Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 1110 issues

stan . wrote: is there really any need for this? Yes, actually, this amounts to surrogate strewn field data to be studied at a future time when it is more technically practical. let's be realistic here for a moment. sure an nwa number is assigned to specific fragments you reported - but if the s

Re: [meteorite-list] Franconia wasNWA 1110 issues

Rob Wesel wrote: I see many on eBay as "Franconia area meteorite" the new NWA (Northwest Arizona). Bottom line, Adam is right but the model is impossible. Has anyone "certified" Franconia to be an area of meteorite coincentration and to fall under the new provisions? And who's political bound

[meteorite-list] List Member makes the Newspaper: Way to Go Dave F.

Former Cadillac man's life centers around meteorites, precious stones and adventure By DALE KILLINGBECK, CADILLAC NEWS Former Cadillac resident David Freeman knows a hot rock when he sees one. "I've found two diamonds in Wyoming a

[meteorite-list] eBay item 3929802989 - Authentic Moondust from Apollo 11

An old but favorite topic for the list: *Authentic Moondust from Apollo 11* or item search 3929802989 Interesting collection of metalic sphere, orange and biege glass, and breccia on a 3mm tria

Re: [meteorite-list] FOR SALE - 8 Campo del Cielo meteorites - movie clips

Now I have a new use for my old recordplayer! Thanks Tim for the inspiration. Elton Tim Heitz wrote: Dear Collector's I have listed 8 meteorites on e-bay, each one has two movie clips, one for dial up and one for broadband Below is an example, have a look (MOVIE-CLIP)- for broadband

[meteorite-list] Kewanee MAn Near Miss by a Meteorite(wrong)

OOooo... this one has worm holes and flakes of gold. *Meteorite just misses Kewanee man* /By Star Courier staff/ KEWANEE -- Pat Lee was working outside the Tool Time Rental building on South Main Street Saturday when he

Re: [meteorite-list] dark black inclusion

Sounds intirguing-- how about a nice set of photos so we can behold too? Feel Free to Email to me if you don't care to post them but I think we'd all like to see. Regards Elton Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! wrote: Hello list.It is very interesting to see what makes up a meteorite inside.From chondri

Re: [meteorite-list] FALL METEORITE SALE

First of all Steve--Happy Anniversary Ok is there a pun here? "FALL" meteorite sale Is this a sale of falls vs finds-- or is this a Fall Sale as in Autumn, Leaf Turning, Cider-sippi'n, Sale. Enquiring minds want to know. Regards, Elton Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! wrote: Hi again list.I

[meteorite-list] Two Slow moving meteors over NE Pennsylvania

Any de-orbit/decay expected tonight Sep 30, 2004 over Eastern North America? Perhaps there is a swarm in orbit-- both fireballs were very similar in look and trajectory. Interesting greenish color, low incandescant fireballs tonight at 8:21 and 8:27 Observed along Rt 209 in Carbon County Pennsyl

Re: [meteorite-list] Maybe time to move on....

If I weren't numb , Dave, I'd be flabbergasted at the beef you have with the list. Your post shows that you knew the conflict level. I don't see that you were turned on "at the drop of a hat". I think you've been tolerated but welcomed a very long time. You tweaked your nose at us when we r

[meteorite-list] Shiva: Another K-T impact? :: Astrobiology Magazine :: Search for Life in the Universe

Interesting claim of another K-T boundary impact. Nice photos and discussion of the Deccan Traps http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1281&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Re: [meteorite-list] willamette iron meteorite

I doubt there is any that is legally available for collectors now that the Feds have stepped in. I am pretty sure all the Willamette meteorite is claimed and ratified by a US Federal Court as a native religious artifact by the consolidated tribes in Oregon and thus subject to return to them. T

Re: [meteorite-list] give your opnion on this plz-Shrapnel?

Having lived and traveled Europe-- visiting old battlefields, be it remembered that this region was afflicted with 2-3 significant wars and altered artifacts are all over the place. Shrapnel tends to alter to Campo like lumps. Tilling in fields and stream tumbling can make them very meteor

Re: [meteorite-list] More Great News Nikon Coolpix Camera

Owner's manual...??? what R a owner's manual? E.J. David Freeman wrote: Dear List; It has been kindly pointed out by one of our nicest list members that my camera also comes with an owners manual which helps us take better pictures, and to set the light adjustment to compensate for different li

[meteorite-list] Harvey Award Nomination: Pravda

Ok!!! This is serious folks Pay attention the fate of the world is at stake. I read it in Pravda so it must be true.- Our Souls are all go ruin for sure! What we have all suspected has been confirmed in the press and by the Jakartanese Air Forces: Someone is sending meteorites toward earth. A

RE: [meteorite-list] Kentucky?

