[meteorite-list] Shoemaker levy?

2003-06-11 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I am curious and know someone could answer this! If shoemaker levy or similar thing hit our moon instead of Jupiter, what would be the results to our moon and what effects would it have on the Earth? Thanks, Tom The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 __

[meteorite-list] Help Needed With Website

2003-06-11 Thread Yellowengine
Hi List, For all you website experts out there; How exactly do you get the contents of a website to become part of the results found when using a search engine such as Yahoo or Google? I know this question has nothing to do with rites, but I'm sure one of you could help me out. Any help would b

Re: [meteorite-list] trade offer

2003-06-11 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Steve I have write you when is exit the first offer for ahumada - remember your 2 pieces of PF is go lost but my piece give for the trade is arrive - and I never received answer. I no understand your trades, you send the emails but after you no answer to the requests. Regards Matteo --- "Steve A

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 869/787

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Witt
Anne, I nearly fell out of my chair when I read it. I thought for a moment that the end of the world was nigh :) Regards, Steve --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 6/11/2003 10:31:48 AM Mountain Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > These two meteorites are indeed

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2003-06-11 Thread Pelagic Fisheries Trading
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Re: [meteorite-list] trade offer

2003-06-11 Thread Dave Andrews
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good evening Steve, and all, Steve, you make a very interesting proposition. Let me get this right. You want something you don't already have and, it has to be a hard to get "item." Fair enough. I will trade you my ex-wife for your 3 specimens. My ex fits both of

Re: [meteorite-list] Felix... CO3.2 or CO3.4???????

2003-06-11 Thread Dave Schultz
Thanks to everyone for finally settling the "Felix mystery" as one well known list member wrote to me. It really had me perplexed for awhile. Have a great evening everyone! Dave --- Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No way Felix is 3.2. Jon

[meteorite-list] YEA My ebay is back up!

2003-06-11 Thread Michael Farmer
Hey everyone, after about 20 emails, and live chats and faxes and a hell of a lot of anger, I have finally got some response out of ebay. My account is reinstated and I will be loading items for sale again. I actually started today under a new user id of Meteoritehunters.   Ebay it seems, ha

Re: [meteorite-list] Another Brecciated NWA869

2003-06-11 Thread Adam Hupe
Hi Ed,   Paleo Bond works great and is easily removed with acetone.  It is also accepted by 4 out of 5 scientists but not yet by dentists.   All the best,   Adam     - Original Message - From: edward moore To: dean bessey ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11,

Re: [meteorite-list] Another Brecciated NWA869

2003-06-11 Thread edward moore
Dean Thanks for sharing the pictures. Some almost look like you glued two slices together to make a new one.   This leads me to my question. When moving my desk for the new carpet I dropped my Roosevelt County 102 slice and the end snapped off. Can i glue this back with some type of stone cement? A

Re: [meteorite-list] impact area

2003-06-11 Thread Mark Jackson
I . . . Mark Jackson am in CA. Not in Arkansas. The gentleman who began this thread, I believe, is in the Ozarks somewhere. At least his ISP would indicate such. In any case, he is in no way affiliated with my find. Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite ????

2003-06-11 Thread Mark Jackson
It's the biggest piece thier bandsaw could cut off?   Mark Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in the UK...

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Schoner
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Steve, > > collections, I> > would> > out> > things> > > > When I met you in 2001 at Tucson, did't you tell > me a story about a > meteorite you identified as a kid, in a wall? Out in > California was it? > > -Larry > > Yes, absolutely. I was 11 years

[meteorite-list] Another Brecciated NWA869

2003-06-11 Thread dean bessey
I have been a pretty busy boy this week. Juggling 600 ebay auctions, keeping my website up to date and today trying to take advantage of ebays half price listing day. To keep me even busier I have an order from a scientific retail company who has ordered a couple times from me in the past and they

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 869/787

2003-06-11 Thread j . divelbiss
Tom, I'd stick to Dean's and Mike's numbers. It's easier to count what went out than who has what. John > Hello List, Lets take a inventory of the NWA 869 just owned by list members. I > would bet we would account for a lot of it. Does any one want to count! We could > email that person off l

