Re: [meteorite-list] New Google Search Pages for PDF and Powerpoint Files

2009-05-07 Thread Pete Pete
Excellent links! Thanks, Paul. I almost wish I had two broken legs so I could justify the time needed in front of the computer exploring it all. Here's a search engine I've been meaning to post: http://tineye.com/ http://tineye.com/ It's a reverse image search, for those

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - May 7, 2009

2009-05-07 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - May 7, 2009

2009-05-07 Thread Alexander Seidel
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/May_7_2009.html Wow, what a stone! They have 20 kg in Perth, according to MetBase. I wonder whether it is all in this single specimen. Does anyone know the mass of the stone pictured? Ted? Best, Alex Berlin/Germany __

[meteorite-list] Wanted: 'Giveaways' for Children

2009-05-07 Thread matt
I am a science teacher in the UK, currently preparing to give a series of presentations on meteorites to groups of our Y9 students (13-14 years old). I would like to be able to give each of the students a rock to take home. A number of years ago a member of our community generously gave me a

[meteorite-list] AD - ebay auctions ending on Saturday

2009-05-07 Thread Meteoriteshow
Dear Listees, Our ebay auctions ending on Saturday can be seen at: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ50QQsassZmeteoriteshow They include: 1- Al Haggounia 001 PRIM. AUB. - 40.3g Slice, dimensions: 73x56x5mm. Shipped in a display box (see photos*). * The slice shown in the display box is

[meteorite-list] AD: several fresh L3.2 NWA5730 ending at Ebay - started at $0.01

2009-05-07 Thread Rob Lenssen
Dear List, For the chondrule lovers': I have several Ebay auctions of the fresh NWA 5730 (L3.2 S2 W1) ending tomorrow. All but one started at $0.01, and some still are. http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/rob1612mar Thanks, Rob IMCA #1681 __

[meteorite-list] Bunbura Roskhole-- new Australian fall

2009-05-07 Thread Darren Garrison
http://praguemonitor.com/2009/05/07/czechs-uncover-rare-meteorite-australia Czechs uncover rare meteorite in Australia C(TK | 7 May 2009 Prague, May 6 (CTK) - Czech astronomers have counted the trajectory and the landing of a rare meteorite from the inner Solar System and found its fragments in

[meteorite-list] Nininger Estate Items Clarification

2009-05-07 Thread raremeteorites
Deal List Members, I just wanted to make a clarification on the Nininger estate items currently listed on Ebay. An overwhelming amount of emails have come in with offers on individual pieces. I was accepting offers on all 18 items together, not separately in a final attempt to keep the

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - May 7, 2009

2009-05-07 Thread ted brattstrom
Aloha - Alas, the mass of the rocks presented at the museum were not listed on the labels, and for some reason there was a pane of glass between me and the rock, so I couldn't pick it up or weigh it :-) (for the bigger irons, there wasn't any glass :-) ) There must be a list somewhere

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - May 7, 2009

2009-05-07 Thread Alexander Seidel
I found this in the description section of MetBase, and may be this is also the text in the BMNH catalog (P.S. don´t have that one available for lookup here at my secondary place to live)...: Station workers observed a fireball in October 1960 while opening a gate in the boundary fence on the

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men Trailer

2009-05-07 Thread Carl 's
Geoff, it looks like you are the straight man of the duo, with Steve playing the comic relief. Not a bad idea. Works for the Mythbusters and others. Carl Geoff wrote: ...Oops! I was just accused of being overly serious, in the promo : )...

[meteorite-list] Czechs uncover rare meteorite in Australia

2009-05-07 Thread Michael Groetz
http://praguemonitor.com/2009/05/07/czechs-uncover-rare-meteorite-australia Czechs uncover rare meteorite in Australia 7 May 2009 Prague, May 6 (CTK) - Czech astronomers have counted the trajectory and the landing of a rare meteorite from the inner Solar System and found its fragments in

[meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Mars' Basaltic Crust

2009-05-07 Thread Jerry Flaherty
more basalt - Original Message - From: PSRD p...@higp.hawaii.edu To: psrdm...@soest.hawaii.edu Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 10:24 PM Subject: New Issue: Mars' Basaltic Crust Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD] New article online: Mars Crust: Made of