G'day List,
Adam wrote "were told of one instance
where a dog found a freshly crusted stone also!"
This has been discussed a few times on the list.
Maybe getting the sniffer dogs in, is not a stupid idea in this particualr
case!!!
Woof,
Jeff KuykenI.M.C.A. #3085www.meteoritesaustralia
Hello all
I have another good news from Italybut I waith the
next week for give the confirm, if the analysis go
speed
Regards
Matteo
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> Greetings List,
>
> Just got back from Park Forest a bit ago. What an
> incredible day!! I
> was able to acqui
Greetings List,
Just got back from Park Forest a bit ago. What an incredible day!! I
was able to acquire several specimens of this new fall. As reported
this seems to be a twin of Kilabo. I had the opportunity to see some
abolutely breathtaking finds. I also got to meet a few people from
the meteo
for us in AZ, It's fox 10 news at 9:00, they have not shown it yet. Tom
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I am here, have spoken to Adam Hupe, my hotel is
right in front of theirs! Apparently there is alot of this meteorite about, and
thanks to the news and some odd statements, now people want more than the price
of gold for most pieces, so it looks like that stupid $100 story about the
pall
I just saw the WGN news piece tonight, and the array of stuff on display was
... well ... breathtaking! Also prominent was Adam Hupe, who had set up shop
with his gram scale (and, presumably, a big wad of cash) in the Park Forest
PD parking lot. It looked like there were quite a few finders lined u
OK was it hot or cold?
Elton
John Sinclair wrote:
Meteor blazes path to Park Forest
By Joseph Sjostrom and Nancy Ryan
Tribune staff reporters
The rock punched a hole through the roof and ceiling, shredded a set of
venetian blinds, ricocheted off a metal window sill, shot about 15 feet
across the
Just to add another tidbit..
My partner in crime, Gary Curtiss, is in Park Forest as we speak and is
holding a few of the freshly fallen stones while the local FOX TV station
does a live interview. He said that it is ubelieveable and is "THE dream" of
every meteorite collector! I wish I could be th
This appeared in several of the local news stories.
Mark
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor Chunks Crash In South Suburb -
Illinois - STONES RECOVERED
> who
Hello List,
This is amazing!
First Bensour, then Kilabo, and now Park Forest!
And they all look alike!
I just got off of the phone talking to Paul Sipiera
and he told me the same thing that Greg and Adam Hupe
reported in their latest post:
"...an LL6 chondrite like Bensour and Kilabo but with
Hey list it is late and lots of new meteorites have been found in the
strewnfield which is an excess of 80 miles.Also it is now reported that
several hundred stones have been found with alot more to be found.My
contact said, that it looks like an LL6, and it totally mirrors the KILABO
meteorite.Wh
http://www.newsday.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-meteor-shower,0,4369465.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines
Meteor Showers Rocks on Midwestern Homes
By RICK CALLAHAN
Associated Press Writer
March 27, 2003, 5:44 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS -- The midnight sky flashed an eerie blue
early Thursday over fo
Dear list members,
I would like to announce we are back and have over
a hundred auctions currently running on eBay including the new Thuathe fall (old
now that Illinois has landed!) and many more including the new non-NWA lunar
still under classification.
See under 'meteoritelab' on eBay.
Hello List and Art,
Happy birthday Art! Wishing you get a nice individual and slice of this new
fall (and if your interests are like mine.a thin section as well).
Mark Bostick
www.MeteoriteArticles.com
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Sent: Thursday
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From: Michael
Cottingham
To: Michael Cottingham
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:37 PM
Subject: Fw: THUATHE SALE !!! Slices And Individuals!! UPDATE WILL
ALSO ACCEPT SOME TRADES!!
HERE IS MY UPDATED VERSION. I WILL ALSO CONSIDER TRADING...LET ME
KNOW WHA
Dear list members,
I am posting for my brother, Adam and Al Lang who
both flew to the Illinois fall within three hours of hearing about it last night
and were the first non-locals to arrive and start interviewing and collecting
specimens. Al flew from New York while Adam flew from Seattle a
Meteor blazes path to Park Forest
By Joseph Sjostrom and Nancy Ryan
Tribune staff reporters
March 27, 2003, 1:20 PM CST
Chunks of rocks believed to be the remains of a meteor that lit up the
Midwestern sky as it exploded rained down across the southern suburbs early
this morning, damaging homes
In a message dated 3/27/2003 6:44:33 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Art!
