Eric wrote:
Anyone want to take a stab at what it might be.
I have no good explanations. Here is a link to
the auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=3239item=230002162891
OK, ... taking a stab at what it might be. If it is NOT one of those
impact-produced surface
Bohler-Uddenholm sales manager Warren Spencer said
it would take about a week to carry out the job.
Mr. Spencer may be in for some surprises, especially because:
It's the first time we've ever had to cut a meteorite, but
basically it's a solid lump of iron with a few holes in it.
When the
Hello Matteo and List,
1. Wolf Creek. In metbase online say its only 25.4 kg
2. Killgore say unknown
3. Catalogue of Meteorites Unknown
4. Meteorites A to Z 999 kg.
BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, pp. 1327-1329:
Numerous masses with a total weight of several thousand kg have
Doug wrote:
believe it or not, I am a Lepidopterist, well at least an amateur for many
years!
Believe it or not, this is a modest understatement. Doug even found and
photographed
close-up a beautiful LadyPau butterfly for my Pauline!
Believe it or not, tomorrow will mark the thirty-eighth
No, not from the beach, but perhaps 550 yards away
from a meteorite passionate's house in Tessera ...
Oh, c'mon folks, prove it or leave it !!!
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Dave wrote: BTW, the Leonid's storm was awesome from the strewnfield.
According to the Sky and Telescope reports, the 2001 Leonid storm
must really have been awesome from the dark skies of Arizona or from
western Texas where 1,559 (!) Leonids were counted during a five-hour
observing period. In
Guten Abend Stefan, Hello List,
I'm considering to buy: The Origin of Chondrules and
Chondrites by Derek Sears, any recommendation?
Book Review: MAPS 40-4, 2005 April, pp. 655-656:
The origin of chondrules and chondrites, by Derek Sears.
Cambridge University Press, 2004, 209 pp.
$110.00,
Book Review: MAPS 40-4, 2005 April, pp. 655-656
The origin of chondrules and chondrites, by Derek Sears.
Cambridge University Press, 2004, 209 pp.
$110.00, hardcover (ISBN 0-521-83603-4).
Chondrites are the end products of nebular processes that operated in the
protoplanetary
disk and
Book Review: MAPS 40-4, 2005 April, pp. 655-656
The origin of chondrules and chondrites, by Derek Sears.
Cambridge University Press, 2004, 209 pp.
$110.00, hardcover (ISBN 0-521-83603-4).
To test impact and nebular models for the origin of chondrules and relate the
spectral properties
of
Hi Ron and List,
Like so many others, I was eagerly flying over the lines in search of
a hint to LDG (Libyan Desert Glass),and, there it is (of course ;-):
since its shape points to an origin of extraterrestrial impact, it will likely
prove to
be the event responsible for the extensive field
Hi Bob and List,
I seem to recall that Campos Sales was deemed to be a hammer stone?
Not sure what a hammer stone is!
the story was something along the lines of ... fell in a pot...
The stone that fell into a pot, well, that was the Juancheng, H5, chondrite.
This Chinese meteorite landed in
Hi Marcin and List,
Im looking for photos of big fragments of BEGAA
Go to Eric Twelker's website. There are lots of beautiful pictures!
http://www.meteoritemarket.com/BEG.htm
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Mark wrote:
NWA 1465 is a very interesting meteorite. With its unusual
e l o n g a t e d c h on dr u l e s it reminds me of Leoville.
.. the so-called f o l i a t e d chondrules.
foliated derived from Anne's native language la feuillle = leaf ;-)
They do look like elongated leaves!
.. just in case you didn't notice:
1. it's a CV3-anom
2. it's chemically reduced
3. CV3-like but O-isotopes plot near CR chondrites
4. several foliated CAI's and chondrules
5. some chondrules show preferred orientaton
Preferred orientation easily recognizable in the 20.3-gram slice that still
Matteo inquires:
one info on the Beaver Creek meteorite: the matrix
its dark - at black - with black condrules? Matteo
Go to Rob Elliott's website - there you'll find a photo
of a 62.1-gram piece.
http://fernlea.tripod.com/beavercreek62g100.jpg
Cheers,
Bernd
Hello Steve and List,
how much of that is actually outside of their main mass and in private
collections?
A modest but choice 4.1 grams in my collection -- purchased from the Zeitschels
in September 1987.
