Another photo gallery of the usual suspects. Over the past decade, various people have contacted me asking for help in getting their “meteorite” identified. In recent years, what with meteorites being mentioned more in the media, there isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t get asked, “How much is my rock worth?”. But not one of those rocks
Volunteers needed to help “clean-up” El Mirage Dry Lake. The title of this article may mislead you into thinking that I am looking for volunteers to help clean up all the remaining meteorites from El Mirage Dry Lake (well, maybe I am). Actually, this “clean-up” is really an event where a large group of volunteers come out to El Mirage
This updated list is organized into Falls, and Finds from dry-lakes, and Finds not from dry-lakes. This is a project that I’ve been working on ever since I discovered that it was hard to find a list of California Meteorites with detailed information that wasn’t out-of-date. The pace of meteorite-recovery in the state of California is rapid and the rate
San Bernardino Wash (L5) An apparent strewn-field in the California Mojave Desert. High up into the Pinto Mountains there is a surprisingly flat valley that is drained by the San Bernardino Wash. Ironically, this wash isn’t in San Bernardino County. It is located just south of the county line in Riverside County. Being located this far south in the mountain
At least once a month since 2003, a Nevada meteorite has been showcased on the “NevMetPoM” website . Quinn Canyon (Iron, IIIAB) – Nevada’s first meteorite find. The above image is the first one that started it all. And a decade later, I’m still highlighting Nevada meteorites on that webpage. At least once every month, I’ve posted a picture of
10-year Anniversary for Nevada Meteorite Picture of the Month Read Post »
The effort to reconstruct fragmented meteorites continues Part 1 of this story was my last article (May 2013) and was titled: Primm and the other Roach Dry Lake Meteorites. The Primm meteorite was found in Clark County in southern Nevada. It was found on 1997 December 23rd. Paul Gessler’s father, Nicholas Gessler, discovered the first Primm Meteorite. Nick and his
Monika Waiblinger on Roach Dry Lake in 2009 October, pointing to a 37gram meteorite that she just found. It’s hard to say when this story started. It’s not always easy to pinpoint when a specific action precipitates a course of events, particularly when more than one story dovetails and over time forms a braid of history. If this
2012 Year-end Review A recap of the past year’s events and findings. Well, it’s that time of year, where we take time to reflect on the events of 2012, and in the process we can make predictions, or at least, better resolutions for the coming year. 2012 January- Nevada meteorites The year 2012 starts off on the right foot
2012 Year-end Review A recap of the past year’s events and findings. Read Post »
A photo gallery of my August 2012 trip to Battle Mountain, Nevada. There won’t be a “Bob’s Findings” article this month because I’ve returned to the strewn-field near Battle Mountain, Nevada, where a meteorite fell on the 22nd of August 2012 (UTC). The first find from this fall was found by this author on September 1st 2012 10:50AM (PDT). Since
Images from the gathering of meteorite hunters celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Holbrook Meteorite fall. Sixteen (16) meteorite hunters showed-up in the Holbrook strewn-field at the very moment – when the fall had occurred – exactly 100 years later. Even though the 100th Anniversary day, July 19th 2012, came on a Thursday this year, there was still a good
Holbrook – 100th Anniversary (2012) – Meteorite Hunt Read Post »
Ron Hartman’s Memorial A memorial held at Mt. San Antonio College celebrates the life of Ron Hartman To celebrate his life, Ron’s former co-workers at Mt. San Antonio College (Mt.SAC) helped his family organize a memorial that brought them together with his friends, former students and colleagues in astronomy and meteorite-related fields, to share recollections and join together in a
The Whitmire (South Carolina) Bolide of February 13th 2012 The search for meteorites from this fireball-meteor still continues. Meteor makes headlines in The Whitmire News! (Wasn’t really a “meteor shower”, but hopefully, it was a meteorite shower;-) Continuation of front-page article on page 2. (Actually, this was a better than average news article, compared to other “meteor” articles that
