The following pages are notes from field expeditions begun in 1997.
Nick may be reached at nick.gessler(at)duke.edu.
Visit UCLA's "How
to Identify a Meteorite!" Los Angeles Mars meteorite photos.
The fall at l'Aigle, France marked
the
beginning of modern meteoritics. The
scientific establishment was finally
convinced that rocks do fall from the sky.
The label reads:
Aerolite tombe
a l'Aigle I 26,
Floreal an XI
16 Avril 1803.