Not to dispute the old saying, that time flies. But, it just moves along. It is we that have a changing perception from day to day or year to year. But, time itself passes at a constant rate. Unless, I am badly mistaken this is the last month of year ten of Meteorite Times. I think Paul and I realized
Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2012 was my 20th show. I think it will turn out to be one of the most memorable of all my visits to Tucson. We changed a little from the norm by attending the week before all the big meteorite celebrations. Even before leaving for the trip we were thinking that might turn out to
In a few days it will again be time for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. I will be off to find treasures from beyond the Earth. If memory serves correctly this will be my twentieth Tucson Gem Show. Often I have used the January issue of my article as a time to remember the past and get some perspective
As I write this I am hoping I will have enough new material to offer from our second visit to the Alamo Breccia that I did not say in the original Alamo Breccia article of November 2002. But, I guess I will start by saying that when we were there a few weeks ago I thought it had only been
After a couple weeks of exchanging emails between the three of us a basic plan for vacation has begun to emerge. We do not leave for another few days but for me today and tomorrow are the last days off from work to prepare. I have my list made and I have gotten a few things like batteries ready. I
The last time I had been to the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles was about 30 years ago. My wife and I have been trying to take our grandchildren and their parents on some outings during the summer. When the new Dinosaur Exhibit opened at the museum we thought that would be fun. So I booked tickets for it
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Middle of the summer is always the time when we stay home and avoid the heat of the dessert. But, have no fear we will get back out and hunting in the fall. So I have been spending a lot of time cutting meteorites and that has been great fun. I had been having a several year long love affair
At least a couple times a year I receive specimens from someone who thinks they have found tektites at a new location. Often it is somewhere in Arizona or Utah. So this month we are reviewing the differences between tektites and other natural glasses. Sometimes the finders have some knowledge of locations where non tektites glasses have been found in
I have for many years had an up-to-date database of my officially recognized meteorites. And I maintain that very carefully adding each new acquisition as soon as possible after it arrives. However, I have not done so with my unclassified meteorites. I have painted identification information on many of them. It is a code that tells me when they were
This month I undertake a long postponed task of getting my lapidary workshop organized. I had to move the large saw from my father’s garage to my garage. It seemed like a great time to begin getting the other equipment set up and placed permanently. The last time the vibrating lap was up and running was about five years ago.
In general, I am about as far from being a reality TV fan as a person can get. I watch mostly the channels on history and science and my sci-fi movies of course and that is it. Ask me about the news and I can barely tell you a thing about what is going on in the world. But, this
Even with the diminishing supply of nice unclassified NWA material showing up at Tucson year by year I was able to find some pretty nice stones at the last show. I thought that this month you might be interested in seeing what these mystery stones turned out to look like when I got them home and lapped a window on
I have done book reviews before. Usually the only characters in the books are meteorites or tektites. In this case Meteorite Hunting How To Find Treasure From Space I know almost every character mentioned in the book. That made it very special for me, but by the end of the reading it was clear that this book was far more
Well another Tucson Gem and Mineral Show has come and gone. I went this year with a lot of other concerns on my personal plate. But, it turned out to be a great time for me and I was for the most part able to forget the other stuff for a few days. Paul and I hit town on Wednesday
It isn’t every day that a new crater is discovered on the Earth but we have been very fortunate that several have been found in the couple years that had meteorites associated with them. The similarities of the meteorites found at Gebel Kamil and Whitecourt is going to be my topic this month. The physical properties of iron meteorites definitely
