[meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8 Winner

2002-10-30 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello List,   Thanks to everybody that entered or responded.  I think many of the responses gave us a few places to think about.   Of the places brought up, the one I would like to search the most would be Mars.  Six months there, six months back, no problem.  Of the places I could go, a two week c

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest#8

2002-10-28 Thread LJnewpers
May be too late for this, been out of town. Where would I go? To an area of Chile which I cannot disclose for obvious reasons. Overnight a mine road was peppered with numerous craters ranging from several inches to nearly eight feet in diameter and as much as three feet deep, with substantial ma

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-26 Thread Mike Reynolds
t I'll bet I'd have more fun lookin!:D Mike Reynolds IMCA #8127 [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:40:32 -0500 Previous message: [meteorite-list]

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...

2002-10-26 Thread Rafael B. Torres
Here is my entry, I hope this is still working, cuz Im out of my city for a few days: I would go to Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico. Even though I live about 3 hours from there and I have some friends living near there (Parral), in 2 years Ive been wanting to go there, with always with n

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-24 Thread Phil Morgan
bling around the desert.   Best Regards to all, Phil - Original Message - From: MARK BOSTICK To: Meteorite List Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 5:40 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo Hello List,   Its Meteorite Conte

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8

2002-10-24 Thread Rosemary Hackney
Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8 > Practical: I would head to the sand dunes of Egypt for meteorites and libyan desert glass as well. And hopefully next march that is where I will be. > > Impractical: 28 Sep 1969, Murchison, Au

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-24 Thread Cbrux71
If I could search anywhere in the world it would have to be the Canadian territory Nunavut. I would search here because it has probably never been searched before, the natives have probably found meteorites before and made weapons out of them, and they could probaly show you any rock that had fa

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...

2002-10-24 Thread Sidbuddha
Anywhere in the world for me would be Greenland. A vast area of frozen tundra for searching, nobody around to compete with, and as far as I know not an issue for collecting them. Granted it's cold, but the adrenaline would keep me motivated! Anybody else want to go? Dave Marsocci

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-24 Thread David Hardy
How 'bout Mars at the site of the impact that gave us some of our Martian meteorites. There may be pieces of the impactor left. It would be neat to have a piece of a meteorite from Mars that gave us Mars meteorites! David Hardy --- MARK BOSTICK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello List, > > Its

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-24 Thread Carl E. Kanoff
Hello list, After the fires went out, the dust cleared, and the toxic gas levels of the atmosphere were reduced, I would like to have gone to stand on the rim of Chicxulub on the Yucatan 65 million years ago. The asteroid was most likely vaporized as it penetrated the earth's crust, but the scar l

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8

2002-10-23 Thread J. Fox
Hello all, I was catching up on the list postings, and I think what would absolutely be the greatest meteorite hunt would be a return to Wabar. Although the site is now mostly covered by sand, I can imagine the excitement of finding some new material being uncovered as the winds of winter blow. I

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread Rick Kujawa
I would look for Earth rocks on the moon. Why: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/18oct_earthrocks.htm MARK BOSTICK wrote: > Hello List, Its Meteorite Contest #8. I havent given away any irons > yet, so lets start with a classic. The prize in this contest is a 53 > gram Canyon Diablo.To

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8 (Meteor Collecting Nipped in the Bud!)

2002-10-23 Thread Matt Morgan
2 10:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8 (Meteor Collecting Nipped in the Bud!) Matt sure nailed that one! As everyone knows, there is absolutely no market for, nor collectors of, meteors or meteoroids. What we collect and hunt absolutely has to have,

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8 (Meteor Collecting Nipped inthe Bud!)

