RE: [meteorite-list] Latest spat info

2004-04-02 Thread Greg redfern
Hello List, It is a shame we have lost some talented individuals - I hope they will return soon. But we have had some treasured members return as well. For those of us who remain we should strive to keep the List true to its intended purpose - courteous and meaningful exchange of meteoritic

Re: [meteorite-list] I'm staying

2004-04-02 Thread Dave Andrews
Kudos Steve! I'd be kind of pissed (to put it mildly) about the private email that BK made public and then acted "ignorant" about it. You two are essentially neighbors and he has befriended you badly. He knew exactly what he was doing and is proud of it. For someone on the list for only on

[meteorite-list] Franconia field trip Part II

2004-04-02 Thread WAHLPERRY
  Hi List,   Here is the link to the pictures of some of the Franconia meteorites I found.         http://www.notkin.net/sonny/franconia.htm Sonny

[meteorite-list] MeteoriteTimes - Special Meteor Crater Month - Up in a few days

2004-04-02 Thread Paul Harris
Greetings All, MeteoriteTimes will be featuring "Meteor Crater" this month. If you love Meteor Crater the way we do then you should really enjoy April's articles and pictures. Jim and I will be busy this weekend so MeteoriteTimes will most likely be up late Sunday or Monday. Thanks! Paul and Jim

Re: [meteorite-list] I'm staying

2004-04-02 Thread Adam Hupe
Hi Steve and List, Just a short note to thank Steve for doing what he promised. Thank you for taking the time to get us six copies of the one year Park Forest fall anniversary addition of the Chicago Tribune and sending it to us. Steve could have sold these on ebay at a profit but instead he cho

Re: [meteorite-list] Check this 869 out!!!

2004-04-02 Thread tett
Tom, I have lots of Dean's NWA869. Much is mine and much is from a friend that lent some huge samples (5kg and 2 kg sizes) for meteorite talks. Also have about 20 slices. The pictures you show do not look like any of my 869. Granted this meteorite has a vary diverse matrix yours still look mor

[meteorite-list] I need help!! L, H what?

2004-04-02 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I am confused! Please help me out on this! An L is low and an H is high, right? If a meteorite is chocked full of visible metal can it be a L, or is it an H?? The reason I am asking, I recieved my NWA 869 and it has tons of metal and I know NWA 869 is an L, now I am confused Do

[meteorite-list] I'm staying

2004-04-02 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Good evening list.Despite everything that has transpired, these last few weeks,I am going to stay with the met list.I think it absolute childedish as to what has been happening here.I hope some of the people who have left, will come back.I really enjoy the things here, and yeah I get turned off by

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - April 2, 2004

2004-04-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Bye-Bye 'Bonneville' - sol 87, Apr 02, 2004 Spirit began sol 87, which ended at 3:00 p.m. PST on April 1, with some morning atmospheric science, and then took a last look at the rock "Mazatzal" with the panoramic and navigation

[meteorite-list] Shergotty and Tschermak

2004-04-02 Thread bernd . pauli
TSCHERMAK G. (1885) Die mikroskopische Beschaffenheit der Meteoriten (Stuttgart E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung, E. Koch, 23 pp.). English Translation: The Microscopic Properties of Meteorites, Vol. 4, No. 6 (Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics, Washington, D.C., 1964). Translation by

[meteorite-list] Check this 869 out!!!

2004-04-02 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I still have to wonder if this is right, this 114g NWA 869 seems too nice! Please take a look, Dean only saw the second pic and said it does look like NWA 869, a nice one. But, now that I have the piece, it has nicer, blacker crust than I have ever seen on NWA 869, it even has great th

[meteorite-list] Shergotty, Tschermak, Brezina, Mason

2004-04-02 Thread bernd . pauli
Tschermak (1872b) described the Shergotty meteorite as a variety of eucrite in which the plagioclase is represented by maskelynite. Brezina (1904) elevated it to a distinct type named shergottite. However, the utility of such a distinction is not obvious, and Shergotty and the only other meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Stones partly burried in the dessert sand

2004-04-02 Thread E. L. Jones
As to oxide coloration, I have been recently reading over the research on the Triassic sandstone "red beds" which were laid down around the time of the last Euro-Aftican-North American rift. Consequently the same formation has exposures in southwest Europe, Morocco, and The north eastern US.

Re: [meteorite-list] I am so sad....