Talking about what aubrites are worth, when I got my 4.1 grams from Walter
Zeitschel,
I
Lionle County, Kansas of 1881
= That could be the ADMIRE pallasite. Lyon not Lionle
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Matteo wrote:
The problem is not a pallasite this piece...admire
its possible find slices without any olivine?
The only other meteorite from Lyon County is Miller (H4)
but Miller was found in 1950, not in 1881 like Admire !
its possible find slices without any olivine?
No idea if Admire
It sounds like you don't really Needmore.
(chondrite. Found 1976, Bailey Co. Texas.) ;-)
Anne, did I get this right ... you Needmore
.. Needles (IID)
What do you need all those needles for ? ;-)
Cheers,
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The link I have still works so Russ should be out there somewhere.
Here is the link to the NEMS website:
http://www.meteorlab.com/METEORLAB2001dev/Open1.htm
Best wishes,
Bernd
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.. in this ploy if it was one at all!
I do hope all of you gentlemen do not forget the beer(s) you owe Mark Bostick.
Mark is definitely not the evil-doer but the victim of whatever happened or did
not happen in E.T.'s room. He comes home from Tucson, writes a thorough,
detailed,
in-depth report
Mike writes:
Indeed, but the story goes deeper, ... that is a huge difference.
So you all get together at the next Tuscon Show in 2007 and enjoy some
cool beers. I still hope that Mark won't have to pay for his planetary
beers! ;-)
Bernd
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Although I have no use for this paper myself, it seems like a significant
enough publication that it deserves a good home with someone, who is
interested in teltites.
Jim wrote (probably to tempt some of us :-)
Why bother dreaming about ALH84001 when you can have the
next best thing...NWA 998 ( http://www.nwa998.com/ ):
NWA 998 is also described as containing ankeritic carbonates.
Another scientifically important discovery with NWA 998 is the presence of
Hello List,
As the number of individual stones cited in the literature vary widely,
it is really difficult to come up with accurate numbers and a reliable
TKW. Some examples that show what I mean:
1. Quenstedt, Tübingen, 1872, in lectures on geology, p. 299:
... Pultusk near Warsaw where they
Matteo wrote (a scritto):
we have to calculate the many pieces in the private collections.
Right! I own 11 grams of Pultusk. It's a polished end section with
fresh, velvet black fusion crust and extremely abundant FeNi flakes
that I purchased from David New in 1993 (January 1993 sales list).
Adam inquired: Who is this jackstraw922 guy?
Isn't this our (former?) list member Brad Sampson?
Longtime listees and listoids will remember him!
Regards,
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I'm must be missing something. What could one conclude by comparing thin
sections of NWA 725 and a known winonaite? I understand that distinguishing
among acapulcoites, lodranites and winonaites is not a textural exercise nor
can they be resolved by just their mineral composition.
Hello
Hmm ?!?
Just noticed something contradictory:
The winonaites are texturally similar to acapulcoites, but the winonaites
contain coarser grains and abundant crosscutting metal-sulfide veins.
Marvin's pic of the Acapulco thin section shows grains that are coarser
than the ones of NWA 1054 but
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1808.pdf
Matteo, thank you for the link. An interesting detail with regard to NWA 725's
status as a winonaite or an acapulcoite might be this conclusion by the authors
at the end of the paper:
... the Cr2O3 contents of high-Ca pyroxenes, (1.56 -
Hmm-ing again :-)
The winonaites are texturally similar to acapulcoites, but the winonaites
contain coarser grains and abundant crosscutting metal-sulfide veins.
Could this by a typo because:
Marvin's pic of the Acapulco thin section shows grains that are coarser
than the ones of NWA 1054 ...
Hello John K.,
Thank you very much for the quick thin section pictures of Adam's ACAP
and whichever other acapulcoites are more or less probably paired with.
These pics are much more interesting and even more beautiful than all
the talk about assumed or real pairings and TKW's of these
FLOSS C. et al. (2002) Acapulcoite complexities: Clues from
trace element distributions (MAPS 37-7, 2002, A047, excerpts):
1. Acapulcoites and lodranites are primitive achondrites from a common parent
body that experienced variable degrees of partial melting and melt migration.
