-list] IMPT: RE: CONTACTING RON HARTMAN

2002-03-20 Thread capricorn89
To those who may wish to contact me in the next few days:   We will be switching servers and e-mail accounts over the weekend. During the switch time, e-mail messages may bounce back to you, and one or more of the websites may or may not work.  I fully expect glitches and an unimaginable mess

[meteorite-list] help needed

2002-03-20 Thread Jay Haynes
Hi List, As some of you may already know I am doing a meteorite talk on April 18 for a local rock & mineral club I am a member of (If anyone in the area of Toronto e-mail me off list for directions if you would like to attend). I am trying to make overhead sheets up for my presentation and am in

[meteorite-list] Bensour photos

2002-03-20 Thread The Earth's Memory
Dear Mike, congratulation for bringing back these stones, it's really risky to export them nowadays. You're right, it didn't rain yet in this area but that could happend soon because it's the right season for it. Just a remark, Ali Ousou from whom you bought the material is not saying the truth

[meteorite-list] Re: Juvinas Witnessed Fall 1821 - Special Sale

2002-03-20 Thread Iris Lang
Dear List members, For rest of this month, R.A. Langheinrich Meteorites is holding a special sale on Juvinas, the rare French eucrite seen to fall in Ardeche, France on June 15, 1821. We're offering this historic meteorite at a fraction of its usual price. Photographs of all specimens are here:

[meteorite-list] Re: Bensour photos

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Farmer
Whatever Bruno, I actually got very little from Ali, I spoke to many people, when and spoke to people who found it etc. Why dont you stop pretending that you own the place and know everything Bruno, you Dont, trust me. you havnt even been there after the fall, so I tend to belive what I hear there

Re: [meteorite-list] Norton's new book

2002-03-20 Thread David Hardy
I ordered mine last Sunday, and UPS is showing expected delivery tomorrow! Can't wait. David H. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >You guys are KILLING me, I ordered mine on the 17th and still > haven't received a sent notification yet > > Oh the pain! > > Regards, > Tom Randall > >

Re: [meteorite-list] Norton's new book

2002-03-20 Thread trandall
You guys are KILLING me, I ordered mine on the 17th and still haven't received a sent notification yet Oh the pain! Regards, Tom Randall > Greetings list, > >I ordered O. Richard Norton's new book from Amazon.com on Sunday >afternoon and the U.P.S. guy just dropped it off. W

[meteorite-list] Chemical Groups of some Irons

2002-03-20 Thread Bernd Pauli HD
"Ing. Christian ANGER" wrote: > Morasko IIICD - is it more related to IIIC or to IIID ? Its bandwidth of 2.5 mm, its nickel content of 6.7 %, its gallium content of 98.9 ppm (only Tabarz has a higher value), and its ger- manium content of 496 ppm (only Burgavli has a higher value) would make it

[meteorite-list] Bensour photos

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Farmer
Hey everyone, I am awake and getting ready to leave for the South Pacific. I threw together a quick page just to show some photos of the Bensour meteorite. You can see it on my website at: www.meteoriteguy.com/index.   Check it out, simply beautiful pieces. I will be selling when I return h

[meteorite-list] Rosetta Runs Hot and Cold

2002-03-20 Thread Ron Baalke
ESA Science News http://sci.esa.int 20 Mar 2002 Rosetta Runs Hot and Cold Like a hardy mariner preparing for a marathon journey from the tropical shores of Brazil to the icy waters of Cape Horn, the mettle of ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has been tested to the limit in recent weeks. After being

[meteorite-list] Norton's new book

2002-03-20 Thread Steve Witt
Greetings list, I ordered O. Richard Norton's new book from Amazon.com on Sunday afternoon and the U.P.S. guy just dropped it off. What service!! Gotta go read. Steve = Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://www.meteoritecollectors.org

[meteorite-list] Last chance....

2002-03-20 Thread Dave Harris
Shameless plug again, but about an hour to go before the last set of meteorite cards (#1083482898)goes to the highest bidder - still have not heard back from the suppliers. And I know I am going to feel real embarrassed if they write to me next week saying they got more but as I have written to th

[meteorite-list] Controversy Continues: Mars Meteorite Clings to Life - Or Does It?

2002-03-20 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_meteorite_020320.html Controversy Continues: Mars Meteorite Clings to Life - Or Does It? By Leonard David 20 March 2002 HOUSTON, TEXAS - Following years of rigorous study, the inside story of whether meteorite ALH 84001 - the so-called "Ma

[meteorite-list] No Knockouts in Martian Meteorite Showdown

2002-03-20 Thread Ron Baalke
http://skyandtelescope.com/news/current/article_534_1.asp No Knockouts in Martian Meteorite Showdown By David L. Chandler Sky & Telescopel March 17, 2002 All last week, attendees at the 33rd annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas, looked forward to one of the meeting's

[meteorite-list] Hematite

2002-03-20 Thread Bob Martino
Rob (and anyone else), I must confess that I do not yet have a piece of hematite to use for comparison purposes. It would be good to have a chunk or two handy for those days when hopeful meteorite prospectors visit my observatory. Could I impose on you to send me a sample, pretty please? >John

[meteorite-list] [Fwd: top1 ;-)]

2002-03-20 Thread Walter Sullivan
>> Bill Gates' Speech , Love him or hate him, he sure hits the >> nail on the Head with this! To anyone with kids of any age, or >> anyone who has ever been a kid, here's some advice Bill Gates >> recently dished out at a high school speech about 11 things they did >> NOT learn in sc

[meteorite-list] [Fwd: top1 Look Ma, No Hands]

2002-03-20 Thread Walter Sullivan
http://www.scientificamerican.com/news/031402/2.html Direct from brain to computer done using rhesus monkeys. NEUROSCIENCE Implant Enables Thought to Control Computer Cursor Giving a new twist to the phrase wishful thinking, scientists have demonstrated that thoughts alone can enable action.

Re: [meteorite-list] [meteorite-list]

2002-03-20 Thread Tom
Glad to have you back home in one pieces. Tom > Jeeze Tom, have you ever been overseas? It takes about 40 hours to get back > home, and with Dallas airport being shut down by storms most of the day, I > am lucky to be home at all. > Mike Farmer > - Original Message - > From: "Tom" <[EM

[meteorite-list] Re: Collection Number Assistance

2002-03-20 Thread trandall
My 2.5 gram Holbrook has 4 numbers, 1484 from the AMNH. Black numbers on a white background. I bought it from Mike Farmer. Great little specimen! Regards, Tom Randall IMCA# 6170 >Rob posted: > >>I recently acquired a lovely 43 gram oriented Holbrook and found by >>surprise that it was a