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Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Campo del Cielo Meteorites Total Mass: over 100 tons to date Time of Fall: 4,000 to 6,000 years ago Location: Campo del Cielo, Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina, about 500 miles north-northwest of Buenos Aries. Latitude 27 degrees 39 minutes South, Longitude 61 degrees 44 minutes West. Strewnfield: The larger…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Sikhote-Alin Meteorites Fall Recorded: 1947 Location: Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia Strewnfield: 1.3 km ellipse Sikhote-Alin Meteorite (also spelled Sikhotae-Alin) The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fall was a massive impact event that occurred on February 12, 1947, approximately 440 km northeast of Vladivostok, Russia. Fall At around 10:30 am on February 12,…

Home Minerals List Our Policies Shipping Dendritic Moss Opal Display Bases and Lighted Display Specimens This lighted base stands 2-1/2 inches tall. The base has a 5″ diameter and the top has a mirrored surface of 3-7/8 inches with a 7/8 inch opening in the center. This is a Color Wheel Display Base with 7…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle How to Join SETI@Home Click Here SETI…Hello fellow Sci-Fi lovers! SETI (Search for extra terrestrial intelligence)…I don’t think any sci-fi movie made had a more recognizable observation station than the famous Palomar Observatory. Palomar Observatory is home to a 200 inch Hale Telescope which is shown in many of…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Learning Links Page We are enthusiastic amateur Rockhounds. We have collected rocks and minerals from all over the world for the last 50 years or so and we enjoy exploring and finding new rocks and minerals. We are not geologists. Our earliest teachings about rocks and minerals came from…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Thundereggs Nevada Black Rock Nevada Black Rock Desert Some of the best and most distinctive Thundereggs are from locations now closed off and unavailable. In this case, the area has been designated a wilderness area by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and closed. Wilderness or not, the Black…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Stalactites Speleothems (and Stalagmites) Stalactites Speleothems from the Ozark Mountain Regions of Missouri Stalactites Speleothems…A speleothem is commonly known as a cave formation or decoration and is a secondary mineral deposit formed in a cave. Speleothems are typically formed in limestone or dolostone solutional caves. The word speleothem (from…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Sphalerite Sphalerite is the major ore of zinc and often found with the mineral Galena. When it is in pure form, with little or no iron, it produces clear to translucent crystals. The colors found in this mineral will vary, the pale yellow color is known as Cleiophane. The…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Sonora Sunrise Sonora Sunrise Polished Unpolished Sonora Sunrise Sonora Sunrise Sonora Sunrise is said to be Chrysocolla, Cuprite and Tenorite.  The blue-green area normally referred to as Chrysocolla is actually a basic copper sulfate called Bronchantite. The red area is a minor ore of copper called Cuprite with added…