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Meteorite Discussion
General Meteorite Discussion
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Meteorite News and Recent Falls
Your place to find Meteorite related news and information on recent falls.
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Show off your Collection
Share pictures of your collection here - Lets make this the largest online museum of meteorites!
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Northwest African Meteorites
Perhaps the most affordable and common meteorite available. These gems are very overlooked and underrated in my opinion. Here I give them a discussion area all to themselves.
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Meteorite Classification
Its tough to get material classified, even moreso if it is NWA material. Here we will try to point you in the right direction to getting your material classified.
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Meteorite Protection, Cleaning and Storage
Tips on protecting cleaning and storing your meteorites
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Mon May 18, 2009 4:12 am
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Cutting & Etching Meteorites
All the information you need about cutting, polishing and etching meteorites can be found here.
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Tektites
While these are not meteorites, they were formed by the impacts of large meteorites on Earth's surface.
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Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:44 pm
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Impact Craters
Impact craters offer alot of information on the impacting object. Often they are the only witnesses to the event. Here you can discuss anything and everything about impact craters and post pictures of them.
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Ebay Auctions & Meteorites for Sale
Advertise your Ebay auctions here and feel free to list any for that you are wanting to sell.
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Achondrites
A stony meteorite that does not have chondrules and originated on a differentiated parent body.
Achondrites account for only about 8% of meteorites overall, falls and finds.
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Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:04 pm
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Chondrites
The most common type of meteorite found on Earth, 86.2% of witnessed falls are chondrites
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Carbonaceous Chondrites
Many contain high percentages of water and organic compounds that are the builing blocks for life as we know it.
Carbonaceous chondrites make up less than 5% of the chondrites that fall to Earth.
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Iron
Consisting of nickel-iron alloys, the metal taken from these meteorites is known was one of the earliest sources of usable iron available to man.
About 5.7% of witnessed falls are Iron meteorites.
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Stony-Iron
This meteorite type is a mixture of iron-nickel metal and silicate minerals. Stony-iron meteorites account for less then 1% of witnessed falls.
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