Re: RE [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz - I want more answers

2006-01-06 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
the olivines its many different from the others of the pallasites, the material its similar to the vulcanic bombs sale on ebay from Rocks on Fire..or its the photo not nice? Seymchan? Matteo > > I only got 9 answers, that's not enough. > > Everybody sleeping on the list ? > > s

Re: [meteorite-list] Fukang meteorite

2006-01-06 Thread meteoritehunter
That tells me that it is a dangerous, unstable meteorite not worth buying and spending thousands of $$$ to take the risk of it melting into a pile of nearly worthless olivine crystals. I will take Esquel, Seymchan, or Imilac any day, with no risk involved. Mike Farmer -- Origina

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardest to get meteoritesfrom?

2006-01-06 Thread meteoritehunter
Try Panama, NONE, ZERO meteorites found there. But I will get one sooner or later. Mike Farmer -- Original message -- From: "Christian Anger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Try to get an Austrian Meteorite ! That's a challenge ! > > Cheers, > > Christian > > > > I.M.C.

[meteorite-list] Vesta and Mars

2006-01-06 Thread MexicoDoug
Hola List... Has anyone seen brilliant Vesta tonight in the Americas? Get out the binoculars! She's at opposition, magnitude about 6.2, and beautiful, right now as high up as she can get on the ecliptic right in the heart of Pollux, in the constellation Gemini. Find Betelgeuse (the brig

RE [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz - I want more answers

2006-01-06 Thread Jan Bartels
Its a Pallascarbonmesoschondrtite!! I only got 9 answers, that's not enough. Everybody sleeping on the list ? so once again : what is it ? http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz01.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz02.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz03.jpg http://www.

Re: [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz - I want more answers

2006-01-06 Thread Martin Horejsi
Hi Christian, Looking at the cube, it seems that a large amount of lightening was needed given the blue hue on the cube. Therefore, the matrix is likely quite dark and the metal could be dark (or shiny as photographing stony-iron types is hard). There are many pieces that look similar to various

Re: [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz - I want more answers

2006-01-06 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Hi Christian, I'd consider 9 to be a very good response! ;-) I thought that the first image looked a little like some of the Al Mahbas pieces I 've seen. The green crystals also remind me of the volcanic olivine bombs we get here in Victoria. If this was being offered for sale as a meteorite I'd

[meteorite-list] New Year Quiz - I want more answers

2006-01-06 Thread Christian Anger
Hi all, I only got 9 answers, that's not enough. Everybody sleeping on the list ? so once again : what is it ? http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz01.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz02.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz03.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz04

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - January 6, 2006

2006-01-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Heading to 'Home Plate' - sol 708-714, Jan 06, 2006: This week Spirit completed robotic-arm work on "El Dorado." The rover used all three of its spectrometers plus the microscopic imager for readings over the New Year's wee

Re: [meteorite-list] fukang (the neverending thread)/what country is the hardest to get meteorites from?

2006-01-06 Thread JKGwilliam
Monze is the ONLY meteorite from Zambia, Arnold inquired about meteorites (plural). With all due respects too, JKGwilliam At 11:24 AM 1/6/2006, Martin Horejsi wrote: Hi All, With all due respects, I don't believe Zambia is much of a problem: http://www.meteoritemarket.com/MON.htm Rather, if

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardesttogetmeteoritesfrom?

2006-01-06 Thread MarkF
Can you imagine the price tag on a Liechtenstein? Mark F - Original Message - From: "Jan Bartels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:38 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardesttogetmeteoritesfrom? Try to get an Austrian Meteorite ! That'

[meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardest togetmeteoritesfrom?

2006-01-06 Thread Jan Bartels
Try to get an Austrian Meteorite ! That's a challenge ! > > Cheers, > > Christian > I´m afraid so Stefan Yeah righttry Hollandaahhhrrrggrr. Anyone...Dutch meteorites for sale? Greets, Jan. Holland www.heavenlybodies.nl __ Meteorite-lis

Re: [meteorite-list] what country is the hardest togetmeteoritesfrom?

2006-01-06 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Try: Country: Mars (Meridiani Planum - IAB) Country: Moon (Bench Crater - CM1) Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Stefan Brandes To: Meteorite-list Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardest togetmeteoritesfrom? > Tr

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardest to getmeteoritesfrom?

