[meteorite-list] american meteorite museum

2006-01-12 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
Good morning list.I,we all know what happened to the OLD A M M.It literally fell apart.But I seem to remember reading that it was rebuilt in another location.Am I correct???If so,what ever happened to that building?And where was it located?Anything from nininger always has my attention.

[meteorite-list] Scales

2006-01-12 Thread Gary K. Foote
What do you use for scales? What do you like about your scales? What do you dislike? are they available online? How much did you pay? Enough questions?? __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mail

Re: [meteorite-list] american meteorite museum

2006-01-12 Thread meteoriteplaya
Hi Steve You wrote Yes you are correct. I have a web page that shows the building in Sedona. The page is based on the different postcards that were issued by Nininger to sell at his shop. http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/american_meteorite_museum.htm There are also 3 photos in Find a Fall

[meteorite-list] Video of Steve Arnold's dig and new find

2006-01-12 Thread Rus at DataLink
Go to http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/2181702.html ant there is a video link at the top of the story. You can see it being dug up Rus Schmidt __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listi

[meteorite-list] Meteorite videos

2006-01-12 Thread Lars Pedersen
Hi All Anyone who have had luck to save the 2 "pallasite movies" ? if any luck, I am interested... All the best Lars __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Scales

2006-01-12 Thread Stefan Brandes
Hi Gary, try this: http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/meteorite-scalecube.htm I have one of those, they´re perfect! Stefan What do you use for scales? What do you like about your scales? What do you dislike? are they available online? How much did you pay? Enough questions??

RE: [meteorite-list] Scales

2006-01-12 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Gary and Stefan, I had assumed Gary was talking about scales for measuring meteorite mass, but perhaps Stefan's interpretation is correct and Gary was looking for photo orientation cubes (or something similar). However, if mass scale is what you meant, there are two main issues that affect cos

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite videos

2006-01-12 Thread Kevin Forbes
Hi Lars and List, I tried to save from temporary intenet files folder, but the file seems to be dat, or WMV but format is not recognised by windows media player, after saving and changing names. Any help anyone??? Kevin. Hi All Anyone who have had luck to save the 2 "pallasite movies" ? if

Fwd: Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Steve Arnold's dig and new find

2006-01-12 Thread Tom Teters
At 09:16 AM 1/12/2006 -0600, you wrote: Go to http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/2181702.html ant there is a video link at the top of the story. You can see it being dug up Rus Schmidt VERY COOL!!! Looks like farming meteorites is much more profitable than raising

[meteorite-list] Stardust Probe Lands in Utah this Weekend

2006-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635175354,00.html Stardust probe lands in Utah this weekend Yet the best place to view re-entry may be Nevada By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News January 11, 2006 The best nearby location to watch the Stardust space probe burn through the atmosphere

Re: Fwd: Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Steve Arnold's dig and new find

2006-01-12 Thread Ingo Herkstroeter
Is anyone able to download this video? I can´t Ingo --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: Tom Teters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: "Meteorite-list" > Betreff: Fwd: Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Steve Arnold's dig and new > find > Datum: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:44:44 -0700 > > At 09:16 AM

[meteorite-list] NASA Gathers Stardust From 'Bernese' Comet (Paul Wild)

2006-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=511&sid=6376311&cKey=113706047 Nasa gathers stardust from "Bernese" comet Antoinette Schwab www.swissinfo.org January 12, 2006 [Image] Paul Wild, astronomy professor at Bern University (RDB) On Sunday the space probe Stardust will return

[meteorite-list] New Study Highlights Role of Hit-and-Run Collision in the Formation of Planets, Asteroids, and Meteorites

2006-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/press_releases/text.asp?pid=799 January 11, 2006 UC Santa Cruz Press Release Contact: Tim Stephens (831) 459-2495; [EMAIL PROTECTED] New study highlights role of hit-and-run collisions in the formation of planets, asteroids, and meteorites Hit-and-run collisions

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Impact Reformulated Earth's Crust, Study Shows (Sudbury Crater)

2006-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0112_060112_meteorite.html Meteorite Impact Reformulated Earth's Crust, Study Shows John Roach National Geographic News January 12, 2006 About 1.8 billion years ago, a meteorite or comet the size of Mount Everest slammed into what is now Canada.

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Steve Arnold's dig and new find

2006-01-12 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Thanks Rus for the great link! We have to agree we are living in a time of a very special Meteorite Hunter, Steve Arnold. This does not lessen the importance of all those pathfinders who have explored, and continue to explore the planet in this novel quest. But the extraodinary press Steve's re

Re: [meteorite-list] Scales

2006-01-12 Thread Martin Altmann
Hiho, and on ebay one finds a lot of digital pocket scales with an acurracy (at least reads the display like that) of 0.01g. They are quite affordable with 50-60$, seem to be an important acessory for potheads. Range is up to 50grams or 60grams. I think for a collector it's sufficient. Until one h

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Steve Arnold's dig and new find

2006-01-12 Thread Marcin Cimala
After watching this video I think that Mr Arnold have just perfect place to search meteorites. Big , flat, clean fields. No trees, no grass, no stones, no rivers, no old war pollution, no single mouse hole :))) and a big, bad, deep looking detector. Oh yeah, with that puppy You even can find alien

[meteorite-list] New Vatican State Meteorite Collection link

2006-01-12 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello I have finaly ended to build the new site of the Vatican State Meteorite Collection, you find here: http://it.geocities.com/mcomemeteoritecollection/Vatican.html In conclusion the Vatican Collection its composed from many little pieces, some its very ridicolus pieces, and other important p

[meteorite-list] Chesapeake Bay Crater Drilling Declared Major Success

2006-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/usgs-cdd011206.php Public release date: 12-Jan-2006 Contact: Gregory Gohn [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-648-4382 United States Geological Survey Crater drilling declared major success More than a mile-long core retrieved Following three months of a

[meteorite-list] NASA's Comet Hunter on Final Approach For Sunday Landing

2006-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
Jan. 12, 2006 Erica Hupp/Merrilee Fellows Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-1237/ (818) 393-0754 D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (818) 393-9011 RELEASE: 06-028 NASA'S COMET HUNTER ON FINAL APPROACH FOR SUNDAY LANDING NASA's Stardust mission return capsule will land Su

[meteorite-list] Ad 2.4g Zagami on Ebay

2006-01-12 Thread mineral
I have a 2.4323g chunk of the Zagami meteorite on Ebay. This specimen is of the rarer coarse lithology (only about 20% of the stone) and has nice shinny black fusion crust. This specimen is half of the 5 gram piece that was sold from the Elbert King collection. Thanks, Derek. http://cgi.ebay.

[meteorite-list] Aerogel Helps Scientists Unravel Mysteries of Comets

2006-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/exploringtheuniverse/aerogel.html John Bluck NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Phone: 650/604-5026 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aerogel Helps Scientists Unravel Mysteries of Comets January 10, 2006 Strange stuff called 'aerogel' that looks l

[meteorite-list] Meteor Lights Up The Morning Skies in Idaho

2006-01-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jan1206-meteor_sighting.6f734dcd.html Meteor lights up the morning skies Mike Vogel KTVB NewsChannel 7 January 12, 2006 BOISEE -- It happened early Thursday morning around 7:15 a.m. A very bright meteor lit up the skies and streaked across the ho

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor Lights Up The Morning Skies in Idaho

2006-01-12 Thread Marc Fries
Howdy If anyone decides to go looking for this one, drop me a line. I seem to have some remote imagery of the meteor. Traveling out to Idaho from DC rates pretty low on the feasability scale right now, though. Cheers, MDF > > http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jan1206-meteor_s