Hi All,
I agree as well Carlos. For 10 years iv'e seen the IMCA go
from quiet to non-existent. Someone needs to light the
fuse. If I were 15 years younger I would find a way to have
the IMCA site on the local/national news channel once a month.
Some people say it's do to FB--fine, do it--have your
For perspective --and trivia. Be it remembered that the Cosby Creek 3 ton(?)
Meteorite found in the early 1800s was "mined" for iron which was used to make
Tennessee and Pennsylvania Long Rifles--and horse shoes.
In fact one of the test used by collectors of these 200 year old flintlocks to
prov
Well, if anyone ever has any 'scrap' iron meteorite, I'll be delighted to
take it off their hands. That is a material that I routinely hot forge back
into solid material that I can then use in my Damascus for knife blades.
Minimal waste from processing slices, spheres, skulls, etc.:)
Dan
Greg,
Yeah that sure is the case when a person in the meteorite community is doing
the cutting. Tracking that no qiestions asked. My concern is when non
meteorite enthusiasts are doing the cutting. Someone dead focused on getting
their vision created who is an artist/maker bery well might n
As a meteorite hunter, collector and one who shares with the scientific
community, collectors, museums and others, I can say that most who are tasked
with cutting any meteorite preserve the cuttings to be sold in small pieces and
even the cutting dust and metal shavings are saved and used in a v
Not my taste and I would never buy such a monstrosity, but let's keep in
mind that from the point of view of "destruction" of valuable scientific
material, this is really no big deal in this particular case. Gibeon is
abundant; no scientist needs a piece for study anymore. And if one objects
to thi
Asteroid miners could use Earth’s atmosphere to
catch space rocks By Joshua Rapp, Science, Aug. 29, 2018
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/asteroid-miners-could-use-earth-s-atmosphere-catch-space-rocks
I love the caption to the article's illustration.
" Engineers have come up with a plan to
Several near-Earth asteroids buzz by our neighborhood
in the same week, Eric Mac, Cnet, september 0, 2018
https://www.cnet.com/news/several-near-earth-asteroids-buzz-by-our-neighborhood-in-the-same-week/
An older article is:
America Isn't Ready to Handle a Catastrophic Asteroid
Impact, New Repor
Hello Everyone,
The September issue of Meteorite Times is now up.
https://www.meteorite-times.com/monthly-issues/
Enjoy!
Paul
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Hi All,
Blaine had a 292.6g Mount Dooling stolen from his room yesterday
afternoon. I posted this fact on his yahoo groups list with pictures
yesterday but have yet to see it posted. I hoped I could post links to
the pictures through the posting but yahoo seems to be holding it up.
Once (if)
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Allende
Contributed by: Gourgues Denis
http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=09/16/2018
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