Hi, list: Sorry to get into this late, but better late than never! I visited the Middlesboro area for the second time a couple of months ago, and recommend going to see it. Driving into town on the main road from the Interstate, it's clear that the geology is different from the surrounding are

Re: [meteorite-list] Accusation.. W as Odd Rock - Is it...??

For Pete's sake it is a friggin "visit" cookie that Lycos or Geocities or Yahoo all attempt to place when going to any of their sites. Doug said he knew it wasn't a meteortite but asked what it was. Sorry Charly that we disturbed your winter hybernation. Elton Charles Viau wrote: That sit

Re: [meteorite-list] Is there room for a meteorite question ?

Hello Lars, The cooling speed must remain within the limits of a few degrees per million years for the nickel atoms to migrate and align. I think the temperature bands where Widmanstätten pattern (i.e. taenite/kamacite lattices) can occur is between 1400° and 800°C. (pressure relative). Abov

[meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite or just a wierd rock? foundary plug]

Hello David, For all my experience in researching old mines and old furnaces, it is trough plug from a foundry operation. Some foundries, especially older ones that didn't have overhead cranes and large crucibles have channels in the floor from the furnace to a bank(tree) of molds. The molte

Re: [meteorite-list] Question Orissa

Orrisa fell at the begining of a record monsoon if you recall Mike Farmer's post from the scene. I don't know why Orrisa is full of metal--go figure that a meteorite with metal..I ask for my money back! Elton M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote: Hello Why Orissa, a fresh fall, have sign of rus

[meteorite-list] Streak'n

Great Idea Mark! The tank lid of an american standard toilet will also work in a pinch--or so I've been told...(grin) The back of a floor tile can be used also. Watch about using shards as they also can cut. A good diagnostic streak is at least the size of a jumbo pencil lead. Minerals which

Re: [meteorite-list] A Blast From Heaven? Canary ISlands

Hello Jose Campos wrote: I would like to know more about that island in the Azores (?) being watched for a possible massive landslide. If my memory is right, I think that I read (quite sometime ago, some 2 yrs ago or so), about something similar - but refering to one of the Canary islands - not

Re: [meteorite-list] Fusion crust vs desert varnish?

Good Question and a long standing sleeper discussion on the list. Most of all of the NWA's I have actually held in my hand don't show what is true desert varnish. Many however show "wind polishing" and that abrades the original fusion crust away to a degree. The cheaper NWA's are so weather

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite or just a wierd rock? foundary plug

Hello David, For all my experience in researching old mines and old furnaces, it is trough plug from a foundry operation. Some foundries,  especially older ones that didn't have overhead cranes and large crucibles have channels in the floor from the furnace to a bank(tree) of molds.  The mol

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireballs and Electrophonic sounds

Hello Mike, Research on Electrophonic sounds related to fireballs is a work in progress and the book is still on page one. There are many widely placed reports and in Mongolia within the past 5-6 years a scientific expedition was recording audio and captuerd the sound. Current (no pun intended

Re: [meteorite-list] Help with Posting-Theads if anyone has ever wondered

I assume you want your replies to be indents under the original questio, thus remaining chronologically located in the "thread"and much more easy to follow. Depending on your software there is a thread code, or message ID chain, embedded somewhere in the header so that when you reply, other ma

Re: [meteorite-list] Yafa fall: prices--Congratulations!

ll in July 15, 2000. We cut a small piece of it, and it was evident that it belongs to Yafa (13 42'40" N, 45 10'12" E), which was classified as Ordinary Chondrite H5 [MetBull 86, see also http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~isotrace/yafapix2.htm]. This person wants me to sell t

Re: [meteorite-list] kudos-Why sell if it off in pieces?

I guess it is yours to do with as you wish--- but it is a terrible shame to sell it off in pieces when it's most wonderful feature is the way it goes back together! For classification I could perhaps see sending a corner piece-- but to sell off a miracle meteorite in pieces seems cruel and un

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Stewnfields??