[meteorite-list] nwa 869

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi tom and list.I have a 400 gram full cut slice in my collection.There are 400 grams of the 1500 kilo puzzle! steve = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 Illinois Meteorites website url http://stormbringer60120.t

Re: [meteorite-list] trade offer

2003-06-11 Thread j . divelbiss
tic tick tik ticc tiic ttic tikc tic tikk tiik tic > Here it comes > Thanks, Tom > The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 > - Original Message - > From: Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:24 PM > Subject: [meteorite-li

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Weekly Rare Material Plus Planetary Bonuses

2003-06-11 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
I think they are among the most interesting posts to grace the list! Sorry to who ever it is that does not like them! Thanks, Tom The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 - Original Message - From: Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 7:13 PM Subj

[meteorite-list] blood's/pitt's auction

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi list.I just got off the phone with my counterpart(IMB),we were wondering if it is possible to get copy's of the prices that the individuals went for.A breakdown of each price for each item. Please let me know with whom can help me.It is kind of important that we get this info.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite ????

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Schoner
--- Tom aka James Knudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello List, I would love to read the thread on the > answer to this! When a > collector asks a lab to study a meteorite they ask > you to cut a small piece > off, maybe the size of a thumb nail or so and send > it in. Is this correct? > Why do

[meteorite-list] AD: Weekly Rare Material Plus Planetary Bonuses

2003-06-11 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, Thank you, once again, for affording us the opportunity to present weekly rare material specials. A disgruntled dealer contacted us and asked us when we were going to stop running these specials because he found them irritating and monopolistic. This is the only complaint we h

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 869/787

2003-06-11 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, Lets take a inventory of the NWA 869 just owned by list members. I would bet we would account for a lot of it. Does any one want to count! We could email that person off list with our total amounts! Thanks, TomThe proudest member of the IMCA 6168 - Original Message -

Re: [meteorite-list] impact area

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Schoner
I thought, this Mark Jackson said it was in CA, not in Arkansas. Steve Schoner. --- Paul Heinrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:41:36 -0700 (PDT) > Mark Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >It is unrelated Steve. The gentleman is in the > Ozarks. > > If he is in the Ozarks

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 869/787

2003-06-11 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 6/11/2003 10:31:48 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: These two meteorites are indeed the same. I was in Morocco 5 days ago, and I saw at least 200 kilos of it for sale. I agree with Dean (for once), there are at least 1500 kilos, maybe 2000 kilos of that mete

[meteorite-list] Meteorite ????

2003-06-11 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I would love to read the thread on the answer to this! When a collector asks a lab to study a meteorite they ask you to cut a small piece off, maybe the size of a thumb nail or so and send it in. Is this correct? Why do they only need such a small piece? OK, why did the Smithsonian

[meteorite-list] Felix... CO3.2 or CO3.4???????

2003-06-11 Thread Robert Verish
Thanks, Jeff, for the clarification. But, now starts a new problem. How to get the other databases updated? Typically, to get the Catalogue of Meteorites revised, all Monica Grady needs is a paper which she can reference in her database. Sometimes this is preceded by an entry in the Meteoritical

[meteorite-list] Smithsonian/Meteorite collection

2003-06-11 Thread Sharkkb8
I'm going to be in Washington DC over the weekend for my niece's wedding, and will be visiting the Smithsonian/NHM meteorite collection, probably Friday afternoon.  Any collectors in the area who might want to meet up there?    Gregory

Fwd: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in the UK...

