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Meteorite Times Magazine Tabor: My 262 year old Relative Martin Horejsi
Twelve years ago, the Tabor Meteorite celebrated it’s 250th birthday on this planet. But to me Tabor is so much more than just a historical witnessed meteorite f all of advanced age. Tabor, Czech Republic is also the land of the people on my f ather’s side. In f act, there is no reason to think that my ancestors missed out on any of the excitement that f ell f rom the sky on that July 3rd evening way back in 1753.
The polished f ace of Tabor reveals plenty of activity even though it is an H5 chondrite, the second most common type af ter the L6.
This cross section of Tabor insitu shows a much large stone compared to the f ew kilograms accounted f or today.
A closer look at Tabor shows some breccia, very nicely f ormed chondrules, and plenty of metal f lake.
The Meteoritical Bulletin entry f or Tabor. I can imagine that a young multiple-great grandf ather or grandmother staring up with wonder as a colorf ul light f lew across the summer sky. The sight would make no sense, but would instill a gnawing curiosity, but not so intense as to be f rightening. How do I know? Because back when I was ten years old, I saw the great 1972 Daylight Fireball.
I was f ishing on Lolo creek southwest of Missoula, Montana. It was a beautif ul day under a clear blue sky. I remember the meteor f lying across the valley f rom south to north. It was colorf ul with bright pinks, greens, and blues. It lef t a thick smoke trail that lasted f or a long time. What I f ound interesting, in hindsight anyway, is that I remember being f ascinated by the event, but it was so f ar beyond anything easily comprehendible that once the f ireball disappeared and immediate shock wore of f , I went back to f ishing, and just f igured I’d learn more about it later. Essentially, out of sight, out
of mind. And I think the experience has taught me to have empathy with those f olks who witnessed crazy astronomical events like a meteorite f all, but then moved on to something else without looking f or either the thing that f ell f rom the sky or f or more inf ormation later. Here’s a link with more inf ormation about the Great 1972 Fireball: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Great_Daylight_Fireball
The panted number on Tabor looks appears to be f rom the Natural History Museum in Helsinki.
There are hints of red paint near the white specimen numbers. The Natural History Museum in Paris was known f or using red paint f or its numbers. Perhaps the French supplied the Fins with this piece.
The rough side of Tabor shows a f ace that has likely looked back at humanity f or centuries while the other side has been cut and polished within the past f ew decades.
…Until Next Time.
Meteorite Times Magazine Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2015 James Tobin
Edwin ET Thompson’s room was sort of ground zero f or this year’s show. What f un we had sitting there listening to his stories and telling stories of our own. Of course we told no lies. ET has worked hard all year on a science f iction book titled EarthUnder. It is truly a breath of f resh air in a branch of literature that has not taken a real turn into uncharted territory f or a while. This is that journey into the unknown f or any of you Sci-Fi readers. We each got autographed copies that we will treasure. Paul and I would wander of f into the Gem Show and then return f or a rest and a new story every f ew hours. ET had a wonderf ul vug rich shock melt L4 chondrite NWA 4860 that called our name so we obtained three f ull slices of that f or our inventory. I liked his nice crusted piece of Berthoud and a f ull slice of the EL6 NWA 1949 so those came home with me along with his last slice of the shock melt. As with every year some of the most f amous individuals in our little niche of science make their way to his room and we met several more this year and heard some of their tells of the hunt. There is always a campf ire atmosphere in ET’s room.
Here is Edwin Thompson signing autographs inside his recently released novel EarthUnder the f irst installment of a thrilling science f iction series called “The Meteorite Chronicles.”
This is an image of the slice of Berthoud. It is a witnessed f all f rom 2004 in Colorado. It is a wonderf ul looking eucrite with a nice bit of f usion crust on the right edge. Just down the way is Pani’s room. He always sets aside something f or me during the year. That is if he comes across something special. This year it was a beautif ul crusted stone f rom a new f all. It had one broken spot which was OK this time. The break revealed an area of glassy melt with spider webs of black veins radiating away f rom the larger black melt mass. If you can see things like that it makes broken spots worth having.
Mreïra f ell on December 16, 2012 and pieces were f ound shortly thereaf ter. It is a brecciated L6 with melt pockets. I f eel lucky to have a stone f rom this new f all with melt showing. Usually I stumble on the melt by accident when cutting stones into slices. We had hoped that we could get a tour of Geof f Notkin’s headquarters this trip but he was spinning more plates on sticks this year then normal and we actually only spoke to him f or a minute at the IMCA dinner. We did run into his counterpart Steve Arnold several times and spent a little more time with him. I bought a slice of his wild looking and unique LL5 melt breccia. Very cool material if you have not picked up a piece of that yet it is one to think about.