The short answer is-- like everywhere else, they have been accumulating over time but they've been in deep freeze for eons and there have been no meteorite list members there to pick them up--well actually there have been some meteorite list members there picking them up but that is another s

Re: [meteorite-list] Patterns in Sikhote-Alin-Social Circle

Just some more meteorite trivia... Some irons (e.g Social Circle, GA USA) have very distorted patterns suggesting remelting. The current theory is that this meteorite passed very close to the sun and in doing so came close to reblending the whole Widmanstatten pattern/ taenite crystal latti

Re: [meteorite-list] They're baaaaack.....

RUMOR CONTROL: Nicolas Cage is reported to have a 680+ gram piece so I doubt this is the largest piece in private hands. Elton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2211392065&category=3239 __ Meteorite-list mail

[meteorite-list] Re: Neuschwanstein<--First Find Photo and SALE

Not many list members were aware, but my son and I were on the scene in April hunting for this meteorite. While the first suspected finds were actually bitumen/ asphalt --(any expert should be able to distinguish asphalt from a real meteorite,Duh!) and the discussion drug on and on on in the l

Re: [meteorite-list] First Detection of Carbon Monoxide in Uranus

I always thought it was methane coming in y'ur anus geeze now it is carbon monioxide too! I guess flatus sniffing is dnagerous eah? What?..one momentYes Rozanna Rozanna Dana? er Emily Lutella. oh! Nevermind. Ron Baalke wrote: Observatoire de Paris Paris, France

Re: [meteorite-list] Strewn fields vs Distribution Ellipses

Hello List, Let me throw this out to help clarify the concepts. I have a statistical major but after my accident some procedures are fuzzy to me and today most is done by computers anyway, so bear with me. I'll try too post a field technique for estimating an ellipse another time. The strewn f

Re: [meteorite-list] Christmas Day Mars Landing (Beagle 2)

Yes you should be proud Mark But a fiver will get you a tener that 99/100^th of NASA’s technology is involved at one stage or another ( stage? get it?) It is a Great Christmas Gift to us all. God Speed Beagle2! Elton mark ford wrote: I think us Brits should be proud of Beagle2 ! - Even if it

Re: [meteorite-list] STATESBORO BLUES

Reality is like rain...it has to soak in. Let him try to broker it for a while and when the buyers walk away the price will come down... The possibility is that Jerry was misquoted. As of yet we don't know if he has actually talked to anyone who knows true values/ prices. I am sure if t

[meteorite-list] Libya allows unconditional entry of WMD Inspectors

Libya just announced its dismantleing of its WMD program and will admit international inspectors.Can Meteorite Hunters be close behind? Elton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] x-Boötis (Quadrantids) Meteor Shower

physics), have found that most of the potential solutions with the required Jan. 1491 perihelion date yield 0.5 < q < 0.6 AU in 1491, and this is probably too small to fit the data used by Hasegawa. Values in the more acceptable range of 0.7 < q < 0.8 AU (and 0.80 > e > 0.75) c

Re: [meteorite-list] List as bad as blog!

Congrats! Good work. Now you know at least that that name is setting you up. I do similar things with addresses that move freely amongst the many "free and throw away" accounts Over the years has anyone else ever wondered if and why so many of the "So n So's Our Hero, Stop Bashing Him !, En

Re: [Meteorite-list] re: Astroids associated with meteorites (McSween)

Hello Jerry, You probably are thinking of "Meteorites and Their Parent Bodies" 2nd Edition by Harry (Hap ) McSween, Jr -- whist not assisting on the Martian projects is from my alma mater, the Univ. of Tennessee @Knoxville. (IMHO) until the Nortons came along with "Rocks in Space" and subse

Re: [meteorite-list] tkw of campo silicates

Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! wrote: I just cannot seem to put 2 and 2 together Possibly the greatest understatement ever seen in the annals (anal, too!) of meteorite communication Would someone translate this pedantic prose of mine to the person asking this question? If he would

Re: [meteorite-list] ....a question about apollo material

Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! wrote: ...I have a question regarding OWNING apollo material.Why can we not own any of this material? The reason is is is against federal law for private ownership of Apollo samples. There seems to be some loopholes for "dust" which for a time was confiscated by NASA

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Video Footage of our trip to Oman

