[meteorite-list] Peter's Stunning New Eucrite NW A 5230 paired with the Hupés' NWA 4883

http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id41.html Peter writes: It's NWA 5230, a maskelynite rich polymict eucrite breccia! Analized by Tony Irwing, who writes: We made a discovery of a small mesodiderite clast in it. This is an important observation that adds to the growing evidence for a common

[meteorite-list] 2008 Perseid Maximum approaching

Hello Listees and Listoids, I'm getting ready for this year's Perseids here. I've just loaded my good, old Canon AE1-Pr from pre-digital times with an ISO 1000 color reversal film and am now hoping for better weather conditions (it's cloudy and overcast at the moment). The camera is mounted on a

[meteorite-list] Lawrencite

Hi Doug, Hope you and Gloria are fine. We are o.k. here, especially me now that I am a *retired* teacher and so I have all the time in the world to do things I couldn't do when I was a teacher. My Pauline and I, we'll start off with this year's Mineral and Gem Show in Munich, maybe Tuscon next

[meteorite-list] A question about an iron fleck in NWA 2977 Lunar

Tom, would you please send me those pictures?! This sounds very interesting. Several lunar meteorites do have metal flecks and their FeNi usually is quite nickel-rich (for example: 7-48 wt% Ni in Dhofar 301). Best Sunday Wishes, Bernd __

[meteorite-list] Aubrites and Al Haggounia

Hello List, In Abstract #5309 (MAPS, Vol. 43, Supplement, 2008, July, p. A29) T.E. Bunch, A.J. Irving et al. emphasize that the very large Al Haggounia paleo-meteorite from southern Morocco is NOT an aubrite, but instead an anomalous EL3 chondrite as discussed in detail on the following

[meteorite-list] RFSPicture of the Day - August 8, 2008: Julesburg Chondrule Collision

Frédéric wrote: Great picture and interesting explanations. Thanks! Absolutely right, ... stunning, fantastic, breathtaking picture! Surely, a dramatic moment unfolding before one's eyes: A porphyritic chondrule fragment caught in the act of colliding and demolishing an innocent barred olivine

[meteorite-list] Fred's new (H3?) Chondrite

Hello Folks, I just purchased this specimen from Fred: 172.1g individual - 69 x 43 x 36 mm. Fred thinks it may be an H3 chondrite and those many rusty stains where the matrix is visible seem to underline the conclusion that we are dealing with an H chondrite. On the other hand, it is those big,

[meteorite-list] Re-2: What's the type of the stone?

Hi Ma Lan, John and List, http://www.esnips.com/web/chinaren76-Stone A very dark crust (indicative of iron), a lot of heavily rusted metal stains, no chondrules detectable, so my *guess* is: H chondrite, possibly Jilin (Kirin)?! Best, Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Target Earth in Aug NG

There us an interesting article entitled Target Earth in the August issue of the National Geographic Magazine. You can read the entire article online at: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/08/earth-scars/stone-text Hi Dirk, List, German List members, The same article can also be found in

[meteorite-list] Chergach (a.k.a Erg Chech, Mali)

Hi List, Chergach fever here ;-) Some of you (the counter says 34) may already have seen that one. Mirko Graul was offering it on EBay until a few minutes ago. This really is one of the cutest oriented meteorites I've ever seen and so I simply could not resist. Look at these delicate but very

[meteorite-list] Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites - Two Thumbs Up!

