Meteorite Times Magazine

Linum, Germany: It’s What’s For Breakfast!

Martin Horejsi — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:44:32 PDT

Linum, Germany: It’s What’s For Breakfast! Linum is one of those rare meteorites whose date of fallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses. is within a few years of its TKW in grams. In this case, the Linum fell in 1854 with a total known weight of 1862 grams. [...]

California’s Recent Meteorite Fall

Jim Tobin — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:17:29 PDT

I named this article as I did to avoid the problem of picking a name myself when it has not been officially named as of the time of this writing. My story of the meteorite fallThe recovered meteorites of an event that was seen by eye witnesses. near Coloma, California began with my wife asking [...]

Meteorite Market Trends

Michael Blood — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:00:44 PDT

This Month’s Meteorite Market Trends by Michael Blood

IMCA Insights – May 2012

IMCA TEAM — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:15:04 PDT

Almahata Sitta

John Kashuba — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:04:20 PDT

It seems understatement to say that Almahata Sitta is polymict given that it contains at least twelve lithologies. Since the lithologic types are dominated by ureilites, though, it is classified as a polymict ureiliteA class of achondriteMeteorites formed from an igneous source rock and lacking chondrules, group includes lunar and planetary meteorites. meteorites characterized by [...]

TEKTITE THESES, THEMES, TROPHIES, & TRIVIA: Dragon Tracks!

Norm Lehrman — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:08:16 PDT

This spectacular Thailandite from the Khorat Plateau region of northeastern Thailand, exhibits exceptionally well-developed skin splits. These formed after the skin had cooled sufficiently to react in a brittle manner while the interior remained soft and gooey. When this water balloon-like blob splatted, the skin split open revealing the viscous interior. Note the contrast in [...]

Meteorite Calendar – May 2012

Anne Black — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:21:01 PDT

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L’Aigle

Editor — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:23:48 PDT

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Darwin Glass

Editor — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:12:48 PDT

Darwin glass is an impactiteA glassy rock that is found in association with impact structures and craters, it is formed from the melting of native rocks during the impact of asteroids. It can be very well melted found as glassy and solid or may be poorly melted and bubbly. sometimes it will contain spheroids of [...]

Lissa: Fell 110 years before Czechoslovakia, and 182 years before the Czech Republic

Martin Horejsi — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:35:21 PDT

Lissa is an L6 meteorite that fell in 1808. And that’s a long time ago by any meteorite collecting measurement. I feel fortunate to have a slice in my collection because Lissa fell when the ancestors on my father’s side lived in what was once Bohemia, then Czechoslovakia, and now the Czech Republic. This [...]