Education & Research

Most collectables can be enjoyed for their own sake. However, learning about them is what for many of us ignites our imagination and that is especially true for meteorites and other meteorite-related materials. With a better understanding of the underlying science (geology, astronomy, astrobiology, astrophysics just to name a few disciplines), art, history, philosophy and even theology, we can now appreciate their wondrous cosmic insights, place in our collections, and importance throughout human history. ... Expand

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Mnemonic to Remember the Planets

The eight planets in our Solar SystemThe Sun and set of objects orbiting around it [...]

Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life (on Other Planets) and Signs of Life in Meteorites

Since the dawn of humanity we’ve gazed upwards toward the stars above and wondered, where [...]

Ethics of Collecting Meteorites

MeteoriteWork in progress. A solid natural object reaching a planet’s surface from interplanetary space. Solid [...]

Meteorite Hunting Laws & Guidelines

MeteoriteWork in progress. A solid natural object reaching a planet’s surface from interplanetary space. Solid [...]

Valera – The Cow Killer

“It was past midnight…there was a strange noise…due to the dark of the night we [...]

TENERE-1 (Provisional)

CR7 or Meta-CR (CR-like in MetBull 86; CR-an in MetBull DB) Found March 2000, 20 [...]

ALMAHATA SITTA ORGANICS

As with other ureilites, Almahata Sitta falls on the carbonaceous chondriteCarbonaceous chondrites represent the most [...]

NWA 1912

MesosideriteOne of two main types of stony-iron meteorite, the other being pallasites. Mesosiderites are a [...]

Denshal Dog Data: Is the Nakhla Dog Real?

Separating Myth from Fact: Is the Nakhla Dog Real? A Personal Analysis By David Weir [...]

Auburn

Iron, IIAB: Compositionally related to group IIG Found: before 1867, Coordinates: 32 ° 37′ N., [...]