List,
Thanks for so many nice notes and comments from list members. I felt my post
was getting too long so I left off thanking two list members who were so
important in my finding my second and third meteorites in Yelland, NV. Mark
Bowling and his dad were there with metal detectors, advice an
List,
This never arrived on list because it was in HTML
Thanks again to Geoff and Steve!
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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 5:00 PM
Subject: 2014 Tucson Harvey Award
I want to thank my friends Geoff and Steve and the est
Hello list,
The first thing I tried to do when I started my box company 10 years ago was to
try to find someone to make a high quality riker display box at a reasonable
price. I was unable to do so until late last year. I have two sizes now and am
adding a larger 7.5 X 10.75 inch size next mont
Bob and Listifers, I would have to say a nice fresh whole stone (30g) of
Sutters Mill. Especially after reading the trails and tribulations of ET in his
search for SM. Just drop it through the mail slot, I will place a pillow
under the slot to catch it.
Merry Christmas, Fred Olsen
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I will be bringing 100 top quality meteorite thin sections with me to Tucson. I
will have a great selection of chondrites, achondrites, lunars, and martians.
I
will be in also selling boxes in my tent in front of the Hotel Tucson City
Center. Stop by and have a look.
I will be on the road for
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Listees,
How many are there? What is best estimate on the number of perfect or near
perfect flanged buttons?
Will one million dollars buy them all?
Thanks, Fred Olsen
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Hello List,
I just got the totals for my Meteorite Display at the Boy Scout day at Dinosaur
Ridge in Denver. One Thousand and Eight Hundred (1,800) Cub and Boy Scouts with
many of their family members came to work on their astronomy and geology merit
badges. I didn't have a chance to talk to eve
Gary, I want to take this opportunity to try to thank you for arranging
tours last month of the NASA and Subaru Telescopes on top of Mauna Kea. I was
astounded by the incredible engineering and construction of these beautiful
instruments. Larry Johnson, Carol Johnson and my wife Debbie and I can
My Bad, Elbert is an LL6. I think it was the 4th of 5 wittnessed falls in
Colorado.
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> Hello List,
My TOP meteor sighting has to be Jan. 11th 1998 just after midnight. My wife
and
I were on our way home from a frie
Hello List,
My TOP meteor sighting has to be Jan. 11th 1998 just after midnight. My wife
and I were on our way home from a friends birthday party in Lakewood, Colorado.
We were on the Colfax viaduct where it crosses the Platt River, Interstate 25,
and many rail lines when the sky to the south
List, I think Jason has done a fine job with his position with which I agree. I
don't want to beat a dead horse but Here are published definitions of fusion
crusts on irons.
“Fusion Crust” Definition from Glossary of Geology 2nd edition 1980; American
Geological Institute, Falls Church, Vir
Carl, I need some help here. Which one of these elements or minerals is in
the silicate group?
Sikhote-Alin is a coarse iron octahedrite. Its composition is as follows: 5.9%
nickel, 0.42 % cobalt, 0.46% phosphorus, 0.28% sulfur, smaller amounts of
germanium and iridium, and the remainder (app
It seems it depends on what your definition of is, is? If your definition of
fusion crust is "that it contains silicates" then by your definition irons
cannot have a "fusion crust". They undeniably can have a layer of
atmospherically melted then cooled material that formed from the
unaltered u
Darren, I just looked at 119 individual pieces of shrapnel fragments under a
microscope. They are rather small and range in size from 30 grams to less than
one gram. It looks to me that every one of them shows some feature of melting.
many have roll over rims, melted grooves, fusion crust with
List, I have searched many Kilos of SA shrapnel without ever finding ONE
without some surface melting. From what I have seen shrapnel is ALL air
shredding with subsequent atmospheric frictional melting.
