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American Meteorite Laboratory Label

American Meteorite Laboratory Label

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: 5158
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: 4912
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: 4928
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: 4889
Brahin - 4.7 grams

Brahin - 4.7 grams

Brahin - 4.7 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 3717
Brahin - 4.7 grams

Brahin - 4.7 grams

Brahin - 4.7 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 3509
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: 4923
Brahin - 3.61 grams

Brahin - 3.61 grams

Brahin - 3.61 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 3485
Brahin - 3.61 grams

Brahin - 3.61 grams

Brahin - 3.61 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 3429
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: 5000
Brahin - 8 grams

Brahin - 8 grams

Brahin - 8 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 3378
Brahin - 8 grams

Brahin - 8 grams

Brahin - 8 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 3418
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: 4793
Brenham - 35 grams

Brenham - 35 grams

Brenham - 35 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 3497
Brenham - 35 grams

Brenham - 35 grams

Brenham - 35 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
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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: 4521
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
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Steve Arnold

Steve Arnold

Uncovering the 1,400 lb Brenham meteorite!

Date: 06/17/2009
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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: 4451
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: 4454
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