Hello All, I just had a look at amazon.de (the German counterpart of amazon.com) and got this piece of information: Nur noch 4 Stück verfügbar - jetzt bestellen. = only four copies left - order (yours) now. So, ... conclusion: Two thumbs + two toes up! ;-) My copy isn't signed but: one of

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - July 19, 2008

Hi Fabrice, Mike and List, Mike wrote: The text list this stone as a ACHANOM or achondrite anomalous. But if you look it up in the MB database it is listed as a Eucrite ... So you could have Eucrite anom ... YAMAGUCHI A. et al. (2003) An anomalous eucrite, Dhofar 007, and a possible genetic

[meteorite-list] Chergach (a.k.a Erg Chech, Mali)

Hello Listees, Listoids and Chergach owners, Meanwhile there are 7 Chergach (H5) specimens + one thin section in my collection. Five of these (+ that thin section) were purchased from Philippe Thomas, one comes from Andi Gren, one endcut is from Mirko Graul. Well, when I look at the impact

[meteorite-list] Chergach (a.k.a. Erg Chech, Mali)

I wrote: Meanwhile there are 7 Chergach (H5) specimens Correction: Now there are eight Chergachs ;-) See here if interested: EBay Item #290247162435 Good night, it's once again late here = 00:15 hrs Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] 3D Glasses

Hi Pete and List, Where do you find the 3D glasses? Here, for example: http://www.3dglasses.net/ I've got five of these and how good it is I sometimes don't listen to what my Pauline says: Don't keep all this crap, you don't need it! Bernd ;-) __

[meteorite-list] Meteoritic Anaglyphs

Wow, John, ... awesome meteoritic anaglyphs, especially the Gibeon and, of course, those augite crystals in the D'Orbigny! http://www.berezin.com/3D/3dglasses.htm Best, Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] When the moon hits your eye, from a robot in the sky

Darren posted: Shots taken by Deep Impact of the moon transiting the Earth http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/epoxi_transit.html For heaven's sake, this is an awe-inspiring video sequence! What a thrilling experience to see our blue marble projected against the pitch-black backdrop

[meteorite-list] Mars in 3D

Carl wrote: If you have a back copy of National Geographics magazine August1998 issue it came with 3D glasses to look at Mars in that issue too. One of the Sky Telescope back issues came with 3D goggles too, but, unfortunately, I don't remember which issue it was :-( Bernd

[meteorite-list] well, that's something!

http://www.huggaplanet.com/hugmar.html A craving Martin writes: I guess, I need such a Mars Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and *mars*:-)) (a song by the Everly Brothers) Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day - July 15, 2008 - IIG Classification

Hello Mike and List, Here are the other irons - formerly ungrouped but now classified by Wasson as IIG: Bellsbank - Britstown - Guanaco - La Primitiva - Tombigbee River - Twannberg and: Wu-chu-mu-chin (formerly classified as an ataxite). Best, Bernd

[meteorite-list] Esquel?

Hello Anita and Esqueloids ;-) 1) http://www.planetbreymeteorites.com/ 2) http://www.meteoritehunter.com/ 3) http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/Esquel/index.html 4) http://www.m3t3orites.com/meteorites/esquel.php 5) http://www.star-bits.com/esquel.htm 6)

[meteorite-list] Chunks of Ice ... Cometary?

Darren wrote: Any numbers on how big the block would have to be? How small the surviving piece could be? I'm thinking of some of those chunks of ice that fall from the sky some times. Most come from planes. Could some be cometary? Campins H. and Swindle T. (1998) Expected characteristics of

[meteorite-list] O.R. Norton's Field Guide here in Europe

Hi Zelimir and List, I am still searching the best way to acquire that wonder here in Europe I ordered my copy of the Field Guide on Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 and got an email today confirming that Amazon.de (=Amazon, Germany) has already shipped it! Best, Bernd

[meteorite-list] My First Contact

Uwe asked: Am I here? Hi Uwe! We can hear you loud and clear. How long did it take you to travel from one of those protosuns of the Orion Nebula (M42) to this corner of the Milky Way? Just kidding ;-) Welcome to the List! Bernd __

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture - July 07, 2008: Phil Morgan's Flyer #2

Mr and Mrs H.H. Nininger once wrote: You will see these strange meteorites Let me continue with #2: A portion of another that fell through a barn in Wisconsin 5 years earlier That's K i l b o u r n, a gas-rich H5 chondrite, which fell through the roof to the floor of a barn after detonations

[meteorite-list] Camp Verde

E.P. Grondine inquired: Or was Camp Verde a separate fall? According to Buchwald* it is probably safe to conclude that Camp Verde is a man-transported Canyon Diablo fragment because Wasson (1968) and Moore et al. (1969) have found chemical identity to Canyon Diablo. E.P. Grondine also

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day: Phil Morgan's Flyer

Mr and Mrs H.H. Nininger once wrote: You will see these strange meteorites Anyone care to give answers to these 22 pieces of information??? Maybe one answer per list member. Happy sleuthing! Let me start with #1: A meteorite that fell through a house roof in Missouri during WWI Well, that's

[meteorite-list] Re-2: OT -- need a website or data on calibrated spectral data

George wrote: Hello, if you are looking for the spectral type they are as follows: Antares-Spectral Type M1.5Iab-Ib+B4Ve Antares is a Red Giant Beta Pegasus (Pegasi)-Also known as Scheat is also a Red Giant, an irrgular variable, the only info I have on it is spectal type M2. Hello George,

[meteorite-list] Impact material?

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/TennesseeTreasures/ Hello Larry, Moni and List, These metallic objects sure look promising, especially in view of the fact that numerous, famous US meteoritic irons come from Tennessee! Have you already tried cutting one or some of them? This might reveal

[meteorite-list] Impact material?

Hello Larry and Listees, Thank you for your nice compliment. If you can't cut and etch one of these masses, maybe someone with the proper equipment, well, like Mike Miller in Arizona, would be willing to cut and etch one of these specimens! Regards, Bernd

[meteorite-list] NWA 4716: RFS Picture of the Day - June 24, 2008

Hello Pete, Matteo and List, Pete wrote: New NWA 4716 [Provisional] Meteorite... If the meteorite pictured is NWA 4716, it is no longer provisional. According to the Met.Bull., it is now an official meteorite name! See here:

[meteorite-list] Opinion needed (forwarded message)

Bernd and List, My exact same thoughts. There is another clue in this picture besides the weathered crust. Look at the plastic and metal next to the stone. If this were truly from an impact, these materials would show a lot of abrasion. Best, John At 10:55 AM 6/22/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Opinion needed !!

Opinions welcome folks...Here are the pics... http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1850/8117688/19931258/322341103.jpg http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1850/8117688/19931258/322341193.jpg Hi Jan and List, Slightly weathered, fully crusted NWA (W1-2; S2-3) squeezed into the siding of a Dutch

[meteorite-list] Murchison vs. other CM's

Hello Jason, Mike, Doug, and List, Some interesting and helpful references from list member and Murchison specialist Greg Shanos: SHANOS G. (1998) Murchison - The Forgotten Meteorite (M!, Aug. 98, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 32-33). SHANOS G. (1999) Carbon in the Murchison CM2 Carbon- aceous chondrite

[meteorite-list] Estherville Crystal

i got an estherville that has a crystal about 3/8 across w/ a pronounced, highly reflective, (if not perfect) clevage plane. what type of mineral might this be? If it is greenish and translucent, my vague guess would be pyroxene (hypersthene) but it's hard to tell without photos and close-up

[meteorite-list] Estherville Crystal

Hi Harlan, Tracy and List, Thanks for the pics! Like Tracy wrote ...an Estherville slice with one end so full of olivine crystals..., this looks very much like a cluster of olivine crystals embedded into the mesosiderite matrix! Cheers, Bernd __

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day: Philippe Thomas' NWA 4769 (LL3.8)

Descriptive note by the author: A type-II porphyritic pyroxene (PP) chondrule in crossed polarized light. Thin section from the NWA 4769 LL3.8, S1, W1 chondrite. Hello List, An almost identical chondrule is pictured in: NORTON O. R. (2002) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites (Cambridge

