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Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters Dorothy S. Norton, O. Richard Norton
Publisher: Mountain Pr

It was 1938, and they were hunting animals, not space rocks, but one of the men had learned enough about the subject from Chabot Observatory to identify the 2700 pound chunk of nickel-iron as a meteorite. The celestial phenomenon galvanized planetary scientists, astronomers, meteorite hunters and collectors eager to find pieces of the space rock. Meteorite Hunting | Meteorite Information Links To find among the thousands of other rocks that one which came for space;. When Haenecour began his graduate study with Floss, she had him look at a primitive meteorite that had been picked up in Antarctica by a U.S. Richard Norton); Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites (by O. Alas, it wasn't a meteorite…. The show is all about looking for rocks from outer space that have fallen to Earth. While keeping up with my normal classes, I can also be found doing independent research at the Cascadia Meteorite Lab on campus. The radar data helped meteorite hunters to recover a total of 77 specimens, with the first ones found only two days after the fall. Meteorites can sell for £600 a gram. Richard Norton); Meteorites (by Caroline Smith and Sara S. Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters (by O. This is a continuation of my two earlier University of Manchester Earth and Solar System blogs here and here about being part of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) meteorite hunting team in Antarctica. How To Recognize Visitors From Space. None of the rocks brought to me turned out to be meteorites: an oddly shaped scrape of iron, a large (and beautiful) chunk of galena or titanium, a simple Earth stone with an unusual appearance. Hunters sell space rock for more than gold. I've been there since I was a freshman learning about the wild world of meteorites and it's finally culminating in two co-authored papers (one that's in peer review and the other being written) and a rather unhealthy addiction to space rocks and caffeine. Some space rock hunters aren't content to simply look for long-lost meteorites. Precious stone meteorites can sell for £600 a gram. The meteorite was named Sutter's Mill, after the location where it fell.