RE: [meteorite-list] OT: new ebay fees

2005-01-12 Thread stan .
They are nuts. 8% final value fee in stores. are they? many auction houses charge 10 to 20% buyewrs premium on all sales on top of 10 to 30% commision they charge the sellers to include assets in an auction. some auction houses may end up taking nearly half of the total value of a sale. 8% seem

[meteorite-list] ** DAG'n SAHARA CD-ROM **

2005-01-12 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Hello to the List. Following the success of the NWA CD-ROM, I'll start working on the DAG'n SAHARA CD-ROM, presenting the complete Dar Al Gani and Sahara series. I hope to have completed the project before june for an official launch at the Ensisheim Show. Price should be about $19.95 like NWA C

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: new ebay fees

2005-01-12 Thread David Freeman
Sure make it harder and harder to survive the huricanes, tsunami, election and wars But, the good news.gallery pictures are 56% larger! Dave F. mjwy Bernhard Rems wrote: Have you received them, too? They are nuts. 8% final value fee in stores. 35c for gallery on listings. Mad mad

[meteorite-list] OT: new ebay fees

2005-01-12 Thread Bernhard Rems
Have you received them, too? They are nuts. 8% final value fee in stores. 35c for gallery on listings. Mad mad mad. Bernhard __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Polished Muong Nong

2005-01-12 Thread James Tobin
Hi List, Sorry I should have looked before the last post but we do have some specimens of cut and polished Muong Nong still up to see. All but one have sold but the pictures remain. http://www.meteorite.com/catalog/australasian/thai_mn/Muong_Nong_Polished.htm The best picture is of specimen MFT-

Re: [meteorite-list] Tektit "Muong Nong" and cutting

2005-01-12 Thread James Tobin
Dear List, Paul and I have several large pieces of Muong Nong that we have been cut and polished to near optical flatness. It is a long and difficult process taking about 60 hours. First grinding on a vibrating lap and then polishing on a wet lap charged with cerium oxide. Polishing is about 40

[meteorite-list] AD- Benguerir Meteorite Individuals on eBay BEST PRICES!

2005-01-12 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear list members, I recently returned from Morocco and was able to acquire what appears to be the very few smaller complete individuals found of the latest Moroccan fall, Benguerir, an LL6 with a shock level of 3. I looked at and turned away much of the material as most was weathered and large

[meteorite-list] AD-Pallasite-Like Ureilite for Sale (again)

2005-01-12 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear list members, I have great news. The NWA 2624 "Pallasite-Like" Ureilite I first offered a few weeks ago has the green light from the lab. The "olivines" are actually Pyroxene Megacrysts. The first and secondary samples match and this is what Dr. Bunch of NAU says in regards to the latest fi

Re: [meteorite-list] absence of evidence is not...

2005-01-12 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:53:59 -0800 (PST), Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/1282716.html >> > >This is an old article from 1999. > Weird. It shows up on Google News as being less than a day old. See: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne

[meteorite-list] Greenpeace Ready To Block Yucatan Crater Study

2005-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1389310,00.html Greens ready to block crater study Yucatan sea study raises fear for dolphins' hearing Jo Tuckman in Mexico City The Guardian (United Kingdom) January 13, 2005 A study of the crater left by the meteorite which many

Re: [meteorite-list] absence of evidence is not...

2005-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
> > http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/1282716.html > This is an old article from 1999. Ron B. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] absence of evidence is not...

