Posts Tagged With: Meteorite Men

A Sikhote-Alin Meteorite Discovery: The Missing Link

The February, 1947 fall of the Sikhote-Alin iron in a remote part of eastern Siberia was, by far, the largest recorded meteorite event in history. While Campo del Cielo (Argentina), Muonionalusta (Sweden), and Gibeon (Namibia) may possibly have deposited more meteorites in terms of sheer tonnage, they all took place in prehistoric times. If those &hellip Continue reading »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 the Television Show

Sometimes dreams do come true: The author (above left) and Steve Arnold with a 230-lb Brenham pallasite recovered during the filming of Meteorite Men. The meteorite was buried about four feet underground and had to be excavated using a back hoe. Photograph by Caroline Palmer © Aerolite Meteorites. So, after seventeen months of work Meteorite &hellip Continue reading »

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