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A 308g stone chondrite meteorite crashed through the roof and ceiling of a dental office in Lorton VA.
Youtube video shows fireball over Austin, TX Feb 15th 2009.
Great video. Anyone having more info on this fireball should report their eyewitness account here.
Report A Fireball Sighting
We’ve been working very hard over the last year to bring to the meteorite community a brand new and perhaps better venue for collectors and dealers. We’ve asked, interviewed, brainstormed, argued, expanded and contracted ideas with many meteorite dealers and collectors about what the meteorite community really would like to see, and the one thing [...]
What the heck is up with this piece.? Maybe I’m crazy, or I’m missing something or maybe somehow I may have caused this, but I’m completely perplexed as to why this meteorite, that I just cut, seems to have some sort of oily residue seeping out of the stone.
Yes that’s right, oily residue, no it’s [...]
Hi all,
If anyone receives this email more than once please let me know. You maybe be
on more than one of my lists.
I just got in a beautifully sculpted Canyon Diablo iron meteorite. Absolutely
gorgeous with sharp lines and edges. Displays wonderfully. Resembles a Bow-Tie
from some angles. Ones like this don’t come around often. Price is $1.03/g [...]
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Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorites USA
Hey guys. Ever wonder how big the universe really is?
Now, most people know the nine (ahem… eight) planets in our solar system, and they might know a few constellations, where they are located in the night sky and what they are named. The average person on the street usually knows only the basics of astronomy, [...]
The Swedish are lucky people as they are witness to one of the most beautiful natural phenomena the natural world has known. A huge fireball streaked across the southwestern skies of Sweden early Saturday evening. Gothenburg (or Göteborg) SOS and air rescue service was inundated with reports of a fireball in the sky around 8pm [...]
This Canyon Diablo meteorite is my second favorite in my collection. I own a few but this one is very nice indeed. It’s sculptured shape make it especially fantastic. I kept this one natural for some time, but after having it in my collection for a while I decided to clean it.
Some people would diagree [...]
“…About 6 p.m. Thursday, people near Cross Lake saw a bright flash and heard an explosion that rattled windows and brought them out of their houses and onto their yards to look over the water. Speculation over what it could have been included a bomb and a methamphetamine laboratory hidden in the woods. It took a [...]
Most everyone has seen video and movies depicting the destruction of Earth by asteroids. Deep Impact, and Armageddon were two very famous movies produced on this subject. Doomsayers have been predicting an asteroid strike for years. It’s happened in the past and it one day it will happen again.
I for one wasn’t convinced that a [...]
Update: As of Jan 4th 2009
Research Is underway to determine if the Merced meteor fireball impacted the ground in Northern California. Scientists and meteorite hunters are on the trail of it and with new data hope to find signs that it hit. Read the full report.
Regarding the Dec 27th 2008 fireball witnessed over Merced, CA.
Subject: [...]
Did you know you can buy, sell, trade, collect, hunt and own meteorites? Real rocks from space!
Meteorites are higly valuable collectible rocks from space, you can own one and they are readily available on the market. Best of all, you don’t have to be a astronomer or scientist to get your hands on them. Many people around [...]
Meteorites rusting away… Quick-Rusting Meteorites – Youtube video shows how important it is to handle meteorites with care and understanding. They’re delicate little things. The should never be touched! No… Never. Unless of course you’re a scientist and wear gloves.
Here’s another reason why you should never ever touch a meteorite! Maybe this guy should have worn [...]
Very cool video with a fresh mix!
Thanks Mike! Great video… Keep looking up!
Video produced by Mike Carle
While I was surfing around the web looking for more information on the latest meteor fireballs I noticed it was very hard to find good info on the latest sightings and what you did find wasn’t much more than “I saw a big fireball in the sky” comments. Other than the reports coming from SpaceWeather.com, [...]
Got photos of the Buzzard Coulee meteorite? Contact me and let me know. Read the excerpt below for more info on this historically huge meteorite fall in Canada.
“…A University of Calgary-organized team recovered more than one hundred meteorites from the November 20 meteorite fall southwest of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan/Alberta, which is expected to set a new [...]
Looking at this meteorite for the first time I was speechless. I stared in blatant wonder, mouth agape, and stunned at what I was holding. I was absolutely shocked, surprised and in awe at the spectical before me when I first held this gorgeous meteorite specimen in my hand. Never before in my entire life [...]
Great computer generated HD video of an asteroid impacting Earth. Talked about scorched!
Dec 29th 2008 Fireball! Looks like the year is going out with a meteoric bang. There’s been multiple significant fireball sightings over the last few days and the one in New England looks to have even more eye witnesses than the last one in northern California. Don’t forget about the new Meteorite Fall in Canada [...]
Update on the Merced Meteor Fireball. Apparently there’s more to this meteor than meets the eye. Many people from all over northern California have reported the Dec 27th 2008 fireball and now meteorite hunter Robert Ward is looking for more info and video footage of this meteor to triangulate the meteors trajectory in the hopes [...]
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