[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - June 21, 2008

2008-06-21 Thread Michael Johnson
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Re: [meteorite-list] Space Art ( meteorite impact - AD)

2008-06-21 Thread Michael L Blood
http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/JerryArmstrong.html Hi all, I just got back from a really beautiful trip to GA. I stayed with Jerry Armstrong (who was an amazing host) and was able to visit Dave Gheesling and Anita Westlake's homes and see their terrific Collections. Anita's home is

[meteorite-list] Tagish Lake prices

2008-06-21 Thread Dave Harris
Hi folks, Just been trying to get a feel for the price per gram for TL - looking at pieces around 100mg - not to purchase but I have about 0.3g of the stuff and when I googled it I found it difficult to pin a price on it - I've seen it for $2 per milligram (which sounds very dear!) and Eric

Re: [meteorite-list] California Meteorite Discovery Video with Jim Kriegh.

2008-06-21 Thread Pete Pete
I had that same dream, many times! Very envious. Another great video. I'd be interested in the dimensions of the fall pattern. If it was as small as it appears in the video, would that be the result in a stone coming in very vertical? Is this a fresh fall discovered in grounds hunted in the

[meteorite-list] Thanks!

2008-06-21 Thread Dave Harris
You guys and gals are a mine of info! Got an idea now. Around $600 per gram - Seems not a bad price at all considering how weird and rare this stuff is! I should have bought more! Anyway- that's being greedy - it's well represented in my collection. The lesson here for me, folks, is to keep a

[meteorite-list] Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites now Available

2008-06-21 Thread Mike Groetz
Good Morning- For those of you waiting- I just got an email at 9:30 this morning from Amazon that my book shipped. The book must have been released and Amazon now has them in. The odd thing was yesterday I got an email from them offering to cancel my order (if I didn't respond) as the

Re: [meteorite-list] Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites now Available

2008-06-21 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:48:11 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Good Morning- For those of you waiting- I just got an email at 9:30 this morning from Amazon that my book shipped. The book must have been released and Amazon now has them in. The odd thing was yesterday I got an email from them

Re: [meteorite-list] Higher than expected levels of sodium ... suggest that the dust clouds from which the building blocks of the Earth and neighboring planets formed were much denser than previously

2008-06-21 Thread Steve Dunklee
Ionized particles in the early formation of chondrules would hold a charge. This charge would hold sodium vapor rather than allowing it to be driven away, much the way a sodium vapor lamp works. In effect the charge in addition to the low gravity would would tend to concentrate the available

Re: [meteorite-list] Higher than expected levels of sodium ... suggest that the dust clouds from which the building blocks of the Earth and neighboring planets formed were much denser than previously

2008-06-21 Thread Ted Bunch
Sounds like a good opinion to me - Ted Bunch On 6/21/08 9:48 AM, Steve Dunklee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ionized particles in the early formation of chondrules would hold a charge. This charge would hold sodium vapor rather than allowing it to be driven away, much the way a sodium vapor lamp

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites' now Available

2008-06-21 Thread lebofsky
Hi All: I am looking for one or two reviewers of this book. Any takers? Sorry that I cannot offer you a free copy, so limited to someone who is getting their copy in the near future (for the August deadline). Thanks Larry Lebofsky Co-Editor, Meteorite magazine On Sat, June 21, 2008 8:48 am,

[meteorite-list] Inexpensive Chassignite? YES!! Tomorrow Only.

2008-06-21 Thread Darryl Pitt
Terrific complete slice of the NWA2727 chassignite. Bonhams. Tomorrow. 1.28 grams / Estimate: $2250-3500 http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r? sContinent=USAscreen=lotdetailsNoFlashiSaleItemNo=3962216iSaleNo=1608 9iSaleSectionNo=1 If the above link does not