Friendly Fire from Space: Berlanguillas, Spain Berlanguillas fell 200 years ago on July 8, 1811 adding to the earth’s pile of L6 chondrites. But while the classification is not too exciting, the arrival of Berlanguillas did scare soldiers and draw crowds in anticipation of a battle. The following translations were kindly provided by Bernd Pauli in Germany. Thanks Bernd!
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 past and get some perspective
Winter Drought of 2011-2012 in SW US But not for meteorite finds. There won’t be a “Bob’s Findings” article this month because it happens that Mother Nature has given a gift to all of us meteorite hunters, in the form of a VERY dry and mild winter, here in the Southwestern United States. This is not the time to
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Sometimes melt rock in meteorites contains blebs of metal-troilite (FeS) intergrowths. Here are examples from two rocks. NWA 869 is the well known L3-6 regolith breccia. It took a pounding on the surface of its parent body and contains a variety of clasts including melt rock. All 95 grams of NWA 6579 is melt rock. The composition of its olivine
Our Meteorite of the Month is kindly provided by Tucson Meteorites who hosts The Meteorite Picture of the Day. 4711 gram end-cut. Pallasite PMG by Ruben Garcia Mr-Meteorite Submit Pictures to Meteorite Pictures of the Day
