From 1889 to 1923, Harvey Harlow Nininger followed the fairly traditional and well worn path of an academic, but then something changed. And very likely if you are reading this, you also have experienced that “change” and from that point on, meteorites were part of your life. In the case of H. H. Nininger, he took the rest of the
H. H. Nininger: Master of Meteorites By Kenneth J. Zoll Read Post »
Well, first I guess I should report that the meteorite that was being classified in the last issue of the magazine and suspected of being a Howardite is a Polymict Diogenite Breccia. It ended up with less than 10% eucrite material. I am not at all unhappy about the results. I have never had a diogenite breccia classified for me
Here are some objects we found in the Rumuruti chondrite, NWA 5245 R3. All are in thin section and viewed in cross-polarized light. We like the appearance of barred olivine; it is both ordered and varied. This 2mm diameter barred olivine chondrule with an igneous rim is much larger than usual for an R chondrite.
Dedication to Dr. Carleton Moore I dedicate this article to my good friend, Dr. Carleton Moore. For those of you who were fortunate enough to know Carleton, I need not write anything more about him. For the others, Carleton was a pioneer in meteorite research and assisted with training the NASA Apollo astronauts on what type of samples to
Nihon Inseki or Japanese Meteorites – Co-authored with Jesse Piper Read Post »
This has been an absolutely wild time for fresh falls, all around the world. I had a whole article written just for the Muskogee fall, and just before sending it off to Paul, there is an additional find and new main mass for Muskogee that happens to be a hammerstone! As if that was not enough, three falls in three
