[meteorite-list] re: Lunites Falling

2005-03-09 Thread Marco Langbroek
Anyone ever here of this joker??, hi Al, This guy is bombarding me with every time another newest Swedish Lunar meteorite! for months. Forget Oman, Sweden seems te place to be;-) - Marco - Dr Marco Langbroek Dutch Meteor Society (DMS) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Discovery of distal ejecta from Sudbury impact event

2005-03-09 Thread David Freeman
...unicellular organisms ...photosynthetic microbial mats AKA stromatolites. A site named fossilmall.com has pictures of the gunflint chert...and specimens for sale. Dave F. eBay user ID mjwy and seller of stromatolites and classic meteorwrongs Paul H wrote: Discovery of distal ejecta from the

[meteorite-list] Classification results

2005-03-09 Thread Tom Knudson
Hey list, here is my classification results, anyone care to tell me what it means? : ) Name (our ID #)DateMassPieces ClassShockWGFa Fs purchased Type spec. Info NWA 2691515

Re: [meteorite-list] Classification results

2005-03-09 Thread bernd . pauli
Hey list, here is my classification results, anyone care to tell me what it means? : ) Hello Tom and List, Your NWA meteorite (NWA 2691) was purchased in 2004. It has a total known weight of 31 grams. It is one piece (not many stones). It is an L5 chondrite. Shock stage is S2 (weakly

[meteorite-list] Scientists Solve Mystery of Meteor Crater's Missing Melted Rocks

2005-03-09 Thread Ron Baalke
SCIENTISTS SOLVE MYSTERY OF METEOR CRATER'S MISSING MELTED ROCKS From Lori Stiles, UA News Services, 520-621-1877 March 09, 2005 Scientists have discovered why there isn't much impact-melted rock at Meteor Crater in northern Arizona. The iron meteorite that blasted out Meteor Crater almost

[meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Images: March 3-9, 2005

2005-03-09 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES March 3-9, 2005 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available: o Trough Floor (Released 03 March 2005) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/03/03/ o Bright Devil Streaks ((Released 04

[meteorite-list] Source of Mystery Booms in North Carolina Likely to Remain Unknown

2005-03-09 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticlec=MGArticlecid=1031781442169path=!localnewss=1037645509099 Source of mystery booms likely to remain unknown 'Quiet' N.C. has no seismic-detection network By Paul Garber JOURNAL REPORTER (North Carolina)

Re: [meteorite-list] Scientists Solve Mystery of Meteor Crater's Missing Melted Rocks

2005-03-09 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:32:24 -0800 (PST), Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The intact half of the Meteor Crater meteorite exploded with at least 2.5 megatons of energy on impact, or the equivalent of 2.5 tons of TNT. __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Price List Blast from the Past

2005-03-09 Thread Martin Horejsi
Howdy Folks, Here is a link to a 40 year old American Meteorite Lab price list. My how some things have changed. And some things have not. http://prana.usask.ca/~sarty/miacCD1/Other_old/ meteorite_catalog_1965.htm If only I had collected meteorites back then. But I guess I might have choked

[meteorite-list] Superglue of Planet Formation: Sticky Ice

2005-03-09 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-03/dnnl-sop030805.php Public release date: 8-Mar-2005 Contact: Bill Cannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] 509-375-3732 DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Superglue of planet formation: Sticky ice Pacific Northwest National Lab experiments point to

[meteorite-list] Fireball, sonic booms = meteorites?

2005-03-09 Thread Tom Knudson
Hello List, I was told a that a lot of people heard a sonic boom here a few years back and I know of at least one eye witness. He described a huge fireball, a window rattling bang and it exploded just over that mountain. Is this worth checking out, can it be found if there was a sonic boom, and

[meteorite-list] JPL in Pasadena

2005-03-09 Thread Jason Utas
Hello All, Will all who work at the JPL facility in Pasadena (California) please contact me? I may be going there on a school trip next Thursday... Thanks, Jason __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Fireball, sonic booms = meteorites?

2005-03-09 Thread Matson, Robert
I was told a that a lot of people heard a sonic boom here a few years back and I know of at least one eye witness. He described a huge fireball, a window rattling bang and it exploded just over that mountain. Is this worth checking out, can it be found if there was a sonic boom, and how far

[meteorite-list] AD - Auctions Ending Today - Great Values

2005-03-09 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear List Members, I have 39 eBay auctions ending in less than three hours under my seller name, naturesvault. A few of the specimens are still under one dollar and others are at great values, see here some of them: NWA 2624 Pallasite-Like Ureilite 5.7g Complete Slice (One of only a few left)

[meteorite-list] 1952 Price List Blast from the Past

2005-03-09 Thread MARK BOSTICK
[The following pricelist was sent from Harvey Nininger to Stuart Perry along with a letter that Nininger dated August 1, 1952. The first price listed is the price Nininger put on the price sheet. The second price in prentices is what that money related to in 2002 with inflation. Inflation

[meteorite-list] AD - Auctions Ending Today - Great Values

2005-03-09 Thread bernd . pauli
Greg wrote: NWA 2624 Pallasite-Like Ureilite 5.7g Complete Slice (One of only a few left) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=6516066472; ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT Hello All, I'm one of the lucky ones who owns three of these pallasite-like slices with spectacular pyroxene

[meteorite-list] Extinction Mystery Discovered - Extraterrestrial Cause??

