Showing posts with label meteorite opal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meteorite opal. Show all posts

27 June 2016

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27JUN2016

Couple loans unexpected find to UCLA Meteorite Gallery
dailybruin.com BY ANJISHNU DAS
The Eltrichs, who live in Venice, California, said they discovered the meteorite while hiking near Baker, California, in the Mojave Desert. The stone is approximately 5 inches long, 6 inches wide and about 4 inches thick....

Opal-Studded Meteorite Hints at Origins of Earth's Water
By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor | June 27, 2016 09:10am ET
A gem of a meteorite found in Antarctica is studded with pieces of opal, a crystal that is associated with water. The discovery lends greater strength to the idea that meteorites brought water to asteroids and may also have seeded the Earth with the liquid necessary for life to evolve....

PSI's Vishnu Reddy Discusses Meteor Crossing Tucson's Skyline
Planetary Science Institute
PSI's Vishnu Reddy Discusses Meteor Crossing Tucson's Skyline. vishnu on news. After a mysterious bright light streaked across the predawn sky in ...

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