I doubt that any fish would EAT it, but a few million years from now
somebody may dig up a fossilized meteorite from a layer of limestone with a
smushed fish underneath it. :)
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Bob Martino, Tucson, AZ
Can you really name a star? Read the Truth!
http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/
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From: David Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 11:07 PM
To: "Bernhard \"Rendelius\" Rems"
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA request
here's a wise tip, contact Dean Bessy on ebay and buy the junk from him,
he always has the best prices si
There is not a speck of rust on the New Orleans meteorites, the brown in the
photos is DIRT, it did go into the ground under the house.
Mike Farmer
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From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:16 PM
S
If I remember Bob Haag when is arrive in the nigerian
airport after have take the Zagami mass and the person
of the customs they stopped it because it do not had
the permission of export, he pulled outside all of the
money that had and give them to the customs officer,
has turned to take something
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Mike,
>
> What's with the rusty crust...was all this material
> in the scum water for a
> day or so?
many many strange a similar rusty at few days, normaly
exit after months.Pultusk is fall over 100 years
ago and in my piece any rusty visible
>
> Also,
Perhaps so, as it would be in any country that does not allow meteorites
to be exported. However, done this way, then the meteorites become
contraband, illegal to own and sell. Get caught with them leaving India,
and well... it will be a long time before you see your country again. I
will bet you a
Hello
Indian people live with only $8 for month, if you go
in the village and give a extra money you have the
complete meteorite, sent via mail and you have all in
your house. I have another friend in India, I ask if
is possible send to me some material of this fall.
Wher is possible take the all
Dear List Members,
We were politely invited to team up on the India fall which excited us at
first. We looked into it and decided we will hold off for awhile. We will
wait to see if Mike Farmer and his group can successfully and legally remove
this material from the country. It does not make se
Dear List Members,
Here is an abstract briefly mentioning exportation laws including India:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2001/pdf/5150.pdf
I hope somebody finds a way to work it out because it would be a shame to
have this Indian material off limits.
All the best,
Adam
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The people had just had their bathroom renovated
the month before, and the darned meteorite just trashed it. It seems that they
wanted the home repaired asap and they contacted the media only after they had
completed some of the repairs.
Mike Farmer
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From:
It’s unbelievable that this person
patched his house up so quick. Didn’t he read
about what happened in PF?
I bet if you put plexiglass
over all the holes, you could sell the house for 5 times what it is worth…
Mike, did you get some small pieces to
examine, and if so could you publ
Hi Bjørn and List,
> As it says quite clearly - if you read what the websites
> write about what happened before the boy took the first
> picture - I hardly did believe for a second that the bright
> head of the meteor was a recording of an explosion or
> afterglow of such. It is for sure just the
John, the rust is actually dirt imbedded into the crust, and the green tint
is also mud and the green moss crap that grows under houses. There is around
20 kilos, actual weight still unkown as he put it in the bank vault and did
not weight it all. The main mass is around 6 kilos.
It will be New Or
Mike,
Asia...is that near Morrocco? It isn't? :o (ohhh)
Great stuff from Louisiana. I have a few questions.
Any idea what the name of this one might be? New Orleans or Picayune?
What's with the rusty crust...was all this material in the scum water for a
day or so?
Also, the the smaller of t
Hello Randy and list, Randy signed, "IMCA Member but too
embarassed to admit it to anyone." LOL
Randy asked;"If I send you a big magnet, will you go and look
for some?"
Randy, I have a magnet, but if you pay for my trip.. :
)
Thanks, TomPeregrineflier <>
Hello all,
I have a simple question that I would ask the boy and his friends.
Was this so-called fireball moving like a meteor or was it a stationary
phenomenena like a contrail with the sun lighting it?
His honest answer would clear up the whole thing...I'd think.
John
> > I'm leaning toward
Do you need photos also?
Randy
NOT a member of IMCA and proud of it!!!
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>From: Bernhard "Rendelius" Rems
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 3:57 PM
>Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA request
>
>
>Hi again,
>
>
>
>Dear fellow collectors and d
Hey Tom
If I send you a big magnet, will you go and look for some?
Randy.
IMCA Member but too embarassed to admit it to anyone.
>From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "meteorite-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [meteorite-list] SA micrometeorites?
>Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 1
> I'm leaning toward backlit aircraft contrail for three reasons --
> the first of which has been mentioned, but the other two have not
I fully agree with everything what Rob writes. Indeed, it was the long,
narrow, only very slightly S-curved aspect of the trail on the second
picture
that made me
Hello All,
What worries me a bit that so many meteor-interested
and competent people (even inside NASA) can't agree
what a meteor do or should look like!
