Re: [meteorite-list] Good article from the Denver Post

2005-12-08 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 16:58:36 +0100, Peter Marmet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Darren and All, > >I like this part of the text: > >"What explains their mysterious psychic pull, which leads countless >people to buy >and sell them (the meteorites!) at gem shows or over the Internet at >prices ra

Re: [meteorite-list] Good article from the Denver Post

2005-12-08 Thread Peter Marmet
Hi Mike and all, I like the text and I'm happy about every new meteorite buyer! Without a lot more new buyers we can't avoid that the prices of the hundreds of "extremely rare" and "scientific important" meteorites that are listed on ebay week after week after week "are in ruin";-)! Cheers,

Re: [meteorite-list] Good article from the Denver Post

2005-12-08 Thread meteoriteplaya
Hi Bernd It is a CD. I actually picked it up yesterday. In fact it came from Nininger. My guess is probably half of the specimens came from Nininger. He was curator of Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS) in the 30's & 40's and must have helped the CO School of Mines start their collection

Re: [meteorite-list] Good article from the Denver Post

2005-12-08 Thread meteoriteplaya
Hi Peter I was actually happy that there were few mistakes in the article. But when I thought about it it was placed in the lifestyles section of the paper and was not meant to be scientific. We all know what happens when newspaper writers try to do that. I was also glad the writer used the pric

Re: [meteorite-list] Good article from the Denver Post

2005-12-08 Thread bernd . pauli
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 the

Re: [meteorite-list] Good article from the Denver Post

2005-12-08 Thread Peter Marmet
Hi Darren and All, I like this part of the text: "What explains their mysterious psychic pull, which leads countless people to buy and sell them (the meteorites!) at gem shows or over the Internet at prices ranging from under $10 to more than $1,000?" ...their mysterious psychic pull :-))

Re: [meteorite-list] Good article from the Denver Post

2005-12-08 Thread meteoriteplaya
Hi Darren That is a Canyon Diablo. It actually looks much nicer in person than in that photo. Dan Wray and I have been helping update their(CO School of Mines) catalog this week and will be there later today. I'll take my camera today and snap a few photos. The museum is currently updating the m

[meteorite-list] Good article from the Denver Post

2005-12-08 Thread Darren Garrison
Anyone know the name of the meteorite in the top photo? http://www.denverpost.com/lifestyles/ci_3287609 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list