Re: [meteorite-list] Treasure Hunt Report

2004-10-27 Thread David Freeman
A pure delight to share with us thar' Capt'n Blood! Where be that Capt'n Casper, the coin fiend from meteoriteville? He be wise to search the shores too, Aaye! Dave F. mjwy has auctions running. Michael L Blood wrote: Greetings List Friends, I recently had quite an adventure I would

[meteorite-list] Treasure Hunt Report

2004-10-27 Thread Michael L Blood
Greetings List Friends, I recently had quite an adventure I would like to shareŠ As you all know, Florida was hit by 3 storms in rapid succession recently and Greg Hupe, who just moved there reported on his metal detecting on the beach having researched the areas where coins have b

[meteorite-list] Octahedrite formation and Mars

2004-10-27 Thread tracy latimer
I was just reading Meteorites and the Origin of Planets, by John A. Wood. In it, I found a statement that octahedrites are formed by exceptionally slow cooling over millions of years, such as might be found in the insulated center of a planetoid. We already know that Mars has a very weak magne

Re: [meteorite-list] Largest single Pallasite?

2004-10-27 Thread almitt
Hi Robert and list members, Good to see that there are others out there who have seen through some of the discrepancies. I am glad you brought up the money issue as there are other items that were left out of the booklet. One item was a gold rush along the Oregon coast and John Evans ran into far

Re: [meteorite-list] Day From Hell May Have Killed Off Dinosaurs

2004-10-27 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Not to nitpick at the Reuters man, but... The killer asteroid theory was proposed by Luis W. Alvarez (and his son Walter) in 1980. The gravity data which identifies Chicxulub was gathered beginning in 1948. Despite a lot of Googling, I can't establish the date when two was added to two

FW: Re: [meteorite-list] Largest single Pallasite?

2004-10-27 Thread Robert Warren
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[meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Images - October 21-27, 2004

2004-10-27 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES October 21-27, 2004 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available: o Degraded Crater (Released 21 October 2004) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/10/21/index.html o Mid-latitude Dune

[meteorite-list] Fw: Meteorite Sale 40% OFF Biggest Sale ever...

2004-10-27 Thread Michael Cottingham
- Original Message - From: Michael Cottingham To: Michael Cottingham Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:48 AM Subject: Meteorite Sale 40% OFF Biggest Sale ever... Hello, (TODAY ONLY) 40% off of any of my BUY IT NOW items in My Ebay Store or Auctions! Go to: http://www.stores.ebay.c

[meteorite-list] Just testing....

2004-10-27 Thread Charles Viau
Testing, please delete. Thanks CharlyV __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Day From Hell May Have Killed Off Dinosaurs

2004-10-27 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=610337 Day from hell may have killed off dinosaurs By Alistair Bell Reuters October 27, 2004 YAXCOPOIL, Mexico - One minute you're a big T-Rex, the next you're toast. Challenging conventional theory, new scientific research

Re: Fw: [meteorite-list] Meteorite postcards, Wanted

2004-10-27 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello everyone again, There are a few advertisement postcards sent by meteorite dealers that some of you might have, that I would be interested in. Mike Farmer made one on the Bilanga meteorite I think, or I read reference to such on the list once. Also Blaine Reed made two different postcards

Re: [meteorite-list] The misplaced Murray Meteorite

2004-10-27 Thread fcressy
Great specimen of Rose City but I think the caption is a bit understated. It says: "Rose City, Michigan, ordinary chondrite. Photo by Charles F. Lewis". At the very least it should have stated (in part): "..extraordinary, ordinary chondrite.." A very cool specimen to say the least. Thanks.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite postcards

2004-10-27 Thread Martinh
Hi Mike et. al., I had some postcards of two Washington state meteorites a while ago, but I sold them possibly to someone on this list. I believe they were of Waterville, and maybe Withrow (but I am not sure on this one). I'll keep thinking. Cheers, Martin On Oct 27, 2004, at 8:52 AM, [EMAIL PR

