An Article In Meteorite-Times Magazine
by Paul Harris    (To print, first click on puzzle, then print)
Solution will be in May's issue.

Across

5 Name given to the approximately 100,000 little chondrites that fell January 30, 1868 in Poland
6 A very high temperature silica polymorph
8 A huge explosion in the air above Siberia
9 A lover of meteorites and tektites
11 Surface of meteoroid melts and vaporizes as it passes though the atmosphere
13 Causes irrational behavior and decreased bank balances
15 From the Greek word tektos meaning molten
16 Fused mineral layer that can cover entire surface
17 This meteorite does NOT live in a shoe
18 Eaten by natives as a cure for AIDS
19 Pallasites, mesosiderites, Lodranites

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1 Best preserved crater on Earth
2 Becomes visible when the meteorite is cut, polished and then etched with acid or gently heated
3 Discovered Impactites in 1953
4 Studied by NASA for heat-shield development
7 Only Mesosiderite known to have formed a crater
10 Photographed by The Prairie Network over Oklahoma 1970
12 Believed to be the parent body for HED meteorites
14 Who satisfactorily explained Neumann Lines in 1848