Re: [meteorite-list] Question

2011-05-21 Thread Ted Bunch
No, none. Ted On 5/21/11 3:13 PM, pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com wrote: I don't guess I have ever seen this anywhere. Does anyone know if any Apollo Lunar returned rocks were Meteorites? Any answers out there Pete IMCA 1733

Re: [meteorite-list] Question

2011-05-21 Thread aerubin
There are two named meteorites returned among the Apollo samples: Bench Crater and Hadley Rille. Quoting pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com: I don't guess I have ever seen this anywhere. Does anyone know if any Apollo Lunar returned rocks were Meteorites? Any answers out there Pete

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION- Al Mahbas

2011-05-08 Thread Michael Farmer
I submitted the Al Mahbas pallasite to Ted Bunch many years ago, like so many other meteorites that I submitted type specimens for, it vanished. I went to the strewn field and found pieces myself, there is a story about it on my website. It came out later under several different nwa numbers.

[meteorite-list] QUESTION- Al Mahbas

2011-05-07 Thread John Lutzon
Hello All, I recently posted pics (EoM) of a slice of Al Mahbas and listed it as NWA 2683. As i noticed that no one else has done the same;--is this appropriate or did i jump the gun? Thanks John IMCA #1896 __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION- Al Mahbas

2011-05-07 Thread R N Hartman
: [meteorite-list] QUESTION- Al Mahbas Hello All, I recently posted pics (EoM) of a slice of Al Mahbas and listed it as NWA 2683. As i noticed that no one else has done the same;--is this appropriate or did i jump the gun? Thanks John IMCA #1896 __ Visit

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-15 Thread Alexander Seidel
Exactly, Martin! So it was, once upon a time...! [Uncle] Alex Original-Nachricht Datum: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:43:17 +0200 Von: Martin Altmann altm...@meteorite-martin.de An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying

[meteorite-list] Question: Sun/Moon

2011-04-15 Thread John Lutzon
Hello All, May i ask a silly question? Answer, better than anyone you know. Well, will our Sun and Moon ever be 15 degrees apart from each other, as observed from Earth? Can this occurance be calculated or is it an impossibility? John IMCA# 1896

Re: [meteorite-list] Question: Sun/Moon

2011-04-15 Thread Mark's Meteorites
Hi John, Not quite sure what you mean... if the question is, 'less than 15 degrees apart in the sky, as observed from earth', then the answer is yes - every new moon. In some cases the angle is essentially zero - whenever there's a solar eclipse. M On 16 Apr 2011, at 02:09, John Lutzon wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Question: Sun/Moon

2011-04-15 Thread Murray Paulson
Hi: Yes they can be! I have seen them many times when the angle is more like .5 degree and less. Yes, a solar eclipse is one occasion when you cna see both in such proximity. As for the sun below the horizon and the moon above, new moon, the record les at somwhere between 10 to 12 degrees.

Re: [meteorite-list] Question: Sun/Moon

2011-04-15 Thread John Lutzon
Duh... Don't know what i was thinking... Thanks better than anyone you know !!! - Original Message - From: Murray Paulson murray.paul...@gmail.com To: John Lutzon j...@hc.fdn.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Question: Sun/Moon

2011-04-15 Thread John Lutzon
: [meteorite-list] Question: Sun/Moon Hi: Yes they can be! I have seen them many times when the angle is more like .5 degree and less. Yes, a solar eclipse is one occasion when you cna see both in such proximity. As for the sun below the horizon and the moon above, new moon, the record les

[meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Michael Mulgrew
List, I am curious why almost every meteorite dealer's website displays specimens that have already sold right along side specimens that are in stock and available for sale? I do not know of any other market that does this; it is unique to meteorites in my experiences. As a

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread fallingfusion
...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:21:29 To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items List, I am curious why almost every meteorite dealer's website displays specimens that have already sold right along side specimens

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Bob King
16:21:29 To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items List, I am curious why almost every meteorite dealer's website displays specimens that have already sold right along side specimens that are in stock and available

