On a summer morning at about eight o’clock, a large stone meteorite entered the airspace above Allegan, Michigan landing on a spot of ground known as Thomas Hill. It was Monday July 10, 1899. The Allegan meteorite is classified as an H5 chondrite, one of the most common types of meteorites to fall on this world. But what seems like
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Over the years I have written about meteorites that I have sent off for classification. Repeatedly the question “How can I get a meteorite classified?” has been asked. At gem shows there are boxes of meteorites for sale and unfortunately rocks being called meteorites but which are not. Meteorites with no pedigree can also be bought online. They are often
New Raymer is a metamorphic type 4 so we wouldn’t expect to see dark matrix and sharply defined chondrules. Still, there are opaque areas that beg to be investigated.
The Paris, Los Angeles and New York meteorites share a common history of being meteorites that were found outside those large famous metropolitan cities that they were named after. The Los Angeles meteorite was found around 1980 by Bob Verish in California’s Mojave Desert when Bob picked up a couple of rocks that caught his eye which were 452.6 grams
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