In a message dated 3/26/2007 6:42:37 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
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Does anyone have thin section images of NWA2907? This is Blain Reed's
anomalous achondrite.
Cheers,
Mike Tettenborn
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The subject says it all. I can't help myself though. One of my first purchases
was a slice Of Vaca sent in a soft packet. It was crumbled into Bessey specks
when it arrived. I immediately contacted the seller, a prominent met-list
member and dealer, with a minor complaint that was totally
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Hi dirk,ryan and list.No ryan I am not hording gao to
up the price per gram.LOL!!And dirk is right.Even
though he said he had 20 kilo's of nice gao,I would
not buy it.Because at this time I could not afford it
all at once.I am buying nice pieces a few speimens at
a time.Also ryan if you noticed,I
Hi Steve and List,
I just had a little fun browsing around your Gao-Guenie collection pages.
It was quite enjoyable and I wanted you to know that your efforts to put
together the web pages are appreciated. My favorite photo is of the 137.5
gram specimen.
I do have one comment where I am in
Hello,
I'm a new member of this list, and I think it's worth to introduce myself: I
started collecting meteorites few months ago, after having dreamed about them
for years (incidentally I'm also an amateur astronomer, mainly involved in
comets/asteroid research). I do know several members of
Hi Jerry,
Good question regarding the scale cubes and if there is a certain way to
orient the cube for photographing specimens after they have been removed
from original find site. I personally put T on the top and usually W to
the left, not for any particular reason, except for the obvious T
I've owned a pair of 10 mm cubes but haven't used them in any photos.
I imagine the letters signify the 4 compass directions and top bottom.
With an oriented FALL in situ, I understand how the cube would be used.
My question is, if photographing a purchased meteorite for the purposes of
scale
Did you try again? One complaint is not enough. I know
for myself, what when I travel, like last month, I
came home to well over 1000 emails. I still have not
finished reading them all, so perhaps you weren't
ignored, perhaps they did not get the email, meant to
respond and forgot about it etc.
This could possibly be the main mass weighing in at 76 KG
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/panda_gaogao.html
Jim Strope
421 Fourth Street
Glen Dale, WV 26038
http://www.catchafallingstar.com
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:28:40 -0400, you wrote:
This could possibly be the main mass weighing in at 76 KG
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/panda_gaogao.html
Here's a partslice from the main mass:
http://www.skullsunlimited.com/graphics/Giant_Panda.jpg
Hi Greg, Jerry, and All,
The cube can be put to use in a way that the letters also make sense in a
studio environment, i.e. you define the Top and, let's say, the North
side of the stone. I did this for the documentation of various planetary
masses prior to cutting - have a look at the following
Dear List Members,
Planetary, Angrite, Brachinite, Primitive, Ungrouped and Others Started at
Just 99 cents!
I have all of the above and more at outstanding values ending on eBay
tomorrow (Wednesday, March 28th) under my seller name, NaturesVault.
Here are a few highlights of these excellent
Hi Norbert and all,
Excellent! Thank you. I like the 3-D videos ;-)
Gotta love technology!
Best regards,
Greg
Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
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IMCA 3163
- Original Message -
From: Norbert
Dear List, Sorry this was meant for the List as well
as Dougao.
Dear Dougao and List,
Doug you asked a very interesting question. Many
Gaos (NOT ALL) have been cleaned by using an air
abrasion tool. Some even have been painted a nice
shade of black using charcoal grill paint and
Dirk, my Gao stones are cleaned with a bead blaster
using tiny glass beads. It does not change the stone,
it removes the soil which is embedded in the thick
fusion crust on gao. I have never seen a painted one,
although I did see one moron soak some in motor oil
(the slimy exterior and smell gave
Dirk kindly informed me:
The first person contacting out of ...* bought them.
*number of potential buyers deleted by me.
*If* the respective collector/buyer/dealer wants to have their name added
to my private list of BL owners, please contact me via the list or off-list.
Best wishes,
Bernd
Dear Mike and List,
I have seen nothing but quality from you Mike and I
was not addressing your Gaos or at least did not mean
to imply anything about your Gaos.
I even encouraged Steve publicly on the meteorite
chat list to ask you for more Gaos because I have seen
the quality and size that
Dear List,
I just added a photo of my personal Gao-Guenie strewn field at the
bottom of
this page: http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/
Note: Gaos are really nice stones and they look much better in person!
Peter
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Dirk, I did not think that you disparaged my Gao's, I
merely used your email as an entry into the
conversation and told how I clean my Gao stones.
Mike
--- drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Mike and List,
I have seen nothing but quality from you Mike and
I
was not addressing your Gaos
Hi Bill,
You most definitely should have filed a negative feedback
(after warning the dealer you would do so if the situation were
not resolved in a forthright manor).
(I never mail a package I cannot literally toss across my office
and bounce off the wall without worry, as you can
Hi Norbert, Greg and all. Excellent examples Norbert. Thanks for the answers
By the way I think I grasp the B and its reverse but why not use the T
instead of inverting the B?
Jerry Flaherty
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc:
http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/322877915529807.php
SREL geologist works on verifying meteorite
By MICHAEL W. GIBBONS
Aiken Today
March 27, 2007
Chris Romanek knows it's probably a wild goose chase. After all, he goes
on one about once a month.
Romanek, a geologist with the University of
Hello BL owners and List,
Of course I don't know how many BL owners there really are and how many
of the original masses, cut slices, endcuts, individuals, etc. have changed
owners
(nor do I know whether any original individuals have been cut up and sold or
traded) but the TKW in my personal
In a message dated 3/27/2007 10:52:46 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi Norbert, Greg and all. Excellent examples Norbert. Thanks for the answers
By the way I think I grasp the B and its reverse but why not use the T
instead of inverting the B?
Jerry Flaherty
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Steve;Looks to me like an exciting collection of Gao meteorites.What a great
idea to concentrate on one fall which is so abundant and beautiful.Good luck
on your future acquisitions.
Best Regards;Herman Archer.I.M.C.A. # 2770
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Hello Bill and list; I had a personal experience with a great dealer and
well known too.I had won a half cut gao impact melt meteorite on ebay.I waited
forever for it to arrive,but not,it didn't show up in the mail.So i contacted
the dealer about it and he said it had been shipped,i
Hi list, I have a quantity of the new fossil meteorite NWA 2965 EL3. Nice
looking individuals from a couple grams to 300 gr. I would like to sell 1
kilo lots and up. 40 cents gr. but if you want a lot, I will talk.
Please email me off list if you have an interest. I to, am a meteorite
Hi again list.Like mike farmer said,everyone likes his
or own thing.I like my gao's clean and looking very
pristine and neat.I have brown ones,black ones,and
grey ones.All completey crusted.The only ones I do not
have are any of the uncleaned ones.But it does not
mean I will not except any unclean
Ah HAH!
Now that makes sense.
Thanks Anne
Jerry Flaherty
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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Letters on centimeter cubes?
In a
Herman,
thanks, I had forgotten about that! I know that
Germany right now, is a difficult place to ship things
to. I have had several items held up in customs for
more than 6 weeks since Jan 1st.
It is odd how things get lost, then show up much
later. I wonder where they sit for all those
Michael Farmer wrote:
Hello overyone, I am getting back up to speed and and
finally getting some eBay auctions going.
The first is Alta'ameem from Iraq, an LL5 fall.
Needless to say, falls from Iraq are about as rare
as
they come.
http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ170095399172
The second is
Hi Mike,
Congratulations on your new find! All those California
meteorite hunters better look out, you learn very
fast.
A 1.1 gram meteorite is very hard to spot, even for an
experienced hunter. That a cool find! You're gonna be
hard to keep up with real soon.
Ruben Garcia
Phoenix, Arizona
In a message dated 3/27/2007 7:58:31 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:45:38 GMT, you wrote:
WOW! After Jim S post on the big GAO I am now confused! Will some one
please give a nother meaning for GAO! We do need both sides to the story!
Jim
--- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha
scritto:
Yes, all of the other 1000 kilos+ of the EL3 was
also
initially classified as a primitive Aubrite,..
and why the persons have analyzed the NWA 4420 not
have change classification in EL3 seen its the same
material??
Matteo
M come
Hello all, I am new to the list and new to meteorite hunting. I have been
hunting gold now for about four years and love it.
I think I have always wanted to find a meteorite since I was a little kid. I
have always thought when finding hot rocks, when hunting gold ( how would I
know if it
Do you remember this photo?
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9600/nwa4537aubritegr1685mq9.jpg
put in a auction of ebay for Aubrite and several
person here have broken me to close the auction why
the item is not a Aubrite? Well I have received the
first analysis, its confirmed Aubrite, at some
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:45:38 GMT, you wrote:
WOW! After Jim S post on the big GAO I am now confused! Will some one please
give a nother meaning for GAO! We do need both sides to the story! Jim B
LOL
I like some of these other Gaos that turn up on the first page of Google images:
WOW! After Jim S post on the big GAO I am now confused! Will some one please
give a nother meaning for GAO! We do need both sides to the story! Jim B LOL
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AWESOME. I feel much better now, knowing there are lots of other women out
there doing the same thing. Thanks you guys. I don't feel so alone. My
husband was starting to rip on me about being one of the guys. Happy
hunting. Susa
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:22:29 -0700From: [EMAIL
Hello all, I am new to the list and new to meteorite hunting. I have been
hunting gold now for about four years and love it.
I think I have always wanted to find a meteorite since I was a little kid. I
have always thought when finding hot rocks, when hunting gold ( how would I
know if it
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:45:38 GMT, you wrote:
Will some one please give a nother meaning for GAO!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_%28disambiguation%29
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Dear Listees,
I just noticed Mike offered up for sale a meteorite from Turkmenistan,
beautiful!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=170095403910
DASHOGUZ (H5) fall, 1998. This would appear to be the fresh good stuff
recovered by Kakabay Annaniyazov around the rim of the crater as
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Greetings all
I drove down to Savannah today and spent a couple hours with Walter.I
was the second meteorite person he has ever met, John Sinclair was the other.
So he was blown away with the signed poster and accompanying check from a group
of casual email acquaintances whom he has
Photo on the site of a 300 pounder.
http://www.emporiagazette.com/news/2007/mar/27/kansas_meteorites_just_go_together/
Kansas, Meteorites just go together
By Scott Rochat (Contact)
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Cram Science Hall was the place to be Monday for fans of really hard rock.
ThatÂ’s where
Eric,
Thanks for the update...what great news. It's really good to hear
that he's on the mend.
Best,
John Gwilliam
At 09:01 PM 3/27/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings all
I drove down to Savannah today and spent a couple hours with
Walter.I was the second meteorite person he
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