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Gold Basin
Photo courtesy Twink Monrad
Date: 04/08/2009
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Gold Basin - 28.7 grams
A stony-chondrite L-4 / L-6 meteorite
Date: 01/01/2000
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Gold Basin - 28.7 grams
The oldest known strewnfield in the US - it is estimated to be about 25,000 years old
Date: 01/01/2000
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Gold Basin Strewnfield
Courtesy R. S. Verish, Meteorite-Recovery Foundation
Date: 04/08/2009
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Gold Basin - 2.8 grams
Gold Basin - 2.8 grams
Date: 01/01/2000
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Gold Basin - 2.8 grams
Gold Basin - 2.8 grams
Date: 01/01/2000
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Arizona Meteorite Locations
Courtesy the Lunar and Planetary Institute
Date: 04/20/2009
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Gold Basin Landscape
Yep, it's a desert
Date: 04/20/2009
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Gold Basin - 9.88 grams
Another easily recognizable Arizona meteorite - no wonder so many hunter's live in that state!
Date: 01/01/2000
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Gold Basin - 40.67 grams
This nice Gold Basin end cut was found by Jack Schrader - he painted the original weight on the side of the stone
Date: 08/21/2009
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Gold Basin - 40.67 grams
The outside crust has a very earth-rock appearance
Date: 08/21/2009
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Gold Basin - 40.67 grams
But slicing the stone in half confirms that the rock is from another world!
Date: 08/21/2009
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Jim Kriegh and Richard Norton
In the Gold Basin strewnfield in April 1998 - we miss both of these great meteorite personalities! - Jim painstakingly mapped the Gold Basin specimen locations over a two year period - Photo courtesy Twink Monrad
Date: 02/18/2010
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Gold Basin - 47.9 grams
Another good piece from our collection
Date: 02/18/2010
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Gold Basin - 47.9 grams
Gold Basin can easily be mistaken for an ordinary earth rock
Date: 02/18/2010
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Gujba displayed by Moritz Karl in Tucson
A meteorite fell in a field near the village of Bogga Dingare in Nigeria in 1984 - the villagers broke the 100 kilogram meteorite into many pieces - and most of the material was dispersed
Date: 09/01/2010
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Gujba - 1.35 grams
Our facinating slice of Gujba which as been classified as a CBa -- which really means it is a carbonaceous chondrite of the CB group of subtype a
Date: 09/01/2010
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Gujba - 1.35 grams
This meteotite has big, centimeter-sized chondrule-like objects and abundant metal which is over half of the volume - no wonder it is such a favorite with collectors!
Date: 09/01/2010
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Draa Valley kasbah
An ancient fort that was constructed from mud bricks
Date: 04/13/2009
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Hamada du Draa (El Hammami) - 2.9 grams
Hamada du Draa (El Hammami) - 2.9 grams
Date: 01/01/2000
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Hamada du Draa (El Hammami) - 6.7 grams
Hamada du Draa (El Hammami) - 6.7 grams
Date: 01/01/2000
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