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The Meteorite Exchange, Inc. was born in 1996 with meteorite.com and Meteorite Times Magazine in 2002. Still enthusiastic about meteorites and all things related to them, we hunt, collect, cut and prepare specimens. We travel to gem shows and enjoy meteorites as much now as in the beginning. Please feel free to share any comments you have on this or any of our other sites.

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About James Tobin

The Meteorite Exchange, Inc. was born in 1996 with meteorite.com and Meteorite Times Magazine in 2002. Still enthusiastic about meteorites and all things related to them, we hunt, collect, cut and prepare specimens. We travel to gem shows and enjoy meteorites as much now as in the beginning. Please feel free to share any comments you have on this or any of our other sites.

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Meteorite Vacation 2012 Part Three

May 1, 2013

Meteorite Vacation 2012 Part Three

With our new bimonthly schedule for magazine releases it is hard to believe that the final part of last year’s vacation is just now being put out to readers. Still excited about our success at Holbrook we had one more day at Meteor Crater and it was finally time to run up the road and [...]

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2013 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

March 1, 2013

2013 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

This was quite an amazing year at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. We had gone with plans to get a big supply of meteorites for the next year and to have some fun. But, we had way more fun and found some really spectacular material. Our schedule was back to the regular week with [...]

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2012 Vacation Part Two Success at Holbrook

January 1, 2013

2012 Vacation Part Two Success at Holbrook

Going up the 17 freeway after leaving the opening of “They Came from Space” Geoff Notkin’s exhibition at the Challenger Center in Phoenix would take us to Flagstaff, Arizona. I had a rental 4×4 waiting at the Pilliam Municipal Airport. We would need it for the next leg of our trip. We arrived only about [...]

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2012 Vacation Part One “They Came From Space”

November 1, 2012

2012 Vacation Part One “They Came From Space”

5:30 AM Wednesday morning the alarm went off though I was already awake. It had been a restless night of sleep. I guess I was pretty excited about the trip we were about to take. Paul was picking me up at 6 AM I had just enough time to set all my stuff outside on my front porch. [...]

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Meteorites and Telescopes

August 1, 2012

Meteorites and Telescopes

If you go back through this feature’s back issues you will see that Paul and I have linked telescopes and meteorites together in many and interesting ways for years. We were regular sellers at RTMC the premiere amateur astronomy gathering in So Cal. We always have one with us for after meteorite hunting star gazing. So mix an [...]

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Meteorite Jewelry Making: An Introduction

July 1, 2012

Meteorite Jewelry Making: An Introduction

Now that my garage is all set up I have room again to do jewelry. I know that I have mentioned it in passing, but in my youth I was a jeweler. I have done a few pieces each year for fun all my life. I am looking forward to doing a lot of jewelry in the [...]

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Griffith Observatory

June 1, 2012

Griffith Observatory

It had been several years since I had been to the Griffith Observatory and my granddaughter had never been so we took her. My wife loves the place too so it was an exciting day for all of us. The parking on the day we went was difficult but as it turned out we did [...]

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California’s Recent Meteorite Fall

May 1, 2012

California’s Recent Meteorite Fall

I named this article as I did to avoid the problem of picking a name myself when it has not been officially named as of the time of this writing. My story of the meteorite fall near Coloma, California began with my wife asking if I had seen the video of the beautiful fireball that [...]

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Mystery Stone Revealed

April 1, 2012

Mystery Stone Revealed

I left you all hanging a couple issues ago regarding a meteorite I bought at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Well, I am ready to tell all now that it is done being classified. It was a strange stone, with a very weird looking outside surface. It was a funny color and not very [...]

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Spring Clean Up, Well Sort Of

March 1, 2012

Spring Clean Up, Well Sort Of

Not to dispute the old saying, that time flies. But, it just moves along. It is we that have a changing perception from day to day or year to year. But, time itself passes at a constant rate. Unless, I am badly mistaken this is the last month of year ten of Meteorite Times. I [...]

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Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2012

February 1, 2012

Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2012

Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2012 was my 20th show. I think it will turn out to be one of the most memorable of all my visits to Tucson. We changed a little from the norm by attending the week before all the big meteorite celebrations. Even before leaving for the trip we were thinking [...]

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January 1, 2012

Tucson Gem Show Memories

In a few days it will again be time for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. I will be off to find treasures from beyond the Earth. If memory serves correctly this will be my twentieth Tucson Gem Show. Often I have used the January issue of my article as a time to remember the [...]

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Alamo Breccia 2011

December 1, 2011

Alamo Breccia 2011

As I write this I am hoping I will have enough new material to offer from our second visit to the Alamo Breccia that I did not say in the original Alamo Breccia article of November 2002. But, I guess I will start by saying that when we were there a few weeks ago I [...]

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The Diary of a Meteorite Hunting Trip

November 1, 2011

The Diary of a Meteorite Hunting Trip

After a couple weeks of exchanging emails between the three of us a basic plan for vacation has begun to emerge. We do not leave for another few days but for me today and tomorrow are the last days off from work to prepare. I have my list made and I have gotten a few [...]

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Meteorites at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles

October 1, 2011

Meteorites at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles

The last time I had been to the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles was about 30 years ago. My wife and I have been trying to take our grandchildren and their parents on some outings during the summer. When the new Dinosaur Exhibit opened at the museum we thought that would be fun. So [...]

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