[meteorite-list] Site update, new pieces - AD

2005-09-06 Thread Impactika
Hello again, I did manage to get some work done on my website this weekend. I posted on the Karon page ( www.impactika.com/karon.htm ) all the pieces I have left. And I did add a dozen or so pieces to the Meteorites page, mostly great pieces I got from a recent trade with TCU. ( _http://ww

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2005-09-06 Thread McCartney Taylor
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[meteorite-list] AD: RARE INDEPENDENCE, MO FULL SLICE

2005-09-06 Thread RYAN PAWELSKI
Good Evening List... I am looking to quickly sell a 11.53g full slice of the hard to aquire Independece, MO L6. There is only a very small handful of full slices that were removed from the main mass, which was seen falling into a field in the summer of 1917 or 1918. Total known weight is only

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Raffle Major Update

2005-09-06 Thread Michael Farmer
Geoff, now that is a nice haul! Whoever wins this raffle will get some serious meteorites. Buy more tickets! Thanks for the work Geoff, you prove once again that you are truly a caring person who will devote a lot of time to help others in need. Mike Farmer - Original Message - From: "

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Raffle Major Update

2005-09-06 Thread batkol
"As of today, you have raised more than $2,300 for the Red Cross. Hats off to everyone who pitched in." holy mudhead mackeral, that's quite an impressive figure. good work! - Original Message - From: "Notkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite List" Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Re: [meteorite-list] Charity Raffle Prizes Part 1

2005-09-06 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 9/3/2005 10:45:39 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Greetings All: Well, after a very long day's work we have the first batch of raffle prizes ready for your viewing pleasure. Please note, this is only the beginning. We will be adding many more excit

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Raffle Major Update

2005-09-06 Thread Notkin
Dear Friends and Listees: Greetings all. I have just completed a major update to our 2005 Meteorite Charity Raffle project, and I think you will all be surprised by the quality, quantity, and ingenuity of these prizes. Newest additions have been placed at the top of the page for ease of viewin

Re: [meteorite-list] 50 Years Ago: Green Fireball Over Michigan

2005-09-06 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Probably the reason for reporting on a "green fireball" is that there were a rash of "green fireball" sightings in the early 1950's, both from the ground and from the air, by pilots of commercial and military planes. This was during the first five years of the "flying saucer" epidemic

[meteorite-list] Ad: $10,000 meteorite sale, auctions ending

2005-09-06 Thread Michael Farmer
Hi everyone, I have over $10,000 in meteorites ending tomorrow night. I will be out of town so I am sending this today. ALL items started at one cent, they sell where they end. Here is a list of the great pieces up for grabs Wednesday evening: PLEASE NOTE, this piece ends at 3:27 in the afterno

Re: [meteorite-list] 100 year old meteorite story from Sweden

2005-09-06 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Thanks to Google, I was able to find my own post, which otherwise would have been like looking for a single sock lost years ago at the bottom of the bedroom closet... I reproduce it here, from 10-24-03: Actually, there are a number of sedimentary meteorites. It's just that they a

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2005-09-06 Thread R. N. Hartman
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Re: [meteorite-list] 100 year old meteorite story from Sweden

2005-09-06 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, You're probably referring to: BLECKENSTAD, Ostergotland, Sweden, April 11, 1925 "A meteor was observed, leaving a trail of smoke. Stones are said to have fallen, and fragments of a white, porous limestone were picked up, differing from the local rocks. The possibly meteoritic nat

Re: [meteorite-list] OT New Orleans Oct 2004

2005-09-06 Thread Dawn & Gerald Flaherty
WOW! too accurate! Jerry - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 1:30 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT New Orleans Oct 2004 > For those of you still interested in the hurricane here are the first 4 paragraphs of an October 2004 National Geogra

Re: [meteorite-list] After Long Trek, Unsung Japanese Spacecraft Nears Astero...

