Re: [meteorite-list] Zamanshin impact and Homo Heidelbergensis

2009-12-05 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, EP, List, I strongly suggest you not worry about taxonomy and being criticized for it. Genus Homo taxonomy is presently in a state of colossal mess and nobody agrees with anybody except themselves. Homo heidelbergensis has been applied to many distinctly different sets of remains, ranging

[meteorite-list] Test - ignore

2009-12-05 Thread Chladnis Heirs
Tests are boring. Meteorite collection in Switzerland... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHQn7VNLUJI __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Leake Goodlett meteorite returned

2009-12-05 Thread Michael Groetz
http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11620211 Leake Goodlett meteorite returned Associated Press - December 4, 2009 8:24 AM ET TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - A half-ton of space rock has mysteriously reappeared at a Tupelo building supply store. Lindsey Leake, the store's co-owner, tells the

Re: [meteorite-list] 2008 TC3 - NatGeo TV

2009-12-05 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Greg,all, Anyone know if someone recorded it and made it available to download for those of us outside the USA? Graham, UK Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net wrote: Hello All, For anyone who missed tonight's airing of National Geographic's Naked Science: Countdown to Impact, it is well

Re: [meteorite-list] Leake Goodlett meteorite returned

2009-12-05 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Michael, Meteorwrong! anyway meteorite-identification.com/tupelo.html Graham, uk Michael Groetz mpg4...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11620211 Leake Goodlett meteorite returned Associated Press - December 4, 2009 8:24 AM ET TUPELO, Miss. (AP) -

Re: [meteorite-list] 2008 TC3 - NatGeo TV

2009-12-05 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:48:09 +, you wrote: Hi Greg,all, Anyone know if someone recorded it and made it available to download for those of us outside the USA? I can't find an upload of it yet, but it will surely be coming-- the other episodes in the series are availible from The Usual

Re: [meteorite-list] Zamanshin impact and Homo Heidelbergensis

2009-12-05 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 04:06:19 -0600, you wrote: I am relying here on the 2035 pages of Wilfried Henke and Ian Tattersall's Handbook of Paleoanthropology (2007), the most recent comprehensive work in publication. If anyone wants to take a look at this resource, you can pick it up for a mere

[meteorite-list] Illinois Meteorwrong Announcement/Sort of Ad

2009-12-05 Thread almitt2
Greetings, Some of you may remember a while back that Joe Kerchner found some interesting looking specimens while out meteorite hunting. I was involved in helping him get the specimens to a researcher who has determined they are a good meteorwrong but not a meteorite. Many may remember a

[meteorite-list] Illinois Meteorwrong Announcement/Sort of Ad

2009-12-05 Thread almitt2
Greetings, Some of you may remember a while back that Joe Kerchner found some interesting looking specimens while out meteorite hunting. I was involved in helping him get the specimens to a researcher who has determined they are a good meteorwrong but not a meteorite. Many may remember a

[meteorite-list] Sunday's Auction

2009-12-05 Thread Dennis Miller
Bonhams Butterfields (announcements...@bonhams.com) Not sure if the list gets these, but here ya go. Nice looking meteorite lot. Dennis _ Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail

[meteorite-list] US Dealers Pictures on www.starhunter.tw ??

2009-12-05 Thread Paul Harris
Dear Geoff, Eric, and List, I received an email from the Taiwan Meteorite Company http://www.starhunter.tw/e/inside.asp requesting a Banner Ad and in reviewing their site I see what appears to be images from Eric Twelker and Geoff Notkin's sites. They may have others as well but I have not

Re: [meteorite-list] US Dealers Pictures on www.starhunter.tw ??

2009-12-05 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Paul and List, Wow, good eye and nice catch! What a strange website. Maybe it's just me, or the culture barrier, but the Rex character seems more like a sideshow promoter than a seller of meteorites and rare materials. I don't say that as a bad thing - I just mean that it looks and feels

Re: [meteorite-list] US Dealers Pictures on www.starhunter.tw ??

2009-12-05 Thread Notkin
Dear Paul: Thank you for being such a good web sleuth as usual : ) Although I've done some business with Taiwan Meteorite Company, they are in no way authorized to use my Brenham photos or list pieces on their site that are actually on MY site : ) I have to say, that's pretty bold.

Re: [meteorite-list] US Dealers Pictures on www.starhunter.tw ??

2009-12-05 Thread Paul Harris
Hi Mike! I totally agree with you on the site. The Moon Box pictures look like Geoff Notkins to me. I also questioned them on this http://www.starhunter.tw/e/detail.asp?pno=1547 and their response is below... LOL Have a great day! Paul *** This iron meteorite J000351

[meteorite-list] Zamanshin impact and Homo Heidelbergensis

2009-12-05 Thread Marco Langbroek
Note that no name is given for this homonid right now. This homonid was likely the common ancestor for sapiens and neanderthal, with the two populations split by the Zamanshin impact. Actually, the formal publication of these Dmanisi fossils have named it Homo georgicus. It is somewhere on

Re: [meteorite-list] US Dealers Pictures on www.starhunter.tw ??

2009-12-05 Thread countdeiro
THAT TAIWAN OUTFIT HAS ENOUGH NANTANS AND CAMPOS TO BALLAST THE NINA, THE PINTA AND THE SANTA MARIA! COUNT DEIRO -Original Message- From: Paul Harris p...@meteorite.com Sent: Dec 5, 2009 12:34 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, Notkin geok...@notkin.net, twel...@alaska.net

Re: [meteorite-list] US Dealers Pictures on www.starhunter.tw ??