YES Happy Birthday!!
And you should get a great big one for free!! :-)
Anne Black
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who is urging people to hand over finds ?
local media, or local authorities, or other parties?
just curious if that's a request with any muscle behind it.
Kalli
>
>A previous post said;
>
>"People are being urged to "turn over" finds to the scientific
>community."
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Art!
Tom
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Illinois fall
> Hey Everyone,
>
> This is very exc
Greetings listees. Just got off the phone with Mike
and he wanted me to post his cell phone number for
anyone who is in the area and wants to get ahold of
him. He would do it himself, but is trying to navigate
through the southern suburbs of Chicago. Good luck!!!
Nothing like Tucson! His number i
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From: Michael
Cottingham
To: Michael Cottingham
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 5:27 PM
Subject: THUATHE SALE !!! Slices And Individuals!!
Hello Everyone,
Almost everyone has heard about the Thuathe
Meteorite from Lesotho! Below are
SUPERB Slices and 1st rat
Hey Everyone,
This is very exciting as today is my birthday! Too bad I can't take a quick
flight to find a stone that fell! Does anyone know the exact time of the
fall?
Regards, Art
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Hi list. I talked to mike farmer tonight, who is in chicago, he said, the
strewnfield is possibly 80 miles wide on this sucker. Also 100 stones have
been found as of 5 pm CST.Also I saw steve witt from indiana who bought a
stone for $400.I WILL KEEP UP TO DATE WHAT WITH IS GOING ON.
>Farmer is there and reporting over 300 (or was it 30?)
Michael, which one was it!!!
There is a "little" difference between the two
figures!
-Walter
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T
Someone in Chicago (wonder who?) told me Mike
Farmer is there and reporting over 300 (or was it 30?)
stones had already been found.
Michael
on 3/27/03 3:20 PM, Matt Morgan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I heard 12:30 am making it the 27th local time.
>
> walter branch wrote:
>
>> Reports
Dear List members;
Here's a current on the weather at the hunt site:
4:57 pm their time,
63 degrees, humidity 30 %, winds SSE at 14 mph- gusts to 22 mph., overcast.
Highs are 61 and lows 37. Rainy front passing/passed through.
Dave F. weatherguy
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I heard 12:30 am making it the 27th local time.
walter branch wrote:
> Reports say around "midnight."
> Does anyone know whether this fell on the 26 or 27?
>
> -Walter
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Reports say around "midnight."
Does anyone know whether this fell on the 26 or 27?
-Walter
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Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:01 A
I just talked to Mike Farmer. He is in the fall area now and will post something in a
few hours on what he finds. Maybe then we will have a better idea of what type of
meteorite it is.
Eric Olson
http://www.star-bits.com
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Hello Steven:
I think of myself as a "fence-sitter", being scientific-minded and a collector
and dealer of meteorites. However, I believe that meteorites (and any natural
history-type items) should be shared by all to enjoy. There are usually enough
meteorites to go around and we all learn from t
Hello Everyone,
This one sounds like a promising
candidate to add to my meteorite "hit
list."
-Walter
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Hello Steven and list, Steve asked;
"do you think they would still be as interesting to dealers/collectors and
command the money that is paid out for them now?"
I think we would still know they are from space.I think we would all still
love them, and we would know the rare ones and therefore pay
So, I wonder if any dogs were hit by any of the falling stones. I
suppose that those that hit houses will bring more than those that
landed in the yards or streets. Maybe we will get a car-stone from this one.
Any one wanting more can type in "WGN" to a search engine and get the
Chicago TV stati
A recent issue of METEORITICS contains a very interesting paper on the
"ownership" of meteorites. I don't have the specific citation at hand,
but it should be easy to find and I urge everyone to read it.
I think (at least in the U.S.) the owner of the property on which a
meteorite falls owns
"People are being urged to "turn over" finds to the scientific
community."
I want to know, do we have to? Why would the scientific community need all
the stones? Is it like the old woman meteorite where they cut of 600 or so
pounds to study?
Thanks, Tom
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
Speak
I think once the almighty "greenback" shows up things may change a bit. I just
hope they dont get out of hand and none of us can afford any!
People are free to do as they please if it fell on their property.
