[meteorite-list] Final report on analysis of fake martian meteorites sold on ebay

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On 6/5/12, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Spoken by somebody who is obviously out of touch:
>
>
> ?The skill level that some collectors have to get stones out of Africa
> rivals that of drug dealers,? says Dr. Harvey. ?It?s clear that
> meteorites are so valuable to these collectors that they?re more than
> happy to get them and worry about the cost in terms of legality later
> on.?
>
> More of this drug dealer crap.
>
> Some people will never learn. Cutting down other markets will not build up
> the case for more Antarctic funding. Collaboration is where it is at. This
> latest falls have demonstrated this handily! It appears a balance was
> struck and now we have out-of-touch, old-school thinking creeping out of
> nowhere when it is totally unnecessary.
>
>
> The meteorite market would be considered near pristine if compared to other
> markets. One just needs to look at the gemstone, fossil and artifact
> markets to conclude this.
>
> Happy Hunting,
>
> Adam
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 16:28:12 -0500
From: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Transit of Venus to take place in less then
an hour!
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
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Hi List. The Transit of Venus will occur here in the Eastern United
States 
around 5-7 pm. or around 2-4 pm. on the West coast. The weather here in 
Rochester, NY is in decent shape, so it looks like I will have a great 
chance to view this for the second time as I was fortunate to see the
2004 
transit as well. I will do my best to take a few photos and post them to
my 
Website for those who want to check it out in case you missed it due to 
weather or having to work etc.
Sincerely
Don Merchant
Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
www.ctreasurescwonders.com
IMCA #0960 
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:36:49 +0100
From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Transit of Venus to take place in less
then an hour!
To: Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Cc: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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Hi Don,
Just watching a BBC Horizon show about transits at this
moment....looks like i will have to get up at dawn to just get a
glimpse before it exits the sun. I saw the full transit in 2004...a
page with some of my shots here...
http://www.derbyastronomy.org/VenusTransit.htm
Weather not looking very promising for my second observation though.
Graham
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Don Merchant
<dmerchan at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> Hi List. The Transit of Venus will occur here in the Eastern United States
> around 5-7 pm. or around 2-4 pm. on the West coast. The weather here in
> Rochester, NY is in decent shape, so it looks like I will have a great
> chance to view this for the second time as I was fortunate to see the 2004
> transit as well. I will do my best to take a few photos and post them to my
> Website for those who want to check it out in case you missed it due to
> weather or having to work etc.
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
> www.ctreasurescwonders.com
> IMCA #0960
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:52:00 -0700
From: "Richard Montgomery" <rickmont at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Transit of Venus to take place in less
then anhour!
To: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>,
<Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Message-ID: <298405A3541C48428AB031C102A4864A at bosoheadPC>
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Hi List,
A great place to see a huge file-size "live" image (refresh every 15 
minutes) is Nasa'a Astronomy Picture of the Day...find the feed on their
archive page, at the top via http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html .
Just about to start here on the left coast.
Also, Gary (BK) has some great links to watching from Hawaii, links on
his 
FaceBook page.
Richard Montgomery
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Transit of Venus to take place in less then 
anhour!
> Hi List. The Transit of Venus will occur here in the Eastern United States 
> around 5-7 pm. or around 2-4 pm. on the West coast. The weather here in 
> Rochester, NY is in decent shape, so it looks like I will have a great 
> chance to view this for the second time as I was fortunate to see the 2004 
> transit as well. I will do my best to take a few photos and post them to 
> my Website for those who want to check it out in case you missed it due to 
> weather or having to work etc.
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
> www.ctreasurescwonders.com
> IMCA #0960
> ______________________________________________
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 14:18:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] 54 Auctions Ending In A Few Hours!
To: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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Dear List Members,
I have 54 nice auctions ending in a few hours. 
Great bargains this week
Link to all auctions:
http://shop.ebay.com/raremeteorites!/m.html
Thank you for looking,
Kind Regards,
Adam
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:08:30 +0200
From: "karmaka" <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Transit of Venus to take place in less
then anhour!
To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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IT HAS STARTED !!!
Enjoy!
Von: "Richard Montgomery" <rickmont at earthlink.net>
An: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>,
<Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Transit of Venus to take place in less
then anhour!
Datum: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:52:00 +0200
Hi List,
A great place to see a huge file-size "live" image (refresh every 15 
minutes) is Nasa'a Astronomy Picture of the Day...find the feed on their
archive page, at the top via http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html .
Just about to start here on the left coast.
Also, Gary (BK) has some great links to watching from Hawaii, links on
his 
FaceBook page.
Richard Montgomery
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Transit of Venus to take place in less then 
anhour!
> Hi List. The Transit of Venus will occur here in the Eastern United States 
> around 5-7 pm. or around 2-4 pm. on the West coast. The weather here in 
> Rochester, NY is in decent shape, so it looks like I will have a great 
> chance to view this for the second time as I was fortunate to see the 2004 
> transit as well. I will do my best to take a few photos and post them to 
> my Website for those who want to check it out in case you missed it due to 
> weather or having to work etc.
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
> www.ctreasurescwonders.com
> IMCA #0960
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:54:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Venus Live NOW happening witness it!
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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Dear List,
Venus Transit is live NOW:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2012/06/venus-transit-live-56jun2012.html
Dirk Ross...Tokyo
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 09:45:00 +0930
From: chris handler <cmhandler at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Transit of Venus to take place in less
then an hour!
To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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The transit about five minutes ago from here in Adelaide, Australia;
http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww195/cmhandler/CSC_0242.jpg
On 6/6/12, Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> Hi List. The Transit of Venus will occur here in the Eastern United States
> around 5-7 pm. or around 2-4 pm. on the West coast. The weather here in
> Rochester, NY is in decent shape, so it looks like I will have a great
> chance to view this for the second time as I was fortunate to see the 2004
> transit as well. I will do my best to take a few photos and post them to my
>
> Website for those who want to check it out in case you missed it due to
> weather or having to work etc.
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
> www.ctreasurescwonders.com
> IMCA #0960
>
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 17:44:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Wade <norsewarrior_99 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] help with Identifying
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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Hello all,I am a hunter,I came across this find in central Illinios,I
know its not the greatest place.but it came to me from living here.I
believe it is a carbonaceous chondrite,it is very unique,loaded with
chondrules,they form following trails inside the matrix,native rocks
dont produce.It's surface is weathered,but still has some fusion
crust.The whole rock weights 7 kg.you can look at it
at,http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r531/norsewarrior_99/rock123.jpg,,hope
you all can help me out,Thanks for your time...
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:51:46 +0000
From: tracy latimer <daistiho at hotmail.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Venus transit in HI
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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WE are getting some good pictures here; one of my friends is taking a
shot about every 5-10 min and we hope to get some of them online after.?
Viewing contidions range from terrible (Oahu is socked in, with rain at
the primary viewing spot) to adequate (Maui has intermittent clouds, but
Haleakala is mostly cloudy) to nice on the Big Island (Gary, are you
seeing some good stuff?)
Best!
Tracy Latimer
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:02:04 -0500
From: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Transit of Venus Pictures I took for all to
see!!
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
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Hi List. I had a beautiful view with clear skies of this remarkable
Transit! 
I am sorry to those who Mother Nature spoiled the view with bad weather.
I 
was able to see exactly as Venus just entered the very limb of the Sun. 
Quite spectacular. What really caught my eye and was an extra treat of
many 
sunspot groups that were visible! What an extra added bonus. If you
would 
like to see the pictures I took including the Sunspots click the link to
my 
Website below and it will take you directly to that page. I added a blog
if 
any one wants to post there thoughts or experiences of this cosmic
event.
*
Transit of Venus Pictures I Took
http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/2012_venus_transit.html?r=20120605205859
*
*
*
Sincerely
Don Merchant
Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
www.ctreasurescwonders.com
IMCA #0960 
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 22:00:03 -0400
From: Mike Tettenborn <tett at rogers.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Venus transit in HI
To: tracy latimer <daistiho at hotmail.com>
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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Gorgeous views in Southern Ontario this night. A real treat to see
through sun filters on my 8x50 binos. 
Had the knife throwing gang at my place tonight and we all put down our
knives and had some wonderful cerebral minutes viewing the transit
before going back to slaughtering my wood targets.
Cheers!
tett
Mike Tettenborn
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
tett at rogers.com
On 2012-06-05, at 8:51 PM, tracy latimer wrote:
> 
> WE are getting some good pictures here; one of my friends is taking a shot about every 5-10 min and we hope to get some of them online after. Viewing contidions range from terrible (Oahu is socked in, with rain at the primary viewing spot) to adequate (Maui has intermittent clouds, but Haleakala is mostly cloudy) to nice on the Big Island (Gary, are you seeing some good stuff?)
> 
> Best!
> Tracy Latimer
> 
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 23:23:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Bolide Meteor Fireball Over TX KS OK AR MO
5JUN2012
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Dear List.
Breaking News MBIQ Detects - Bolide Meteor Fireball Over TX KS OK AR MO
5JUN2012
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2012/06/breaking-news-mbiq-detects-bolide.html
Dirk Ross...Tokyo
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Message: 15
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:01:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Breaking News- MBIQ Detects Meteor Fireball
PA OH ONT WI 05JUN2012
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Dear List, Another tonight, earlier. Dirk...Tokyo
Breaking News- MBIQ Detects Meteor Fireball PA OH ONT WI 05JUN2012
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2012/06/breaking-news-mbiq-detects-meteor.html
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 09:56:35 +0100
From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Glatton meteorite returns home for the
Jubilee weekend
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Nice photos Graham and what an excellent day we had. Cant believe how
welcome we were made. They are obviously very proud of 'their'
meteorite! Currently working on my photos of the day and will post
them on my website later.
Cheers
Martin
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www.msg-meteorites.co.uk
IMCA #3387
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Message: 17
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 10:05:39 +0100
From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Queens diamond jubilee celebration at
Glatton with the return of the Glatton meteorite
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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Hi all,
A few members of BIMS and also Caroline Smith and Deborah Cassey from
the NHM recently had a fantastic day at Glatton after being invited to
put on a display for the villages Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Caroline and Deborah brought the Glatton meteorite back to the village
and we also brought a few meteorites to display as well as some poster
displays. The village seemed to really appreciate our display and the
Glatton meteorite which was the star of the show got a lot of interest
indeed. I have posted a few photos of the day on my website, see link
below:
(http://msg-meteorites.co.uk/articles/glatton-diamond-jubilee-2012/glatton-diamond-jubilee-2012-photos)
A full write up will follow soon.
Cheers
Martin
-- 
Martin Goff
www.msg-meteorites.co.uk
IMCA #3387
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Message: 18
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 04:00:01 -0700
From: <valparint at aol.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 1941
Contributed by: Paul Swartz
http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp
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Message: 19
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:13:50 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
From: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Queens diamond jubilee celebration at
Glatton with the return of the Glatton meteorite
To: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com>,
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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Thank you so very much, Martin. 
Count Deiro
IMCA 3536
-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 6, 2012 2:05 AM
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Queens diamond jubilee celebration at Glatton with the return of the Glatton meteorite
>
>Hi all,
>
>A few members of BIMS and also Caroline Smith and Deborah Cassey from
>the NHM recently had a fantastic day at Glatton after being invited to
>put on a display for the villages Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
>Caroline and Deborah brought the Glatton meteorite back to the village
>and we also brought a few meteorites to display as well as some poster
>displays. The village seemed to really appreciate our display and the
>Glatton meteorite which was the star of the show got a lot of interest
>indeed. I have posted a few photos of the day on my website, see link
>below:
>
>(http://msg-meteorites.co.uk/articles/glatton-diamond-jubilee-2012/glatton-diamond-jubilee-2012-photos)
>
>A full write up will follow soon.
>
>Cheers
>
>Martin
>
>-- 
>Martin Goff
>www.msg-meteorites.co.uk
>IMCA #3387
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