[meteorite-list] June 15 - Happy Birthday to 3 Meteorite Celebrities

Happy Birthday to these 3 Meteorite Celebrities: St. Robert (H5) N'Goureyma (IRANOM) Juvinas (AEUC) BROWN P. et al. (1996) The fall of the St. Robert meteorite (Meteoritics 31-4, 1996, 502-517): The St-Robert (Québec, Canada) meteorite shower occurred on 1994 June 15 at 0h 02 m UT accompanied

[meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

Mike Farmer writes: I found one stone, and bought many more for a total of more than 15 kilos. and: Happy Birthday to one of my favorite meteorites A very enthusiastic Mike Farmer sent me this mail on Wed, 22 Jul 1998: Bernd, I just returned from the UofA where most of the analysis is being

[meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley - some more tidbits of interest

Darryl Pitt about Portales Valley: Darryl Pitt, who on behalf of the Macovich Collection has acquired nearly 10 kg of Portales Valley, reports that Netschaevo, a chemically anomalous medium octahedrite with H6 silicate inclusions appears to be similar to Portales Valley. Said Pitt, It would seem

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day: Krähe nberg (and Bob's Venus Stone)

Hello Moni, Hanno, and Listees, Just like Hanno, I'm not very interested in plaster casts of meteorites. I prefer the real thing ;-) But years ago, I just couldn't resist buying one of Bob Haag's plaster casts of his famous Venus Stone (a.k.a. Adamana). It is such a perfect example of a

[meteorite-list] Fictional book about meteorites

Hi Doug, Mike, and List, Another shortcoming of this book is to be found on page 1 of the first chapter where the author writes: It was late in the evening at the end of the first week of August ... and ...this was the night it was going to peak. The author (who is described as having a

[meteorite-list] Meteoritical Society Membership

Walter writes: when I sent my check a few years back, it was nearly a year and only after several emails did I my membership actually become official. Hello All, .. and while we are at it, my latest issue of MAPS is November 2007 !!! :-( :-( :-( Bernd

[meteorite-list] Tom Phillips Art

Adam writes: The sixth image really strikes me as it looks like planets being sucked into a super nova... .. or countless brown dwarf planets in the vicinity of a contact binary :-) Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Norton's RFS Hardcover Help

Mike Bandli writes: ...hardcover edition of Norton's RFS...scan the Bruderheim image on page 164 ...so I can compare it to my specimen. Anne writes: The picture of the Bruderheim on page 164 is exactly the same. Hello All, That's right, the pictures on p. 164 are exactly the same but Martin

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - April 10, 2008

Hi Martin, Mike and all, How do I know this? Because the exact same picture appears on page 188 with the presumed correct caption I concur. Bruderheim is a beautiful chondrite. My partially crusted part slice (6.2 gr) also comes from Mike Farmer and it looks pretty much like Mike B's with those

[meteorite-list] New Martian NWA 4925

Hello List, When I came home from school today, I was pleased to see my 0.894-gram basaltic shergottite NWA 4925 from Chladni's Heirs had arrived. What a gorgeous, crystalline beauty from our orange neighbor. Have you ever heard about those weird, orange inclusions in the ALH 84001 pyroxenite?

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day - April 6, 2008: NWA 2651 Ureilite

http://www.rocksfromspace.org/April_6_2008.html Hello John, Anne and List, Beautiful thin section picture! Gorgeous colors! NWA 2651 is described as being similar to NWA 2624, which I can definitely confirm. When the Hupés offered this ureilite with its large and translucent pigeonite grains,

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Coin Collection and scope

Wow Don! I am officially JEALOUS of that collection! Congrats, Don! Very nice (and complete) metcoin collection! Cheers, Bernd (who collects Australian Kookaburra silver coins) (nice scope too!) Yep, nice Newtonian!!! Bernd __

[meteorite-list] Do Meteoroids Skip?

