[meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

A disappointed Rob writes: Unfortunately, none of the Mercury transit pages I've searched so far today have shown a live image of the solar disk -- very disappointing. As most of you astronomy-minded folks will know, this transit isn't visible here in Western Europe :-( but Rob's words show how

[meteorite-list] Ghubara

harlan trammell wrote: they sweat and ooze liquid Hello All, My thick slice that I got from Mike Martinez in 2000 is still stable, no ooze, no sweat! My large, thin 36-gram slice from Ivan Koutyrev that I purchased about two or three years ago (EBay) is still perfect - no ooze, no sweat!

[meteorite-list] Bernd's Section Pictures

Hi Suzanne + Jim, Hello List and thin sectionists :-) I'll send this to the List because I think others had the same problem! I tried to access your photo pages but did not have any luck, just was blank. Any idea what might be the problem? My mistake! Well, I should have told you that you

Re: [meteorite-list] Some great thin section photos: Begga, Allende, Lance, Kapoeta, more

Hi Jeff and List, Kapoeta Special piece from King Collection (look and you will see why this is special). http://new.photos.yahoo.com/album?c=hodgjtaid=576460762333192206pid=wtok= 0RJzde17qVEMJvNxYm1.dA--ts=1162483362.src=ph#page1 And if you don't see why Jeff's Kapoeta thin section is very

Re: [meteorite-list] Megatherium hit by a meteorite ?

Hello List, salut Confrère Pierre-Marie, Do you know of which meteorite it's about or where I could get more information? That's the Lujan meteorite: 1. Catalogue of Meteorites: A piece of about 50g was found 6 m deep in Quaternary formations below the remains of a megatherium, M. Kantor, Rev.

[meteorite-list] Thin Section Pictures

Hello Jim, Hi Mike T., Salut Roger, Very beautiful, Very pleasing, Very aesthetic-looking Very *educational* ! Kudos and best wishes from Germany! Bernd P.S.: Here are some of my thin section pics in case someone is interested: http://de.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meteorit/photos/browse/49a1

Re-2: [meteorite-list] Collector Card vs Casket

Uuuh, here on the outskirts of Munich it started to snow B! No snow here yet in the Mannheim-Heidelberg area but even though part of the sky is still star-studded embellished by a waxing gibbous Moon in the south, and Orion rising majesticaly in the East (already half way up), the first

Re: [meteorite-list] Kilbu meteorite??

what is its? Hadejia, Kilbu, Kilbabo, Kilabo LL6, S3; W0; polymict regolith breccia Cheers, Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re-2: [meteorite-list] Jim Schwade collection

Matt Morgan wrote: Contrary...he cut it into thirds already. So it will be for sale, eventually. David Weir responded: So would that be ukulele-sized pieces? So our little grandsons and granddaughters could rock it like Bob did ;-) Bernd __

[meteorite-list] Park Forest Outing

E.P., with all due respect but there are two Steve Arnolds and one of them surely wouldn't like to be taken for his namesake ;-)) Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re-2: [meteorite-list] Big is beatuful

The Mundrabilla main mass was recently moved and reweighed. The correct weight is actually 12.4t! That's nearly 1t heavier than previously stated. Hi Jeff and List, As for the piece in *this* bw picture, it's not located in Australia but used to be at the MPI Heidelberg - at least when I took

[meteorite-list] Pyroxene Crystals in Mike's Patagonian Iron

Mike Farmer wrote: Take a look at this, I got a box full of slices today, and they are simply breathtaking! Marlin Cilz told me he has not cut a more beautful iron. What do the list members think the large emerald green crystals are? Pyroxene? Every slice seems to have one or two of them. The

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect real meteorite(FALL???) from Thailand? being offered on Ebay Buyer

The sales ad of this eBay seller does not jibe. Chiangmai Univ., Thailand ... Hello Dirk and List, The sellers also state: purchased sometime between 1975 and 1977 ... as best the owner can recall as best the owner can * r e c a l l * Could this be a piece of Chiang Khan ??? Yes, I know

