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"Those numbers tell me it is not a meteorite. The Ni - nickel would be over 4%. Not 0.03% Sorry but you do not have a meteorite."
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Was Lafayette a Witnessed Fall? 1 Reply
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Unknown from Mohave County Arizona. 2 Replies
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Meet the Meteorite Hunters
Started by Charlie Devine in Meteorite Hunting Oct 4, 2022.
Website about Canadian Meteorites and Impact Craters
Started by Dave Kenny in Learn About Meteorites Oct 1, 2022.
METEORITE ???
Started by Mai Thanh Phuong in Learn About Meteorites Sep 6, 2022.
Interesting Brecciated Meteorite
Started by Logan in Meteorite Collections Jul 5, 2022.
The Day the Asteroid Hit 1 Reply
Started by Charlie Devine in General Topics. Last reply by Craig Moody Apr 10, 2022.
Is it a lunar meteorite? It looks a lot like meteorite NWA 11474. 2 Replies
Started by Mai Thanh Phuong in Meteorite Hunting. Last reply by Craig Moody Apr 3, 2022.
Michael Farmer and Christie’s Auction
Started by Charlie Devine in General Topics Mar 27, 2022.
Finding Meteorite Hot Spots in Antarctica 2 Replies
Started by Charlie Devine in General Topics. Last reply by Charlie Devine Mar 12, 2022.
Should this sample be brought to the laboratory? 5 Replies
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Chinese meteorite impact glass has a nice name Lei Gongmo in China 2 Replies
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First Meteorite 4 Replies
Started by Neil J Berry in Meteorite Hunting. Last reply by Craig Moody Jan 30, 2022.
Impact melting breccia meteorite found in Xinjiang, China 3 Replies
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Introducing Arizona's "Jigsaw Puzzle" meteorite -- Tank Mountains! 7 Replies
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Study Pinpoints Likely Home of Martian Meteorites 5 Replies
Started by Charlie Devine in General Topics. Last reply by Craig Moody Dec 17, 2021.
Meteorite Lands in Bed 5 Replies
Started by Charlie Devine in General Topics. Last reply by Carl Patzer Oct 16, 2021.
Meteorite Hunting in Morocco 1 Reply
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Germany’s Largest Stone Meteorite Recognized 4 Replies
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Was Lafayette a Witnessed Fall?
New evidence suggests this Martian meteorite was indeed a witnessed fall, recovered by the witness…https://phys.org/news/2022-10-science-sleuths-century-old-mystery-martian.htmlSee More
"Your photos show large chunks of basalt. They have large amounts of desert varnish on the surface. It is very easy to confuse desert varnish with fusion crust. Fusion crust forms in the space of minutes due to high pressure and friction heating,…"
Website about Canadian Meteorites and Impact Craters
I am very pleased to announce my recently launched Canadian meteorite website. It is based on a road-trip my wife and I made from Vancouver Island to southern Ontario in May and June 2022. We visited lots of historic meteorite fall sites and impact craters. We interviewed the lady who had a meteorite crash through her roof in Golden, BC. I hope it will be a fun go-to site for those interested in Canadian meteorites ! Enjoy !…See More
"Prof. Randy Korotev of Washington U. St. Louis kindly viewed the photos. He thought the rock showed chemical weathering and that the crust was too thick to be a fusion crust. I think I'll take another trip to Mohave county and just…"
Unknown from Mohave County Arizona.
Hello club members. I'm new to this forum and meteorite identification. I recently covered a lot of ground in the deserts of Mohave county Arizona and came across a rock that was unusual. What I noticed is that it is very dark colored and has a significant crust (fusion crust?). The crust appears to be on all sides of the stone. It looks like it is broken in half which is also odd. I don't think it is a meteorite since it is not magnetic and shows tiny vesicles on the bottom side of a…See More
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