Maybe it is just me but... Darren Garrison wrote: balgh blagh blagh yada yada would never buy photos from someone who wasn't established to my satisfaction . And THAT is why I didn't even concider for a SECOND paying for a unseen, non-profesional video by someone who's abilities I had NO

[meteorite-list] On This Day - June 7, 1923... UK fall

On This Day - June 7, 1923 What a labourer thought was gunfire was a rare meteorite. THE Natural History Museum at South Kensington has received a very rare and interesting gift in the shape of a meteorite, which fell just before 1pm

Re: [meteorite-list] thin section waste?-an explaination

Ok folks... a little knowledge is a dangerous thing- and I prefer a safe list. Thin sections: Why? Thin sections are made for petrological studies-- and of course for we Obsessive Compulsive Collectors just because they exist and no fancy meteorite specimen is complete with out metal label a

Re: [meteorite-list] boy oh boy

ites for $96-type posts) and I predict the list will not have another "put Steve in time out" fest. Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! wrote a classic: "I can't seem to put 2 + 2 together..." EJ BTW Interesting development in the legal world: The Illinois State Attorney General

Re: [meteorite-list] this goes out to J. W. and to Steve's Special Friends

A BFO just hit me --no, not a bolide but a Blinding Flash of the Obvious ( Oblivious to some)-- "tDe Nile" River runs through Chicago as well as North East Africa. I know Steve isn't reading this directly( yeah? Right!), cause I am in "time out" by Steve --and I never made the bashem list. S

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 4th of July/nice weekend

A Hardy Good Morning to you and yours, Mr. Steve and may you have a great one also! To our friends from GB-- Reay Sorry 'bout that unique method of tea brewing in Boston, ya know. Again, to our best friends in the UK and all around the world Independence twas the one of the truly sere

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - warm or hot to the touch?

Hello Guys and Gals, The Mohahans fall was reported by the young finders to be barely "hot potato" holdable owing to the warmth. As to the Portales Valley and the tarp, I believe there was a bit of debate as to whether or not the tarp was melted or embedded. As an alumni of Ft Hood, Texas I

Re: [meteorite-list] like this deal'll ever go thru...

Anyone have an idea who the "Bruce W." is that told this "i'll-litter-it all over Ebay" Seller that he "no doubt" has the real McCoy ( totally insider pun) How ironic that "Peenutgrl" was the opening bidder. Elton harlan trammell wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&categor

Re: [meteorite-list] Wanted (AD)

Speaking of Dutch Meteorites..what became of the object that punched through a warehouse roof there a few years back. I faintly recall it being a possible hoax. Elton PS:Post all the wanted or ads one like so long as ONE is considerate. Jan Bartels wrote: Hello listoids, Since there's at

Re: [meteorite-list] Steve's posts<--forged ?

Hello Cyber Sleuth's and Peace Loving Meteorite Enthusiasts! I am not in anyway trying to participate in the latest round of I, Steve. (But by writing this I guess I am and I have previously apologized for THIS post in my previous posts) This is about the supporters of His Works perhaps follo

Re: [meteorite-list] The Scorpion and the Turtle wasList policies and ad posts thoughts

s they can influence the way of things and this particular individual choses to do so by destroying and disrupting-- He is a scorpion it is just his nature. It always has been and always will be--it is just his nature--it- is -j u s t-- h i s --n a t u r e.. It isn't going to change. This S

Re: [meteorite-list] Question on oriented SA shrapnel

I've been around this so long ,it never occured to to think this was the result of ground impact, but I understand how it would look that way. When one thinks about it, All or the SAwe find was shrapnel-form at the beginning of breakup. Fragments which separated earlier had longer opportunity

Re: [meteorite-list] IAU SPEAKS OUT ON 2003 UB313 PLANET STATUS

Greetings, Wasn't Pluto given dual status a few years back when it was facing demotion. I thought in addition to the 9th planet it was assigned KBO 1000...right? wrong? partially right? Elton Sterling K. Webb wrote: Hi, The IAU has made an official announcement on the question of whet

[meteorite-list] Full disclosure and list conventions-OT

Perhaps a bit off topic except that it deals with the list itself. I've remained silent hoping the practice would go away but it hasn't. Sunshine is a good disinfectant. Call me paranoid, nosy, or confrontational-- but do not call me out because I choose to speak up about games/ploys someone

