Re: [meteorite-list] A Letter change title to a shut in's life

2003-10-15 Thread Mark Ferguson
Hi Bill I myself, answer some questions, and do so often without replying through the list. I will endevor to post those to the list in the future. Mark - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tom aka James Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October

[meteorite-list] A Letter From Blaine Reed

2003-10-15 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi All, I must say I am a bit shocked that my most recent installment of my 4 part series regarding factors that keep the meteorite market depressed has met with virtually NO discussion on the list - particularly since we are witnessing one of the key points being played out on the list

RE: [meteorite-list] Makeshift membrane box

2003-10-15 Thread mark ford
Mike, The company '3M' (Scotch) make a water clear plastic film that shrinks when heated, it is used to draught proof windows (the glass type!) the idea being you tape the sheet over a pane of glass and heat it with a hair dryer and it shrinks tight like glass I tried some once, and it works

[meteorite-list] Congrats China...

2003-10-15 Thread mark ford
Well done Indeed! Question is will this fuel a new space race? Hope so, maybe we will get that lunar colony so often promised after all!! Interesting that the party decided not to show it on live TV but selected highlights later on?? (Presumably so they could cover things

Re: [meteorite-list] A Letter From Blaine Reed

2003-10-15 Thread joseph_town
Mr. Blood, I have read a lot of what you say and believe it or not I understand your views. Sometimes it's a lot more difficult to realize your views than it is to verbalize them. Bill Kieskowski Hi All, I must say I am a bit shocked that my most recent installment of my 4 part

[meteorite-list] dead snakes

2003-10-15 Thread joseph_town
My old dead mother-in-law from Sweetwater Texas always said, Don't go digging up dead snakes. I heard that echoing as I went through the archives. She was a tough old woman! I respected her a lot! I think that anyone that thinks they are beyond improvement in any way shape or form are of the

[meteorite-list] Last words

2003-10-15 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Mr.Blood, list, I fully agree. Imagine you would go to a market place for buying some vegetables or to a shopping mall and there would be all sellers standing in front of there shops and stalls screaming the nastiest names and condemnations to eachother like drunk beer coachmen. Bon Appetit.

Re: [meteorite-list] A Letter From Blaine Reed

2003-10-15 Thread Randy Mils
Do you really not have a clue as to why this happens? Think about it a while. Randy From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "almitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Letter From Blaine Reed Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 19:43:28

Re: [meteorite-list] A Letter From Blaine Reed

2003-10-15 Thread Randy Mils
Hi Michael: A point will taken. But, keep in mind thatanyone can get caught up in the heat of the battle. Check out the listarchives ofMonday,Oct 13th to refresh your memory. Even YOU got caught up in the argument. "Hello Matteo, It has been extremely well documented that in addition to being a

[meteorite-list] chinese space launch

2003-10-15 Thread joseph_town
Wow. I just now saw the story on BBC about the Chinese launch. Forgive me for being superfluous but I have a large collection of space related newspapers. Headlines going back before Sputnik. Does anyone have access to a copy of a major Chinese publication with the headline in the Chinese

Re: [meteorite-list] A Letter From Blaine Reed

2003-10-15 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
And I REPEAT I am under waith write in pubblic all this informations ofIt has been extremely well documented that in addition to being a cheat, you are, clearly, without question, a liar.come on I am under waith, all this documentations where is? For the moment only able to speak but I do

Re: [meteorite-list] A Letter From Blaine Reed

2003-10-15 Thread joseph_town
Matteo, I havn't decided whether to pity you or dislike you. Bill Kieskowski And I REPEAT I am under waith write in pubblic all this informations ofIt has been extremely well documented that in addition to being a cheat, you are, clearly, without question, a liar.come on I am under

[meteorite-list] Re: [meteoritecollectorsassociation] Glorieta Mountain??