2. NWA 725
Stan and David kindly wrote:
As for NWA 725, here are the details as Stan shared them with me:
Recent O-isotopic analysis of a probable paired stone...by the Open
University resolves the material clearly within the winonaite field.
Hello List,
Does anyone have a NWA 725 thin section and a
Hi Gary and List,
Campo iron. Three views. Oriented or not? I can't make up my mind.
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/images/campo-840g-regmaglypts.jpg
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/images/campo-840-back.jpg
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/images/campo-840-edge.jpg
The edge-on view looks
Hello All !
I've just purchased my 3.7-gram, extremely metal- and troilite-rich slice
of NWA 2989 (Item #6605571076 - just in case you care to take a look ;-)
that Adam is offering on EBay. Look at it and you'll know what I mean!
Adam writes:
...TKW of 77 grams is recorded for NWA 2989. This
Peter was quick enough to say: Mbosi, Tanzania, 1930
Michael kindly wrote:
I found the picture doing a web search. It had no description other than its
weight.
I concur but Buchwald says its estimated weight is 16 tons. The
main mass pictured in the meteorite quiz is a protected monument.
Peter writes:
The Meteorites A to Z says: Mbosi with s, discovered in 1930!?
That's what Buchwald says too:
A large mass partly embedded in the soil but not associated with a crater,
was reported in 1930 by W.H. Nott, a private surveyor ... the mass had, how-
ever, been known for generations by
Hello List,
Can someone please tell me why Mike Farmer's website isn't up?
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Matteo inquired:
I have received today a copy of a meteorite documentary where
Ivan Koutyrev and friend go to search meteorites in a zone near
the Tunguska River, but I do not what meteorite is... Chinga? Or
Sikhote?
If it is the one where they also go to a camp of gold seekers and where
his
Bob inquired:
if you have any in your collection, please let me know.
I want to see if there is any in private collections.
Dirk responded:
I have a Long Island mass of 5-7kg and it is for sale.
Matteo wrote:
... over 100 gr end piece in collection and ... sold years
ago a big slice to a
Robert inquired:
Anyone ever read anything about someone being murdered
(not just killed in an ancient fall) by a meteorite?
My bank account but I think that doesn't count. Sorry, couldn't resist :-))
Bernd
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Peter wrote:
Hello All (especially the German speaking part!),
http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news146006
Translation provided by Bernd Pauli ;-)
Looking for the Oldest Rocks in our Solar System
The German Research (DFG) Consortium has granted the Universities of Cologne and
Bonn 1.2 million
I wrote a few minutes ago:
Translation provided by Bernd Pauli ;-)
Before I get some more friendly flak ;-) I only translated the German article
into English. I am not to be held responsible for certain inconsistencies and
incorrect passages in this article!
Cheers,
Bernd
Lazy Martin writes:
If there's a HED-fanatic, looking for smth very special at a bargain price
and willing to spend 190$, I have left a single fullslice of a stone wherefrom
these days I sold 12 of 13 pieces within shortest time and with this slice it
will be sold out. Please email. Buckleboo!
David wrote:
Well Bernd, I only know of the exotic inclusion you
showed me. Go ahead and share this with everyone!
Well, I am talking about NWA 4019, a eucrite known to be as rich in metallic
iron
(conspicuous iron needles in NWA 4019) as Binda and Camel Donga. The latter was
considered unique
Martin wrote:
I tried that yahoo-photo thing and loaded up some photos of the ominous
inclusion in NWA 4019.
http://de.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/metmartinde/my_photos
NWA 4019 in general is a truely uncommon eucrite.
The 23.5-gram slice with the triple feature is the one I purchased.
much pure
Oh and mark rexburg, yes there were a few of the MATTEO
t-shirts for sale. I think only 1 sold. I wonder why that was?
A moron in my humble eyes who sold them, an equally feeble-minded
moron who bought one, will ever sell one or buy one, or produce one
for sale!
Bernd
Pierre-Marie wrote:
I've found a mention of a meteorite fall in 1859 in a town (?) called
Montprais... the reference to this:
HAIDINGER,W. Der Meteorsteinfall zu Montprais am 31. Juli 1859. From: Sitzber.
Akad. Wiss.
math.-naturw. Kl. Wien 44, No. 2, 1861, pp.373-378.