2003-06-11 Thread Thetoprok
--- Begin Message --- Steve, When I met you in 2001 at Tucson, didn't you tell me a story about a meteorite you identified as a kid, in a wall? Out in California was it? -Larry --- End Message ---

Re: [meteorite-list] trade offer

2003-06-11 Thread LITIG8NSHARK
Good evening Steve, and all, Steve, you make a very interesting proposition.  Let me get this right.  You want something you don't already have and, it has to be a hard to get "item."  Fair enough. I will trade you my ex-wife for your 3 specimens.  My ex fits both of your criteria (hard to get an

[meteorite-list] Ad eBay One Last Time (I hope)

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Witt
Greetings List, I just finished listing several more specimens on e-Bay. The following are now available: Cape York Slice, NWA869 endcut with "collection in a slice" lithology, NWA869 2000 gram Complete Specimen, Sikhote-Alin Complete , NWA801 endcut, Murchison fragment with polished face and crus

Re: [meteorite-list] Felix... CO3.2 or CO3.4???????

2003-06-11 Thread Jeff Grossman
No way Felix is 3.2. Jones and Scott (1990) had it at 3.2, but more recent data show it to be significantly higher. Kainsaz is a solid 3.2, and all properties of Felix show it to be more equilibrated than Kainsaz. Data on TL (Sears) and on amoeboid olivine inclusions (Chizmadia) show Felix to

Re: [meteorite-list] trade offer

2003-06-11 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Here it comes Thanks, Tom The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 - Original Message - From: Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:24 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] trade offer > Hi list, I know I have plugged this before, but

[meteorite-list] trade offer

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi list, I know I have plugged this before, but I'm going to try 1 more time on this trade.I am offering my 1/2 gram slice of honolulu, 9 gram cut of ahumada (monnig number), small micro of cat mountain (15x10x5)mm, and a micro of albion olivine crytals for trade.Let me know if we can make this one

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in the UK...

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Witt
Stu, Sounds like meteorite hunting in the north of England is just like meteorite hunting here in the northwest of Indiana. Same results here after nearly six years, but I'll never quit. They're out there...somewhere. Keep on keepin' on, Steve --- [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [meteorite-list] impact area

2003-06-11 Thread Mark Jackson
Paul,   Respectfully, Steve is talking about MY hypothesized California impact area. I also subscribe to possible volcanic origin.   No abstract yet. Just pictures of some materials and surface structures.   http://community.webshots.com/user/b0rtz/   Mark Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with

[meteorite-list] Ventura's Seaside Gemboree Features Los Angeles Meteorite

2003-06-11 Thread Ron Baalke
Note: this event was held June 4-8, 2003. http://www.insidevc.com/vcs/events/article/0,1375,VCS_158_2011186,00.html Rock 'n' roll the place Ventura's Seaside Gemboree will serve up heaping helpings of space debris, fossils and, yes, rocks that look like food By Karen Lindell Inside Ventura Co

Re: [meteorite-list] Felix... CO3.2 or CO3.4???????

2003-06-11 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello All Dave wrote; " I`ve talked to two notable and well respected list members about this and one says he found it listed as a CO3.2 and the other found it listed as a CO3.4. " Easy solution, Split the difference and call it a CO3.3 Thanks, Tom The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 - Origi

[meteorite-list] Felix... CO3.2 or CO3.4???????

2003-06-11 Thread Dave Schultz
Greetings Listees. I have this nice piece of Felix in my collection that I purchased a few years back, and with the receipt it was classified as a CO3.4, but I looked it up in the book "Meteorites from A to Z" which is a marvelous reference book that I use alot, and it says it is classified as a

[meteorite-list] impact area

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Heinrich
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:41:36 -0700 (PDT) Mark Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] >It is unrelated Steve. The gentleman is in the Ozarks. If he is in the Ozarks, he could talking about the Weaubleau structure as discussed below. >Proof is coming. One way or the other. I trust >you'll accept the asses

[meteorite-list] FW: Russian meteorites

2003-06-11 Thread Robert Verish
- Forward Messages --- meteorobs-digest Wednesday, June 11 2003 Volume 04 : Number 1163 -- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:03:10 +0400 From: "Andrei Ol'khovatov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Dear Incognito and All, As I understand form

[meteorite-list] FW: Update - Bodaibo bolide event

2003-06-11 Thread Robert Verish
Forward Message -- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:55:41 +0400 From: "Andrei Ol'khovatov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Dear Marco and All, If I understand your question correctly, you are asking: "why so little data"? We have a quantative satellite info, which allows to ev

[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Impact Structure Found Off San Clemente Island, California

2003-06-11 Thread Robert Verish
Hello Paul and List, I would sure be interested in the proposed age for this structure. I didn't see anything mentioned about this in the abstract. Depending upon the age of this supposed impact, there should still be some evidence in the geologic record of tsunami debris deposits somewhere al

[meteorite-list] New Lunar Pictures & Problems with AOL/access to my site?

