Bediasite Tektites

This bediasite was reportedly found several decades ago, and it tips the scale at 49.2 grams.  It comes via Mr. and Mrs. …

Bilanga, diogenite

The Bilanga diogenite fell on October 27, 1999 into and between the villages of Bilanga-Yanga and Gomposago, in Burkina-Faso.  The fall was …

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 …

Bishopville, aubrite

Bishopville was the first meteorite acquired by Charles Upham Shepard, an important early American meteoriticist and collector.  Dr. H. H. Nininger compiled …

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 one of the largest recovered falls of the 20th century, and also one of the most scientifically important and researched.  …

about us

We started collecting meteorites in the summer of 1998. Within a few years, we came to notice an event that kept recurring: …

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 …

Bir Lehlou, H-chondrite

This 205 kilogram (451 pound) stone was found ~25 kilometers North of Bir Lehlou, in Western Sahara. It is the ~eighth largest …