There doesn't seem to be too many good meteor pictures
around, that's a central problem. And seems like nobody
have issued a scholarly work on
October 3, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
contact:Steele Wotkyns
public relations manager
Lowell Observatory
(928) 774-3358 ext. 232
Asteroid Whizzes Very Close By Earth
FLAGSTAFF, AZ-A small asteroid, perhaps 3 to 6 meters in diameter-the
size of a room or
Not sure if Ron already posted this link, but it's the first one
I've seen that shows the boy who took the picture:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/3155928.stm
--Rob
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Hello, Tom and the list,
well, looks to me, it may be possible to have a
kind of a "type-collection" of micros from the S-A
area. 3 different formations at the same time.
have a nice weekend,
pekka s
Tom aka James Knudson wrote:
Hello List, Norton writes of three types of meteoritic dust from
Hello, list,
my friend Jukka Konnunaho from university of Oulu, Finland
is looking for a whole piece of Gibeon 1kg - 2 kg;s with nice
crust in a reasonable price.
One side can be etched, the main thing is, that the piece has
nice, typical characters and crust.
If you happen to have some in a reaso
Hello List, Norton writes of three types of meteoritic dust from Sikote-Alin
on page 108 in Rocks from Space. The second type he called Micrometeorites.
Is there a way to get one of these micros? Ivan, do you have a magnet?
Thanks, Tom
Peregrineflier <><
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
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Thank you to Bernd, Piper Hollier, Mike Jensen, Norbert Klassen, Peter Marmet, Peter Scherff, Bjorn Sorheim and David Weir for taking a moment to track down a "Bolivia-wrong" for me.
And under the category of "Teach a man to fish." next time, I now know where to look up this type of info.
Hi,
I lived 20 years near to an airport too, jet contrails never end abrupt in
the sky. Tom is right.
And if the "fireball" would be a reflection shining upon the airplane, so
that it's not visible, at least the contrail would be more sharply defined
and in most cases divided directely behind the a
Hi again,
Dear fellow collectors and
dealers J
I’d ask you to look through
your stock of NWA „junk“ (ordinary chondrites of the H and L type). I am trying to get small
slices (or part slices, end cuts) of most of the NWA meteorites (for money
reasons, I am starting out with the REAL
Thanks for all the answers.
I had won some NWA-"junk" on ebay from him, and for a couple of days I
tried to get his quote on s&h to Austria (I will be gone for holidays
tomorrow).
I added the usual s&h now and hope this is ok.
Bernhard
IMCA #2121
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Hello Rob and list, one question can it be a contrail, wouldn't the
contrail continue out the other side? I still think it's a Scud missile
fired by Iraq! : )
Thanks, Tom
Peregrineflier <><
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
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From: Matson, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
T
Hi All,
My turn to chime in on the Wales photos. First of all, it's great
that it's now photos PLURAL, since this rules out Photoshop mischief,
and it allows some degree of triangulation which can be used to
approximate altitude.
I'm leaning toward backlit aircraft contrail for three reasons --
I received a call from US News this morning about asteroid
2003 SQ222. Here's the article they wrote about it.
Ron Baalke
--
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/tech/nextnews/nexthome.htm
An asteroid zooming through our neighborhood
Cl
Hello
I live at 1 km from the Venice Airport, I have see
many aircraft trail but never see a similar trail of
this type, and I have see the trails with sun, night,
sunset etcbut never see a similar effect.
Regards
Matteo
--- Bjørn Sørheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Marco,
> Well a lo
You know, the capability of some of these
IR satellites can tell you the color of a person’s hair that lit a match…
(or , guess the absence of hair J )
Since that bolide
was picked up by these sensors, can the DOD give a lat/long of when it lost
contact with the
Heat trail? Just a thoug
Hello Marco,
Well a lot of people was shure the boy have faked the picture.
Well, it's proven now he didn't!
I wonder why you now suddenly are shure it's an aircraft?
A lot of people are rather more shure it's a meteor.
Have you heard of a terminal burst at great heights.