2003-06-11 Thread Norbert Classen
Hello List Members, and AOL Users, I received the following message from a member, off-list: "I can't access your website. I get the message FORBIDDEN from AOL!!" I checked our server, and I can't find any restrictions on our side. Maybe it's just the security settings of that member, but anywa

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Human bottleneck around 70,000 years ago and Mars god of war.

2003-06-11 Thread Ron Baalke
> > [Editor's Note: The initial computations that brought this event to light were made > by Jean Meeus of Belgium. The above distances, only very slightly refined, were > supplied to SPACE.com on Dec. 13, 2002 by orbit expert Myles Standish at NASA's Jet > Propulsion Laboratory. The "nearly 60

Re: [meteorite-list] impact area

2003-06-11 Thread Mark Jackson
It is unrelated Steve. The gentleman is in the Ozarks.   Proof is coming. One way or the other. I trust you'll accept the assessment of a Caltech impact geologist. He won't be back from Australia 'til August though. There's a member of this list who might be able to tell us much sooner however. Ma

[meteorite-list] Re: Human bottleneck around 70,000 years ago and Mars god of war.

2003-06-11 Thread Howard Wu
Thanks Ron, for the correct dates. I originally sent that email in haste as light astrological humour. Blasphemy, I know but I was trying to nudge this far loose thread back on topic. I refound the link I read that info on the prehistoric mars opposition. There was an ammended added which I clippe

Re: [meteorite-list] impact area

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Schoner
I wonder if it is "related" to that recent thread regarding a "New Impact Crater" in CA... Mark Jackson I recall. We are still waiting for the "proof" on that one, not from his work but from a known impact specialist. Steve Schoner/AMS --- "E.L. Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where is "nea

[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Impact Structure Found Off San Clemente Island, California

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Heinrich
Goldfinger, C., Legg, M. R., Milstein, R. L., Nicholson, C., and Kamerling, M., 2002, Large Impact Structure, offshore Southern California? Geological society of America Cordilleran Section - 98th Annual Meeting (May 13-15, 2002), Session No. 23 Impact Structures. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/200

[meteorite-list] Murray CM2 * Inman L/LL3 * Julesburg L3 * ...AD, EBAY

2003-06-11 Thread John Sinclair
Hello List, Auctions ending today include: JULESBURG, COLORADO L3 2.26 grams INMAN L / LL3 found 1966 MURRAY CARBONACEOUS CM2 FELL 1950 and more. Ending June 12th include: FOREST CITY meteorite FELL 1890 IOWA YILMIA EL6 ENSTATITE meteorite Australia BILANGA DIOGENITE meteorite fell

[meteorite-list] No Evidenceof Meteorite Impact Near Rifle, Colorado Found

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Heinrich
Murphy, J. A., and CALDWELL, A. C.,2002, No Evidence of Meteorite Impact Near Rifle, Colorado. Geological Society of America 2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002), Session No. 32, Planetary Geology http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002AM/finalprogram/abstract_37159.htm http://gsa.confex.com/

[meteorite-list] Ebay Auctions ended at few hours

2003-06-11 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello all My auctions ended at few hours, Alfianello, Albareto - with no buy it now - Gao, a new LL chondrite complete lot. Park Forest nice slice etc http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ Regards Matteo = M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 -

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Human bottleneck around 70,000 years

2003-06-11 Thread Ron Baalke
> > The closest distance of Mars this August will be 55.76 million kilometers, > which is 0.3727 AU. Correct. I was already researching this for our Mars website, so I had some numbers already at hand. At this year's Mars opposition, Mars will be 0.37271924700 AU from Earth, or 55.758006 milli

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Human bottleneck around 70,000 years ago and Mars god of war.