2005-01-12 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/1282716.html The most comprehensive study of the famous Mars meteorite has concluded it contains no evidence that life once existed on Mars. The study was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, NASA and the British Royal Society to settle the

[meteorite-list] The great fall of China

2005-01-12 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=35834 Thousands of villagers, enthusiasts search for meteorite in China AFP: 1/11/2005 BEIJING, Dec 15 (AFP) - Thousands of villagers in northwest China's Gansu province were combing the hills in search of an unidentified flying object believed to be large

[meteorite-list] Deep Impact Launched and Flying Toward Date With A Comet

2005-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
01.12.05 Dolores Beasley NASA Public Affairs Officer NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC Phone: 202/358-1753 RELEASE: 04-05 DEEP IMPACT LAUNCHED AND FLYING TOWARDS DATE WITH A COMET NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft began its 431 million kilometer (268 million mile) journey to Comet Tempel 1 today

Re: [meteorite-list] Tektit "Muong Nong" and cutting

2005-01-12 Thread Norman Lehrman
Marcin & list, I have cut many Muong Nongs with standard lapidary diamond blades. Surprisingly, the cut surface is often less revealing than the weathered exterior. Weathering enhances the delicate flow banding beyond what you can see on a fresh cut and polished face. Cheers, Norm Lehrman (ht

[meteorite-list] Latest auction news (AD)

2005-01-12 Thread Michael L Blood
Greetings all, I was contacted by Martin Horejsi yesterday and he is filling in the balance of 100 items by tomorrow - promising, in his Martin Horejsi fassion, to bring in some very interesting historic pieces. Those of you who have dealt with Martin, know of what I speak. Anyway,

Re: [meteorite-list] talk about a good idea!

2005-01-12 Thread David Freeman
Dear List; I didn't hear an appology yet to the miss-accused seller, I do have a full sack of cracked corn here and a tub of water that the other birds haven't been playing in yet.but then maybe some deserve the fouled (pun intended) water! So much for 8 years of ebay experience.stu

Re: [meteorite-list] talk about a good idea!

2005-01-12 Thread MexicoDoug
Delray wrote: >I realize that Campo's and Sikhote Alin's and >Gibeon's are nothing special either, but These fine meteorites just ain't gettin' no respect... Thanks for your thought provoking and honest message Delray, I am sure the police force will now go back to sipping coffee in Dunca

Re: [meteorite-list] talk about a good idea!

2005-01-12 Thread Gerald Flaherty
I, for one, recently bought (won) two small pieces from Delray and am appalled that this thread got a life She is on the up and up all the wayShe even included a tiny GIFT as a measure of her appreciation for my bidding and was extremely gracious in asking for my feedback!! I'm all for p

RE: [meteorite-list] talk about a good idea!

2005-01-12 Thread Bernhard Rems
Are you kidding? You are jumping at this person for selling a campo for $5/g and accusing her to manipulate her auction? Boy oh boy. Are you bored? Or is it just that the REAL manipulative things happening with meteorites can't be talked about, because one doesn't want to mess with the big ones

Re: [meteorite-list] talk about a good idea!

2005-01-12 Thread ken newton
(I have been requested by Leigh Anne DelRay to post the following. She is not a Met List subscriber so any replies to her should contain her email address listed below:) My name is Leigh Anne DelRay and I am responding and defending myself against the slanderous thread that is present on the Meteo

[meteorite-list] DaG 670 slice on ebay

2005-01-12 Thread McomeMeteorite Meteorite
Hello I have put a nice gr.2.2 slice of DaG 670 Shergottiteits one of the last slices available, all little pieces I have take me, my friend now have only big pieces. For look the auction go here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6505206998&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT Matte

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Huge Ebay Auction sale of Incredible items

2005-01-12 Thread Michel Franco
Hey Jim, for that price you are not going to rent a car, but to buy it ! See ya there. Michel One item of particular note is a new Eucrite which took about two years to classify, for some reason. It bears a striking visual resemblance to DAG 400. Too bad the science didn't say it was the same!!

