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’ …
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 …
Ash Creek, L6
For the story behind the stones, click here.
Ash Creek, Texas
On February 15th, 2009 at around 11AM local time, a small asteroid entered the atmosphere and broke up over Birome, Texas. Larger …
Buffalo Gap, IAB-ungrouped
We wrote the Meteoritical Bulletin write-up for this iron; I can’t think of anything else to add. In short, it’s similar to …
Bur-Abor, IIIAB
Bur-Abor is a special one for us. Some ten or fifteen years ago, we emailed Eric Twelker about a few Bur-Abor specimens …