This is a slice of NWA 8655 a unique LL5 melt breccia according to Steve Arnold. It is a f ascinating looking meteorite. Tuesday was our f irst f ull day at the show and that f or us is always our day away f rom the Hotel City Center. We have breakf ast and then go to the Ramada. We stopped by Blaine Reeds room and said hi to him. I f ound f our nicely shaped unclassif ied stones there which called my name. If I don’t bring home some unclassif ied meteorites to play with it just does not f eel like I have been to the show. Blaine had a really nice selection and it seemed like he had more this year. Which was not what we saw in many other rooms. We had stopped by Mike Miller’s room to do some business but he was at his other location so did not stay long there. We went around the end of the hotel to Said’s room the Hi Collection but he was closed with a note on the door so it was of f to the next hotel. It was early but there was still no parking at the Day’s Inn so we did what we usually have to do and parked in the lot on the other side of the Riverside Hotel and walked back. We expected that we would get several kilos of Sikhote Alin individuals bef ore returning to the car f rom our supplier at the Riverside Hotel so rather than haul it around more then necessary we would go to the Days Inn f irst. We walked all the way to the end of the Days Inn and cut through so we would be at Cosmic Cutlery when we went into the back dealer area. Buddy was not there but Lisa Marie Morrison was and we got hugs f rom her and took a look at the beautif ul jewelry that she had made. We share a love of silversmithing. My hope is that I will be just a little less busy this year so I can do some silver work. We eventually bid Lisa Marie goodbye and headed south. Paul went of f to get some moldavite jewelry f or inventory and I slipped of f to the tables of meteorites that are there. As per usual I f ound a f ew pieces that intrigued me so my bag got a little heavier. Paul rejoined me really quickly and looked around there too. There were some pretty nice chondrites and some larger Agoudal pieces. But, we have quite a bit so we got no more f or the business. He had picked out nice bezel set moldavites and was happy. It was time to move on back to the Riverside and see Erich and Silvia Haiderer at their Cosmic Highway suite. As we always do we f ound some material there that would go good in the catalog and we got to chat with them. Sometime during the morning we had gotten a reply f rom a customer that needed some hand specimens f or their public outreach and student demonstration needs. We talked about it and decided that it was easier and maybe saf er to get them at the show instead of hoping that we had pieces the right size at home. So we went back to the meteorite tables behind the Days Inn and f ound some nice
the right size at home. So we went back to the meteorite tables behind the Days Inn and f ound some nice chondrites and a large Agoudal to f ill that order. That f inished us of f over in that part of the gem show. Our supplier f or Sikhote Alin had sold all he had the day bef ore which meant we were now on a quest f or SA to keep us going f or a f ew more years. Early af ter noon on Tuesday f ound us back at the center of the meteorite world the Hotel City Center. We f ound some Sikhote Alin there f or an OK price and about as much as we needed. We shopped f or other things. I wanted to get some more of the tiny Chelyabinsk individuals. So I headed of f on my own to one of the Russian dealers. You get a lot of meteorites f or a little money when they are only 10-30 milligrams each. I picked two sizes f rom two dif f erent trays and ended up getting 172 more of the Chelyabinsk. Paul had gone of f to pick up the material we had gotten f rom Adam Bates the day bef ore that had needed to be totaled up. I got lost on the way to meet back up with him. I f orgot where Adam and Aziz’s rooms were and I stopped at another meteorite dealer f or a glance at their room. I f inally got back on track and remembered where I needed to go. It was time to check in and see if the Meteorite Men were in their room and to sit and take a load of f in Anne Black’s room f or a minute. Well the boys were not there, but we took some time to look around. I needed to replace my Aerolite Meteorite cap. During the last year our golden retriever went into the garage and had gotten my cap. When I returned f rom the house a f ew minutes later he had tore it all up in the yard. So with replacement hat in my bag we went next door to see Anne and Molly. During the course of the show I f ound a f ew meteorites in Anne’s room. I had no meteorites f rom Florida and I didn’t think there were actually very many f rom there so I got a nice f ragment of Grayton. When I got home I looked Florida up and the Meteoritical Bulletin Database actually only shows f ive meteorites f rom the state. She had a slice of Gresia an H4 f rom Romania. It is always good to have another meteorite f rom Dracula territory. I had a small piece of Ourique in my collection but she had a much nicer 4 gram slice so I did the only upgrade of this year to that specimen. Cold Bokkeveld had been on my want list but rarely shows up and Anne had a small piece so I picked that up and will maybe do an upgrade someday if I see a larger piece but f or now that was another satisf ying f ind at the show.
