Is Arizona Skies Meteorites a reputable source? They have excellent ratings and BBB accreditation but I see very little talk of them from collectors online. Any input or experiences?
Hey everyone,
I am quite new to this topic, but I have been a mineral collector for quite a while and I want to start extending my collection with meteorites. Do you have any recommendation for good, trustworthy and certified shops?
I was considering to buy one piece of the chilenian meteorite here https://www.meteoritejewelry.shop/
But I am a bit troubled since I can’t seem to find any lab reports etc.
Appreciate any help :)
I caught this out of the corner of my eye just a few moments ago. My camera caught it too, enjoy! I'm sure there will be a few more that caught it.
This camera is looking west from North Spokane county area.
Thankfully it seems to have broken up mid air, I hope that nothing and no one was impacted.
Captured this a few years back and was on external hard drive. I was experimenting with long exposures and time lapses at the time. Oleander bush in foreground.
Has anyone attempt to search for very large iron meteorites by using public aeromagnetic survey data?
Edit: did some research and tests using any data I could find and I think a meteorite would have to be 750+ tons to show up in aerial** **magnetic survey data.
It's about 716 grams.
Been trying to find a Pallasite for my collection for some time, came across a store in Zurich that sells them. I don’t really know what is and isn’t a good price to pay for one, though — are these worth the listed cost? The first one is 445, since it’s obscured in the photo.
Sorry the picture isn't great I was using my phone
This is a type of stony-iron meteorite called a pallasite and is a web of iron and olivine from the core-mantle boundary of an extinct protoplanetary body.
And yes, like most (but not all) spacerocks, this material is around 4.65 billion years old.
I truly think I just saw not one, but two meteors in broad daylight. I was just laying down on a bench and suddenly I saw a faint white streak flash across the sky. Thought I was seeing things, a few minutes later it happened again. In my mind it shouldn't be possible to see them during the day. Can anyone confirm?
Hello!
Sorry in advance if this is not the right place to post this.
My grandfather recently sent me a meteorite he bought a few years ago, not complaining since it’s a cool space rock. What I know of the meteor is that it’s a Campo Del Cielo meteorite, high in iron and nickel, about 32 lb's.
But there is one small problem, it’s been sitting in a box, outside, in high humidity for about 4 years now. So it got very rusty, which is why I’m here. I was hoping someone could give me some advice on the best way to remove the rust and how to properly care for it.
Picture attached with quarter for scale. (did not have banana available)
I bought this a fair bit ago. Misplaced it in a move, and am finally trying to check if it is real
Edit: it was partially polished, not fully raw
My first piece is an unclassified NWA. Good cheap way to start. Can anyone give a quick lesson or tips on how to get a general idea on the classification of this meteorite? I do know a lot of experienced collectors and hunters can pretty much tell from the tiny broken spots or even the fusion crust.
I caught this on the ring camera this morning. I think it has to be a meteor, but I really do not know this happened in Cumming, Georgia United States.