[meteorite-list] Test

Looks like I'm ousted once again :-( .. or is it shipwrecked ;-) Test, please delete! Best wishes, Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] German Cottage Destroyed By Meteor? - Translation of German article

http://www.rhein-sieg-anzeiger.ksta.de/html/artikel/1161148347911.shtml Here's the translation: Something must have come from above: The 77-year-old man has probably never heard of the Giacobinids or the Draconids but he surely won't forget them for the rest of his life as they literally

[meteorite-list] Phoney Mails Again!!!

Folks, be careful: They are at it again: Update your PayPal Account Delete, do not open! Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] BRENAM - Does world-record meteorite await unearthing inKansas?

E.P. Grondine writes: Perhaps my memory fails me, but I seem to remember that Brenham was traded nearly two milleniums ago by Native Americans and showed up in hopewell mounds, not the mere hundred years ago stated in the Chronicle article. Hello Ed and List, Because you ask, I'd like to draw

[meteorite-list] Alien Metal = tetrataenite

The Estherville meteorite is composed of iron, nickel, phosphorous, sulfur, and some unknown alien metal. Hello All, This probably refers to the presence of tetrataenite (ordered FeNi) in the Estherville mesosiderite. Tetrataenite has been observed in chondrites, iron meteorites, and also in

[meteorite-list] Non-terrestrial Mineral in Springwater = farringtonite (Mg, Fe)3 (PO4)2

AL wrote: some mineral ... in the Spring Water Pallasite ... unique to space rocks Yep, that's farringtonite! farringtonite = (Mg,Fe)3 (PO4)2 Cheers, Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Farringtonite and Niningerite

AL kindly wrote: Sort of a fitting thing (farringtonite) as Farrington was Nininger's mentor! Now which came first? The farrington or the Niningerite? KEIL K., SNETSINGER K.G. (1967) Niningerite: A new meteoritic sulfide - (Mg,Fe)S (Science 155, 451-453). Farringtonite was discovered prior to

[meteorite-list] Paulite

Martin wrote: ...and did you know that paulite is listed in some mineral data bases as a synonym for enstatite? No, I didn't but for those interested, see here: http://www.mindat.org/min-1384.html Paulitically yours, Pauli, ... AKA Bernd __

Re-2: [meteorite-list] Some clicks from other meteorites

Jerry wrote: Nice work Matteo! Hello Jerry, Matteo, and List, nice is definitely an understatement. These pics are extraordinary, outstanding, gorgeous, stunning. Matteo achieves such a high quality pictures with the help of a focusing device that he explained to us some time ago...if I

Re: [meteorite-list] Paypal Hackers WARNING!!!

Hi Don and List. I got a similar mail. It said that I had bid on and purchased a DELL notebook for $600+ ... I immediately deleted that mail and then checked my HISTORY. So let's keep a sharp lookout!!! Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Lunar vs. Martian Meteorites

Hello Listees and Listoids, There are twice as many lunar meteorites in my collection than martian meteorites and I've been asking myself several times why. We all know Mars is an extremely interesting celestial body, especially because it is a much better candidate for the existence of

[meteorite-list] odd NWA = R chondrite

This was sold to me as a C-chondrite, but it really doesn't look like one. Any guesses? Am tending toward an R-chondrite, but it looks like it contains some C-chondrite clasts and maybe some melt fragments. http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/nwa1.jpg http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/nwa2.jpg

[meteorite-list] Eichstädt

Eichstädt (don't remember right now...help? From Eichstaedt I know only, that it flopped into snow. Hello Listees, A quick answer that may be helpful. Quick and short because we have folks from Perth Australia at our house who want to be shown some tourists sights here ;-) Cheers, Bernd U.B.

[meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story

On Wednesday, October 01, 2003, Mike Farmer sent out my NWA 1909 (AEUC) and my NWA 1943 (AHOW) specimens. The package did make it safely across the Big Pond but on October 21, 2003, I wrote to Mike that the German customs authorities were withholding the specimens and I was battling with them over

[meteorite-list] MOSS-y Again !!!

Eric Twelker has just put up another batch of beautiful, fresh, pristine MOSS CO3.5 (provisional!) chondrites. Hurry up, I know they will go fast. MOS2-5 is already gone! Cheers, Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Not meteorite related

Not meteorite related / Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:25:21 -0500 For those of you who haven't heard yet America has been attacked. This makes the Oklahoma bombing look like child's play. A plane has hit the Pentagon and one plane has hit each of the World Trade Center towers. One of the towers has

[meteorite-list] MOSS-y, MOSS-ier, MOSS-iest

Hello Folks, Just in case you haven't noticed, Eric Twelker's website is very MOSS-y now! Beautiful, fresh and pristine (crusted) slices of MOSS-y stones ;-) No, #MOS-4 and #MOS-5 are no longer available. Guess why?! ;-) MOSS-y greetings, Bernd __

[meteorite-list] New to the list

Let's mention also Rocks From Space by O. Richard Norton and The Art of Collecting Meteorites by Kevin Kichinka! Hello Trace and List, Here's another must-have: NORTON O. R. (2002) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites (Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 62143 7, pp. 354). Welcome to

[meteorite-list] Meteorites from the bottom of the ocean Part 1 of 2

Hello Darren and List, I didn't know that there was a meteorite that had been recovered from the bottom of the ocean-- are there any others? Clarion, H4 Four fragments of about 20 g were recognized as meteoritic among rock samples collected from the ocean floor near the Clarion fault system.

[meteorite-list] Meteorites from the bottom of the ocean Part 1 of 2

Hello Darren and List, I didn't know that there was a meteorite that had been recovered from the bottom of the ocean-- are there any others? Clarion, H4 Four fragments of about 20 g were recognized as meteoritic among rock samples collected from the ocean floor near the Clarion fault system.

[meteorite-list] Test delete!

Sorry! Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Meteorites from the bottom of the ocean: Angra dos Reis

Hello Frank and all, For those interested in meteorites found from the bottom of the sea, there is, of course, Angra dos Reis ... Seee also: ZUCOLOTTO Elizabeth (2006) Angra dos Reis (METEORITE, May 2006, vol. 12-2, pp. 12-16). Cheers, Bernd __

[meteorite-list] Eltanin - Part 1 of 2

Bostwick J.A. et al. (1995) Asteroid sample return mission II: Eltanin recovered (abs. Meteoritics 30, 490 ): The Late Pliocene impact of the Eltanin asteroid produced a truly unique deposit in the known sedimentary record. It is the only known impact into a deep-ocean basin. Evidence of this

[meteorite-list] Eltanin - Part 2 of 2

Astronomy, March 1998, p. 30: Collision With Earth: An Impact on the Weather Frank Kyte, who discovered the impact of the Eltanin asteroid in 1981 when he was a graduate student, now believes that the planetoid may have been large enough to have devastated Earth's climate. Writing in the

[meteorite-list] Meteorites from the bottom of the ocean Part 1 of 2

Hello Darren and List, "I didn't know that there was a meteorite that had been recoveredfrom the bottom of the ocean-- are there any others?"Clarion, H4 Four fragments of about 20 g were recognized as meteoritic among rock samples collected from the ocean floor near the Clarion fault system.

