RE: [meteorite-list] Bessey comment

Received my BLs yesterday. ALL of the three are really nice, but my favorite is definitvely the BL5 (nice thumbprints!) Thanks Dean to have made it available at such an attractive price! Julien PS: I will try to have them classified, but I don't expect to be very quick! PS2: should we make

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Times - Oriented Irons ( Best Chondrules!)

G'day List, I also just took a look at the really interesting article on oriented meteorites in this month's Meteorite Times. The opening paragraph got me thinking about one of my pieces. "I saw a small iron this last month that was oriented in a very strange manner. It had a melted lip on

[meteorite-list] Help A Brother Out FAQ

A couple of things to clear up: Many have asked about the timing of my posts, especially the European folk and even US east coasters as they miss out. THe 10pm time is the best I can do on days I work, which is only 3 days per week. On my days off, I will try to vary it so all times zones

[meteorite-list] Help A Brother Out - Friday 9/6

THURSDAY IS STILL RUNNING ALSO Scroll to the bottome for today's listings Hello all- I have been asked by one of our list members to assist in the sale of his meteorite collection as his son has taken ill. He is self employed and many of you out there know how lousy

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[meteorite-list] Denver Show, Nininger/Huss Irons for Sale

Dear List members, Allan Lang will be attending the Denver, Colorado rock and fossil show next week. He will have a selection of fine meteorites available for sale, including exceptional historic Canyon Diablo irons. These are numbered pieces from both H.H. Nininger and Glenn Huss, and come

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Times - Oriented Irons

Title: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Times - Oriented Irons Hello Jeff, Good question about the duel orientation on a Taza iron. The specimen Jim mentioned in his Meteorite Times article was one I showed him last month. It was an interesting little Taza that I picked up during a visit to the

[meteorite-list] Boulder-Size Meteor Almost Struck Australia?

Regarding this article about Australia getting Almost Struck, if this object was large enough and slow enough (to go sub-sonic) to produce sonic booms, then Australia most assuredly DID get struck by a meteorite. What a waste. There's another meteorite that won't get searched. Bob V.

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Times - Oriented Irons

Jeff Kuyken wrote: G'day List, G'day Down Under, So just how do you get a specimen like this? I'm sure someone out there could give a good answer. I would love to know. I have included the link below to a page I quickly put together showing my piece.

Re: [meteorite-list] Boulder-Size Meteor Almost Struck Australia?

Robert Verish wrote: Regarding this article about Australia getting Almost Struck, if this object was large enough and slow enough (to go sub-sonic) to produce sonic booms, then Australia most assuredly DID get struck by a meteorite. Hello All! Just got an article in German which Michael

[meteorite-list] Ginger's web page

For those astronomers out there, I finally got my web page better organized and have thumbnails. Woo-hoo! Here's the link: http://home.earthlink.net/~chikadee/index.html B e a u t i f u l ! Hello Ginger, We are glad you are still around and certainly missed your contributions! Back to

[meteorite-list] 1860 Newspaper, The Great Meteor of Friday Night

Paper: New York Times City: New York City, NY. Date: Monday, July 23, 1860 Page: 5 THE GREAT METEOR OF FRIDAY NIGHT The meteor of Friday night which astonished all our citizens who happened to be unhoused at the time was seen, it would appear, far over the country, and was, in its

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images - September 3-6, 2002

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES September 3-6, 2002 o Viking Lander 2 Anniversary (Released 3 September 2002) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20020903A.html o Terby Crater (Released 4 September 2002 http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20020904a.html o Fluidized crater ejecta (Released 5 September

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Man In Namibia Granted Bail

http://allafrica.com/stories/200209060060.html Meteorite Man Granted Bail By Werner Menges The Namibian (Windhoek) September 6, 2002 Alleged meteorite smuggler Walter Horst was granted bail of N$10 000 yesterday, with stringent conditions attached, after close to a month in Police custody.

[meteorite-list] South Australia Flashed By Meteor

http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/2002/09/06/FFXWRSZZQ5D.html South Australia flashed by meteorite The Age (Australia) September 6, 2002 A bright flash and sonic booms in the skies over South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula last night were thought to be from a meteor breaking up. Residents

[meteorite-list] Proposal To Mine In Meteorite Impact Site In South Africa Causes Concern

http://allafrica.com/stories/200208310152.html Proposal to Mine in Vredefort Area Causes Concern Business Day (Johannesburg) August 30, 2002 By Nasreen Seria Cape Town, South Africa An area including a proposed world heritage site is the subject of conflict over possible granite mining,

[meteorite-list] Livermore Lab Chemist Accurately Dates First Objects To Form In The Solar System

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy Livermore, California Contact: Anne M. Stark Phone: (925) 422-9799 E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2002 Livermore lab chemist accurately dates first objects to form in the solar system LIVERMORE,

[meteorite-list] Assessing and Reporting Impact Risks

http://skyandtelescope.com/news/current/article_728_1.asp Assessing and Reporting Impact Risks By David L. Chandler Sky Telescope September 6, 2002 Reports of possible impacts by comets or asteroids are not exactly a new thing. Edmond Halley, long before the comet that bears his name made

[meteorite-list] Contest mystery main mass

Dear list members, We must apologize for the posting about the mystery main mass that we will be displaying at the Denver show. We have received over 20 emails from list members trying to guess what it is. We had no idea that many people read our postings to the list. Only two list members

[meteorite-list] Science Workshop Reveals Evolving Perspective on Asteroid Threat

http://www.noao.edu/outreach/press/pr02/pr0208.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 6, 2002 RELEASE NO: NOAO 02-08 Science Workshop Reveals Evolving Perspective on Asteroid Threat For More Information: Douglas Isbell Public Information Officer National Optical Astronomy Observatory

[meteorite-list] Dolores, a new iron for Atacama, Chile

Hola List Dolores: medium octahedrite IIIAB Solitary specimen 4.3 Kg Found 2002. This beautiful iron shows the Widmanstatten pattern, naturally carved on the surface. You can see the picture in www.meteorites.cl Classification: John Wasson UCLA It is a IIIAB iron with about 7 microg/g Ir.

Re: [meteorite-list] Ginger's web page

On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 12:25, Bernd Pauli HD wrote: For those astronomers out there, I finally got my web page better organized and have thumbnails. Woo-hoo! Here's the link: http://home.earthlink.net/~chikadee/index.html B e a u t i f u l ! Hello Ginger, We are glad you are still

[meteorite-list] Re: Final Announcement - Unmixing the SNCs

- Attached Message From: Meetings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 13:23:26 -0500 Subject: Final Announcement - Unmixing the SNCs The final announcement for Unmixing the SNCs: Chemical, Isotopic, and Petrologic Components of the

Re: [meteorite-list] Contest mystery main mass

Hello list members, We have recieved over 40 entries from list members. We were responding to all of these but have now become overwhelmed. This has been a very educational process for us as we did not know that there were so many obscure stones from Antarctica. It shows us, once

[meteorite-list] 1926 Newspaper Article, Life in Meteorites

Paper: Denton Journal City:Denton, MD Date: Saturday. June 19, 1926 Page: 2 Claims to Have Found Life in Meteorites A startling discovery by two French scientists, Messieurs Galippe and Souftlend (?), may have even more startling results if their investigations are pursued. They