[meteorite-list] Problems with ebay

2006-02-22 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello its from yesterday I have problems to enter in My Ebay page on ebay.com. When I click this not open and it hears itself a continue click,click,click of background...you have the same problem? If I enter with ebay.it I not have this problem. Matteo M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via

[meteorite-list] AD>> Auctions on ebay : L'Aigle, Avanhandava, CO3, ...

2006-02-22 Thread Pelé Pierre-Marie
Hello, I'm happy to send the link to my auctions including one nice L'Aigle slice. Here it is : http://search.ebay.fr/_W0QQsassZmoky99QQhtZ-1QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQrdZ0? Best regards, Pierre-Marie PELE www.meteor-center.com _

[meteorite-list] Need some help with chondrite preparation.

2006-02-22 Thread Mike / flattoprocks
Hello all, I am working on some slices of the new Arizona meteorite. Warm Springs Wilderness, it is an H4-6 genomict breccia S2 W1. I am cutting the slices with a small diamond blade, but do not know how to sand them to get the interior to look its best. I would like to hear about how your pro

[meteorite-list] Astronomy news items

2006-02-22 Thread Pete Pete
Hello, all, Some very relevant to the List articles just posted here... http://www.universetoday.com/ http://www.universetoday.com/ ...and a decent astronomy news site to subscribe to. Cheers, Pete __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@met

[meteorite-list] 2006 Tucson Show EZ-Guide featuring Brenham

2006-02-22 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello list, The 2006 Tucson Show EZ-Guide, a pocket book of their almost phone book sized show guide, was of interest to meteorite collectors this year. This handout, featured a tiny photo of Steve Arnold (Arkansas) and the Brenham meteorite main mass on the cover, I mean tiny, around 0.5" x

RE: [meteorite-list] a reply to Hupe and Farmer

2006-02-22 Thread stan .
As a relatively new collector I could be missing the point. But, isn't true that a "rock" does not become a meteorite, (Lunar, Martian, or anything else), until a scientist says so and assigns a number or name? If this is true, then it would be untruthful for anyone, especially a dealer, to

[meteorite-list] rare irons for sale

2006-02-22 Thread harlan trammell
have a 6.4 g etched block of PAGE CITY, KS for sale for $65 direct. i also have a 3.3g SARDIS, GA and a 2.2g GAN GAN on ebay. very nice chance to get a smaller, affordable, portion of each. gan gan+ sardis: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbig_pine_artifactsQQhtZ-1 i will be gradually switching ove

Re: [meteorite-list] Okay, who can identify this?

2006-02-22 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
this one sure looks like a Wyoming oolitic chert to me. The limey oolites (calcium carbonate acretions actually) have been completely replaced by the silica from the rich volcanic ash that fell here. The material is hard enough to take a fine polish, and cuts tough as well as hard (hardness

RE: [meteorite-list] a reply to Hupe and Farmer

2006-02-22 Thread Mark Rexburg
As a relatively new collector I could be missing the point. But, isn't true that a "rock" does not become a meteorite, (Lunar, Martian, or anything else), until a scientist says so and assigns a number or name? If this is true, then it would be untruthful for anyone, especially a dealer, to s

[meteorite-list] a reply to Hupe and Farmer

2006-02-22 Thread Edwin Thompson
Dear Mike Farmer and Adam Hupe.  Who made you two the hall monitors of honesty and morals?  It seems odd to me that you both feel compelled to air this issue in public without even so much as an effort to talk to me about it in person first. Both of you were welcomed in my room in Tucson.  You bot

Re: [meteorite-list] Okay, who can identify this?

2006-02-22 Thread jonee
This to me is more like a bauxite specimen with a typical clay matrix. While a scale would help, the semi-sphereoids seem rather large, ecentric and. The matrix is too devoid of carbonate looking material. Oolites and Oolitic limestones are much more consistent in size, small:2-4 mm, and in cros

[meteorite-list] ebay auctions and park forest and NWA 2794

2006-02-22 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
Hello list.I have a 29 gram slice of ESSEX,CALIFORNIA ending tomorrow between 10 and 11 am CST,Chicago time.It is currently at $153.On going I have 6 other as well,some with buy it now.Also as you all know,I am still looking for more park forest pieces,fragments or individuals.So far I have gotten