[meteorite-list] Meteorites from the bottom of the ocean - Part 2 of 2

Sky Telescope, March 1999, p. 22: Piece of a Killer Asteroid ? Like finding a stray bullet at a crime scene, a researcher believes he has uncovered a long-sought chunk of the impactor thought to have snuffed out 70 percent of the species of life on Earth 65 million years ago. Scientists found

[meteorite-list] I have it !!! Unbelievable = Kaidun and Buckleboo

Hello Buckleboo Martin Hello Kaidun David W., It's a great feeling for sure, and now you can sign off as Buckleboo with the bona fide credentials. Best wishes and sincere congratulations ! Bernd B u c k l e b o o, H6 A single mass of 992 gr was ploughed up 12 km SW of Buckleboo railway siding

[meteorite-list] Canyon Diablo impact velocity

= At what velocity do you think Canyon Diablo impacted? RODDY D.J. and SHOEMAKER E.M. (1995) Meteor Crater: Summary of impact conditions (Meteoritics 30-5, 1995, A567, excerpts): .. the meteorite had a velocity in the range of about 13 to 20 km/s, probably in the lower part of this range ...,

[meteorite-list] Hadley Rille (EH)

Best wishes, Bernd RUBIN A.E. (1997) The Hadley Rille enstatite chondrite and its agglutinate-like rim: Impact melting during accretion to the Moon (Meteoritics 32-1, 1997, 135-141): Abstract - Hadley Rille is a millimeter-size EH chondrite containing euhedral and acicular enstatite grains,

[meteorite-list] Doing your own preliminary MOSS classification

Jeff Grossman kindly wrote to Mike Farmer: Petrologically, Moss is a CO3. It contains chondrules, CAIs, AOIs, and metal/sulfide grains in the appropriate size range ... The distribution of chondrule types is typical for a CO3. Hi, Happy Moss Owners and Listees! How about doing your own p r

[meteorite-list] Preliminary MOSS meteorite classification

Jeff Grossman kindly wrote to Mike Farmer: Petrologically, Moss is a CO3. It contains chondrules, CAIs, AOIs, and metal/sulfide grains in the appropriate size range ... The distribution of chondrule types is typical for a CO3. Just in case list members have been asking themselves what AOIs are.

[meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite an ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite?

Jeff Kuyken wrote: Maybe it's just a C3 (ungrouped)? ungrouped, ... Excellent idea, Jeff! My Coolidge (C4-ung) has plenty of free metal, the chondrules are the same color as the matrix and thus hard to recognize in hand sample - just like the chondrules in Moss and the chondrules are small ...

Re-2: [meteorite-list] Moss, polished piece photos

Greg kindly wrote: With that much metal and some chondrules, would an H chondrite be a possibility? For some reason Zag is popping into my brain with regard to the photos. This will be an interesting one once the scientists study it. But if Zag, then not Zag (a) H3-6, ... Zag (b), a winonaite

Re: [meteorite-list] open messaging

In my opinion, you owe us (not to mention Steve Arnold) an apology. Absolutely ridiculous! Hello List, Steve wrote: ... I have blocked this persons email so I will never see it Would you please also block my emails! Thank you! (= these are two little words that are definitely missing in

[meteorite-list] How does regolith get stoned?

Darren asked: I'm wondering how lunar/asteroidal regolith becomes reprocessed into solid brecciated stones. Is it reburied to a depth that heat and pressure do the job, or maybe cold welding plays a role? Rob McC responded: Probably impact pressures from meteorites. I suppose heat during the

[meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite

Hello List, Björn wrote (in a private mail): Would like to see your comments. Also from a scientific point of view Here's my response (excerpts - I'm leaving out my private remarks) because I think this is of general interest to all of us who acquired a piece of this (still) enigmatic

[meteorite-list] Pluto Responds: 'Planets Have Feelings, Too'

An aboslute must read !!! The cutest thing I have read over the years :-)) A double plutonic: Woof, woof! Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite - Preliminary Observations

Hello Jeff and List, Beautiful, fresh fragment - pristine as if it had fallen a few seconds ago ...very impressive! Thanks for sharing so quickly! It looks so coaly that, if I were to judge from the pictures alone, I'd lean towards a CK (maybe CK3) chondrite. Yes I know, there are fresh FeNi

