April 2012 -

Lissa: Fell 110 years before Czechoslovakia, and 182 years before the Czech Republic

By Martin Horejsi | April 1, 2012 | Accretion Desk

Lissa is an L6 meteorite that fell in 1808. And that’s a long time ago by any meteorite collecting measurement. I feel fortunate to have a slice in my collection because Lissa fell when the ancestors on my father’s side lived in what was once Bohemia, then Czechoslovakia, and now the Czech Republic. This crust is so fresh, it

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Mystery Stone Revealed

By James Tobin | April 1, 2012 | Jim's Fragments

I left you all hanging a couple issues ago regarding a meteorite I bought at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Well, I am ready to tell all now that it is done being classified. It was a strange stone, with a very weird looking outside surface. It was a funny color and not very magnetically attractive. Well, it was

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IMCA Insights – April 2012

By IMCA TEAM | April 1, 2012 | IMCA Insights

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NWA 6007 L3.5

By John Kashuba | April 1, 2012 | Micro Visions

NWA 6007 is terrestrially fresh but shocked. It has well defined chondrules as you would expect of an L3.5. Compression has caused an orientation of components within the stone. Dark inclusions are scattered throughout.

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Meteorite Calendar – April 2012

By Anne Black | April 1, 2012 | Meteorite Calendar

Please click on the meteorite calendar to view a larger image.

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Springwater Pallasite

By Paul Harris | April 1, 2012 | Meteorite Of The Month

Our Meteorite of the Month is kindly provided by Tucson Meteorites who hosts The Meteorite Picture of the Day. Contributed by Robert Ward, Springwater 312 gram slice. Pallasite PMG-an Submit Pictures to Meteorite Pictures of the Day

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Collapsed Lei Gong Mo Bubble Fragment

By Norm Lehrman | April 1, 2012 | Tektite Of The Month

A collapsed Lei Gong Mo bubble fragment, Guangdong Province, China (from the author’s private collection) This is a popped bubble where a flap of the skin folded in on itself while still sufficiently hot and plastic to fuse along the inner surface. Both surfaces have seen the same duration of terrestrial etching, but only the original exterior is

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