Re: [meteorite-list] re: meteorite lands near Mt. Fuji Japan

Dirk can add to this as he wishes, however Mt Fuji is around 12,400ft±--(I walked up part of it and am still out of breath 2 years later) Any trail falling below the near crest would indicate incandescence below 12,000. (2miles±) and would be sufficient for estimating 10k ft. Somewhere, I re

[meteorite-list] Estimating distance and height ... was meteorite lands near Mt. Fuji Japan

Chris Peterson wrote: In order for a much smaller object to persist to low height would require a very unusual combination of conditions. This was 20 years ago, this particular meteorite; Maryville,TN 1983, I observed coming in around 4 am in the morning so it had a high relative speed; a

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Recovered from Jan 4th Bolide over Iberia(Spain)

Not trying to beat anyone with a scoop but since this hasn't hit the list I am posting the info from Ed Majden's post to Meteorobs Elton Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:14:48 -0800 From: Ed Majden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: (meteorobs) Jan 4 fireball meteorite recovery I just received this email fro

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Spirit Restored to Health

NASA doesn't want you to know that it may have gotten a "virus"e-mail or otherwise.(just kidding) MyDoom doesn't take long to fill up any in box anywhere! Actually, the memory, CPU and bus speeds are low, for amongst other things I suspect, because they op

Re: [meteorite-list] shatter cone help?(quazi-risque)

Hello Tom, List, Scone Lovers Usually the material for sale is cone sections, rarely symmetrical, with or without other partial cones. There is usually one or more on eBlagh Humbug. Here is a great one and, if you can get a matched pair, you can have all the impact fantasies you can handle. T

[meteorite-list] Elemental Abundances

edu/JCESoft/Programs/PTL/Sample/Plots/univabnd.html> . Below our feet, there is an terrestrial abundance <http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/elterr.html> which is actually an estimate of the abundance in the lithosphere(crust and upper mantle). This does not include the deep man

Re: [meteorite-list] Fair Use...wasIt is ridiculous now.

Doug's tretise was pretty accurate yet we continue to gnash our e-teeth, and I agree with most of what John said. They have said it the way it is and I write this to only propose a compromise as to bringing the questionable auctions to the attention of the list. I implore all, ag

[meteorite-list] Re:Survival after a large impact event

There is always the Donner Protocol mark ford wrote: Mankind would have to live off food reserves until food could be grown there are more short term food reserves in towns and cities, my point was that - sure millions would die __ Meteorite-list mai

[meteorite-list] Fwd: New Issue: Fossil Meteorites

Interesting science effort on ID of fossil meteorites and meteorite flux in the Devonian 480 million years ago. Elton Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD] New this month: Tiny Traces of a Big Asteroid Breakup Fossil meteorites and chromite

[meteorite-list] Why not oil /diamond blades for cutting meteorites?

Ok, I know this was covered recently but my archives are gone. I've been here years but, pretend I haven't and review for me the technical nuiances. Why is cutting with transformer oil not desirable for cutting/ windowing meteorites? Why do some recommend a carbide blade vs a diamond blade

RE: [meteorite-list] Pluto help

Hi, Tom: Take a look at the Kuiper Belt Home Page. The formation and dynamics of the trans-Neptunian region are still poorly understood, but this page will give you an idea of what's being studied. There's also a pretty good book called "Bey

Re: [meteorite-list] Stones partly burried in the dessert sand

As to oxide coloration, I have been recently reading over the research on the Triassic sandstone "red beds" which were laid down around the time of the last Euro-Aftican-North American rift. Consequently the same formation has exposures in southwest Europe, Morocco, and The north eastern US.

Re: [meteorite-list] Sonic Booms Associated With Recovered Falls?

Eye/Ear witness observation: Maryville, TN, USA 1983, Bolide 1-2 kg single well rounded stone(H5?) recovered Yes to the report of the bolide, Yes to the sonic boom. Possible as to echo from distant ridges12-18 miles away. Angle of decent was apparently vertical from the observer's perspective

Re: [meteorite-list] Tatahouine:Slickensides vs Shattercones

Hello Steve, List. You raise a couple questions about geologic structures so here is the scoop and why. These photos are not an example of "slickenside". Zag, however, has the definitive example of slickenside found within a meteorite. a slickenside appears polished--hence the term "slick".

