Re: [meteorite-list] How do you pronounce...

2011-04-10 Thread Richard Kowalski
I'll pronounce it any way she wants me to. :) -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Sun, 4/10/11, Pete Pete wrote: > From: Pete Pete > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] How do you pronounce... > To: mikebevmur...@gmail.com, valpar...@aol.com > Cc: "meteoritelist meteoriteli

Re: [meteorite-list] How do you pronounce...

2011-04-10 Thread Pete Pete
Hi, all, The American female pronounces BRACHINITE with the CH like a K. The UK female is ch as in church. I haven't seen the phonetics anywhere on the net, or books I have. I would appreciate the proper pronunciation. Cheers, Pete > From: mike

Re: [meteorite-list] The Usselo Horizon, a Worldwide Charcoal-Rich Layer of Alleröd Age, Johán B. "Han" Kloosterman 1999 June, extensive references: Rich Murray 2011.04.09

2011-04-10 Thread Rich Murray
Hi Mark, I enjoyed reading your whole blog for the last 3 months, just now, as well as your articles in The New Mexican and Skeptical Inquirer [ http://www.csicop.org/si/show/when_scientists_actually_change_their_minds ], and all the associated comments. I detest propaganda, manipulative advertis

[meteorite-list] How do you pronounce...

2011-04-10 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers   How do you Allende and yes I still mess up Sikhote- Alin but after hearing how that link pronounced Sikhote-Alin I have to say I was off and so were others.. One other meteorite is Millbillillie it like Millbilllebbbllblhal for lol.   Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBaystore http://

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - April 1-6, 2011

2011-04-10 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Remains Silent at Troy* /- sols 2574-2579, March 31 - April 5, 2011: No communication has been received from Spirit since Sol 2210 (March 22, 2010). Deep Space Network X-band listening and recovery commanding continue. T

Re: [meteorite-list] Rebuttal to NY Times article

2011-04-10 Thread Richard Montgomery
Anne, great job! Not only did you challenge the rogue and hyperbole writing of the NYT 'author' you approached it with grace and the respect to meteoritics exemplary of the IMCA. It would have been easy to write a scathing response with guns blazing black (pun intended) but that would merely

[meteorite-list] (AD) holbrook and oum dreyga

2011-04-10 Thread steve arnold
Good evening list.All freebies are gone.I have lowered the price of 2 of my meteorites I have forsale.12 gram fragment of HOLBROOK and a 23 gram OUM DREYGA. $150 for the holbrook and $75 for the oum dreyga.The od piece is a complete crusted beauty.Pic upon request.And since it's sunday,this is

[meteorite-list] AD ebay auction items

2011-04-10 Thread Warren Sansoucie
Hello List, If you want , have a look at what's ending soon. Thanks! http://stores.ebay.com/Resurrectio-Ad-Referendum?_rdc=1 Kind Regards, Warren Sansoucie St. Louis MO __ Visit the Archives at http:

Re: [meteorite-list] Huge Asteroid to Pass Near Earth in November

2011-04-10 Thread Don Merchant
Get your telescopes out to those places on Earth that might get a glimpse of it. It states that when this asteroid returns this November 2011, that it will pass between the Moon and Earth! Somewhere around 160,000 miles from Earththat's pretty close! Being about 1300 feet in diameter I would

Re: [meteorite-list] How do you pronounce...

2011-04-10 Thread Michael Murray
I posted this once before but since you are working on these pronunciations now...A friend of ours came from Willamette, OR. She says Willamette is pronounced Wil lam it, with emphasis on the second syllable. Mike On Apr 10, 2011, at 10:54 AM, wrote: I'm compiling a pronunciation gu

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: April 4-8, 2011

2011-04-10 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES April 4-8, 2011 o Tyrrhena Mons (04 April 2011) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5612 o Arkhangelsky Crater Dunes (05 April 2011) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5613 o South Polar Clouds (05 April 2011) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5614 o Nili Patera Dunes (06 April 2011)

[meteorite-list] WISE Mission Spots 'Horseshoe' Asteroid (2010 SO16)

2011-04-10 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-112 WISE Mission Spots 'Horseshoe' Asteroid Jet Propulsion Laboratory April 08, 2011 An asteroid recently discovered by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) may be a bit of an oddball. Most near-Earth asteroids -- NEAs for short -

[meteorite-list] AD: 1.5 kilo lot of the famous "MendotaWrong" very beautiful

2011-04-10 Thread Joe Kerchner
I have 1.5 kilos of the the most beautiful "MendotaWrong". This is one of the, if not the best meteorwrongs on the planet. There are a variety of sizes and lithogies inthis lot. Some of the nicest stones ever available of this material. I am willing to let this 1.5 kilo lot go for a low price

Re: [meteorite-list] important business

2011-04-10 Thread fallingfusion
... and yes, meteor-wrongs get dropped to the incinerator. Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Michael Blood Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:02:58 To: Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] imp

Re: [meteorite-list] important business

2011-04-10 Thread fallingfusion
Sounds like the provenance of this stone could perhaps be one of Willy Wonkas golden gooses. (??) Ryan Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Michael Blood Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:02:58 To: Met

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting (LAWS) by Country

2011-04-10 Thread al mitt
Hi Ed, One might post in this guide situations like Mike Farmer and Robert Ward had so those who might consider hunting could avoid it rather than take chances. At least make an educated guess or risk. We have had others who have been detained before those guys. Robert Haag in Argentina who wa

Re: [meteorite-list] How do you pronounce...

