Field guide
Everything a collector should know
No jargon for its own sake — just the practical knowledge that makes you a better, safer buyer: spotting fakes, reading a classification, and keeping an iron from rusting away.
How to Tell a Meteorite From a Meteorwrong
The five field tests that rule out 99% of the hopeful rocks people bring us — before any lab is needed.
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Keeping an Iron From Rusting Away
Iron and stony-iron meteorites actively corrode. Here is the low-effort routine that keeps them stable.
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Reading a Meteorite Classification
What "L6", "IVA" and "CV3" actually mean, and how to check a specimen is what the label claims.
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Building a Collection on Any Budget
A sensible order to buy in, from a first chondrite to the rare stuff, without wasting money.
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Where Meteorites Actually Come From
Asteroid belt, Moon, Mars and comets — a plain-language map of every specimen's origin.
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Falls vs Finds: Why It Matters What You Buy
A witnessed fall and a desert find can be the same rock — but they are not the same specimen.
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