Jim’s Fragments

  I have cut a great many lunar meteorites in the last couple of decades. Some as large as three kilos and 1.8 kilos to...

I took a three-week driving trip around the country in June. I did some camping, and I stayed in hotels part of the time. If...

  Geoff Notkin Star of the hit television series “Meteorite Men” is once again working with Heritage Auctions Nature and Science Department on the Geoff...

I have spent a good deal of time in the deserts of the Southwestern United States during my life. It was a favorite thing of...

Well, first I guess I should report that the meteorite that was being classified in the last issue of the magazine and suspected of being...

As 2023 starts Jason Phillips and I have another meteorite well along the classification trail. It is suspected at present to be a howardite or...

I love Allende meteorites. They are a famous CV3 carbonaceous and a favorite of mine. And after forty years of meteorite lapidary work I have...

I rarely have two meteorites in the process of being classified at the same time. But that is exactly what has happened twice during recent...

Last issue I presented an interview I had with Geoff Notkin regarding the auction of his meteorite collection. After doing the interview and speaking with...

The Oscar Monnig Meteorite Gallery is on the campus of Texas Christian University in the Sid Richardson Science Building. Oscar E. Monnig amassed in his...

During the last fifty years of collecting and working with meteorites, I have done many fun things with them. As I cut and prepared them...

Most of the readers of this article know by now that I cut a large number of meteorites during a year. I have been particularly...