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Issue: April, 2010

Witnessed Fall: Yurtuk, Ukraine

April 1, 2010

Witnessed Fall: Yurtuk, Ukraine

An April 1936 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Yurtuk, Ukraine A Double Hammer Stone! Borne from Impact on an AsteroidA body in our solar system composted of either metal or rock which is smaller than a planet yet larger than a meteoroid. Though the size ranges are [...]

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Column: Accretion Desk

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Cleaning Meteorites

April 1, 2010

Cleaning Meteorites

This month is going to be kind of a weird mix of topics. I may even disappoint a few people by doing something I rarely do and that is not revealing a secret. First, it came to my attention by an interested reader of a past article from a couple months ago that I had [...]

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Column: Jim's Fragments

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Spring Cleaning of my prior Planetarium Articles

April 1, 2010

Spring Cleaning of my prior Planetarium Articles

We need MORE IMAGES of meteorites that are on display in MUSEUMS and PLANETARIUMS A recent discussion regarding one of my previous Bob’s Findings articles about the Fleischman Planetarium at the University of Nevada, Reno, brought to my attention that trying to find images of meteorites and meteorite displays in museums and planetariums, even with [...]

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Column: Bob's Findings

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IMCA Insights – April 2010

April 1, 2010

IMCA Insights – April 2010

Commemorating Christian Anger (1965-2009) compiled by Andrzej S. Pilski Today I received an email from Harald Stehlik, saying that our good friend Christian Anger had a very bad car accident on December 14, 2009, and he died. I am very shocked and sad, because Christian was not only a collector but a friend. Everybody knows [...]

Column: IMCA Insights

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NWA 869 More Features

April 1, 2010

NWA 869 More Features

Chuck, Thank you for the baggie of NWA 869 slices. I’ve gone through them all at least twice with a 10X loupe. I found a few interesting things to show you. Some of them we talked about last time. I have to admit that it took me a while to make some of these pictures. [...]

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Column: Micro Visions

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Meteorite Calendar – April 2010

April 1, 2010

Meteorite Calendar – April 2010

Column: Meteorite Calendar

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Gujba

April 1, 2010

Gujba

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Column: Meteorite Of The Month

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Lens Shaped Australites

April 1, 2010

Lens Shaped Australites

Column: Tektite Of The Month

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