Meteorite, meteorites, space rock, strewn field, Arizona

Hunt for rare and valuable meteorites with specialized pulse induction and VLF metal detectors in beautiful Arizona!

You’ll be personally instructed by an experienced Arizona Meteorite Adventures meteorite hunter, who will give you valuable tips and help you identify your meteorite finds in the strewnfields of Northwest Arizona, just 1-hour from Laughlin, NV or Kingman, AZ.

Full day adventures with the use of – and training on - cutting edge, specialized meteorite metal detectors start at just $299.00 per person (we give significant discounts for additional guests)! Call Terry at (928) 231-7566 or Email: info@arizonagoldadventures.com

Rob & Val from Texas, score a piece of Gold Basin Meteorite with Arizona Meteorite Adventures! Share their adventure - Scroll down!
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Mel's finger rests on his 123-gram Gold Basin Meteorite (lower left of the six). Guess the total weight of all six Gold Basin meteorites. The closest guess each month Wins an AMA Hat & T-shirt! Email your guess to: "Space Rock" - info@arizonagoldadventures.com *
Think you found a meteorite? Visit the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies and find out Now - Click Here!
http://meteorites.asu.edu/meteorite-facts/do-i-have-meteorite-0
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http://meteorite.org/ - Learn about Meteorites, Meteorite hunting.
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http://www.meteoriteblog.org - By Meteorite hunter and TV personality Geoffrey Notkin
Meteorite Fall Rates in Arizona
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Most meteorites that have fallen to the Earth (93%) are chondrites or achondrites (stony meteorites). A smaller fraction of them are iron meteorites (6%), or pallasites and mesosiderites (stony-iron meteorites; 1%).

A statistical study of the rates of meteorite falls suggests approximately 17 meteorites more than 0.1 kilograms (0.22 pounds) in size fall in Arizona each year. Two- to three- of these samples weigh more than 1-kilogram (2.2 pounds), and are about the size of your fist. A meteorite weighing more than 10-kilograms (22 pounds) falls every 2- to 3- years.

Since 1687, over 1,000 meteorites larger than two-lbs. in size are believed to have fallen in Arizona. Of this large number of meteorites, only 32 have been recovered, and only 1 of these (the Holbrook meteorite) was observed to fall.

A thin slice of a Arizona achondrite meteorite, found by Ruben Garcia of Phoenix. See his meteorite site at: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net*
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A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives an impact with the Earth's surface. While in space it is called a meteoroid. When it enters the atmosphere, impact pressure causes the body to heat up and emit light, thus forming a fireball, also known as a meteor or shooting star. The term “bolide,” refers to either an extraterrestrial body that collides with the Earth, or to an exceptionally bright, fireball-like meteor regardless of whether it ultimately impacts the surface.

Meteorites have traditionally been divided into three broad categories: stony meteorites are rocks, mainly composed of silicate minerals; iron meteorites are largely composed of metallic iron-nickel; and, stony-iron meteorites contain large amounts of both metallic and rocky material. Modern classification schemes divide meteorites into groups according to their structure, chemical and isotopic composition and mineralogy.

Bureau of Land Management
http://www.blm.gov/or/programs/minerals/noncollectables.php

BLM Rule on Meteorites found on FEDERAL Land:
In the United States, meteorites are the property of the person upon whose land they are found. If a meteorite is found on federal lands, then government officials consider it to belong to the government and, under an interpretation of the 1906 "Antiquities Act," meteorites found on federal lands belong to the Smithsonian Institution. National parks and public lands generally prohibit removal of rocks from them. To report illegal collecting or vandalism call, 1-503-808-6596.

Andy from Wisconsin, admires the chondrite meteorite he found during his Arizona Meteorite Adventures trip near Kingman!

At the end of the last Ice Age, the "Gold Basin" meteorite exploded above northwest Arizona, and spread itself over more than 130-square kilometers of what is now Mohave County, Arizona. This makes Gold Basin, the only “fossil” strewnfield outside Antarctica. What makes this area even more unique are the strewnfields from other meteorites that cross and combine with it. This makes Gold Basin one of the richest meteorite hunting locations in the world. Over 4,500 documented meteorite finds have been made in the strewnfields of Gold Basin. Read more about the Gold Basin Meteorite here:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LPSC98/pdf/1526.pdf

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