2003-06-11 Thread Philip R. Burns
At 01:10 PM 6/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: This August (2003) Mars will display an apparent diameter of 25.11 arc seconds at a distance of 55.76 AU. The last time Mars appeared this large to terrestrial observers was in August 1924 when the Martian disk was 25.10 arc seconds in size. August 1845

[meteorite-list] Re: Human bottleneck around 70,000 years ago and Mars god ofwar.

2003-06-11 Thread Philip R. Burns
At 06:44 PM 6/11/2003 +0100, you wrote: Wasn't 70,000 years ago the last time mars was in as close proximity as it will be this august? Maybe this is a head up for this coming oppositon. The apparent size of Mars this coming August will be the largest in the past 2,000 years. I don't know anyth

Re: [meteorite-list] Human bottleneck around 70,000 years ago and Mars god of war.

2003-06-11 Thread Ron Baalke
> > Wasn't 70,000 years ago the last time mars was in as close proximity as it will be > this august? Maybe this is a head up for this coming oppositon. > This year's Mars opposition will be on August 27th. The last time Mars was closer to Earth at oposition was on September 12th, in the year

[meteorite-list] Human bottleneck around 70,000 years ago and Mars god of war.

2003-06-11 Thread Howard Wu
Wasn't 70,000 years ago the last time mars was in as close proximity as it will be this august? Maybe this is a head up for this coming oppositon.   Howard"Philip R. Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 01:39 AM 6/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:>"New research suggests the human race was nearly wiped out

[meteorite-list] Human bottleneck around 70,000 years ago

2003-06-11 Thread Philip R. Burns
At 01:39 AM 6/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: "New research suggests the human race was nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago, when a crisis reduced the population to about 2,000 people. The theory has reinvigorated the debate on whether humans really did come 'Out of Africa', or whether the species evolv

Re: Please Unsubcribe... [meteorite-list] avoirdupois ?This thread needs to d...

2003-06-11 Thread Sharkkb8
Elton: This thread needs to die...NOW Be strong  -  I took it off-list last night.     Gregory

[meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Images - June 5-11, 2003

2003-06-11 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES June 5-11, 2003 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available: o Cycloidal Dust Devil Track (Released 05 June 2003) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/06/05/index.html o Terrain Near G

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 869 ad

2003-06-11 Thread Michael L Blood
Title: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 869 ad Interesting that I see responses to my post, but never received a copy of the post, myself weird.    M on 6/11/03 9:30 AM, edward moore at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have 1 K of NWA 869 for sale, 11 whole stones. Total $160 includes

[meteorite-list] Where's Spirit Right Now?

2003-06-11 Thread Ron Baalke
WHERE'S SPIRIT RIGHT NOW? June 11, 2003 I've added a "Where's Spirit Right Now?' page to the MER website: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/mission/spiritrightnow.html The page will track the position of Spirit (formerly MER-A) from Earth to Mars until arrival at Mars in January 2004. Five views a

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 869 ad

2003-06-11 Thread edward moore
Hi I have 1 K of NWA 869 for sale, 11 whole stones. Total $160 includes shipping. EdMichael L Blood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all,If anyone is still without a terrific stash of this material, I canoffer a 10 kg lot for a total of $1,500 + shipping. (Mixed sizes, goodfusion crust, etc. - typical

[meteorite-list] NWA 869/787

2003-06-11 Thread Michael Farmer
These two meteorites are indeed the same. I was in Morocco 5 days ago, and I saw at least 200 kilos of it for sale. I agree with Dean (for once), there are at least 1500 kilos, maybe 2000 kilos of that meteorite. Mike Farmer - Original Message - From: "Michael L Blood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 869 ad

2003-06-11 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi all, If anyone is still without a terrific stash of this material, I can offer a 10 kg lot for a total of $1,500 + shipping. (Mixed sizes, good fusion crust, etc. - typical lot of NWA 869). That is cheaper than directly from Dean - of course, if you want more than 10kg, Dean is the man f

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in the UK...

