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Meteorites USA is all about meteorites, meteorite hunting, and meteorite collecting: Anything you want to know about meteorites you’ve come to the right [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