2006-01-06 Thread Stefan Brandes
Try to get an Austrian Meteorite ! That's a challenge ! Cheers, Christian I´m afraid so Stefan __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Very cool Impact Crater on Mars

2006-01-06 Thread Pete Pete
Amazing hi-res pictures at the source site: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMZLM8A9HE_0.html http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMZLM8A9HE_0.html News ‘Butterfly’ impact crater in Hesperia Planum Colour view of 'butterfly'-shaped crater at Hesperia Planum 4 January 2006 T

[meteorite-list] pultusk

2006-01-06 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
Hi and good evening list.I hope everyone has a good weekend.I saw an email a little while back of someone looking for a piece of pultusk.Please contact me off list.I have a small piece if interested. steve arnold, chicago Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120

Re: [meteorite-list] Permit Needed to Hunt Meteorites on Parks inCanada

2006-01-06 Thread MarkF
When they realize that theres no safety hiding under her petty-skirts - Original Message - From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Permit Needed to Hunt Meteorites on Parks inCanada On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:2

Re: [meteorite-list] fukang (the neverending thread)/what countryisthe hardest to get meteorites from?

2006-01-06 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi John, Not to be in any way opositional - just out of interest, I heard the Tucson area IS either "the tropics" or the "semi-tropics" based on the monsoons (August) combined with the significant rains in the winter. While most months of the year have a humidity of about 2% (you c

[meteorite-list] Santa Catharina--Any solid Iron pieces out there?

2006-01-06 Thread Michael Fowler
I've been wanting to add Santa Catharina (ungrouped ataxite from Brazil) to my collection, but all I've ever seen are shale pieces. Are there any solid pieces in collections? And more to the point are there any available in the marketplace? Thanks Mike Fowler ___

[meteorite-list] Did "Red Rain" Dump Alien Microbes on Earth ??

2006-01-06 Thread Paul
The below article appeared while "Googling" for meteorites. All sorts of wierd and unexplained stuff seems to fall from they sky every so often. Skepticism greets claim of possible alien microbes Jan. 5, 2006, Special to World Science http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/060104_specksfrm.htm

Re: [meteorite-list] Permit Needed to Hunt Meteorites on Parks in Canada

2006-01-06 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:27:37 -0600, "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >fell. The ownership of every meteorite that falls anywhere in the Province >after the commencement of this Act is herby vested in the Crown. > When will Canada (and other countries that still have British Monarch on

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardest to get meteoritesfrom?

2006-01-06 Thread Martin Horejsi
Hi All, Off the top of my head, I suspect that Sir Lanka is about as tough as it gets. ONLY a single stone fell in that country back in 1795, and ONLY 25 grams were recovered. There was a shower of stones but only two were preserved and those two products of fall, named Mulletiwu, are in Paris wh

Re: [meteorite-list] Permit Needed to Hunt Meteorites on Parks in Canada

2006-01-06 Thread dean bessey
The idea of needing permits to hunt meteorites is in my opinion a sound idea. Becides keeping track of scientific meteorite information it would also inform of any dangerous areas and also help protect you from people like the pellisons trying to scare people from buying your meteorites with outrag

RE: [meteorite-list] Permit Needed to Hunt Meteorites on Parks in Canada

2006-01-06 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Ron and list, Part of the article...referring to a possible way to hunt meteorites in Manitoba Prov., Canada. "Hildebrand said he is not aware of any province that asserts its right to ownership of meteorites found on Crown land." This is something I have heard before from Canadian peop

Re: [meteorite-list] fukang (the neverending thread)/what countryisthe hardes...

2006-01-06 Thread MexicoDoug
Hi Marcin and Matteo - Tropical refers to latitude, and humidity refers to weather. They are independent. 0 humidity exists only in outer space...or on the Moon, etc...even the driest deserts are in the 10% relative humidity range. BUT! Air doesn't get more than about 4% absolute humidit

Re: [meteorite-list] fukang (the neverending thread)/what countryisthe hardes...

2006-01-06 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
here the humidity its at 63-70%...see you the big difference Matteo --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: > Hi Marcin and Matteo - Tropical refers to latitude, > and humidity refers to > weather. They are independent. 0 humidity exists > only in outer space...or on > the Moon, etc...even the

[meteorite-list] Permit Needed to Hunt Meteorites on Parks in Canada

2006-01-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/local/story/3247510p-3760550c.html Permit needed to hunt meteorites on Crown land Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) January 6, 2006 THE province says meteorite hunters will need a permit if they want to go searching for space rocks in provincial parks or on

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 2-6, 2006

2006-01-06 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 2-6, 2006 o Moving Downhill (Released 2 January 2006) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060102a o Surface Dissection (Released 3 January 2006) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20060103a o Frost-free dunes (Released 4 January 2006) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoo

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardest to get meteoritesfrom?

2006-01-06 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
and Vatican State no? Matteo --- Christian Anger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Try to get an Austrian Meteorite ! That's a > challenge ! > > Cheers, > > Christian > > > > I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc > website: www.austromet.com > > Ing. Christian Anger > Korngasse 6 > 2405 Bad Deut

SV: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardest to getmeteoritesfrom?

