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

Richard Norton); Meteorites (by Caroline Smith and Sara S. Meteor-hunting adventurers, led by Ralph P. Across the United States and around the world, there are countless stories of individuals locating these fallen space rocks with common metal detectors. A meteorite that fell where California's gold rush began has triggered a similar gold rush for scientists: to study one of the freshest, most unusual space rocks around. The first distinctive black “Meteorites like Sutter's Mill represent the most primitive material of our early solar system,” says team member Qing-zhu Yin, a geochemist at the University of California, Davis. The supposedly confirmed recovery in Novato of a chunk of the meteor that exploded over the Bay Area a week ago turned out to be a mistake, said the scientist who earlier said it was a space rock. The co-host of the Science Channel's "Meteorite Men" discusses his worldwide quest to find meteorites during the next Science Café on Jan. It's just an ordinary Earth rock, he said Tuesday. Some space rock hunters aren't content to simply look for long-lost meteorites. Geoffrey Notkin (Credit: Aerolite Meteorites). Longtime meteorite hunter and collector Mike Martinez has more than 560 meteorites he collected from around the world and from sites he visited including Arizona and Texas. Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters (by O. The meteorite was named Sutter's Mill, after the location where it fell. Didn't take long for the meteorite hunters to get in contact with DJ, and one asked if DJ would lead her to the site. And since 1976, an organization called The Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) has journeyed to the most barren place on earth to collect space rocks. The radar data helped meteorite hunters to recover a total of 77 specimens, with the first ones found only two days after the fall. Flandrau: The University meteorites that are rich in beautiful olivine crystals (the gemstone peridot). The Sutter's Mill Meteorite hunters immediately fanned out to pick up the pieces. During the Science Café, meteorite hunter Notkin will give a short talk entitled, "From Fallen Stars to Media Stars: Meteorite Hunters Investigate the Science of Rocks from Space. Richard Norton); Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites (by O.