If a meteorite falls in the woods and nobody writes an account of its arrival, does it count as a witnessed fall? Or perhaps maybe this: it was a dark and smokey streak across the sky. Oh, and include a fiery explosion, a fierce whistling, and a cow knocked off its feet! Oh yeah, and that two women had to
The 1766 Fall of the Albereto Meteorite: Electric Fluids and Bronzy Grains Read Post »
It has been a long time since I did an article on cutting meteorites but since that is mostly all I am doing right now it’s what I have on my mind. At certain times of the year as necessity demands, I spend weeks in the lab cutting stones to resupply our catalog. We get a few new stones every
A “Bob’s Findings” Article by Robert Verish Bob’s Bulletin – Vol. 5 No. 2 A newsletter for uncatalogued and unclassified meteorites found in the USA. Long-time readers of Bob’s Bulletin might notice a subtle change to this newsletter where we have included “Uncatalogued (but classified)” meteorites to the list of “Orphaned” USA meteorites. It has come to our attention that
On the morning of June 29, 2017 the Serra Pelada meteorite arrived in a gold mining area of Amazonia with a fireball, smoke train, “detonations” and dust. A mass of about 6kg broke apart near a village school and was quickly scooped up and distributed among locals. About 4km east an electrician at a mining company site saw a similar
This is a “Best Of” reprint of one of Norm’s favorite articles as he was not able to write an article due to factors beyond his control. Trinitite. Edeowie glass. Daugistau glass (if you’ve ever heard of this last one, you are part of a very exclusive brotherhood indeed. This article may well be the first time this material has
“I at first doubted whether it was a true aerolite or not, in consequence of the colour being different from the one that fell in the Furreedpore District in 1850… but I find from Mr. Peppe, the Sub-Deputy Opium Agent, that there can be no doubt of its being a true aerolite, as he has seen two that fell in
June 1, 2018, is destined to be an unusual Children’s Day. My friends’ circle on WeChat is filled with pictures and jokes about pretending to be young and then begging for Children’s Day gifts. Nothing changed until 10 p.m. when a message came in. The message was sent by Tang Yao, a reporter from a Beijing local newspaper. She interviewed
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