[meteorite-list] age of meteorites

2016-07-18 Thread Pete Shugar via Meteorite-list
ntual percentage of the speed of light. Has anyone taken this into consideration when placing an age on the meteorite? Just a thought to tickle the old brain cells!! Pete Shugar __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral an

[meteorite-list] for sale

2015-08-25 Thread Pete Shugar via Meteorite-list
for sale: $200 firm 2 main mass--NWA 1953 and NWA 1956 both from the Utas collection. NWA 1953 has the coa and the NWA 1956 I can't find the coa. These are small' NWA 1953 is 11.7 gm and NWA 1956 is 31.17 gm Both are mounted on homemade c-clamps with stained wood bases. Tagish lake in a small bo

[meteorite-list] Texas meteorite collection for sale

2015-08-14 Thread Pete Shugar via Meteorite-list
notes on excel file. Pete Shugar __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net

[meteorite-list] Main Mass NWA 1953

2015-05-05 Thread Pete Shugar via Meteorite-list
. Pics on request Need 125.00 Pete Shugar __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] more Meteorite words

2010-01-24 Thread Pete Shugar
Hemaroid---What you get if you eat a piece of the meteorite that you found. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailma

[meteorite-list] Meteorite words

2010-01-24 Thread Pete Shugar
MeteoriteBlight What the rust is called on your prized meteorite. Pete __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http:/

[meteorite-list] Some meteorite words

2010-01-23 Thread Pete Shugar
Here's one A MeteoriteHit A hammer meteorite MeteoriteBurger A flaming meteorite at the bottom of the crater. Pete __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteor

[meteorite-list] Test

2010-01-19 Thread Pete Shugar
Test--Please delete Pete __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Setting

2010-01-19 Thread Pete Shugar
I can't get this figured out to save my hinnie. How do you get the list to show your own posts to the list. When I first got on the list about 3 years ago, I saw my own posts, now nothing. Many is the time I post to the list, only to have my post ignored. At least if I can see my posts then I kn

[meteorite-list] RE Tahoka Question

2010-01-18 Thread Pete Shugar
Has anyone ever sent in Tahoka to be classified? I don't have a very great amount of this material, but I'd be willing to either get more or send in a piece of mine to get it officially classified and into the Met-Bul. Would there be a problem with this? Related question- I have 3 main masse

Re: [meteorite-list] Small Asteroid 2010 AL30 Will Fly Past TheEarth

2010-01-12 Thread Pete Shugar
So if an object hit the earth (it must by definition be a meteorite as it made it thru the atmosphere and into contact with the earth). Does this make our Moon (or portions of it) meteorites? I don't think it will fit on my bookshelf but I'd kill to own a piece of that meteorite. Pete IMCA 1733

[meteorite-list] Meteorite photo of the day?????

2010-01-10 Thread Pete Shugar
Anybody know what happened to the meteorite photo of the day? Is he sick? Or just swamped at work? Pete __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Re photos

2010-01-04 Thread Pete Shugar
I have a couple of photos of todays presentation but since you can't send pics to the list, how do I show them to everyone? Pete IMCA 1733 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pa

[meteorite-list] Question

2010-01-04 Thread Pete Shugar
Quick-- Who was the king at Ensisheim? I need it for the presentation. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Re super magnet

2009-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
What's a good source for a super magnet? How much? Pete IMCA1733 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Re Tahoka

2009-12-19 Thread Pete Shugar
Does anybody have the skinny scoop on the gillions of sales of the Texas Meteorite Tahoka from Lynn County Texas? There are almost always a Fleabay auction for Tahoka, but it's conspicuous absence from the Met-Bul gives me the Willies. Is this a verboden meteorite per IMCA guidelines??? Pet

Re: [meteorite-list] Engineering Christmas

2009-12-19 Thread Pete Shugar
Einstein would give his eye teeth to ride with the jolly red coat. Pete - Original Message - From: "Dark Matter" To: "Meteorite List" Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:27 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Engineering Christmas Hi All, Once again, it seems it has befallen upon me upho

[meteorite-list] addendum

2009-12-19 Thread Pete Shugar
List, There will be 31 kids all total. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Re needs

2009-12-19 Thread Pete Shugar
address is: Pete Shugar 4700 S Virginia Apt 208 Amarillo, Tx 79109 806 290 3374 Many thanks, Pete IMCA 1733 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo

[meteorite-list] Needs for 4 Jan 2010 presentation

2009-12-18 Thread Pete Shugar
I need four NWA's 5 gm or less for two presentations at back to back classes at a school for the deaf. (Donations are best, but if I have to buy, please keep the price down.) Two will be for a drawing and the other two will be to leave with the science teachers. I would like to have one Stone

Re: [meteorite-list] Indian scientists detect signs of life on Moon

2009-12-13 Thread Pete Shugar
Yes there was life on the moon Apollo 11 astronauts Apollo 12 astronauts Apollo 14 astronauts Apollo 15 astronauts Apollo 16 astronauts, and lastbut not least, Apollo 17 astronauts I rest my case Pete - Original Message - From: "Michael Fowler" To: Cc: "Michael Fowler" Sent: Sun

[meteorite-list] Meteorwrongs

2009-12-11 Thread Pete Shugar
If you have not gotten your meteorwrong from Joe, you seriously need to get one. This is the most realistic wrong on the planet. It has metal, pseudo chrondrules, shock veins, metal inclusions, a very realistic matrix, what will pass for fusion crust, and it just looks like the real deal. I defey

Re: [meteorite-list] 13 years later - Martian meteorite surrenders new secrets

2009-11-30 Thread Pete Shugar
Since NWA 998 is of the same general compositional structure, does this mean that NWA 998 might also have some of the same secrets to give up * as does ALH 84001? ^ If I remember correctly, NWA 998 also had water and other components ^ as does ALH 84001. ^ What will this do to the price of Ma

Re: [meteorite-list] Ablation Zone 5 Layers...AND Crust

2009-11-23 Thread Pete Shugar
Now there's a $27.87 dollar word if I ever heard one-autodidactly One who is self taught. WOW - Original Message - From: "MEM" To: ; ; "Greg Stanley" Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:12 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ablation Zone 5 Layers...AND Crust - Greg St

[meteorite-list] Re Newbies

2009-11-14 Thread Pete Shugar
I have sat by and watched a lot of venom be injected into this good list. It exists to further the hobby and dealers that supply the hobby with high grade honest new meteorites so we can spend our dwindling cash on them to get our daily fix. Howard, it is plain to see that you are out for only

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Question

2009-11-09 Thread Pete Shugar
What is the smallest Main Mass and as a bonus question, who has it? I hold a NWA 1953 @ 11.73 gm. Anyone got a smaller one? Pete IMCA 1733 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pai

[meteorite-list] Earth giving birth to moon

2009-10-30 Thread Pete Shugar
If I have the correct read on the hypothetical the moon would be only 200 ky old? Is this enough time for tidal action to bring the moon's rotation to a standstill? Just thinking... Pete IMCA 1733 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Re Meteorites and Magnets

2009-10-20 Thread Pete Shugar
I have done a lot of research and many experiments and now I am about ready to write an article, proposing a theory as to why meteorites are attracted to a magnet, but the meteorite can't be made into a magnet. Stay tuned Pete IMCA 1733 __ http:

Re: [meteorite-list] Way too many sales posts ....Cottingham !

2009-10-14 Thread Pete Shugar
Michael, If I can go a whole week without looking at even one of your ads, can I get a free Texas meteorite? I promise on boy scouts honor not to peek at even one post. Pete IMCA 1733 - Original Message - From: "michael cottingham" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:57 PM Subject

Re: [meteorite-list] [IMCA] Tahoka questions

2009-10-11 Thread Pete Shugar
OK, Whats going on here? Was ist loist? I just looked and you are right, it's outta there! This is weird. I demand an investigation. Our prezz disapeared Tahoka and that's why he got the Nobel? Pete - Original Message - From: "Greg Catterton" To: Sent: Sunday, October 11,

[meteorite-list] Question

2009-10-07 Thread Pete Shugar
Just how do you pronounce this: Fukang? Pete IMCA 1733 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] What are the odds? or a search for Amarilo's first meteorite

2009-09-09 Thread Pete Shugar
While walking to my bus (I monitor the urchins-- opps--make that kids) on their ride home. As I walked to the bus this one dark stone looked "different", so I picked it up and promptly forgot about it. When I got home, I emptied my pockets and saw the stone. I grabbed my standard magnet from a har

