Re: [meteorite-list] Dealer/meteorite search

2011-08-09 Thread Paul Harris
Dear List, Paul's email actually pertained our Meteorite Exchange meteorite.com site and we have both bad news and good news. Bad News: The company who's search code we used is no longer supporting it so we decided to stop using it. Keeping old unsupported PHP code that accepts input from

Re: [meteorite-list] More evidence of building blocks of DNA in meteorites

2011-08-09 Thread MexicoDoug
NASA Research Shows DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space Something about the title of the PR seems strange. If they found some DNA/RNA nucleotide bases, then it's not can be made in space, it is are made in space. If they didn't find any, then we are still with the all the ingredients

[meteorite-list] best orionted taza ever

2011-08-09 Thread habibi abdelaziz
 hello all and ramadan said do you remember this orionted taza , here is it before and after cleanaing, http://www.flickr.com/photos/azizhabibi/ thanks aziz ha __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html

Re: [meteorite-list] best orionted taza ever

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Re: [meteorite-list] More evidence of building blocks of DNA in meteorites

2011-08-09 Thread Leoncio Cividanes Álvarez
Well, what I've thinking about this is that the can could mean that maybe the physics involved in the impact with the atmosphere where the responsibles for the creation of those nucleobases, and maybe those nucleobases couldn't be found in meteors. It's known that carbonaceous chondrite

Re: [meteorite-list] More evidence of building blocks of DNA in meteorites

2011-08-09 Thread Leoncio Cividanes Álvarez
Well, what I've thinking about this is that the can could mean that maybe the physics involved in the impact with the atmosphere where the responsibles for the creation of those nucleobases, and maybe those nucleobases couldn't be found in meteors. It's known that carbonaceous chondrite

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad-dong ujimquin qi

2011-08-09 Thread Michael Fowler
Hi Matt, I keep going to your site and can't find the Dong Ujimquin Qi mesosiderite, in fact is says catalog last updated July 12th. Mike Fowler Chicago I just put my 660g end cut of the Dong Ujimquin Qi mesosiderite witnessed fall up for sale. This is could easily be wire-cut several times

[meteorite-list] NASA Research Shows DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space

2011-08-09 Thread Ron Baalke
Aug. 8, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jo...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-263 NASA RESEARCH SHOWS DNA BUILDING BLOCKS CAN

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad-dong ujimquin qi

2011-08-09 Thread Gary Fujihara
Hmmm, Iʻd like to see it too (was this posted by Matt recently, because I canʻt find his original post). However I do have a nice fragment of Dong Ujimqin qi available here: http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/sales.html Please pardon the shameless plug and have a nice day, gary On Aug 9, 2011,

[meteorite-list] NASA Mars Rover Approaches Endeavour Crater

2011-08-09 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-246 NASA Mars Rover Approaches Long-Term Goal Jet Propulsion Laboratory August 08, 2011 The NASA Mars rover Opportunity has gained a view of Endeavour crater from barely more than a football-field's distance away from the rim. The rim of

Re: [meteorite-list] More evidence of building blocks of DNA in meteorites

2011-08-09 Thread MexicoDoug
maybe the physics involved in the impact with the atmosphere where the responsibles for the creation of those nucleobases, and maybe those nucleobases couldn't be found in meteors. It's known that carbonaceous chondrite material, plus water, plus high velocity impact, can 'fuse' amino acids

[meteorite-list] Question for dealers - accepting foreign checks in the US

2011-08-09 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi List, Quick question for the dealers : have you ever heard of a US bank accepting a check from an overseas bank? Specifically, a check from India from an Indian bank that is affiliated with Bank of America, and the check in question will be drawn against Bank of America and can be deposited

[meteorite-list] AD - Awesome meteorite sale - Whitecourt, Tatahouine and more!

