Meteorite advice

[Subdeo]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a beginning meteorite collector? I have a few basic chondrites and an achondrite, but I am looking to expand my collection. I hope to find a meteorite that is visually or scientifically interesting. Thanks!

[m.tweedy]

FLO sell a selection.

David Bryant Spacerocks also sell study sets

http://www.spacerocksuk.com/sets.html

And Aeorolite (Meteorite man Geof Notkin and Nick Howes)

https://meteorites.io/shop/new-collectors-under-100/

should be enough to start you off in the right direction

[Oddsocks]

We went on an organised trip to Greenland in 2005 to collect fresh meteorite falls that are easy to see in the melting snow.

Mostly the type found are only a few mm up to size of a pebble and blackened/burned during entry.

Unfortunately I wasn't lucky and could only find organic material but a couple of the others in the group found some metallics about the size of a UK 5 pence piece (~ same as a US dime) and some stony chondrites about half that size.

Was worth the trip just to see the Northern Lights and camp out on the ice shelf.

[Tim]

I really like the slices which are semi transparent, like green stained glass, cant recall what they are called right now

[m.tweedy]

13 minutes ago, Tim said:

I really like the slices which are semi transparent, like green stained glass, cant recall what they are called right now

I have a Seymchan Pallasite that is a Stony Iron that sounds like that

[Oddsocks]

14 minutes ago, Tim said:

I really like the slices which are semi transparent, like green stained glass, cant recall what they are called right now

 

6 minutes ago, m.tweedy said:

I have a Seymchan Pallasite that is a Stony Iron that sounds like that

Or possibly Czech Moldavite which looks like green glass.

( although not strictly a 'meteorite' as such as I think it is an impact material and has some of the earths crust's materials mixed in )

[m.tweedy]

When Astronomy does not consume all of my money Meteorites take over

 

[m.tweedy]

48 minutes ago, Subdeo said:

Does anyone have any suggestions for a beginning meteorite collector? I have a few basic chondrites and an achondrite, but I am looking to expand my collection. I hope to find a meteorite that is visually or scientifically interesting. Thanks!

Just realised you are USA based. In that case 

https://aerolite.org/

Based inn Tuscon 

[MilwaukeeLion]

Get strong magnet, put in thick sock, tie a rope, go to river with rocky bottom.  I drag a powerful magnet behind my canoe, find lots of rocks with a charge, trash and a car that stopped me in my tracks.  Yet to find a meteorite but they are everywhere, found some cool junk and a prehistoric artifact that dated nearly 4000 BCE.

[m.tweedy]

1 minute ago, MilwaukeeLion said:

Get strong magnet, put in thick sock, tie a rope, go to river with rocky bottom.  I drag a powerful magnet behind my canoe, find lots of rocks with a charge, trash and a car that stopped me in my tracks.  Yet to find a meteorite but they are everywhere, found some cool junk and a prehistoric artifact that dated nearly 4000 BCE.

OR use it on your roof guttering to find Micro Meteorites