[meteorite-list] RE: VCI emitters

2003-07-03 Thread mark ford
  Just to clear up  a point…   Anne wrote:    >> And it is not an oil-soak paper (as someone mentionned). -  I never said it was! , what I said was, [Some] protective packing is nothing more than oil soaked paper, WD40 make one which is (funnily enough) WD40 soaked in paper

[meteorite-list] Darwin Glass 63.5g Lot - AD

2003-07-03 Thread Roman Jirasek
Hi all, auction ending tonight. If you are interested in getting many pieces of Darwin Glass for cheep, please look at my one auction. Still under 60 cents a gram for the lot. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2181944790 Some info on the 0.8 million year old Mount Darwin Crater:

[meteorite-list] New Darwin Glass Paper

2003-07-03 Thread Paul
Roman Jirasek's advertisement, [meteorite-list] Darwin Glass 63.5g Lot - AD", reminded me of a abstract that I recently found on the Internet. It is: Howard, K. T., and Haines, P. W., 2003, Distribution and Abundance of Darwin Impact Glass. large Meteorite Impacts. Third International Conf

[meteorite-list] New Libyan Desert Glass Paper

2003-07-03 Thread Paul
Along with the paper on Darwin Glass, I also found a new Libyan Desert Glass abstract,while looking for some stuff. The paper is: Koeberl, C., Rampino, M. R., Jalufka, D. A., and Winiarski, D. H.,2003, A 2003 Expedition into the Libyan Desert Glass Strewn field, Great Sand Sea,Western Egyp

[meteorite-list] MER-B/Opportunity Launch Now Set For July 6

2003-07-03 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/ MER-B/Opportunity Launch Now Set For July 6 Kennedy Space Center July 3, 2003 The launch of the Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" is now set for Sunday, July 6, at 10:43:16 p.m. EDT. Problems with the cork insulation on the Delta II rocket's first stage are being re

[meteorite-list] The Last of the Metal Rich Diogenite(for sale)

2003-07-03 Thread Nelson Oakes
Dear List, I'm slicing up the last bit of NWA1827, the gorgeous Metal Rich Diogenite that I plan to sell. At $12/gram it's your last opportunity. E-mail me off list. Thanks also for your support!! Nels __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

[meteorite-list] 'Opportunity' Mars Exploration Rover Targeted For Launch July 6

2003-07-03 Thread Ron Baalke
For Release: July 3, 2003 Don Savage NASA Headquarters 202/358-1727 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center 321/867-2468 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818/354-6278

[meteorite-list] Apologies :-( :-(

2003-07-03 Thread Robert Verish
No problem, Paul. :-) Speaking for myself, I can put up with a few typographical errors as long as you can still find the time to keep us up-to-date on your Louisiana crater study. Not only is it cutting edge, but I can point to your papers (that you referenced in your earlier posts), and use th

[meteorite-list] PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; A recent post seemed to repeatedly shuffle my quaff. How do we classify a dealer and why? If a person sells a few meteorites for money to buy more meteorites to add to his collection, is that a dealer? If a person like myself who sells a kilo or two a year to promote the hobb

[meteorite-list] Fine Article Reconstructing Fragmented Meteorite Finds

2003-07-03 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, I am sure most everybody has read the article "Reconstructing Fragmented Meteorite Finds" written by Robert Verish in the online mag "meteorite times." I found it very entertaining and it made me want to get out in the field sooner than later. If anybody is in the state of Was

Re: [meteorite-list] PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Hello, Dave and the list, I have been in collecting business over 25 years, and have noticed, it´s impossible to be partly a dealer / partly a collector in same items. If you are a collector, you are collecting and you keep your specimens. You can update the older ones for the better ones, no prob

[meteorite-list] Interesting item on eBay web site item#2182222677: Meteorite

2003-07-03 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hey List, they just keep getting better! This one has been tested, by a high school teacher! A bargain at $15,000 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=218677 Thanks, Tom The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 .. > > Title of item: Meteorite > Seller: dbresky > Starts: Jul-03

Re: [meteorite-list] PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List, We consider ourselves collectors first not dealers. We have spent way more than we have sold. I feel some of the qualifications for a true dealer are: Knowing what you are selling meaning having meteorites classified whenever possible Possessing an excellent knowledge of the subject

