The Wuhan coronavirus has served as a vivid reminder of how quickly our whole world can change. It has brought to public consciousness great plagues...

As I prepared to write this article, it was my intention to flash through a series of tektite ornamentation images accompanied by minimal text. I...

This is a “Best Of” reprint of one of Norm’s favorite articles as he was not able to write an article due to factors beyond...

In previous columns, we have been working through a review of the classic tektite morphologies. If the perfect minimalist tektite collection was limited to just...

On our planet, the grand cabinet of curiosities contains a very limited range of glass teardrops. Volcanic eruptions can form fire-fountain droplets like Pele’s Tears...

I thought this article was going to be easy, but things took a bad turn when I realized there is a lot about dumbbells I...

(mybp or my: million years before present; ky: thousand years before present) …And when your children shall ask “what meaneth these stones?” ye shall answer...

In this edition we conclude our survey of the classic three or four morphologies of each part of the Australasian tektite strewn field, now moving...

In this edition we were supposed to continue our orderly survey of the classic morphologies of the Australasian tektite strewn field, next moving on to...

In the last edition, I commenced a series on the tektite “classics”, the essential specimens required to anchor a basic Australasian collection. Splashform dumbbells, teardrops,...

This is my 41st column for Meteorite Times, and I just realized that in my enthusiasm for tektite oddballs, esoterica, and rarities, I have never...

Thermal ablation effects are the hallmark of Australites. Nearly all show them in some variation. Cores form as the incandescently-hot frontal surface expands and flakes...