Stuart,
Many countries have restrictions on the exportation of meteorites that they
sometime consider National Treasures. And some of those restrictions have
been around for a very long time; for instance: India since the 1890s.
You should read this : _http://www.impactika.com/schmitt.pdf_
(
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Or you can come to my room for a piece of Nakhla. Yes, the original NAKHLA,
not an ---ite.
Or Almahata Sitta
or Tucson Ring
or Willamette
or any of the historical irons from ASU
or..the list is way too long. Just c
Hello everybody,
Great news!!!
Just in time for the Tucson Show!! I just finalized a large trade with
Arizona State University. When I was there last October, I spotted a bunch of
small containers with pieces of iron meteorites in them, so I asked and was
told that every now and then a chunk
Hello Alex and all,
Last I heard, just a couple days ago, the thief had not yet been arrested,
but it is known that he has access to the Internet.
So, I believe it would be wise to say very little about the whole case
either here or on Facebook.
I am sure no one wants to interfer with the inve
Very funny Anita!
But I do have a lot of thin-sections, but no, I am not thin (but getting
plenty of excercise shoveling snow, so maybe.. eventually..)
See you soon.
Glad to know that you are finally coming.
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
_IMP
Very funny, Matthias!
Yes, Rockiest, and right now Snowiest, about a foot of snow in town since
last night and it is still snowing up in the mountains.
And Yes Ruben, plenty of rocks, but no Rock and Roll in my room! ;-)
Happy (rocky but not snowy) Holidays!
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impac
Ha Ha HA!!! Mr Meteorite!
Welcome to the InnSuites, but don't you know that Geoff and I we already
have the friendliest rooms in the InnSuites, and maybe the whole Show ;-)
And we will be just a few doors down from you, Room 323 for Geoff, and Rom
322 for me.
I am glad you decided to l
And snow storms can do that too.
_http://www.impactika.com/bent%20tree.jpg_ (http://www.im
pactika.com/bent%20tree.jpg)
That tree is still alive and well in my front yard, but it did have to be
trimmed a bit.
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
_IMPACTIKA@
Thank you Randy for this "accounting".
But it seems to me that other factors are being ignored.
First of all some of your experiments and analysis are necessarily
destructive, and you cannot account for material that has been vaporized, or
dissolved.
Also, some of that material has been cut
Hello Everybody,
Just on time for your Christmas shopping, I updated the Meteorites-Iron and
the Meteorites-Stones pages; some rare pieces like Peekskill, Orvinio,
Utrech, and a few more Tucson Ring pieces. Wide range of prices. And don't
forget to look at the Jewelry page too for Christmas gi
I only have one question when it comes to Al Haggounia and its many
pairings: if it is really an Aubrite, why does it contain Chondrules??
And yes it does: _http://www.impactika.com/TSpics/nwa2965.jpg_
(http://www.impactika.com/TSpics/nwa2965.jpg)
Enjoy!
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.
Thank you Phil for this list.
And thank you to all of you who told me about typos and other errors, and
I'll fix those ASAP. But now I have a question:
Phil's list includes this Fall: Ellerslie, June 6 2004 in Auckland, New
Zealand, and I remember Joel Schiff writing about it. However in the Met
Well, Graham,
Now that you have the hammer, you should try to get the anvil.
If the Smithsonian will let you have the Tucson Ring! ;-)
Anne M. Black
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_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http:/
Hello again,
Since we have been talking about Falls, hammered or otherwise, this might
be a good time to announce that I have finally updated the Calendar of Falls
on my site.
It is all cleaned up and up to date.
Take a look: http://www.impactika.com/birthday.htm
Then go see if I have your Bir
Very good Doug.
Impeccable logic with a very funny conclusion.
Good luck with the Torpedoes!
(no wonder the word "hammer" has been banned from my site!)
Anne M. Black
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_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
President, I.M.C.A. Inc
I am sorry Michael,
But how could Pena Blanca be called a hammer??
It struck WATER!!
Anne M. Black
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Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
In a mes
A few answers below.
Anne M. Black
http://www.impactika.com/
impact...@aol.com
Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
http://www.imca.cc/
In a message dated 11/19/2011 6:46:16 PM Mountain Standard Time,
mrmeteor...@gmail.com writes:
Hi all,
I know there are a lot of people on this forum that know meteo
Thank you Darryl.