Re: [meteorite-list] John Hopkins Astronomers React to Pluto's Planetary 'Demotion'

JOHNS HOPKINS ASTRONOMERS REACT TO PLUTO'S PLANETARY 'DEMOTION' Several Johns Hopkins University astronomers described a decision Thursday to strip Pluto of its planetary status as a muddled ruling that is unlikely to settle ongoing debates over how to define a planet and whether the term should

[meteorite-list] NWA 4441- CO3.2 JPEG

Hello Moni, Suzi, John and List, Just in case you haven't noticed, my JPEG is up on Darren's website. He was kind enough to host it for all of us to enjoy. Thank you Darren ! Best, Bernd__ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] NWA 4441 and Bob's CO Find

http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/co3/co3-01.htm Moni kindly wrote: It is just a CO3. Why is there no .something after the CO3. Wouldn't this tell you the chondrule texture of the CO. And I see many of them. Hello Moni and List, Some labs add this information, some don't. It may have to

[meteorite-list] How many Hexahedrites are there?

Jörn kindly wrote: There are 62 hexahedrites known to date. Please notice that not all IIAB irons are hexahedrites (many are coarsest octahedrites, Ogg) and that not all hexahedrites are IIAB irons (there are a few hexahedrites of taxonomic group IIG known). Hello Jörn, Tim, Ken, and List,

Re: [meteorite-list] What is this lunar crater?

Anyone have a name/location for the crater in the photo with this article, where the meteoroid apparently skidded across the surface, and maybe bounced once? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0509_020509_glassmeteorite.html Hello Darren and List, These are Messier and Messier

[meteorite-list] NWA 4441- CO3.2

Hello List, and Hello, .. especially to those who purchased one of Greg's NWA 4441 CO3.2, My 5.1-gram endcut of this CO3.2 arrived this morning and my first impression was: Oh, one of those Hot Desert ugly ducklings! But I was curious what it would look like under my Russian stereo scope and

[meteorite-list] World Class Holbrook - 1, 950 grams with Ward Label

Words can't do it justice, ... so go and look !!! http://cgi.ebay.com/METEORITE-WORLD-CLASS-HOLBROOK-1-950-grams_W0QQitemZ200018592126QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting Bernd Saliva __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Kalkaska

Hi George and List, I'm looking for any information regarding the Kalkaska find (Michigan, 1947, medium octahedrite). An image of the main mass or perhaps its location would be helpful. It's a stretch I'm sure, but you never know. Here are some passages from Buchwald with regard to the Kalkaska

[meteorite-list] New Quiz

Hi all, a new Quiz ... It is located in Austria. www.austromet.com/trips/xxx1.jpg Christian, could this be a metal-rich individual of the CB3a Gujba ???. My second guess would be Mount Egerton but let's first try Gujba! Cheers, Bernd __

[meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite From A Comet?

Hello Rick and List, As you are new on this List, I don't really know who I am talking to, how old or how young you are, how much you know about meteorites and comets, if you already have any meteorites, whether you have already read any books about meteorites, etc., etc. Maybe you would like to

[meteorite-list] Ibitira slice

Hi Jerry and List, Looking for small slice (under $100) of Ibitira with vesicles apparent. Am I dreaming? Why not dream the impossible dream! I got my 0.21-gram partslice of Ibitira from Michael Cottingham for definitely under $100 (it is not for sale, of course) but it took years of waiting

[meteorite-list] Dar al Gani

Hello Axel and List, interest ... meteorites ... Dar Ghani meteorite field ... some information about this Dar Ghani meteorite field? The most comprehensive study of the Dar al Gani meteorite field and the meteorites that have been recovered there is, to the best of my knowledge, an article in

[meteorite-list] Define shock value

Hello Walter, Hi Jeff, Hello List, In addition to Jeff's informative website that describes Dieter Stöffler's petrographic shock classification of chondrites, some more details that help recognize the shock stage when you look at a thin section of a chondrite under a microscope in plane and/or

