Re: [meteorite-list] Odd Rock - Is it...?? Pyrite Plus

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.geocities.com/sstelenes/rocks.html The above link is a page with three photos and a description of an odd "stone" from Mexico. Welcome to the list Doug. Thanks for posting the photos and providing size data. The "gunmetal gray" would ordinarily suggest Gale

Re: [meteorite-list] Hey, I am an idiot!!!!!

Tom aka James Knudson wrote: Not having a saw, and even then I would not want to cut it, but anyways, the only place I could make a window with what I have is on that flat surface! I did it, and regret it now! Thanks, Tom You can purchase a 4 inch electric tile saw from a tool discount house

[meteorite-list] eBay ads-discussion

A gentle comment here... I think the purpose of the ebay Meteorites group is for people interested in ebay auctions to have a single place to consolidate all the announcements and to ease the traffic off this list. I don't quiet see the reason for using both that list and the meteorite centr

Re: [meteorite-list] Weight VS Size ? Specific Gravity values?

Tom aka James Knudson wrote: Hello List, as some of you know, I am putting together a mini individual collection. I have a 2.8 gram NWA (L6) and a 2.72 gram Allende. The Allende is huge compared to the NWA. Is that an metal content issue? By the way, I am looking for more nice individuals th

Re: [meteorite-list] Puturano

Timothy Finkle wrote: Hi List, Geologicaly speaking was this area volcanic in prehistoric times? To my recollection nothing within 700-900 miles of Dallas is volcanic. Until the quaternary it was under salt water in the"Gulf of Iowa" Ok maybe a wee bit of a kimberlite pipe in Arkansas, some

[meteorite-list] Send Your Name to a Comet-OT

ASTRO NEWS BRIEFS Send Your Name to a Comet In December 2004, NASA plans to launch the Deep Impact spacecraft and send it to Comet Tempel 1. Once it arrives on July 4, 2005, it will shoot a 370-kilogram (816-pound) impactor into the dirty snowball, making a crater some 7-15 stories deep. NASA is

Re: [meteorite-list] Protecting Chondrites

Hello List, Vishnu, Some meteorites are very "friable" meaning you can crumble them with little to moderate hand pressure. Friable meteorites are well know but not necessarily common. The rust marks are likely just that-- rusting iron flakes and can come from handling and storage conditions.

Re: [meteorite-list] "Odd ball" non-standard petrologic slides on eBay

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve and mark- I am selling these small thin sections of park Forest and if you think I took the time carefully cut them down in size that's fine. What purpose would this serve? The cover slip completely covers the specimen so it is not to get two out of one. Steve, you

Re: [meteorite-list] Non-magnetic Brick Meteorite on eBay

Adam Hupe wrote: Here is a nice brick shaped meteorite wrong for the discriminating collector: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2204998729&category=3239 Before anyone starts trying to inform the seller of his meteor wrong-- this is a rehashed auction from a few months back..Same

[meteorite-list] Frequent Meteorwrong identified-pholad bivalve borings

Some of us have seen the recent "Gao-Gibeon(sic)" meteor-wrong auctions and, from time-to-time we see these submitted for meteorite identification. The holes are formed by "boring clams". Take a look at the following link for a photo of their borrows in bedrock. It is easy to see how a fragme

[meteorite-list] Make your Own Lunar or Martian Globe Map(OT)

For all the owners of Martian or Lunar meteorites here is an addition to your shrine. The USGS Astrogeology has "poorman's planetary maps"-- downloadable prints of planetary and their sattelites map- projections one can cut out and glue to tennis balls. There are flat projections you print out

[meteorite-list] Observed Lunar Impact 50th Anniv Stuart's Crater

Notible Asteroid Impact observed by a modern human Taken From : Also 3 Meg Tiff file of Crater: Lunar Mystery Solved On the morning of No

Re: [meteorite-list] Just witnessed large fireball. Me too!

Michael Farmer wrote: Hi everyone, I just saw a very nice large fireball  Anyone else? There might be some reports from further west, Phoenix, payson etc. Mike Farmer    Not that one, but here in Pennsylvania, last night at 1:02 AM  I saw one AZ 340° while driving north  on I 47

Re: [meteorite-list] Stop Thief!, Stop

You can also claim damages and ask for a royalty on each print sold... AS I understand it. NOT at Bar, Elton Steve Schoner wrote: Copyright infringement case That is what it looks like to me. Even if you do not have it specifically marked as "copyright" it still is. Send Mr. Farrell a dir

Re: [meteorite-list] H-chondrite or mesosiderite?

IF it has any chondrule content, it is not a mesosiderite. It appears to be a metal rich H, based on the photo. Want to sell a slice? Elton Graham Christensen wrote: Come on. No one even willing to guess?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. http://www.geocities.com/aerolitehunter/meso

[meteorite-list] Test-delete Missing posts 17:05 EST

Seems many of us are missing posts into the blackhole of the internet... Test __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Awesome Meteorites at the Field Museum

Roman Nakonechny wrote: I dont want to hear from Mr. Meteorite Chaser/Hunter that he thinks it's a this and it looks like it resembles a that and sure as hell has the feel of a this and that AND SMELLS LIKE AN IT, maybe I missed the great moment when P.F. was classified/certified? Any answers

[meteorite-list] Modeling Meteorite Impacts

Title:Modeling Meteorite Impacts: What we Know and What we Would Like to Know Document ID: 20030080001 Report #: None Sales Agency: CASI Hardcopy A01 No Copyright Authors: Melosh, H. J. (Arizona Univ.) Journal: Results of the Workshop on Impact Cra