About some 350 members is not a small part of the spectrum.
I would also disagree with "Your limiting access to impressive collection
pieces if you only buy from IMCA dealers".
I do believe you can find "impressive Collection pieces" with labels from
TCU and ASU, among others,
Since you all asked
Here is a close-up of that chondrule, and I do believe it is a chondrule.
_http://www.impactika.com/catpix/bplainex.jpg_
(http://www.impactika.com/catpix/bplainex.jpg)
And Bernd, your estimate was very close, it is not quite round, so it is 15
mm across
You are right Paul, perfect picture for Halloween!!!
And Yes Mirko, it is the (in)famous Patos de Minas.
Now lets see if you all can scare me!
I have several slices of that Patos on my site and a few more in reserve.
And they are on sale right now just for Halloween.
What price? any price!!!
Ma
tower
must have had an excellent view
-Original Message-
From: Impactika
To: meteorite-list ;
COMeteoriteClub
Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 6:46 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] The Draveil meteorite
To all the collectors out there who are dying to add a piece of that
meteorite to your colle
To all the collectors out there who are dying to add a piece of that
meteorite to your collection:
Patience, please Patience. It will happen.
The team from the Museum of Paris just found a 2 kilo mass, and Alain
Carion got a phone call from a guy who found a 5.3 kilos mass, he does not have
it
In a message dated 10/11/2011 5:57:58 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
rob_mccaffe...@yahoo.com writes:
>
> The photo to me looks promising. Would like to see a
> closeup of it.
>
> Mike G.
Yes, this one appears to be genuine. No fantastical claims, just a rock in
the loft and it looks like the real
Hello Everybody
Tonight I have the very sad mission to inform you all that Ron Hartman, one
of the "inventors" of the IMCA has passed away.
Please read the note that I received from his son Jim:
Ronald N. Hartman passed away on August 30, 2011, after a brief illness. He
was a Professor of Astr
You are a very funny guy Paul!
Maybe I'll sell everything during the Denver Show!! ;-)
Anne M. Black
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_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
In a message da
I finally got it done
Yes, I finally revised completely my Iron-Meteorites and Stone-Meteorites
pages; lots of new prices all in red so you can spot them easily, and lots of
new pieces, some of them really quite rare, ever heard of El Perdido? or
Vetluga? or Zhovtnevyi? (No, I can't pro
But if you want a more appropriate name, you have Needmore, a chondrite,
found in Texas in 1976.
But, sorry, only one mass of less that 2 kilos.
And No, I don't have any.
Anne M. Black
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_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
Presi
Hello all,
No, I am sorry but the IMCA does not have a lab, and does not do
classification. However we are extremely lucky that so many of our brightest
scientists are willing to drop whatever they are doing to look at any
questionable
rocks we send to them, we will never thank them enough.
A
Much simpler yet,
Ask that customer to go to his bank and send a wire transfer to your bank.
He will need your Bank account number and routing number (it is right on
your checks), and your Bank's "Swift Code". Call your bank and they will give
you that information.
Usually it takes 2 to 4 days d
Thanks Doug,
You can add Mike Zolensky to the list. He drives a Saturn too.
(or did just a few years ago).
Maybe Saturn should have made a deal with NASA, and they would still be in
business now!
Anne M. Black
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_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mail
and I am sorry Art, but this is my last word on the subject.
Hello,
I would like to make a few things perfectly clear here:
1. The Board was presented with, and discussed only, a complaint regarding
a refund dispute. Nothing else. Nothing more.
2. Martin and Stefan resigned for personal an
s the opinion of 8 reputed
meteorite community leaders on the board of IMCA. Here are the string of
emails from Anne Black (President of IMCA) that speak for themselves:
=
From: Impactika [mailto:impact...@aol.com]
Sent: M
Thank you Yinan,
However this is not new.
