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Newly Found Craters Compared

January 1, 2011

Newly Found Craters Compared

It isn’t every day that a new craterThe bowl shaped scar formed when an asteroid strikes the Earth or other body. Usually refers to a different feature than the simple impact pit formed ay a small meteorite. Craters generally refer to a feature formed by explosive force. is discovered on the Earth but we have [...]

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The Ravages of Time

December 1, 2010

The Ravages of Time

Iron shale was once the most common meteoritic material to be seen around the area of MeteorThe luminous phenomena in the sky caused by the high velocity passage of a cosmic body through the atmosphere. CraterThe bowl shaped scar formed when an asteroid strikes the Earth or other body. Usually refers to a different feature [...]

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Franconia Vacation 2010

November 1, 2010

Franconia Vacation 2010

I decided this year that I would not work right up to the day before we left for vacation. So Saturday was my last day of work and I got to do some resting up and leisurely packing before we headed to the desert on Wednesday morning. Paul arrived just about exactly when we had [...]

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Vacation 2010

October 1, 2010

Vacation 2010

On Vacation Soon we’ll be off on vacation. We thought hard about where to go and what we wanted to do this year. And the end of all that thought was summed up in the word “veg” we are just going to go out and sit all day if we want and do nothing. With [...]

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The End of Summer

September 1, 2010

The End of Summer

As we near the end of summer it is always time for Paul and I to plan the first trip to the cooler autumn desert. And we have begun that process. We do not know where we are going but we have picked the date and put in for the time off from work. We [...]

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Tektite Lamp

August 3, 2010

Tektite Lamp

  The TektiteA natural glass object formed by the melting of native rocks during some 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 not clearly defined and usage of the two terms overlap. impacts. Some [...]

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Meteorite Collecting Broadening the Experience

June 1, 2010

Meteorite Collecting Broadening the Experience

I mentioned recently that my collecting habits have changed toward falls. Well, I was adding a couple of new specimens to my database and decided to see how many falls I actually had. Boy was I surprised when I found that I had jumped all the way to nearly 30% falls in my collection. It [...]

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Wild Geese and a Buzzard

May 1, 2010

Wild Geese and a Buzzard

Over the years my wild goose chases for meteorites can be counted on one hand. I just don’t seem to get a lot of the calls about grandpa’s meteorite that fell on the hill just over there. But, I got home from an early morning meeting one Saturday recently as the phone rang. It was [...]

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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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You Can Never Go Back

March 1, 2010

You Can Never Go Back

Times change and they say that you can never go back to the way it was in the past. That is certainly true about meteorite collecting. There are a few of us out in the world that remember having to be on waiting lists with dealers. We would tell them what we wanted and hope [...]

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2010 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show

February 1, 2010

2010 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show

Another Tucson Gem and Mineral Show is in the history book. What an exciting trip it was for Paul and I. We took an extra day this year and it made a big difference in the way the week went. It was a little more relaxed and we had a chance to find a few [...]

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Opportunities Missed

January 1, 2010

Opportunities Missed

As I think about the Tucson Gem Show coming soon, I am trying to put together my short list of meteorites. Ones I would be interested in if I see them there. It has become increasingly apparent to me lately that I have made some real tactical errors over the years. Also I  have never [...]

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December 1, 2009

Tools and Techniques for Cutting and Finishing Meteorites

Well,  I am taking a month off from my article so that I can finish a book with the working title above. There was a recent discussion on the internet suggesting it would be great if there was a how to manual on cutting meteorites. It was mentioned that I had written articles in several [...]

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2009 Meteorite Vacation

November 1, 2009

2009 Meteorite Vacation

Paul and I had a fantastic vacation again. Each year I do my article on what happens when we go out. We had decided that this year with all that was going on in our lives that we would take a break from the long days of hunting meteorites from morning to dusk. We had [...]

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October 1, 2009

Engineering a New Saw

Paul and I are heading out for vacation in a couple days and with that on my mind I have been unable to think of anything really great to write about for this month. I thought , “go back and look at what you have written on before and see if that gives you any [...]

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