I just recieved a really nice unclassified NWA from Morocco by responding to
an ad to the List from Mohamed Ait Ouzrou.
I hope to send a picture of it to Michael Johnson For SpaceRocksInc Picture
of the day.
Jerry Flaherty
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Dear Tracy,
Over a year ago we changed our URL to www.meteorite-times.com
It was a decision made to help with the search engines. If you type
"meteoritetimes"
into Google you will see it says "Did you mean "meteorite times" and the
page is
full of links to "Meteorite-Times Magazine". We posted
I am curious to know if any of you own or have used the newer Inland SwapTop
6" Flat Lap and Trim Saw for small meteorites. I am considering buying one
and would love to know your experiences and/or feedback regarding this
product. Basically, is this a good choice for smaller meteorites slabs? The
Hello list,
Today is the 46th Birthday of Gao-Guenie. Happy birthday Gao! Your crust
is very fresh for it's age.
It will be my 33rd birthday tomorrowbut my crust is not as fresh;^)
Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
www.meteoritearticles.com
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Dear Listees:
A number of you have emailed me to ask how Iris Lang is doing. I spoke
with her today by telephone and her spirits are improved. She is still
convalescing in Florida.
Iris suffered congenital heart failure. She is taking a blood thinner
and is under orders from her doctors to tak
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:04:19 -0600, you wrote:
>(Where'd you find the additional pictures?)
Here's the "photo gallery"
http://www.pantagraph.com/shared-content/gallery/?galleryid=4&gallery_page=0&album_page=0&albumid=71&mediaid=1601
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070305/ap_on_sc/killer_asteroids;_ylt=ApVHfDEiKSEMivb7S4Ub7TRvieAA
NASA can't pay for killer asteroid hunt
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Associated Press
March 5, 2007
WASHINGTON - NASA officials say the space agency is capable of finding
nearly all the asteroids that
http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2007/05mar07/05aplroc.html
APL Rocks! Asteroid Named After JHU Applied Physics Lab
By Michael Buckley
Applied Physics Laboratory
March 5, 2007 | Vol. 36 No. 24
The lab that landed the first spacecraft on an asteroid now has its name
on one of the sun-orbiting space ro
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/doc45ecabc3df462539821993.txt
Meteorite second to hit Bloomington
By Roger Miller
Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois
March 5, 2007
BLOOMINGTON - A piece of the sky has fallen on Bloomington before.
On a summer night in 1938, the Rev. Luther Cox
I started going through my bookmarks for meteorite sites such as
meteoritetimes.com, and a lot of them appear to be no longer maintained. I
am mostly concerned about meteoritetimes, which was a monthly source of
inspiration and entertainment for me; it appears to have had its ownership
lapse a
Take rather these hammer products
http://www.impaktstrukturen.de/origi/120.jpg
(soon we'll have longer and nicer ones).
Shocked fossils from the Ries impact.
If you do so, I promise to try my best to chuck a Kilabo on the roof of my
hut...
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED
I'm hard pressed to imagine a scenario by which a meteorite can land at
anything other than a near vertical angle. From the picture, it's
obvious this thing had some serious velocity (judging by the damage
especially to the magazine); I'll be curious to see what it turns out to
be. Maybe it got
Hi,
I take it all back; it DOESN'T look anything like
a meteorite. (Where'd you find the additional pictures?)
Very few irons fall pre-rusted... Ignore my prior post.
Sterling K. Webb
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From: "Darren Garrison"
Hi,
The photo in the article (way too small)
looks like the real thing.
After all the bitching we do about the
press and the ignorant things they say, we
ought to give a medal to this newspaper,
The Pantagraph, for this article which
accompanied their meteorite story:
http://www.pantagraph
Ah,
PT has already performed the needed function of giving
the gang a straw dog to kick around.
More than one person mentioned, "what would a new-to-the
scene" would be meteorite collector think of a PT web site (still
not clear how they would find it - but that is neither here nor
Hi All,
Another mystery:
> A chunk of metal that crashed through the bedroom window of David
> and Dee Riddle just after 9:30 a.m. appears may be a meteorite but
> it also could be a piece of space junk according to preliminary
> analysis by several Illinois State University geology professors.
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:34:03 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>
>http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/doc45ec62e14a6c2722505892.txt
>
>
>Robert "Skip" Nelson, a professor of geology at ISU, came out to
>Riddles' home to take a look at the object, which is about the size and
>shape of deck of
Hurray Steve! And thanks for the new word 'redux' I looked it up, first
foolishly assumed it was a typo, being a chemist with redox on the mind.
Hurray Anne! I've been at odds with Michael on Proud Tom for a long time:
* * *
Doug posted re: Proud Tom BS (Jan 2004):
"Michael, My respects to the
Dear Listees:
Greetings comrades. Viewers in North America who haven't seen our "Cash
& Treasures" meteorite hunting episode, and would like to, have a
couple more chances to catch it tonight.
The show features the very lovely Becky Worley learning the ropes from
heavy duty meteorite hunters S
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/doc45ec62e14a6c2722505892.txt
Suspected meteorite hits Bloomington home
By M.K. Guetersloh
Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
March 5, 2007
UPDATE 2:30 p.m. BLOOMINGTON - A Bloomington couple caught a falling
star Monday morning not quite in the
Thought somebody would like this photo. The meteorite
is way cool looking. Better than my photo shows. This
is truely one of the worlds nicest meteorites. In the
museum it is behind a dark glass and hard to take
photos of. I had to photoshop the colors a bit to get
it looking semi nice for my photo
Where's Kilabo and what are the roofs made of?
