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

2010-04-02 Thread meteoriteshow
Dear Fellow Listees, I have been away from ebay for some weeks because I was too busy but as I still have some few goodies left for auctions, 6 meteorites will be offered to you on ebay on Saturday, starting at 11:00am PDT, 20h00 Paris time. To see them, you can check at: http://search.ebay.com/_

[meteorite-list] golden iron color and Widmanst ätten" patterns

2010-04-02 Thread Shawn Alan
Jason and Carl,   I would like to say thank you for the posts on your points, now I have a better understanding about what a winonaite is after I read about it a couple days ago in the Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites and the posts by you two. But I would have to agree more with one of you

Re: [meteorite-list] Lucerne Dry Lake

2010-04-02 Thread R N Hartman
http://www.meteorite1.com/lweb.htm No. It is open to collecting (persumably minerals) but all vehicles are now legally prohibited from driving on the dry lake. Don't know whether you would be chased off or whether it is being patrolled, but if you attempt an overnight camp be aware of flash

[meteorite-list] Monthly Favourite - February 2010

2010-04-02 Thread Jeff Kuyken
http://www.meteorites.com.au/favourite/february2010.html Cheers, Jeff __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/

[meteorite-list] For sale Canyon Diablo's with holes, Mali and more....

2010-04-02 Thread Ruben Garcia
Check out here http://shop.ebay.com/mr-meteorite/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340 -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u _

[meteorite-list] Warning-- pallasite bandit on the lam

2010-04-02 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100402/NEWS/304029983 Man on run after theft of space rock from Dungeness resident By Tom Callis Peninsula Daily News DUNGENESS -- A man who allegedly stole a rare meteorite from a Dungeness resident more than a year ago is on the run, according to

[meteorite-list] golden iron color and Widmanstä tten" patterns

2010-04-02 Thread habibi abdelaziz
hey all, about this iron, all i can say is that the golden color is real, and it has not been touched by any human, when i get the iron i was helping some amerecain friend to hunt and they saw the iron like i did , its not photoshop or any change in color with any programm the iron  is real gol

[meteorite-list] Look At All The Craters!

2010-04-02 Thread Meteorites USA
Thought this was interesting. MARS http://hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EXTRAS/RDR/ESP/ORB_014300_014399/ESP_014394_2045/ESP_014394_2045_RED.abrowse.jpg When considering the number of craters visible on every planet in our solar system whose surface we can see, and which have hostile atmosphe

[meteorite-list] Jesenice 2009 Slovenia Fall

2010-04-02 Thread Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Hi List, The Jesenice fall of 2009 was just published in the Met Bulletin. It is an L6 chondrite that fell almost one year ago today on April 09, 2009 in Slovenia. http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=51589 Best regards, MikeG --

[meteorite-list] Look At All The Craters!

2010-04-02 Thread drtanuki
Eric and List, Yes, LIDAR, magnetic anomaly maps, and other spectral imagery can help in their search. One limiting factor is cost; another is access to the data. Google Earth? has a feature where you can fill areas with "water" to make your hunt more interesting. The real "craft" takes

[meteorite-list] test

2010-04-02 Thread Meteorites USA
test __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Swap - NASA and Apollo Moon Landing Memorabilia for Meteorites

2010-04-02 Thread Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Greetings List, I know this is not exactly on-topic, but it may be of interest to someone on this list. I have a sizeable stack of NASA Apollo/Moon Landing memorabilia that I am going to sell - the money from this sale will be used to purchase meteorites. So, I thought before I offer this to som

Re: [meteorite-list] Swap - NASA and Apollo Moon Landing Memorabiliafor Meteorites

2010-04-02 Thread Linton Rohr
Liquidating other assets to buy meteorites Sounds so very familiar. Linton - Original Message - From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" To: "Meteorite List" Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 1:32 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Swap - NASA and Apollo Moon Landing Memorabiliafor Meteorites

[meteorite-list] Smithsonian discusses the rare, recent Lorton Meteorite

2010-04-02 Thread Greg Stanley
Lorton at the Smithsonian? Greg S. http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/042010/04022010/536642 Smithsonian discusses the rare, recent Lorton Meteorite Date published: 4/2/2010 ON Jan. 18, 2010, a very rare astronomical event occurred in our area as a meteorite crashed through the roof

[meteorite-list] anyone in CO check out the rock that fell from the sky with a woosh?

