The
Old Woman Meteorite
The second largest meteorite discovered in the United States has
found a new home back in the area of it's discovery. The meteorite
was found in 1976 by three prospectors in the Old Woman Mountains
of San Bernardino County. Over the next several years it was on
display in many venues of the BLM...
The Controversy
Over Utah's Upheaval Dome - by Matt Morgan
For many years
Upheaval Dome, located in the heart of Utah's Canyonlands National
Park, was thought to have been just an ordinary salt dome. The "salt
dome theory" was well accepted in the scientific community, primarily
because the Canyonlands area contains numerous salt domes. However,
recent stratigraphic and geophysical evidence suggests a more exciting
and controversial origin: meteorite impact!
When Worlds Collide by Bill Whiddon - by Bill Whiddon
I first
met David Levy before he had discovered any comets (his latest count
is too high for anyone to remember). I remember being seated around
a breakfast table with him at a Riverside Telescope Makers Conference...
Remembering Darryl Futrell
It's hard to believe that Darryl has
been gone since August of 2001. It's highly likely that there
would not have been The Meteorite Exchange or MeteoriteTimes...
Protecting
Your Irons and Stony-Irons Against Rust For Handling and Display
- by Alan Garrett
Meteorites. Even the name sounds compelling!
Just the idea of being able to hold a rock from another world in
my own hands and feel it's strangely alien surface just blows me
away! As a young child I was always fascinated with space...
Meteorite Hunting
Vacation 2000
"Store Closed Gone Hunting"
was sort of the theme we began with on Monday evening. The weather
was looking more ominous but we knew from the past, that what happens
on our side of the mountains is very different from what happens
in the desert
Two Meteorite Hunters Nightmare
Thick Clouds and fog early did not bother
them, many trips over the high pass made them confident that the
sky would be clear on the other side. Even the rain later could
not dampen their hopes for a great day...
May-Meteorite Month in Southern California
Meteorite lovers find plenty to see
and enjoy in the month of May as the gem and mineral show comes
to Costa Mesa in the middle of the month, and the next weekend more
can be seen at the Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC)
at Camp Oakes in the San Bernardino Mountains
Meteor Crater, Arizona
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Join us as we take you on tours around the rim of Meteor Crater
and a day on the floor of Meteor Crater in Arizona.
Meteorite-Times
Magazine
Please see
our online meteorite magazine call Meteorite-Times Magazine for
monthly articles and features on meteorites, tektites and the people
behind them.
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