[meteorite-list] RePallasites

2009-09-08 Thread Pete Shugar
Hello list, I have a question. I have a piece of Brenham, Ks. It has very slim metal dividers that seperate the Olivine crystal pockets. There are other Pallasites that have much thicker metal dividers with smaller Olivine pockets. The questionwould the former be formed further from the core

Re: [meteorite-list] Slow cooling rate of irons in space

2009-09-05 Thread Pete Shugar
cooling time. Mars is believed to have stayed hot enough to keep it's volcanoes going until 1Ga ago. Now it's interior is too cold. Smaller bodies generally stopped being active much earlier. Venus they're not sure about. Rob Mc Rob McC --- On Sun, 9/6/09, Pete Shugar wrote: From

Re: [meteorite-list] Slow cooling rate of irons in space

2009-09-05 Thread Pete Shugar
May I please inject just the one comment? In space, the side facing the star (in our case, the sun) can get quite hot, ie close to the sun --hotter, and further away---less hot. Conversly--the side away from the star can approach very high negative degrees, ie 250 to 400 below zero. This is the

[meteorite-list] comedy

2009-09-02 Thread Pete Shugar
Oh great meteorite, I offer up to this great piece of fusion crust as a sacrifice of thanks for sending my copy of Meteorite Magazine. I will offer up an even better piece if you send my Authors copy to me so I can give it to the school principal. Pete IMCA 1733 __

[meteorite-list] Removal from the list

2009-09-02 Thread Pete Shugar
Has anyone noticed just how many have been leaving the list in the last few weeks? I have to wonder what might be the reason for all these departures. I certainly hope that all the bickering has not driven them off. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.

[meteorite-list] Re famous words

2009-09-01 Thread Pete Shugar
What a revoltin' development this is! See if anyone remembers who said that one. Everyone saying how they liked "My First Meteorite Presentation" and I have to see it from a scan BECAUSE MY COPY STILL IS NOT HERE. What a revoltin' development this is! One of these days Meteorite Magazine, one of t

[meteorite-list] Re meteorite Magazine

2009-09-01 Thread Pete Shugar
This is so unfair! Everyone is talking about my article and my copy is not in my mailbox. I looked three times yesterday. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecent

[meteorite-list] The Big Question

2009-08-30 Thread Pete Shugar
Maybe this has been covered before, or maybe not. Please define and describe what slickensides are/is. How can you recognize them? Are they common, or is this a rare thing. Help me understand it, please. Pete IMCA 1733 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.c

[meteorite-list] re holes

2009-08-22 Thread Pete Shugar
Theres a germ on flea on the hair on the wart on the frog on the bump on the log in the sand in the hole on the bottom of the sea. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pair

Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell Tektite Lamp

2009-08-13 Thread Pete Shugar
Imagine what this would look like if it were made with a quantity of pallasite thin sections. THAT would be a sight to behold. Maybe I'd better declare it copyrighted so I don't loose the idea Pete IMCA 1733 - Original Message - From: "Aubrey Whymark" To: Sent: Thursday, August 13

[meteorite-list] Nasa Touts Kepler probe discoveries

2009-08-10 Thread Pete Shugar
List, In the Sunday edition of the Amarillo Globe-News on page 21A is a very nice article on the Kepler Probe. This device has the finest light detection system of any instrument in orbit by a factor of over 100 times over anything ground based. This means it can detect the difference in light int

[meteorite-list] Test

2009-08-09 Thread Pete Shugar
Please delete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Question

2009-08-09 Thread Pete Shugar
There must be a way to see your own posts. Back when I first got on the list, I could do it, but now it's a thing of the past---or---I forgot how I did it. People have told meto go to the preferences page and I can do it from there. Been there and done that. I need specifics pleaseI can't f

[meteorite-list] re Kem Kem

2009-08-09 Thread Pete Shugar
Hello, I don't mean to stir up a hornet's net but... I was told, by who I don't remember, that Kem Kem was a generic name for what we now know as NWA. I have a 3.56 gm part slice of Kem Kem and it is a H5 from Dahara, Morocco. It was found in August of 1999. My piece came from Planetb

[meteorite-list] follow up on Kem Kem

2009-08-09 Thread Pete Shugar
Hello www.planetbrey.com still has some Kem Kem for sale that is the same as what I have. Check the left side about half way down. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlis

Re: [meteorite-list] Alaskan Egg Meteorite

2009-08-04 Thread Pete Shugar
Having lived in Alaska, specifically Kotzebue while working for the Air Force, I can tell you that there were many rocks of that coloration and smoothness. He got exactlly right when he called it an Alaskan Egg Rock because thats just what it isan egg shaped rock. Pete IMCA 1733 - Orig

[meteorite-list] Re make your own Meteorite

2009-08-03 Thread Pete Shugar
List, Having been active in ham radio from almost the beguiling of the Amateur radio during the hey day of AMSAT-OSCAR program, I can tell you that the thrill of hearing your own return signal from the bird is a thrill every time you do it. It never ceased to get my heartbeat up 10 points. I ran t

[meteorite-list] What is this?

2009-08-02 Thread Pete Shugar
Anybody have a look at this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360161621595&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT I gotta wonder because he states that it is not white inside. BUT, his customers are all HAPPY? What's the posibility this is another older fall in the same general area as W

[meteorite-list] Re Yadda Yadda

2009-07-29 Thread Pete Shugar
Hate by the bucket full. Discontent by the gallon. Strife and discord by the shovelfull. I'm sick of it.!!! I don't post often and I think that those that post ads aren't really that bad. Mike Cottingham does it. Eric does it with his UNWA's. Chicago Steve does it. I'd much rather have

Re: [meteorite-list] Martian and Lunar meteorites

2009-07-26 Thread Pete Shugar
Wonder whatthis costs per gram? Pete - Original Message - From: "Richard Kowalski" To: "'Martin Altmann'" ; ; "Peter Scherff" Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Martian and Lunar meteorites This link may work better for some: http://tinyurl.com/lxo

Re: [meteorite-list] Proper field data

2009-07-18 Thread Pete Shugar
Now that is a question I need to get answered. I never thought about it before. Pete - Original Message - From: "Mark Bowling" To: Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:52 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Proper field data Hey all, What info do you recommend collecting when a find is made

Re: [meteorite-list] Pitiful excuse for a meteorite hunter Carl Esparza

2009-07-17 Thread Pete Shugar
I'm sorry bur the comment about "Boys" was so far out of line that is is somewhere close to the former planet Pluto. Having had one former Ebayer use a similar line on me and all the grief it took to get the feedback removed (over 2 weeks) I know what damage can be caused in the haste to call

[meteorite-list] Aliens

2009-07-17 Thread Pete Shugar
To any and all aliens who may happen to read this list---if you are smart enough to even read. You got your drivers license for that clunker you dare to call a spaceship from the little green man from Mars. You couldn't hit the broadside of my apartment with your ray gun even if I stuck the door

[meteorite-list] Re Question for the list

2009-07-16 Thread Pete Shugar
I think that we also need to include, along with a tally of finds and all the other atributes, the humanitarian side of the equasion---namely, who helps others to pick up the hobby by giving guidance as well as points them in the right direction. This can even include giving a starter meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men on TV again 4 times in next 3 days

2009-07-15 Thread Pete Shugar
Is there anyone with either a DVD recorder or a VHS recorder that can record the show for me? I do not have cable so this will be the only way I can get to see it. Pete IMCA 1733 - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:58 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorit

[meteorite-list] meteorite Men

2009-07-13 Thread Pete Shugar
Don't forget the Tee Shirt franchise. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Question??????

2009-07-06 Thread Pete Shugar
Should the new Az fireball --- now meteorites on the ground be located on BLM land, Does this mean that it can't be sold? If this is the case, may I please now request a small 1 or 2 gram free piece for my collection. I assume that I should at the least pay the postage and am willing to do tha

[meteorite-list] Re Arizona Fall

2009-07-05 Thread Pete Shugar
List, It is said that they want to document the fall site, map the strewn field. I have a question. In order to map the strewn field, you need to find the meteorites, right? So, if you thourghly map the strewn field, this means you find all the meteorites. What will be left for others to find???

