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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: 05/03/09
Views: 918
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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: 05/03/09
Views: 824
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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: 01/01/00
Views: 775
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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: 04/14/09
Views: 742
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Brahin - 4.7 grams
Brahin - 4.7 grams
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 850
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Brahin - 4.7 grams
Brahin - 4.7 grams
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 731
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Chernobyl Reactor
The Brahin strewnfield was contaminated in 1986 during the Chernobyl disaster and now falls within the Periodic Control Zone
Date: 04/14/09
Views: 752
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Brahin - 3.61 grams
Brahin - 3.61 grams
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 712
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Brahin - 3.61 grams
Brahin - 3.61 grams
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 700
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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: 06/15/06
Views: 929
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Brahin - 8 grams
Brahin - 8 grams
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 730
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Brahin - 8 grams
Brahin - 8 grams
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 744
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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: 04/14/09
Views: 771
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Brenham - 35 grams
Brenham - 35 grams
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 771
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Brenham - 35 grams
Brenham - 35 grams
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 754
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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: 05/24/09
Views: 735
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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: 01/01/00
Views: 679
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Brenham - 10.15 grams
The backside of the same piece - this slice was from a more recent stone found by Steve Arnold
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 670
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Steve Arnold
Uncovering the 1,400 lb Brenham meteorite!
Date: 06/17/09
Views: 681
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Brenham - 6.9 grams
Our beautiful slice contains numerous olivine crystals - also known as the gemstone peridot
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 686
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Brenham - 6.9 grams
Holding the slice up to a light source really shows off the transparency of the sample
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 639
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