Book Description

One Colorado meteorite fell during a funeral, one fell through the roof of a house and almost hit a cat and one was found in a landfill. Three were found with metal detectors and two were found by five-year-old boys. Three were found in rock gardens!Colorado Meteorites is the most comprehensive treatment possible of the Centennial State's oldest and rarest rocks. Virtually every published reference for each of the 89 currently recognized falls and finds have been located, along with archival sources including original letters, press releases and catalogs. Colorado Meteorites is the only book to tell these stories with hundreds of photographs and illustrations, historical distribution data and current per-gram prices.