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Mineral Trivia: Lawrencite

While researching mineral locations I happened upon an entry for Lawrencite.   Lawrencite's type locality is the  Tazwell,Tennessee Octahedrite IIICD, Find, 1853.   " Type Locality" is the place that a mineral is first identified to science-- which for this mineral occurred in 1877. In addition

[meteorite-list] Recognizing a Venusian meteorite

Howard Wu wrote: Still the question was how would we recognize a venusian meteorite? Great question to ponder. As a "lay" astrogeologist here is "an" answer as I see it. So far we only have the direct sampling of the Venusian atmosphere by the Soviet mission. The isotope ratios of the Venusian

[meteorite-list] Re: [meteorite-list]Atmospheric Blowout( was Cosmos 96/Kecksburg-Venus Question)

Yes ordinarily the atmosphere's density on Venus makes for a formidable obstacle.  Be it remembered, that with a huge impact event there is theorized to be a blowout over the impact site.  We think this plume of ejecta can reach the top of the atmosphere, plus exceed escape velocity. As for Me

[meteorite-list] 3-D Meteorite Photos at NHM

Hello List, I just ran across this site at the Natural History Museum in London if you have a java capable browser you can rotate the image. One of the virtual wonders pages quasi-three dimentional views of six meteorites . Here is Nakhla! Reg

Re: [meteorite-list] Beginner Collection-suggestions

Hello Vishnu! Welcome to the list. I am confident that some of the folks here would put together a collection for you in exchange for a sample of Orissa. I see Bregory gave you some good links already. Speaking of stones from India, one of my favorite meteorites is Parnallee, India (Distric

Re: [meteorite-list] Collecting Habits, a walk down memory lane (long)

Walter had this subject almost right...a habit? Maybe. Addiction? for many of us. As to collecting strategy, mine has migrated over the years much as I suppose many other "Lay Collectors". When I began collecting there was a scarcity of meteorites exhibits, literature, and photos availabl

[meteorite-list] Looking for Elton, TX and Maryville, TN

Should any of our esteemed dealers be making instutional trades, I am looking for a sample of Elton , Texas (1937?) Iron and Maryville, Tennessee(1983)H chondrite. The reason for former is self explanatory. I think some came out of the King Collection. As for the latter, I apparently was the

Re: [meteorite-list] NEW Eucrite, absolutely the strangest ever seen!]

Yes Mark's definition more closely defines a conglomerate and, more distantly, a breccia. A Gabbro is a type rock, usually with large visible crystals(indicating a slow cooling), plutonic in origin and, contains feldspar and pyroxenes (--if I remember correctly. Let me find my rock-types book(vs

Re: [meteorite-list] nitric acid disposal

What ever it is I'd like for the truth be known...My recollection is this was to avoid acid splash back. However, 35 minutes-- little alone 35 years, is a long time to test recall for me. Your explaination seems more rational . Elton Robert Woolard wrote: Hello Elton and list, I think it's

Re: [meteorite-list] nitric acid disposal

IF I remember the admonitions of my chemistry teacher correctly..NEVER add Acid to the water but add water to the acid. Should there be a boil up you'll get wet and not disolved. Elton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pair

Re: [meteorite-list] Matteo's Challenge Answered

Randy, All, I agree that new technology will help overcome this identification issue of micro particles. In predict a day of a hand held mineral mass spectrometer where I can hike from boulder to boulder zap it from several feet away and get a readout of it's composition! As to the particle I

Re: [meteorite-list] Matteo's Challenge Answered(was India #2)

I think I understand the challenge Matteo has put forward. Ok Here is something I have sat quiet on giving him the benefit of the doubt. I bought a "speck" of DAG 400 from you perhaps 4-5 years ago when it was rare. You told me it was about 2mm x 1mm x 1mm. I sent you $100 dollars. The part

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay policemen? ONE MORE TIME ....

...Hey Folks! Where do we conduct IMCA related business? ..The IMCA mailing list of course!! (I am suggesting to the BOD (board of directors) at IMCA, that they adopt a policy that ALL IMCA business be restricted to the IMCA list unless specifically authorized otherwise. This Witch Hunt i

Re: [meteorite-list] deceptive? IMCA business again????

Why are we still discussing IMCA business on this list and not the meteoritecollectorsassociation list? (just asking) Why are we cross posting messages when most of use are on all the meteorite related lists anyway?.. deleting them once is not enough now? (just asking) And why are we still has

Re: [meteorite-list] ebay descriptions what part of 144 grams is confusing?

Last time I went to school a $144.00 item which was priced at $1.00 a gram usually means that the weight is 144 grams.And Welcome again to the Ebay Central List! Elton Tom aka James Knudson wrote: Hello List, Just taking a poll, am I the only one who gets irritated at some peoples ebay de

Re: [meteorite-list] Wales photographs

Some how I have not found the links to all three photos. Would someone please send the URL's directly to me?> Thanks Elton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Fossil Meteorites

If memory serves, the petography of the Swedish fossil meteorites (Thorsberg/Kinnekulle) (480mya) was altered/ replaced (chemically). Most of their original chemistry is gone, being true fossils, their physical form was retained. Someone noted here that while the meteorites had been large

Re: [meteorite-list] Pool<--Disregard! Private message

Please disregard and forgive I accidentally posted a private message to the list. I see my address book still has bugs. Elton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Pool-resend

Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] columbus, new mexico for trade plus free brahin From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:43:49 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The first one bo