2004-04-02 Thread Lars Pedersen
Hi Yes you are right :-) I have set up rules in outlook express, to block the unwanted... But that is not realy the probleme I think. It is an atitude probleme And it is only 2-3 people and and that is a shame. But I stay... :-) Best wishes Lars - Original Message - From: "Michae

Re: [meteorite-list] I am so sad....

2004-04-02 Thread Michael L Blood
on 4/2/04 11:36 AM, Dave Mouat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It is so easy to delete dozens of > email messages in just one or two seconds. It doesn't bother me to read > the "offensive" messages if I choose to. They are what they are. I > have as many messages from people wanting me to "receive

Re: [meteorite-list] I am so sad....

2004-04-02 Thread Dave Mouat
Dear Listees I completely agree with "RAYDOBOS". It is so easy to delete dozens of email messages in just one or two seconds. It doesn't bother me to read the "offensive" messages if I choose to. They are what they are. I have as many messages from people wanting me to "receive $30 million from

Re: [meteorite-list] Latest spat info

2004-04-02 Thread Michael L Blood
-Whereas various parties have engaged in no-no activity -and Whereas a plethora of list members seem to have misplaced both their sense of humor AND their delete keys (easy for me to say, as I didn't have any of MY private posts published...) -and Whereas multiple list members hav

Re: [meteorite-list] I am so sad....

2004-04-02 Thread RAYDOBOS
In a message dated 4/2/2004 12:56:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Because of a few stupid people, the list is reduced to ... >> Hey, the few stupid ones shouldn't cause anyone to unsubscribe. I delete about 90% of the [ meteorite list ] messages anyway.You can te

Re: [meteorite-list] I am so sad....

2004-04-02 Thread Mike Groetz
Lars- I'm still here. The dedicated and sincere ones will be here also. Just zap the unwanted emails by title and open the ones of interest. The instigators will tire of it shortly and the people that want to discuss and learn will be back (acutally they never left). For now they are w

[meteorite-list] I am so sad....

2004-04-02 Thread Lars Pedersen
This cant be happening   This is THÉ meetingplace for people in meteoritcs.     Because of a few stupid people, the list is reduced to ...   I hope the rest of the "old" listmembers are staying (and that the admin ban the mob).   I hope the list will survive.. it is the forum where

[meteorite-list] New shipment of Argentine Escoria posted!

2004-04-02 Thread Norman Lehrman
List, The first batch of Argentine Escoria/Chapadmalal Impactite mostly sold out in 48 hours. I was able to obtain another 500 grams (only 36 specimens) and want to give the list the first shot at it. It is all pictured and posted on our website, although verbal descriptions are still being comp

[meteorite-list] Fiery Show Has Australia Buzzing

2004-04-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,91744 Fiery show has North buzzing By HAYLEY SEENEY Townsville Bulletin (Australia) April 3, 2004 A PILOT has told of a large green ball which spanned his plane's front windshield dropping from the sky and bursting into flames bef

[meteorite-list] A UK-Led Micro-Mission to the Moons of Mars?

2004-04-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.ras.org.uk/html/press/pn0416ras.html RAS Press Notice PN04-16 (NAM 13): A UK-led micro-mission to the moons of Mars? Date: 2 April 2004 Issued by Jacqueline Mitton and Peter Bond, RAS Press Officers. National Astronomy Meeting Press Room phones (30 March - 2 April only): +44 (0)1908

[meteorite-list] EADS Space Defines European Mars Sample Return Mission

2004-04-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.ras.org.uk/html/press/eads0401.html EADS Astrium Press Release: Space Defines Mars Sample Return Mission Date: 1st April 2004 CONTACT DETAILS ARE LISTED AT THE END OF THIS RELEASE. EADS Space Defines Mars Sample Return Mission Following award of the EUR600k study contract by ESA, E

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - April 1, 2004

2004-04-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Biting into 'Bounce' - sol 66, Apr 01, 2004 Opportunity's rock abrasion tool ground into "Bounce" for just over two hours, producing a 6.44-millimeter (0.25 inch) hole that will allow the rover's spectrometer's to analyze

Re: [meteorite-list] Franconia field trip Part I

2004-04-02 Thread John K. Gwilliam
Thanks for the great post Sonny. The advice about taking lots of water should not be taken lightly. Although Franconia is right next to a major highway, it is a remote place with no local water available. In the desert heat this time of year you should plan on having at least one liter of wat

