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Henbury Iron Meteorite

Henbury Iron Meteorite found by Geoff Notkin while filming “Meteorite Men” with Steve Arnold in Central Australia.  Specimen from AEROLITEThis is an older word used for stony meteorites. It is not often seen in use today but can be seen often in articles and books up to around 1950. METEORITES

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Gibeon Iron Meteorite

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Wold Cottage Meteorite

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Peekskill Meteorite 654 grams

PEEKSKILL Stone. OlivineA magnesium-iron silicate mineral commonly found in meteorites. It occurs as microscopic crystal grains in chondrites and as large often well formed crystals in pallasites.-bronzite chondrite (H6) Westchester County, NY, USA Witnessed fallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses., October 9, 1992 Recovered weight 12.57 kg Specimen weight [...]

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Ensisheim

Ensisheim using three cm cubes and one inch cube. They are the faux antique ones that Tom Phillips makes. Here is the message to the Meteorite List where Tom explained the cubes, naming them after me, Martin Horejsi and the reason a picture of the cubes with Ensisheim is important. http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg82108.html © Martin Horejsi Images, [...]

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Bensour Brecciated LL6

Bensour Brecciated LL6 chondrite Fell February 10, 2002 at around 4:30 PM in Morocco. Images, text are Copyright © 2010 ROCKSFROMSPACE.ORG.  No reproduction without written permission. Web design by Michael Johnson of rocksfromspace.org ROCKS FROM OUTER SPACE

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Flight-oriented Sikhote-Alin

Flight-orientedA meteorite which makes it passage through the atmosphere in a stable orientation toward the ground may receive characteristic ablationThe process during the passage of a meteoroidA body in space that is smaller than 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 not clearly defined and usage of the two terms overlap.. through the atmosphere where melting and vaporization removes material from its surface. features from being melted mostly on one surface. Among these features are a cone shaped or [...]

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A 51 gram Hammer Stone

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Greg Hupe Finds Second Wisconsin Meteorite

Hour after hour, mile after mile, after nine days of hunting in between finds… Greg Hupe finds his second Wisconsin meteorite on May 4, 2010. This one weighs 30.3 grams. The Michael Johnson Collection of Aesthetic Rocks from Outer Space Images, text are Copyright © 2010 ROCKSFROMSPACE.org No reproduction without written permission. Web design by [...]

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Gujba

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Meteorite Spheres

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Birthday Meteorites

Birthday Meteorites Upper left is a 4.02 gram partially crusted part slice of Utrecht. This is an L6 vnd. meteorite that fell June 2, 1843 in Utrecht, Netherlands. TKW for this meteorite is 9.7 kgs. and was acquired from Moritz Karl. Upper right is a 9.6 gram part slice of Meester-Cornelis. This is an H5 [...]

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NWA 2481 Eucrite Meteorite

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Eagle Station, 53.92g

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