[meteorite-list] In Memoriam Darryl Futrell

Our dear list member and astute defender of a lunar origin of tektites died of a heart attack Monday, August 13, 2001. We all know how much he enjoyed controversial discussions with regard to his beloved tektites even though he needed dialysis almost daily. Wednesday, August 15, 2001, his daughter

[meteorite-list] Differing viewpoints - scientists, dealers, collectors

Hi List, For your information - just in case you don't know who is talking to you: http://meteorites.pdx.edu/about_us.htm http://web.pdx.edu/~mhutson/ Well, and here's an article in MAPS by Dr. Melinda Hutson and Dr. Alexander Ruzicka HUTSON M., RUZICKA A. (2000) A multi-step model for the

[meteorite-list] Perseids 2006

Robert Woolard wrote: Socked in by clouds here in AR this time around. Same here in the Rhein-Main area, Germany: - socked in - clouded out - face clouded over in disappointment :-( but: Lots of Cloudids and Rainids ;-) Bernd __ Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Extraordinary Park Forest Meteorite - Precious Memories

When the Park Forest meteorite fell (see also the Canadian astronomy magazine ASTRONOMY - August 2006), everbody interested in meteorites wanted to have a piece of this fresh fall. So did I but the prices for Park Forest soon went skyrocketing and I had already given up any hope of getting some.

[meteorite-list] Congratulations to Jörn Koblit z

Hello All, Just wanted to let all of us know that list member Jörn Koblitz, the author of MetBase, has been assigned the Meteoritical Society's 2006 Service Award to honor his efforts in promoting research and education in meteoritics and planetary science ... Reference: MAPS 41, Supplement, A11

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Odd uses for meteorites - Not

Dan wrote: Having used meteorites extensively for making knives, I can tell you that Gibeon will bend some, but not well. Cracks and breaks will happen as all irons have inclusions and micro-cracks. Heating to a forgable temperature will make the widmanstatten pattern disappear, and unless

[meteorite-list] Tutankhamen's dagger made from meteoritic iron

Hi Darren and List, Darren wrote: I ran across this page last night while doing some light browsing on the workability of meteoritic iron. It is a fascinating read: http://www-geology.ucdavis.edu/~cowen/~GEL115/115CH5.html This online text states: Tutankhamen had with him a truly royal

[meteorite-list] Egyptian Hieroglyph for heavenly iron and heavenly stone

Darren inquired: Also, does anyone have an image of the hieroglyph for 'heavenly iron' mentioned in that article? Hello Darren and List, The Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for meteoritic iron is rendered by the following eight signs: leg - flowering reed - Egyptian vulture - tusk of an elephant -

[meteorite-list] Hieroglyphs within the scarab jewelry

Dirk wrote: Has anyone deciphered the hieroglyphs within the scarab jewelry that you have shared with the list? Hello Dirk and List, Which part of the breastplate are you referring to? As soon as I know, I will try and look into it as soon as possible. It's bedtime here (23h 55m) and we've

Re: [meteorite-list] Monthly Favourite - August 2006

A proud Jeff writes: I have been waiting for a piece of this one for years. A great meteorite. www.meteorites.com.au/favourite.html Sincerest congratulations, Jeff, on the acquisition of such a fine asteroidal achondrite. Wonderful fusion crust, excellent texture, gorgeous vesicles, and

[meteorite-list] NWA 4441

Steve wrote: .. thru my loupe,I noticed there are very small metal flecks .. I thought carbonaceous chondrites had no metal in them. Is this the correct class?Or am I missing something here? Dave C. wrote: As I recall, it's not uncommon for COs to have clearly visible, small inclusions of free

[meteorite-list] More about beautiful Lahoma

Hello Mark B., M.C., and List, My three Lahoma slices arrived today and what shall I say, ... they are out of this world! Beautiful shades of green, delicate shock veinlets, abundant troilite (!), very rich in FeNi or to use Michael Cottingham's own words ... loads of metal. The oval

[meteorite-list] Lahoma Meteorite

Mark enthusiatically wrote about his 344-gram complete slice: I received a complete slice of Lahoma from Michael Cottingham yesterday and thought I would share some pictures of this interesting chondrite. Hello Mark, Thanks for sharing the close-up pics of this beautiful chondrite. My three

[meteorite-list] Off-Topic: My wife is always right!