2006-01-06 Thread Lars Pedersen
Or a danish ;-) Best Lars -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Christian Anger Sendt: 6. januar 2006 19:39 Til: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Emne: [meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardest to getmeteoritesfrom? Try to get an A

[meteorite-list] RE: what country is the hardest to get meteoritesfrom?

2006-01-06 Thread Christian Anger
Try to get an Austrian Meteorite ! That's a challenge ! Cheers, Christian I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc website: www.austromet.com Ing. Christian Anger Korngasse 6 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg AUSTRIA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: [EM

[meteorite-list] Interview: Don Yeomans

2006-01-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.earthsky.org/shows/astrophysics_interviews.php?id=49241 Interview: Don Yeomans Earth & Sky January 2006 Don Yeomans is manager of NASA's Near Earth Object Program Office, whose purpose is coordinating NASA-sponsored efforts to detect, track and characterize potentially hazardous a

[meteorite-list] Re: what country is the hardest to get meteorites from?

2006-01-06 Thread Peter Marmet
Hi JKGwilliam, Steve and All, Zambia has a nice L6(Monze) and this one can be easily purchased from Eric Twelker, Allan Lang,... so I guess, to get meteorites from SAN MARINO is even more difficult;-)! Peter JKGwilliam wrote: Hello Steve, In my opinion, the country that is the hardest to

Re: [meteorite-list] fukang (the neverending thread)/what country is the hardest to get meteorites from?

2006-01-06 Thread Martin Horejsi
Hi All, With all due respects, I don't believe Zambia is much of a problem: http://www.meteoritemarket.com/MON.htm Rather, if I had to guess off the top of my head, I suspect Sri Lanka is about as hard as they get. One stone fell there back in 1795. About 25 grams was recovered. Just my pair of

Re: [meteorite-list] fukang (the neverending thread)/what countryisthe hardest to get meteorites from?

2006-01-06 Thread JKGwilliam
That may be true, but I doubt anyone who lives in the deserts of Arizona would agree that we live in a "tropical" climate. Best, JKGwilliam At 08:14 AM 1/6/2006, M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote: not sure from mea person live in Arizona have a " little " difference on humidity from one l

Re: [meteorite-list] fukang (the neverending thread)/what country is the hardest to get meteorites from?

2006-01-06 Thread JKGwilliam
Hello Steve, In my opinion, the country that is the hardest to obtain meteorites from is Zambia. Best, JKGwilliam At 08:31 PM 1/5/2006, Steve Arnold, Chicago!! wrote: Good evening list.With tucson rapidly approaching,I really hope that there is some of the fukang pallasite available.I have n

[meteorite-list] Typos in Met.Bull. 87, p. A230

2006-01-06 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Jeff Grossman, Bonsoir Fred Béroud, Hello List, There are some typos regarding the date of the following meteorites: Tanezrouft 57 - Tanezrouft 59 - Tanezrouft 60 - Tanezrouft 61 Both the on-line version and the entries in the supplement say these meteorites were found 15/16/02 - 15/18/02 -

[meteorite-list] Add stromatolite and banded iron formation delete

2006-01-06 Thread dfreeman
Dear List; I am moving across the bridge and have plenty of stromatolite and banded iron formation specimens to move, about 15 tons. Anyone wishing to purchase one of these early life forms thought to have been transported here by early meteorite impacts (well maybe it has been suggested by the

[meteorite-list] Nickel test

2006-01-06 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Thanks to everybody for these clear and detailed information. I use a nickel test kit called "Allertest™ Ni Nickel Allergy Kit" (from www.allerderm.com) and never got positive results. I tested many suspected iron meteorites and always got negative results. It showed positive results on a common

Re: [meteorite-list] Nickel Test

2006-01-06 Thread MexicoDoug
Hola Pierre! Bernd mentions a another Russian enjoyably named rare rock, "Putorana", that you would swear looks like a meteorite, but I thought you'd have to go to a special place in Siberia to find a bit of it and that it was FAR scarcer than iron meteorites? ... and is probably at least a

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Dealers: Changing your Listing

2006-01-06 Thread Gary K. Foote
Hi List, Someone sent me a change for their listing on my site, but forgot to include their company name, or any other way of identifying them. If you posted a change to your listing last night please repost it with more info so I know who you are. Thanks, Gary http://www.meteorite-dealers.

Re: [meteorite-list] fukang (the neverending thread)/what countryisthe hardest to get meteorites from?