Re: [meteorite-list] LANL: Meteor Could Cause Big Tsunami

2005-01-12 Thread Chris Peterson
No argument that we should have tsunami monitoring systems in every ocean. And such systems might even provide data about ocean impacts that happen fairly often and are sub-tsunami producers. BTW, the last estimate I read suggested that the actual plate movement for the Indian Ocean event may h

[meteorite-list] AD - Huge Ebay Auction sale of Incredible items

2005-01-12 Thread Jim Strope
Ok, it is not huge and the items, while desirable, not really incredible. However, I need the money to rent a car at the Tucson show and if they don't sell for ridiculously inflated prices then I won't be able to rent a car and any list member that I see at the show will be asked to give me a ri

[meteorite-list] NPA 02-18-1942 Meteor Crater, Iron for WWII Tanks

2005-01-12 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Nashua Reporter City: Nashua, Iowa Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1942 Page: 2 Meteor Crater, Arizona Thousands of Army tanks are buried here/beneath the slope of eastern Arizona. They aren't put together yet but the metal for their making is waiting to be dug out and used. It was

Re: [meteorite-list] LANL: Meteor Could Cause Big Tsunami

2005-01-12 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, I don't see how I could be making fun of Los Alamos by citing a work by J. G. Hills of the Los Alamos National Laboratory! I wasn't making fun of Gisler's work, either. I was being querulous about the newspapers. Of course we could wait years? decades? for the perfect simulation. Or be

[meteorite-list] NPA Various 1800's Meteor Reports

2005-01-12 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Edinburgh Advertiser City: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Date: Tuesday, December 10, 1822 Page: 7 (of 8) On Thursday evening last, seen after six o'clock, a most extraordinary meteor was observed almost due north from Aberdeen. When first seen, it has the appearance o

Re: [meteorite-list] Tektit "Muong Nong" and cutting

2005-01-12 Thread Dieter Heinlein
Hello Marcin, I have cut tektites, and likewise Muong Nong Glasses already several times with a diamond saw: no problems if you cut slowly enough. But you should be careful with tektites having great cavities (bubbles). Try to etch these slices CAREFULLY with flouric acid (HF): the result is mar

[meteorite-list] NPA 02-29-1924 Lost (Canyon Diablo) Meteorite to Contain Platinum

2005-01-12 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: The News City: Frederick, Maryland Date: Friday, February 29, 1924 Page: 8 Lost Meteorite Believed to Contain Platinum In the Arizona desert, midway between the Grand Canyon and the Petrified forest, the wise men of the Navajo tell a story that is generations old. Like many legends of

[meteorite-list] NPA 01-03-1960 Richardton Meteorite Determines Universe Age

2005-01-12 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Tri-City Herald City: Pasco, Washington Date: Sunday, January 3, 1960 Page: 19 Age Of Solar System Set 5 Trillion Years By RENNIE TAYLOR Associated Press Science Writer BERKELEY, Calif., (AP) - A meteorite which fell near Richardton N.D., 41 years ago has yielded evidence that the age o

[meteorite-list] NPA 12-14-1955 Brent Crater and Holleford Crater Found

2005-01-12 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Lethbridge Herald City: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Date: Wednesday, December 14, 1955 Pages: 1, continued on 3 The Left Hand...Corner... Meteoric Bombardment In Remote Past Possible - Ostrich Egg Cups TWO huge crater believed caused by meteors plunging to earth some 500,000,000 years ago h

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Explodes Over India

2005-01-12 Thread Manoj Pai
Hello Ron, Here is one more link on the Khopoli fireball http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1193954,000900040001.htm While another link says it could be a Sonic Boom. Check link http://autofeed.msn.co.in/pandorav3/output/News/537b3a0b-6103-423f-846d-8f73e584a032.aspx I had a telephonic tal

[meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Images - January 6-12, 2005

2005-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES January 6-12, 2005 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available: o Martian Sand Dunes (Released 06 January 2005) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/01/06/ o West of Meridiani (Release

[meteorite-list] Fireball Explodes Over India

2005-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://ww1.mid-day.com/news/city/2005/january/101299.htm Mystery ball of fire falls in Khopoli By The Mid Day Team (India) January 12, 2005 Khopoli/Mumbai: "I saw a huge ball of fire in the air. It raced down to the earth so fast that before I could do anything, my house shook and all my uten

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - January 11, 2005

2005-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Continues Climbing 'Husband Hill' - sol 353-359, January 11, 2005 With one eye on the weather, Spirit continued work on "Husband Hill," making detailed observations of a rock called "Champagne," using the full suite of inst

Re: [ I.M.C.A. ] Re: [meteorite-list] talk about a good idea!