2009-12-05 Thread Ed Deckert
I checked out the website in question, and also visited Eric's site. Not only are they using Eric's photos, they are using the exact inventory number, info, and price for the specimen. Like: #NWA5000-610. That is the same photo as used on Eric's site - plus the specimen has the same weight,

Re: [meteorite-list] US Dealers Pictures on www.starhunter.tw ??

2009-12-05 Thread countdeiro
Oh Yeah! I think this is the same outfit that I bought a 4 kilo Nantan from last year. They described it as a siderite nantan. The single photo showed one side all wire brushed up nice. When I received it, the other three sides were caked solid with concretions and rust. I asked my neighbor and

[meteorite-list] more meteorites forsale/ price reduced

2009-12-05 Thread steve arnold
Hi again list.I have reduced a few of the meteorites forsale and I have added a few new ones, so here they are again _ 1.CALDWELL,KS  6 GRAM SLICE  SA CARD $50- 2.SANTA ROSA    51 GRAMS 

[meteorite-list] joe's meteorwrong

2009-12-05 Thread steve arnold
Hi again list.I just bought joe's 75 gram endcut of his meteorwrong.I have to say,it looks like and L3 type.That is the nicest M'wrong I have ever seen.  Steve R. Arnold, Chicago!! __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] 2008 TC3 - NatGeo TV

2009-12-05 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Darren, Thanks, that would be wonderful...it was great to be able to watch the others you have provided links to in the past. Cheers, Graham Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net wrote: On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:48:09 +, you wrote: Hi Greg,all, Anyone know if someone recorded it

Re: [meteorite-list] 2008 TC3 - NatGeo TV

2009-12-05 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:59:54 +, you wrote: Thanks, that would be wonderful...it was great to be able to watch the others you have provided links to in the past. In the meantime, I finally found a download of the first Meteorite Men: http://www.sendspace.com/file/9mi1x6

Re: [meteorite-list] Illinois Meteorwrong Announcement/Sort of Ad

2009-12-05 Thread Joe Kerchner
Thanks AL, I really thin this is one of the top 3 meteorwrongs of all time next to Putorano and Shirokovsky. I do not have a whole lot left, I have sold all of the pieces that I have offered so far. I just put up a few new pieces on the page you linked to. If somebody sees a piece in the thread

Re: [meteorite-list] How much survives entry?

2009-12-05 Thread Chris Peterson
To get a visceral sense of why so little material survives entry, we can do a simple back-of-the-envelope calculation that lets us ignore messy details like entry angle, composition, and ablation physics. A very slow meteoroid (12 km/s) entering the atmosphere is carrying a kinetic energy of

[meteorite-list] SALE - UNWA Black Chondrite slices/endcuts, Trinitite, Meteorite Gift Boxes, more!

2009-12-05 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Folks! I have a few items of holiday interest that would make good stocking stuffers. This includes some low-cost UNWA black chondrite slices and endcuts. I also have some small metal-rich unclassified endcuts, one nice crusted piece of Tamdakht, and some unique Trinitite displays. See the

[meteorite-list] AD - ANGRITE FOR SALE - SMALL AFFORDABLE D'ORBIGNY SPECIMENS AVAILABLE!

2009-12-05 Thread Patrick Thompson
Greetings list members, I have a handful of small D'orbigny angrite specimens available for sale at great prices.  Every specimen has something really unique and weird about it.  As many of you already know, this is one of the most anomalous, rarest, and coolest meteorites on earth.  I am excited 

Re: [meteorite-list] Zamanshin impact and Homo Heidelbergensis

2009-12-05 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Sterling - Once more the voice of quiet reason. The madmen in the room always seem to find me, whether its Zubrinite Mars nuts, cultists, nu-agers, or simply less than secure anthropologists. Hell, I even mentioned erectus in the footnotes, but did they care? No. The taxonomy was a mess,

[meteorite-list] reverse electrolysis

2009-12-05 Thread Jerry Flaherty
List, I have a large Campo del Cielo on which I'd like to try reverse electrolysis. It's one hurtin piece that I'd be willing to sacrifice if things don't go well, so I'd appreciate a repeat of the directions Thanks in advance Jerry Flaherty __

[meteorite-list] IMCA , encyclopdia of meteorite

2009-12-05 Thread habibi abdelaziz
bravo, l'imca pour ce travail magnefique; i didnt see that's huge job there is a long time and i see this is 3 days i can't close my labtop; full of photo of  everything collection ,images; wow, we coundn't found better place to spend a good time, our work is gratified when you see all those

Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA , encyclopdia of meteorite

2009-12-05 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Aziz and List, I agree. The Encyclopedia of Meteorites is the world's best way to explore some of the most interesting private meteorite collections. I wish all institutions holding meteorites had an online interface open to the public like the Encyclopedia. Best regards and happy huntings,

[meteorite-list] big chondrules

2009-12-05 Thread habibi abdelaziz
hi looking for photo of a big chondule here is some, enjoy http://www.flickr.com/photos/azizhabibi/ thanks aziz habibi  habibi aziz box 70 erfoud 52200 morroco phone. 21235576145 fax.21235576170/font __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] SMALL Riker mounts?

2009-12-05 Thread Linton Rohr
Hi there listees, Anybody know of a source for ~ 2 1/2 x 3 Riker mounts? I have purchased a few from a well known outlet, but their prices are about double the norm for any given size. Elsewhere, the smallest I can find are 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Maybe I need bigger specimens! ;^) Linton