Posts Tagged With: Geoff Notkin
The Millbillillie Meteorite: Part of the Asteroid Vesta?
The Millbillillie eucrite belongs to one of the rarest meteorite types. It is part of the HED group, which also includes howardites and diogenites. Eucrites are achondrites, meaning “not chondrites,” so they are lacking in chondrules—the small, spherical, pre-solar grains that give the common chondrites their name. Millbillillie meteorites are volcanic rock from other worlds, &hellip Continue reading
Learn About Meteorites: Rollover Lips
When falling through our atmosphere on the way to an impact with the Earth, most meteorites spin and tumble, often acquiring the interesting sculptural shapes. A very few maintain a fixed orientation towards our planet’s surface. Heat ablation may cause those meteorites to acquire a conical, dome, or shield-shape, reminiscent of the heat shield on &hellip Continue reading
Meteorite Hunting, The Book
On February 1, 2011, my new book, Meteorite Hunting: How To Find Treasure From Space was published. We were eager to have it ready for the 2011 Tucson gem and mineral shows, so I did the actual writing in record time, but it was the product of about fifteen years of work. In the Acknowledgements &hellip Continue reading
New Meteorite Men Television Series In Production
Following the success of the one-hour pilot, which has aired about twenty times since its premiere during May of 2009, Science Channel has ordered a new series of Meteorite Men episodes. The new series of one-hour science/adventure programs will continue to co-star meteorite hunters Steve Arnold and Geoff Notkin as they search for rare and &hellip Continue reading
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Meteorite Men on Location 
Meteorite Men on Twitter- MeteoriteMen: AZ Daily Star: "Meteorites give 'rare' a whole new meaning" http://t.co/i6fiTfHz #Tucson #MeteoriteMen #gems #astronomy
- MeteoriteMen: No-reserve auction of rare #MeteoriteMen #collectibles Sat. evening in #Tucson http://t.co/xjfUeepK #auctions #astronomy
- MeteoriteMen: Steve of #MeteoriteMen discusses the #Texas #fireball http://t.co/4s0j2F6Z on WFAA Dallas #meteorites #meteors
- MeteoriteMen: Our friend Mac talks about the #Texas #fireball: http://t.co/jlHFC28E #meteorites #meteors #astronomy
- MeteoriteMen: @NickAstronomer Thank you! Looking forward to imminent arrival of @darkyskyone and hoping to see YOU in AZ one of these days : )
- MeteoriteMen: RT @NickAstronomer: @darkskyone @MeteoriteMen A superb meeting of minds... I hope you have a great time and a great show!
- MeteoriteMen: RT @NickAstronomer: Solar physicists studying the sun have a flare for research #spacejokes
- MeteoriteMen: @darkskyone Let's make it happen! A dark sky waits for no man : )
- MeteoriteMen: RT @darkskyone: Headed to Tucson next week. Hope to catch up with Dark Sky Ambassador Geoff Notkin @MeteoriteMen at the #Gem Show.
- MeteoriteMen: @DiscoverySciCa Thank you for the mentions! Thrilled that we are airing in Canada. Warmest wishes from us in the US : )
- MeteoriteMen: RT @DiscoverySciCa: .@MeteoriteMen head to Russia in search of one of the most rare & valuable meteorites on the planet—the Dronino atax ...
- MeteoriteMen: It's Saturday & that means BOTH our #Tucson gem show locations are open! http://t.co/uvxkez7a #meteorites #gems #Arizona
- MeteoriteMen: RT @NickAstronomer: Here's the top 20 closest asteroids that haven't hit us - http://t.co/TKNVM0c4
- MeteoriteMen: Setting up our biggest & best meteorite display EVER for #Tucson gem show. Who's coming? http://t.co/uvxkez7a http://t.co/TSO0SGfO
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Buzzard Coulee Hunt, April 2009