I had a choice of several pieces of Gresia an H4 but this smallest of the slices showed the chondrules the best. Specimen weighs 3.83 grams.
Looking just about the way one would expect a CM2 to look this small specimen of Cold Bokkeveld is black with small inclusions of white and light gray. We always stop by and see our f riends Pieter Heydelaar and Debra Morrissette at Global Treasures. We f ind something to get f or the business most years but it is the yearly re-connection with these f riends that is most important. There are usually a f ew stories told here too. Again no lies of course. For me this is another room with a sitting around the campf ire atmosphere. Always too soon it is time f or us to say goodbye and let them get back to work. This year we got some really cute Dalgety Downs meteorites. I just love the way Dalgety Downs weathers exposing the tiny bumps of chondrules on the surf ace. Many of the meteorites still had some f usion crust even though it is clear that they have been weathering f or a long time.
This is a 70.5 gram Dalgety Downs specimen showing the chondrules that are striking up as the meteorite has weathered. I f ight the way I was brought up all the time. Both of my parents were raised during the Great Depression and spent money very caref ully and never threw away anything that still worked or could be repaired. They did not have to do it either but it was the way they were. I got some of that and f ind myself over-thinking some of my meteorite buying. We were in Mo’s Meteorites and there was a nice piece of Nakhla with f usion crust and it was just $150 f or .077 grams. It was a no brainer but I started f alling into my upbringing and actually lef t the room without the meteorite. Paul in nicer than these words said “are you nuts go back and get that piece of Nakhla” so we went back immediately and I got it. It had been on my short list f or ever. I saw a couple pieces of about the same weight without any f usion crust f or $1100 each two days later in another room. It is not beyond me to of ten do some dumb things. Not getting that Nakhla would have bothered me f or years.
This is a small but nice half f usion crusted f ragment of Nakhla a martian meteorite that f ell in 1911. I just love the shiny f usion crust of some achondrites and planetary meteorites. We stopped by Mike Farmer’s room two or three times during our time at the show. We got just a single meteorite f rom him this year. I f ound a couple meteorites that Eric Olson had and got them. One was a nice slice of NWA 1930 an LL3. I am an admitted sucker f or primitive chondrites. This one was very nice.
As would be expected with a type 3 chondrite the chondrules are very sharply def ined and in NWA 1930 quite abundant. I like the color of the ground mass in this meteorite. We had f ree nights f or dinner ever night except Thursday which was the IMCA dinner. Tuesday night we had dinner with Maria Haas which was a super great time. On Wednesday night we got together with Ruben Garcia, Bob Cucchiara, and Mike Miller f or steaks at Outback. We laughed so much we had the customers in other booths around us laughing. What a great night. We told more stories but I can not be sure, some lies might have been told that evening. But what f un! Then Thursday night the IMCA dinner was at a dif f erent location and it was really a better venue. The Southwest Meteorite Center f acility (University of Arizona) was a great place f or the dinner. Instead of being trapped in a booth at a restaurant we were able to move around talk to people and everywhere were beautif ul meteorites f illing display cases. Big Thanks go out to Maria Haas and the others in the IMCA f or making it a f antastic evening.