Matt
Tom aka James Knudson wrote:
> Hello Bob and list, Bob wrote;
>
> " one of our own L
Hello Bob and list, Bob wrote;
" one of our own List members
has already recovered several stones "
A previous post said;
"People are being urged to "turn over" finds to the scientific
community."
I want to know, do we have to? Why would the scientific community need all
the stones? Is it like
Hello List,
I apologize for this post being so late, but I wasn't
aware that Steve Arnold's post was still being
questioned. I will only add to John Gwilliam's post
to "re-confirm" his report.
I am the moderator of a discussion group known as
"Bolide_Chasers" and I have just received a cell phon
> Hello List,
> After doing some additional research and making a few phone calls, it
> appears that BIG STEVE is not only correct, but is credited for
breaking
> the news to our List.
>
> I know that several of our dauntless meteorite hunters are either on
> location or in route.
Lots of ne
Hello List,
After doing some additional research and making a few phone calls, it
appears that BIG STEVE is not only correct, but is credited for breaking
the news to our List.
I know that several of our dauntless meteorite hunters are either on
location or in route.
This hunt will be very dif
If you watch the entire video feed, as the reporter rolls it around in her hands, it CERTAINLY seems to be partially crusted, and even may show some regmaglypt-type formations.
We may have an actual "hammer" in Chicago!
Oh, to be in Chicago!
(Never thought I would say that, after living there for 6 months in
1969).
Michael
on 3/27/03 7:15 AM, Mark Langenfeld at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Steve appears to be onto something here. See:
>
> www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-030337meteorite,0,6
If you check out the video clip in the "FeedRoom" link you get a much
better view of the object in question.
FYI and Regards,
Phil
> Hi All,
>
> Where's the fusion crust on the meteorite pictured at the
> following link?
>
> http://www.nbc5.com/news/2067595/detail.html
>
> Could the image be THAT
Relax fellas. I know a guy who has a copper meteorite with tin flow lines,
really cool BRONZE-ITE:). Between the Green Man and the Gold Man and
Volcanic Bombs from Space, which one was the mother of all the bombs? YA
gotta laugh.
IMCA#0583
From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <[EMAIL PROTECTE
Hey tom. It's probably light green olivine that crystallized with other
pre-solar nebular material, silicates in particular- some of which have no
color hue. I've seen many different color hues in my Allende slice and the
fascinating and sometimes perfect chondrules when observing them under an
Dearest Adam and Greg...
I am so sorry for your loss. I understand how you
feel..numb.. shock..anger. grief..loss.
I lost both my father and stepfather to cancer.
Daddy died a bit at a time from complications of being an atomic veteran.
For three years he was in and out of hospitals. I f
Title: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 859 (Taza)
Hi Roman,
People who should know put it at ABOUT 150 to 175 kg.
I sold "the main mass" of 73kg at my auction at the Tucson show
and personally have a 1,300g specimen in my own collection and
one over 500g I am prepping for sale. These were pi
No Fusion Crust = Yet another false alarmRandy
>From: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Chunks Crash In South Suburb - illinois
>Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:58:46 -0800
>
>Hi All,
>
>Where's the fusion crust on the meteorite pict
Hello list,
I found this interesting article on astronomy.com:
http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/264ymrye.asp
I know I haven't posted in ages. I'm not dead, I've just been busy. :)
Graham
Graham Christensen
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We have a "lost" meteorite. Weighing in at 470 grams, completely crusted.
Stands well on one end, resembling a monolith. Disappeared in last 60 days
from owner in Australia.
Owner not looking to recover stone or money, just information. Please call
Blaine Reed @ (970) 874.1487.
Kevin Kichinka
At least one was said to have fragmented on impact with a city street.
Could the pictured pieces be from that impact (showing primarily
uncrusted interior surfaces)? It also could look like some darker crust
on the bottom of the piece in the officer's left hand.
Mark
> Hi All,
>
> Where's t
Hi All,
Where's the fusion crust on the meteorite pictured at the
following link?
http://www.nbc5.com/news/2067595/detail.html
Could the image be THAT overexposed that it looks grey
and orange on the outside? Given the past track record
of such stories, I wouldn't quite be at the point of booki
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We have a "lost" meteorite. Weighing in at 470 grams, completely crusted.