[meteorite-list] test-delete

2009-07-03 Thread Pete Shugar
test message after computer crash Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Meteroite Wanted

2009-06-29 Thread Pete Shugar
Does anyone have a small black crusted meteorite that is not very expensive with a fusion crust compairable to the crust found on the West-Ash Creek, Tx stones? I am putting togeather a display of different fusion crust colors for a presentation and I would like to get one. Pete IMCA 1733

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Granite-like rocks on Vesta

2009-06-25 Thread Pete Shugar
I thought that the presence of Quartz was a good indication that the rock was not a meteorite ! Now it seems that at least the 4 Vesta meteorites can have some Quartz in them? Pete IMCA 1733 - Original Message - From: "Jerry Flaherty" To: Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:29 PM S

Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite

2009-06-20 Thread Pete Shugar
Maybe it was a camel in the desert or the rider!!! Pete - Original Message - From: "Meteorites USA" To: Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 6:49 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite Hi List, Don't laugh! This is weird... While slicing some unclassified chondrite meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit

2009-04-04 Thread Pete Shugar
If the thing was hotwhere was the steam? Pete - Original Message - From: "Meteorites USA" To: Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit P.S. His comment "..."The shape of it, it was just too perfect to be a piece o

[meteorite-list] Re meteor showers

2009-03-31 Thread Pete Shugar
I did a presentation to the Boy Scout troop tonight and the question was asked about regular meteor showers. I am not up on those. Does anyone have a list of the major shower dates and their names? Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Ding dong hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Pete Shugar
If I had a hammer, . Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Paperwork

2009-03-17 Thread Pete Shugar
Maybe someone should send Teddy a small stone or slice as a reward all the labor he's put in keeping track of all this money from Heaven __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.p

Re: [meteorite-list] Unidentified object from sky destroys car inCottonwood

2009-03-12 Thread Pete Shugar
List, My first impression was a fried circuit board. I have seen more than my share of these after 40 years working in the electronics industry. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com ht

[meteorite-list] West, Tx goodies

2009-02-23 Thread Pete Shugar
Greeting exalted hunters, Will any of you be offering any pieces for sale in the near future? Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] East of West

2009-02-23 Thread Pete Shugar
More to the point, did you spot the main mass? Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Houston (Chronicle), we have a problem

2009-02-17 Thread Pete Shugar
Do you get the idea that the reporter flunked science class? Pete - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 12:18 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Houston (Chronicle), we have a problem Wow, How many freaking mistakes can one little meteorite story have in it?

Re: [meteorite-list] What are the top 10 most scientificallyimportant meteorites?

2009-02-13 Thread Pete Shugar
I would respectfully add Carancas, for it's rewriting of crater formation theory. Pete IMCA 1733 - Original Message - From: "Pat Brown" To: ; Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What are the top 10 most scientificallyimportant meteorites? OK A

[meteorite-list] Crater vs pit vs grave???

2009-01-26 Thread Pete Shugar
Any meteorite that can make a crater--pit with squared off corners and parallel walls is a serious contender for meteorite of the millennium. I don't doubt that everyone will want a piece of a meteorite that can do that. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecent

[meteorite-list] Need a chondrite

2009-01-25 Thread Pete Shugar
Does someone have a small chondrite (about 1 to 2 square inch size) with easy to see chrondruls that they could loan me. I need one for a presentation at my grandkids school. I have stonys and Pallasites and mesosiderties and Irons. All my stonies do not show the chrondrules very well. Thanks in a

[meteorite-list] Question

2009-01-23 Thread Pete Shugar
I can't find where I hid the link to the archives. Can someone pass the link to me, please? Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Bush, Obama, the "alien" perspective and a bit of science, too

2009-01-20 Thread Pete Shugar
If you didn't vote then shut up. If you did vote and your pick didn't win, you have a right to complain, but not on this forum, please. If you voted and your pick did win, then celebrate, but please not on this forum. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentr

[meteorite-list] Next Question

2009-01-14 Thread Pete Shugar
I get the idea behind how the thumbprints are formed. But, what happens to the drops of molten iron? Do they just peal away and are vaporized or can they make it to the ground? Is this how the sphereoids are formed? Related question An oriented meteorite is one that was stable in flight. I see f

Re: [meteorite-list] Pallasite Vs Mesosiderite

2009-01-14 Thread Pete Shugar
Thank you all who responded. To recap and sum this up, would it be fair to say that a mesosiderite is material from the crust-mantle-core that has been violently mixed mush like oil and water that is rapidly shaken and almost instantly frozen? And is a Pallasite is material that is from the core-m