Here are two of the display cases we got to enjoy looking at during the IMCA gathering. The Impact Cratering case contained some of my f avorite things and the Sikhote Alin case had some beautif ul
meteorites f rom that f all. Above the case a reproduction of the painting by P. I. Medvedev that has become so f amous. One day of our visit to Tucson always includes a trip to the wholesale show and the Tucson Electric Park show. So Thursday we headed down there. I always get some jewelry item f or my wif e and something f or her to make into gif ts with during the year. This trip I f ound something nice in amethyst and got some gold dipped chains and gold leaves. Did not take very long there and then it was of f to Kino Center Show (TEP) just down the street to see Maria and David Haas at their booth, and Suzanne Morrison at the Aerolite Meteorite booth. We had great visits at both locations and got some more hugs. Paul f ound a cool Chelyabinsk display with some of the broken glass at the Aerolite’s booth. I had to get a couple pieces of copper in epidote f rom David Haas to cut into cabs, and I just had to get one of Maria’s great pieces of stone art. I will really enjoy the lamp she made. If you missed seeing her art you need to check it out f or sure the next chance you get, it is very cool. Next day was casual Friday f or us no business to do. We had to go home bef ore the Birthday Bash f or the Meteorite Men. We spent the day looking at stuf f and taking some pictures f or this article and saying goodbyes to everyone. I f ound a f ew more unclassif ied stones over at the Ramada. Said was there this time and we spent a f ew minutes with him. Besides the stones I got we saw some beautif ul chunks of Tighert that he had. What an incredible looking f usion crust it has. But, eventually the time came f or us to head to the airport and end our visit f or this year to the gem show. It was dif f erent this year in some ways. There was less of some meteorites, others were totally absent. There were many that were just as available as in other years some rare ones popped up. Some individuals expressed concerns about the f uture, but f or Paul and I the prospects seem bright and it was a great show and f ive long days of mostly f un.
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Meteorite Times Magazine Bob’s Bulletin – Vol. 1 No. 2 Robert Verish
A newsletter for “orphaned” meteorites from the USA.
In my previous article, I introduced the phrase “orphaned-meteorites f rom the USA”. I def ined these “orphans” as being non-f all Ordinary Chondrite (OC) meteorite “f inds” that are recovered in the U.S. Unf ortunately, the vast majority of f inds are of this type. It wasn’t very long ago that this (being an OC) wouldn’t have been a problem. There was a time when U.S. meteorite f inds were rare, and researchers would compete f or the honor of classif iying those meteorites But now, we are in an era known as the “NWA glut”, and the researchers that are designated as of f icial “classif iers” are charging meteorite f inders and dealers f or these once f ree “classif ications”. And worse, more and more classif iers are turning away OCs, opting instead, to triage only achondrites/irons, or f resh f alls. Now this is where we enter a sort-of “catch-22″. And it’s f or this reason: if a meteorite f ind can’t get classif ied, then it can’t get a name assigned to it, because getting an approved-name is contingent upon getting a classif ication. If a meteorite doesn’t have an approved-name, it can’t be cataloged. Researchers avoid studying un-cataloged meteorites, because editors require “approved-names” in their publications. Consequently, unclassif ied f inds are “orphaned” f rom the f amily of “approved” meteorites. And now these “orphans” are increasing in number, due to these recent changes. Partly, because of the increasing costs to get a f ind classif ied, but mostly, because more and more classif iers are declining to classif y Ordinary Chondrites. It was at this point in my last article that I explained why most U.S. taxpayers don’t realize that none of their tax dollars are spent on the recovery or classif ication of meteorites f ound in the USA. I explained that, although it is well-known that tax dollars are spent to maintain a repository f or Moon-rocks recovered f rom NASA’s Apollo Program, as well as, f or meteorites recovered f rom Antarctica, most U.S. taxpayers are unaware that there are no tax dollars set aside to f und the recovery and classif ication of U.S. meteorite f inds. The paltry amount used by the Smithsonian Institute to curate their (our) meteorite collection doesn’t even merit discussion here, but only makes my point that qualif ied researchers are not f unded to classif y meteorites (particularly Ordinary Chondrites), and this includes meteorites f ound in the U.S. I went on to explain what this means: “Should you be lucky enough to f ind a meteorite here in the USA, you’ll have to make a serious donation in order to entice a researcher to study your f ind, and in the end you will be essentially paying f or its classif ication. Worse, what now appears to be common practice, these researchers are turning down Ordinary Chondrites and are ref using to classif y them, even when they are getting paid to do the classif ications. And since the vast majority of meteorites that are f ound here in the USA are Ordinary Chondrites, the vast majority of f uture USA meteorite f inds will never get classif ied or cataloged. This means that they will never get of f icially recognized or cataloged, and consequently will be exempt f rom use by researchers in their published papers.” I call these meteorites, “orphans”, because they will soon be lost to the ages. ” In this edition of Bob’s Findings I’ve re-explained the def inition of “orphaned-meteorites”, and I’m now introducing in this newsletter-f ormat the next f ive “orphaned” U.S. meteorite f inds: Newsletter for Orphaned Meteorites from USA – Volume 1 No. 2 — March 2015 Meteorite-Recovery Inf ormation
