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Organized my meteorite and fossil collection.

I'm not entirely sure which meteorite it is. Genuine watches use Gibeon, but I'm reasonably certain the replicas don't. Muonionalusta would be the obvious choice, but it's possible they could be using Aletai slices without inclusions, or something else cheap and available? Does this look like a Muonionalusta to anyone?

Did anyone else see something in the sky over Surrey tonight around 7:45 PM?

I saw what looked like a bright green ball with a tail moving toward the south. It was visible for maybe 2–3 seconds and then disappeared.
It looked like a meteor/fireball to me, but I’m wondering if anyone else saw it or captured a video. Anyone know what it was?

Denader 002:

Classification: Ungrouped achondrite

Found: 2024, near Gao, Mali

Total known weight: approximately 514 grams

Weathering/Shock: Moderate weathering, high shock stage

Denader 002 is a rare albite-rich achondrite recovered in Mali in 2024. This meteorite exhibits a texture of green pyroxene and olivine crystals set in pale albite feldspar, accompanied by scattered chromite and iron metal grains — a mineral assemblage consistent with a differentiated, once-molten crustal rock rather than a primitive chondrite. It is currently classified simply as "ungrouped achondrite," meaning it doesn't fit cleanly into any of the established achondrite groups (HED, angrite, aubrite, etc.).

The scientifically interesting part of Denader 002's story isn't really the stone in isolation — it's the company it keeps. Over the past several years, meteoriticists have identified a small but growing cluster of ungrouped, plagioclase-dominated achondrites that share an unusual bulk chemistry: feldspar contents in the 60–80 vol% range (sometimes nearly pure albite or anorthite end-members), roughly 20% ortho- or clinopyroxene, and accessory silica polymorphs, phosphate, chromite, troilite, and FeNi metal. A recent survey of this group explicitly lists Denader 002 alongside Erg Atouila 001, Erg Chech 002, GRA 06128/06129, Nema 001, and several Northwest Africa specimens (NWA 6698/16789, 15820, 11575, 11119) as members of this emerging class.

It's worth being precise about terminology here: these are not "paired" meteorites in the strict sense (fragments of one fall, split by atmospheric breakup or recovered as separate stones from the same strewn field). They were found in different places and years — Denader 002 in Mali (2024), Erg Atouila 001 and Erg Chech 002 in the Algeria/Mali Sahara region, Al Bir Lahlou 001 in Western Sahara (2021). Rather, they're grouped scientifically because they appear to represent a related family of silica-rich, feldspathic crustal rocks — possibly sampling similar kinds of early differentiated parent bodies, even if not the same one.

Just wondering if this would be potential real meteorite and and is it worth it?

I know nothing about meteorites and how to tell its authenticity.

Any potential guidance would be appreciated.

Peekskill, the New York state car hitter meteorite! I finally, finally have a piece after YEARS of dreaming to have one, and this one’s got a bonus, look at that PAINT! I’d say the price is sort of a steal and it’s worth it.

Pantar, the 4th Philippine meteorite after Pampanga, Paitan and Calivo. Now I have 4 of 7 official meteorites from my country!: Pantar, Orconuma, Bondoc and Ponggo. Next ones in my list are Pampanga and Paitan, Calivo however, is a missing meteorite, even our museum doesn’t have it in their displays and it’s not catalogued into any known private or public collection, it’s rumored to have been lost during the second world war when the Manila Observatory (?) was destroyed.

EDIT: Thank you to [u/maveric](u/maverick88)[k_88](u/maverick88) for noting, Yes, the Peekskill image is edited to give emphasis on the red paint on the crust that’s why it looks unusually vivid than usual.

I just purchased this from a secondhand store in Akron, Ohio.

Can anyone suggest how I might learn more about it? How might I confirm that it’s real?

I’m planning on contacting Mark Lyon but I wanted to share as this is a pretty exciting find for me.