2003-10-15 Thread joseph_town
Matteo, You are a man of class and distinction. Buy it and tell us all about it afterwards. Bill Kieskowski Hello http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2196957976category=3239 for me is many many many similar to Taza individuals regards Matteo = M come

Re: [meteorite-list] Last words

2003-10-15 Thread GeoZay
In a message dated 10/15/2003 2:52:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As far as the hundreds of ebay adds are concerned, there are the mailing lists: "meteorite_sales" and "MeteoriteCollectors", where dealers and ebay adds are welcomed. I dunno folks...I haven't bought any

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [meteoritecollectorsassociation] Glorieta Mountain??

2003-10-15 Thread Steve Schoner
Ah... but these do look like Taza. I have found many over the years, and if you setone side by side with Taza you would not be able to tell the difference. They look exactly alike. But the only way to tell a solidGlorieta iron from a Tazais to cut and etch, or use a microprobe. The pattern is

[meteorite-list] etchin' juice

2003-10-15 Thread harlan trammell
anybody got 200 ml hno3 etchin juice for sale? Try MSN Messenger 6.0 with integrated webcam functionality! __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] CONTOUR Mishap Board Completes Investigation

2003-10-15 Thread Ron Baalke
Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington Oct. 15, 2003 (Phone: 202/358-1547) RELEASE: 03-324 CONTOUR MISHAP BOARD COMPLETES INVESTIGATION NASA's Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) Mishap Investigation Board (MIB) identified four possible causes for the failure of the

[meteorite-list] oriented nose cone glorieta

2003-10-15 Thread harlan trammell
i don't know why i keep buying these things, but i have an addiction to glorieta. i think it's 'cuz of how the main mass got found by steve in this remote location. but i just got another off ebay. that is supreme. it has that blue fusion crust and it is a nosecone all the way with a 360 degree

[meteorite-list] Mission Possible: Asteroid Tugboat Backed for Trial Run

2003-10-15 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/asteroid_tug_031015.html Mission Possible: Asteroid Tugboat Backed for Trial Run By Leonard David space.com 15 October 2003 BOULDER, Colorado -- In the grand cosmic scheme of things, it's only a matter of time. Our planet is bound to tangle

[meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Images - October 9-15, 2003

2003-10-15 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES October 9-15, 2003 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available: o Arabian Slope Streaks (Released 09 October 2003) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/10/09/index.html o Dark Sand

Re: [meteorite-list] Last words, and popsicles

2003-10-15 Thread David Freeman
Dear George; Good morning to you! I rather enjoyed your letter below. Once a few years ago, I proclaimed never to buy unclassified NWA's but after a year or more of waiting for something to change, no perceived further push to get field data seemed to happen so, I bought NWA's with no

Re: [meteorite-list] oriented nose cone glorieta

2003-10-15 Thread Mark Ferguson
Hi Harlan and list Many times flow streams show eddie currents, little whirls within the stream caused by minute differences in flow rates. One part of the surfacebeing bumpier than an adjacent area would be enough to cause such a whirl pattern Mark - Original Message - From:

[meteorite-list] Re: Taza an Glorieta Mountain Ni contents

2003-10-15 Thread Steve Schoner
Humm... Did not look it up. I was not sure; relied on my sometimes defective memory, andfor some reason I thought that Taza was 6 %. But if it is the other way around 16% plus, then the difference is still evident with the right testing. And I don't think an etch pattern will be the same.

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Taza an Glorieta Mountain Ni contents

2003-10-15 Thread Matt Morgan
Taza is 16.3% Ni and I think the Germanium content is extremely high at 0.2% or thereabouts. Pretty unusual iron. Matt Steve Schoner wrote: Humm... Did not look it up. I was not sure; relied on my sometimes defective memory, and for some reason I thought that Taza was 6 %. But if it is

[meteorite-list] Hermes found!

2003-10-15 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi All, Hermes (aka 1937 UB) has evidently finally been found! It was recovered by B. A. Skiff at Lowell Observatory-LONEOS shortly after midnight last night (early this morning), and rapidly placed on the NEO Confirmation Page by Timothy Spahr in time for J. Young to make follow-up observations

[meteorite-list] Re: Glorieta Mountain??

