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Cosmosphere adds to its ‘rock collection’
Hutchinson News, KS - Jul 11, 2006… At the Kansas Historical Society, Arnold had read the saga of previous Kiowa County meteorite finds linked to pioneer farmers Eliza and Frank Kimberly. …

Hundreds turn out for Haviland’s space rock party
Kansas City Star - Kiowa County, in south-central Kansas, is prime meteorite hunting territory. The prize find to date consists of remnants of a rock that fell to earth some 20,000 years ago. Scientists estimated that it was 20 feet across and weighed 500 tons - and

Hundreds rock out at Haviland
Pratt Tribune - Kiowa County, in south-central Kansas, is prime meteorite hunting territory. The prize find to date consists of remnants of a rock that fell to earth some 20,000 years ago. Scientists estimated that it was 20 feet across and weighed 500 tons - and

Hundreds turn out for Haviland s space rock party
Dodge City Daily Globe, KS - Jul 10, 2006… Why, in Texas, their meteorites are the size of marbles. We ve got boulders. . Kiowa County, in south-central Kansas, is prime meteorite hunting territory. …

The MeteoriteTimes Magazine Photo Gallery - Home
Choose your language Albanian Arabic ( ) Basque (Euskera) Portuguese [Brazilian Meteorite Hunting - Interesting & Humorous Objects: 5 files, last one added on Feb 12, 2006

Hundreds rock out at Haviland 
HAVILAND, Kan. (AP) - This was a rock festival of a different sort. Haviland’s first meteorite festival, with the motto “The Rock Stops Here,” drew several hundred people on Saturday. Mayor Jeff Christensen hopes to make it an annual event attracting space rock enthusiasts from around the world.

Towns space rock party draws hundreds to south-central Kansas 
Haviland This was a rock festival of a different sort. Havilands first meteorite festival, with the motto The Rock Stops Here, drew several hundred people on Saturday. Mayor Jeff Christensen hopes to make it an annual event attracting space rock enthusiasts from around the world.

Meteorites and Meteorite Craters
with locations of meteorite finds and falls (courtesy of. Dr P Scherer, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, based on a compilation by J. Koblitz)

BBC News | SCI/TECH | Fireball ignites scientific curiosity
The Tagish Lake meteorite is a so-called carbonaceous chondrite, a rare type of ancient meteorite that makes up only 2% of all meteorite finds. Unlike most rock found in the Solar System, it has not

Robot Finds Meteorites In Antarctica
Nomad’s meteorite finds are a great achievement,” said Apostolopoulos. “However, it had to gather still more data. During the last three days of the expedition, the robot was turned loose in an

Meteorite Collecting Page
Collector preference rules in the meteorite collecting world. In other words, you “should” collect whatever you prefer to collect. …

Meteorite Collecting Is a Hobby
Here are a few reasons why meteorite collecting is a great hobby: … Every person considering meteorite collecting as a hobby should read Nininger’s …

Hobbies, Crafts, Games, and other Pastimes
NEMS Meteorites and Planetary Science offers a good introduction to meteorites and meteorite collecting. You can purchase micromount specimens of over 600 …

MEADVIEWINFO
… Committee, the international body of scientists who assess meteorite finds. The Gold Basin meteorite brings the number …