[meteorite-list] Rainbow effect in an specimen of NWA 4478 Lodranite

2012-04-23 Thread Mendy Ouzillou
Dear list members, I received, just today, two Lodranite specimens: an 11.42g end-cut of NWA 4478 and a 9.71g end-cut of NWA 6075. Both specimens are beautiful and the NWA 6075 exhibits an interesting shimmer effect. However, when I looked at the face of the NWA 4478, I was shocked to see what c

[meteorite-list] Meteor event, Cal-Nev-AZ

2012-04-23 Thread Paul Gessler
What quartzite video??? "Ruben shows it in one of his Quartzsite videos" - Bill Hall Anyone have a link to this video? Paul G __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-l

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA

2012-04-23 Thread Mendy Ouzillou
I am in the Bay Area as well and willing to search though would have to be this weekend. Mendy > > From: Keith Wandry >To: Jim Wooddell >Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Brien Cook >Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 9:21 PM >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA

2012-04-23 Thread Keith Wandry
I'm in the Bay Area and am up for any field searches... Keith Wandry On Apr 23, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Jim Wooddell wrote: > Brian! > > I imagine a lot of people are looking at this one. However, I am using the > S.W.A.G. method and I'll say it is more North. > Witness directions LPS all over th

Re: [meteorite-list] Lyrid meteors?

2012-04-23 Thread Galactic Stone and Ironworks
Hi Linton, Nice report. It makes me want to go out with the scope rig more often. I don't get to observe very often now, but several years ago I had a great run of seeing bolides. But this was before I was introduced to meteorites, so I didn't make the realization that those same bolides could

[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 12 New NWA's - CO, Win, Brach, Euc, Meso, and others.

2012-04-23 Thread Galactic Stone and Ironworks
Greetings Bulletin Watchers, There are 12 new approvals today and these include some very interesting achondrites. Linky - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&s

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor event, Cal-Nev-AZ

2012-04-23 Thread Bill Hall
I found a 46 gram chondrite near bouse. Want the gps to it? Ruben shows it in one of his Quartzsite videos Sent from my iPhone __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-lis

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22sightingnear Turlock, CA

2012-04-23 Thread Richard Montgomery
Hey List, Brian, regarding the sonics et al out here...I'm in Davis, near Sacramento, and am ready to scour the Kingsbury Grade report, etcwondering whether anyone can direct to a doplar signature? Rattled windows and sonic booms don't point to our normal annual meteor showers. -Richard

[meteorite-list] Ad-Tissint thin sections

2012-04-23 Thread Edwin Thompson
Hello List members, For all the thin section collectors out there. We are expecting at least four thin sections of Tissint to arrive next week. These are expertly prepared and double polished to a half micron finish and covered rectangular slides with slightly ground corners just like all of o

Re: [meteorite-list] Bye Bye Mr. C.

2012-04-23 Thread Davio L. Ribeca
Bye Bye Mr. C. A blow by blow investigative analysisGreat read! CO Denver County District Court 2nd JD Filing Date: Apr l8 2012 2:27PM MDT Filing ID: 43713466 Review Clerk: Kyle T. Gustafson http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/Meteorites.pdf Davio R.

[meteorite-list] Planetary Resources Will Unveil Plans to Mine Near-Earth Asteroids

2012-04-23 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/science/space/in-pursuit-of-riches-and-travelers-supplies-in-the-asteroid-belt.html?_r=1 In Pursuit of Riches, and Travelers’ Supplies, in the Asteroid Belt By KENNETH CHANG New York Times April 23, 2012 Perhaps it will be a platinum rush that finally opens

Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA

2012-04-23 Thread Jim Wooddell
Brian! I imagine a lot of people are looking at this one. However, I am using the S.W.A.G. method and I'll say it is more North. Witness directions LPS all over the placeneed more cameras! Will be interested in seeing what comes of this! Jim - Original Message - From: "Brien C

[meteorite-list] Cassini Spacecraft Sees New Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn Ring

2012-04-23 Thread Ron Baalke
April 23, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jcc...@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-128 CASSINI SPACECRAFT SEES NEW OBJECTS BLAZING TRAILS IN SATURN RING WASHINGTON -- Scien

[meteorite-list] Small Meteoroid Explodes Over California

2012-04-23 Thread Ron Baalke
Space Weather News for April 23, 2012 http://spaceweather.com SIERRA FIREBALL DECODED: An explosion over California that rattled homes across at least two states on Sunday, April 22nd, has been analyzed by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office: It was a natural meteoroid the size of a mini-van.

