Re: [meteorite-list] Peru's Geological Institute: Crater WhereMeteorite Landed is to Disappear in 2 Months

2007-10-02 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Apparently Director Nuñez del Prado does not believe in PUMPS. It would seem that, in Peru, geologists are not familiar with digging holes. (How do they mine there without digging holes?) They will "retrieve the meteorite" without any "attempt to extract the water from the crater." They will use sc

Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Chris -- The seismic measurement is of a 20-21 GJ event. The Russian formulas for scaling crater energy, developed from their work with the various sizes of the Sikhote-Alin craters, would make it about 18 GJ. The ground at Carancas is not merely wet soil, it is wet rocky soil, a different kettl

[meteorite-list] Peru's Geological Institute: Crater Where Meteorite Landed is to Disappear in 2 Months

2007-10-02 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.livinginperu.com/news-4827-environmentnature-perus-geological-institute-crater-where-meteorite-landed-is-disappear-2-months (LIP-ir) -- Peru's Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute (INGEMMET) announced today that the crater left by the meteorite that landed in a small town in

Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Sterling K. Webb
The name of the village closest to the crater site is CARANCAS, not Carnacas. Under the naming convention, the nearest named human settlement would end up as the name of the meteorite when all the dust settles, no? Let's all practice: CA - RAN - CAS. Sterling K. Webb

Re: [meteorite-list] More threats from Mr Gregory.

2007-10-02 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
it is a meteorite deduce put private emails text in pubblic? Matteo - Original Message - Da : Michael Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A : meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Oggetto : [meteorite-list] More threats from Mr Gregory. Data : Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:10:12 -0700 (PDT) > This is what I g

Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:33:37 -0700, you wrote: >Perhaps I am dumber than a bag of hammers, but >I am confused Are Carnacas and Titicaca two separate falls >Or one in the same? Is anyone else confused on this issue? >Michael > Apparently, Carnacas is the name of the town or something.

Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Michael L Blood
Perhaps I am dumber than a bag of hammers, but I am confused Are Carnacas and Titicaca two separate falls Or one in the same? Is anyone else confused on this issue? Michael on 10/2/07 5:59 PM, Michael Farmer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chris, it is a hell of a crater, at least 13 me

[meteorite-list] Nice photos of Carancas Meteorite

2007-10-02 Thread ensoramanda
3rd post...1st and 2nd didnt seem to go...sorry if it gets on the list more than once. This looks like the real thing when compared to others I have seen or heard discribed. Any comments about the features welcome. As Mike Farmer said it seems difficult to work out which is crust and which

Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Chris Peterson
Hi Michael- As a physicist (and not on the scene), my instinct is simply to perform some simple calculations to get some sense of what the various possibilities are. Assuming wet soil, which seems like what the crater was formed in, it requires about 5 GJ (~1 ton TNT) to produce a crater tha

[meteorite-list] Nice photos of Carancas meteorite

2007-10-02 Thread ensoramanda
2nd post...1st didnt seem to go...sorry if it gets on the list twice. This looks like the real thing when compared to others I have seen or heard discribed. Any comments about the features welcome. As Mike Farmer said it seems difficult to work out which is crust and which might be shock vei

[meteorite-list] Nice photos of Carancas Meteorite.

2007-10-02 Thread ensoramanda
This looks like the real thing when compared to others I have seen or heard discribed. Any comments about the features welcome. As Mike Farmer said it seems difficult to work out which is crust and which might be shock veins exposed...extraordinary I think. http://i117.photobucket.com/album

[meteorite-list] When can we see the smoke trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Dr. Richard Daniels
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Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:37:23 -0400, you wrote: >what mike farmer has been up to the last few months is nothing short >of extraordinary. > >what is happening before each of us right now is the meteorite lore >of the future. > >as everyone who even glances at this list knows, i'm not blowing

[meteorite-list] Presenting my 50mm Uruacu Sphere

2007-10-02 Thread David & Kitt Deyarmin
This week I added 3 new spheres to my collection and I plan to do a huge web site update Friday. But I had to show this beauty off now. One failed attempt and a lot of work went into this sphere and the whole process was quite stressful but the end result made it all worth while. It's 50mm i

Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Darryl Pitt
you know what mike farmer has been up to the last few months is nothing short of extraordinary. what is happening before each of us right now is the meteorite lore of the future. as everyone who even glances at this list knows, i'm not blowing smoke (trails) here. kudos must a

Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, List, Michael Farmer wrote (earlier): > It MUST be more than 3 or 4 tons, the crater is huge, > much larger than Jilin main mass crater, there were > pieces of sod (maybe 40 kilograms chunks of hard soil) > thrown more than 100 meters in every direction... It is > simple physics to know that t

[meteorite-list] More threats from Mr Gregory.

