Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto help

2004-03-29 Thread MexicoDoug
En un mensaje con fecha 03/28/2004 11:52:18 PM Mexico Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribe: how in the heck did Pluto form if it is not on that plane? Simply put, Aristotle was wrong in one sense when he professed that the heavens were perfect. Tom, weren't you the one who complained that

RE: [meteorite-list] Heating tektites - warning

2004-03-29 Thread mark ford
I heated an indochinite once, to see if it would melt and it shattered!! luckily I was wearing safety glasses!! So be carefull. If you're going to melt one I advise crushing it into to crumbs/powder first. I guess the fact that it shatters implies it originally cooled very quickly, and the

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto help

2004-03-29 Thread GeoZay
Now then, if all this debris is orbiting on the ecliptic, how in the heckdid Pluto form if it is not on that plane? Sick mime's need to know!Thanks, Tom I'm not claiming I know for sure, but I suspect it could have been due to an earlyclose encounter with Neptune that flung it to it's present

Re: [meteorite-list] Canadian Prime Minister's Plane Buzzed By Fireball

2004-03-29 Thread GeoZay
The group's recently released 2003 survey found that a record 673 reports of unidentified objects were made to various organizations and investigators in Canada. My! I bet these folks are really busy when the Perseids and other major showers are active. Another source that seems toget the

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto help

2004-03-29 Thread Michael L Blood
on 3/28/04 9:45 PM, Tom aka James Knudson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how in the heck did Pluto form if it is not on that plane? Sick mime's need to know! Dear Sick Mime, If you would just quit acting out, your illness would subside. Now, as for Pluto, he

[meteorite-list] Another interesting NWA and megachondrules

2004-03-29 Thread bernd . pauli
Art wrote: spherical inclusion (~5/8 inch dia.) in it. Any ideas on what this inclusion may be? Do chondrules ever get this large? http://www.meteoritecentral.com/nwa.html Yes, Art they do - see below for some examples. Best wishes, Bernd BRIDGES J.C. et al. (1997) A survey of clasts and

[meteorite-list] Martian meteorite for sale

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Farmer
Hi again, I have updated my website with pieces of the SAU 130 meteorite. This one was found in January 2004, and is likely paired with SAU 008. It is a shergottite, very nice. I bought the 116 gram individual and sold it to a private collector, I kept one slice and cut it up yesterday.

RE: [meteorite-list] Pluto help

2004-03-29 Thread David E. Hostetter
Hi, Tom: Take a look at the Kuiper Belt Home Page. The formation and dynamics of the trans-Neptunian region are still poorly understood, but this page will give you an idea of what's being studied. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/kb.html There's also a pretty good book called

[meteorite-list] Heat-treating tektites

2004-03-29 Thread Matson, Robert
Thanks, everyone, for their inputs on the effects of heating tektites. My reason for posing the question was that a friend told me about a mineral dealer (in Ventura County, CA, I believe) who was selling heat-treated tektites in a variety of unusual colors. I told my friend that it sounded

[meteorite-list] Sudbury Onaping query

2004-03-29 Thread Dave Harris
Hi, this month's MAPS has an interesting article (not too technical for a change!) on the The role of meteorite impact as a normal geological process (Bevan French of the dept of mineral science at the Smithsonian). Reading about Onaping I was wondering if anyone knew whether or not there are

Re: [meteorite-list] Heat-treating tektites

2004-03-29 Thread ks1u
Rob: Hello. My wife collects glass insulators, the kind that sit on old telephone and telegraph poles. Most of the insulators started out as clear glass. Over the years many of them, due to ultraviolet radiation exposure have turned to colors including green, blue, yellow, purple etc.

[meteorite-list] 'Rites Wrong Cartoon

2004-03-29 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Park Forest comic (copy protection removed) http://www.meteoritearticles.com/comic5.html Re: I have rarely seen such an openly racist piece of work as the cartoon entitled 'Rites Wrongs. I have lived in Park Forest since 1971 and have always felt safe in the community. It is one of the few

Re: [meteorite-list] Heat-treating tektites

2004-03-29 Thread Norman Lehrman
Rob list, The last post clarifies the question a bit. A few years ago I received a large shipment of Lei gong mo. Included with these were a couple of dozen specimens with strong carnival-glass-like patinas, a full rainbow of submetallic colors. I have seen weaker examples of this sort of

[meteorite-list] 'Rites Wrong Cartoon (2), and Mike Farmer's Park Forest

2004-03-29 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Janet's complete response: "It would not matter where the cartoon were to be set, LA or Park Forest... having African-Americans depicted in such a manner is racist. Such thefts did not occur in Park Forest and I resent the implication that they did. Not all humor is based on deprication of

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Rites Wrong Cartoon

2004-03-29 Thread joseph_town
Mark, I thought you put this issue to rest. I see now that you only want to increase traffic to your web site. So be it, but keep my name out of it. I'm not the only person on the list from Park Forest and the surrounding area and I'm sure the thousands from this area that monitor PF meteorite

[meteorite-list] Fw: Auctions Ending Tonight and a Trade offer.....