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Yinan Wang
It's also kinda nice to have up pictures of past sold specimens. You put a lot of time and effort into photography and web design, seems a waste to delete things! -YvW On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Michael Mulgrew mikest...@gmail.com wrote: List, I am curious why almost every meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Impactika
Apr 2011 16:21:29 To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items List, I am curious why almost every meteorite dealer's website displays specimens that have already sold right along side specimens that are in stock

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Marcin Cimala
Hi This is not unique to meteorite. Other shops also have products unavailable or just sold out and waiting for new shipments. And sometimes is nice to show late buyer what he missed and how looks other slices that was sold (most cases if specimen have low TKW). But indeed we are bussy

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Joe Kerchner
: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items To: Michael Mulgrew mikest...@gmail.com Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7:37 PM It's also kinda nice to have up pictures of past sold specimens. You put a lot of time and effort

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Mark Grossman
, April 12, 2011 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items One reason is that a lot of the dealers who run a use a website to sell the meteorites, do not run and/or edit the website themselves. and do not have it set so that once one is sold

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Martin Altmann
Mulgrew; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items Because we're to lazy to update our websites. Simple as that. Take a look at mine - I don't think its been updated in nearly 3 years! Ryan Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread fallingfusion
:21:29 To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items List, I am curious why almost every meteorite dealer's website displays specimens that have already sold right along side specimens that are in stock and available for sale? I do

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Michael Gilmer
BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Michael Mulgrew mikest...@gmail.com Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:21:29 To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items List, I am

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Don Merchant
- Original Message - From: Michael Mulgrew mikest...@gmail.com To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 6:21 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items List, I am curious why almost every meteorite dealer's website displays specimens

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Richard Kowalski
Let's see if this one posts. Another post I sent at least 4 hours ago hasn't come up yet... As a collector, I've been really frustrated by how wide spread the lack of interest in maintaining one's website actually is. As you point our often the sites are filled with items already sold. I know

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Stuart McDaniel
-Original Message- From: Yinan Wang Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 8:37 PM To: Michael Mulgrew Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items It's also kinda nice to have up pictures of past sold specimens. You put a lot

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Martin Altmann
Uncle Alexander, where art thou? You have to tell the old stories to the Youth, who doesn't want to bear the incredible hardship, to type for a minute an electric message into their newfangled apparatuses and to wait another minute for an answer, in acquiring a desired meteorite specimen. Tell

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Stuart McDaniel
-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items Let's see if this one posts. Another post I sent at least 4 hours ago hasn't come up yet... As a collector, I've been really frustrated by how wide spread the lack of interest in maintaining one's website actually is. As you point our often

[meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Shawn Alan
Alan IMCA 1633 eBaystore http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html   [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold itemsMichael Mulgrew mikestang at gmail.com Tue Apr 12 19:21:29 EDT 2011 Previous message: [meteorite-list] AD: AUCTIONS ENDING THIS WEEK- MAKE OFFERS BIG SALE! Next

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Michael Gilmer
[meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold itemsMichael Mulgrew mikestang at gmail.com Tue Apr 12 19:21:29 EDT 2011 Previous message: [meteorite-list] AD: AUCTIONS ENDING THIS WEEK- MAKE OFFERS BIG SALE! Next message: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Michael Mulgrew
List, I appreciate all of the responses, both on- and off-list. It appears to me that the #1 reasons for leaving SOLD items up is a lack of time, 3rd party hosting, or added expense to keep the web page up-to-date. I can fully appreciate these reasons. I also appreciate the resumé, so to speak,

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread meteoriteguy.com
For those of us who spend most of our time hunting meteorites in the field, for me meaning overseas, we just do not have the time needed to update enough. My site has more than 50 pages of meteorites, in the las 6 months I have only updated about 10 of them. Often now when I get a new

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Richard Kowalski
...@meteorite-martin.de Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 6:43 PM Uncle Alexander, where art thou? You have to tell the old stories to the Youth, who doesn't want to bear the incredible

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread Norm Lehrman
...@yahoo.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 7:59:52 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items Hi List, Martin and Shawn raised a couple of good points.  Old-school collectors bought specimens via snail mail and telephone calls

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread MEM
Michael Mulgrew wrote: Speaking purely as a consumer I would recommend that dealers make the time or find the resources to more clearly differentiate between SOLD and FOR SALE items rather than having them all lumped together. Speaking as a collector and meteorophille, I've no