Cheers, Fred Olsen
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I did not
Mike Jensen @ jensen meteorites keeps an up to date list on his website
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From: RJP
>
Does anyone know where I can find a complete, up to date list of all the
witnessed (recovered) falls in 2009 thus far? I believe Roman Jirasek has one
> se
Dorothy, I am very saddened by the news of Richards passing. Rocks from Space
is my favorite book on meteorites. I have at least 6 copies in my library. I
enjoyed meeting and talking meteorites with you and Richard in Tucson several
times over the years. I shared his love and appreciation for th
Mike and List,
I spoke to several law enforcement officials in Tucson about any
limitations on theft and stolen property. The consensus was that while there
may be no
criminal liability, the recovery of the stolen property would be settled in a
civil court. It would be easy to establish own
List, If anyone is wondering what I might like for my next birthday. In just 5
days January 12th Stack's Auction House in Ney York will be selling The Golden
Horn Collection. The lot # 2330 is what I would like to unwrap on my birthday
or Christmas. I have seen several in silver but a golden met
List, There is another little known toolbox meteorite. Lorenzo, NB was used
by the Brauer family as a door stop for over a decade. They knew it was a
meteorite but it also had a nice size and shape to hold open an interior door.
This information was passed to me by the finders son. Nininger tr
Interesting topic. One of my favorite meteorites in my collection is Isla del
Espititu Santo. This is a small TKW 869g L6 meteorite from a small island in
the Sea of Cortez off the coast from La Paz, Mexico. Regards, Fred Olsen
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From: Zelimi
Dear List,
I have listed a nice sculpted gibeon to celebrate 10 years of selling
meteorites on ebay.
Have a look if interested. Regards Fred Olsen
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220252268544
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List, I have a geologist friend who knows meteorites go and see this "hot find"
yesterday. As you all would suspect it is NOT a meteorite! Looks like a piece
of slag. Regards, Fred Olsen
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> http://www
Yes they do! Nice job Ruben,
Years ago I taught geology in a Florida College and told the students about
heat (expanding) and cold (shrinking) and breaking the rocks as a force of
weathering. Then I learned of an experiment where they took rocks and put them
through thousands of hot/ cold - free
Defiantly water, coefficient of expansion liquid to solid >10%. Regards, Fred
Olsen
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From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hi List
>
> Been busy fixing up new and old houses for a move and sale so my getting
> around to reading the times got
Esteemed List Members,
I am trying to put a display together on the Nordlinger-Reis crater for the
Mineral Show here in Denver next month. I am looking for two photos for the
display. One showing the walled town in the impact crater and another of Gene
Shoemaker standing by the church made of
I recall but can't give the exact source that the Allende meteorite was
described as the "Rosetta stone" for the solar system. This was maybe twenty or
more years ago.
Allende my first and still favorite meteorite! Regards, Fred Olsen
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Randy and List, Last July Chauncey Walden and I drove all the way around the
reported find location of these Kalahari Lunars. This part of the Central
Kalahari Nature
Reserve (national not private) is not a sandy desert like those far to the
north or the Na
Robert and List, Looking at this slice from Disko it seems to show Dendritic
Iron crystals, It looks more like dendridic silver. This is something I have
never seen in Putorano. Putorano has blebs and blobs. Also I believe that
Denmark limits visiting and collecting on Disko. If anyone knows for
Dear List,
That is an amazing slice of terrestrial Disko Iron. I am not sure if I remember
correctly that this material will give a positive test for nickel and was
originally thought to be meteoritic. Is it possible to visit Disko Island?
Regards, Fred Olsen
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List members,
I am rather pleased tonight as I sit here in snowy Colorado. I have in my hands
a rock that I first saw streaking across the night sky glowing more brightly
than the Sun. My wife and I were returning from a friends birthday party after
midnight some nine years ago when we saw a fi
List members, I am rather pleased tonight as I sit here in snowy Colorado. I
have in
my hands a rock that I first saw streaking across the night sky glowing more
brightly
than the Sun. My wife and I were returning from a friends birthday party after
midnight some nine years ago when we saw a f
Listoids, I am rather pleased tonight as I sit here in snowy Colorado. I have
in
my hands a rock that I first saw streaking across the night sky glowing
brighter
than the Sun. My wife and I were returning from a friends birthday party after
midnight some nine years ago when we saw a fireball s
Listoids, I am rather pleased tonight as I sit here in snowy Colorado. I have
in my hands a rock that I first saw streaking across the night sky glowing
brighter than the Sun. My wife and I were returning from a friends birthday
party after midnight some nine years ago when we saw a fireball str
List,
Does anyone know if Tag 018, L4 meteorite was ever officially classified and
has a NWA number?
Thanks, Fred
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List,
I will be in Frankfurt for one day in July and would like to know if there are
any meteorite displays in Frankfurt?
Regards, Fred Olsen
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