The American Southwest
Here is an assortment of photos of meteorites found, mostly on dry lake beds, from California, Nevada, and Arizona. Some cold finds …
Indian Butte, H5
From the Meteoritical Bulletin: We spent a few days in the area in the summer of 2013, but didn’t have access to …
Palo Blanco Creek, eucrite
There is nearly no information on Palo Blanco Creek in the Meteoritical Bulletin. The stone was found in 1954 and weighed 1,482 …
Willcox Playa 010, lodranite
This stone was found on our return trip from Texas, with Camp Wood in the trunk of the car. We stopped to …
Meteor Crater Stock Certificate
“Specimen” stock certificates are created and retained for a few reasons; prior to the approval of a design or layout, ‘specimens’ are …
Octave Mine, H5
This stone was found on Christmas day in 2004, by a metal-detectorist in Arizona. It is classified as an H5 S1 W3. …
Nininger Canyon Diablo Impactite
These three specimens came from an older mineral collection — along with two specimens with “American Meteorite Museum” labels. We assume these …
Whetstone Mountains, Arizona
On the night of June 22, 2009, a small asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere above Mexico, moving roughly NNE. It broke up over …