Hello Pierre-Marie and
a remarkable little Sikhote we found.
http://tektitesource.com/Sikhote-Alin%20Meteorites.htm
Would like to dub it the Christmas Tree :-)
Beautiful !!!
Cheers,
Bernd
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Hello Mike, Jim, and List,
Sincere congrats on this new, breathtaking lunar meteorite.
It is simply amazing what bounties the Hot Deserts yield !
Not only does it resemble Dhofar 910 (Siggi Haberer's and Norbert
Classen's Black Moon) but it also somehow reminds me a little of
ALHA 81005 - and,
Mike wrote:
Martin, we were discussing Dho 910 yesterday, this one to me is almost
identical, just different colors in the mixed matrix, while 910 is grey/blue
and white, this one is white, black, yellow, green, and about all the other
colors in between.
One of the noteworthy characteristics
Martin wrote:
A speciality of Dho 910 is, that it has a lot of vesicles and bubbles, also
quite
large ones. The matrix is almost foamy. As it is so fresh, the included gases
were
pumped out - let's see what the results will be. How bubbly is yours? Have
you
perhaps a pic of a cut surface
Matt wrote:
Good photo. But no offense to you Bernd, I have always felt thin section photos
(of any rock) were meaniningless unless there was a description of the section
Hello Matt and List,
Well, I got this NWA 2999 angrite thin section only recently so I haven't had
enough time yet
to
Ken wrote: Hello Bernd
Hello Ken, nice to hear from you! As the comments below may be of general
interest to other List members, I'll send my answers to your questions to the
List.
Do you have access to a microprobe or is it a learned skill, that by the colors
and texture you deduce the
High of 68 F today. Sunny, breezy . . . lovely. Bring shorts!
Quick report from the wintry Ketsch in Southern Germany ;-)
I could only bring snow shovels because we are busy shoveling lots
of snow in our driveways and on the sidewalks in front of our houses.
Who or what's to blame ??? The
Matteo wrote:
Et voilà, another victim:
No need to worry, Matteo, it's not the real thing, it's
only a 17 *g r a n * kind of Milly Milly mock-up :-)
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Greg: Consider this my YES vote.
Matt: Yes X 10
Susan: Yes
Peter: YES!!! from Switzerland
Bernd: Yes from Germany !
New Category: Brenham Award ???
Cheers,
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Greg wrote bushily :-)
I do live in Florida and I wouldn't want a re-count ;-)
Oh, c'mon, one for mum, one for dad, one for grandma, one for Georgie, ...
Bernd
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Especially if this someone neither provoked, abused nor attacked you, your
face, your name and/or your (good) reputation in this forum. No, not refreshing
at all!
Bernd
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Ed wrote:
It seems like my find is some type of slag. I have no
idea how a piece of slag ended up where I found it.
Hi Ed and List,
Well, where exactly (state, area) did you find it? What do you think its
specific gravity
is? If it happens to look like a sphere, one might easily (but roughly)
Hi Ed and List,
This material was found in New Jersey.
The only meteorite that has so far been found in New Jersey is D e a l, an L6
chondrite. It fell in Monmouth County back in 1829 and surely doesn't look like
a piece of slag.
a piece the size of a man's fist weighs close to 2 lbs. It's
Dude..Steve...why don't you ask Mike?? Surely he knows. Matt
Well, Matt, he somehow reminds me of my dudes at school who first
ask and then think (sometimes) ... it's easier to let others do the work.
But let's give him a hand (or two):
1. the meteorite's name starts with a P
2. it's an H
Good morning List,
.. it's 02:20 hrs here and time to go to bed, but:
John kindly wrote:
'to boot' adv phr fr 1000s [fr Old English, as profit]
New Dictionary of American Slang - Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Michael Blood had inquired:
anyone know the origin of to boot?
Hello booties ;-)
Gary wrote:
I love the look, but wonder if such a piece would
need a coating to remain so pristine looking.
Jim responded:
It is merely reflection from the lights when I took the photo.
And if it comes from Jim Strope, you may be sure you've got
top quality. No exaggeration, no kidding but the
Hello Dave and List,
1. Jeff Grossman wrote this in 1998 (private communication)
about Açfer 160, classified as an LL3.8-6 chondrite:
The hyphen implies a continuous range, and also implies that
there is no dominant lithology in the breccia. Acfer 160 could
be:
a) a type 3 chondrite with a
Pete asked:
If this is a worthwhile question, how about Peekskill, which so many of us
witnessed - how large would that have been at the start of its descent?
