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Oman Architecture
A beautiful palace
Date: 05/06/2009
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Dhofar 020 - 5.02 grams
Dhofar 020 - 5.02 grams
Date: 01/01/2000
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Dhofar 020 - 5.02 grams
Lots of metal and an interesting purple matrix within this stone
Date: 01/01/2000
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Russia's Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry
A large sample of Dhofar 200 is held in the VERNAD collection in Russia
Date: 05/28/2009
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Dhofar 200 - 16.87 grams
Dhofar 200 - 16.87 grams
Date: 05/28/2009
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Dhofar 200 - 16.87 grams
Dhofar 200 - 16.87 grams
Date: 05/28/2009
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Rare Vesiculated Diogenite
Twelve dark gray stones totaling 2,770 grams were found in the Dhofar region of Oman in 2002 - a few very small stones and one large one were found to contain vesicles!
Date: 02/01/2010
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Dhofar 700 - 1.5 grams
Our small fragment has been classified as an achondrite from the diogenite group
Date: 02/01/2010
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Dhofar 700 - 1.5 grams
Vesicles have never been observed in a Diogenite before and it is a real mystery!
Date: 02/01/2010
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D'Orbigny meteorite - original stone
In this photo from the Oregonian, Edwin Thompson holds the D'Orbigny meteorite which was purchased and donated to the Portland State University Cascadia Meteorite Lab - photo Fredrick D. Joe/The Oregonian
Date: 11/08/2009
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D’Orbigny thin film image
The original 16.55 kilogram stone was found in a corn field after a farmer hit it with a plow - this photo was taken with transmitted light - anorthite is white, augite is gray, olivine is light gray
Date: 11/08/2009
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D'Orbigny - Fragments
Our fragments have been classified as an Angrite - one of the oldest and rarest of meteorite materials - the original stone was found in Buenos Aires Province in Argentina and was full of vugs and vesicles - a very special stone indeed!
Date: 11/08/2009
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Oleg Nikolayevich Gus'kov
Gus'kov found the original meteorite near the village of Dronino, Kasimovsky Raion, Ryazan Oblast in July, 2000 - image courtesy The Laboratory of Meteoritics, Russia
Date: 04/30/2009
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Dronino - 12.1 grams
Dronino - 12.1 grams
Date: 04/30/2009
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Dronino - 12.1 grams
This mirror-polished end piece is truly beautiful - it also has several remarkable inclusions
Date: 01/01/2000
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Pitt County North Carolina in the 1930s
On December 4, 1934 a huge meteorite fall was witnessed in North Carolia - two pieces were initially recovered with the first found in Farmville - a total of 56 kilograms has now been collected
Date: 08/21/2009
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Farmville Label from the Smithsonian Institution
Our sample fragments are from the Smithsonian Institution - but Harry Davis - the North Carolina State Museum director in the 1930s - collected the second big piece found and it is still on display in the State Museum's collection
Date: 01/01/2000
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Farmville - .077 grams
Our small fragments of the meteorite are classified as an H4 chondrite
Date: 08/21/2009
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Landscape around Kingman Arizona
Franconia H5 Chondrites are found near Kingman
Date: 04/13/2009
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Franconia - 6.3 grams
Franconia has an interesting and rich matrix which is easy to recognize
Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1708
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Franconia - 6.3 grams
Franconia - 6.3 grams
Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1723
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