Hello Tracy and List, I prefer my mud to be of either the mortar or p o t t e r y variety, as both are more intrinsically useful! I'd like to invite you and others who are interested in pottery to visit my daughter's website. This is the link: http://www.ton-und-anderes.de/ Click on Zur

[meteorite-list] Off-Topic: My wife is always right!

If you do this, I find it hard to believe you will not find your item accordingly. Of course, I could be wrong, my wife often tells me I am. .. so does mine! :-) Rule #1: Your wife is always right! Rule #2: ... and if she isn't, then rule #1 applies. .. somehow reminds me of my first BASIC

[meteorite-list] Southern Delta Aquarids METEOR SHOWER

Larry wrote: One a minute is great!! Dean had written: I saw my first meteor shower last night* at kumue observatory in Auckland ... * = Friday, July 28 or Saturday, July 29 Dean had also written: we were getting more than one a minute ... Hi Larry, Dean, and List, Dean, you were watching

[meteorite-list] Mersenius Crater - Wrinkles Between Humorum and Procellarum

Hi Ron and List, http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMTV6BUQPE_index_0.html Crater Mersenius C is positioned in the highland area between Mare Humorum and the Oceanus Procellarum. The crater has a diameter of 14 kilometres and is best visible for ground-based observers 4 days after first quarter Moon.

[meteorite-list] Check out the price per gram on this lunar meteorite!

These huge white areas are undoubtedly anorthositic and the angular glassy clasts set in this groundmass point to an volcanologically active area on the Moon with busy touristic activity! Bernd :-)) __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Chladni's Heirs

Chladni's Heirs short: SAM I was just wondering if Uncle SAM is amused about such activities ;-) Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Lomonosov Crater

Beautiful crater! It looks like a combination of craters Copernicus, Tycho and Plato. A little bit of everything: - the terraced walls and slumping of Tycho and Copernicus - the smooth crater floor of Plato .. scientifically a very interesting lunar feature! Cheers, Bernd

[meteorite-list] Chladni's Heirs NORWAY field report + clumps of only a few stones

Tracy wrote: ...don't they seem to mostly fall in clumps of only a few stones? Al Rais (CR2): A total weight of 160g fell near the city of Medina Alais (CI): 2 stones, of about 4 and 2 kg respectively, fell Banten (CM2): Four individuals, totalling 629g, were recovered Bells (CM2): 6 fragments

[meteorite-list] Lahoma Meteorite

Michael Cottingham wrote: 1. one very pretty meteorite 2. superb slices 3. L5 beauty 4. jade-green matrix 5. loads of metal 6. dark inclusions 7. very sweet meteorite I concur and because I do I couldn't help buying three of these pretty, jade-green, metal-rich (one of my specimens has a very

[meteorite-list] Black inclusions in NWA R-Chondrites?

Hi Jeff and List, I'm hoping someone may know of an abstract/personal/web info on the black (xenolithic?) inclusions found in some of the NWA R-Chondrites? Any info would be appreciated either on or off-list. Here is an example: http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/nwa2921.html Beautiful

Re: [meteorite-list] MeteoriteArticles.com ebay AD, More Festival Items, Admire, Eads+

Mark wrote: 2006 Kansas Meteorite Festival Canceled Event Pamphlet Mine arrived yesterday. Thank you very much, Mark! Cheers, Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re-2: [meteorite-list] Norway here we come!