2011-04-10 Thread Richard Kowalski
There is a bit of a thread about the pronunciation of Muonionalusta when I asked the list back in late August, 2009. Check the archives for that. There was some variation, but most were similar in some way to: Moo-on eon ah-loose-ta -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081

[meteorite-list] AD Very rare porous Chondrite [H5/6] for sale!!!

2011-04-10 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Daid wrote: "The material is very unusal and interesting. Facts: NWA 6412; S1; W1; TKW 1716g The fresh matrix is very porous and friable ... a lot of chondrules in 3D-view http://gavie.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=61 The 78-gram full slice will soon be in my meteorit

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting (LAWS) by Country

2011-04-10 Thread Ed Deckert
Hi Al, You hit the nail square on the head. Maintaining a book like this could be like trying to herd cats. Given the instability in the Middle-East, with government changes, etc, the laws there can change by the hour. Unfortunately, if Michael Farmer and Robert Ward had such a publication

Re: [meteorite-list] important business

2011-04-10 Thread Michael Blood
Lurking list member, I had a dream two nights ago and someone whom I had heard of But hadn't met offered to trade to me all he found of a recent fall. He had gathered the entire lot which consisted of only 4 pieces, But each sized around 1/4 LB of butter or so. The remarkable thing

Re: [meteorite-list] How do you pronounce...

2011-04-10 Thread Darryl Pitt
yes, terrific idea. here's one... Marjalahti - MAR-ya-LA-tee On Apr 10, 2011, at 12:54 PM, wrote: > I'm compiling a pronunciation guide that I'll post to the list. Any help is > greatly appreciated and feel free to send more meteorite names. > > I found some help scanning the MetList a

[meteorite-list] AD Very rare porous Chondrite for sale!!!

2011-04-10 Thread David Goettlich
Hey List, I have a new Meteorite for sale. The material is very unusal and interesting. Facts: NWA 6412 S1 W1 TKW 1716g The fresh matrix is very porous and friable. A other very cool thing is that if you look at the slices you can see a lot of Chondrules in 3D-view which is not so ofter. Its

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting (LAWS) by Country

2011-04-10 Thread al mitt
Hi Martin and Roman, One other problem I would see if someone went to the trouble of trying to put all this in a reference guide to let would be hunters know what laws exist, is the probability of the laws always changing. It would be valid perhaps the first year then after that possible new l

Re: [meteorite-list] How do you pronounce...

2011-04-10 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi, Great idea, but you forgot Gebel Kamil.. On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 9:54 AM, wrote: > I'm compiling a pronunciation guide that I'll post to the list. Any help is > greatly appreciated and feel free to send more meteorite names. > > I found some help scanning the MetList archives for the last

[meteorite-list] How do you pronounce...

2011-04-10 Thread valparint
I'm compiling a pronunciation guide that I'll post to the list. Any help is greatly appreciated and feel free to send more meteorite names. I found some help scanning the MetList archives for the last year: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=sikhote-alin http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-

[meteorite-list] Huge Asteroid to Pass Near Earth in November

2011-04-10 Thread Paul H.
Huge Asteroid to Pass Near Earth in November Leonard David, SPACE.com http://www.space.com/11310-huge-asteroid-2005-yu55-passing-earth-november.html Large asteroid 2005 YU55 paying close visit to Earth in November, Digital Journal http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/305500 The report is:

[meteorite-list] Chicxulub Impact Crater focus for ocean drilling plans

2011-04-10 Thread Paul H.
Dino crater focus for ocean drilling plans by Richard Black BBC News, April 5, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12969599 http://news.maars.net/blog/2011/04/06/dino-crater-focus-for-ocean-drilling-plans/ Researchers To Drill Chicxulub Crater, RedOrbit http://www.redorbit.com/

[meteorite-list] AD- Ebay - Imilac and Sikhote-Alin ending this Evening!

2011-04-10 Thread Felipe Guajardo
Hey everyone, Just wanted to give a friendly reminder that my two listings are finishing this evening starting at 7:30 PDT. They are still at bargain prices! Here are the links again: 122g Sikhote-Alin: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130504903448&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_50

[meteorite-list] 2 freebies left

2011-04-10 Thread steve arnold
Hi again list.Its supposed to be 85 degrees in chitown today.Very unusal for this time of the year.I have 1 stone and 1 campo crystal left for freebies.Thats it and theres no more.So chime in.All freebies are going out today and thanks again and its my pleasure to do this for you.Have a great d

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting (LAWS) by Country

2011-04-10 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Roman, meteorites are so scarce, that it is very unlikely that in many states a special legislation does exist for them at all. Currently you have more than 200 nations on the globe. Most of them are subdivided into smaller administrative units with own legal regulations. So you would have to

[meteorite-list] Ontario Bolide with Sounds 2 or more large events?

2011-04-10 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, Ontario Green fireball 1:30 am 10April2011 Wooler, Ontario Bolide with Rumbling and Popping 12:51 am 10APR2011 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/04/ontario-green-fireball-130-am.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Sylacauga Historical Marker?

2011-04-10 Thread Richard Kowalski
Last May 22nd an Historical Marker was erected near the site of the Sylacauga fall. I was just wondering if anyone has a photo of the marker they could share? I also see the Net database mentions the two reported locations are separated by 5km, so the location of the marker would be interesting