2002-10-23 Thread Jerry A. Wallace
Matt sure nailed that one! As everyone knows, there is absolutely no market for, nor collectors of, meteors or meteoroids. What we collect and hunt absolutely has to have, preferably, fusion crust and some shock and weathering in order to assign grades for those attributes. Picking these rocks f

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread marsroxx
Mark, I would like to go to the Kingdom of Nepal. With all the glaciers, there should be many blow out areas to search similar to the ones in Antarctica. Alan Quoting MARK BOSTICK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello List, > > Its Meteorite Contest #8. I havent given away any irons yet, so lets st

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread Deborah Martin
Since the contest specifies "meteorite hunting anywhere in the world", that precludes my first choice: the Kuiper belt.  Who knows what we could find there !  In keeping with the limitations set by Mark, I would go on an extended tour of the Canadian Prairies.  There are a lot of meteorites still

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread mafer
make that manganese - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo The ocean floor would be a

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread mafer
] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo In a message dated 10/23/2002 5:52:55 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you could go meteorite hunting anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?   Where?- I would want to search the ocean floors.  Why?  - After

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread Michael Masse
Title: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo I would love to follow in Martin's footsteps, help him load up even   why?  Even after he razes each place there should be enough left for a instantly fabulous collection ... but we would also have to visit Japan's

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread dandre10
I'm going to think REALLY BIG here. I want to go hunt at Holbrook"Home of the crusted bunny turds". Dave > Hello List, > > Its Meteorite Contest #8. I havent given away any irons yet, so lets > start with a classic. The prize in this contest is a 53 gram Canyon > Diablo. > > To have a chan

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread JPBrockets
In a message dated 10/23/2002 5:52:55 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you could go meteorite hunting anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?   Where?- I would want to search the ocean floors.  Why?  - After all, most meteorites land there, and have not been

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread Greg Redfern
D]]On Behalf Of MARK BOSTICKSent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:41 PMTo: Meteorite ListSubject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo Hello List,   Its Meteorite Contest #8.  I havent given away any irons yet, so lets start with a classic.  The prize in this contest

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread magellon
I would like to go WHERE meteorites are sitting on the ground waiting to be found. Just as you pick one up , you see another even nicer. The place where you spend more time picking them up than looking for them. Having to decide which ones to keep. And while you are deciding, six more impact the

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread Steven Drummond
t you might find could be something never seen before.   Best Regards To All ,  Steven Drummond "The Unknown Collector"  :-) - Original Message - From: MARK BOSTICK To: Meteorite List Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 4:40 PM Subject: [m

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread Roman Jirasek
I would go to North West Africa! The meteorite rush can't last forever!   Roman Jirasek           - Original Message - From: MARK BOSTICK To: Meteorite List Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:40 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free C

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread Rosemary Hackney
gt; To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo > I would like to go to Antarctica, I have always wanted to go there even > before I started collecting meteorites. I even volunteered to go there for

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread Rosemary Hackney
] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo Hello List,   Its Meteorite Contest #8.  I havent given away any irons yet, so lets start with a classic.  The prize in this contest is a 53 gram Canyon Diablo.  To have a chance to win the Canyon Diablo...answer the following, borrowed

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread FBlockland
I would like to go to Antarctica, I have always wanted to go there even before I started collecting meteorites. I even volunteered to go there for the winter when I was in the navy. To go there and collect meteorites would be my trip of a life time. But I would have to bring a Telescope too. Fr

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread David Freeman
Dear All, First and only stop...Bob Haag's house. also why, doherr...duh! Dave Freeman Martin Horejsi wrote: Mark Kindly asked: If you could go meteorite hunting anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? Hmmm Mark, If I could hunt meteorites anywhere in the world

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread mafer
em. - Original Message - From: MARK BOSTICK To: Meteorite List Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 4:40 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo Hello List,   Its Meteorite Contest #8.  I havent given away any irons yet, so l

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread Martin Horejsi
Title: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo Mark Kindly asked:   If you could go meteorite hunting anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?      Hmmm Mark, If I could hunt meteorites anywhere in the world, and keep what I found, I would start at the

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #8...Free Canyon Diablo

2002-10-23 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello List,   Its Meteorite Contest #8.  I havent given away any irons yet, so lets start with a classic.  The prize in this contest is a 53 gram Canyon Diablo.  To have a chance to win the Canyon Diablo...answer the following, borrowed from my archive of Meteorite Contest Ideals left over from C