[meteorite-list] [OT] South African Rock and Mineral Dealer Needed

2004-12-28 Thread Paul H
Dear Friends, Is anyone on this list either a dealer in South African rocks and minerals; know of a South African dealer in rocks and minerals, whom I can contact; or have contacts with South African collectors. If so, could you contact me off list. I looking for specific rock type from South

[meteorite-list] NEWLY DISCOVERED CHINESE PALLASITE FINALLY AVAILABLE!!! Ad

2004-12-28 Thread John Birdsell
Hello Everyone! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday. We are please to announce that we have finally finished preparing a number of our specimens of gorgeous new Pallasite from China. This pallasite has amazing, large orange olivine crystals and appears to be very stable along the lines of I

[meteorite-list] The non collector

2004-12-28 Thread Tom AKA James Knudson
Hello List, Even though I no longer am an active meteorite collector, it does not mean I have to be off the list, away from all my friends! I do not know what I was thinking, I guess I just think of the list as a part of meteorite collecting. I still love meteorites, I just don't collect them, for

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorites and tsunamis

2004-12-28 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, The very large U. of Arizona Press collection "Hazards Due To Comets and Asteroids" (1994) has in it a paper "Tsunami Generated by Small Asteroid Impacts" by Hills, Nemchinov, Popov, and Teterev. The classic "Effects of Nuclear Weapons" by Glasstone and Dolan is good too (it has a chapter

[meteorite-list] AD-New Pallasite-Like Ureilite GORGEOUS

2004-12-28 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear list members, I would like to announce a new and very awesome Ureilite now available by eBay seller, naturesvault. It is NWA 2624 and is not paired to any known ureilites. It has a Pallasite-Like appearance due to its abundance of olivine crystals. Here is a couple of links showing this low

Re: [meteorite-list] Whew! Asteroid Won't Hit Earth in 2029, Scientists Now Say

2004-12-28 Thread David Freeman
Dear Ron, List; "Whew!" now there's a scientific termI have been philosophical here and am wondering a few things. Would we really want to know of an imminent impact, would the "governments" want us to know this information (short of advance looting, general widespread panic, rampant rape

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine Contest

2004-12-28 Thread almitt
Dear List, Just a note to say that the Meteorite Magazine Contest is going to becoming to a close on December 31 at midnight New Zealand Time. To check out the details of the contest go to this link: http://www.arizonameteorites.com/contest.htm First prize winner gets his/her choice of the meteo

[meteorite-list] NWA 2677 and Al Mahbas

2004-12-28 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello List, My NWA 2677 and Al Mahbas pieces from the Birdsells arrived today. Exotic rarities and beautiful beyond compare !!! The NWA 2677 iron (formerly IIICD but now classified as IAB sublass LM or sLM*) sure is something to die for - the only etch patterns (that I know!) that can compete with

[meteorite-list] Ad - Auctions Ending - Bargains Everywhere!

2004-12-28 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, We have several great auctions ending in just a few hours. Many are still bargain priced at just 99 cents. Be sure to check out the following links because there are some very cool offerings: To see these officially classified items please click on the link below and go to "G

[meteorite-list] Whew! Asteroid Won't Hit Earth in 2029, Scientists Now Say

2004-12-28 Thread Ron Baalke
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/asteroid_update_B_041227.html Whew! Asteroid Won't Hit Earth in 2029, Scientists Now Say By Robert Roy Britt space.com 27 December 2004 The world can exhale a collective sigh of relief. A newfound asteroid tagged with the highest warning level ever issued will

[meteorite-list] Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 MN4: Improved Situation

2004-12-28 Thread Ron Baalke
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?riskpage:0;main Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 MN4: improved situation Andrea Milani, Maria Eugenia Sansaturio, Giovanni B. Valsecchi NeoDys Risk Page (Italy) December 27, 2004 The asteroid 2004 MN4 will have a very close approach to Earth in 2029. Howev

[meteorite-list] ** NWA CD-ROM : New price at only $19.95 !!! **

2004-12-28 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Hello to the List, I've listened to some wishes of List members who wanted the CD to be less than 20$ (previously sold at 29.95$). So here it is, price is now at 19.95$ worldwide (including shipment) and 15 euros for European countries (including shipment) ! If you're lost in the jungle of NWA me

Re: [meteorite-list] CBN blades

2004-12-28 Thread almitt
Hi Andreas, Hard to say what the problem is without some other imput. First it depends what you were cutting. If you were cutting urelite then if you got one cut out of it you were lucky. If you are cutting stony then something is wrong. If you are cutting iron then maybe you have run into carbos

[meteorite-list] CBN blades

2004-12-28 Thread Andreas Gren
Hello List I have some question about CBN blades. I have used a 10' blade 0,15'thick and had no problems . Now I used a 8'blade 0,12'thick for reducing the cut lost and after two small cuts al the CBN is lost in bits and now I have a bright metal blade. I bought the blades from different dealers. I

[meteorite-list] re: Tsunami from impact

2004-12-28 Thread Marco Langbroek
Martin wrote: > As You all see in TV, Indonesia and other countries was devastated by > Tsunami produced by big Earthquake. How You think, what size of > meteorite/asteroide can produce the same effects ? The results on tsunami generation differ from model to model, sometimes considerably. Moreov

[meteorite-list] Bechar 001 and 002

2004-12-28 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Anita, Jeff, and List, Jeff from Down Under wrote: > I know of Bechar or Bechar 001 which > is an L5 and Bechar 002 which is an H6. That's right. Here is the entry from the Meteoritical Bulletin: Bechar 001 - L5 Two large stones (39 kg and 12 kg) plus a number of small fragments were sol

[meteorite-list] This is for folks in germany and austria only

2004-12-28 Thread Bernhard Rems
Hi, excuse me for sending a message in german language here, but this is only of interest to those from countries where german is spoken (I am giving away a free database of meteorites in Access - an english version will be put up later this week) Hallo, unter http://www.viennamet.com kann man

Re: [meteorite-list] Becchar?

2004-12-28 Thread Jeff Kuyken
G'day Anita, To my knowledge "Bechar" is an area close to the Morocco/Algerian border. http://meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/areas/bechar.jpg I know of Bechar or Bechar 001 which is an L5 and Bechar 002 which is an H6. I'm not sure about "Becchar" with two c's. Maybe someone else may know some

[meteorite-list] Becchar?

2004-12-28 Thread Anita Westlake
I'm looking for info on a meteorite named "Becchar" or something to that effect. (It isn't listed in the "Meteorites from A to Z" catalog.) It may be too new. Anyone have any info? Location? Classification? Anita __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteori

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture Of The Day - December 28, 2004

2004-12-28 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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[meteorite-list] 238.4 gram Benguerir on eBay - AD

2004-12-28 Thread Rob Wesel
Have a look http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6502003402 Rob Wesel -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteori