Meteorite Hunters finding RARE (CK4) Carbonaceous Meteorites

[amberh4578]

Saw meteor strike ground behind ridge in central Idaho. Google Earth search revealed strong image of hopefull landing site. Need encouraging info and input to organise search this spring. Can you respond please. Would welcome any kind of help. Garry H. Spokane Wa. 509-499-0051

[gadionson1]

what's the difference?

[dougmyersinc]

Nice Video,looks like we kind like the same thing, If you really are into meteorites check out our new association (kansasmeteoriteassociation(do­t)weebly(dot)com) we will have our new you tube channel up and running soon. I'll be subscribing as well. Keep the videos coming.

Doug

[ImTheFaza]

прекрасные видео ! Спасибо! Долго искала  такие ролики. Занимаюсь поиском хондритов и не только.

[RushReborn]

these can go up to 50$/gram wow

[BuickDoc]

What is that little square thing you put in some photos? Is it a one cm cube?

[gokucrazy22]

Ruben - seeing your videos are making me convinced to hunt for meteorites. i live in soCal just south of LA in Fullerton. there's this nature preserve thing near my house and I was wondering if there would be any there. (there are open spots like trails and etc) oh and where do i get the magnets?!?!

[meteorfright]

You have to do some studying to find out. In short carbonaciious meteorites are 4.6 billion years old and are the oldest known matter.

[evanpilot]

whats so different about the CK4 meteorite than any other meteorite?

[777dingo]

I have some rocks that look like that, and they are attracted to a magnet..I found them in Texas!

[kobasica]

what are the chances of searching for meteorites and getting hit by one

[teenmod12]

hello. i live on the north fork of long island New York, so probly the farthest thing from a dry lake bed. but, i do have to ocean. is there any chance that some could have washed up on shore. were getting hit by a two week long period of storms so allot of stuff is getting tossed up on shore. what do you think?

[Donatillo1961]

Neodymium magnets are available in auto-shop stores, for about $10-25 smackaroos, depending the size you need.

[Donatillo1961]

neodymium magnets are available in autoshop-stores with a telescopic pole ! I have one and it works very well.

[syferrapper]

where can I get a magnet like that? I have a chondrite meteorite home and it has small white cristals on it! what are those cristals?

[superbee]

Where do you get the poles with the magnets on them? Do you make them, or can they be purchased somewhere?

Thanks

[Gopheller]

Ruben - OK, you've got me hooked. I'd really like to look for some meteorites here in the Pacific Northwest (I live in Seattle). Do you know of any spots here in WA or OR where there's a decent chance of finding meteorite strewnfields? Also, I have a new Minelab X-Terra 70 - is that a decent detector to start out with?

Please keep your video's coming - add me as a person who anxiously awaits your next video! Thank you for sharing your adventures and successes with us.

[meteorfright]

Unfortunately, seattle is a very unfreindly meteorite hunting area. The dry lake beds in the eastern part of Washington my work though.

[almostfamous000]

How strong was the magnet you used?

Like speaker magnet or stronger?

[meteorfright]

A very, very starong rare earth magnet.

[SaiyaMel]

I thought carbonaceous chondrites aren't magnetic? The ones I have (CV3s - Allende and NWA 989) are not...

Great find!

[meteorfright]

They are but only with very strong magnets

[gearheadgriffin]

great video, great find

[DragonfirePR69]

I guess Ruben sometimes we miss whats right under our nose. That was painful, even to me. lol Great videos keep em coming

[mrmeteorite]

CK Group

The meteorites of this group are named for Karoonda, a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1930. There are only about 20 different CK members known.

Carbonaceous chondrites are thought to be the most primitive form of matter in the universe. Scientists theorize that if, at the beginning of time, the universe cooled and the dust clumped together and formed a rock, then the result would be something like a carbonaceous chondrite.

[scorpiotoyou]

really cool hunt! but can you exsplain why there so rare again!

[mrmeteorite]

Carbonaceous chondrites are thought to be the most primitive form of matter in the universe. Scientists theorize that if, at the beginning of time, the universe cooled and the dust clumped together and formed a rock, then the result would be something like a carbonaceous chondrite.

[scorpiotoyou]

thanks, now that is really too cool. nice bit of info for sure!

[thx428]

Thanks for the info!!