I think it should be very
> Also, the fact that Jon was able to take a second photograph a
> couple of minutes later and still capture the red glow causes one
> to question the fireball theory. A fireball passes through the atmo-
> sphere fast, within a few seconds. If it had been a meteor, it is
> highly unlikely that ther
--- Steve Schoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In NaOH treating of certain irons such as Uruacu and
> certain sulphide rich irons I have noticed that the
> inclusions become gold to brown. It is a very nice
> effect on irons that have already been etched, where
> these incluions are not so affect
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES
September 29 - October 3, 2003
o Lava Flows near Pavonis Mons (Released 29 September 2003)
http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20030929a.html
o Martian Tracery (Released 30 September 2003)
http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20030930a.html
o Craters modified by ice (Released
This is a very clear picture and the verdict is now clear: not a fake, but
also certainly not a meteoritic fireball, of that I am sure.
This is an aircraft trail either showing a 'false sun' due to refracted
sunlight (i.e. a halo phenomena), or otherwise the suggestions on the BBC
website that i
I just spoke with Rob Elliott, and we looked at the
photos and realized one sickening fact.
The fireball is headed towards the setting sun,
which leads directly into the Atlantic Ocean from Wales.
Anther fantastic meteorite lies at the bottom of
the ocean.
I wonder if fish eat any of them
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031001.html
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Kind
regards,
Bernhard “Rendelius”
Rems
CEO RPGDot.com
Managing Director RPGDot Network
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Does anyone have the link to the first photo?
Mike Farmer
Holy crap, I guess the little tyke might just have the best photo ever taken
of a fireball!
This new one sure as heck is real, and if you look at both, you can clearly
see the same clouds!
Mike Farmer
Rob, I WANT SOME of this meteorite!
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From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTE
http://planetary.org/html/news/articlearchive/headlines/2003/meteors_galore.html
Meteors Raining From the Sky
By Melanie Melton Knocke
The Planetary Society
October 2, 2003
Meteors raining from the heavens this past week have not only provided
impressive sky shows for those fortunate (or unfort
actuall john, I have seen millbillillie spelled steve's way, and several
others. see here
http://www.kill-bill.com/images/home/home2c.jpg
http://www.mrbill.com/MB_ComLo.jpg
http://www.billcosby.com/
http://www.mines.edu/Outreach/k12/mathcamp/BillyMills.show.html
http://ak-sports.espn.go.com/f/1917/
http://www.thesuntimes.com/articles/2003/10/03/news/news02.txt
Local recalls falling of Miller Meteorite
By Chastain Shumway
The Sun-Times (Arizona)
October 3, 2003
A recent Sun-Times story on meteors caught the attention of Charlsie Stark DuBois
of Heber Springs, who told us a fascinating stor
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/content_objectid=13476370_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=-Digital-snap-backs-up-meteor-story-name_page.html
Digital snap backs up meteor story
ic Wales (United Kingdom)
October 3, 2003
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a meteor - and alt
In NaOH treating of certain irons such as Uruacu and
certain sulphide rich irons I have noticed that the
inclusions become gold to brown. It is a very nice
effect on irons that have already been etched, where
these incluions are not so affected by acid etching.
The change is superficial, and does
Did anyone even see this? Is there going to be any
discussion about our newest meteorite? Or is no one interested.
Mike Farmer
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From:
Michael Farmer
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 11:21
PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] New
Steve,
If you don't mind, I'd like to make a couple of suggestions. When you
decide to sell some of your meteorites, you should look up the names in one
of the many books available so you can spell them properly. I've seen some
meteorite names misspelled from time to time, but you have absolute
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/content_objectid=13474802_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=-Nasa-in-a-spin-over-meteor-shot-name_page.html
Nasa in a spin over meteor shot
ic Wales (United Kingdom)
October 3, 2003
A STUNNING picture of a meteor burning up in the sky snapped b
Hello List,
I have a question relating to the posts concerning
the possible "Martian meteoroid stream". Would
fragments of the original impacting asteroid ALSO be
mixed in with this stream of Martian material? Or does
the dynamics of such an impact dictate that ONLY
material from the larger bod
It is also very instructive to compare this Wales picture with that of the
sunlit dustcloud (not persistent train!) left by the big mag. -21.5 El Paso
bolide of 9 Oct 1997. You can find it in:
A.R. Hildebrandt et al., The El Paso superbolide of October 9, 1997, Lun.
Plan. Sci. 30 (1999).
...which
GOOD GRIEF!
Looks like the famous COLUMBUS MAIN MASS that we all heard about over and
over again has fallen out of favour. But, then again it is a new month.
Nevermind...
JD
> Hi list just want to give everyone one notice that I have some real great
> pieces on ebay for auction, like:columbus
The
one you have seen is written by me. I use it myself.