Several years ago (4-5-6 years???) one of my customers had the occasion to
go to Hong Kong. While there he saw "moldavites" being sold in many shops,
of course they were the apple-green type, and very very cheap, so he bought a
couple of them for me, a
Hello,
In between many thunderstorms, I managed to post about two dozen new
Thin-Sections to my site:
_http://www.impactika.com/TSlist.htm_ (http://www.impactika.com/TSlist.htm)
And in honor of Dawn, that will soon tell us a whole lot more about Vesta,
I posted a nice assortment of thin-sect
Well, Richard,
Obviously, not all NASA people fell that way, as I have sold meteorites to
NASA.
Very recently, two nice chunks of Almahata Sitta!
Besides that I agree with you.
(And I am just back from Ensisheim and still going thru 100s of emails!)
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/
Hello,
Sorry if I missed something, and I am not on Facebook, but.
Dave, are you absolutely sure that those are really meteorites?
Did you have them classified by an experienced, qualified lab?
It might be an idea to make absolutely sure before you invest a lot more
time, equipment,.
I can beat that Michael..
I worked for many years in the administration of the largest car rental
company and I once got a phone call from a customer complaining that our
reservation center had told him that he needed a passport and an international
drivers license to rent a car in
Hello everybody,
Thank you Greg Hupe for finally announcing your remarkable new
Achondrite-Ungrouped, NWA 6704, it is really a very unusual looking meteorite,
and I am
glad I got to see it when you got it.
And now I am delighted to announce that I have the thin-sections to go with
it. And th
Hello everybody,
I just uploaded another small batch of new pieces to my website:
_www.IMPACTIKA.com_ (http://www.IMPACTIKA.com)
As usual an ecclectic bunch, from Johnstown to Jumapalo, and Atoka, Kelly,
Park Forest.
And three distingued specimens with Huss numbers: Loop, Wellman A and
Well
Be careful Michael (Blood),
As Mike (Tettenborn) just told you any meteorite found within Slovakia is
property of the State of Slovakia, therefore any piece being offered to you
was illegally obtained or exported.
We don't want the reporter at NewYork Times, or any other journalist, to
find o
Hello Pete and all,
I believe the largest fragment is in the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle in
Paris.
Anne M. Black
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_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
I
Yes, Mark,
I know, it has been discussed before and I believe that is wrong.
And that goes back to what I just said:
Know your dealer and buy only from dealers you trust.
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
Preside
Well, Walter,
I cannot speak for Matt, but I have found that getting complete provenance
and Proof of provenance is not always all that easy.
I just discussed with a collector who has been collecting for many years,
but has moved several times in his life; he could tell me exactly what each
p
(sorry if this is a duplicate. I sent it 3 hours ago, and it never appeared
in my in-box)
Hello,
No more article from the NewYork Times! so I had time to add another bunch
of pieces to my website.
Another ecclectic bunch:
Some famous like Gibeon, Sikhote-Alin, Allende or Valera. Some small on
Steve,
Could you please tell us who you bought each one of those pieces from?
I am sure that would-be buyers would want to know the provenance of those
meteorites.
Thank you.
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
Hello,
The MetList is very quiet today!
Well, maybe I'll wake up a few of you.
I finally got it done in between interruptions and problems, and here is a
first installment of all the pieces I want to add to the Meteorites-Irons
and the Meteorites-Stones pages. You will find on the Iron page a v
Hello,
Mike, it can also mean "I sold this one but I might have more that I have
not had time to post yet, so email me and ask!"
And that is very often the case with me.
I probably have 150-200 pieces that I haven't found time to post yet, other
problems keep on getting in the way. But I keep o
Thank you, thank you everybody!
Just too many emails to answer each and everyone of you individually, but
thank you anyway.
I am glad you liked my response, and thank you also for spreading the news
and the link around, I hope that every person who read the NewYork Times
article will also read
On behalf of Dr. Tony Irving who occasionally reads the MetList archives:
Anne M. Black
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President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
In a message dated 4/7/2011 8:23
Hello everybody,
Thank you Eric, and you are quite right, this was not an exact quote! ;-)
My interview lasted quite a bit longer than yours, but he only asked about
the meteorite world and market in general terms, and never mentioned Gemel
Kamil.
I have been doing some research, and contactin
ttle space. I'll try again none the less if someone lets me know about a
similar listing while it is still active.
Thanks for your help and understanding (that i would never give the thumbs
up to something so obviously bogus).
Blaine Reed
--- On Wed, 3/30/11, Impactika wrote:
From
No toilet humor here.
