IMCA Insights

Investigating planetary interiors with meteorites: the case of Mars Nicola Mari* *School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK. The interiors of the terrestrial planets still remain a realm of absolute mystery. The internal compositions and thermodynamics of the terrestrial planets are keys to ultimately understand how they initially formed and evolved in differing planetary systems and can

Understanding Solar System History: CAIs in Meteorites Emilie T. Dunham* *Center for Meteorite Studies, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PSF 550 E. Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, etdunham@asu.edu One of the most rewarding and exciting parts of studying meteorites is being able to participate in public outreach events. At such events, I enjoy placing a piece

Mr. Luke Daly1,2 1The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, Australia 2School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK The invention of the light microscope by Hans and Zacharias Jansen 1580-1638 and telescope by Hans Lipperhey in 1608 using two glass lenses revolutionised our understanding

Ellen J. Crapster-Pregont1,2 1.Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA. 2.Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 10024, USA. Every year approximately 40,000 meteorites make it to Earth’s surface. This value is based on camera network meteor data (Halliday et al., 1989; Bland, 2005) and weathering studies of hot desert meteorites

Kamil Crater is one of the most recent discovered impact craters. It was incidentally identified in 2008 by Vincenzo De Michele (Italy) during a Google Earth survey while he was searching for ruins of prehistoric settlements in a rocky desert area of the southwestern part of Egypt (22°01’06’’N, 26°05’16’’E; Figure 1). In 2010, an Italian-Egyptian geophysical campaign was organized with

Every year I visit Mineralien Tage in Munich to meet meteorite friends and, above all, see many new meteorites. There are hundreds of tables with tons of minerals, jewelry, and fossils. Among them on these tables are hidden meteorites. This year I am again seeing much less material than in previous years. Many people were missing and the usually well-represented

What’s so Mysterious about Meteorites By O. Richard and Dorothy Norton Reviewed by Anne M. Black When Richard Norton went on to the great beyond three years ago, he left us with three books that we all know and love: “Rocks from Space”, “The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites” and the “Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites” but there was one

It is still very hot here but the Denver Show is just a few weeks away. Yes, it is this time of the year again, time for our Yearly Elections! And to make it absolutely sure that not one single member missed this opportunity to become a Director or to vote for their favorite candidates; we are devoting a whole

IMCA Insights – July 2012 Ensisheim 2012 by Anne BlackFirst of all our sincere thanks to Zelimir Gabelica who had a very serious health scare at the beginning of this year and managed to recover on time to organize this year’s show. Thank you Zelimir, I don’t know what the Confrerie, the town of Ensisheim, France or the Meteorite Community

The meteorite de Monferre (France) By Jean-Michel Masson Translated by Anne Black Late in the evening probably around 10pm, during the summer of 1923, the inhabitants of the village of Treville in southwest France between Toulouse and Carcassonne observed a large fireball crossing the sky. The bolide was lying from south to north and passed just east of the village.