2006-01-06 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
not sure from mea person live in Arizona have a " little " difference on humidity from one live in Venice Matteo --- Marcin Cimala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Matteo, how in Tropical climate humidity can be 0 ? > > -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- > http://www.Me

Re: [meteorite-list] Nickel test

2006-01-06 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello yes its possible, I have use a nichel test in some fusion slags of iron and the nichel test have give a positive test. Matteo --- Pelé Pierre-Marie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Hello to the List, > > a short question : is it possible that the Nickel > Test > is positive to terrestr

Re: [meteorite-list] Nickel test

2006-01-06 Thread ken newton
P-M and All, Josephinite from Josephine & Jackson Co., OR Awaruite from Awarua Bay, New Zealand; Tasmania (Synonym: Bobrovskite, Josephinite, Souesite) Putorano from Russia Native iron from Disko Island near Greenland Laterite deposits - http://www.csaaus.com/documents/public/publications/godpa

Re: [meteorite-list] Nickel test

2006-01-06 Thread Ingo Herkstroeter
Hi Pierre-Marie and List! I had problems with the Ni-test (with dimethylglyoxime) too. The problem is, that this substance shows a reaction with Fe2+-ions too. So you don´t know, if the pink reaction shows truly Ni or only iron (iron dissolves much more better in HCl than Ni)! It seems that there

Re: [meteorite-list] Nickel test

2006-01-06 Thread bernd . pauli
Bonjour Pierre-Marie, Hello List, "a short question: is it possible that the Nickel Test is positive to terrestrial irons (or usual old iron forge residues) and which ones?" Well, terrestrial rocks like the P u t o r a n a rock will test positive for nickel because of these nickeliferous compon

Re: [meteorite-list] Fukang meteorite

2006-01-06 Thread Matt Morgan
Mike: My exterior slabs are very attractive and stable. The ol xtals are incredibly large. Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please clarify Ken, you say the Fukang specimen is very nice, and then you say you are watching it rust everywhere. Those two statements are not compatible. Either

[meteorite-list] Nickel test

2006-01-06 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Hello to the List, a short question : is it possible that the Nickel Test is positive to terrestrial irons (or usual old iron forge residues) and which ones ? Best regards, Pierre-Marie PELE ___

Re: [meteorite-list] Fukang meteorite

2006-01-06 Thread Marcin Cimala
> Please clarify Ken, you say the Fukang specimen is very nice, and then you say you are watching it rust everywhere. Those two statements are not compatible. Either it is nice, or it is a rusting piece of crap. Meteorites that rust on me are never considered nice. > Mike Farmer Mike be more optim

Re: [meteorite-list] fukang (the neverending thread)/what countryisthe hardest to get meteorites from?

2006-01-06 Thread Marcin Cimala
> Right, I have many pieces of Seymchan and never seen a > trace of rust. And Russia is not a tropical land where > the umidity its near the 0. The same for Esquel and > Imilac, super stable pallasite. > Matteo Matteo, how in Tropical climate humidity can be 0 ? -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M

Re: [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz

2006-01-06 Thread dfreeman
This looks similuar to some of my olivine basalts, periodotite? Very nice pictures. Dave F. Christian Anger wrote: Hi all, time for a little Quiz what is it ? http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz01.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz02.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPi

[meteorite-list] New Year Quiz

2006-01-06 Thread Thomas Tuchan
... time for a little Quiz what is it ? SHIROKOVSKY, meteorite wrong Thomas __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz

2006-01-06 Thread Ingo Herkstroeter
Could be porphyric (alkali)olivinebasalt or a olivinecumulate! Could also be a new typ of meteorite! :0 We need a thin section and isotopic data Ingo --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: "Christian Anger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: > Betreff: [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz > Datum: Fri, 6

Re: [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz

2006-01-06 Thread bernd . pauli
.. time for a little Quiz what is it ? http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz01.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz02.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz03.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz04.jpg Olivine crystals set in a Vaca Muerta eucritic pebble. Bernd To: [E

AW: [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz

2006-01-06 Thread Andreas Gren
FUKANG ;-) -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Christian Anger Gesendet: Freitag, 6. Januar 2006 11:54 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz Hi all, time for a little Quiz what is it ?

Re: [meteorite-list] New Year Quiz

2006-01-06 Thread Adam Hupe
Xenoliths imbedded in an igneous rock (perodite). My Guess Adam __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] New Year Quiz

2006-01-06 Thread Christian Anger
Hi all, time for a little Quiz what is it ? http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz01.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz02.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz03.jpg http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz04.jpg Cheers, Christian I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc website:

Re: [meteorite-list] Fukang meteorite

2006-01-06 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Many Brahin its stable if take from the internal, but others its ruster if take from near surface. The same for Brenham or Admire...this not with Esquel, Imilac, Marjalathi and other very stable pallasites Matteo --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: > Please clarify Ken, you say the Fukang specime

Re: [meteorite-list] Fukang meteorite

2006-01-06 Thread meteoritehunter
Please clarify Ken, you say the Fukang specimen is very nice, and then you say you are watching it rust everywhere. Those two statements are not compatible. Either it is nice, or it is a rusting piece of crap. Meteorites that rust on me are never considered nice. Mike Farmer -- Orig