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Identifying meteorites
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Would any one of us recognise a meteorite if we found it on the ground? Grade 6 science students at Mitch Hepburn Public School might have the edge in St. Thomas in that field, after taking a few lessons from the experts at the University of Western Ontario, who came to the school Friday. [url=http://ww...
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Montrose County meteorites
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Man Wants Montrose Recognised as the Meteorite Capitol of the World Take a walk on Sunset Mesa in Montrose and you're likely to find someone playing Frisbee golf. You might also spot Steve Curry staring at the ground. He says the area is one enormous strewn field. [url=http://www.nbc11news.com/lo...
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Fukang meteorite
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2008 January Signature Natural History Auction - Dallas, TX. Auction #5000. A rare 22-pound pallasite meteorite that was found near Fukang, China in 2000 is among the items at a natural history auction to be conducted in Dallas...
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Charity Shoal feature
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Title: Small Rimmed Depression in Lake Ontario: An Impact Crater? Authors: Troy L. Holcombe, John S. Warren, David F. Reid, William T. Virden, David L. Divins Detailed bathymetry of Lake Ontario reveals a small circular feature and adjoining SWtrending ridge associated with a small topographic...
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Pingualuit Crater
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A massive crater in Northern Quebec has been luring the curious for over 50 years. Diamond prospectors, Second World War pilots and National Geographic all made pilgrimages to the distant natural wonder. Now, an international team led by Laval University in Quebec City has journeyed to the Pingua...
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Wanted: one organist for concert in remote Bolivian jungle accessible only by raft. Must be prepared to face rapids, alligators and 30C (86F) temperatures. Ability to swim a bonus. Church organists are rarely an essential part of expeditions into the Amazonian rainforest, but a team of scientist...
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The High Possil meteorite
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The High Possil meteorite fell on the morning of Thursday, 5 April 1804, in a quarry near High Possil, on the northern outskirts of Glasgow. The High Possil meteorite is one of only four ever to have been found in Scotland - the others being the Perth meteorite of 1830, and the Strathmore meteorite, whi...
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Burns Lake structures
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A Burns Lake man thinks he has possibly found three meteorite craters and is pushing for a geologist to come to Burns Lake to solve the mystery. Joseph Driscol said to Lakes District News that he has been trying to get the word out to any level of government for well over a year, expecting that if the meteo...
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Gosses Bluff
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Gosses Bluff (Gosse's Bluff) is an impact crater in Northern Territory, Australia. Today the crater measures 5 km in diameter and is 150 m high. It is located 175 km west of Alice Springs at 23°49 S 132°19 E. The crater was created by a meteorite impact approximately 142.5 ± 0.8 million years ago in the U...
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Bloody Creek reservoir
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Acadia University researchers are studying a meteorite crater south of Bridgetown, with the possibility of proving other meteors came down here thousands, if not millions, of years ago. The group led by Ian Spooner, an environmental geo-scientist in the earth and environmental science departm...
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Nova Scotia Meteorite Crater
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Meteorite Crater Found in Nova Scotia A blast much like that of an atomic bomb shattered the frozen subarctic quiet during the wane of New Englands glacier age. Read more
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Cartesville meteorite
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A 4.6 billion year old meteorite that travelled millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia was unveiled by staff at the Tellus Science Museum this morning. Experts estimate the the half-pound, peach sized space rock was traveling between 50,000 and 70,00...
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Mbozi Meteorite
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Title: Mbosi: an anomalous iron with unique silicate inclusions Authors: Olsen, Edward J.; Clayton, Robert N.; Mayeda, Toshiko K.; Davis, Andrew M.; Clarke, Roy S., Jr.; Wasson, John T. The Mbosi iron meteorite contains millimetre size silicate inclusions. Mbosi is an ungrouped iron with a Ge/G...
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Sikhote Alin stolen
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A 9490 gram Sikhote Alin meteorite was stolen from the University of New Mexico sometime just before the Christmas break. See more Inquires to Carl B. Agee agee@unm.edu Director and Curator, Institute of M...
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The Black Stone
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Practitioners of an ancient religion visit a chunk of black stone (possibly a meteorite) more ancient even than their own faith. After a few times around the old Kaaba, they can retire and check their email. [url=http://reason.com/blo...
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