[meteorite-list] Moon Trees

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 20:37:10 -0700
Message-ID: <D1FBBE053D1D4391B2448262ECC5F434_at_bosoheadPC>

Al, great info. For all following this thread of thought (my specimens
moving in my cabinet...and I'm not joking about it)...a piece of wisdom for
us all. I haven't exposed my specimes to magnets, yet, not being the
original finder (what a grand thing that would be to find individual
Seymchan siderites, oriented at that...I'll post some pics if anyone is
interested by the way)...there is no telling what the previous holders of
these specimens did with a rare-earth magnet.

This is the most plausible of explanations I have heard yet. I'm curious
if any other Listers have discovered this stuff along the way....chime in!
(The CV3 3118 moving is still weird.)

This also brings up an interesting issue: how many of us have used a
rare-earth magnet to estimate magnetic suseptibility on our NWAxxxs if for
no other reason to get an idea of L or H? For that matter, unless I am the
original finder and guarantee to myself that a rare-earth magnet hasn't
swayed (or comromised/contaminated) the indiginous magnetic properties of a
meterite newly introduced to humanity...how do we know if it's been
compromised?????



----- Original Message -----
From: "al mitt" <almitt at kconline.com>
To: "Richard Kowalski" <kowalski at lpl.arizona.edu>; "Meteorite List"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Trees


> Hi Richard and all,
>
> One of the Shuttle Missions I covered at the Kennedy Space Center, took up
> seeds that were eventually brought back down and given to school kids to
> plant later on to study any anomalies.
>
> I believe that meteorites (small) have been take up and brought back down
> but not planted :-)
>
> Also Richard Montgomery, If I've told dealers and collectors once, I've
> told them a hundred times to not touch magnets to their meteorites as it
> magnetizes them :-) Seriously though, studies on magnetic properties are
> conducted and specimens that haven't been altered by magnets are needed to
> check these weak magnetic fields.
>
> --AL Mitterling
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Kowalski" <kowalski at lpl.arizona.edu>
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 9:28 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Moon Trees
>
>
>> Changing threads here.
>>
>> Tracy,
>>
>> I believe you are talking about the "Moon Trees". Trees that were grown
>> from seeds taken to the moon and brought back during the Apollo 14
>> mission.
>>
>> There are a number of first generation trees around the United States.
>>
>> We have one right outside the main entrance of the Lunar and Planetary
>> Lab here in Tucson (between the Kuiper Space Sciences building and the
>> Flandrau Planetarium) Ours is a Sycamore. I've collected some seeds from
>> it and will be trying to sprout a second generation Moon Tree from it.
>>
>> The other species of Moon Trees are Loblolly Pine, Sweetgum, Redwood, and
>> Douglas Fir.
>>
>> Since there has never been a mission that has returned from Mars, there
>> are no "Mars Trees". (Yet)
>>
>> I have to say when I head into the office it is kinda neat to know the
>> seed that this tree grew from did make a trip to the moon and back.
>>
>> More about Moon Trees and their locations can be found here:
>>
>> http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html
>>
>> --
>> Richard Kowalski
>> Catalina Sky Survey
>> Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
>> University of Arizona
>> http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 7/2/10, tracy latimer <daistiho at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > From: tracy latimer <daistiho at hotmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites are very powerful stones!
>> > To: warren3174 at hotmail.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> > Date: Friday, July 2, 2010, 5:34 PM
>> >
>> > I remember a short story about trees grown from seeds which
>> > had been taken on expeditions to other planets. The
>> > original tree was from a seed taken to the Moon, and it had
>> > a calming effect on those nearby. The tree came down
>> > (I don't remember the circumstances) and was replaced by a
>> > seedling from a Mars expedition. Trouble is, the tree
>> > was near some type of world peace conference...
>> >
>> > Best!
>> > Tracy Latimer
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