Iowa, as a state, joined 28 other others back on December 28, 1846. And late that same century, as Frank Cressy wrote, “Over a 15 year period in the late 1800s, the state of Iowa experienced three of the largest meteorite showers in the history of the United States.” One of those falls was named Forest City, and it was
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I spend many days in the lab cutting and preparing meteorites. Often I start at 7 am and work until mid-afternoon or early evening. I am supposed to be retired but the secret of a long successful retirement is to stay really busy. At least that is what some experts say. If you plop your retired butt in front of
The Nakhla meteorite fell in the Nile delta the morning of June 28, 1911. Nakhlites are igneous rocks formed in flows or intrusions on Mars. They are rich in augite and contain a portion of olivine, about 10% in the case of Nakhla itself. Olivine grains in Nakhla and other nakhlites contain prominent dark flake-like inclusions. These are very thin
From the knights of medieval legends to Indiana Jones, the Holy Grail has been the most sought-after Christian relic in popular culture for centuries. The grail is most commonly identified as the cup that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper, and Joseph used to collect Jesus’s blood when he was crucified. The phrase “Holy Moly” is an expression of
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