[meteorite-list] Mining Maricouagan

2004-12-27 Thread chris sharp
Hi Paul and List Members, >From the little research I have done I think it is fair to say that back in the 1800's meteorite craters were considered to be prospective for precious metals. The link between prospect and crater probably got lost back in the days when Sudbury and Witwatersrand were co

[meteorite-list] opportunity "rat" holes

2004-07-29 Thread chris sharp
next photo before- Earth rise from the moon, Apollo 11. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a11/AS11-44-6549HR.jpg (489KB) NASA seems to be in the business of changing the way we see things. regards to all chris sharp __ Meteorite

[meteorite-list] Impact Crater Dynamics in the Laboratory

2004-07-01 Thread chris sharp
led (perhaps for the first time?). Thanks for posting the test RB. cheers to all chris sharp __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Fw: blueberry triplets?

2004-03-12 Thread chris sharp
From: "chris sharp" To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:50 PM Subject: blueberry triplets? Hi List, I was surfing the Mar's rover sites and stumbled across this image. http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/m/046/1M132266828EFF05AMP2937M2M1.HTML

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireballs and Electrophonic sounds

2003-12-13 Thread chris sharp
the met list and find out. Didn't get to see any bolide track as it must have been hidden by the roof. Needless to say we got a few gibes about over active imaginations next day. regards to all chris sharp __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EM

[meteorite-list] Poor humour alert (OT)

2003-11-18 Thread chris sharp
nd when the dust was settled, and light began to shine, That little bloody Aussie thought he'd try for a laugh, just to see if the Cuckoo Gang from Fairyland had a sense of humour. We'll see. chris sharp __ Meteorite-list maili

[meteorite-list] another snc (OT)

2003-10-23 Thread chris sharp
lent of the BBC in England. regards chris sharp - Original Message - From: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'David Weir'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Norbert Classen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Meteorite Mailing List"

[meteorite-list] geological uniformity

2003-10-19 Thread chris sharp
p://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/largeimpacts2003/pdf/4032.pdf Is there a nometeorites101 in geology at uni where all first year geologists get this idea pounded into them? Sometimes, I think geologists should make some new definitions. regards to all in meteorite land chris sharp - Original Message ---

Re: [meteorite-list] Serious question?

2003-09-18 Thread chris sharp
- Original Message - From: "S. Singletary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "chris sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Charles R. Viau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-l

Re: [meteorite-list] Serious question?

2003-09-18 Thread chris sharp
spread the meteorite material around. Other large scale impacts have created layered regolith. The lack of water erosional processes allow us to see the impact debris still scattered all over the surface. regards to all in meteorite land chris sharp my2c - Original Message - From

Re: [meteorite-list] Henbury Crater Photos

2003-06-28 Thread chris sharp
he known strewn field even though it appears to have exploded low to the ground (from what I can tell from the police car video). Why some meteorites explode violently and others disintegrate gracefully I find an interesting question. regards from Australia chris sharp _

Re: [meteorite-list] Fall Statistics

2003-06-13 Thread chris sharp
st. Can anyone fill me in on list lore and why the archives don't cover the full history of the list? thanks in advance chris sharp __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] "This page is unavailable for viewing at this time"

2003-06-10 Thread chris sharp
hits/hour. If you get the "This page is etc" what they are saying is this page has used its allotted hits for this hour already. The solution is to either be quick, or come back and try again in a little while. hth chris sharp - Original Message - From: "tracy latime

Re: [meteorite-list] Bessy's specks and Intel's "play microscope"

2003-06-10 Thread chris sharp
point for a particular setup, which would avoid the greenish tint from a fluoro or whatever. regards to all chris sharp __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] kilabo/hedeja/ bensour

2003-01-18 Thread chris sharp
.   cheers from a dry Australia   chris sharp - Original Message - From: STEVE ARNOLD To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 12:10 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] kilabo/hedeja/ bensour Hi list. I just got my 61 gram piece of kilabo/hedeja. It is

[meteorite-list] Re: Impacts and other big issues

2002-09-10 Thread chris sharp
th hatred and hysteria on the TV every day. The troubles at Erfurt school in June this year. Why does humanity find it so difficult to live peacefully with each other? I'm with you Bernd. chris sharp __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: a bad N.E. Meteoritical Services experience?

2002-08-29 Thread chris sharp
Hi, ditto here in Oz. Package postmarked 26th June 2002 ex Canada arrived 7th August. Mail from the US/Canada "normally" takes around 10 days we live in interesting times. chris sharp - Original Message - From: "Tracy Latimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #6 - FREE NWA869

2002-08-15 Thread chris sharp
Hi,   I don't have any ideas on the contest but I thought the Lafayette fit all of these criteria really well!   http://www.meteorites.org/laf.htm     chris sharp   For instance orientated, rare, beautiful orJust the dream piece for your collection!

[meteorite-list] from the frontier

2002-08-14 Thread chris sharp
st. Perhaps they are more plentiful in the vicinity of the Peake and here than elsewhere, but I think they come from the West." Appears he was right. I wonder if that 20 ton "glazed" rock is still there? chris sharp __ Meteorite-lis

[meteorite-list] terrestial impacts

2002-08-13 Thread chris sharp
Hi, good article, with excellent graphics: www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/home/ kmeldahl/articles/blows.pdf chris sharp __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Tektite Source Crater

2002-08-11 Thread chris sharp
Hi, I don't know the form for naming of newly identified impact craters, but it seems to me that there are only two suitable candidates for what I believe to be the Australite source crater in Central Australia: Gene Schoemaker Crater or Schoemaker Crater have a good week chris

[meteorite-list] Australian Topo Map

2002-08-11 Thread chris sharp
Hi all, the link I mentioned got scrambled. Try this: http://www.public.asu.edu/~tolonqua/ and scroll down to "Clickable Map of Australia" and I guess I should apologise to Tolonqua (the cat) for my earlier misreference and thank you Ayelet for such a useful home page. Cheers c

[meteorite-list] Re: Terrestrial Impact Craters, Rainbow Serpents & Tektites

2002-08-10 Thread chris sharp
an impressive fire ball with a multitude of colours, a long smoke trail, drifting (writhing) around in the sky. A couple more cents (anything but the dog and political correctness!) chris sharp - Original Message - From: "Tracy Latimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [meteorite-list] No soft landings

2002-08-08 Thread chris sharp
y) in an orbit that subsequently decayed over time to allow the process of air braking to apply? Could this air braking process, where a body skips through the upper atmosphere slowing down gradually due to atmospheric resistance, lead to a final lower impact velocity such that total explosive di

[meteorite-list] Earth Impacts & Soft Landings

2002-08-08 Thread chris sharp
t "drifted" in, leading to a relatively "soft landing". One example might be the monolith Ayres Rock in Central Australia. chris sharp (not sure of the current exchange rate but its not getting any better) __ Meteorite-list mailin

Re: AW: [meteorite-list] Opinion about strange me08

2002-01-10 Thread chris sharp
d CK look like anyway? Any photos anyone? my humble $0.04 aussie cents worth chris sharp - Original Message - From: "John Gwilliam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Verish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <[EMAIL PROTECTE