2011-08-09 Thread Greg Catterton
Hi to all, having an awesome sale on some really nice meteorites Whitecourt Iron meteorite - (with copy of export permit) $10 per gram 55.6 gram http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF5637.jpg 27.7 gram http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF5646.jpg 100 grams

Re: [meteorite-list] More evidence of building blocks of DNA inmeteorites

2011-08-09 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Dear Wile E, and List, The three lines of evidence leading to the conclusion that the nucleobases found in meteorites are endogenous can be found here in this NASA Goddard video: http://www.space.com/12578-evidence-space-created-dna.html What that shows is since that the ones they found are

[meteorite-list] More evidence of building blocks of DNA in meteorites

2011-08-09 Thread dorifry
Hello fellow Listerians: It's hype, just like the sketchy arsenic-based life forms and the imaginary Martian fossils. First off when you say DNA, most people think of a biotic double helix just like we have in the nuclei of our cells. Components of DNA is an entirely different thing, like

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers - accepting foreign checks in the US

2011-08-09 Thread mafer
It can be done, but watch out. In Kentucky, they can hold the funds for 90 days (and will blame everyone else for it) while they use YOUR money for themselves. I am sure other states have similar laws which allow theft like this. On 4:45:22 pm 08/09/11 Michael Gilmer meteoritem...@gmail.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers - accepting foreign checks in the US

2011-08-09 Thread MexicoDoug
Mike, If he has a bank account, why don't you ask him to sign up with paypal?, they say it's free to send from there and charge a 2.5% premium (over interbank I suppose) https://www.paypal.com/in/cgi-bin/helpscr?cmd=_display-fees-outside also, ref:

[meteorite-list] AD - More bad luck sale continues

2011-08-09 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Oh great - first it was in the Andes (no English readers there) then over Malaysia (same thing) and now over the island of Nuie in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. When the hell am I going to get a nice airburst over say LA, NYC, or Chicago? In the meantime, personally signed

Re: [meteorite-list] DNA and RNA in cometary material

2011-08-09 Thread E.P. Grondine
Well now, that's a comforting thought: If the next big one hits and extincts all higher life forms on Earth, it will also bring with it the components to start life over again and give it another chance here. E.P. __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Astronomers Predict that Pluto Has a Ring

2011-08-09 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27064/?p1=blogs Astronomers Predict that Pluto Has a Ring Technology Review (MIT) August 8, 2011 Until recently, the only ring in the Solar System was Saturn's. But in 1960s and 70s, astronomers discovered rings around Uranus and Neptune.

[meteorite-list] Structural and Thermal Model of BepiColombo Arrive at ESTEC

2011-08-09 Thread Ron Baalke
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=49053 Structural and Thermal Model of the Mercury Planetary Orbiter arrives at ESTEC European Space Agency August 5, 2011 This is the first entry in the BepiColombo Test Campaign Journal, a series of articles covering the main

Re: [meteorite-list] OT DNA and RNA in cometary material

2011-08-09 Thread MexicoDoug
Ed - how foolish to fall into that trap of being an organism on earth saying what is the highest life forms on earth are - no doubt including humans. That's like saying whoever drops the nuclear bomb is the most smartest, most advanced on the Earth. The highest life form on earth is God and

[meteorite-list] Met Soc Meeting in London

2011-08-09 Thread Edwin Thompson
Hoping that everyone at the Met Soc Meeting in London is safe and ok. A friend at the meeting today tells me that events are being cancelled. Wishing everyone well there. __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] NASA Offers Media Access To Curiosity on August 12

2011-08-09 Thread Ron Baalke
August 09, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.dil...@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.w.webs...@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA

Re: [meteorite-list] More evidence of building blocks of DNA inmeteorites

2011-08-09 Thread Sterling K. Webb
But the nucleobases found in the meteorite are of BOTH optical isomers -- right- and left- handed molecules -- or so the video says. if they were from terrestrial contamination, they would be only the Earthly orientation. The point is that not only amino acids are being produced in space

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers - accepting foreign checks in the US

2011-08-09 Thread Craig Moody
Hey Mike. I think just to be safe you should request an International Money Order. At least that way, it can be traced if necessary, and there shouldn't be a hold on it. If you get the cheque, and send the items only to find out the cheque is rubber, then you are out of luck. Cheers Mike

[meteorite-list] Missouri USA monographs

2011-08-09 Thread StLM
Hello all, I am a collector from Missouri interested in purchasing publications or monographs describing Missouri meteorites. I am building a collection of MO meteorites/impactites along with the corresponding monographs where available. I am primarily interested in the... Mincy (Taney