2003-10-15 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello yes but here is visible a olivine fragment, in the piece on ebay is not visible and is many similar to Taza - I have see in Bologna Show pieces is the same of the piece on Ebay, and the same pieces I have here, the zone where is not brown color is many similar to this piece. Is strange the

Re: [meteorite-list] etchin' juice

2003-10-15 Thread Roman Nakonechny
Yo Harlan, I bought some a while back- 70% HNO3 . So nasty/pure that it'll melt the pennies in your pocket- no kidding. John and his wife Nancy Run the Operation. You have to dillute it to 10% with alcohol. Ask John to be sure. Unless you have experience with Nitric , better be

[meteorite-list] Re: Ad--Small whole Gibeons for sale

2003-10-15 Thread Mikestockj
Here is a nice selection offew exceptional small whole gibeons. These are getting harder and harder to find in any size. All are nicely sculpted. Priced at 50 cents per gram. 91.0 grams = $45.50 http://www.jensenmeteorites.com/Photos/Gibeon91.jpg 122.7 grams = $61.35

[meteorite-list] Hawaii Long Overdue For Tsunami

2003-10-15 Thread Ron Baalke
I've visited the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo when I went to Hawaii earlier this year. Ron Baalke - http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/daily/2003/Oct-15-Wed-2003/news/news2.html Expert: Isle long overdue for tsunami By MAILE CANNON

[meteorite-list] Re: Taza and Glorieta Mountain

2003-10-15 Thread Starbits
Ah... but these do look like Taza. I have found many over the years, and if you set one side by side with Taza you would not be able to tell the difference. They look exactly alike. Except in this case they are not taza they are glorieta. Last week I was offered those 2

[meteorite-list] Glorieta Mountain??

2003-10-15 Thread Starbits
Ah... but these do look like Taza. I have found many over the years, and if you set one side by side with Taza you would not be able to tell the difference. They look exactly alike. Except in this case they are not taza they are glorieta. Last week I was offered those 2 pieces on

Re: [meteorite-list] A Letter From Blaine Reed

2003-10-15 Thread Sharkkb8
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: my 4 part series regarding factors that keep the meteorite market depressed has met with virtually NO discussion on the list Yep. Dozens of personal attack and counterattack posts. Dozens of posts complaining about the attacks and counterattacks. Dozens of emails

Re: [meteorite-list] Glorieta Mountain??

2003-10-15 Thread Ron Hartman
I have a number of both Taza and Glorieta Mountain individuals and cut etched individuals on my website. Some only a few gm., but up to a few hundred g. Yes, they are so similar...even to flow lines and remnants of fusion crust. I cut a number of the respective lots I purchased and etched a

[meteorite-list] AD: Another House Cleaning Sale-Nininger Books!

2003-10-15 Thread Martin Horejsi
Howdy Folks, I have been cleaning up again around the house and found a few more meteorites that might be happier in someone else's home. I also found some old books including many signed by Nininger. Also, I dropped the price on many meteorites left over from my earlier sale. Anyway, enough

[meteorite-list] Re: Fireball with sonic boom over Western Australia

2003-10-15 Thread Robert Verish
Which makes this report even more problematic was that The Advertiser article concluded that there were probably no meteorites to be recovered from this fireball, when there wasn't sufficient evidence to make that statement. Bob V. -- Original Message - Date: Tue,

[meteorite-list] Re: Taza and Glorieta Mountain

2003-10-15 Thread Robert Verish
- Original Message - [meteorite-list] Re: Taza and Glorieta Mountain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:13:11 -0400 Ah... but these do look like Taza. I have found many over the years, and if you set one side by side with Taza you would

[meteorite-list] List Facts - From the Admin (not moderator)

2003-10-15 Thread ajones
Good Evening List members; In light of all the interesting discussions taking place in this forum lately I thought it would be a good time for me to give everyone an idea how things currently work behind-the-scenes on the List: 1) The List is not moderated -- this means that if you are

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Mike and Matteo

2003-10-15 Thread Tim Heitz
Thanks, Fred very well said AMEN, Tim - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:23 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: Mike and Matteo Hello meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Glorieta Mountain??