[meteorite-list] AD: rare meteorites on eBay

2006-02-22 Thread Peter Marmet
Hello All, I have 12 auctions ending in about 2 days: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpema9QQhtZ-1 There's: - ACFER 214, 0.22 g, an extremely rare CH2 or 3. See more info on David Weirs excellent web page : http://www.meteoritestudies.com/protected_ACFER214.HTM There are only two sellers w

[meteorite-list] AD: NWA 2200 Lunar

2006-02-22 Thread Jim Strope
Hi All... During the Tucson show, I traded a specimen of my REAL lunar meteorites, NWA 2977, for a complete slice of NWA 2200 (another REAL lunar) and two small part slices. I am keeping the full slice of NWA 2200 but will sell the two part slices. If anyone is interested, they can b

Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Texas State Research Sheds New Light on Panspermia

2006-02-22 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:40:58 -0600, you wrote: >The shuttle was intelligently designed. That's debatable. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Texas State Research Sheds New Light on Panspermia

2006-02-22 Thread Marc Fries
Howdy Was it luck, though? Exhibit A from the article: >> Microbispora wasn't one of the three species McLean expected to find. >> The slow-growing organism is normally found in the soil, and McLean Note that this is a common soil microbe. The fragment landed on the ground. That's where

Re: [meteorite-list] Texas State Research Sheds New Light on Panspermia

2006-02-22 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, All, survivors he found--a bacteria called Microbispora. Ironically, Microbispora wasn't one of the three species McLean expected to find... McLean determined that it had contaminated the experiment prior to launch... There's a beautiful demonstration of the way Life, the Universe, and

[meteorite-list] Ad: Ebay sale, new website items

2006-02-22 Thread Michael Farmer
Hi everyone, Well, the Tucson show is over, the last people left my house only yesterday! I have begun putting items on ebay again, and the difficult task of unpacking my Tucson purchases and the boxed from my room display. The first (small) auction set ends tonight, but more have been added e

Re: [meteorite-list] Smithsonian Tektite Publciation on Ebay (Add??)

2006-02-22 Thread bernd . pauli
> http://cgi.ebay.com/3-SI-Earth-Sciences-Bks-Australian-Tektites-CANADA_ > W0QQitemZ4614410243QQcategoryZ378QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > Although I have no use for this paper myself, it seems like a significant > enough publication that it deserves a good home with someone, who is > interested in telti

[meteorite-list] Smithsonian Tektite Publciation on Ebay (Add??)

2006-02-22 Thread Paul
Dear Friends, While surfing through Ebay, I noticed a tektite publication for sale, which might be of interest to someone on this list. It is: Occurence, Distribution, and Age of Australian Tektites, Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences no.17 (1976) It can be found in "3 SI Earth Scie

[meteorite-list] AD - New Howardite Ending Now and others Today

2006-02-22 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear List Members, I have the last 8 pieces of my New and Gorgeous howardite, NWA 2794, ending in less than a couple hours under my eBay seller name, NaturesVault. I also have my new Brecciated Diogenite, NWA 2795, ending today as well, these are the best pieces I have other than sub-gram samp

Re: [meteorite-list] SHADOW of two huge "Meteorites"

2006-02-22 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Thomas, Now that is cool. Notice how fast the moons are traveling. Thanks for sharing. -Walter Branch - - Original Message - From: "Thomas Kurtz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteoriten-Mailingliste" Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006

[meteorite-list] SHADOW of two huge "Meteorites"

2006-02-22 Thread Thomas Kurtz
Hi list, Nice new movies of Phobos and Deimos before the sun : http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/0461 Enjoy, Thomas Kurtz. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteor

Re: [meteorite-list] Okay, who can identify this?

2006-02-22 Thread Ingo Herkstroeter
Hi Darran, List! This is a oolithe, like Marc posted! You can see a lot of concentric rings, thats untypic for chondrules! It´s very easy to test it, with a little drop of HCl, should show a good reaction, cause oolithes are chalky! If you try this on a meteorite, nothing should happen, cause they

AW: [meteorite-list] AD: (good offer, Matteo sucks) FRESH ESTHERVILLE PART-SLICE

2006-02-22 Thread Martin Altmann
List! Seems that I should continue with comparing the prices on McomeMeteorites homepage to remarkably cheaper offers, shall I? I think last time I stopped at letter "L" To help Ryan against Matteo's intervention trying to disturb his sale: 6$/g which he asks lies on the lowest edge of all pr