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Farmer
This is what I get from Mr Gregory, he now insults me and my wife, and my lack of children. This is one standup type of guy! Sad, what a sad comentary on the greed of someone who thinks he owns the place. --- Randall Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're still here! When are you going to b

Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Farmer
Chris, it is a hell of a crater, at least 13 meters in diameter, more than one meter of uplift, looks identical to Meteor Crater to me, on a much smaller scale. There in fact does seem to be shocked material at the crater, I found only inside and just outside the crater, large pieces of compacted

Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Chris Peterson
What remains to be determined is if this is actually a crater, or just a big splash. In the first case, some shocked material should show up, and I think it's likely that nothing is left in the bottom. If there really is a big meteorite at the bottom, then this probably isn't a crater in the us

Re: [meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:54:57 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >Is it indeed possible that a mass of say 3-7 tons >could cause such intense heat on impact? We think that >the compression of the soil, in an instant to many >meteors deep could also cause intense heating. >Every person we interviewed decribed

[meteorite-list] Meteor Lights Up Sky in Melbourne, Australia

2007-10-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/03/2049439.htm Meteor lights up Melbourne sky By Jan Deane Australian Broadcasting Corporation October 2, 2007 The Astronomical Society of Victoria says a meteor was the source of an array of coloured lights seen in skies across the state last night. The

[meteorite-list] Carnacas smoke-trail photos

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Farmer
I was lucky enough to learn that teenager was able to take a photo of the Carancas meteorite smoketrail, and I purchased the right to copy and use that photo. I will post this when I get home, and it belongs to me, please do not use it without my permission. I gave him enough to buy a new camera an

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2007-10-02 Thread michael cottingham
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Re: [meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite-- phinally, photos

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Farmer
It MUST be more than 3 or 4 tons, the crater is huge, much larger than Jilin main mass crater, there were pieces of sod (maybe 40 kilograms chunks of hard soil) thrown more than 100 meters in every direction. One piece hit the landowners home and damaged the roof. It is simple physics to know that

Re: [meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite-- phinally, photos

2007-10-02 Thread PolandMET
It is a real meteorite, the black is not fusion crust, but rather exposed shock veins. Very interesting meteorite, and not much will be found. FORGET about getting crater material, it has been more than two weeks in horrible water that people are urinating in for fun! The meteorite is very fragile

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Titicaca meteorite-- phinally, photos

2007-10-02 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Mike, Matteo and List, "Peru works differently than the rest of the world" What a pity, what a pity! "The rest of the meteorite is 4 or 5 meters under sewage water" Yes, no chance under such circumstances. The Kirin (Jilin) meteorite main mass was found at a depth of almost six meters and

Re: [meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite-- phinally, photos

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Farmer
Matteo, did you not see the huge crater filled with several meters of water? The rest of the meteorite is 4 or 5 meters under sewage water. Good luck getting some of that. I had a meeting with the townspeople and mayor of Desaguadero ( and I have video to prove it all) and we pumped out the water

[meteorite-list] More Peru News, Including Locationa and Trajectory of Peru Impact

2007-10-02 Thread Paul
Dear friends, more about the Peru impact, including a figure showing the location of the impact and presumed trajectory of the meteorite can be found in: Mysteries remain over Peru meteorite impact by Jeff Hecht New Scientist, September 28, 2007 http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/1

Re: [meteorite-list] BO - Barred Olivine Chondrule: RFS Picture of the Day

2007-10-02 Thread tracy latimer
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Re: [meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite-- phinally, photos

2007-10-02 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
only 20-30 kg? and where is go the others? A similar crater minimum is a mass type Jilin Matteo - Original Message - Da : Michael Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A : [EMAIL PROTECTED], Meteorite Mailing List Oggetto : Re: [meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite-- phinally, photos Data : Tue, 2 Oc

