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"Meteorite Men" Production Filming

"Meteorite Men" Production Filming

Special Collection: Pallasite Meteorites

Date: 03/11/2009
Size: 57 items
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H. H. Nininger

H. H. Nininger

The most famous of the meteorite hunters! Harvey Nininger is considered the father of American Meteorites - He and his wife Addie started what is now the Meteortical Society - Photo courtesy Al Mitterling

Date: 05/03/2009
Views: 6147
Admire - 1.06 grams

Admire - 1.06 grams

Our small piece of the Admire pallasite was once a part of Harvey Ninerger's collection - it is classified as a pallasite - main group

Date: 05/03/2009
Views: 5874
Admire - 1.06 grams

Admire - 1.06 grams

A major portion of Harvey Nininger's collection was purchased by Arizona State University at Tempe back in the 1960s - our sample of Admire was a part of that sale!

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 5870
Map of Belarus

Map of Belarus

In 1807, in the southeast corner of Belarus, two meteorite masses of 80 kg and 20 kg were found by farmers of Kaporenki, a village in the district of Bragin

Date: 04/14/2009
Views: 5792
Brahin - 4.7 grams

Brahin - 4.7 grams

Brahin - 4.7 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 4477
Brahin - 4.7 grams

Brahin - 4.7 grams

Brahin - 4.7 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 4266
Chernobyl Reactor

Chernobyl Reactor

The Brahin strewnfield was contaminated in 1986 during the Chernobyl disaster and now falls within the Periodic Control Zone

Date: 04/14/2009
Views: 5846
Brahin - 3.61 grams

Brahin - 3.61 grams

Brahin - 3.61 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 4234
Brahin - 3.61 grams

Brahin - 3.61 grams

Brahin - 3.61 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 4146
Dr. Alex Ruzicka and the Brahin Pallasite

Dr. Alex Ruzicka and the Brahin Pallasite

Dr. Ruzicka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology at Portland State University, and the Director of the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory - courtesy pdx.edu

Date: 06/15/2006
Views: 5917
Brahin - 8 grams

Brahin - 8 grams

Brahin - 8 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 4111
Brahin - 8 grams

Brahin - 8 grams

Brahin - 8 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 4149
Steve Arnold and the Breham Pallasite

Steve Arnold and the Breham Pallasite

You gotta love this photo!! Steve Arnold, with the 1,400-pound oriented pallasite he discovered in Kiowa County, Kansas - Photograph by Qynne Arnold © WorldRecordMeteorite.com

Date: 04/14/2009
Views: 5715
Brenham - 35 grams

Brenham - 35 grams

Brenham - 35 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 4211
Brenham - 35 grams

Brenham - 35 grams

Brenham - 35 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 4131
1,000-pound Brenham meteorite

1,000-pound Brenham meteorite

Steve Arnold was not the first to hoist a large Brenham stone from the ground - here H. O. Stockwell pulls up a 1,000 pounder in 1949!

Date: 05/24/2009
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Brenham - 10.15 grams

Brenham - 10.15 grams

This non-descript piece photograhed wonderfully - worth a click to check close-up - can you see the fish eating some popcorn?

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 5366
Brenham - 10.15 grams

Brenham - 10.15 grams

The backside of the same piece - this slice was from a more recent stone found by Steve Arnold

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 5324
Steve Arnold

Steve Arnold

Uncovering the 1,400 lb Brenham meteorite!

Date: 06/17/2009
Views: 5289
Brenham - 6.9 grams

Brenham - 6.9 grams

Our beautiful slice contains numerous olivine crystals - also known as the gemstone peridot

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 5202
Brenham - 6.9 grams

Brenham - 6.9 grams

Holding the slice up to a light source really shows off the transparency of the sample

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 5245
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