Petrographic Descriptions Meteorite Specimen Petrographic Descriptions: A050903 C070106A C070623A N080621B N140527
Example Petrographic Description Field ID Number
C070106A
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01-2 Calif ornia, Location USA Thin-section ID Number V071 4.5cm x Dimensions 4cm x 3.5cm 121.4 Weight grams 27 gram endcut – Type Specimen plus thinsection Ordinary Class Chondrite high (very <ahref =”??”name=”Weathering likely Grade”>Weathering Grade above “W3″) low (most <ahref =”??”name=”Shock likely “S2″ Stage”>Shock Stage or lower) Macroscopic Description – R. Verish The dark, grayish-brown exterior of this chondrite has no f usion crust. In f act, several chondrules are quite visible, standing in high relief , suggesting that the groundmass is not very resistant to weathering.The interior is a dark-brown, porous matrix with low metal-grain content and the chondrules and inclusions are quite variable in size. Thin Section Description – R. Verish The section exhibits a variety of chondule sizes (some up to 3 mm), and most are somewhat-def ined in a dark-brown, iron oxide-rich matrix of f ine-grained silicates, troilite and rare metal. The meteorite is highly weathered. Very weak mosaic shock ef f ects are present. Silicates are equilibrated. This meteorite is probably a low-shock, equilbrated H-chondrite. USA Orphaned Met eorit e Images f or Specimen ID# C070106A
The above example is one way in which I can bring attention to what I predict will be an increasing number of unclassif ied meteorites f ound here in the USA. Hopef ully, attention will be drawn to what I see as a growing problem, and maybe some institution will of f er to help get some of these orphans classif ied and cataloged. References: Meteoritical Bulletin: the search results f or all provisional meteorites f ound in “USA” – Published by Meteoritical Society – Meteoritical Bulletin, Database.
Meteorites of Calif ornia the list of f ormally-recognized Calif ornia meteorite f alls and f inds. My previous articles can be f ound *HERE* For f or more inf ormation, please contact me by email: Bolide*chaser
Meteorite Times Magazine Zoned Grains in Moss CO3.6 John Kashuba
The outer portion of some olivine grains in the Moss meteorites have levels of iron elevated above those in the center of the grains. This dif f erence can be seen in some grains that have been thin sectioned. These photos are all of one rather small sample. All photos are in cross-polarized transmitted light.
This 3mm wide view shows may porphyritic chondrules and individual grains. The large blue euhedral crystal has a red center, that is, it is zoned. The oval chondrule below and right of center contains two similar though much smaller grains. The photo below is a closer view of the chondrule.
Porphyritic olivine chondrule containing two zoned grains. Field of view = 0.4mm wide.
Four zoned olivine grains. FOV=0.3mm wide.
Zoned olivine grain. FOV=0.4mm wide.
This grain appears to have been altered bef ore it was broken and separated. FOV=0.3mm wide.
Normâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tektite Teasers: Atacamaites, Central Atacama Desert, Chile by Norm Lehrman (www.TektiteSource.com)
Figure 1: a superb assortment of top-shelf Atacamaite splashforms.
In the last edition I mentioned the new Atacamaite impact glass and promised a follow-up story. Here it is (largely drawn from our website). A couple of years ago word started to leak out of Chile regarding a new "tektite strewn field" in the central Atacama Desert. We have recently had the chance to examine a few thousand unsorted specimens, and they are pretty exciting. Figure 1 illustrates some of the finest you are ever likely to see assembled in one place! Firstly though, I do not think these will ultimately be classed as tektites, but they are unquestionably an impact glass that sits nicely on the shelf next to Irghizites and Wabar glass. In our collection, this new material takes its rightful place as representative of the tiniest little jets of glass ever squirted from the white-hot furnace of an earth/asteroid collision. There were surely numerous smaller events in geological history, but these produced little more than a hail of mechanical pebbles and a cloud of dust. No ejected glass. Atacamaites may define the (current) lower threshold limit for squirting glass!
Of the sample reported in a recent abstract, specimens ranged up to 35 mm in maximum dimension and had a mean weight of about 500 milligrams (Devouard, et al, 2014). In a world where the bragging rights usually go to the biggest known, these are noteworthy for their small size. Of those that we examined, 2 or 3% show nicely developed splashform morphologies like those shown in figure 1. The balance are fairly non-descript fragments, but fully two-thirds of these little bits show enough skin to infer that they are nearly full diameter segments of splashforms. They never were very big. Atacamaites apparently began life as little squirting fingers of incandescent (but soon to be black) glass. Figure 2 is my geocaricature of the formative event.
