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. …
This bediasite was reportedly found several decades ago, and it tips the scale at 49.2 grams. It comes via Mr. and Mrs. …
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 was the world’s most famous marimba player from ~1930 until ~1960, when the instrument’s popularity waned. His eclectic career …
Bishopville was the first meteorite acquired by Charles Upham Shepard, an important early American meteoriticist and collector. Dr. H. H. Nininger compiled …
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 is one of the largest recovered falls of the 20th century, and also one of the most scientifically important and researched. …
We started collecting meteorites in the summer of 1998. Within a few years, we came to notice an event that kept recurring: …
The Boxhole meteorite crater is ~170 meters in diameter, and is a very well-preserved impact, supposedly dating to only around 5,500 years …
For the story behind the stones, click here.
This 205 kilogram (451 pound) stone was found ~25 kilometers North of Bir Lehlou, in Western Sahara. It is the ~eighth largest …