Hi Anita, Chris, and List, Chris wrote: ...Rarely it may be a true skip in the atmosphere, but more likely it is something to do with the way the object breaks up The light path of the Vilna, Canada (L5) meteorite in 1967 is an interesting case in this context. Fortunately, an auroral all-sky

[meteorite-list] Sardis Iron

Hi Paul and List, Henderson, E.P. and Cooke, C.W., 1942, The Sardis (Georgia) meteorite. Proceedings of the U S. National Museum. vol. 92, pp. 141-150: Henderson and Cooke (1942) report an extremely weathered octahedrite (Sardis) from Miocene sediments in Georgia although whether or not the

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture for March 31, 2008

Tom wrote (excerpt): Notice how the rock seems to be suspended in nothing? That is actually incredibly clear and nearly completely isotropic Martian glass. The line in the center of the photo is a crack in that glass. http://www.rocksfromspace.org/March_31_2008.html Awesome picture! Michael,

[meteorite-list] Time delay: Park Forest / Mar 01 Eyewitness Report

Hello List, Larry had written: He was not yet asleep when he experienced the bright light illuminating his bedroom and the tremendous explosions that followed. A *couple minutes* later he heard a disturbance outside, he said it sounded like something hit his house. Then I inquired: ...was it

[meteorite-list] Time delay: Park Forest / Mar 01 Eyewitness Report

Hi Chris and List, Chris writes: In the end, I take almost everything reported by witnesses with a strong dose of skepticism. .. which can readily be supported by what these eyewitnesses had to say with regard to the duration (in seconds) of the thunderous noise: - all of a sudden the sky

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 26, 2008 / Story

Larry writes: I'd like to share the story of this meteorite's recovery. Thank you Larry for sharing this particular and very personal recovery story! Beautiful story, beautiful PP specimen, indeed! There is one litle detail that piques my curiosity: He was not yet asleep when he experienced the

[meteorite-list] Back Issues of Meteorite Magazine on DVD

Graham Ensor UK: The DVD sounds a great idea...count me in. Tracy Latimer: I'd buy a DVD copy of the back issues as well. Bernd: Count me in as well! Cheers, Bernd To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu __

[meteorite-list] Krasnojarsk at the Vernadsky Institute

Hello Matt and List, I don't know if that is the exact amount of material they have: 515,183 kg but that's what you find when you go to their website: http://meteorites.ru/menu/collection-e/collect-e_p.html Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Chiang Khan (cont.)

Hi Martin, Cap'n Blood and List, I'd say, ... we have to count all pieces found there to Chiang Khan LOEKEN T. et al. (1992) Noble gases in several new chondrite falls and finds (Meteoritics 27-3, 1992, A251): As shown by the presence of solar gases, two chondrites are regolithic breccias

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture: Mike Bandli's Chiang Khan

Mike wrote: Some material was preserved by several museums, institutions, and private collectors. And another 12.2-gram conical, fingertip-shaped piece (just like Mike Bandli's) did not land in a fisherman's boat either but in my meteorite collection ;-) Proper lighting reveals subtle flow

[meteorite-list] More on Chiang Khan

Yagi K. et al. (1987) Petrology and Magnetic Properties Of Chiang Khan, Thailand, Meterorite (Meteoritics 22-4, 1987, pp. 536-537): Chiang Khan meteorite fell on Nov. 17, 1981 at Chiang Khan, Loei, Thailand. The meteorite consists of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, chromite, FeNi metal,

[meteorite-list] Chiang Khan in Bob Haag's Catalogs

David writes: It's in Bob's 1997 catalog. 683 grams. See also: Bob Haag's Field Guides - 1989, p.15 (description p. 17) - 1991, p.47 (description p. 46) - 1997, p.47 (description p. 46) - 2003, p.109 (13th edition) Bernd __

[meteorite-list] Wanted to Buy: Superb Pallasite!