Figure 2: Artist's conception of the Atacamaite impact. (ŠN. Lehrman 2014, here reproduced by permission)
These jetting rivulets of fire were seldom larger than half the diameter of a pencil. Reportedly, they are found over an area of some 20 square kilometers, so they must've been truly highpressure squirts. Picture a viscous spray of orange-yellow-white molten glass streaking from the unthinkable place where the kinetic energy of a massive body moving at tens of kilometers per second met an immovable object (earth) and flashed at an instant into shock waves and heat radiating outward at velocities greatly exceeding the speed of sound! The closest visual analogs of the Atacamaites are Irghizites, Wabar glass, Darwin glass, and Aouelloul glass. While each is unique in some ways, there is considerable overlap in the character and morphologies of these five impactites. Oddly, no source crater has yet been recognized for the Atacamaites. The other four are found in and immediately around obvious craters (Darwin is scattered over a somewhat larger area than the others). There is no reason to
think that the Atacamaites were ejected long distances from their source impact, and the area is one of the driest places on earth---hardly a locality where you would postulate erosion sufficient to destroy the crater. The exact location of the strewn field has not yet been reported, but is expected to be detailed in a forthcoming technical publication currently in preparation. Dating of the impact has been completed, but no results have been released. The glass is relatively dry at about 130 ppm water. There is significant comingling of impactor material, with iron contents varying from about 5 to about 15 weight-percent. In a nice piece of detective work, Devouard et al (2014) report that there is a positive correlation between Ni, Fe, and Co, with correlation coefficients that remain similar at all levels of Fe concentration. This strongly supports contamination of the glass by varying proportions of an impactor containing fixed proportions of Fe, Ni, and Co. This multi-kilometer spray of tiny glass streamers begs a mental journey to the Australasian event, where millions of tonnes of glass objects weighing up to a kilogram or so flew a third of the way around the earth, some likely in near-orbit. Atacamaites and Australasians are partners at either end of the known spectrum of preserved glass-splashing impact events. If you have an array of impact glasses from those magical moments, make room at the "tiny" end of the shelf! References Devouard, B., P. et al, 2014, A new Tektite Strewnfield in Atacama, Chile, 77th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting (2014), Casa Blanca, abst. 5394. (http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2014/pdf/5394.pdf) Also see "Meteorite Picture of the Day" November 7, 2014 (http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=11/7/2014&WYD= )
Meteorite Times Magazine EarthUnder: The Meteorite Chronicles Book Review James Tobin
Edwin Thompson has been a mentor to meteorite hunters and a cheery f riend to space rock collectors and enthusiasts at gem shows everywhere f or years. For much of that time he has been sharpening his writing skills with adventure stories and magazine articles. Now Edwin Thompson has taken his vast experience in meteorites and meteorite hunting and mixed it with his world traveler experience to create a science f iction adventure with depth of story and scenery that enthralls the reader.
Deception, betrayal, car chases, shoot outs, and of course meteorites are all spiced up with a bit of romance to make â&#x20AC;&#x153;EarthUnder The Meteorite Chroniclesâ&#x20AC;? the best book I have read in years. For the reader that has never been stuck in desert sand and f ought to get their vehicle going again Edwin will take you into the desert to live that experience and others. For those of us who have been stuck that way it is a chance to relive the nightmare without the pain. Mr Thompson does a great job of pulling the reader into situations again and again with deeply developed characters that we struggle with side-by-side. EarthUnder is the f irst installment of a series that will continue to break out into new areas of sci-f i previously unexplored.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;EarthUnder The Meteorite Chroniclesâ&#x20AC;? is available online at Amazon in ebook and paperback, and at Inkwater Press in paperback, hard binding and ebook f ormats. The price f or paperback is $14.95 and hardcover is $25.95. It is available in Kindle and ePub f ormats f or $3.99.
Meteorite Times Magazine Golden Rule Meteorite Found by Twink Monrad Paul Harris
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Found by Twink Monrad in the Gold Basin strewnf ield in 1999. TKW 798 grams. Fall not observed. Found 6 February 1999, Mohave County, AZ, USA. Submit Pictures to Meteorite Pictures of the Day
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Once a few decades ago this opening was a framed window in the wall of H. H. Nininger's Home and Museum building. From this window he must have many times pondered the mysteries of Meteor Crater seen in the distance. Photo by Š 2010 James Tobin