Re: [meteorite-list] Classification -Nickel test

I understand that the popular "ahem-bay nickel test kit" returns a false positive in the presence of iron. Could someone else validate this? Elton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorit

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Emailing: www.geocaching<--Virus

Classic virus infection-- reads a part of a legitimate email in one's "sent" mail box, truncate and attaches itself to emails going out to the infected person's address book. Elton THis isn't your viris alert just there was a lot of emails going out about this post. Dennis Wells wrote: Who

Re: [meteorite-list]Silicosis's technical name... was Sheath

Like "flu" stands for influenza, "silicosis" gives rise to the longest named disease in the English Language: Pneumono-ultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: Noninfectious form of silicosis, aka miner's lung disease. You heard it here. I knew some day I would be able to use this bit of tr

Re: [meteorite-list] mafic igneous rocks

Virtualy all the ferro-magnesium silicates (pyroxenes, amphiboles etc) are by definition iron bearing. I don't think they are magneticlly attractive. Magnetite, usually in very small grains, can occur in them. Alteration by water can produce hematite which can be magnetically attractive and u

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the world standards for petrographical preparations(polarization microscopy)

I am also interested in the use of "quartz" as index markers. This isn't in any of my reference books. Are they attached to the specimen and ground at the same time as the thin section? Another question I have. Is there a house that specializes in preparation? Kinda of like the $2 a carat fa

Re: [meteorite-list] New Zealand meteorite--Hot Rock debate is back

A New Zealand newspaper reports: <>"There was just a huge explosion and we looked around and there was just dust everywhere," says Brenda Archer. What they didn't expect to find was a very hot rock.--note a "very hot rock". Would anyone who is in touch with the Archer's pursue this asspect in

Re: [meteorite-list] Video re New Zealand event

I hope Joel told them to not throw away any of the items which were struck, gouged, or otherwise penetrated. Hummm...What is the exchange rate for NZ currency now adays? What is the fair value rate in New Orleans terms...? (ok just a little satire folks) Actually the report was very well don

Re: [meteorite-list] Moldavite question Ozocerite

Yes as to the glass and amorphous nature of moldavites. The New Agers aren't concerned with technical accuracy. I have some ozocerite (aka Olefinite(?)) that the late Darryl Futrell gave me. I believe some early naturalist thought tektites reported that they were hardened wax or prehistoric

Re: [meteorite-list] Wire Fraud and Computer Theft wasThe Animal

As I understand it, under both US and EU statutes, it is the crime of "theft of computer services" to access a digital network, system, instant messaging service, newsgroup, etc. when one is not authorized to do so. Repeatedly changing names and rejoining under false identity when one has bee

[meteorite-list] Fireball (sic)story from Egypt July 15

Cross Posted from the Meteorobs LIst Gist: Several shacks caught fire owing to a meteor storm/meteor strike. From the Meteorobs list. Date: 16 Jul 2004 09:27:50 - From: "Bharat Adur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Burning houses in Egypt? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite? New Lunar from Sweden(sic)

I vote for slag as well.. Speaking of... did anyone else get an unsolicited series of photos from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" aka göran lindfors advertising the new Swedish Lunar with blue and green glass(!) plus assortment of other meteorites--one so soft a knife could cut it? They apparently cam

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay shipping

excessive. Other than bragging rights and the obstinence/bluff position it garners, what I have done may have little effect but could make for interesting e-commerce contract law precedence. I have used it twice now and the seller either revised their shipping costs or else canceled the auct

[meteorite-list] Uvlade Texas Crater Contorversy

To save the list from the inane registration process at MySanantonio.com site here is the article: * Will 'Rosetta Stone' prove Uvalde crater? * * Web Posted: 01/16/2005 12:00 AM CST * * Zeke MacCormack San Antonio Express-News * UVALDE — The origin of a 2-mile-wide depression outside this town h

Re: [meteorite-list] Opinions wanted on an NWA

Hello Darren, The low number of chondrules indicates a 5 or 6 IMHO. I wouldn't rule out "H" as H is not just free metal but overall metal content amongst other things. Outwardly the color of the matrix looks more like olivine. The black veins are probably a dark purple if you look closely. It i

[meteorite-list] Minnesota Meteorite "Found" again after years in the Garage

Carpenter unearths meteorite on the job *Rock is one of the largest found in Minnesota* *BY BOB SHAW* *Pioneer Press* When Al Stegora first saw his piece of the sky, he wasn't sure what it was. He was digging a sewer line at a home in Champlin in the 1970s and was just finishing up the work with

Re: [meteorite-list] willowdale, kansas

I imagine he has high prices because he can find someone willing to pay them. Just a thought. Is this the newbie from OR that we are talking about? Elton Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! wrote: Hi again list.I just picked up my 16 gram fragment of WILLOWDALE,KANSAS TODAY.A very nice piece.It was part of

Re: [meteorite-list] What great hobby!!