Stands well on one end, resembling a monolith. Disappeared in last 60 days
from owner in Australia.
Owner not looking to recover stone or money, just information. Please call
Blaine Reed @ (970) 87
See story at the URL below including a link to the video of the "flash",
and some closeups of the stone.
http://www.nbc5.com/news/2067595/detail.html
Regards to all,
Phil
> Hi all. I was in contact with my meteorite contact, and the meteorites
> that fell, are diffently the real deal. A real met
This does appear legit..we are on our way!
Matt Morgan
Paul Heinrich wrote:
> below are some wbe pages that might be of interest.
>
> Paul
> Baton Rouge, LA
>
> 1. Meteorite Or Space Debris Falls In Illinois
> http://www.wbbm780.com/asp/ViewMoreDetails.asp?ID=20592
>
> Thursday, March 27, 2003, 7
below are some wbe pages that might be of interest.
Paul
Baton Rouge, LA
1. Meteorite Or Space Debris Falls In Illinois
http://www.wbbm780.com/asp/ViewMoreDetails.asp?ID=20592
Thursday, March 27, 2003, 7:00 a.m.
By The Associated Press
"People throughout the state called police after
seeing
Steve appears to be onto something here. See:
www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-030337meteorite,0,610488.story?
coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed
Mark
Madison, WI
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Hi Steve, Do you think you can get me a few grams of it from your meteorite contact? If not, how about a few grams of whatever you've been smoking? Best Regards, Mike Reynolds IMCA #8127 Hi all. I was in contact with my meteorite contact, and the meteoritesthat fell, are diffently the real
Hi all. I was in contact with my meteorite contact, and the meteorites
that fell, are diffently the real deal. A real meteorite of some type has
fallen in the chicago area. That is all I know.Also this is a witness
fell, because it was caught on video.I'll let you all know more later.
Good morning to all on this list.Last night a huge flash and fire streak
lit up the whole county over chicago at around midnight.Somewhere in the
south suburbs,several kilo's of some type of meteorite fell and hit
several houses.This was brought to my attention this morning on the
morning news.I s
Title: The Register
City: Sandusky, Ohio
Date: Sunday, December 14, 1919
Does The Earth Catch New Diseases From Comets?
Lord Kelvin's Idea That the Original Germ of Life May Have Come to Our Earth
on a Meteor Suggests an Explanation of Some of Our New Epidemics
By Dr. W. H. Ballou
The rec
Paper: The Zanesville Signal
City: Zanesville, OH
Date: Sunday, August 18, 1929
Page: Section 2, Page 11
MINERS BORING TOWARD SOLUTION OF GIANT CRATER
Believe Giant Crater in Arizona Was Caused by Meteor: Will Mine Iron
Winslow, Ariz., Aug. 17. - (AP) - One of the great scientific mysteries
Paper: Edinburgh Advertiser
City: Edinburgh, Midlothian
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 1823
Page: 27
ACCOUNT OF THE FALL OF AN AEROLITE
A heat prevailed in Anjou, and probably in the rest of France, during the
whole most of May 1822, such as is seldom felt except in July and August,
and without bein
Here is a photo gallery of al-Kaaba.
http://www.al-islam.org/gallery/photos/images_1.htm
Perhaps you wanted to know about 'AlHajar AlAswad' (the black stone) that is
said to be meteorite?, then please see this picture here:
http://www.al-islam.org/gallery/photos/hajraswd.gif
If you like I can tel
Dear List,
We want to thank everybody for the kind
words. It helps to know there are so many thoughtful people on the
list. We were surprised by the number of emails offering
condolences or help in the way of advice or the sharing of personal experiences
regarding such sad events.
The
Hello all
I have received the same email and I have ask the
prices and who have confirm is achondrite or chondrite
material, but is a few strange...I take meteorites
only from the mOroccan persons I know.
Regards
Matteo
--- "PolandMET.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> His name is zeroual kha
Hello list members,
After communicating with a few dealers, we have
come
to the conclusion that the total known weight for NWA 859
(Taza)
is greater than 200 kg. The finds started in 2000, and still
continue
to some degree to this day.
I am still open to more information, and I thank all
His name is zeroual khalid from Marocco.
10kg of chondrites, some kilo of unknown achondrites (looks fresh)
but I dont want to send him money if anyone not know him.
Dean, maybe You know him ? :))
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