Steve Herschbach Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 "This is only the fifth fall in Arizona and the first one in the Valley," said Arizona State University professor Laurence Garvie, curator of the Center for Meteorite Studies. "He is asking anyone within two miles of Deer Valley Road and 75th Avenue in Glendale to look for black rocks in their yard that weren't there before." Full article here 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 The find is cool. I bet they are overwhelmed with black rocks that were ignored (not noticed) before... fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lunn Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Does Laurence Garvie or others have any initial thoughts on type and origin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rled2005 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Ouch! The sky is falling. What detector would be best for meteorites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 any dedicated nugget hunting machine should work... Coin hunting machine MIGHT work on larger pieces. fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubious Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Powerful magnets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alluminati Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 4:14 AM, rled2005 said: Ouch! The sky is falling. What detector would be best for meteorites? On 10/5/2018 at 10:15 AM, fredmason said: any dedicated nugget hunting machine should work... Coin hunting machine MIGHT work on larger pieces. fred I just tested a 7.3 gram Sikhote-Alin meteorite on the Equinox. It's about the size of a nickle. It hits just like a coin in Park2 but with a -6 TID, hits really good in Gold2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Yes, I am sure an iron of that size would be detected... I should have been more clear-any nugget-hunting machine should find ordinary chrondrites. Irons and stoney-irons should be even easier to detect. fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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