Updated: Martin Horejsi’s Meteorite Books Website A December 1921 Witnessed Fall: Beyrout, Lebanon Beyrout, Lebanon Ending the year with a bang. Literally! As a “hut” hammerer, a New Year’s Eve fall, a LL3, a historic fall, and the only meteorite from its homeland, Beyrout has it all. Well, all except, much remaining material. With only 21% of the original 1100g
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Iron shale was once the most common meteoritic material to be seen around the area of Meteor Crater. But, after way more than a century of collecting not very much is left of the interesting by-product of the ancient meteorites. Typically, pieces of iron shale are flat plates of hard black magnetic rock. The metallic iron and nickel is nearly
Lost Lake After years of planning, I finally get to search this remote dry lake. Any meteorite found here would have to remain here! May sound stupid, but it’s true (to the letter of the law). Well, I finally succeeded in hiking all the way to the north end of Lost Lake, but I still didn’t find any meteorites. Darn
IMCA Insights – December 2010 Introduction to the New Board of Directors by the IMCA Board of Directors This special edition of IMCA Insights is an introduction to the new IMCA Board of Directors. The nine new and old IMCA Board Members introduce themselves in the following essays – enjoy! Martin Altmann Board Member Born and still living in Munich.
Steve Arnold looked like he was passing appetizers. He was circulating with a tray of gem jars in Tucson. Each one held a cm size morsel of Vaca Muerta olivine. Mesosiderites aren’t known to be olivine rich so these were pretty cool. Yes, please, may I have two? Vaca Muerta olivine appears to be from the mantel of the mesosiderite