Dean wrote: just email or call the local Norwegian embassy. Hi Dean and List, I think we had better let sleeping dogs lie !!! Take care, Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Comet hit Britain in mid sixth century, AD?

One ancient Khumric record, the Brut Tyssilio, speaks of, 'a star of great magnitude and brilliance with a single beam shining from it. At the end of this beam was a ball of fire, spread out in the shape of a dragon'... Hello List, Maybe no comet really hit Britain in mid 6th century and we

[meteorite-list] Got 18 meteorite question

Hi listees, Hello Bob and List, ... a meteorite from the Sahara called Got 18 or 18 Got. It was found in 1998 and classified as an LL4. Maybe it's DaG 613? Dar al Gani 613, LL4 - S2; W3; Analysts and locations of type specimens (main masses with finders unless noted): L. Folco - MNA-SI

[meteorite-list] Naragh

Guten Abend Matthias, Hello List, The stone that fell on Naragh (halfway between Teheran and Isfahan) went right through the 30-cm thick tile roof of the local school and when construction workers rushed to the room where an explosion was heard, they found two stones, one larger, the other

Re: [meteorite-list] Dayton, Ohio Meteorite (?)

Mike G. wrote: Dayton is the *weirdest* one of its group, McCoy said. Again, that makes it special and the reason scientists want to study it. Here are some of those weird things: 1. It's a member of the silicate-bearing IIICD group: Carlton, Dayton, Maltahöhe 2. Ni content: Maltahöhe (10.7 wt%

[meteorite-list] Law Of Ownership And Control Of Meteorites - A Repost

Michael Mazur wrote: Does anyone know what the laws are regarding meteorites in Norway? I don't know but here's a repost: MAPS 36-9, 2001, A183 Law Of Ownership And Control Of Meteorites D.G. Schmitt, McEwen, Schmitt Co. Barristers and Solicitors, 1615-1055 W. Georgia St., Vancouver, B.C.,

[meteorite-list] Another meteorite lands in Norway

Anita: "Yeah, too many vesicules to be meteoric."Mark Ford: "Looks like weathered pumice stone to me." Marco: "I have my doubts." ... and, above all, the absence of a fusion crust that a freshly fallen stone should have, ... even an aubrite should have one (like Norton County). Cheer,

[meteorite-list] Free Event Cancel Contest

The first person that e-mails me (or the list) and can tell me who this person is, gets a free Festival Pamplet with the event cancel as shown. http://www.coinandstampman.com/ebayauctionphotos/DSCN2795a.jpg Hint: Living about 1420 miles away from Wichita, this person is not a Kansas Meteorite

Re-2: [meteorite-list] Input needed

Hello All, Cap'n Blood wrote: My question is, does anyone recognize this specific piece? ... I got it from someone. Here is where to see it (color is about right): http://community.webshots.com/album/551956658DHlVJc My bet is Howardite, but could be Eucrite The brownish tint, which should

[meteorite-list] Meteorites in Frankfurt

Fred Olsen inquired: I will be in Frankfurt for one day in July and would like to know if there are any meteorite displays in Frankfurt? Hello Fred, If I remember correctly, the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt has a meteorite display (first floor, room no. 9). I think I also read somewhere

[meteorite-list] Dhofar 007 - anomalous eucrite

A heads-up to those interested in eucrites, and in particular, to those who own a piece (or more) of this fantastic eucrite. I own a small, 0.94-gram piece that I got from Christian Anger and one of those gorgeous slices (16 grams) I. Koutyrev offered on EBay a while ago. There is an article in

[meteorite-list] Dhofar 007 - anomalous eucrite

is this paper avalible online anywhere in electronic format? a quick google didnt turn anything up. TIA! The 2003 article is available online. As for the 2006 article, you will have to have a MAPS subscription to access it online, I think. While we are at it, I found this conclusion by the

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