This feature is devoted to personalities within the meteorite community. This month we are delighted to share an interview we had with the world famous meteorite hunting canines Brix and Hopper. How old were you when you first became interested in meteorites? I just turned three in April so I started at a very young age. I first became
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Dark polished surface make chondrules nearly impossible to see. Further the preparer has coated the surface with a plastic, reflections of which can be seen in the lower left quarter. But, the specimen shows the distribution of metal grains often seen in H chondrites, that being numerous grains of small and mostly uniform size.
While working near San Ignacio, Belize around 1990 geologist Jean Cornec was given a rounded black glassy pebble. This stone had been found close to Mayan ruins at Bullet Tree Falls, Cayo district, Belize. The specimen was assumed by Jean to be obsidian until seeing a tektite exhibit during a 1993 visit to the Denver Museum of Natural History in
A perfect 3.5 kg specimen of Muong Nong from Laos with no chips or damages at all. The 2 cent piece has a diameter of aproximately 2 cm.
Henbury Iron Meteorite found by Geoff Notkin while filming “Meteorite Men” with Steve Arnold in Central Australia. Specimen from AEROLITE METEORITES
Stretch Lei Gong Mo from Zhanjiang Guangdong Province, China This specimen is 95 grams. Photo Credit: Daniel Sutherland