Anne writes: I have had bad luck with Fukang too. Even though my Fukang still looks stable - I got it in 2006 - my vote is for Esquel. I have a very thin (ca. 1-2 mm) slice with translucent olivines that I got from Gregor Pacer about 10 years ago...not the slightest trace of rust! I also have a 7

[meteorite-list] Gary Curtiss

Gary writes: OK, I never contribute to this list so here is my first entry... Hello Gary and List, This may be Gary's first entry, but, just in case someone thinks: Where have I heard that name before? I can help you a little: Clifford (L6; S3; W2) An 11.36 kg stone was found in uncultivated

[meteorite-list] Oriented Erg Chech To Fall in Love With

Hello All, There are now 6 Erg Chech pieces in my collection + an Erg Chech thin section. The TS comes from Philippe Thomas, a 20.32-gram slice (IMB variety) comes from Andi Gren, the other 5 specimens are all from Philippe Thomas and they are all top quality, fusion-crusted pieces and are

Re: [meteorite-list] Adrar morocco meteorite?

Hi Matt and List, The Met.Bull. database lists 8 different Adrars: http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Another clue to the Mystery Fall Game

Sterling writes: That leaves Chile, which does have such regions. Good as this may sound there is something that keeps me puzzled. If it is really Chile, list member Rodrigo Martinez from Chile would surely have heard about that fall, too and would immediately have visited the site of that fall

[meteorite-list] Major fireball in Germany, Italy and Austria

Hello Matteo, Mike Farmer and List, I don't think that pieces of this meteorite-dropping fireball came down as far south as Zurich. Of special interest are those eyewitness reports that did not only see light phenomena but also heard a thunderclap or something like a rolling of thunder. Assuming

[meteorite-list] Itqiy Oddball

Tracy writes: I couldn't agree more about the ITQIY. I have a thumbnail sized slice, and consider myself fortunate. What an oddball crystalline structure. Hello Tracy, Elton and List, Same here ... small, thin, 0.5-gram slice of this unique, ungrouped, enstatite-rich, metal-rich meteorite.

[meteorite-list] Sikhote Alin Hexahedrite (?) Revisited

Eduardo wrote: Meteor Crater... exhibition... a Sikhote Alin...labeled as Hexahedrite. Hello Eduardo, Anne, and List, That employee was not too far off target, ... only problem his source of information is outdated. His reference was probably the, ...roll of drums, the Third Edition of the

[meteorite-list] Craters and impact pits revisited

SEARS D.W.G. (1978) The Nature and Origin of Meteorites (Adam Hilger Ltd., Bristol), pp. 25-26: Krinov (1966)* distinguishes between explosive craters, impact craters, and impact holes. The first correspond to major craters, where essentially complete vaporization of the meteorite occurs. Where

[meteorite-list] Craters and impact pits in my databases

Hello Craterists and Impact Pit-ists A search for impact pit in my databases yielded these results: 1) Akyumak, IVA A mass of between 45 and 50 kg fell, with associated light and sound effects, making an impact pit 50 cm in diameter and about 90cm deep. 2) Binningup, H5 An almost completely

[meteorite-list] NWA 4522 - Interesting Pieces, Pictures!

Hello Mark and List, 4522 is one of the most beautiful chondrites I've seen in my (limited) collecting experience. Here's a composite of a few of my slices: http://meteorites.cc/nwa4522-col.jpg I can't help but agree and that's why there are four slices of this beautiful LL3.5 chondrite in my

[meteorite-list] NWA 4522 - Interesting Pieces, Pictures!

Hello Mark and List, 4522 is one of the most beautiful chondrites I've seen in my (limited) collecting experience. Here's a composite of a few of my slices: http://meteorites.cc/nwa4522-col.jpg I can't help but agree and that's why there are four slices of this beautiful LL3.5 chondrite in my

[meteorite-list] February Meteorite-Times Now Up

The February Meteorite-Times is now up. http://www.meteorite-times.com/ Just back from watching Ruben's Hunting Grounds. Thank you, Ruben. This was the next best thing to actually being there! Thanks also to Arizona Keith for all those Tucson Show pictures! Bernd