Do you also exclude that these threats couldn't be but a "red herring" made from and to the same person? It has been done before. Very effectively! A deflection technique seen daily in the domestic courts and on certain discussion list and news groups...Hum. Elton Darren Garrison wrote

Re: [meteorite-list] What is it??

Actually folks..there IS a glass impactite found at Meteor Crater. I have read the research long ago but not sure Iremember what it looks like. I even think HHN wrote about it. Elton Jan Bartels wrote: Hi List, A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor Crater one of the crewmembers gav

[meteorite-list] Pool on the Chi-town collector's er I mean "Dealer"'s return?

Whos is running the pool onwell you know what...te he he wink wink Elton __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] just quit the IMCA

Gosh Tom, I don't know what to say other than... I hope you don't let the door hit you in the a-- on the way out... Oh BTW--Is this temporary or will it be like your pasts resignations to the hobby? Didn't someone sponsor you when you couldn't pay your dues for IMCA? Talk about disloyal. Perh

Re: [meteorite-list] AD OT Pope Hit by Meteorite /New Orleans connection

Michael Farmer wrote: Simple, you refuse to admit that the POPE does not belong on this list unless a meteorite falls on him. Actually *Pope-hit-by-meteorite sculpture auctioned for £620,000* http://ananova.com/news/story/sm_297692.html

Re: [meteorite-list] (AD) update on spring meteorite sale

I' d prefer not to be impolite either, but well heck today I am in a "Steve" mode and I don't give a rats tail about any agreement I've ever made no anyone else. I am getting a DAILY sometimes twice a day-- auction status/ update/ spring sale yada yada reminders from Steve in Chicago (

Re: [meteorite-list] Franconia Field Trip

Hello Larry, List. I am coming late to the table but I was looking through those wonderful photos today. I noticed recent/new vegetation growing from under a couple of the stones. If these were still in situ, doesn't this suggest a recent fall? Or a fall within the lifetime of the underlying

Re: [meteorite-list] Canyon Diablo....was Is Amgala Official? / New Bulletin

Hello Tom and list That was the happenstance location* in the northwestward quadrant of what was to become identified as the strewn field where meteorites from this find were first identified by science. (1891? all though, meteorites from this field were known and traded much earlier). The cra

[meteorite-list] Source of Birthday Meteorite Info

Hi everyone, Monica Grady's Catalog of Meteorites will search the data base by any date selected and print reports. I hope everyone has a copy of the data base. Steve __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/ma

[meteorite-list] Catalog of Meteorites - Source

Hello again, Just a follow up. If you don't have the Catalog of Meteorites by Monica Grady, it's available on Amazon.com. See: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521663032/qid=1025703835/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-4208449-1583951 Steve __ Meteo

Re: [meteorite-list] Ready To Tackle Armageddon (Don Quixote Mission)

Hey All, I just hope they knock it the right way and not towards us. Remember the Peter Principle. Steve Ron Baalke wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2166598.stm > > 'Ready to tackle Armageddon' > By Ivan Noble > BBC News > August 9, 2002 > > A space mission to knock a > potent

Re: [meteorite-list] (no subject)

We know!! We know. Jeez, enough already. Steve Smith "Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!" wrote: > Hello list. I have even better news. I'm offering the 12.5 gram slice of > the TUCSON RING for the same price. This is the one for sale, not the 10 > gram slice. But think, you are getting 2.5 grams mo

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

..answer > the following, borrowed from my archive of Meteorite Contest Ideals > left over from Contest #6 If you could go meteorite hunting > anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? Please send e-mail > to the list, contest will be open till next monday. Thanks, Mark >

Re: [meteorite-list] pariah of the list

Ms. Hackney,   Sorry, we are incapable of comprehending the difficulty you endure in attempting to communicate with those of lessor intelligence.  It must be such a hardship for you.     We, the mentally deficient of the list, will not miss the endless minutiae of your replies.  Please, go play

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