Clair Omar Musser and his Celestaphone
Clair Omar Musser was the world’s most famous marimba player from ~1930 until ~1960, when the instrument’s popularity waned. His eclectic career …
Allegan, H5
Allegan’s a historic American fall from 1899. It’s a fairly typical H-chondrite, with moderate porosity and well-defined chondrules. From Merrill and Stokes’ …
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Bishopville, Aubrite
Bishopville is an early American fall that’s rather hard to come by. We are grateful to Dr. Arnaud Mignan for making the …
Bondoc, Mesosiderite-B4
The story of the Bondoc mesosiderite is a remarkable one. An easy-to-read version can be found here: Al Mitterling’s Nininger Moment #27 …
Allende, CV3.2
Allende is heralded as one of the largest recovered falls of the 20th century, and one of the most scientifically important and …
Aldama (a), IIIAB
Meteoritical Bulletin entry for Aldama (a). The iron’s medium-octahedral structure has been partly recrystallized by natural or artificial reheating, followed by rapid …
about us
We started collecting meteorites in the summer of 1998. Within a few years, we came to notice an event that kept recurring: …
Astoria, IIIAB
This IIIAB from South Dakota isn’t quite official yet. The total known weight was ~24 kilograms. The ~2 kilogram end-cut that was taken …
Boxhole, IIIAB
The Boxhole meteorite crater is ~170 meters in diameter, and is a very well-preserved impact, supposedly dating to only around 5,500 years …