Aiquile, H5
On November 20, 2016, a bright daytime fireball split the sky above Aiquile, Bolivia. A local named Hugo Cardona quickly snagged a …
Bear Creek, IIIAB
Bear Creek is a historic American iron that’s pretty hard to come by. We try not to buy slices or part-slices in …
Bitburg, IAB
Bitburg is one of those old, strange stories you read about in meteorite books. A 1.5 ton iron was found in the …
What are CAIs?
CAIs. Calcium aluminum inclusions. What’s so special about them and why do people who study meteorites talk about them so much? Well, …
chondrite classification
From the chondrite information page, the petrographic classification scheme works kind of like this: completely altered by water into clay (no known …
Australite, Tektite
At 6.1 grams, this is one of the larger complete examples I have seen. It exhibits wonderful contraction cracking and a very …
Arispe, Mexico
Here are some photos from a 2003 expedition to Arispe. Unfortunately, we didn’t find any meteorites, but it was a memorable trip …