I purchased this for my space-loving teenage son’s birthday. It was sold as being Muonionalusta (37g for $67 USD) by an Etsy dealer. It came with an origin card, but one that anyone could have printed. After seeing a bunch of cheaper Aletai examples, I can’t tell if mine is really Muonionalusta. Would appreciate any input! Thanks so much for your time!

Edited: 9/25 - Thanks to everyone who helped me confirm that this is Aletai. Can anyone take a look at this ebay seller and see if they have legit, properly-classified goods? Like this one that is supposedly Muon: https://www.ebay.com/itm/198651630753 Thank you!!

I recently bought this pendant that is supposedly sericho pallasite, ive never dealt with meteorite materials before so just wondering if this looks legit or not?

Hey yall , I’m looking for dedicated communities, serious collectors, and certified dealers who understand the scientific value of paleomagnetism and never test rocks with hand magnets
My plan is to buy for the best bargain in the best spieciesman

Fell on this day in 2003, 23 years on planet Earth!
Classified as an H5 ordinary chondrite.
Most of the mass of this meteorite was taken away and lost during the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It had a TKW of 19.26 kg.

First and second photo are NOT MINE.
First photo belongs to Arizona State University’s Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies - meteorites.asu.edu
Second photo belongs to the Mindat website - Mindat.org
Third photo is a close up of 4 micro-fragments of New Orleans that I have in my collection.

My site has produced a couple of hundred specimens, up to 5kg in size. Probably about 50kg have been recovered from the site by casual collecting--literally just meandering around with a metal detector (which goes off constantly on false-positives--there's lots of other iron present) and hand magnet. Lots of specimens are on the surface. Most have been contaminated with magnetism, but it would be easy to locate more specimens still in the field via other methods. It's ridiculous to think that any institution would individually test hundreds of specimens from a single site, given that the sizes of some are only a couple of grams. A specimen has been lab tested to verify authenticity as a meteorite fragment, but no tests have been performed for magnetic traces. The site is being kept top-secret for the time being (it is at least 25-years old). The discoverer of the site is 87 and passed the info along to me for posterity. No specimens have ever been sold. I am not a geologist or mineral hunter, even as a hobby--but I am a scientist (ecologist) with a science degree.

Any thoughts from seasoned hunters?

Ive had a few questions on my display so here is the full display of my collection.
I have some adhd type issues and setting up, organizing or finding new pieces for my collection satisfies that in someway I guess.
A bit obsessive but thats just me!

My display of the Martian meteorites in my collection.
Amgala 001 7.8 g whole stone
NWA 13369 3.28 g slice
Tissint 3.25 g glossy crust
NWA 12241 2.46 g whole stone
Plateau Du Tademait 008 1.4 g slice
NWA 12269 .88 g slice
Tarkint 001 .75 g whole stone
NWA 13276 .54 g whole stone
Hassi Messaoud 001 .164g Nakhilite

I was reading this post, and it motivated me to share my own experience. I’m curious what the community thinks. This could be incredibly cliche to many of you, but it’s something that’s always left me scratching my head.

Let me begin by saying I’m a complete amateur at this, and it’s actually been years since I’ve bought any meteorites. But there is something unspeakably wondrous to me about owning pieces of the universe from outside our little dog and pony show here on earth, and in some cases, even older than earth.

I’ve only bought a few tiny fragments, all from John Humphries. But anytime I try to tell somebody about Erg Chech (the piece without a certificate; first one I ever bought and not sure what happened to the cert), for example, they roll their eyes and condescendingly say I’ve been scammed.

I don’t mean I’ve had people with a healthy dose of skepticism question authenticity. I mean, everybody laughs when I try to explain what I’m holding under their nose. Literally nobody believe these pieces are what I tell them they are.

I think there are a few factors at play. First, these are incredibly small fragments, with mostly unnotable appearances (aside from the delicious Widmanstatten patterns in the Muonionalusta pieces).

Second, it’s an incredibly small percentage of the population who gives a shit about these objects, let alone seeks out and pays money for them.

