September 2020

The Blackwell Meteorite: We’d expect nothing less from the Sooner State

By | | Accretion Desk

In the previous issue of the Meteorite Times, I highlighted a famous Oklahoma meteorite fall named Lost City. While Lost City is arguably the most important and well known fall from the Sooner state, the first witnessed fall in the state actually occurred while Oklahoma was still a territory. The Blackwell meteorite fell in May of 1906, a full year

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Several Meteorites Found in the SW Deserts of the USA.

By | | Bob's Findings

Some of these stony meteorites have already been classified. USA150806 This stone wasn’t “Recognized” as a meteorite until 2019 August. Now classified as “Ureilite”, and its name was approved on 2020 April 5th, as: Hardpan Flat (URE) My last article was at the beginning of 2020, before the start of this current pandemic. You would think that with all of

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NWA 8781 C-ungr

By | | Micro Visions

Northwest Africa 8781 C-ungr weighs 380 grams between several stones found together near Foum Zguid, Morocco, in July 2014. I find the reasoning for its classification informative. This is by the classifying scientist, Tony Irving. This specimen is not a CV3 chondrite (chondrule size much too small, no CAI), not a CK chondrite (no magnetite), not a CO3 chondrite (oxygen

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Seeking the Nininger`s Museums

By | | Guest Articles

From the ruins near the Arizona Crater to the unknown building that now belongs to a Hotel. Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887 – 1986), a name that marked the history and direction of meteoritic science in the world. He was a meteorite enthusiast in North America and with his love and dedication he also aroused passion, as well as scientific interest

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