2005-09-06 Thread MexicoDoug
Unsung? What a terrible oversight! Ode to Hayabusa (Sung to the tune of Frère Jacques to respect the French Connection) I-to-ka-wa Hay-a-bus-a Come to you... Come take you... Muses, Hayabusa... Uses Hayabusa... Min-er-va Planet Terre... __

Re: [meteorite-list] Hurricane Katrina Relief - Gulf Region - Not OnlyNew Orleans

2005-09-06 Thread Dave Carothers
As a newbie to meteorite collecting and to this list, I have only one thing to add... Amen!! Regards, Dave - Original Message - From: "Greg Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Notkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:34 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Hurricane Katri

[meteorite-list] Cassini Reveals New Details About Saturn's Rings

2005-09-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.pparc.ac.uk/Nw/dps_rings.asp Cassini reveals new details about Saturn's rings PPARC September 5, 2005 Cassini scientists today (5th September 2005) announced a host of fantastic new results from the spacecraft's first season of prime ring viewing, including some unexpected findings on

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[meteorite-list] NASA's Deep Impact Adds Color to Unfolding Comet Picture

2005-09-06 Thread Ron Baalke
Dolores Beasley Headquarters, Washington September 6, 2005 (Phone: 202/358-1753 Lee Tune University of Maryland, College Park, Md. (Phone: 301/405-4679) RELEASE: 05-248 NASA'S DEEP IMPACT ADDS COLOR TO UNFOLDING COMET PICTURE Painting by the numbers is a

[meteorite-list] [OT] Apollo 15 planning photo-maps and notes

2005-09-06 Thread Steve Schoner
I know this is off topic. If anyone can help me appraise the value of these it would be greatly appreciated. Not shure where to list them with a starting value. These I have had in my possession for over 30 years. I was given the original planning maps and notes for Apollo 15 from and by the la

[meteorite-list] Ad - Auctions Ending and Standy for Announcement

2005-09-06 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List, I have several nice auctions ending tonight at great prices. I will not being running another set of auctions this week because I will be attending the Denver Gem and Mineral show from September 12th to the 19th. I will be bringing several ultra rare specimens to the show, some yet to b

[meteorite-list] After Long Trek, Unsung Japanese Spacecraft Nears Asteroid Target (Hayabusa)

2005-09-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/asteroid-05i.html After Long Trek, Unsung Japanese Spacecraft Nears Asteroid Target by Richard Ingham AFP September 6, 2005 Cambridge, England (AFP) - Rivals from the United States and Europe get the bigger headlines and bigger budgets, but a little-noticed Japane

[meteorite-list] Risk From 2029 Asteroid Now More Remote

2005-09-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.terradaily.com/2005/050905192227.sav7ef6a.html Risk from 2029 asteroid now more remote AFP September 5, 2005 CAMBRIDGE, England (AFP) - An asteroid that triggered a scare last December after astronomers calculated that it ran a potential risk of smacking into Earth is less of a peri

[meteorite-list] 50 Years Ago: Green Fireball Over Michigan

2005-09-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050905/LIFESTYLE08/509050310/1032 Out of Our Past Battle Creek Enquirer September 5, 2005 [snip] 50 years ago today, 1955: The Air Defense Filter Center in Grand Rapids identified a flying object as a meteorite. The brilliant gre

[meteorite-list] MeteoriteTimes up soon

2005-09-06 Thread Paul Harris
Dear List, We've had a few people away for the holiday weekend so we'll have MeteoriteTimes up soon. Thank you, Paul and Jim ** Paul Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Tobin [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Meteorite Exchange,

[meteorite-list] Hayabusa Successfully Captures Asteroid Itokawa's Shape for the First Time

2005-09-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/snews/2005/0905.shtml Hayabusa successfully captured Itokawa Shape for the first time in Space Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) September 5, 2005 As of September 4th morning of 2005, Hayabusa is at approximately 1,000 km toward Earth with respect to Itokawa, a ne

[meteorite-list] OT New Orleans Oct 2004

2005-09-06 Thread star-bits
For those of you still interested in the hurricane here are the first 4 paragraphs of an October 2004 National Geographic article < It was a broiling August afternoon in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Big Easy, the City That Care Forgot. Those who ventured outside moved as if they were swimming in