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Cottingham
- Original Message - From: Michael Cottingham To: Michael Cottingham Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 4:34 PM Subject: Auctions Ending Tonight and a Trade offer. Hello, I have 50+ auctions ending tonight. Some good deals still abound! Go to:

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Rites Wrong Cartoon

2004-03-29 Thread CMcdon0923
Markjust let it/them go. You will never change their minds...this is just how the bleeding heart political-correctness crowd is. As they would have us all believe: There are no bad people in the world (except for conservative Republicans)just people who make bad choices. Now let's

[meteorite-list] ad: a couple rare ones

2004-03-29 Thread Martin Horejsi
Title: ad: a couple rare ones Hi folks, I just posted a couple interesting specimens on ebay. Included are Luotolax, Julesburg, Rio Limay, Brandon, Alamogordo, and Beardsley among others. Remember that recent postings highlighted Beardsleys role in the age dating of the earth.

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Rites Wrong Cartoon

2004-03-29 Thread joseph_town
There you go Mark. A fine endorsement of your point of view, even though he doesn't really understand your point of view. Correct me accordingly. Bill Kieskowski Markjust let it/them go. You will never change their minds...this is just how the bleeding heart political-correctness

Re: [meteorite-list] Heat-treating tektites

2004-03-29 Thread almitt
Hi Rob, One other thought on this is, the tektite may be mixed with other glass and colors to produce the result somehow but I agree with you that it sounds a bit funny. Until someone sees, asks questions and so forth it would be difficult to know for sure. --AL

[meteorite-list] High Possil Meteorite

2004-03-29 Thread Ron Baalke
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=363992004 Five-billion-year-old rock quarrymen didn't expect IAN JOHNSTON The Scotsman (United Kingdom) March 30, 2004 THERE was a rumble of thunder and then a bolt from the sky struck the earth with such force onlookers thought Judgment Day itself had

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Rites Wrong Cartoon (2), and Mike Farmer's Park Forest

2004-03-29 Thread MexicoDoug
En un mensaje con fecha 03/29/2004 4:56:01 PM Mexico Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribe: Such thefts did not occur in Park Forest and I resent the implication that they did. For those of us not fortunate enough to have the resources to visit the fair town of Park Forest Illinois and

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Rites Wrong Cartoon (2), and Mike Farmer's Park Forest

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Farmer
I was blackmailed and threatened by Police Cheif DiGuardio, it was in the papers, I was forced to return a $5000 piece of meteorite. I could have fought it but did not have the time as I was traveling alot last year. He demanded the stone several times, threatend to file charges, then in

[meteorite-list] david new

2004-03-29 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi list.I will be getting a fragment of the original ROSAMOND DRY LAKE with a DAVID NEW label.Who is david new?And what is his history involving meteorites? steve arnold,chicago = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728

Re: [meteorite-list] david new

2004-03-29 Thread Philip R. Burns
At 07:22 PM 3/29/2004, Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! wrote: Hi list.I will be getting a fragment of the original ROSAMOND DRY LAKE with a DAVID NEW label.Who is david new?And what is his history involving meteorites? David New is a real old-time minerals dealer. I remember buying some stuff from him

Re: [meteorite-list] david new

2004-03-29 Thread Tim Heitz
He was by far the best collectors, collector. Not in it only for money, that why he quit selling because of the greed. He was competing with his costumers who were selling on the internet, he didn't like that, he told me this himself. But we still have Blaine Reed #1 in my book as far as being a

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Rites Wrong Cartoon (2), and Mike Farmer's Park Forest

2004-03-29 Thread Rosemary Hackney
OHH.. W !!! "I would not matter where the cartoon were to be set, LA or Park Forest... having African-Americans depicted in such a manner is racist. ( Janet Liberal) Considering the racism Mark has had to endure throughout his life.. I am sure he did not intentionally set

[meteorite-list] Ad: Some Nice Meteorites on eBay

2004-03-29 Thread Jason Phillips
Hello List, I have a few very nice meteorite specimens ending on eBay tomorrow and even if you are not interested in purchasing you may enjoy seeing them as there are some pieces that are seldom seen for sale. If they do not sell I would be willing to accept offers for purchase or trade also.

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Rites Wrong Cartoon (2), and Mike Farmer's Park Forest

2004-03-29 Thread Jeff Kuyken
CONGRATULATIONS BILL! I do believe you have been inducted into the "Blocked Senders List HALL OF FAME"! Pull your head out mate, Jeff - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Farmer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:50 AM