It is a chunk of meteorite encased in epoxy, polished, and from which
thin-sections are cut.
I prefer to call them "cores".
Less possibility of misunderstanding.
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol
No, of course not Matthias!
It is never too late! And here are two more Sikhote-Alins, in as found
condition and straight from the Vernadsky Institute, with labels, cards, and
even an official letter.
_http://www.impactika.com/2SAlins.jpg_
(http://www.impactika.com/2SAlins.jpg)
Do you like
On behalf of Blaine Reed who is not (yet!) a member of the MetList.
Anne M. Black
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_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
In a message dated 3/15/2011 2:00:19 P
Thank you Jason for your well-thought out and researched response.
However, that only applies to Egypt and the US.
We should not forget that some countries have banned the exportation of
meteorites entirely (India since 1885! and more recently Argentina) and others
do require export permits, we
Hello,
Thank you Michael for the suggestion and the offer of help, but I would
much prefer to see dealers invent their own cards.
And I have to agree with Dr. David, the wide range and variety in ID cards
is interesting and entertaining, also it does show a certain evolution in
interests and p
Hello,
Yes, back to meteorites. Maybe!
This Ebayer has just been brought to my attention:
_http://shop.ebay.com/hroller22/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562_
(http://shop.ebay.com/hroller22/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562)
He is selling a lot of Campos, odd ones with only 11% iron! I don't
believe any
Hello John,
I just checked on the Met Bulletin:
_http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php_
(http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php)
I don't know who did the classification, but obviously it has not been
published yet. So, no, apparently it is not official yet, and the Nomenclature
Com
They are back and asking about you.
Anne M. Black
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email: _Impactika@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
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In a message dated 1/27/2011 1:55:40 PM Mountain Standard Time,
damoc...@yahoo.com writes:
Th
Thank you Bernd, and thank you Dirk.
However if any one of you is planning on going to Brazil to hunt for this
latest fireball, a word of warning in light of recent events:
I have recently be made aware that Brazilian law requires that you obtain
an export permit before you take any minerals ou
WOW!!
Thanks Greg!
Sounds very interesting, and intriguing. I might even have to bid on it
myself!
(Would that be considered a conflict of interest? ;-)
Again, I and the whole Board thank you very much for your generosity.
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
Agreed.
I would like to see a sample of that poetry, just out of curiosity.
If anyone is buying it, please share with the rest of us.
Back to packing!
Anne M. Black
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President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
One last (?) comment regarding "bolide";
Yes it comes from the Latin, and is really a French word, used in France in
relation to racing cars.
And it really should be pronounced just like "solid".
Anne M. Black
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Hello Richard,
I am not tall, but I am glad to know that my reputation is!;-)
I don't have a very good answer for you, but let me try a couple comments:
First, we all know that Sikhote-Alin is quite rust-resistant.
Also, whomever cut that tree down and found the S-A went thru a lot of work
Thank you Matt.
And yes, OOoppps.
I did write twice the same link, so here is the real link to the picture of
the 2 Vernadsky Sikhote-Alin.
_http://www.impactika.com/images/2s-alin.jpg_
(http://www.impactika.com/images/2s-alin.jpg)
Sorry!
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.c
WOW!
Thank you Dr. Vann, Dr. Ted, Dolores, everybody, for all the great posts!
I have learned a lot about trees today!;-)
Dr Vann, if I was a little closer to Philadelphia, I would be driving right
over to show it to you. Your analysis and interpretation is amazing, and
very helpful. If m
Hello,
Since Michael Blood mentionned Sikhote-Alins embedded in trees in his
latest "Market Trends" article, and warned everybody against them. And since I
have received a few questions about the one I aquired a few months ago, let me
try to set the record straight:
First, here are 2 picture
Hello Bernd, Rob, and all.
If you would like to read a whole lot more about Almahata Sitta (aka 2008
TC3), here is a link to the Abstract I have received from Prof. Bischoff.
Warning it is 29 pages!
_http://www.impactika.com/ASitta-maps-bischoff.pdf_
(http://www.impactika.com/ASitta-maps-bisch
Happy Holidays!
I hope you will all have a great, fun, relaxing, happy Holidays Seasons!
