Meteorite Hunting & Collecting Magazine
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Hi everyone, I'm a treasure hunter, meteorite hunter, adventurer, outdoorsman, and a father. Over the last few years I've delved into this great hobby with everything I've got, and I can't think of anything else I'd rather do besides study, hunt, and collect meteorites. Well, raising my family of course. ;)
I recently launched Meteorite Hunting & Collecting Magazine to great reviews. My magazine is a culmination of years of work and study of meteorites, astronomy, and of course hunting.
I created Meteorite Hunting & Collecting Magazine to share this passion, awe and knowledge with everyone, while at the same time to help provide my family a living doing something we love and are so passionate about. My magazine appeals to everyone and is powered by me and my family's passion for this great hobby and science. Every subscription goes to help us create something that everyone can enjoy.
Take a look at my magazine. Read it, look through all the great meteorite hunting stories, finds, gallery photos and articles written by meteorite hunters, scientists, and astronomers alike. If you like it, subscribe and tell me what you think. Your critiques, comments, suggestions and kudos are welcome and encouraged.
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GoldDigger1950:
Good luck with your new endeavor. I registered and am awaiting the confirmation e-mail which take much longer than I like to wait. There's much foot tapping going on here! LoL
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Quote:Posted by GoldDigger1950Good luck with your new endeavor. I registered and am awaiting the confirmation e-mail which take much longer than I like to wait. There's much foot tapping going on here! LoL
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GoldDigger1950:
I finally got it. The toe tapping must have helped.
One objection. There should be a downloadable version for those of us who like to take our magazines with us. While the page flipping magazine format is very cool, a PDF would be much better. Just my opinion, of course.
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Quote:Posted by GoldDigger1950I finally got it. The toe tapping must have helped.
One objection. There should be a downloadable version for those of us who like to take our magazines with us. While the page flipping magazine format is very cool, a PDF would be much better. Just my opinion, of course.
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GoldDigger1950:
Thanks, Eric. It's very colorful.
I don't go out looking for meteorites so I'm not a "hound" type but an opportunistic one. I found one almost perfectly round once. Sold it on eBay for a few hundred, as I recall. A very interesting specimen that went to a university in New Jersey. Turns out it was Lunar in origin. I may still have some photos. I'll see if I can dig them up.
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Quote:Posted by GoldDigger1950Thanks, Eric. It's very colorful.
I don't go out looking for meteorites so I'm not a "hound" type but an opportunistic one. I found one almost perfectly round once. Sold it on eBay for a few hundred, as I recall. A very interesting specimen that went to a university in New Jersey. Turns out it was Lunar in origin. I may still have some photos. I'll see if I can dig them up.
Please don't take offense GoldDigger1950, but as of August 2010 there are no verified/classified Lunar meteorites recovered in the United States. There are only a handful of Lunar meteorites that have been classified, out of the 51,000+ meteorites that have ever been recovered and classified on Earth.
Also, meteorites are never "perfectly round". I'm not sure who told you your stone was a Lunar meteorite, but I would check their information. Here are some stats on all the meteorites that have ever been found/recovered and classified on Earth.
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According to the Meteoritical Society meteorite database on USGS.gov
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There are a total of 51,105 total meteorites found on Earth.
of those, there are "...130 records found for meteorites with historical types that contain "Lunar"..."
Of those 130 total stones worldwide, there are 68 pairings (Pairing = classified stones which match lithologies/chemistry with another)
~68 Lunar Pairings
Of those 68 Lunar meteorite pairings, None of the 130 stones were found in the United States.
USA Lunar Meteorites = 0
There are, 92 records found for meteorites with historical types that contain "Martian"
Of Those 92 Martian (Mars) meteorite stones found (Pairings data not available) 2 of those were recoverd in the USA.
USA Martian Meteorites = 2
Lafayette (stone) - Indiana, USA - Martian (nakhlite)
Los Angeles - California, USA - Martian (shergottite)
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Meteoritical Bulletin:
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Planetary Meteorites - Meteoris.de
Norbert Classen - President IMCA (International Meteorite Collectors Association)
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I am unaware of any Lunar meteorite that has been found in the United States. This is kind of the holy grail of meteorite hunting (and probably ranks higher than discovering an entire meteorite strewnfield).
I would liken finding a Lunar meteorite with a treasure hunter finding the Atocha shipwreck, or a gold hunter finding the Lost Dutchman Mine. Maybe the LD is a bad example since it's arguably a legend.
The point is that Lunar meteorites make up only about 0.133% of all known meteorites that have ever been found and classified.
Though it's possible you may have found a meteorite, if it is, there's a 99.86% chance it's not a Lunar meteorite.
I hope this helps, and please don't take offense, as I certainly don't mean to offend.
It's just that it's so very rare to find a meteorite to begin with, for it to be a LUnar, and be found in the USA the chance is astronomically small. Were tests done on the stone? Is it at all possible that the stone you found may not a meteorite? Perhaps the person who analyzed the stone for you may have been mistaken?
If it is in fact a Lunar meteorite found in the USA that would be one phenomenal find! Truly the holy grail of American meteorite hunters.
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GoldDigger1950:
Found in outback Western Australia and sold to a university professor in New Jersey. It was round but not perfectly so. Now I have to find the pictures for you. I hate pressure. It was two or three hard drives ago.
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gary branch:
i just started hunting for meteorite in arkansas i need a lot of help and luck
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