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

2011-04-12 Thread MEM
- Original Message From: Norm Lehrman nlehr...@nvbell.net I would appreciate your thoughts on this. For a long time, when I was updating a sold item, I left the asking price visible. Norm, I prefer the asking price be left--we understand that some deals are made to special

[meteorite-list] Question Regarding Fusion Crust

2011-03-11 Thread Thunder Stone
Hi List: Is there a way to tell if a meteorite is a Chondrite by looking at the fusion crust, or looking a just the exterior?  I have noticed many times meteorites pictured and they are fully crusted, but are called chondrites.  Is it just experience of looking at many chondrites or something

Re: [meteorite-list] Question Regarding Fusion Crust

2011-03-11 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi Greg, Yes and no. Maybe. Sort of. You can draw some general conclusions from the look of the fusion crust - color and texture. Some achondrites have distinctive fusion crusts, as do some exotic chondrites. Generally speaking, the fusion crusts of many OC's share a common look and texture.

Re: [meteorite-list] Question

2011-02-22 Thread Michael Blood
I purchased a 1.392g specimen of Eunice, TX which can be seen here: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Eunice_TX1_392g.jpg I forgot what I paid for it. Anyone got any ideas of what it is worth? RSVP Thanks, Michael -- Teachin' a pig to dance is a waste of time and

[meteorite-list] Question of Iridium in LDG?

2011-02-08 Thread Carl 's
Hello All, I bought a small piece of darkish green Libyan Desert Glass from a seller in Tucson. He told me it was dark green from iridium. I had thought the difference in color was from iron. My memory has been really terrible lately so I don't doubt the seller at all. I know this man has

[meteorite-list] Question of Iridium in LDG?

2011-02-08 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Hello All, Carl2, you memory serves you right! The color of LDG is affected by: 1) its very high silica content (almost pure silica: 98%). A decreasing silica content correlates with a gradual change of color from yellow over green towards brown. and, ... this has to do with no. 2: 2) the

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Miller
Miller meteoritefin...@gmail.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do. Example:   Once I purchased a pricy slice of NWA 482 and asked Mike Farmer to send it overnight express

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-22 Thread Richard Montgomery
Excellent Mike! Good thought from the List no doubt. - Original Message - From: Mike Miller meteoritefin...@gmail.com To: Linton Rohr linton...@earthlink.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question

[meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread Mike Miller
Hi all, I shipped a priority flat rate box on Dec 6th and it was scanned and left the Las Vegas sort facility on the same evening. Now ever since it has just said it was in transit to its destination. I did use a signature confirmation. The bad news is it is a meteorite that I sold for several

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread Ruben Garcia
Mike, I shipped a package to Gary Fujihara in Hawaii under the exact same circumstances - It was very late (about 3 weeks) I went to the post office and talked to someone there that gave me a number to call. I called and also gave it to Gary and he called too. Somehow they WERE able to track

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi Mike, Take the signature confirmation receipt to the PO and have them check their computer (which is updated sooner and more often than the web version). If the package was signed for, then you are off the hook for it. If the package wasn't signed for, then the PO should be able to track it

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread Mike Miller
Thanks Mike and Ruben. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Michael Gilmer meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mike, Take the signature confirmation receipt to the PO and have them check their computer (which is updated sooner and more often than the web version). If the package was signed for,

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread al mitt
- From: Mike Miller meteoritefin...@gmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:18 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do. Hi all, I shipped a priority flat rate box on Dec 6th and it was scanned and left the Las Vegas sort

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread Mike Miller
, December 21, 2010 11:18 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do. Hi all, I shipped a priority flat rate box on Dec 6th and it was scanned and left the Las Vegas sort facility on the same evening. Now ever since it has just said it was in transit to its destination. I

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread Chris Peterson
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:18 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do. Hi all, I shipped a priority flat rate box on Dec 6th and it was scanned and left the Las Vegas sort facility on the same evening. Now ever since it has

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread Gary Fujihara
Aloha Mike, Sorry to hear about your package going AWOL, but as everyone has already mentioned, there is hope that it will eventually arrive at its destination. FWIW, despite everyone's grim perspective of the USPS, I have found their service to be exemplary, especially when compared to UPS

[meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread bernd . pauli
Mike wrote: Thanks very much it seems most of the time these things have a pleasant ending. You have all given me me a little more hope. Hello Mike and List, Mailing and waiting for packages can be an unnerving project around Christmas time. Your lost shipment reminds me of my NWA 1909 and my

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi Mike, Gary, Al, Bernd, Chris, and List, I concur with Gary on this one about USPS. Now, I don't completely disagree with Chris Peterson's assessment of the postal service, because they have their fair share of inefficiency and waste - and that is why they are hemorrhaging money to the tune of

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread Alexander Seidel
Many years ago I had a meteorite rock´n roll back and forth from Down Under, one complete roundtrip and another one way trip over the Pacific Ocean, half around the globe, after it finally safely arrived. This was all due to some really minor problem at my destination here, where the post

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread R N Hartman
Fujihara fuj...@mac.com To: Mike Miller meteoritefin...@gmail.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do. Aloha Mike, Sorry to hear about your package going AWOL, but as everyone has

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

2010-12-21 Thread Linton Rohr
- From: R N Hartman rhartma...@earthlink.net To: Gary Fujihara fuj...@mac.com; Mike Miller meteoritefin...@gmail.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do. Example: Once I

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about Dr LaPaz hand written letter fromNorton meteorite fall

2010-11-27 Thread WS Schroer
-list] Question about Dr LaPaz hand written letter fromNorton meteorite fall Hello Listers, Awhile back ago I am not sure if this person is on the List or still with the List they had purchased a handwritten letter and original newspapers clippings from the Norton meteorite fall and had posted

[meteorite-list] Question about Dr LaPaz hand written letter from Norton meteorite fall

2010-11-26 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers,   Awhile back ago I am not sure if this person is on the List or still with the List they had purchased a handwritten letter and original newspapers clippings from the Norton meteorite fall and had posted they images on their website. If you can, can you please provide me a link

Re: [meteorite-list] Question, Thinn sections

2010-11-24 Thread cdtucson
all take care! dave - Original Message From: Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, November 23, 2010 4:21:14 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Question, Thinn sections Hi List, I list I have a question about thinn section

[meteorite-list] Question, Thinn sections

2010-11-23 Thread Dave Myers
Hi List, I list I have a question about thinn section photos, Like the great photos Top Phillips takes. Those  who study meteorite or classify them, Can they tell just by looking at the photos, if the thenn section is from a meteorite?? Can they tell if it is a Lunar or Martian meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Question, Thin sections

2010-11-23 Thread Impactika
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,

Re: [meteorite-list] Question, Thin sections

2010-11-23 Thread Dave Myers
and they are super nice! Thanks again! dave   - Original Message From: impact...@aol.com impact...@aol.com To: whitefalcons...@yahoo.com; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, November 23, 2010 4:43:57 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question, Thin sections Hello Dave, Interesting

Re: [meteorite-list] Question, Thin sections

2010-11-23 Thread Impactika
:57 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question, Thin sections 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

[meteorite-list] Question for European dealers

2010-11-16 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
Hi List, Yesterday at my post office I was told that the parcel weight for the airmail to USA is limited to 453 gram. All heavier parcels can be send only by ground/boat. I was told that this regulation will be at least until Christmas. I'm wondering if this is only in Czech Republic or some

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for European dealers

2010-11-16 Thread Mirko Graul
Betreff: [meteorite-list] Question for European dealers An: meteorite-l...@meteoritecentral. Com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Datum: Dienstag, 16. November, 2010 11:17 Uhr Hi List, Yesterday at my post office I was told that the parcel weight for the airmail to USA is limited to 453

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for European dealers

2010-11-16 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
Hi Marcin, Yes, it is a new (started on Monday) regulation in Czech post. I even got the DHL newsletter today, said that it will be more security procedures with the parcels to USA because of recent bombs in parcels. DHL not limited the weight, just worried about security. Best regards, Sergey On

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for European dealers

2010-11-16 Thread Marcin Cimala
I think this applies only to the Czech Republic. From Germany, I can always all sizes of parcels and registered mail send by airmail. Regards Mirko I can send registered (air/ground) mail up to 2000grams and not matter if this is for Poland, for EU or international shipment. But try to go to