[meteorite-list] Strange piece

2005-09-06 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello A my friend have buy 1 kg. of meteorites from Morocco and have find this strange piece: http://it.geocities.com/ebaymeteoriti/Dscn5028.jpg http://it.geocities.com/ebaymeteoriti/Dscn5029.jpg http://it.geocities.com/ebaymeteoriti/Dscn5033.jpg http://it.geocities.com/ebaymeteoriti/Dscn5035

RE: [meteorite-list] 100 year old meteorite story from Sweden

2005-09-06 Thread Anita Westlake
Hey Guys: We have v.1 (from the 1800's) through v.112 (1990) here at Emory. If you find out what issue it's in, I'd be glad to hunt it down for you and make a copy. Anita D. Westlake, Manager James S. Guy Chemistry Library Math/Science Library EMORY UNIVERSITY 1515 Dickey Drive Atlanta, Ga 30322

Re: [meteorite-list] 100 year old meteorite story from Sweden

2005-09-06 Thread chris aubeck
Hi Göran! Ah, so it was one of those stories after all! It sounds a lot like the Italian article I translated and mentioned in my last post. A part of what I do is to follow these trends as they spread across Europe, it helps build up an idea of how people first became aware of the science that s

Re: [meteorite-list] 100 year old meteorite story from Sweden

2005-09-06 Thread Göran Axelsson
Hi Chris, I haven't forget about you. I have tried to find the article again. It was publicised in a Swedish periodic called GFF, "Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholms Annaler", but I haven't been able to locate the note I made about which issue it was in. Two months ago I tried to find it in th

[meteorite-list] Asteroid sample article and odd quote

2005-09-06 Thread Darren Garrison
This is the quote that I thought somewhat odd: "Understanding the chemical composition of asteroids will help us to understand how the planets were made. But the only asteroids we see on Earth are as scorched remains, as meteorites, not the raw substance itself." In unweathered meteorites, be

[meteorite-list] re Swedish meteorite story fossils from 100 years ago

2005-09-06 Thread chris aubeck
> I think he was talking about the fossil meteorites Brunflo, Osterplana and > others found in Sweden rather than fossils in meteorites. > > Look here: > > http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Mar04/fossilMeteorites.html > > Best regards, > Jörn > Hi Jörn, I did wonder whether that was the case as a Goo

AW: [meteorite-list] 100 year old meteorite story from Sweden

2005-09-06 Thread Jörn Koblitz
I think he was talking about the fossil meteorites Brunflo, Osterplana and others found in Sweden rather than fossils in meteorites. Look here: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Mar04/fossilMeteorites.html Best regards, Jörn > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EM

[meteorite-list] 100 year old meteorite story from Sweden

2005-09-06 Thread chris aubeck
Hi, Last year, on September 21st, I received a reply on this list from Göran Axelsson which ended, enigmatically: "As a sidenote there were a meteorite found in sweden almost 100 years ago with fossiles in it. Anyone want to debunk that one? :-) /Göran" I was seriously interested in seeing a

[meteorite-list] Re: Trying to get "The "Fiery Snake" of Tsarev"

2005-09-06 Thread chris aubeck
Thanks for the advice, Geoff! Chris > The "Fiery Snake" of Tsarev. > Authors: Gallant, A. R. Dear Chris: The old issues of "Meteorite" magazine are quite difficult to come by. Roy Gallant's Tsarev article was reprinted in his book "Meteorite Hunter: The Search for Siberian Meteorite C

[meteorite-list] Hurricane Katrina Relief - Gulf Region - Not Only New Orleans

2005-09-06 Thread Greg Hupe
Hello all, re: Entire Gulf Region - NOT just New Orleans! Lets stop this BS about politics, religion, "Who did not, Who did what...", "What I promise..." bla, bla, bla... I am sick of this crap! I donated to the Red Cross (U.S.) for Geoff's charity raffle (Do not change our donations, Geoff)