[meteorite-list] Another helping of peppered mammoth

I stumbled across this today, I don't think this level of detail (as to spectra and Ni/Fe ratios in the particles) has been presented on the list before (but I could have missed it) http://ie.lbl.gov/mammoth/AGUSF_poster_2.gif Also, there's this: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=741568C2D

[meteorite-list] FW: Rare, Expensive - HONOLULU--- Buy or make offers, not much available!

From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 7:52 PM To: 'michael cottingham' Subject: AD: Rare, Expensive - HONOLULU--- Buy or make offers, not much available! Hello, Honolulu and others for sale. Go to: http://st

[meteorite-list] AD - A Lot of New Pieces

Hello, Just a very quick announcement, time is running very short. I have just added ALL my new pieces to my website. You will find there a lot of new pieces from Alamogordo to Zagora, with Patos de Minas (formerly Santa Fe), Laguna Manantiales, Eads, Tres Castillos (huge slice), Santa Clar

[meteorite-list] NASA to Release Science Results and New Images From Mercury Flyby

Jan. 28, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-019 NASA TO RELEASE SCIENCE RESULTS AND NEW IMAGES FROM MERCURY FLYBY WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 30, to announce scientific findings an

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER: A Closer Look at the Previously Unseen Side of Mercury

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_28_08.html MESSENGER Mission News January 28, 2008 A Closer Look at the Previously Unseen Side of Mercury Two weeks ago, on January 14, 2008, MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to see the side of Mercury shown in this image. The first im

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about Jiddat al Harasis 073

Hola Tracy, Ken, All, Yes, the colour does look a bit off, but in this case I think it might be due to odd photography - the specimens' textures actually look meteoric and some of the pieces reflect light in a way that I would expect from a weathered ordinary chondrite (oxidized metal appears to be

[meteorite-list] lost in space

If they were just a little magnetic, the outcome would be a lot different. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Re NWA 482

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:59:03 -0600, you wrote: >Alas and woe is me. I shall have to rethink how I let my students >handle the meteorite specimens. >One of them got a little careless and dropped my 10mg NWA 482 >and it is no more! My first planetary, a similar sized bit of NWA 998, shared a simila

[meteorite-list] Re NWA 482

Alas and woe is me. I shall have to rethink how I let my students handle the meteorite specimens. One of them got a little careless and dropped my 10mg NWA 482 and it is no more! Would anyone on list have a specimen they can part with at a modest cost? It was my first and favorite planetary. I got

Re: [meteorite-list] Presenting Northwest Africa 5000, A Cosmic Masterpiece!

Wow, That is an awesome Lunar. I'll take a 500 gram slice ;-) - Original Message - From: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam" Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:06 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Presenting Northwest Africa 5000,A Cosmic Masterpiece! Dear List Members, We would

Re: [meteorite-list] New guy introduces himself with a couple of questions

Hello Michael: This is what happens when you go out to a lunch meeting. It appears that you have already gotten some very good advice from others on the listserv. However, now that Dave has brought up the subject, please do consider a subscription to Meteorite magazine. We have articles on a vari

[meteorite-list] Jiddat al Harasis 073 (I need a Some!)

Hello List, I just looked at Tom's pictures of JaH 073, Wow!! That's one of the best looking meteorites I've ever seen through the 'scope. That said, who has a piece for sale? Contact me off list please. Thanks, Larry **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in sha

Re: [meteorite-list] New guy introduces himself with a couple of questions

Michael: A very good magazine to subscribe to is METEORITE magazine. This is a quarterly issue, edited by Larry and Nancy Lebofsky, who are on this list. Check online at: http://meteoritemag.uark.edu. This magazine provides a wide variety of information and updates on the latest in the meteorit

Re: [meteorite-list] New guy introduces himself with a couple ofquestions

Hi Mike, Welcome to the list. I have also seen you on Cloudy Nights, where I think you may have responded to a few of my own posts and in the swap and shop section. I would highly recommend Find a Falling Star by Nininger. A very inspirational book by the greatest meteorite hunter of all t

Re: [meteorite-list] New guy introduces himself with a couple of question

Hi Michael, Most of your questions have been answered, BUT I strongly Encourage you to look into the cutting solution sold by "Rusty" Bill Mason. He is on the cutting edge of meteorite rust, preservation Cutting, etching, etc. (yes, pun intended). I don't know if he wants his em

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about Jiddat al Harasis 073

Hi Ken, I looked at the meteorites and while I think they are likely correct, I would never buy and ordinary chondrite with TKW of over 500Kg, by the carrot weight. I bought a bit of JaH 073 from Ivan a couple years ago and there is some weird color in it. The iron stained it red in plac

Re: [meteorite-list] Presenting Northwest Africa 5000, A Cosmic Masterpiece!