[meteorite-list] my first Ebay auction

2003-07-03 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I just listed my first meteorite on E-Bay. Please take a look and see if it is OK. This is my first one, so everyone needs to bid so this can be a good first time ; ) You can see it at; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2182337203 Thanks, Tom The proudest member

Re: [meteorite-list] Fine Article Reconstructing Fragmented Meteorite Finds

2003-07-03 Thread MARK BOSTICK
  Adam wrote:   I am sure most everybody has read the article "Reconstructing FragmentedMeteorite Finds" written by Robert Verish in the online mag "meteoritetimes."      Hello Adam and list,   I agree I really enjoyed the article.  A few of the puzzles Verish used in his article are now in my col

Re: [meteorite-list] Interesting item on eBay web site item#2182222677: Meteo...

2003-07-03 Thread Thetoprok
In a message dated 7/3/2003 5:00:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=218677 Tom, List I just emailed him and offered to look at it, he doesn't live very far from me at all. I will see what he says. Regards, Larry

Re: [meteorite-list] PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread j . divelbiss
Dave, >From my limited experiencesss(TV, movies and books), dealers go by: small-timers(me and you Dave) connected(the list and others) street corner(small website) big-time(Ebay kings and huge volume boys on the net of course) Vito-related(no comment) gang(NWA field collectors) buddy-buddy(h

Re: [meteorite-list] my first Ebay auction

2003-07-03 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Seems ok to me, a very nice combination. But watch yourself, when you now sell this item and buy with the money a) a new meteorite, you are a collector b) Big Mac + fries, you are a dealer ;- best, pekka Tom aka James Knudson wrote: Hello List, I just listed my first meteorite on E-Bay. Please

Re: [meteorite-list] PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Hello, Adam and the list, very strong arguments, and when thinking these, I have to get back some words from my former mail. In some cases it´s possible to be both, a collector and a dealer. If we think the meteorites as scientific objects, it´s impossible for universities and public labs to

[meteorite-list] Pseudo Dealers and not so Pseudo

2003-07-03 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; I seem to be classified as a "small-timer" meteorite dealer by those majority of officials among us who have chosen so wisely to respond to my query in private. I am very well satisfied to be so bonified among the great and not so great. Thank you all for your gracious replies. Deale

Re: [meteorite-list] PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello Pekka and list, I think there is many categories, 1, collectors who only sell their surplus, 2, dealers that only sell and do not collect, like Dean Bessey, 3, dealer/ collectors that do both. Then there are the collectors, the collector/ hunters, the dealer/ hunters, and the collector

Re: [meteorite-list] Pseudo Dealers and not so Pseudo

2003-07-03 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear David and List, You are forgetting one important thing you are a true finder of a previously undiscovered meteorite. This makes you a true meteorite hunter: ) The best, Adam - Original Message - From: "David Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "meteorite-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Se

Re: [meteorite-list] PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread Howard Wu
We are forgeting traders: people who get extra meteorites so they can trade them for other hard to get meteortites. (i.e. Your money is no good here.) There's quite a few people in this catagory. Myself, I have a hard time parting with anything yet. But there are some specimens that can only be h

Re: [meteorite-list] PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread Dave Schultz
Greetings listees. There is no way that I even consider myself being any kind of a dealer. I sell on eBay so that I can make aome money to purchase my collection pieces. At the moment I am selling off a good portion of my Carbonaceous Chondrite collection on eBay [hint-hint] so that I can purchas

[meteorite-list] meteorites for sale

2003-07-03 Thread ben youssef mly abdelmalek
hello list my name malek i ve got some NWA meteorites unclassified , i wonder if someone of you is visiting morocco this summer to see them ; i live in erfoud ,MSN Search, le moteur de recherche qui pense comme vous ! Cliquez-ici __ Meteorite-list maili

[meteorite-list] meteorite-list--------- PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread Tim Heitz
Hello Dave and List, A dealer is one who sells. My wife said to me in 1997 in Feb. at the Tucson show. It looks to me like they are all selling meteorite to each other are they all dealers. My answer was yes. Dave you must have noticed this too, because you did a cartoon once showing just that