And maybe a whole lot of new meteorites too.
And if any of you has tried to contact me (phones or emails) in the last
few days, I am sorry I had surgery on one eye at the beginning of the week. It
went well
You guys need to move to Colorado!
So far barely one light sprinkling of snow here, and 65 degrees today. And
maybe another sprinkling tomorrow (Thanks to ET and Gary!)
But all the ski resorts are getting feet upon feet of snow. They are very
happy. Except of course when Highway 70 is closed be
Hello Arlene,
Well..when I said "smallish" I meant smallish by Laurence's
standards, after all he has the whole ASU collection to play with! ;-)
Maybe we could show those new stones together in my room in Tucson, yours,
Laurence's and also Ruben's new mesosiderite.
What do y
Great find Arlene!
You had 2 great guides (lets not forget Brix!) but you are still the one
who found the newest Nevada meteorite.
And,
I have the newest Arizonian.
No, I was not in Arizona, and I really don't hunt, but this one was
actually found by Dr. Laurence Garvie from ASU. So yes, of cou
Hello Jason, and all,
I certainly agree with you when it comes to Dronino and Nantan, I have
heard them called "temporary meteorites" and that does fit quite well.
However I have right here a slice of Brenham about a foot across, it came
from an old collection and it was cut/polished by Al Lang
Yes, I can vouch that Calcalong Creek is the most expensive meteorite at
this time.
Earlier this year I sold a tiny fragment of Calcalong, 0.002g (2 mg), for
more per gram than any of the prices quoted below.
And I sold it very fast, it never even appeared on my website.
Has anyone else sold or
Well, Shawn,
I had not thought of that, but since you asked, and since I have a
relatively large fragment of Murray (thank you ASU!) I do to check. And I am
sorry
but I really didn't smell much of anything, maybe a vaguely sharp smell,
somewhat peppery, but was it really there or wishful think
Thank You!
If you are really interested by Microprobe, take the time to look at all
the PDF files attached to my article. They are great, I just didn't have
enough space.
All the pictures you see on my Thin-Sections page were taken by John
Kashuba, who also writes for Meteorite-Magazine and Met
Hello Dave,
Interesting question.
I am not a scientist, but because I sell a lot of thin-sections, I deal
with many scientists, and very often, and I am told that Tom's pictures are
very pretty but often at a much too high a magnification, so crystallization
patterns, among others things, beco
Hello,
I happen to think that Christmas specials/sales/ads should begin after
Thanksgiving, but apparently I am the only one who thinks this way, so I
hurried
up, and here you are.
Guys!
Surely you have made your list and checked it twice, and surely there is on
that list a very patient and
OOopps
I have just been told that one link did not work, so let me try again.
And here they are, corrected, below.
In a message dated 11/20/2010 5:49:56 PM Mountain Standard Time,
impact...@aol.com writes:
Well,
If you insist Jason.
In fact I did a bit of hunting and found the original picture
Well,
If you insist Jason.
In fact I did a bit of hunting and found the original picture and the page
I posted on my site way back then. 3 years ago!!! Time flies.
And here are two pictures:
http://www.impactika.com/burns.jpg
http://www.impactika.com/burns2.htm
You can decide for yourself whic
I have to agree with that
Yes, the replicas doen by that foundry are amazing. I can certainly vouch
for that.
My cast of the Burns meteorite is stunning, it looks just like the real
meteorite, and it is almost as heavy!
(sorry guys, not for sale.)
Thank you Peter and Jason.
Anne M. Black
_ht
Hello,
The thin-sections I have made in the US are all 27x46mm, and they seemed to
work fine in the Electron Microprobe of the University of Arizona. I do
know that thin-sections of this same size are also made for other instirutions.
However I have seen larger and thicker thin-sections, but th
You got it all wrong. Nancy is fine.
It was Rush Limbaugh who finally blew up!
Good riddance.
Anne M. Black
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_impact...@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
In a me
Hello everybody,
In Denver, winter started today at 2pm, when the first snow flake floated
down.
Perfect day to work on my website.