2010-04-02 Thread mafer
Just watched the video on MSN and wondered if anyone in CO has checked this out. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=36147346� __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] anyone in CO check out the rock that fell from thesky with a woosh?

2010-04-02 Thread mail
I can tell by the image in the story it isn't a meteorite. Matt --Original Message-- From: ma...@imagineopals.com Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com ReplyTo: ma...@imagineopals.com Subject: [meteorite-list] anyone in CO check out the

Re: [meteorite-list] Smithsonian discusses the rare, recent Lorton Meteorite

2010-04-02 Thread GeoZay
>>If more pieces of this meteorite are found, a big payday could occur for the lucky meteorite hunters. For now, the Lorton Meteorite remains at the Smithsonian, with the intent to put it on public display once the legal issues are resolved.<< It sounds to me that the Smithsonian already kn

[meteorite-list] mini microscope (was Re: AD:Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 for sale on eBay)

2010-04-02 Thread Darren Garrison
FWIW, my 7 buck microscope arrived today. I don't know if it is really 60x magnification, but it works well. Image in the center of the feild is sharp (though it does lose focus around the edges.) The two color and 1 UV LEDs work. Nice purchase for the price. On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:24:50 -0500

[meteorite-list] Impact fatalitites

2010-04-02 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - The latest official estimate from NASA: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=asteroid-impact-climate-change Actually, at current population loads, if the recent comet flux holds, you end up with 1 death every 90 seconds. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: March 29 - April 2, 2010

2010-04-02 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES March 29 - April 2, 2010 o Ceranus Tholus (29 March 2010) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20100329a o Coprates Catena (30 March 2010) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20100330a o Tithonium Chasma (31 March 2010) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20100331a o Aurorae Chaos (01 Apr

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update: March 23 - April 1, 2010

2010-04-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit in Hibernation - sols 2211-2218, March 23-30, 2010: The scheduled downlink from Spirit on Sol 2218 (March 30, 2010), via Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) relay through the Odyssey orbiter was not received. Odyssey reported nomi

[meteorite-list] Hibben and YD impacts

2010-04-02 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - I was wondering if anyone here would like to apologize to Frank Hibben: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100331/full/464657a.htmlp or to Dr. Firestone. By the way, the "blueberries" on Mars are impact vapor condensates, not water condensates. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Ameri

Re: [meteorite-list] Hibben and YD impacts

2010-04-02 Thread Spaceguard
Also, read this. Bill Napier is on the case. Jay Tate The Spaceguard Centre Was a giant comet responsible for a North American catastrophe in 11,000 BC? Royal Astronomical Society Press Release RAS PN 10/17 1st April 2010 For immediate release Was a giant comet responsible for a North Amer

Re: [meteorite-list] Hibben and YD impacts

2010-04-02 Thread drtanuki
Dear Ed and List, Respectfully, pseudo-science does not gain the respect of an apology. The formation of a "black mat" has not be proven to be from a single event and the evidence is still greatly lacking for their hypothesis to become science fact. Bedtime story reading is just that, perhap

Re: [meteorite-list] Hibben and YD impacts

2010-04-02 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Dirk, E.P., List You cannot answer all questions about a planet by just looking at it with a robot, and this is one of the questions still open. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_spherules "The shapes by themselves don't reveal the particles' origin with certainty. "A number of straightfo

[meteorite-list] mini microscope (was Re: AD:Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 for sale on eBay)

2010-04-02 Thread Shawn Alan
Darren,   Congrats on the mini microscope. It was the smartest move I made and has given me the opportunity to look at my meteorite with great detail.   Shawn Alan    [meteorite-list] mini microscope (was Re: AD:Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 for sale on eBay)Darren Garrison cynapse at charter.net Fri