The Felix Carbonaceous Chondrite: A 3.3 from 1900.
Thirty minutes before noon on May 15th 1900, a single stone flew down from space through a clear blue sky. It attracted the attention of
Thirty minutes before noon on May 15th 1900, a single stone flew down from space through a clear blue sky. It attracted the attention of
One of the wonderful things that the Internet has brought to us is the vast amount of images available on every topic. For meteorites many
Here in the United States of America, if you want to get a meteorite classified, you have to pay some professional to get it done.
Kamil Crater is one of the most recent discovered impact craters. It was incidentally identified in 2008 by Vincenzo De Michele (Italy) during a Google
The wavy black forms signal a symplectitic texture. Symplectites appear in metals, minerals and other materials. They are intergrowths of two or more constituents and
The recent announcement of “tektites” in the Atacama forced me to revisit the criteria that distinguish tektites from other impact glasses. At both extremes are
Our Meteorite of the Month is kindly provided by Tucson Meteorites who hosts The Meteorite Picture of the Day. Submit Pictures to Meteorite Pictures of
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