[meteorite-list] Some Meteorite Prices prior to 2000/2001

Martin wrote: Maralinga 131$/g I purchased my 2.8-gram slice from David New in 91/92 and had to pay $39 per gram. Barratta L3 25.25$/g 12 grams from David New ... purchased October 1987. Price: $4.16/g Julesburg L3.6 12.31$/g 43.5 grams purchased from Walter Zeitschel in 1987. Price: 8

[meteorite-list] Michael Cottingham's BATH FURNACE

Hello All, ... . and especially those who already own (Don Edwards, for example) or have purchased pieces from M.C. My three Bath Furnace specimens (2.56 + 0.38 + 0.37 grams) arrived today and after my first quick look at them under the micoscope at 8x mag. I almost believe that a

[meteorite-list] 3:00 p.m. fall statistics

Hi Chris and List, Attached you'll find two of my Powerpoint slides. They may be of interest to you. Even though they date back to the 90's, they give a fairly accurate picture (a statistical overview) of the frequency of (observed) fall times and why more meteorite falls have been observed in

[meteorite-list] Hourly Variation of Meteorite Falls

Hi Chris, Cap'n Blood, and List, I was already on my way to bed because it is after midnight here. Michael, I sent the attachment to Chris, not to the List, of course. You will remember that attachments are a no-no. Yes, Pauline and I are o.k. Thank you for asking! Well, back now to the

[meteorite-list] Angrites - Meteorites from Mercury...

Greg writes: Hi Darren and fans of Mercury and/or its likely meteorites. Three strong candidates come to mind ;-) = NWA 2999 - NWA 4590 Tamassint - NWA 4801 = Hello List, If you are interested in seeing how colorful a thin section of a potential meteorite from Mercury looks in

[meteorite-list] Steve's Tucson Pics

They loaded superfast for me too. Italy can't seem to master the art of mail delivery so maybe it is no suprise that they have slow internet. When I loaded Steve's page #1 before he had uploaded the subsequent pages, it *did* take awefully long for the pictures to appear on the screen and I can

[meteorite-list] Congratulations to John Blennert and Twink Monrad

Hello List, I would like to congratulate John Blennert and Twink Monrad. As you all know, John, Twink and our late Jim Kriegh are the discoverers of the Gold Basin strewn field! At the Tucson party, Twink received the honor of a Harvey award and, moreover, Dolores Hill of UoA presented John

[meteorite-list] RFS Picture - February 11, 2008

http://www.rocksfromspace.org/February_11_2008.html This R3-6 Rumuruti chondrite (formerly Carlisle Lakes grouplet) is so fresh and unweathered that its sulfides (troilite, pyrrhotite, and pentlandite) glitter like finest, molten gold dust and this glitter is everywhere all over its matrix, in

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Happy Birthday PADVARNINKAI

Hello Frank and List, The 4th edition has the place of fall at Androniski but the online MNH catalogue...has the place as Anyksciuu. Maybe this is what you were referring to? No, this isn't what I was referring to ;-) Anyone else? You can also Google it! Cheers, Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday PADVARNINKAI

= Padvarnikai was once listed as a shergottite = Right Norbert, that's what I was referring to, ... Congrats! Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Nickel content of CV's

Do CV's contain nickel? Here's what Jeff Grossman wrote on Monday, April 19, 1999: In fact, Allende has almost no metal, if what you mean is metallic Fe-Ni. Jarosewich (1990) measured ~0.5 wt% metallic iron plus nickel in Allende. Most of the metal in these oxidized CV3 chondrites is the high-Ni

[meteorite-list] Quartz in meteorites

But in a very few quartz is found Here are a few examples: MONTEIRO J.F. (1989) Preliminary study of the Chaves howardite (Meteoritics 24-4, 1989, pp. A305-A306): Quartz and tridymite were observed in thin section and, during electron microprobe work, many small complex intergrowths between

[meteorite-list] Baby Is Born

Michael Cottingham about TKW of baby Rosemary: My mind is fuzzy.. metric may be off! You are forgiven ;-) Sincerest congratulations! Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Moving pictures from the Tucson Gem Show.