2003-06-11 Thread STUARTATK
Hi Mark, Well, *my* meteorite hunting - up here in the Lake District in the north of England - consists of checking each and every dry stone wall (not just Hadrian's) whenever I'm out walking or hiking. Always have a magnet on me, and my digital camera so I'm ready to document any possible suspect

[meteorite-list] re: Meteorite hunting in the UK...

2003-06-11 Thread mark ford
Hi, Stuart wrote: > > I've no idea if they're as common in England or > Wales though. > Stone walls are very common in the North of England and some parts of Cornwall (down south). Steve wrote: >would imagine that solid irons, or stony i

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in the UK..

2003-06-11 Thread Chauncey Walden
I'm sure some of the UK folks will chime in on this, but I believe that Hadrian's wall largely follows the course of the Great Whin Sill (a quartz dolerite that strikes E-W and dips S) which not only provided a physical obstacle to the barbarians to the north (Rob?) but also provided the building m

Re: [meteorite-list] King tut?

2003-06-11 Thread goldmaster
Hi Dave and List I wasn't purposly avoiding your post !! But I always walk funny !! S I've been told . I learned my walk in Chicago from a famous chitown pimp !!! :o) Happy Hunting John Blennert - Original Message - From: "David Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "goldmaster" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in the UK...

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Schoner
--- Stuart Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I were to look in the UK This may sound > funny > > to some, but think about it Hadrian's Wall. > > > > Lots of rocks, hand gathered 2,000 years ago, and > > piled from coast to coast. > > I'm not so sure that taking rocks from a historic

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in the UK...

2003-06-11 Thread Stuart Forbes
> If I were to look in the UK This may sound funny > to some, but think about it Hadrian's Wall. > > Lots of rocks, hand gathered 2,000 years ago, and > piled from coast to coast. I'm not so sure that taking rocks from a historical landmark is such a good idea! Fortunately, in Scotland we

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in the UK...

2003-06-11 Thread Steve Schoner
--- mark ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I realize that most of the text books say, it's not > worth going out > specifically to look for meteorites, unless it is a > known strewn field > or a suspected fall site... but. > > I was wondering if anybody has any idea of what the

Re: Please Unsubcribe... [meteorite-list] avoirdupois ?This threadneeds to die NOW

2003-06-11 Thread E.L. Jones
This thread needs to die...NOW Elton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] NWA 869

2003-06-11 Thread bernd . pauli
Mark wrote about NWA 869: > It is one of the nicest meteorites that has came out of Africa. I definitely concur with Mark's statement. That's why I took the time to thoroughly sort through dozens of Dean's offers some time ago when only a few people were interested in cut NWA 869 specimens and, t

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in the UK...

2003-06-11 Thread bernd . pauli
Mark wrote: > I was wondering if anybody has any idea of what the actual likelyhood > of finding anything meteoric in somewhere like England (the UK). Hi Mark and List, Has anyone in the UK or in Scotland ever done a systematic investigation of all those hundreds or thousands of stones that were

[meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in the UK...

2003-06-11 Thread mark ford
  Hi all,   I realize that most of the text books say, it’s not worth going out specifically to look for meteorites, unless it is a known strewn field or a suspected fall site… but.   I was wondering if anybody has any idea of what the actual likelyhood of finding anything meteoric in

Re: Please Unsubcribe... [meteorite-list] avoirdupois ? etc., etc.,etc.

2003-06-11 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello Jerry and list! This is common knowledge, You can read all about this in the first half of a great book. That would be the Old Testament of the Holy Bible! You might want to pick up a copy if you don't already own one! It is a best seller! Thanks, Tom The proudest member of the IMCA 6168

Re: [meteorite-list] 26-AL isotope counting

2003-06-11 Thread E.L. Jones
Hello List and Larry, Since no one else has shouldered the question I'll try to comment. You asked several questions and made several observations. In regards to those, Aluminum26(Al26) is not a test for meteorites, per se. There is no single test that I am aware of for making a determination i