Re: [meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite-- phinally, photos

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Farmer
It is a real meteorite, the black is not fusion crust, but rather exposed shock veins. Very interesting meteorite, and not much will be found. FORGET about getting crater material, it has been more than two weeks in horrible water that people are urinating in for fun! The meteorite is very fragile,

[meteorite-list] Carancas meteorite expedition

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Farmer
Hi everyone, I am writing from an undisclosed location, but will be home tomorrow night from Peru. Robert Ward, Moritz Karl, and myself have been in Carancas for the last 4 days. When I say craphole, Desaguadero is the definition that would come up first! More on that later, we had to get creative

Re: [meteorite-list] BO - Barred Olivine Chondrule: RFS Picture of the Day

2007-10-02 Thread Jeff Grossman
For those of you who don't know what you're looking at in this picture, here is a little explanation. All of the colored bars and the circular rim in this picture are the mineral olivine. The black stuff in between the bars is either feldspathic glass (possible if this is a highly unequilibra

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - October 2, 2007

2007-10-02 Thread Andreas Gren
Hi Walter, Bernd, John, Anne, As John mentioned the Chondrule was very big, so the chance to get a small inaccuracy is very big, don’t know how much magnification this picture was taken and what magnification is common. But the bares in the Chondrule where visible with naked eye , the moment

[meteorite-list] AD Carancas - Ebay auction - Met list auction

2007-10-02 Thread Ken Newton
(Posted for Gregory Randall) Mike or Ken, Please. one last post. List members, Feeling much better after 3 hours sleep. Talking with my wife this morning she feels that we should go to Desag. She's looking for tickets as I'm composing. She talked with a policeman at Desag and he invited us d

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - October 2, 2007

2007-10-02 Thread Kashuba
Walter, Thank you for the question. You are familiar with a lot of this but let me go over it once quickly. A thin section is a slice of rock attached to a glass slide. The sample is ground and polished flat and to a uniform thickness. The standard thickness is 0.03mm. Various optical and oth

[meteorite-list] BO - Barred Olivine Chondrule: RFS Picture of the Day

2007-10-02 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello again, I just got mail from Marc Fries. Thank you, Marc! Very much appreciated. Now, Marc prefers option #3 and so he writes: "I was thinking option 3), myself. It only takes a thickness variation on the order of 100 nanometers or so to get that color gradient, and if it were chemical I'd

Re: [meteorite-list] BO - Barred Olivine Chondrule: RFS Picture of the Day

2007-10-02 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 10/2/2007 9:47:42 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 3) the thin section does not have a uniform thickness. (1) and (3) are improbable as both bars and rim seem to be oriented identically (north - south in the picture), so my guess is that the color gra

[meteorite-list] BO - Barred Olivine Chondrule: RFS Picture of the Day

2007-10-02 Thread bernd . pauli
Walter wrote: "Thanks Michael - thank you Andi and John" Yes, thanks a lot ... that's a beautiful barred olivine chondrule! "Okay, I admit I know nothing about thin sections. Someone educate me." Woe, it's me, shame and scandal in the family ... :-)) "What are the vertical pieces that sort of

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - September 30, 2007

2007-10-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_9_30_07.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman September 30, 2007 Dear Dawnitsways, The Dawn project welcomes you to deep space! Dawn is operating smoothly on the fourth day of its 8-year adventure. Like new parents, its extremely proud and greatly sleep-depri

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - October 2, 2007

2007-10-02 Thread Walter Branch
Thanks Michael, And thank-you Andi and John. Okay, I admit I know nothing about thin sections. Someone educate me. What are the vertical pieces that sort of remind me of mitochondria in a cell? What does the horizontal color gradient indicate? -Walter Branch -

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - October 2, 2007

2007-10-02 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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Re: [meteorite-list] from Kevin Kichinka

2007-10-02 Thread Michael L Blood
This is from Kevin: -- Buenes noches mi amigos y amigas: At this moment, I wonder if we aren't witnessing events surrounding the 21st century's first historic meteorite. There are elements of this fall common with meteorites seen to fall in the 18th century. - A fireball was seen with explosions