[meteorite-list] Largest stony meteorites

2004-10-27 Thread Sociedad Meteoritica Argentina
Hello Martin, Pierre & list, As Martin said I forgot the Kunya-Urgench main mass. Respect the St. Severin mentioned by Pierre, 271kg was the total mass (8 stones), it is not the weight of the largest single mass of this meteorite. But if the information in the "Blue Book" is correct, a mass of 1

Re: Fw: [meteorite-list] Meteorite postcards

2004-10-27 Thread Mikestockj
Sorry if you received this one already. Hi Jose Actually several meteorites have been shown on postcards. I went through mine (125 cards) and my brothers (200 cards) collections. Here are the ones I found including; Published before 1995 1 Cape York "Ahnighto" several different 2 Willamette sev

Re: [meteorite-list] Largest single Pallasite?

2004-10-27 Thread Robert Warren
Geetings and salutations, I am in agreement with Al Mitterling, concerning the Port Orford Meteorite. If anyone would read carefully Plotkins book put out by the Smithsonian, check all of his references, and then look at the information he does not quote from, or refer to, they would get a comp

[meteorite-list] NPA 01-17-1996 Big Bucks paid for meteorites, Steve Arnold (IMB)

2004-10-27 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: The Valley Independent City: Monessen, Pennsylvania Date: Wednesday, January 17, 1996 Page: 8A (Valley Life Section) "Pennies from Heaven" Big bucks paid for meteorites By DOUG BAKER Thomson News Service MARION, Ohio - If you have a big, shiny rock in the back yard or on your farm, it m

[meteorite-list] NPA 01-17-1996 Big Bucks paid for meteorites, Steve Arnold (IMB)

2004-10-27 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: The Valley Independent City: Monessen, Pennsylvania Date: Wednesday, January 17, 1996 Page: 8A (Valley Life Section) "Pennies from Heaven" Big bucks paid for meteorites By DOUG BAKER Thomson News Service MARION, Ohio - If you have a big, shiny rock in the back yard or on your farm, it m

[meteorite-list] NPA 03-16-1983 Scientists believe meteorite comes from Mars

2004-10-27 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Syracuse Herald Journal City: Syracuse, New York Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1983 Page: A-2 Scientists believe meteorite comes from Mars By John Noble Wilford New York Times Service MINNEAPOLIS - A grayish-brown chunk of rock, a meteorite found on the ice of Antarctica four years ago, has

[meteorite-list] NPA 11-04-2001 Haag Hunters Portales Valley

2004-10-27 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Star Herald City: Scottsbluff, Nebraska Date: Sunday, November 4, 2001 Page: 2B Meteorite hunters scour the Southwest for space rocks PHOENIX (AP) - The sunshine sparking on his meteorite-encrusted wedding ring and Van Halen blaring from his car stereo, Bob Haag rolled into Portales, N

[meteorite-list] NPA 10-15-1941 Nininger Finds Tiny Holbrook Meteorites

2004-10-27 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Hopewell Herald City: Hopewell, New Jersey Date: Wednesday, October 15, 1941 Page: 3 Discover Tiniest Meteorites Discovery of the three tiniest meteorites on record, with a total weight of less than a tenth of a gram, has been claimed by three western scientists. Making the announc

[meteorite-list] cancun

2004-10-27 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
hi from sunny cancun people.95 and sunny here.hope all is well with my fellow follow collecters.Isee proud tom is having a field day again at my expence.Oh well life goes on down here.It is really great. I found some great looking shells, no meteorites.Oh well, take care all.I will check to see if

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture Of The Day - October 27, 2004

2004-10-27 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
ROCKS FROM SPACE PICTURE OF THE DAY: http://www.geocities.com/spacerocksinc/Oct_27.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Largest stony meteorites

2004-10-27 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
and also Saint-Severin (France) : 271kg Pierre-Marie Pele www.meteor-center.com Vous manquez d’espace pour stocker vos mails ? Yahoo! Mail vous offre GRATUITEMENT 100 Mo ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.benefits.yahoo.com/ Le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger

Re: [meteorite-list] Largest stony meteorites

2004-10-27 Thread Martin Altmann
You forgot about Kunya-Urgench (Turkmenistan) - 900kg (?) - Original Message - From: "Sociedad Meteoritica Argentina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 3:54 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Largest stony meteorites > What about the largest stony m