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Hessle, Sweden It’s a Baseball! It’s a Lollypop! It’s Gunpowder! Nope, it’s just a New Years Day Meteorite

January 1, 2011

Hessle, Sweden It’s a Baseball! It’s a Lollypop! It’s Gunpowder! Nope, it’s just a New Years Day Meteorite

Updated: Martin Horejsi’s Meteorite Books Website  A January 1, 1869 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Hessle, Sweden It’s a Baseball! It’s a Lollypop! It’s Gunpowder! Nope, it’s just a New Years Day Meteorite Like cosmic gumballs, licorice of course, these fell on New Years Day in 1869 [...]

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Beyrout, Lebanon: Ending the year with a Bang. Literally!

December 1, 2010

Beyrout, Lebanon: Ending the year with a Bang. Literally!

Updated: Martin Horejsi’s Meteorite Books Website  A December 1921 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Beyrout, Lebanon Beyrout, Lebanon Ending the year with a bang. Literally! As a “hut” hammerer, a New Year’s Eve fallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses., a LL3, [...]

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Ensisheim! The King of Meteorites

November 1, 2010

Ensisheim! The King of Meteorites

Updated: Martin Horejsi’s Meteorite Books Website i i i A November 1492 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Ensisheim, France Ensisheim! The King of Meteorites Born in 1492. Christened in 1727. Baptized in 1881. The particular collecting genera in which I haunt is the intersection between science, culture [...]

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Witnessed Fall: Borkut, Ukraine

October 1, 2010

Witnessed Fall: Borkut, Ukraine

An October 1852 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Borkut, Ukraine The Borkut Meateorite: More Chondrite, Less Fat Early comparisons of the Borkut meteorite to others of the time led some scientists to conclude that Borkut had a higher chondrite to matrixThe material of a meteorite that fills [...]

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Novo Urei: The Stuff of Legends!

September 1, 2010

Novo Urei: The Stuff of Legends!

A September 1886 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Novo Urei, Russia Novo Urei: The Stuff of Legends! Putting the Urei in Ureilite and the Muffin Hypothesis   Novo Urei is truly the stuff of legends. Long before I knew the specific details of its fallThe recovered meteorites [...]

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Witnessed Fall: Pirgunje, Bangladesh

August 15, 2010

Witnessed Fall: Pirgunje, Bangladesh

An August 1882 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Pirgunje, Bangladesh No Next of Kin Pirgunje and its Anticedents Falling 128 years ago this month, the L6 chondrite Pirgunje reminds, us, well me anyway, why meteorites are coveted in collections.  Even thought the crust and matrixThe material of [...]

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Witnessed Fall: Washougal, Washington, USA

July 1, 2010

Witnessed Fall: Washougal, Washington, USA

A July 1939 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Washougal, Washington, USA Early Independence Day Fireworks -and my Wife’s Birthday Meteorite! As the only witnessed fallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses. in state of Washington, Washougal is prized beyond its rare classification [...]

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Witnessed Fall: Tadjera, Algeria

June 1, 2010

Witnessed Fall: Tadjera, Algeria

A June 1867 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Tadjera, Algeria The Tadjerites: Black as Coal. Hard as Rock. Ordinary as a Chondrite.   One hundred forty-three years ago this month, “A luminous body was seen to descent towards the earth, and when arrived at a certain height [...]

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Witnessed Fall: Castalia, North Carolina, USA

May 1, 2010

Witnessed Fall: Castalia, North Carolina, USA

A May 1874 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Castalia, North Carolina, USA Geologic Poetry from Space: Drink from the fountain of Castilia and be inspired to write meteorite verse. Castalia fell to earth on May 14, 1874. Three pieces were collected totaling about 7.3kg with a majority [...]

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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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Witnessed Fall: Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA

March 1, 2010

Witnessed Fall: Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA

An March 1865 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA Foreshadowed the Death of a President Posing with an faux antique scale cube, Vernon County rests patiently as it has in collections for almost 150 years. It is written that its fallThe recovered meteorites of [...]

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Witnessed Fall: Alfianello, Italy

February 1, 2010

Witnessed Fall: Alfianello, Italy

An February 1883 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Alfianello, Italy A Beauty Forged by Air. A Form Destroyed by Rage. A Treasure Lost through Excess. My specimen of Alfianello reminds me of a polished rock bookend sold by the pair in small town gift shops. Its weight [...]

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Witnessed Fall: Krymka, Ukraine

January 1, 2010

Witnessed Fall: Krymka, Ukraine

An January 1946 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Krymka, Ukraine The Chondrite That Keeps on Giving Stretch your imagination and pretend the surface of Krymka is the view outside your spaceship as you jump to hyperdrive while cruising the early solar system. Let’s be honest, usually when [...]

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Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Breccia like you give a Damn.

December 1, 2009

Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Breccia like you give a Damn.

An December 1923 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: Nakhon Pathom, Thailand BrecciaIn contrast to conglomerates which are rocks made of varying sizes of round cobbles. Breccias are rocks made of angular chunks of rocks. Breccias made of one type of rock pieces are called monomict breccias. Rocks [...]

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An November 1994 Witnessed Fall: New Halfa, Sudan

November 1, 2009

An November 1994 Witnessed Fall: New Halfa, Sudan

An November 1994 Witnessed FallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses.: New Halfa, Sudan 100 Grams is Large? I’m glad someone thought so.     In all its crusted glory, my “large” individual of New Halfa radiates dimpled darkness. I appreciate the unique form this specimen holds. Many individuals of [...]

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