This is pretty good Ruben Darn good! and I loved the music! So did I ... somehow reminded me a little of Elvis and but lay off my Blue Suede Shoes ;-) really enjoyed it Me too! Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] NWA 4901 a pair of the once most expensive NWA ever

Martin writes: that meteorite is one of the most eye-appealing and beautiful stones of all in our opinion! And we are sure, that many collectors, who already own a specimen from the pairing-group will fully agree. I am one of those collectors and I fully agree with each and every word! I

[meteorite-list] M.C.'s Babb's Mill (Blake's Iron) on EBay

Hello All, Here is another American classic I couldn't resist yesterday. Well, I had been watching it for several days already and I had tried to ignore it after I had recently bought a 0.95-gram partly crusted SNC individual from Marcin and that terrific SNC slice I got on Ebay from Jim Strope.

[meteorite-list] Looking for a pic from haag 1985 catalog

I just purchased a 870 gram La Criolla that came with the original pic featured in Haag's 1985 catalog. Does anyone have one that they could scan and email me? I haven't seen the catalog but would like a copy for my records. Hi Matt and List, I can only come up with Catalogs 1989, 1991, 1997

[meteorite-list] Michael Cottingham's BATH FURNACE meteorite

Hello Meteorite Folks, I'd like to draw your attention to a highly historical US American meteorite, a witnessed fall with many appealing details, anecdotes, and characteristics!

[meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the Day

Could you be any more stupid? he's not stupid, but - I think - jealous Keith's photo is awesome, as are all his photos. Thank you so much, Keith, for letting us participate in the Tucson Show events even though we are so far away! But, gentlemen, tolerance and freedom of opinion, please! Now

[meteorite-list] Bob Verish's LA 002 Basaltic Shergottite

Hello Bob, List and Lovers of Martians ;-) Wow, when I came home from school today, I found the package with my two LA002 micros - #6 and #12 - on the kitchen table. See here because it is a must see and because a few small pieces are still available if you are quick:

Re: [meteorite-list] another Kem-Kem

Hello Zélimir and List, That's why you find the following comment in Met.Bull 85: Many meteorites lacking first-hand documentation of the find location are being sold by Moroccan rock and mineral dealers, and by people from other countries who have collected material in Morocco. These meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] TKW help

Hi David and List, Does anyone have the total known weight of Kem Kem and Tata? I'm updating labels and cannot find the info anywhere. If Kem Kem is NWA 1198, a eucrite, it's TKW = 14 gr; 1 piece; Met.Bull. 87 If Tata is NWA 1430, a IIIAB iron, it's TKW = 113 kg; 1 piece; Met.Bull. 87 Best

[meteorite-list] Kem Kem

Dean writes: Michael Casper bought 300 kilos of meteorites...that he was told was found in the Kem Kem plain near the algerian border. I bought some from this 300 kilo bunch... Oh yes, now I remember and Michael Casper heralded it in his sales catalogue dated Dec. 13, 1999, p. 14 with these

[meteorite-list] Enthusiasts of Martian Meteorites

Hello All, Since we all share this passion for meteorites, those messengers from our solar neighborhood, I would like to draw your attention to Bob Verish's offer of one of the most spectacular Martian meteorites in recent history! How many among us can really boast of owning a piece of either LA

[meteorite-list] What kind of NWA is this?

Hi Jason, Eric, List, From the pictures, it's hard to tell, but I would say that it is most likely an ordinary chondrite. That said, the pictures aren't clear enough to tell for certain - to me it almost looks a little bit like a CR2, but I would only be able to tell with the stone in my hands or

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 4590 Plutonic Angrite Micrographs are posted Four magnification sets!

http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-gallery/meteorites-class_frame.htm = Let me know what you think! = I was already on my way to bed because it is almost midnight here but these micrographs leave you breathless, speechless, ... beauty beyond compare!!! Wish we found such pictures in MAPS

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