[meteorite-list] Question regarding Kosice

2010-11-08 Thread Impactika
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

Re: [meteorite-list] Question

2010-08-03 Thread Michael Blood
Hi all, Given the state of affairs my office is in, I cannot easily access most of my meteorite books. Can someone tell me the division of Nininger's meteorite collection? I know it was one of the following: 2/3 rds to AZ State Univ. 1/3rd to the London Museum OR 1/3d to AZ State U

Re: [meteorite-list] Question

2010-08-03 Thread Rolene Barton
Michael and list, Searching google, something written by Al Mitterling said that the first 1/5th of the total Nininger collection was sold first to British Museum for $140K with a firm offer on June 13. 1958 and the remainder of the collection sold in the fall of 1959 for $275K to ASU.

[meteorite-list] Question About Documented Radial Fractures and Ni Anomalies at Impact Craters

2010-08-01 Thread Paul H.
Dear Friends, I have seen the presence of radial fractures and Ni anomalies in local sediments used as evidence for the extraterrestrial impact origin of landforms and features. From what I have found so far, neither of these criteria are recognized as being either traditional, valid, or

[meteorite-list] Question for Ted Bunch?

2010-07-25 Thread Steve Dunklee
Can a volcano or earth quake squeeze surface rock so hard it causes it to bleed glass? And then throw it in the air with enough force to cause the glass to form a dendritic pattern? On one side of the rock? The rock is white and looks like anorthosite. The surface of the rock is peach colored

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for Ted Bunch?

2010-07-25 Thread Michael Fowler
Lightning strikes, which are especially common on mountain peaks, or other tree less high standing rock outcrops. Mike Fowler Chicago ebay-starsandrocks Can a volcano or earth quake squeeze surface rock so hard it causes it to bleed glass? And then throw it in the air with enough force to

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for Ted Bunch?

2010-07-25 Thread Steve Dunklee
Since it is not glass from quartz would it still be called lechatelierite? Or would there be another name for it? Other than fulgarite ? Cheers! Steve __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] question about H. O. Stockwell

2010-05-25 Thread The Tricottet Collection
Hello, does anyone know where I can find some information about meteorite hunter/dealer H. O. Stockwell from the 1950s? I know that Nininger talks a bit about him in Find a Falling Star - p84-85 but that's all I could find. I acquired a collection of index cards from an unknown source with

[meteorite-list] Question Regarding NWA Irons

2010-04-21 Thread Jason Utas
Hello All, I was wondering if anyone might have some information regarding something of an oddity that I came across recently. It's an NWA iron, but...it's definitely a piece of shrapnel. I know - many iron falls have shrapnel-esque shapes - so it's not *that* unusual. But this is a fragment of

[meteorite-list] Question about terrestrial age of 4.4 kyr

2010-03-22 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers, Today has been a busy day about the topic of money and meteorites. I have more of a science question and hope someone could answer my question. I was reading an article tonight about NWA 869 and it said that the samples yielded a terrestrial age of 4.4 kyr. What does the kyr

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about terrestrial age of 4.4 kyr

2010-03-22 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:07:59 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: age of 4.4 kyr. What does the kyr stand for and is this another way of saying years? The article goes on to say that the Kiloyears. __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about terrestrial age of 4.4 kyr

2010-03-22 Thread Meteorites USA
Why would you kill a year? Regards, Eric On 3/22/2010 10:13 PM, Darren Garrison wrote: On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:07:59 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: age of 4.4 kyr. What does the kyr stand for and is this another way of saying years? The article goes on to say that the Kiloyears.

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about terrestrial age of 4.4 kyr

2010-03-22 Thread Sterling K. Webb
, March 22, 2010 11:07 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Question about terrestrial age of 4.4 kyr Hello Listers, Today has been a busy day about the topic of money and meteorites. I have more of a science question and hope someone could answer my question. I was reading an article tonight about NWA

Re: [meteorite-list] Question about terrestrial age of 4.4 kyr

2010-03-22 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:07:59 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: terrestrial age is consistent with the low degree of weathering (W1). I am guessing 4.4 kyr means 4.4 years from the low level BTW, if 869 had fallen just 4.4 years before it was found, there would be camels that are still running today.

