Rob & Val from Texas, score a piece
of Gold Basin Meteorite with Arizona Meteorite Adventures! Share their adventure - Scroll down for the video!
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 $359.00 per person (we give significant discounts for
additional guests)! Call Terry at 914-589-3985 or Email: info@arizonagoldadventures.com
Mel's finger rests on his 123-gramGold
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!
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.
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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.
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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!
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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:
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