2005-01-12 Thread Tom AKA James Knudson
Hi Ken and List, I think Ken my be right on this, looking at the two bidders, they both have good feed-backs from different buyers. One of those buyers might of got out bid by the other, one to many times and now are at war! They my bid and bid to ridiculous prices, but they seem to pay. I do not

Re: [meteorite-list] talk about a good idea!

2005-01-12 Thread ken newton
John, Thank you for your legitimate concerns. Since the seller is an IMCA member, IMCA has asked Ebay to investigate your allegations. On more than one occasion, I have seen bidders with similar interests 'hound' one another by bidding the same auctions. This may be one of those situations. I

Re: [meteorite-list] LANL: Meteor Could Cause Big Tsunami

2005-01-12 Thread harlan trammell
guess i'd better take the long board for that one?! i will be gradually switching over to yahoo mail (it has 100 FREE megs of storage). please cc to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Sterling K. Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Meteorite-List >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] LANL: Meteor Could Cause Big Tsun

Re: [meteorite-list] LANL: Meteor Could Cause Big Tsunami

2005-01-12 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, The graphs in "Tsunami Generated by Small Asteroid Impacts" by Hills, Nemchinov, Popov, and Teterev in the UofA Press collection "Hazards Due To Comets and Asteroids" (1994) show that for a 800 meter soft stone object impacting in Atlantic deep water at 20 km/sec (average velocity for an i

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor-VERY-'wrong'!

2005-01-12 Thread Tom AKA James Knudson
Yes, a wrong, but not as "wrong" as this one! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6503653730&; rd=1 Thanks, Tom peregrineflier <>< IMCA 6168 http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm - Original Message - From: "Jeff Kuyken" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[meteorite-list] Tektit "Muong Nong" and cutting

2005-01-12 Thread Meteoryt.net
Hello Anyone try cut Muong Nong tektites ? I know, this is maybe destroying specimen, but from the other side this can show interesting structure inside. Anyone ever see something like this ? Any opinion ? -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [

[meteorite-list] AD-Many Great Specimens at 99 cents Ending Today

2005-01-12 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear list members, I have several eBay auctions under seller "naturesvault" ending in about 9 hours, many still a just 99 cents. Here are a couple of examples of current great values: NWA 2696 Howardite 16.2 gram Individual http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6503036385&ssPag

AW: [meteorite-list] Recent trip to Morocco

2005-01-12 Thread Bernhard Rems
Now - where is it, or where is it not? Share your insight, please. Bernhard -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Greg Hupe Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Januar 2005 14:57 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: [meteorite-list] Rece

Re: [meteorite-list] talk about a good idea!

2005-01-12 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi John and all, I know who this seller is and I would hope that nothing is going on but have to admit that it looks funny. The seller is a young lady who sells meteorites and meteorite jewelry and a member of a meteorite group. As far as I know she is honest but perhaps we need to talk to some

[meteorite-list] Recent trip to Morocco

2005-01-12 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear list members, I have just returned from a successful, but very trying trip to Morocco where I had several problems that almost wiped out the whole expedition before it even started. While in Morocco, several of the Moroccan dealers, including Aziz Habibi, along with myself got together over

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteor-VERY-'wrong'!

2005-01-12 Thread McomeMeteorite Meteorite
its the classic galaxy meteorite fake and her fake dealer Matteo From: "Jeff Kuyken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite List" Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor-VERY-'wrong'! Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:23:16 +1100 Speechless. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=55497

[meteorite-list] Meteor-VERY-'wrong'!

2005-01-12 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Speechless. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5549790388 Cheers, Jeff __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list