IMCA Insights

IMCA Insights – January 2011 How it all started – Part 1 by Anne Black & Various IMCA Members In December 2010 I asked our members for input for our IMCA Insights, and a few questions that would shed light on the different backgrounds of those members who were willing to answer. I asked: How did you become interested by

IMCA Insights – November 2010 Munich Mineral Show 2010 by Martin Altmann Autumn – time for the big Munich Show. Together with Tucson the marker, the indicator for the meteoritical course of the following year. Warm fall winds bestowed days of sun and pushed the panorama of the Alps closer to the city. Full of expectations and pleasant anticipation, having

IMCA Insights – September 2010 Commemorating the Schwetz Iron by Andrzej S. Pilski More than 20 years ago I started my meteorite adventure by reading a great work by Dr. Jerzy Pokrzywnicki „Meteorites of Poland” (Studia Geologica Polonica, Vol. 15, 1964). Then I visited Polish meteorite collections to learn how meteorites actually do look like. In the collection of the

IMCA Insights – July 2010 Ensisheim Meteorite Show 2010 by Norbert Classen Welcome to the July issue of IMCA Insights and to our second meteorite show report for this year, Ensisheim 2010. The show was opening its gates for the 11th time from June 18 to 20, 2010, and like in the last years it attracted a lot of international

IMCA Insights – June 2010 A Meteorite Homecoming by Martin Goff The story of the Wold Cottage meteorite and the role it occupies in the history of meteoritics cannot be overestimated. This historic meteorite was one of a few famous falls on a timeline from Barbotan in 1790 culminating in L’Aigle in 1803 that led to the general acceptance that

The Cartersville Meteorite by Dave Gheesling At about 11:00 p.m local time on March 1, 2009, a meteorite was heard when crashing through the roof of a house in Bartow County, Georgia. An extensive search of the surrounding area has been conducted by the author and several others, but no additional stones have been found, most likely because the terrain

Commemorating Christian Anger (1965-2009) compiled by Andrzej S. Pilski Today I received an email from Harald Stehlik, saying that our good friend Christian Anger had a very bad car accident on December 14, 2009, and he died. I am very shocked and sad, because Christian was not only a collector but a friend. Everybody knows how much fun we had

Meteorites 101 at a Deaf School by Pete Shugar Background on Learning the Art of Sign Language It was seventh grade. Her locker was just five away from mine. She was shy. I never saw her with anyone else. I finally screwed up the mental courage and taped a note to her locker, asking for a date. Imagine my surprise

Fourth Annual IMCA Dinner in Tucson by Maria Haas This was the fourth time we hosted an official IMCA dinner in Tucson during the show. Each year we have gotten a few more attendees than the year prior so I expected around 35 people. It is my pleasure to tell you we had 63 people at the dinner this year!

Irons from Space Pictures of the Day by Dave Gheesling After a recent business trip to neighboring South Carolina, I was fortunate enough to catch Michael Johnson during a free moment and get a personal tour of his spectacular meteorite collection. Michael is probably best known by all of us in the meteorite community for his terrific Rocks from Space