Background: The Willamette meteorite is the largest meteorite ever to be found in the United States and the sixth largest in the world. It is a fantastically shaped oriented giant weighing 15 tons. It began a tale of controversy almost the moment it was discovered in 1902. It was found
Background: February 15, 2013 will be remembered as the day the sky exploded over Russia. The day the Chelyabinsk meteorites arrived. A small asteroid entered the atmosphere traveling at tremendous speed. It was squeezed until it could not stand the pressure and exploded. The force of the blast was equivalent
Background: Resting where it was discovered, the Hoba meteorite is the largest space rock found so far on Earth. At approximately 60 tons it appears to have fallen 80 thousand years ago. Most large iron meteorites been moved to museums. Hoba has an amphitheater of concrete benches around it and
Background: Gibeon meteorites have been collected since 1836 in Namibia a country in southern Africa. The strewnfield for Gibeon meteorites is perhaps the largest in the world. Masses of this iron meteorite both large and small have been found and total approximately 26 tons. As a medium octahedrite Gibeon has
Background: The Fukang meteorite was discovered in China in 2000 and is certainly one of the most beautiful meteorites. As a member of the scarce Pallasite group of meteorites it contains a nearly fifty/fifty mix of metal and olivine crystals. Most pallasites have crystals that are dark cloudy and highly