Re: [meteorite-list] Steve Curry in trouble with CO State Attorney General

2012-04-23 Thread Dick Lipke
After all these years of being warned by many,many meteorite collectors and sellers of of his fraudulent claims and attempted sales, this guy just didn't have enough sense to stop before it was to late. He became addicted like a drug addict is to heron. It seems he just couldn't stop once he go

[meteorite-list] Steve Curry in trouble with CO State Attorney General

2012-04-23 Thread Shawn Alan
Mike and Listers Mike great posting and I like to point this out from the web article and thank Blaine Reed for his hard work :) "Attorney General John Suthers says in his complaint that he received a "packet of materials" from Blaine Reed, an experienced meteorite dealer, in November 2011

[meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sighting near Turlock, CA

2012-04-23 Thread Brien Cook
I'm in Sacramento and have been following this sighting since yesterday morning. I've pulled some data and maps and I'm narrowing in on the location. Is anyone else working this one as well? If so, I'd like to join forces with anyone who's in the area and interested. I could go down there in the

Re: [meteorite-list] Lyrid meteors?

2012-04-23 Thread Chris Peterson
Didn't see any, but my camera caught quite a few, including some nice fireballs. http://www.cloudbait.com/science/lyrid2012.html Chris *** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com On 4/23/2012 2:33 PM, Linton Rohr wrote: Wondering if anyone

Re: [meteorite-list] american meteorite museum mets and labels )AD)

2012-04-23 Thread dave carothers
BWAAA H HA!!! - Original Message - From: "steve arnold" To: "meteorite-list" Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 2:30 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] american meteorite museum mets and labels )AD) Hi list. does anyone have any american meteorite museum meteorites with the AMM label f

[meteorite-list] Lyrid meteors?

2012-04-23 Thread Linton Rohr
Wondering if anyone else saw any Lyrid meteors over the weekend. I was out at a dark-sky star party Friday night, about 90 miles north of L.A., and saw an amazingly long-lasting meteor around 9:30pm slowly streak across the northern sky, from east to west. It traveled parallel to the horizon, b

[meteorite-list] POP QUIZ ANSWER

2012-04-23 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers I would like to thank everyone for sending in there answers for POP QUIZ FRIDAYS. The question: Moissanite was discovered 1st with which meteorite? Answer: Canyon Diablo meteorite, in 1893 by Dr. Ferdinand Henri Moissan I would like to congratulate Lois M for sending me the corr

[meteorite-list] american meteorite museum mets and labels )AD)

2012-04-23 Thread steve arnold
Hi list. does anyone have any american meteorite museum meteorites with the AMM label forsale for under $300? Let me know off list. -- Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Met

[meteorite-list] Brazilian April 20th big fireball videos (3 videos)

2012-04-23 Thread André Moutinho
Hello, I have gathered 3 videos of this fireball on this address: http://www.meteorito.com.br/mt_artigos.php?id=8 Can it be space junk? Cheers, Andre Moutinho __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteor

[meteorite-list] Steve Curry -- the law catches up

2012-04-23 Thread tracy latimer
It couldn't happen to a nicer yoyo.  Everyone will, I believe, be very happy when this thorn in the collective side of meteorite science is removed.  I'm still not sure if it's deliberate deception or simple self delusion.  Remember the preacher who was told by God that he had an authentic Mars

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: April 13-17, 2012

2012-04-23 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity Benefits From Brighter Skies and Small Dust Cleaning of Solar Panels - sols 2922-2926, April 13-17, 2012: Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature

2012-04-23 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Jeff, should Paris then not rather have been named a "Nova" too than a "Paris"? (From the Bulletin Database: "Paris Unknown location" (..) "History: This sample was in an auction box lot bought by Jean-Jacques Corré at the Hotel des Ventes in Paris. The box was part of the estate of Jean

Re: [meteorite-list] Steve Curry in trouble with CO State Attorney General

2012-04-23 Thread Mike Jensen
Hi List Check this out; http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/45848.htm Link to actual court documents: http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/Meteorites.pdf -- Mike -- Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 303-337-4361 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature

2012-04-23 Thread Jim Wooddell
Hi Mike and all! 3.4 Meteorites of unknown or poorly known provenance. (a) Withheld information. Where the source of a new meteorite cannot be determined due to the withholding of geographic information by a collector or other party, the name should be chosen to reflect the smallest geographi

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature

2012-04-23 Thread Jeff Grossman
The way it works is that meteorites are named based on how much certainty we have about where they come from. When we think the coordinates are accurate, we can name them after very local features. For things like NWA and Sahara meteorites, we have some confidence that they come from northwes

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2012-04-23 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Tatahouine Contributed by: Fabien Kuntz http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteor

[meteorite-list] AD that is not important - test

2012-04-23 Thread david-goettlich
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[meteorite-list] a moment of pleasure

2012-04-23 Thread W&S Schroer
Hi listees, it's been around for many years, but still worth watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjU6qB5uxDc&feature=related Enjoy Werner Schroer Australia __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteo