[meteorite-list] AZ Teacher asking for help - Geology

From: Jim Wooddell <nf114ec_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:13:25 -0700
Message-ID: <7E0C0A24BBBE42378C367291A0C50ED4_at_Grande>

Hey Mike!

Got the word today that this project's funding was fulfilled! Very cool!

Hope it help inspire a future Geologist/s!!!


Jim



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Wooddell" <nf114ec at npgcable.com>
To: "Mike Fiedler" <mlfiedler at gmail.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AZ Teacher asking for help - Geology


> Hi Mike!
>
> I really have no clue who she is. I would truly like to see meteoritic
> and planetary sciences start way early in a child's life. The schools I
> went to growing up had nothing!
> I did some research and noticed her district does in fact recommend that
> service she used.....possibly due to a lower overhead for managing the
> money. I was thinking her hands might be tied. Technically she should
> probably not be accepting money on her own for that districts
> classes....she is an employee and that could lead to many issues!
> However, if you think about it, 17% is not too bad considering other
> Non-Profits that use about 80% for overhead for disaster services!
> And, it's traceable as to how the money is spent, if I understand it
> correctly.
>
> I'll have to check out her site. I am looking for an AZ public school
> that can take advantage of the AZ tax law, $1 for $1 match on the AZ State
> Tax that can somehow make meteorite donations fit the schema. They then
> will be getting meteorites if they have a valid reason!
>
> I hope she raises the funds for what she needs....it would be very cool if
> it happened in "our" neighborhood of friends and colleagues!
>
> Best!
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Fiedler" <mlfiedler at gmail.com>
> To: "Jim Wooddell" <nf114ec at npgcable.com>
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 3:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AZ Teacher asking for help - Geology
>
>
> Jim, you beat me to it ... I came back to my computer, thinking I
> might at least ask if you knew how a person could send a donation to
> the teacher and the school, and what do I find but your note
> suggesting just that.
>
> Mrs Baker does seem to be a pretty cool teacher. I might wish my kids
> had had such an imaginative science teacher.
>
> Someone with a personal website titled TheScienceQueen.net deserves
> more than lip service. Yes, I will forward her a donation via PayPal
> -- all I needed was her email address, and it shows up on her Science
> Queen page.
>
> Please don't let my personal biases and rant dissuade you from
> encouraging support for worthwhile activities. Goodness knows there
> is as big a need today as ever for creative science education. I
> merely have to think back to a recent political campaign that somehow
> got their wires so crossed as to poke fun at a $2 million dollar
> 'overhead projector'
>
> Press On! -- Mike
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Jim Wooddell <nf114ec at npgcable.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi Mike and thank you for your consideration. Many hundreds of teachers
>> are
>> using this service and I too think the recommend fee is a bit high for a
>> Non-Profit. Still, I donated as it was this teacher's choice to use that
>> service and to apply the suggested, non mandatory contribution to the
>> site
>> that helps promote the request. I did not use the PayPal feature, so that
>> is good info.
>> Maybe you would consider contacting this teacher directly and helping!
>> That would
>> completely eliminate the website organization. Just a thought, if you
>> wish
>> to help.
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> Jim Wooddell
>> http://k7wfr.us
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fiedler" <mlfiedler at gmail.com>
>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 11:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AZ Teacher asking for help - Geology
>>
>>
>>
>> Maybe I'm just having a bad day, but the contribution mechanism kind
>> of annoyed me.
>>
>> I think few things are more deserving of support than a teacher taking
>> the initiative to make science exciting and compelling to young
>> people. I nearly contributed, but then ran into some deal-breakers:
>>
>> While the 'DonorsChoose.org' web site does accept contributions by
>> PayPal, they require that the donor 'pay-by-check' . . . The whole
>> idea of PayPal is to not share unnecessarily your personal info. I
>> would accept PayPal as it functions on ebay. . . . payee gets my
>> email, my address, and the money.
>>
>> Secondly, once you share your email, there seems no way to 'opt-out'
>> of being hit up with unrelated requests.
>>
>> I appreciate it when a person who shares a common interest sends me
>> info about a worthy cause. Case in point: I recently contributed to
>> the project discussed at the URL <
>> http://projectfreedom.bbnow.org/about.php > , but it was because
>> another recumbent bike enthusiast referred me to the site. Shared
>> interest is the basis of 'community'.
>>
>> But I don't want some anonymous ''organizing entrepreneur' who accepts
>> an (OPTIONAL???) donation equal to 17% of a project's costs deciding
>> what I need to learn about next. And emailing me a steady stream of
>> 'opportunities' to make 'optional' donations to his personal pocket.
>> I get way too many unfocused solicitations as it is.
>>
>> That 17% seems a hefty cut to 'OPTIONALLY' accept for the service of
>> sharing info, and processing the collection of EFTs. Just how
>> optional is optional? The verbiage alone sets my teeth on edge.
>>
>> OK, end of off topic rant.
>>
>> Hope everyone has a nice day!
>>
>> -- Mike
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:00 AM,
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:49:55 -0500
>>> From: Karl Aston <stlouismeteorites at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] AD - new pallasite Conception Junction, MO
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> As many of you have seen, slices of a beautiful new pallasite
>>> Conception Junction, Missouri USA were first made available late in
>>> 2011. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=53877
>>>
>>> Much of the material has been sold and the remaining inventory can be
>>> viewed at http://conceptionjunctionpallasite.com
>>>
>>> Please take a look.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Karl Aston
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:40:30 -0700
>>> From: "Mike Bandli" <fuzzfoot at comcast.net>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: New material, rare American finds, and
>>> more
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>>> Dear List Members,
>>>
>>> I have just finished a major sales page update with a variety of new
>>> specimens added:
>>>
>>> http://historicmeteorites.com/HistoricMeteorites/Sales.html
>>>
>>> Some of this material I have never seen offered before.
>>>
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>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:07:38 -0500
>>> From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Solar flares (ot) ? or are ions
>>> meteorites?
>>> To: <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>, <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>,
>>> "MexicoDoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com>
>>> Message-ID: <D93161AD60BA47EBB4E17E857052E5B5 at ATARIENGINE2>
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>>> reply-type=response
>>>
>>> Hi, List,
>>>
>>> On the relative strength of solar flares, take a look at:
>>> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120315.html
>>>
>>> In the first photo, you can see that the Vela Pulsar
>>> is (as usual) the brightest gamma ray source in the
>>> Galaxy. In the second photo, the March 7, 2012 flare
>>> from our little Sun outshines it by a factor of almost
>>> 100-fold.
>>>
>>> >From the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sterling K. Webb
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "MexicoDoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com>
>>> To: <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 4:21 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Solar flares (ot) ? or are ions
>>> meteorites?
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Well, if we are talking billions and billions of years, life has
>>> > certainly taken a few good ones on the chin during that time, and
>>> > robust as it seems to be, it acts as a unified being, just changing
>>> > form, where we species are all just incidental cogs climbing a
>>> > particular hill in a particular moment ... as we see from out
>>> > extinction.
>>> >
>>> > The generalization of 'weak solar flares to do any damage' is a useful
>>> > tool, but in the real world out there multiplied by billions and
>>> > billions of years, it's easy to fall into a statistical trap ...
>>> >
>>> > Earth represents about one part in 300,000,000,000,000,000,000 of the
>>> > area at 1 AU. What is the highest intensity solar flare cross
>>> > sectional area of a powerful finger? Probably very big and
>>> > delocalized, but if we are talking about the Sun delivering a real,
>>> > narrow earth-sized punch once every ten years, in 10 billion years, no
>>> > catastrophic flare impact is likely - another useful tool to think
>>> > about to better get a handle on this.
>>> >
>>> > and billions and billions ... shouldn't be taken too the bit too far
>>> > IMO. A once in a billion year event can certainly cripple the
>>> > biosphere and send it in a new direction. Take gamma ray bursts, the
>>> > bigger brother of solar flares from distant, more powerful sources,
>>> > which as Chris implies,might be detrimental vs. our Sun's relative
>>> > burst flux, ... the gamma proton storms realistically could score a
>>> > direct hit on Earth every billion years and thus are interesting to
>>> > consider side-by-side or as in some case, alternative, with asteroid
>>> > impact extinction theories.
>>> >
>>> > If a gamma storm hits, everyone flying above 30,000 feet gets to
>>> > automatically becomes hulky, but the problem isn't confined to the
>>> > stratosphere. The atmospheric overload would likely initiate a chain
>>> > of reactions wiping out the ozone layers and take out many species not
>>> > protected enough or overly sensitive in the ensuing time. Not only
>>> > that, it would get ... paradoxically dark and acidic and global
>>> > warming would be history as the surface hit a low temperature. It is
>>> > quite possible, if not probable, that at least one extinction even was
>>> > punctuated with a gamma storm like this, which rivaled any doomsday
>>> > asteroid scenario by playing with similar large scale climate and
>>> > radiation changes.
>>> >
>>> > Back to the billions of years of life vs. the solar flare. I really
>>> > don't have time to go skiing with some magnetic poles to Antarctica,
>>> > but I sure as heck wouldn't want to be there while this 'deflection'
>>> > was in progress ... especially on a big-ozone hole year!
>>> >
>>> > Kindest wishes
>>> > Doug
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
>>> > To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> > Sent: Wed, Mar 14, 2012 1:19 pm
>>> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Solar flares (ot) ? or are ions
>>> > meteorites?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Our Sun isn't active enough to produce flares large enough to
>>> > dangerously irradiate the Earth. If it were, given hundreds of
>>> > millions
>>> > of years of land-based life, we almost certainly wouldn't be here.
>>> >
>>> > Keep in mind that those CMEs that look so impressive in the videos
>>> > produce a particle density at the Earth that represents a harder
>>> > vacuum
>>> > than can be achieved in a lab, and what's left is effectively blocked
>>> > by
>>> > our magnetic field and atmosphere.
>>> >
>>> > Other stars are more active, and ours may become so billions of years
>>> > from now. But at the moment, we're safe (assuming we can recover from
>>> > having our power grids or satellites knocked out... which are very
>>> > possible consequences of flares that we know the Sun can produce).
>>> >
>>> > Chris
>>> >
>>> > *******************************
>>> > Chris L Peterson
>>> > Cloudbait Observatory
>>> > http://www.cloudbait.com
>>> >
>>> > On 3/14/2012 10:58 AM, Steve Dunklee wrote:
>>> >> What level of flare would cause death on earth from radiation and is
>>> > it
>>> > possible? like just the flare going in the wrong direction.
>>> >> cheers
>>> >> Steve
>>> >
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>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:20:06 +0100
>>> From: "Chladnis Heirs" <news at chladnis-heirs.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: Special: An unique and truly exotic
>>> anomalous Mesosiderite - NWA 7025
>>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Message-ID: <00c901cd02f1$6550cb20$2ff26160$_at_com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Dear List community,
>>>
>>> as it wouldn't be already a really rare event, that a new unpaired
>>> mesosiderite can be introduced,
>>> we have today a by all means astounding stone, worthy for one of our
>>> Specials:
>>>
>>> NWA 7025.
>>>
>>> Well... if you take a look on the cut surfaces, we think, you'll tend to
>>> guess or to reckon, to have here an evolved achondrite. Those chrystals,
>>> no
>>> metal visible. Nevertheless not looking too weathered - Maybe a
>>> brachinite...
>>>
>>>
>>> To shorten it, we leave the word to the expert. Here is the gobsmacking
>>> report of the classification:
>>>
>>> "The specimen contains two distinct domains in contact along curvilinear
>>> boundaries. One lithology consists predominantly of orthopyroxene with
>>> subordinate anorthite, ~25 vol.% troilite+metal (kamacite and taenite as
>>> small cuspate grains), accessory chromite and merrillite, and appears to
>>> be
>>> a variety of mesosiderite. Other portions of the specimen have similar
>>> mineralogy, except that most of the troilite and metal has been replaced
>>> by
>>> small cuspate voids (with the same general shape as the troilite and
>>> metal
>>> grains in the other lithology), and there is a narrow transitional zone
>>> between these domains (see image below). The overall mineralogy and the
>>> orthopyroxene compositions (Fs26.3-26.5Wo2.9-3.1, FeO/MnO = 26-28) are
>>> typical for mesosiderites, and oxygen isotopic compositions determined
>>> on
>>> acid-washed subsamples by laser fluorination at Okayama University (d17O
>>> 1.961, 1.847, 2.082; d18O 4.149, 3.992, 4.387;
>>> D17O -0.223, -0.255, -0.228
>>> per mil) also are consistent. This specimen appears to be a
>>> mesosiderite,
>>> which has undergone terrestrial weathering by infiltration of fluids
>>> that
>>> selectively leached much of the primary troilite and metal in some parts
>>> of
>>> this meteorite."
>>>
>>>
>>> It is an anomalous, an altered mesodiderite!
>>>
>>> Our baffling and surprising NWA 7025.
>>>
>>>
>>> A stone for the expert.
>>> A stone for the collector aiming for the really all new.
>>>
>>>
>>> And now we invite you to order your specimen, as always prepared to the
>>> standard, you're used to from Chladnis Heir's, and as long as that
>>> surprise
>>> lasts:
>>>
>>> http://www.chladnis-heirs.com/specials/special-nwa7025.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Success!
>>>
>>> Stefan & Martin
>>>
>>> Chladni's Heirs
>>> Munich - Berlin
>>> Fine Meteorites for Science & Collectors
>>>
>>> http://www.chladnis-heirs.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 5
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:22:39 -0500
>>> From: steve arnold <chicagosteve1954 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] this time it is for good
>>> To: meteorite-list <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <CACgEgUSZR3sOSbyyjBrfeTHJpzU2zoktmZRJrOYMG_VHMKys3w at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>>
>>> A final hello list. I have decided once and for all to pull the plug
>>> on my meteorite endevors. At almost 58, it is time for me to move on
>>> to enjoy mine and my wife's time together with family and friends. I
>>> have owned many a rare meteorite in my 13 years. I have really enjoyed
>>> my time with some of the nicest people I have ever known. I will
>>> always be around if you need to email me or call me for what ever
>>> reason. I just will not surround myself with meteorites anymore. I
>>> have seen to many good people get divorced because of these things. I
>>> know they are an addiction but a beautiful hobby. Unfortunately they
>>> cost alot of $$$$$$$. And being out of work I just cannot collect the
>>> way I used to. I will go by the way of GEOFF CINTRON,MARK BOSTICK,JOHN
>>> GWILLIAM and just fade from everyone's mind. It has been a blast.8
>>> tucson show's to my credit. Well over I guess $100 K of buying
>>> meteorites over 13 years. Of all the people I have met in this great
>>> hobby, BOB HAAG and BOB C. they have been the best to me and I'll miss
>>> them the most. But I'll miss everyone to whom I have be-friended. If a
>>> meteorite falls in my neck of the woods, I'll be there to help hunt.I
>>> will always have a place in my heart for these things from another
>>> world. As I get ready to celebrate my 14th wedding anniversary,I am
>>> truly blessed to have such a great wife. I want to wish everyone a
>>> truly blessed rest of your lives and may the hand of god be on you
>>> always. This will be final post. As the other post I made
>>> yesterday,please feel free to give me your best offer on my 3
>>> remaining meteorites. Good by from chicago!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 6
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:35:05 -0600
>>> From: Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Solar flares (ot) ? or are ions
>>> meteorites?
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Message-ID: <4F626E99.4000907 at alumni.caltech.edu>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>
>>> But in terms of absolute energy reaching the Earth, all of the sources
>>> are very small.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> *******************************
>>> Chris L Peterson
>>> Cloudbait Observatory
>>> http://www.cloudbait.com
>>>
>>> On 3/15/2012 2:07 PM, Sterling K. Webb wrote:
>>> > Hi, List,
>>> >
>>> > On the relative strength of solar flares, take a look at:
>>> > http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120315.html
>>> >
>>> > In the first photo, you can see that the Vela Pulsar
>>> > is (as usual) the brightest gamma ray source in the
>>> > Galaxy. In the second photo, the March 7, 2012 flare
>>> > from our little Sun outshines it by a factor of almost
>>> > 100-fold.
>>> >
>>> >> From the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Sterling K. Webb
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 7
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:07:12 -0400
>>> From: Mike Groetz <mpg4444 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] this time it is for good
>>> To: steve arnold <chicagosteve1954 at gmail.com>, Meteorite List
>>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <CABK572Dyp8B5KpucP3gdnHfL6pBYV=LEmzZkcgVn-fuMmqE58Q at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>>
>>> Funny how all of these have been winding up in my spam box the
>>> past few years. Like we are too dumb to wonder why.
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:22 PM, steve arnold
>>> <chicagosteve1954 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > A final hello list. I have decided once and for all to pull the plug
>>> > on my meteorite endevors. At almost 58, it is time for me to move on
>>> > to enjoy mine and my wife's time together with family and friends. I
>>> > have owned many a rare meteorite in my 13 years. I have really enjoyed
>>> > my time with some of the nicest people I have ever known. I will
>>> > always be around if you need to email me or call me for what ever
>>> > reason. I just will not surround myself with meteorites anymore. I
>>> > have seen to many good people get divorced because of these things. I
>>> > know they are an addiction but a beautiful hobby. Unfortunately they
>>> > cost alot of $$$$$$$. And being out of work I just cannot collect the
>>> > way I used to. I will go by the way of GEOFF CINTRON,MARK BOSTICK,JOHN
>>> > GWILLIAM and just fade from everyone's mind. It has been a blast.8
>>> > tucson show's to my credit. Well over I guess $100 K of buying
>>> > meteorites over 13 years. Of all the people I have met in this great
>>> > hobby, BOB HAAG and BOB C. they have been the best to me and I'll miss
>>> > them the most. But I'll miss everyone to whom I have be-friended. If a
>>> > meteorite falls in my neck of the woods, I'll be there to help hunt.I
>>> > will always have a place in my heart for these things from another
>>> > world. As I get ready to celebrate my 14th wedding anniversary,I am
>>> > truly blessed to have such a great wife. I want to wish everyone a
>>> > truly blessed rest of your lives and may the hand of god be on you
>>> > always. This will be final post. As the other post I made
>>> > yesterday,please feel free to give me your best offer on my 3
>>> > remaining meteorites. Good by from chicago!!!!!!!!
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill.
>>> > ______________________________________________
>>> >
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>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 8
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:07:31 -0600
>>> From: Kevin Kichinka <marsrox at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Tissint? Yes, it tis! (and a tease on
>>> Shergotty)
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Message-ID:
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>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>>
>>> Team Meteorite....
>>>
>>>
>>> Tissint? Yes, it tis! Certainly tis about Tissint!
>>>
>>>
>>> While hunting around for data for my next contribution to 'Meteorite
>>> magazine', I came across this video of our newest brother from Mars.
>>>
>>>
>>> Narrated by Caroline Smith, the 'Keeper of the Meteorites' at the
>>> British Museum, it's worth a look, as is the surrounding website.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/space/meteorites-dust/meteorites-from-moon-mars/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>> And if there's anyone on this list not yet subscribing to the journal
>>> 'Meteorite'..... well, what are you waiting for?
>>>
>>>
>>> Appearing in the May issue, my next feature in two parts is entitled,
>>> "The Rise of the Raj and the Fall of Shergotty". I am the luckiest guy
>>> around today because mood-setting illustrations to accompany my
>>> articles will be drawn by our beloved Dorothy Norton.
>>>
>>>
>>> "The Rise of the Raj and the Fall of Shergotty" is my final work on
>>> the SNC Mars meteorites, having covered Chassigny and Nakhla for
>>> Meteorite in the past starting in 1998 . If you found those features
>>> provocative, intriguing and educational, with these next articles
>>> covering the FIRST EVER complete description of the circumstances of
>>> the 1865 fall of Shergotty I will be telling a story for the ages you
>>> will not want to miss... I promise.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Nakhla Dog will soon have company among the legends of meteorites.
>>>
>>>
>>> Subscribe here: http://www.meteoritemag.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> Earning my MARSROX...
>>>
>>>
>>> Kevin Kichinka
>>> Santa Ana, Costa Rica
>>> MARSROX at gmail.com
>>> www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 9
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:10:33 -0400
>>> From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] test
>>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Message-ID: <E752B39CB1FC4801B25D2A0B3DDB0243 at ET>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>> reply-type=original
>>>
>>> test
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 10
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:12:12 -0400 (EDT)
>>> From: Larry Atkins <thetoprok at aol.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] **Ad** Last Minute eBay Reminder New Arizona
>>> Find, Tissint..
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Message-ID: <8CED118307E4E72-8F0-2539D at webmail-m050.sysops.aol.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed
>>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> I have some great offerings ending tonight. A few pieces of the new
>>> Arizona meteorite are ending soon with no bids yet.. They might go for
>>> .99 if something doesn't happen. Also, some small pieces of Tissint are
>>> setting there at ~$300.00 a gram, yikes. There are a couple others as
>>> well,
>>> all but one with no reserve.
>>>
>>> Take a look and have a great day!
>>>
>>> http://www.ebay.com/sch/alienrockfarm/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Larry Atkins
>>> ?
>>> IMCA # 1941
>>> Ebay?alienrockfarm
>>> ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 11
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:15:39 -0700
>>> From: "Richard Montgomery" <rickmont at earthlink.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] this time it is for good
>>> To: "steve arnold" <chicagosteve1954 at gmail.com>, "meteorite-list"
>>> <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Message-ID: <2C773D6DC8414F22890EBCF01B9DDE9D at bosoheadPC>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>> reply-type=original
>>>
>>> Friends are forever. Best to go find a meteorite to solve both issues.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "steve arnold" <chicagosteve1954 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "meteorite-list" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:22 PM
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] this time it is for good
>>>
>>>
>>> >A final hello list. I have decided once and for all to pull the plug
>>> > on my meteorite endevors. At almost 58, it is time for me to move on
>>> > to enjoy mine and my wife's time together with family and friends. I
>>> > have owned many a rare meteorite in my 13 years. I have really enjoyed
>>> > my time with some of the nicest people I have ever known. I will
>>> > always be around if you need to email me or call me for what ever
>>> > reason. I just will not surround myself with meteorites anymore. I
>>> > have seen to many good people get divorced because of these things. I
>>> > know they are an addiction but a beautiful hobby. Unfortunately they
>>> > cost alot of $$$$$$$. And being out of work I just cannot collect the
>>> > way I used to. I will go by the way of GEOFF CINTRON,MARK BOSTICK,JOHN
>>> > GWILLIAM and just fade from everyone's mind. It has been a blast.8
>>> > tucson show's to my credit. Well over I guess $100 K of buying
>>> > meteorites over 13 years. Of all the people I have met in this great
>>> > hobby, BOB HAAG and BOB C. they have been the best to me and I'll miss
>>> > them the most. But I'll miss everyone to whom I have be-friended. If a
>>> > meteorite falls in my neck of the woods, I'll be there to help hunt.I
>>> > will always have a place in my heart for these things from another
>>> > world. As I get ready to celebrate my 14th wedding anniversary,I am
>>> > truly blessed to have such a great wife. I want to wish everyone a
>>> > truly blessed rest of your lives and may the hand of god be on you
>>> > always. This will be final post. As the other post I made
>>> > yesterday,please feel free to give me your best offer on my 3
>>> > remaining meteorites. Good by from chicago!!!!!!!!
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill.
>>> > ______________________________________________
>>> >
>>> > Visit the Archives at
>>> > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
>>> > Meteorite-list mailing list
>>> > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 12
>>> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:08:15 +0000 (UTC)
>>> From: Jim Strope <nwa482 at comcast.net>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] this time it is for good
>>> To: meteorite central <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Message-ID:
>>>
>>> <429344394.105322.1331860095665.JavaMail.root at sz0057a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>
>>>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>>
>>> This is a sad day that I never thought would happen, farewell my friend.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Strope
>>> 421 Fourth Street
>>> Glen Dale, WV ?26038
>>>
>>> http://www.catchafallingstar.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????????????????????
>>> A final hello list. I have decided once and for all to pull the plug
>>> on my meteorite endevors. At almost 58, it is time for me to move on
>>> to enjoy mine and my wife's time together with family and friends. I
>>> have owned many a rare meteorite in my 13 years. I have really enjoyed
>>> my time with some of the nicest people I have ever known. I will
>>> always be around if you need to email me or call me for what ever
>>> reason. I just will not surround myself with meteorites anymore. I
>>> have seen to many good people get divorced because of these things. I
>>> know they are an addiction but a beautiful hobby. Unfortunately they
>>> cost alot of $$$$$$$. And being out of work I just cannot collect the
>>> way I used to. I will go by the way of GEOFF CINTRON,MARK BOSTICK,JOHN
>>> GWILLIAM and just fade from everyone's mind. It has been a blast.8
>>> tucson show's to my credit. Well over I guess $100 K of buying
>>> meteorites over 13 years. Of all the people I have met in this great
>>> hobby, BOB HAAG and BOB C. they have been the best to me and I'll miss
>>> them the most. But I'll miss everyone to whom I have be-friended. If a
>>> meteorite falls in my neck of the woods, I'll be there to help hunt.I
>>> will always have a place in my heart for these things from another
>>> world. As I get ready to celebrate my 14th wedding anniversary,I am
>>> truly blessed to have such a great wife. I want to wish everyone a
>>> truly blessed rest of your lives and may the hand of god be on you
>>> always. This will be final post. As the other post I made
>>> yesterday,please feel free to give me your best offer on my 3
>>> remaining meteorites. Good by from chicago!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 13
>>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:21:39 -0700
>>> From: "Jim Wooddell" <nf114ec at npgcable.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tissint? Yes, it tis! (and a tease on
>>> Shergotty)
>>> To: "Kevin Kichinka" <marsrox at gmail.com>,
>>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Message-ID: <FB3F3C2F0A4941AD938953F68D8BB844 at Grande>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>> reply-type=original
>>>
>>> Hi Kevin and all!
>>>
>>> Nice video, thanks for sharing! And, I really enjoyed Caroline's speech
>>> at
>>> the ASU 50th.
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> Jim Wooddell
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Kevin Kichinka" <marsrox at gmail.com>
>>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:07 PM
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Tissint? Yes, it tis! (and a tease on
>>> Shergotty)
>>>
>>>
>>> > Team Meteorite....
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Tissint? Yes, it tis! Certainly tis about Tissint!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > While hunting around for data for my next contribution to 'Meteorite
>>> > magazine', I came across this video of our newest brother from Mars.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Narrated by Caroline Smith, the 'Keeper of the Meteorites' at the
>>> > British Museum, it's worth a look, as is the surrounding website.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/space/meteorites-dust/meteorites-from-moon-mars/index.html
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > And if there's anyone on this list not yet subscribing to the journal
>>> > 'Meteorite'..... well, what are you waiting for?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Appearing in the May issue, my next feature in two parts is entitled,
>>> > "The Rise of the Raj and the Fall of Shergotty". I am the luckiest guy
>>> > around today because mood-setting illustrations to accompany my
>>> > articles will be drawn by our beloved Dorothy Norton.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > "The Rise of the Raj and the Fall of Shergotty" is my final work on
>>> > the SNC Mars meteorites, having covered Chassigny and Nakhla for
>>> > Meteorite in the past starting in 1998 . If you found those features
>>> > provocative, intriguing and educational, with these next articles
>>> > covering the FIRST EVER complete description of the circumstances of
>>> > the 1865 fall of Shergotty I will be telling a story for the ages you
>>> > will not want to miss... I promise.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > The Nakhla Dog will soon have company among the legends of meteorites.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Subscribe here: http://www.meteoritemag.org/
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Earning my MARSROX...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Kevin Kichinka
>>> > Santa Ana, Costa Rica
>>> > MARSROX at gmail.com
>>> > www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com
>>> > ______________________________________________
>>> >
>>> > Visit the Archives at
>>> > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
>>> > Meteorite-list mailing list
>>> > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 14
>>> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:00:01 -0700
>>> From: <valparint at aol.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
>>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Message-ID: <BB1487154A0F4F628397AC3112302113 at vpoffsiteweb.local>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain
>>>
>>> Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Canyon Diablo
>>>
>>> http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 15
>>> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:02:35 +0000 (GMT)
>>> From: Pel? Pierre-Marie <pierremariepele at yahoo.fr>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] AD> 5.5 grams NWA 2986 (martian) + other
>>> items for sale
>>> To: MeteoriteList <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <1331906555.22020.YahooMailNeo at web29501.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> if you're interested by cool items, have a look at my website
>>> http://www.meteor-center.com? (-> shop)
>>>
>>> 5.5 grams crusted NWA 2986 (martian), Tissint fragments with crust,
>>> Juvinas, ...
>>>
>>> Pierre-Marie Pele
>>> meteor-center.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 16
>>> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:03:34 -0700
>>> From: "Jim Wooddell" <nf114ec at npgcable.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] AZ Teacher asking for help - Geology
>>> To: "Meteorite-List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Message-ID: <72858A01B4A349ECAFF12249C7C97AF3 at Grande>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>> reply-type=original
>>>
>>> AZ teacher asking for help with her Geology project!
>>>
>>> Seems like a good project to help with!
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=767782&verify=673289514
>>>
>>> Together, I am thinking this could be completed in a few days if we all
>>> pitched in!
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Wooddell
>>> http://k7wfr.us
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> End of Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 105, Issue 19
>>> ***********************************************
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