And I added some 70 - 80 pieces, I lost count by now. There is a wide
assortment, from Ensisheim to Odessa, and from Caddo County to New Concord and
Tennasilm, an
In a message dated 11/9/2010 6:14:23 PM Mountain Standard Time,
drtan...@yahoo.com writes:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2010/11/not-meteor-meteormeteorite
-news.html
Hope FOX News checked their sources! Tokyo
On AOL News:
h
Hello,
I have been offered some pieces from the Kosice fall in Slovenia, very
pretty, nice fresh pieces with great crust.
However, I vaguely remember being told quite a while ago that it was
forbidden to export Kosice out of Slovenia, just like it is forbidden to export
Berduc out of Argentina
Hello Sonny, Paul, Adam,
When I am not dealing with meteorites, I am a member of the Archaeology
Institute of America - Denver Chapter. Recently a professor of Archaeology from
the University of Colorado gave us a presentation on the rock art,
petroglypghs of the southwest that he had been stu
Hello Tim,
It looks like it is time to contact Bill Mason, also known as Dr. Rust, his
website is:
_http://www.paleobond.com_
(http://www.paleobond.com)
He is a very friendly guy, just ask him for his meteorite-kit.
It will help with the Fukang. But ma
Thank you Bernd,
Yes a metachondrite is a meta(morphic) chondrite, nothing to do with
lithologies.
A good example of a CR Meta-chondrite is of course Tafassasset.
Goodnight.
Anne M. Black
_www.IMPACTIKA.com_ (http://www.IMPACTIKA.com)
_impact...@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
Presiden
Done!
After a lot of interruptions, other projects, problems, etc.I finally
added some 40 new thin-sections to my site, have a look:
http://www.impactika.com/TSlist.htm
There is wide range and choice of clasifications there, from ordinary
chondrite (several "3"), eucrite, howardite, angri
Hey Greg! and all,
No, this is not an aubrite, it is only your favorite meteorite, yes NWA
5400!
I just received today the very first thin-sections, and I thought you might
all like to see a picture, taken by John Kashuba of course.
_http://www.impactika.com/ts574.jpg_ (http://www.impactika
I agree Martin.
One person contacted me with what he said was absolutely a "meteorite" it
had even been checked and confirmed to be a meteorite by a geology professor
of a local college in the American Mid-West (No, I won't tell you the
name).
I asked for a picture. It was very clearly a pie
Let me make one thing perfectly clear:
The IMCA is NOT using Funds but Time, a whole lot of time, on this.
It used to be that one or at most two Directors were able to answer all the
questions that we receive on our _questi...@imca.cc_
(mailto:questi...@imca.cc) address. This is not true any
Hey Carl, and List,
Of course there is a Get-together and Auction!
I announced it a couple weeks ago, and posted it on my website. Here, take
a look:
_http://www.impactika.com/10DShow.doc_
(http://www.impactika.com/10DShow.doc)
And since the Show is only a week away, maybe it is not too la
Mike,
I (and probably everybody else on the List) received this odd email, see
below. It is supposed to be coming from you, but I don't really believe that.
And stranger yet, when you use that link to Ebay, you get to see a lot of
auctions, but they belong to many different people, some I know
Hello Ron,
I am sorry, I don't have much of an answer either. Looking in the MetList
archives, I did find an email from a member of the Italian team dated Aug. 1,
and Mike's translation. (see below) That email does state that the pieces
were stolen.
Sorry, this is all I found, since I didn't b
On behalf of the Discoverer
And for your viewing pleasure:
http://www.kcbd.com/global/story.asp?s=13057309
Anne M. Black
http://www.impactika.com/
impact...@aol.com
Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
http://www.imca.cc/
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Yeah!
And the New Deal is mine!
It is a small meteorite, only 230g, and a few slices have already been
reserved, so if anyone is interested, you have better speak up very quickly.
Really!
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
_impact...@aol.com_ (mailto:impact.
Barry,
Thank you for having the courage of writing this apology.
And I most certainly accept it.
I would only ask one thing of you (and most everybody else on this List):
PLEASE
Don't believe everything you hear or read, double-check the facts, verify
your sources. Believe me, it will make a hu
Hello everybody,
Thank you Shawn and thank you everybody who wrote here or privately; I most
certainly appreciate your support, your support of the IMCA and your offers
of help. All this is very much appreciated by the whole IMCA, board and
members.
Now the missing piece (missing link?) in t
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