Chris wrote:
Peekskill...an initial mass of about 10 tons, so...an almost 2 meter diameter.
Hello List,
Graf et al. (1994) Size and
Hello List,
It's my pleasure to let you know that (former) list member E.P. Grondine has
published a book entitled Man and Impact in the Americas. You will find a
huge amount of information on 465 pages and I'm sure it will be appreciated
as an invaluable source of reference for those doing for
1. Lars: Suevite
2. Bernd: Chip off a polymict, brecciated eucrite
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Hi there Steve and List,
Congrats, looks great and professional though there are some
minor drawbacks that I'd like to point out if you don't mind:
1. If I were you, I wouldn't put an exclamation mark because the
meteorite (my very personal perspective) is more relevant than
the owner.
2.
Do you carry a meteorite in your pocket regularly?
If yes, what is your favorite piece to carry? Gary
Hi Gary and List,
Well, usually not in my pocket but on my nighttable ;-) Tomorrow, when I come
home
from school there will be - at least I hope so - three breathtaking pieces of
Stefan
.. time for a little Quiz what is it ?
http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz01.jpg
http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz02.jpg
http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz03.jpg
http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz04.jpg
Olivine crystals set in a Vaca Muerta eucritic pebble.
Bernd
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Bonjour Pierre-Marie, Hello List,
a short question: is it possible that the Nickel Test is positive to
terrestrial irons (or usual old iron forge residues) and which ones?
Well, terrestrial rocks like the P u t o r a n a rock will test
positive for nickel because of these nickeliferous
Hello Jeff Grossman,
Bonsoir Fred Béroud,
Hello List,
There are some typos regarding the date of the following meteorites:
Tanezrouft 57 - Tanezrouft 59 - Tanezrouft 60 - Tanezrouft 61
Both the on-line version and the entries in the supplement say
these meteorites were found 15/16/02 - 15/18/02
A stoked Mike Farmer wrote:
Well, after 9 years of dealing and collecting meteorites, I have finally
succeeded
in getting a complete Pasamonte stone! I recently bought a stone from a
collector,
with British Museum label, 39 grams, Nininger #197V British Museum # 1959-756.
Norm kindly wrote:
Jeff, Thanks for the shift in focus! That is one amazing iron.
I've never seen anything vaguely resembling those textures!
www.meteorites.com.au/favourite.html
Hi Norm and List,
But there *is* something vaguely resembling those textures = the Tucson
iron!
BUCHWALD V.F.
Hello List,
Hi Carsten and List,
www.gi-po.de/ebayfolder/stone2.jpg
Does anybody have a clue what this could be?
Shock melt ... maybe. The stone looks so dark that it may well be
shock-darkened matrix with a thick shock melt train/tunnel inside.
My two (Euro-) cents.
Cheers,
Bernd
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Happy New Year. May you find peace and be healthy. And
may you find that dream meteorite that haunts you nightly too.
= 1 hour and 45 minutes here in Germany
Bernd
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Adam wrote:
A very interesting abstract titled Unique Angrite NWA 2999: The Case For
Samples From Mercury
David Weir kindly responded:
Congratulations again on your new angrite, I love my specimen.
So do I. I acquired a 1.312-gram piece on Monday, August 15, 2005 and must
admit that I am
Charlie wrote:
Now if I could just find my copy, I could read about it.
Hi Charlie and List,
.. and just in case you don't :-)
MARVIN U.B. (1993) The Puente-Ladron chondrite (Meteoritics 28-3, 1993,
269-270):
In the October, 1944, issue of the Contributions, Nininger announced his
Hello Gary and List,
Interesting - they let them keep their finds.
Gary, if I were you, I wouldn't count on that. Thomas was just lucky they did
not
search his/their pockets! But if you should go there and try your luck (be
careful,
please and do not let your passion for meteorites carry you
Hi Moni and List,
Maybe its shale (?) that he found, that was another idea I heard.
Bernd have you seen them?
No, I haven't but, you are right, a lot of the fragments found in
the NE quadrant adjacent to the crater rim, were shale pieces.
Cheers,
Bernd
Hello Rob and List,
I've been spending some spare time compiling a list of prolific meteorite
finders ... and was wondering if anyone had a list of meteorites found by
Nininger ...