[meteorite-list] Another teaching question

2009-01-03 Thread Pete Shugar
After many posts, I think that I now have a tenuous handle on the differences between Pallasites and Mesosideroites. Now the question is--- When looking at the irons, the Wittmenstraden pattern and the thickness tell whether it is a Coursest Octahedrite or just an Octahedrite. And just

[meteorite-list] Pallasite Vs Mesosiderite

2008-12-28 Thread Pete Shugar
OK, to me they look the same when you cut them open. What gives? Does one have more metal or more olivine than the other? Brahin is a Pallasite with beautiful olivine and metal to hold it all together. Altho I have as yet to see a slice of Vaca Muerta, a mesosiderite, just looking at it I can see

[meteorite-list] So many tests

2008-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
I humbly appologize for the many posts. I used to get a copy everytime I sent one, but since Clearewire has changed it's server to yahoo's Gmail, I no longer get a copy of the sent email. As a result, I did not think that I was sending to the list. What was messing with my last two remaining act

[meteorite-list] seeing if I can send email

2008-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
I just can't figure out what went wrong. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] try this

2008-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
test ingore __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] testing

2008-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
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[meteorite-list] test

2008-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
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[meteorite-list] (no subject)

2008-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
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[meteorite-list] test

2008-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
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Re: [meteorite-list] Most important person in modern meteorites

2008-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
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[meteorite-list] test

2008-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
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[meteorite-list] Test

2008-12-25 Thread Pete Shugar
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[meteorite-list] Christmas Greetings

2008-12-24 Thread Pete Shugar
May I please have a few moments of your time to offer a very heartfelt thanks to all the great meteorite dealers as well the many collectors that grace our wonderful list with so much wisdom, wit, and yes, even some bickering amoungst other list members. I can not help but feel that each and ev

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad- Monnig, Aml and other goodies just in time for xmas

2008-12-15 Thread Pete Shugar
What about the signs in a lot of store windows that say: "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" Pete IMCA 1733 - Original Message - From: "Don Rawlings" To: Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 3:47 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad- Monnig,Aml and other goodies just in time

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a fair price and reputable source forTrinitite?

2008-12-10 Thread Pete Shugar
Althou the price is on the high side, (about 30% too high) you need to remember that they need to pay for that $50,000 mass spectrometerheehee. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com h

Re: [meteorite-list] Smacked by gob

2008-11-22 Thread Pete Shugar
At the risk of going s fr off topic as to never be able to find my way back, I ask the following: I readily admit that it sometimes does not take much to amuse me, but I find that the word Gobsmacked as probably one of the single most facinating words to ever appear on the internet. P

Re: [meteorite-list] Re-2: How do you say dronino?

2008-11-20 Thread Pete Shugar
OT, but gut for medicine. They say that laughter is the best medicine and since I'm getting over a cold I've never laughed so hard in a long time. My grandmother tried to teach me Das (oder ist est Die) German and I swear that's what drove me around the bend. I never recovered from it Pete -

Re: [meteorite-list] What are the top 5 most important meteoritesfromNWA?

2008-10-28 Thread Pete Shugar
I also would nominate ALH84001 as well as NWA998 which is almost identical to ALH84001. They both have contributed much to science. Last but by no means any lesser than the above is Monahans 1998 for the ultra thrill of it's microscopic H2O (water) contents. These, and the other two, NWA 482 and

[meteorite-list] South Pole Meteorite????????????

2008-10-13 Thread Pete Shugar
Here is a link to a "South Pole Meteorite" The story sounds kinda lame to me. http://cgi.ebay.com/H-Class-Chondrite-Meteor-VERY-BIG-Found-At-South-Pole_W0QQitemZ180298547302QQihZ008QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZ Pete __ http://www.meteori

[meteorite-list] A point of contention/question

2008-10-08 Thread Pete Shugar
On the one hand, there are rather stunning photos of a very cratered Mercury and on the other side of us a very pock-marked Mars. Both look like you couldn't even walk a hundred feet in any direction without stepping in another crater. 1 If they are so cratered from "meteorites" (was there an at

[meteorite-list] October Sky and Telescope

2008-09-16 Thread Pete Shugar
To my rather inexperienced eye there was only one very glaringly large error in the whole feature and that was the fact that it wasn't near long enough. I reached the last page and frantically keep turning the pages in the vain hope that there was more of the feature lurking in the back of the b

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