Jerry Flaherty
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From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Meteorite List"
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hmmers
> On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:03:03 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>Greetings al
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:03:03 -0800, you wrote:
>Greetings all,
>I have come across many falls (such as Kilabo) where a fall is
>reported to occur throughout a villiage, with many stones recovered,
>yet none are reported to hit a hut, shed, house, or the like. (In the
>instance of Kilabo,
Greetings all,
I have come across many falls (such as Kilabo) where a fall is
reported to occur throughout a villiage, with many stones recovered,
yet none are reported to hit a hut, shed, house, or the like. (In the
instance of Kilabo, it is reported to have fallen in 5 different villages
Hi,
It has been bought to my attention re the AML Lalande... the DH0978 sticker
is MY inventory number ("DH0..." - my inventory number! (DH=Dave Harris and
the '0' is future proofing - I hope to have over 1000 specimens one day)!
Only stuck on with dilute PVA glue!
thanks
dave
Dave
IMCA #0092
Slight correction :-)
=> "may [tom tom] rest in p i e c e s ".
Bernd
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Hello again,
I am sorry to disagree with you again Michael, but I believe you missed the
point. This has nothing to do with anyone being able to take some ribbing
every now and then.
Please read Howard (bencubbin) email again: "Considering all the positive
publicity generated by Steve A
From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 1:26 PM
To: 'michael cottingham'
Subject: AD: New Items (Over 300 New Meteorite Specimens) & FREE Shipping
This Week!
Hello Everyone,
This week I am offering FREE Shipping.
Hi,
I have to agree with Mark Ford - I think it is a little dangerous to launch
into someone and take the mickey without their express consent. If Proud
Tom wants to do a friendly jibe on someone then I think it would be
appropriate, professional and respectful for PT to email the individual
aski
I have been very busy completely updating my site. Just added are the
following:
-2.2 gram Ragland, New Mexico LL3.4; fragment with polished window.
Nice chondrules!
-63.5 gram complete La Criolla fall of Jan. 6, 1985 with AMNH numbers.
-44 gram 90% crusted Pultusk
-35.2 gram thin slice of Estac
Hello List,
I'd like to forward a mail I received from John Divelbiss re: Carsten's new
CK4 chondrite. John is one of those who are having problems sending posts
to the List but some of us, especially the owners of this unique CK4 chondrite,
will find John's comments very interesting! Best wishes,
I second that. Very good news today!
Matt Morgan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sabrina and Rebekah most kindly informed us:
>
> "... two more surgeries down the road, but he
> seems to have made a huge turn for the better."
>
> Great news!
> Wonderful news!
>
> Whoever you believe in, .. let's cont
Sabrina and Rebekah most kindly informed us:
"... two more surgeries down the road, but he
seems to have made a huge turn for the better."
Great news!
Wonderful news!
Whoever you believe in, .. let's continue to keep Walter,
Sabrina, and Rebekah in our thoughts and in our prayers!
Bernd + Paul
Hmm, all very well and good, and usually most people can take a well
meant joke and laugh with it, that is until someone then finds it deeply
offensive or hurtful or harmful to their lively hood then its suddenly
not quite so funny any more. In today's, ip logged, globally litigious
world, persona
"I, personally, found the Meteorite Blog a sewer and was highly
offended that someone was making obscene posts to it using my name.
I immediately stopped going there - this was about 2 hrs into its
existence. For all I know it is still going strong. I don't know - I don't
care. "
But this blog you
Wow he is almost back,but not quite.Hey I do not care
if proud tom comes back or not.It has been a few years
since I got lambasted by him.Actually it was quite
funny.Being as super liberal as I am,I laughed all the
way to the funny bank.I know pt is a fictional
character made up of someone who is v
Jeff, Gun-buff's, G'Mornin'
It's an artillery M-series M1895 (M1895M1A4) 305mm (12-inch) Coastal Defense
Gun (made in about 1895) on an M1917 Barbette Carriage. The big gun can
fire a 900 pound (409 kg) nicely oriented shell over 16 miles (26.5 km)
range through the atmosphere at sea level. At le
Moni's post I found most interesting of all,
I like it / I don't like it.
H. sounds like it is the way you look at it. And most
certainly, everyone has a right to look at things their own way. I
might look at that cannon and think, "Why, that's DISGUSTING!
That cannon killed
Dear List,
We would like to share a few photos of interesting desert finds with you,
which we acquired during the last months in Morocco, and which are worth
being looked at in our opinion. Unfortunately, we hadn't time yet to prepare
the pieces for the classification, but we'll send samples of th
Hi, Jeff,
This is a coastal defense gun, intended to be used
against approaching naval forces. The longest-range
coastal pieces were the two 12-inch guns of Batteries
Hearn and Smith, with a horizontal range of 29,000 yards.
Although capable of an all around traverse, these guns,
due to their
G'day all,
I received a very interesting email today from someone who had read through
my Sikhote-Alin Impact Pit page. They sent me a couple of photographs of a
large gun on Corregidor Island, Philippines which was damaged from a WW2
bomb. The resulting damage is unmistakably similar to the pits
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