A PHOTO GALLERY OF CALIFORNIA METEORITES

on display at the Gems and Minerals Exhibit (Bldg. 7A) of the
1998 Los Angeles County Fair!

These meteorites and their replicas were a temporary exhibit
from the San Bernardino County Museum of Natural History.

Pinto Mountains, CA - Stony and "Iron Meteorites" - - -

Display of Pinto Mountain Meteorites - Stony and "Iron"
Apparently the iron "finds" are unreported. There is no mention of these in the "blue catalogue"

"Click" HERE to see image of end fragment of Pinto Mountain (L6) stone chondrite.

"Click" HERE to see image of a close-up view of the Pinto Mountain (L6) stone chondrite.

THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS ARE NOT METEORITES - THEY HAVE BEEN RECENTLY CONFIRMED AS BEING TERRESTRIAL HEMATITE!

REVISED 01/06/99 - "Click" HERE to go directly to UPDATE - Pinto Mountains "IRON" identified as METEOR-WRONG.

"Click" HERE to see image of the 8 oz. Pinto Mountain iron "meteorite".

"Click" HERE to see image of a close-up view of the 8 oz. Pinto Mountain iron "meteorite".

"Click" HERE to see image of the 5.5 oz. Pinto Mountain iron "meteorite".

"Click" HERE to see image of a close-up view of the 5.5 oz. Pinto Mountain iron "meteorite".

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