The 21st century began with a bang over Alaska and Canada. Just over two weeks into the new millennium, an amazing specimen of carbonaceous space science landed on a frozen surface preserved about as well as anything could have been outside crashing through the roof of the Lunar and Planetary Lab at Johnson Space Center during a tour by top
John Shaw and the Tagish Lake Meteorite: “Boy, that was close!” Read Post »
Last issue I presented an interview I had with Geoff Notkin regarding the auction of his meteorite collection. After doing the interview and speaking with Geoff several times as the article was put together I got pretty excited myself about the event. I decided it was not something I wanted to miss. So I booked a round-trip ticket to Dallas
The Oscar Monnig Meteorite Gallery is on the campus of Texas Christian University in the Sid Richardson Science Building. Oscar E. Monnig amassed in his life one of the finest private collections of meteorites of his time. He was a man with a lifelong passion for meteorites. The Monnig Meteorite Collection was donated to TCU over eight years from 1978
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NWA 13784 CV3-an was brought to us by Hanno Strufe and Andreas Grünemeyer, described by Ansgar Greshake with oxygen isotopes by Karen Ziegler. It appears to have been affected by both water and shock. Olivine grains are strongly zoned from their centers out. Undulatory extinction is evident in some chondrules. A set of subparallel fractures separate offset blocks. Multilayered chondrules
As I write this article, the tragic events of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas unfolded. Two teachers and nineteen students died needlessly. Unlike the media, I choose not to concentrate on the shooter and his name. I prefer to remember the antithesis of the murderer from a different school shooting. I choose to remember Sandy Hook
Just about everyone who sees a bolide can imagine themselves following the flight path to its end to find a meteorite. Likewise many a collector aspires to get out and make a personal find, especially one from a fresh fall. Unfortunately that opportunity does not present itself every day. When meteorites do fall, it takes a combination of hunting skill,
Our Meteorite of the Month is kindly provided by Tucson Meteorites who hosts The Meteorite Picture of the Day.
