September 2012

An August 1904 Witnessed Fall: Shelburne, Canada A Mud-Slinging Meteorite

By | | Accretion Desk

An August 1904 Witnessed Fall: Shelburne, Canada A Mud-Slinging Meteorite   The classis L5 look of Shelburne is nothing to write home about, but it does offer plenty of eye candy chondrules for those who take the time to look…closely. The Shelburne chondrite fell back in 1904, and although an exciting event at the time, Shelburne is one of many

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Geoff Notkin Rock Star

By | | Jim's Fragments

Over the last 25 years or so of professional writing I have reviewed books, software, and products on many occasions. Generally these reviews end up discussing the writing style, sturdiness of the product or the ease-of-use of the program. As I prepared to write a review on Geoff Notkin’s new book I knew right away that a discussion of the

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The Hunt for Battle Mountain Meteorites

By | | Bob's Findings

A photo gallery of my August 2012 trip to Battle Mountain, Nevada. There won’t be a “Bob’s Findings” article this month because I’ve returned to the strewn-field near Battle Mountain, Nevada, where a meteorite fell on the 22nd of August 2012 (UTC). The first find from this fall was found by this author on September 1st 2012 10:50AM (PDT). Since

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Tiny Aussie “dish”

By | | Norm's Tektite Teasers

Usually bragging rights go to the monsters, but there’s a tiny end of the spectrum that deserves respect as well. I suppose there exists a full gradational transition from macro- to microtektites, but at the scale readily discerned by the naked eye, this is the smallest complete Australite in our collection. This morphology is well-known, and generally termed a “dish”.

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