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 (opens in a new window)
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
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Meteorite-Times Magazine for monthly articles and features on meteorites,
tektites and the people behind them.
