How do you know that a rock that you have found is a meteorite or not?
Meteorites have some characteristics that allow us a short list of easy tests to get started on their identification. See if you rock has any of these features and if it does you may be on your way to having discovered a new rock from space. (more…)
Meteorites have some features in their makeup that allow the hunter to use simple and fancy tools in the search. Nearly all meteorites have some nickel-iron in them. So magnets and metal detectors are very useful in helping to find them.
But, before talking about the high and low tech tools some attention should be given to the most important tools of all. A well informed mind and well trained pair of eyes. (more…)
One of the first questions asked of a meteorite hunter is “where do you go to hunt them?” The simple answer is they fall everywhere randomly so you could possibly find them anywhere. But, in reality there are many factors that make hunting meteories in certain places better and other places impossible. (more…)