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite-list--------- PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List, I guess I must be a meteorite dealer and a used car dealer too. I have sold over seven of my personal used cars the past few years trying to reduce overhead and the headaches of both insurance and maintenance. I do not think this qualifies me as a used car dealer. Just a thought. Al

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite-list--------- PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread mafer
Well, psuedo/bona fide dealers, and collection shufflers and trade fanatics, we're all, on this list interested in meteorites and thats how we should view it. Mark - Original Message - From: Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 4:12 PM Subject:

RE: [meteorite-list] my first Ebay auction

2003-07-03 Thread Ken O'Neill
Hi Tom Great combination, like it a lot. Regards Ken O'Neill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom aka James Knudson Sent: 03 July 2003 22:08 To: meteorite-list Subject: [meteorite-list] my first Ebay auction Hello List, I just listed my

[meteorite-list] cd rom of meteorites

2003-07-03 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi there list.I am looking to see if only the CD-ROM of the catlogue of meteorites is available.I do not need the whole book.The cd-rom will be very sufficient for me.I will pay for a copy if someone is willing to part with the cd.Let me know off list!

[meteorite-list] Dave's cartoon said it all--------- PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread Tim Heitz
Hello Dave, Do you have a copy of that cartoon you could send me? Thanks, Tim Heitz -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Heitz Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 3:52 PM To: 'David Freeman'; 'meteorite-list' Subject: [meteorite-list] meteori

[meteorite-list] Fw: Auctions ending in less than 2 hours....

2003-07-03 Thread Michael Cottingham
  - Original Message - From: Michael Cottingham To: Michael Cottingham Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 6:35 PM Subject: Auctions ending in less than 2 hours Hello,   I have about 30 auctions ending in 2 hours or less.  Still some great bargins.   Go to:   http://members.ebay.com

[meteorite-list] AUCTION ALERT: cat mountain on eBay for $.99 !!

2003-07-03 Thread Robert Verish
Auction Alert: Cat Mountain on eBay for $.99!! __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PR

[meteorite-list] Mocs

2003-07-03 Thread Rob Wesel
Hello all- For some time a particular Mocs individual has been just beyond arms reach. The one thing between it and me...Michael Cottingham. Well today the wait is over, I pried it out of Michael's hands, actually he released it willingly. 175 grams of pedigreed, fusion crusted glory, looks like i

[meteorite-list] Chat Room Open

2003-07-03 Thread MARK BOSTICK
http://www.meteoritearticles.com/chatroom.htmlPlease visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.

Re: [meteorite-list] Mocs

2003-07-03 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Rob, Congratulations! Nice meteorite! I have been looking for that one as well. -Walter -- www.branchmeteorites.com - Original Message - From: "Rob Wesel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03,

Re: [meteorite-list] PSEUDO DEALERS AND PSEUDO JUDGING

2003-07-03 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, This was brought up once before on the list, about one or two years ago. Here was my opinion then and it remains the same. I take the business defintion. A dealer (of anything) is one who: Intends to make a profit but sometimes takes a loss. Keeps accurate records of transaction

Re: [meteorite-list] Interesting item on eBay web site item#2182222677: Meteorite

2003-07-03 Thread Mark Miconi
Seems this seller could have spent more time paying attention in spelling class...or perhaps had one of the teachers check his work. NOTHING says UNprofessional more than misspelled words, bad grammar and poor sentence structure. Besides the fact it looks like a lump of coal. Mark M. - Origin

Re: [meteorite-list] AUCTION ALERT: cat mountain on eBay for $.99 !!

2003-07-03 Thread tracy latimer
Well, that lasted a long time...:-P Oh, well. Tracy Latimer From: Robert Verish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [meteorite-list] AUCTION ALERT: cat mountain on eBay for $.99 !! Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 18:06:50 -0700 (PDT) Auction Alert: Cat

Re: [meteorite-list] Interesting item on eBay web site item#2182222677: Meteorite

2003-07-03 Thread mafer
I sent the gut a message informing him of his errors and what he needed to do if he really wanted that kind of money after its been proven to be a meteorite. He's just trying to cash in on the recent Ill. meteorite stuff I'm sure, hoping to catch some unwitting careless person on Ebay. Too funny r