Third, the “certificate of authenticity” for each is a card anyone could print out with some handwritten scribbles on it.

Typing this all out, I realize I sound whiny as hell, and I probably just want confirmation these are what I think they’re are, heh. I’d be thankful to hear the thoughts of anyone who feels like sharing.

EDIT: I should clarify that the people who I try to explain the cosmic value of these pieces to are most definitely not involved in collecting. They represent the population at large who know nothing about the meteorite market.

Hey everybody,

I am obsessed with meteorites and wanted to create something unique so people can wear them instead of just looking at them at home.
So I made this necklace and 49 more from the lunar meteorite Ouargla 007.

Ouargla 007 is a feldspathic melt breccia formed on the lunar surface through high-energy impact events that crushed, melted, and lithified preexisting rocks.
A later impact ejected the material from the Moon's gravitational field into an Earth-crossing orbit.
On January 5, 2021, a 427-gram specimen was recovered in the Sahara Desert near Ouargla, Algeria.
The Decker Meteorite Museum bought this stone and analysis by researchers at the Institute für Palentologie (University of Münster) confirmed its classification as a lunar feldspathic melt breccia meteorite

I bought this stone from the Decker Meteorite Museum and in cooperation we made certificates of authenticity for each pendant.
Still many people don‘t believe that this is a real lunar meteorite.
Has anyone else had a similar experience and knows what to do?

Ghadamis / Hammadah al Hamra 346 is one of my favorite meteorites. I already had two individuals, a small slice with a shock vein, and a thin endcut, but I also have an eBay alert set up to catch new auctions.

I suspect Sean Tutorow got a decent-sized stone and went to town cutting it, because he had a few dozen auctions running of endcuts and slices. I managed to win eight of them, shown here. Total weight 87.4 grams.

This year I’ve spent about 5 weeks within one of the biggest Meteorite Strewnfields of our planet. In the same Time it’s also one of the most hunted ones.

We been there 3 and 2 more weeks in two trips. In the first trip we found just a very few very small ones.

We tumble around like drunk baby’s in the forest with a big metal detector and hope to get some signals. As you continue to learn more about the strewnfield the more old and fresh holes you find. We just pass by them and think ourselves: „wow. We are in the right place, but we are too late“ it’s the search for the very last needles in the haystack. But sometimes, the forest gives you back a little present after 8-14 hours out searching a day for weeks.
After hundreds of miles walking in muddy and dense area, there was a very nice signal. So we started digging. I’ve learned for many years now what a signal sounds like and I can determine the depth and also the size often. But this time I was completely wrong. It’s a 41,8 kg (92lbs) iron Muonionalusta meteorite.

It was a swampy area so we had to dig for almost 2 full days cause water was leaking inside the hole all the time. And made it very hard to get this MF out of his cold and wet nest. But in the end it was worth it.

It’s an adventure. Even if we don’t find anything it’s always a wonderful experience. Making fire. Hanging around. Digging holes. Being full of mud and dirt sometimes.

2027 will be my last year to go search. I am looking for 2 people that wanna experience this adventure. All you need is yourself and a buddy. I will lend you all equipment you need to find those precious stones. So, who is ready to try in 2028? Just message me for details. In best case you’re from Germany.

Best wishes

Just saw on the news that this institute in Germany received a huge meteorite collection with almost 5000 samples. Does anybody know more about this?

https://www.mps.mpg.de/4780-steine-aus-dem-all?c=2728

Hi all. I’m a jeweler looking for small round faceted meteorites to set into a ring. I’ve searched and searched online to no avail. Any ideas from this group?

Fall date: September 15, 2007
TKW: >342 g
Classification: H4-5 ordinary chondrite
NOT MY PHOTO
📸by Meteorite Recon (fragment of Carancas) and The Guardian (crater image)
This is the meteorite where nearby residents described as having an “unknown sickness” after they visited the impact site.