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2010-03-22 Thread Chris Peterson
PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question about terrestrial age of 4.4 kyr Hi, Shawn, The abbreviation kyr stands for kiloyear or units of 1,000 years. 4.4 kyr = 4,4000 years. Slightly different, mya means million years ago. The term aeon or eon is often used to mean a stretch of one billion

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2010-03-22 Thread Shawn Alan
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2010-03-22 Thread Shawn Alan
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Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
Hey Darryl. I was searching something else and found a site called tv.com On a whim I entered meteorite in the search box and it returned 140 TV episodes with that term. Many are cartoons... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081

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2010-03-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
/12/10, Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:09 PM Hi Darren, Here's another you might hunt for. I

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2010-03-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
Sorry. Guess I need to catch up on the thread before I post. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

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2010-03-18 Thread Linton Rohr
: Richard Kowalski damoc...@yahoo.com To: meteorite list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE Hey Darryl. I was searching something else and found a site called tv.com On a whim I entered

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2010-03-18 Thread Greg Hupe
auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: Linton Rohr linton...@earthlink.net To: Richard Kowalski damoc...@yahoo.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-18 Thread Mark Bowling
I saw that clip - good for a laugh, but definitely low budget... - Original Message From: Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net To: Linton Rohr linton...@earthlink.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, March 18, 2010 12:15:54 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES

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2010-03-18 Thread Linton Rohr
: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE Hey Linton, Then there was the YouTube poolside party video a few months back, where the young, gospel-spreading man got drilled right through the chest by a red hot, smoking meteor, thus creating a really cool smoke ring. Unfortunately

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-17 Thread Greg Stanley
-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:42:26 -0500 Subject: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE Hi Everyone, I'm attempting to create a comprehensive list of pop cultural references in recent years in which meteorites appear in a supporting or lead role. I'm

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2010-03-13 Thread i...@niger-meteorite-recon.de
Hi Darryl,   at the risk this was already mentioned in a previous post:   http://www.uloc.de/screenshots/h/habf17_04_meteorit_marge_ohne_haare.jpg   Undoubtedly an icon of pop culture (and my favourite smoking meteorite).   Source: The Simpsons: Married to the Blob, Treehouse Of Horror XVII, David

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-13 Thread Carl 's
Hi All, I found it! I know Darryl closed this thread but I thought some of you might be interested. Green Acres, Season 5, The Beeping Rock, in 3 parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHDts1Lfdqc Carl2 I wrote: Here's another you might hunt for. I saw a portion of an episode of Green Acres

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-13 Thread Walter Branch
: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE Hiya I would like to thank contributors for their input on my query of meteorites in pop culture. Very helpful. Thank you! I hope you realize the increased frequency of meteorite hits in pop cultural references is not just due

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-13 Thread lebofsky
: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE Hiya I would like to thank contributors for their input on my query of meteorites in pop culture. Very helpful. Thank you! I hope you realize the increased frequency of meteorite hits in pop cultural references is not just due

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-13 Thread Walter Branch
, 2010 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE Hi Walter: I could hug you (I would say kiss you but might not be interpreted the right way). I have been using It Came From Outer Space for years in my class and since I also use 3D glasses, this is what I have been

[meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-12 Thread Darryl Pitt
Hi Everyone, I'm attempting to create a comprehensive list of pop cultural references in recent years in which meteorites appear in a supporting or lead role. I'm primarily looking at works of fiction but scientific references of the pop cultural ilk will be similarly welcome.

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2010-03-12 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Darryl, Great idea. Here are a few that readily come to mind - you probably already have these on the list. Some of these are not really meteorite-related per-se, but fit loosely in the group perhaps. Armageddon (movie) Deep Impact (movie) Lucifer's Hammer (book) Meteor Man (movie)

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2010-03-12 Thread Adam Hupe
You forgot Joe Dirt, his Radio Flyer wagon and mullet. Adam __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-12 Thread Mike Bandli
Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Darryl Pitt Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:42 AM To: Adam List Subject: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE Hi Everyone, I'm attempting to create

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