To see a photo of a this stunning Lunar see lot #8 at: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/TucsonAuction08.html If you click on the photo - a much larger image will Be available. Best wishes, Michael on 1/28/08 9:06 AM, Adam Hupe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear List Members, >

[meteorite-list] Links to More Images of Tucson Auction Piece

Dear List Members, For your consideration here are some more links to piece, AH8 entered in Michael Blood's Auction: http://themeteoritesite.com/Slice-Image-a.jpg http://themeteoritesite.com/Slice-Image-b.jpg http://themeteoritesite.com/Slice-Image-c.jpg http://themeteoritesite.com/Slice-Imag

Re: [meteorite-list] New guy introduces himself with a couple of questions

Hi Michael and welcome to the hobby(obsession) . I have some thoughts on your questions: Asking questions is not a breach of list etiquette at all. Every question you ask will benefit you and the lurkers that are too shy to ask questions. 1) IMCA; Your comment in my opinion is very accurate, the

Re: [meteorite-list] New guy introduces himself with a couple of questions

Hi Michael, Great to see you on the list! You'll meet a lot of wonderful people here who are always willing to answer your questions. I look forward to your posts and hope you make many meteorite friends. Best to you Mike, Bob On Jan 28, 2008 10:57 AM, Michael Gilmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > H

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about Jiddat al Harasis 073

Hi Ken, regarding JaH073 I suggest you contact Hanno Strufe from Germany. I am quite sure he can help you with slice photos and more info on that meteorite. His mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best regards, Alex Berlin/Germany Original-Nachricht > Datum: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:11

Re: [meteorite-list] another Kem-Kem

Hello Zélimir and List, That's why you find the following comment in Met.Bull 85: Many meteorites lacking first-hand documentation of the find location are being sold by Moroccan rock and mineral dealers, and by people from other countries who have collected material in Morocco. These meteorites

[meteorite-list] New guy introduces himself with a couple of questions

Welcome Michael; You asked about a diamond saw when cutting small specimens.A tile saw works well if you clamp the specimen securely.I use a regular tile saw with a sliding table bought at Lowe's.The blade is rather thick that comes with it,but you can purchase cubic boron blades and proba

Re: [meteorite-list] New guy introduces himself with a couple of questions

In a message dated 1/28/2008 9:57:39 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) The IMCA. Is this group for private collectors, or just for collector/dealers who also sell specimens? I was looking over the IMCA website and I read the bylaws - and it appears to be a group of m

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about Jiddat al Harasis 073

This seller is based in Thailand. There are a bunch of good sellers operating out of Thailand, the gem capital of the world (at least for the moment), but there are MANY more bogus sellers of not-what-they-advertise. Although this seller has a reasonable record, I have yet to see a meteorite

[meteorite-list] another Kem-Kem

Hi Jeff, Dean, Bernd, I totally agree with Jeff: Kem-Kem was another current name for meteorites found when the Sahara rush started. Here is another exemple: I purchased in 1998 from Michel Franco, the main mass of "Kem-Kem", a nicely oriented black-crusted cut individual weighing 942.5 g,

[meteorite-list] AD: 227 Grams Of Auctions Ending Tonight 8:30pm

Hi All, I have 227 grams of iron meteorite LOTS ending tonight. 2 Lots of Canyon Diablo for less than .43/g If someone wins BOTH CD LOTS (Total of 223 grams) I'll give them Free shipping and throw in an NWA meteorite just as a thank you! http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZfreel3orn Eric Rega

[meteorite-list] Question about Jiddat al Harasis 073

List Members, There is currently four eBay offerings of JaH 073 by seller 'freakingcat_gems'. http://tinyurl.com/25j4f6 I've not seen a 'meteorite' like this before, can anyone with a slice confirm or debunk this? And does anyone have a slice photo? Thanks in advance, Ken Newton __

[meteorite-list] Presenting Northwest Africa 5000, A Cosmic Masterpiece!

Dear List Members, We would like to take this opportunity to announce Northwest Africa 5000. To keep things straightforward, Northwest Africa 5000 is a Massive, Gorgeous and Unique Feldspathic Leucogabbroic Breccia from the Lunar Highlands. We deem that it is the most impressive meteorite ever f

[meteorite-list] New guy introduces himself with a couple of questions

Hello Everyone and List Members!, I hope this is not a breach of list etiquette and if so, I apologize in advance for my indiscretion. I just wanted to take a moment and come out of the shadows where I have been quietly lurking and soaking up the collective wisdom of this group. My name is Micha

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 27, 2008 - Chupaderos

> Does anybody have any information that may corroborate this relationship > between Kraft and Nininger? Chris, you may ask Dr. Ursula B. Marvin of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). She has authored quite a few papers on famous pe

Re: [meteorite-list] CM Photo Cubes (ad)

Hi All, I have had a "run" on Drake's high end 1 CM Porportion comparison and Orientation cubes. (10mm X 10mm, Top, Bottom, North, South, East, West). As a result I only have 27 left and have had to create a list to make sure those who have ordered one will get one at the show.