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A 308g stone chondrite meteorite crashed through the roof and ceiling of a dental office in Lorton VA.
I was searching for info on the Dec 27th Fireball in northern CA, and I found these videos of a report on a fireball seen in Needles, CA. Locals in Needles describe a very weird scenario complete with a UFO, fireball, a crash, military convoy, men in black, black helicopters, and missing people. It appears [...]
Dec 27th 2008 There was an intensely bright and spectactular fireball seen in the northern California skys. Some reports of a huge fireworks like show with bright green blue gold and white flashes of light. The fireball “blew outwords into a perfect big green circle that formed around the ball” according to Erika Knorn of Merced [...]
A daylight fireball in Palm Beach, Florida a week ago… Complete with photo. It is unknown if this impacted the ground.
WPBF-TV: updated 11:49 a.m. PT, Fri., Dec. 19, 2008
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Numerous people reported seeing a big orange fireball with a green trail falling out of the sky in Palm Beach County on Thursday [...]
Meteor Fireball
There’s been yet another fireball, this time in California. According to SpaceWeather.com here’s and excerpt from the report they’ve written up along with some eye witness accounts.
“…I was looking up over our house and what I saw was the most beautiful ball of light I have ever seen!!!! As it came over my house [...]
It’s a fireball! A huge meteor exploded over western Canada last month and there have been over 130 pieces found thus far with one peice weighing in at an enormous 30 pounds. So far total known weight to have been recovered is around 40 kilos according to this news site .
Unfortunately us American’s or any other people [...]
Welcome To the new and improved MeteoritesUSA.com. I hope you enjoy the new look. A few things have changed. I’ve moved everything around a bit, and made it a bit easier to navigate.
Meteorites USA is all about meteorites, meteorite hunting, and meteorite collecting: Anything you want to know about meteorites you’ve come to the right [...]
Most people don’t know you can own a meteorite much less find one practically in your own back yard.
If you live in the southwest U.S. you are in prime meteorite hunting territory. This area of the country lends itself to the preservation of meteoritical material. Because of the southwest’s arid climate, and low annual rainfall, [...]
Small Chondrite Meteorite With Fusion Crust
Identifying Meteorites: Let’s say you dig something up or find a rock laying around that you think might be a meteorite. You know it’s not a regular rock because it’s got what looks like fusion crust, it’s also magnetic, and has thumbprints or regmaglypts. Is it heavier than a normal [...]
Meteorite Hunting
How To Find Meteorites
(Revised 2010 Edition)
by Eric Wichman
Meteorites USA
Most people don’t know you can own a meteorite much less find one practically in your own back yard. There’s a very good chance there’s been meteorites found very near where you are right now. There’s been over 50,000 meteorites found in the world [...]
The best place to look for and find meteorites are in arid climates, deserts are a perfect environment for meteorites.
Meteorites contain iron (chondrites) and some (about 5%) are iron, hence iron meteorite. Most people when they are introduced to meteorites think of iron meteorites because they “look” more like people think they should look. Take [...]
Meteorites are worth a lot of money! They are more rare than gold and some are even more valuable than diamonds. Some meteorites are priceless scientific and cultural treasures, and though some meteorites hold this high value, the majority aren’t worth much at all. This seems counter intuitive and doesn’t make much sense does it? [...]
11 Reasons Why Everyone Should Own A Meteorite!
by Eric Wichman
Below you’ll find a list of reasons why everyone should own a meteorite.
(If you have something to add let me know)
1. It’s A Meteorite! – A 100% genuine rock from space. How many people can say they own one?
2. Meteorites Are Cool. – It’s just plain [...]
What Is A Meteorite?
by Eric Wichman
If you’ve ever wanted to know what the difference between a meteorite, meteoroid, and meteor is, here are some basic facts in order of appearance.
A meteoroid floats through space until the Earth’s gravity pulls it into our atmosphere. Once it enters our atmosphere it begins to heat up due to [...]
Below You will find a collection of articles I’ve written and links to other meteorite related articles on the internet.
WHAT IS A METEORITE?
11 REASONS EVERYONE SHOULD OWN A METEORITE
HOW MUCH ARE METEORITES WORTH?
WHERE TO FIND METEORITES
HOW TO FIND METEORITES
HOW TO IDENTIFY METEORITES
METEORITE HUNTING IN THE DESERT
NEW ARTICLE: Hunting The Franconia [...]
Hunting The Gold Basin & Franconia Strewnfields
2 Days, 2 Strewn Fields, 2 Meteorites
January 19th & 20th 2008
by Eric Wichman
Wow! That’s all I can say. What a great meteorite hunting adventure! My girlfriend Jaime and I took a trip out to Arizona to hunt for meteorites in the Franconia and Gold Basin strewn-fields in January 2008 [...]
Stony Iron Meteorites (Mesosiderite & Pallasite) Stony Iron Meteorites are in a category by themselves. In this category you’ll find Pallasite meteorites, mesosiderites. Pallasites are iron meteorites with large numbers of olivine crystals scattered throughout the nickel iron matrix of the meteorite.
Shop Classifieds: Stony Iron Meteorites For Sale
Some pallasites like the Esquel Pallasite, have gem quality olivine crystals. Mesosiderites [...]
Iron (nickel iron) Meteorites – Campo del Cielo & Canyon Diablo: Famous meteorites
Shop Classifieds: Iron Meteorites For Sale
Iron meteorites are among some of the most rare on earth. only about 5% of all meteorites that fall to earth are irons. That’s not much considering meteorites are rare to begin with. Scientists believe that iron meteorites are literally at [...]
Stone Meteorites From North West Africa (NWA) UNWA – Unclassified (chondrites)
Shop Classifieds: Stone Meteorites For Sale
Most NWA material is UNCLASSIFIED meteorites found in the northwest of Africa in the deep reaches of the Sahara Desert. Nomads travel far out across the barren lands to retrieve these specimens off the desert floor and bring them back to [...]
Meteorites are the coolest things on the face of the planet, in my humble opinion. They are space rocks, born in fire and have survived their course of travel through space for millions of years before being pulled through our atmosphere in a spectacular fireball to the Earth’s surface to be found by a human.
When [...]
Own A Piece Of The Universe! Authentic meteorites… Yes! You can own a meteorite. Most people don’t know that meteorites are readily available to the general public. They’re not just for viewing at museums and college universities either. Anyone can own one, in fact you can even find one possibly in your own back yard. Read [...]
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