September 2024

PreFalls! Meteorites that are meteorites before they are meteorites.

By | | Accretion Desk

Back in 2005, in this very publication, I coined the term Find2Fall to describe meteorites whose arrival on earth was not witnessed in the usual way, but it seemed obvious that the meteorite was not completely a find. For instance, there was evidence that the space rock arrived very recently, or there was a documented or historical record containing accounts

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One of the most notorious NASA crimes – stealing the moon and Holbrooks

By | | Mitch’s Universe

Once in a blue moon, someone reaches for the moon, steals it, and feels over the moon. This is the story about Thad Roberts and his girlfriend, Tiffany Fowler, who stole moon rocks and Holbrook specimens from NASA. In 1990, the lunar 19 gram fusion crusted whole stone, Calcalong Creek was discover in Australia. This was the first lunar meteorite

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Getting in Focus

By | | MeteorWriting

Meteorite collections can head down a lot of interesting paths. Some folks focus on collecting aesthetic pieces, others only irons, meteorites from their home state is a common theme as is focusing on witnessed falls from your country. I remember early on when I had just started collecting, reading an article that warned against going into collecting without a focus.

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