2005-03-09 Thread Paul H
Mystery Undersea Extinction Cycle Discovered John Roach, National Geographic News, March 9, 2005 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/03/0309_050309_extinctions.html Rohde, R. A., and Muller, R. A., 2005, Cycles in fossil diversity. Nature. vol. 434, no. 7030,

[meteorite-list] New Orleans meteorite bits on Ebay

2005-03-09 Thread Darren Garrison
I've been noticing the seller with these bits of New Orleans meteorte for a while now. Do you think these are authentic? He doesn't have an IMCA number and there never seem to be (as far as I've noticed) anyone else selling any part of New Orleans, so I'm unconvinced.

Re: [meteorite-list] Discovery of distal ejecta from Sudbury impact event

2005-03-09 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Excellent abstract Paul, thank you, Jerry - Original Message - From: Paul H [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:26 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Discovery of distal ejecta from Sudbury impact event Discovery of distal ejecta from

Re: [meteorite-list] Classification results

2005-03-09 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Wicked, Tom!!! Awesome! Audacious! Bold! Intrepid! cool beans Jerry - Original Message - From: Tom Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: met list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:02 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Classification results Hey list, here is my

Re: [meteorite-list] New Orleans meteorite bits on Ebay

2005-03-09 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 23:20:55 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we went through this last month (look in archives). I believe he has a good rep as a mineral dealer, and that he picked the pieces up off the street in the area of the fall. I've already bid on a set since people here have vouched

Re: [meteorite-list] Classification results

2005-03-09 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Thanks for the interpretation Bernd. I learned a lot from my armchair. Jerry - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Classification results Hey list, here is my

Re: [meteorite-list] Scientists Solve Mystery of Meteor Crater's Missing Melted Rocks

2005-03-09 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Thanks once more Ron. This List benifits s much from your participation. It's like going to school and loving it(not just lunch and recess)!! Jerry - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday,

[meteorite-list] AD - Best Offer Takes It - Ending in 24 hours

2005-03-09 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear list members, In just about 24 hours my Best Offer Takes It sale will end. I see that I had mistakenly wrote the ending date as March 19th when in fact I intended to write March 10th. I accidentally hit the 9 key instead of the 0 key. It will end March 10th at 10:00 PM EST (Florida, USA).

Re: [meteorite-list] New Orleans meteorite bits on Ebay

2005-03-09 Thread j . divelbiss
Darren, I looked around in February and January and could not find the thread. Dave Harris also chimed in at the time, and I looked for his messages about this subject...but those messages are missing too. My experience with the archives is that for some reason, the log for a given month is

Re: [meteorite-list] New Orleans meteorite bits on Ebay

2005-03-09 Thread ken newton
John and Darren, That discussion was on the IMCA list. best, ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Darren, I looked around in February and January and could not find the thread. Dave Harris also chimed in at the time, and I looked for his messages about this subject...but those messages are missing too.

Re: [meteorite-list] New Orleans meteorite bits on Ebay

2005-03-09 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 3/9/2005 3:19:09 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been noticing the seller with these bits of New Orleans meteorte for a while now. Do you think these are authentic? He doesn't have an IMCA number and there never seem to be (as far as I've

[meteorite-list] New Orleans meteorite

2005-03-09 Thread joseph_town
I have some very nice crumbs from the Park Forest strewnfield. By the gram or by the ounce. All are magnetic and have even been soaked in MEK to make sure they aren't asphalt. Cheaper by the pound I might add. They come in all colors but I recommend the very small grayish black material. Bill

Re: [meteorite-list] New Orleans meteorite bits on Ebay

2005-03-09 Thread Jason Phillips
Hello Darren and List, Yes, this person is legitimate. His name is Alexander Falster and he is one of the principle researchers on the New Orleans meteorite from the University of New Orleans. Here is a web page dedicated to the fall: http://www.uno.edu/%7Ewsimmons/pub/meteor/meteor.html He is

Re: [meteorite-list] Superglue of Planet Formation: Sticky Ice

2005-03-09 Thread Gerald Flaherty
COOL! - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Superglue of Planet Formation: Sticky Ice