May 2021

Sorry it took me 213 years to show you my Stannern Meteorite Individual

By | | Accretion Desk

Two hundred and thirteen years ago this May, the Stannern achondrite fell from the sky, landing in what is now the Czech Republic. The shower of stones was reported to have lasted eight minutes which I find astounding for many reasons. Estimates of upwards of 300 individual stones fell with only 66 documented stones recovered, and a majority of those

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Aba Panu L3

By | | Micro Visions

The silicates in Aba Panu have been strongly shocked so it is not a particularly pretty meteorite under the microscope in transmitted light, in spite of its being an L3. The Meteoritical Bulletin database says that metal and sulfide occurs as: fined grained spheres in the matrix; armoring chondrules; and, occasional lumps.                

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Meteorwrongs – Pseudometeorites

By | | Mitch’s Universe

About a dozen years ago, I started collecting “Meteorwrongs” or “Pseudometeorites” for a few reasons. First and most importantly, they fascinated me. How could some Pseudometeorites look so much like meteorites? Yes, the vast majority of Meteorwrongs don’t resemble a meteorite, but there are a few that may fool even seasoned meteorite enthusiasts and scientists (without doing lab analysis). Having

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