2003-10-15 Thread harlan trammell
does taza have olivene? From: "Ron Hartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Steve Schoner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"M come Meteorite Meteorites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Glorieta Mountain?? Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003

Re: [meteorite-list] List Facts - From the Admin (not moderator)

2003-10-15 Thread tett
Art, A personal thank you for the efforts you have taken to host this list and for the all the expenses you have incurred. This list has been a wonderful resource and given me much enjoyment. You are a class act! Cheers, Mike Tettenborn Owen Sound, Ontario - Original Message -

[meteorite-list] I thought it was over?

2003-10-15 Thread Michael Farmer
I just got home for an almost 40 hour trip, 3 countries, and I see that the fallout is still coming down. I thought it was over with my apology? Did I miss something? I do realize the mess that has been made, and I hope to be able to avoid such useless exchanges in the future. Mike Farmer

Re: [meteorite-list] Glorieta Mountain??

2003-10-15 Thread Steve Schoner
No. Taza does not have olivine, at least none that I know of. But there is a big difference in Glorieta masses. Pallasitic ones have surface features that are very different from the solid irons. They tend to be hackly like the sample that Matteo has, and the irons are typical of the one offered

[meteorite-list] Source for low cost chemicals

2003-10-15 Thread Michael Gallant
Hello Folks, In the search for a reliable source for low cost chemicals (besides the University five finger discount program) I came across an outfit called Hagenow Laboratories, Inc. in the fine state of Wisconsin. While all orders I placed with them over the years were accurately filled, they

Re: [meteorite-list] Admin (not moderator)

2003-10-15 Thread Michael L Blood
on 10/15/03 3:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3) The List is private -- this means that any posts sent to the List from an email address that is not subscribed are held for my approval (approx. 250 a day) Hi Art, As always, thanks a ton for the work you donate to

Re: [meteorite-list] Admin (not moderator)

2003-10-15 Thread DNAndrews
Michael L Blood wrote: Hi Art, As always, thanks a ton for the work you donate to the entire meteorite community. Is the above quote acurate? You get 250 emails A DAY from non- list people wanting to post to the list??? If this is accurate, how on earth do you read them

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Mike and Matteo

2003-10-15 Thread joseph_town
I very simply see the pattern of human nature. It's just the way we are. Bill Kieskowski __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Boom-Crash-Bang!

2003-10-15 Thread Matt Morgan
Just in... Thought some of you would like to see this newly acquired stone from Michigan (the car is not available!).more on it later http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/1.jpg http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/2.jpg (that is the stone lying on the concrete) Hasta la vista. ===

[Fwd: Re: [meteorite-list] Last words, and popsicles] DELETE!!!

2003-10-15 Thread David Freeman
Original Message Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Last words, and popsicles Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:57:37 Dear List, This is a private email that is forwarded by permission. It is inter mingled with meteorite personalities, and thus has a connection to meteorites by virtue

Re: [meteorite-list] etchin' juice

2003-10-15 Thread Pekka Savolainen
The reaction with alcohol and HNO3 can be quite violent, so also the safety-glasses should be worn. The gloves must be Neopren or some other heavier material, if you use too weak gloves, and get some 70% HNO3 on your hands, in worst case, you loose your gloves and your skin... And you should

[meteorite-list] mail-archive.com

2003-10-15 Thread Robert Verish
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/maillist.html Well, as was predicted, it is now mid-month and the List Archive is down, again - it's missing all of this months posts prior to Oct 14th. No surprise, given the heavy volume of posts this month. But the good news is that the

Re: [Fwd: Re: [meteorite-list] Last words, and popsicles] DELETE!!!

2003-10-15 Thread joseph_town
Don't forget Clutch Cargo, Spinner and Paddlefoot and of course the real hero, Swampy. Yum Yum Golubkies. Baron Barracuda might disagree but he was generally disagreeable anyway. Triggerfish can attest to that! god i'm old! no wonder I respect meteorites so much. I guess Ding Dong school is