RE: [meteorite-list] Last April

2004-04-02 Thread Anita Westlake
I thought meteorites were rarely "hot" at impact and that it was only its brief passage through the atmosphere that caused enough friction to heat it up and ablate it. By the time it hits the ground, I understood it to cool off considerably. So this guy, Mr. James, a "divinity teacher" probably k

[meteorite-list] Franconia field trip Part I

2004-04-02 Thread WAHLPERRY
Hi List,   With all of the recent posts about Franconia I thought I would give you an update.   I have gone out to the area 5 times and really enjoyed meeting all of the meteorite hunters and the recognized finder of the original Franconia strewnfield John Wolfe. John was one of the nicest peopl

Re: [meteorite-list] BYE, real good!

2004-04-02 Thread GeoZay
>>Hello All, Before anymore unsubscribe from the list, think about this; Youhave a delete button, why not use it? You read these posts and blame thelist for your not using it. The way I see it, if you leave the list overthis like so many are doing, it is nothing more than a slap in the face toArt

Re: [meteorite-list] Last April

2004-04-02 Thread ken newton
What is also funny are the "SPACE NEWS TOP STORIES" headlines at the bottom of both pages. kn Rob Wesel wrote: Last year this time Park Forest had the metlist spellbound and this slipped through the cracks. The title got messed up but the story is altogether different. http://www.spacenew

Re: [meteorite-list] BYE, real good!

2004-04-02 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello All, Before anymore unsubscribe from the list, think about this; You have a delete button, why not use it? You read these posts and blame the list for your not using it. The way I see it, if you leave the list over this like so many are doing, it is nothing more than a slap in the face to Art

[meteorite-list] Last April

2004-04-02 Thread Rob Wesel
Last year this time Park Forest had the metlist spellbound and this slipped through the cracks. The title got messed up but the story is altogether different. http://www.spacenews.netfirms.com/news_stories/22_4103.htm Rob Wesel -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamer

[meteorite-list] We've been Notkin'd was Frozen Meteorite Finds...MUST READ !

2004-04-02 Thread Rob Wesel
I was just tired enough to let it slide until I re-read it this morning. Thanks Geoff, er Armand, er Charlie, your talent knows no boundaries. Rob Wesel -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971 - Original Message - From: <[

[meteorite-list] Hasta Luego

2004-04-02 Thread MexicoDoug
Dear List, I will go on vacation from this list, too.  Last night I was reading negative messages from the list and was a few minutes late for the great planetary show, which only comes twice in a lifetime, and I highly recommend it for about the next week as it is on the wane.  It was the first c

Re: [meteorite-list] Frozen Meteorite Finds...MUST READ !

2004-04-02 Thread j . divelbiss
Jim, I guess it was a thread released on April 1...our time. Interesting... Again I recommend reading the following link to lighten your day...especially before you all unsubscribe. http://www.spacenews.netfirms.com/news_stories/04_88723.htm John > Thanks John,that was hilarious even if it

[meteorite-list] Good Bye

2004-04-02 Thread Waldron Cluett
I too have wasted enough time with the immaturity posted on the list...Wally Cluett IMCA 9746 Toad Hollow Gallery & Handcrafted Jewelry 2517 Wakefield Road (Rte. 153) Wakefield, NH 03872 (603)522-6529 visit us on line at: http://groups.msn.com/ToadHollowHappenings __

[meteorite-list] Frozen Meteorite Finds...MUST READ !

2004-04-02 Thread jim
Thanks John,that was hilarious even if it is April 2nd on this side of the Atlantic haha.Dick Ftoomsh!!!LOLOL A little info for those wishing to unsubscribe.You must do it yourself on the options page.Enter your email address and unsubscribe--simple! As for me,you'll have to pry my cold dead finge

Re: [meteorite-list] All of this stuff

2004-04-02 Thread meteoriteshow
Sorry about the confusion. Chris, my partner, is another Chris! Another Frenchy like me.   Fred Beroud

Re: [meteorite-list] All of this stuff

2004-04-02 Thread meteoriteshow
Dear List members,   I fully agree with Chris. I do not post so often on the List, but I try to read most of the messages and even though I use the so famous DELETE BUTTON when I don't find the message interesting, I have to read at least the first lines in order to find out whether I should

[meteorite-list] BYE

2004-04-02 Thread mark ford
I'm off too. Bye Mark Ford IMCA#1388 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list