That must have been a pretty time-consuming but rewarding spare time activity!
I don't know and my database doesn't
Gary kindly wrote:
I wanted to post, as a new member of this list, a bit of introduction.
Welcome to our List!
I have been an amateur atronomer since I was a child
You will find out that many of us are both amateur astronomers (or have a vivid
interest in everything celestial) and passionate
Scientists at the University of Arizona recently announced that the
meteor was traveling at 26,800 miles per hour when it smashed into the
Earth, significantly slower than the original estimation of 44,000 mph.
This part of the information is not quite new to most of us. 26,800 mph
correponds to
Martin appreciatively wrote:
Great pieces of iron Bernd
Thanks Martin. These explosive fragments were among the first S-A pieces
easily
available back in 1986, when I acquired them at the Munich Meteorite and Gem
Show.
Regmaglypted specimens were very hard to get and really cost a little
What, pray tell, is a trolilite?
That's an easy one: it's a trolley light ;-)
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Tracy wondered:
When I tried to locate Powellsville, OH, I was able to locate Scioto County and
even a Powellsville Pike, but the original town seems to have dried up and blown
away.
Jeff wrote:
USGS to the rescue:
Click on one of the mapping services to the right
of this page, preferably
Darren inquired:
Anyone know the name of the meteorite in the top photo?
Hi Darren and List,
Assuming this is an iron from Colorado, there are only three possibilities:
Bear Creek - Guffey - Rifle
but as Mike just wrote: That is a Canyon Diablo, let's settle for
Canyon Diablo, although there
Yes, it was those unpredictable and unexplicable feelings that I was
alluding to. Why we collectors stare at and handle these rocks requires
a knowledge and appreciation unknown to outsiders. I for one cherish
my inclusion in such an esoteric group.
I've never read a statement that was more
Jeff kindly wrote:
If you take the info in the MetBull database on face value,
you find that there are ... Irons + stony irons: 521 tons
Hi All,
Now, even *if* you take these 521 tons at face value, one must be careful.
Most of these 500+ tons come from a maximum value for the estimated total
Hi Andi, hello List,
According to Buchwald (1975!), the Gundaring main mass of about 110 kg is in
Perth,
237g are in Washington, 168 grams in London, and Sydney has a specimen although
no weight is given for this specimen.
BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Volume 2, p. 622.
As
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Below is a link to see a picture of Cabin Creek, click on link below, select
Mike Farmer wrote:
I think he means Way as in a street name.
Axel wrote:
I'm not sure but it could mean West European Community (Gemeinschaft).
Peter Marmet wrote: Yes, it means Street or Road!
Hi Mike, Axel, Peter, Martin, and List,
I think Mike is right although weg can have several
Peter Sch. wrote:
I am studying shield shaped iron meteorites. I was wondering
what meteorite my fellow list members think is the best shield?
One of the best if not the very best of the shield-shaped meteorites is
the 1745 kg Sikhote-Alin mass. According to Buchwald, it measures about
1.2 x
Hello All,
Just in case you get such a mail from Aziz Habibi, like I did.
DO NOT open it. Habibi did not send any such mails !!!
Best wishes,
Bernd
P.S.: No, I did not open it either!
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I have more of these forwarded mails coming in. This time from
Michael Blood, who, as you may be sure, did not send it to me.
So be careful, ... viruses ahead !!!
Cheers,
Bernd
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Mike F.:
Is it me, or does this guy not know how to take no for an answer?
Michael B.:
I don't know, Mike, maybe if you weren't so yellous... Michael
B.P.:
Maybe he is deaf and so you might consider yelling it
to him over the Big Pond until your face turns yellow ;-)
We all live in a
Mike T. wrote:
I still have a nice piece of NWA 1685 for sale on ebay. It did not sell first
go
around so I dropped the price. Nice to look at if your not interested in
buying.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6580283897rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1
Hello from the owner
PECK ELLIS (1979) The Fate of a Kansas Meteorite
Crater (Sky Telescope, August 1979, pp. 126-128):
The rich farmland of Kiowa County, Kansas, is devoid of normal stones, but lots
of odd,
heavy ones dotted it when homesteaders arrived there in the 1870's. Some of
these strange
looking rocks
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