I’m getting old. There’s no denying it. Not that old, but old enough to know that retirement is not right now but I can see it from here. So when I take a good hard look at my meteorite collection, I consider that downsizing a real possibility. But with that downsizing comes a very real and practical implementation of
As I sit here gazing out the window at the atmospheric river that is roaring through my mountain town. I am using this dramatic time to write my next article first of a new year. A friend of mine, Mally, who I hike with sometimes took this picture and sent it to me. He hikes rain or shine with his
We purchased a 22.8 gram slice of an NWA meteorite in 2007 at the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines mineral and gem show. For some unknown reason it entered our collection with an incorrect NWA number, a mystery yet to be solved. Looking at the thin sections that we had made, it very well could be an LL3 as our notes show. LL chondrites
In this installation, I wanted to focus on meteorites whose arrival made waves, first physically and then literally based on their splashdowns. I am very guilty of collecting meteorites that have shared eccentric backstories. Given the Earth is covered by ~71 percent water, statistically speaking, most meteorites make a splashdown vs a terra firma touchdown. That said, the ones that