The
caveats: it is written for Access, so you a) need to have Access in order to
run it and b) there’s a 2GB size limit for the database (app. 30.000
entries).
I
find it very useful, and I have enhanced the program further fr
Hi all,
What is recommended out there for meteorite
collecting software?
I have seen a software package offered on ebay
a few weeks ago,
has anyone tried it out?
Thanks in advance for any info.
Best regards,
Roman Jirasek
www.meteoritelabels.com
Hi Elton,
> The 2-3 inch wide nugget was at
> the bottom of an apparent 10-8 inch long impact channel made while the
> very fine ooze was still mucky. The cavity had several "heart-valve"
> appearing "trap doors". They looked like partial refilling of the ooze
> after the meteorite had passed.
Hi,
According to MetBase Ollague is one of many synonyms for Imilac.
Thanks,
Peter Scherff
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Hi all,
Current hysteria is centered elsewhere. I can't wait to hear stories about
the adventures in India. I wish I were there making deals with rebels and
brigands around a campfire or better yet a fine hotel.
Bill Kieskowski
> Hi,
>
> Omigod! The Nakhla Mollusk! Did anyone actually see
In a message dated 10/2/2003 11:57:10 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I need your help once again! I am in the process of collecting
jokes, comic strips, etc. regarding meteors, meteorites, comets, and
space in general. I am wanting to use these materials in
presentation
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From: Michael
Cottingham
To: Michael Cottingham
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 5:31 PM
Subject: QUICK $$$ SALE. BEST PRICES EVER ON THESE
METEORITES!!!
Hello Everyone!
This is a quick $$$ sale. These are my best prices
evereverything must go!!
PAYP
Hi list just want to give everyone one notice that I have some real great
pieces on ebay for auction, like:columbus main mass, 4 tungsten mt.nevada
pieces,a 2.5 kilo campo,4.2 gram piece of millibbilliee,dhofar 724 main
mass, nwa 660 main mass,66 gram slice of pampa (a), 399 gram slice of nwa
869,
Hello Tom,
Here's what I saw as I was driving home on the night of
the PF fall. The sky brightened for about 3 seconds (with
an electric-blue color), which corresponded to the 2 flashes
from the meteor as they occured above the clouds, with the
light obviously filtering through the clouds. T
Kevin
According to the Catalogue of Meteorites CD-ROM it is a synonym for Imilac.
Mike
Mike Jensen
Bill Jensen
Jensen Meteorites
16730 E Ada PL
Aurora, CO 80017-3137
303-337-4361
Web Site: Jensen Meteorites
> The H.H.Nininger Collection of Meteorites (1933 version)
> lists a meteorite that I find no where else in the literature.
> It'll be obvious to many on the list why I would like to know
> about this.
> Ollague, Bolivia, South America. Pallasite. P. Found 1924.
Known Wt. 6..66 Kgs. Specimen:146a.
Hi E.J. and list.
Yes the piece in question did stick to magnet. I tried that on it years ago.
I didn't keep any of the host-rock but it was limestone - for sure. A huge
deposit too.
No contact zone with Granite for around 75 miles...
The biggest piece I recovered was the size and shape of a slig
Hello Kevin,
Looking in 'The Catalogue' you find:
'Ollague v. Imilac' !!
That one has many namnes indeed...
Regards,
Bjørn Sørheim
At 17:36 02.10.03 EDT, you wrote:
>The H.H.Nininger Collection of Meteorites (1933 version) lists a meteorite
>that I find no where else in the literature. It'll be
Anyone who wants to see the New Orleans fall, go to
my website, and click Meteorite Adventures.
You will see the link there,
otherwise click here.
http://www.meteoriteguy.com/Neworleanasfall.htm
Anyone who wants a great deal, find something on my
website, and I'll make great discounts.
Bu
Hello
On the article in the Accretion Desk under this
meteorite:
Shields, Kansas
18 grams, Polished Complete Slice
The American Meteorite Laboratory (AML) was
established by Glenn and Margaret Huss on July 1,
1960. This slice of Shields contains an AML collection
number (always begining with th
The H.H.Nininger Collection of Meteorites (1933 version) lists a
meteorite that I find no where else in the literature. It'll be obvious
to many on the list why I would like to know about this.
"Ollague, Bolivia, South America. Pallasite. P. Found 1924.
Known Wt. 6.66 Kgs. Specimen:146a. 376
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