Topherspin Meteorites

LAST CALL - MUST ORDER TODAY! (January 10th)
2026 Topherspin Meteorites Witnessed Fall Calendar ☄️

In this video, Sue highlights her annual Topherspin Meteorites Witnessed Fall Calendar, a project that continues to raise the bar each year. Approximately 330 of the individual day boxes are dedicated to witnessed meteorite fall anniversaries, making this calendar both educational and visually engaging. The 12 full-color 11×8.5" images featured throughout were selected from our annual photo contest, now in its third year — and the quality is truly top notch.



The calendar originally sold for $25.00 + shipping during pre-orders, then moved to a regular price of $30.00 + shipping. Due to a recently discovered last-minute supplier discount that expires tonight, we’re able to briefly offer the $25.00 + shipping price again. Orders will be accepted until 8:00 PM for anyone who missed out and would like one for their own wall or as a gift for a meteorite-loving friend.



This pricing may be available again in the future, but there are no guarantees. Several people have asked how to order, so this is your opportunity. To place an order, please send your name, shipping address, phone number, email, and payment method to Sue and Topher at topherspin@gmail.com We accept Zelle (preferred), PayPal, Venmo, and personal checks.



As a reminder, Patreon members who combine a calendar purchase with a qualifying meteorite purchase may be eligible for an additional discount per their membership benefits. Feel free to reach out with any questions.

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WE ARE EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE CALENDAR CONTEST!!

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We have been extremely busy this month preparing The Ron Metchis Collection database to be released for sale, rolling out a new Patreon tier, and shipping out the meteorites to the members of Group Classification #1. We have not had time to promote the contest so we will be extending it out to the end of October.

Topherspin Meteorites will be releasing a 2026 Witnessed Falls Meteorite Calendar. The cover photo of the calendar will be reserved for Topher Spinnato. The remaining eleven months will include photos taken by members of our amazing community! We will send a free calendar to each of the eleven people we choose to feature. The real prize for this contest is the glory and honor of having your meteorite photo chosen to represent a month in the year 2026. We are announcing the contest much earlier this year due to an overwhelming number of requests to have these ready to ship in time for Christmas. You guys asked and we're making it happen!

CONTEST RULES:

* Your photo does not need to be a meteorite witnessed fall. (The reason we call it a Witnessed Fall Calendar is due to the daily photos. The contest is for the monthly photos)
* Get creative! The bar has been set really high after last year.
* Its better to photograph exotic and rare meteorites as opposed to more commonly known meteorites such as Chelyabinsk or Sikhote-Alin.
* This contest is open to all ages.
* One photo submission per person.
* Only individuals are eligible. Companies are not eligible.
* We will allow individuals to submit on behalf of non-profits, educational institutions.
* Photo must be uploaded to your own Google drive or Google Photo Album and then shared with meteoritephotocontest@gmail.com
* Please make sure to give me permission to edit the folder so I can download your photo.
* Please include the name of the meteorite and the weight in grams.
* Please include your full name and the country you live in when submitting your photo!
* By submitting your photo, you are sharing the digital rights to the photo with Topherspin Meteorites (Not exclusive rights, you still retain the right to use your own photo)
* If your photo is chosen for the calendar, your name will be credited on the photo in the calendar.
* We prefer that submissions include classified meteorites only. We know that we’re potentially missing out on some great unclassified beauties, but we just don’t want to sift through the mountain of meteorwrong photos we will receive without enforcing this rule. Exception: Please feel free to include provisional meteorites that are in the process of being classified.
* Photos should be in widescreen/landscape orientation
* Submissions must be received by October 31st at midnight so get snapping!!

We will start accepting preorders for calendar after we announce the winners of the photo contest. These calendars make great Christmas/Hanukkah gifts for the meteorite lover in your life! If you thought our 2024 and 2025 calendars were awesome, wait until you see our 2026 calendar!

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ANNOUNCEMENT: 3RD ANNUAL METEORITE PHOTO CONTEST!!

Topherspin Meteorites will be releasing a 2026 Witnessed Falls Meteorite Calendar. The cover photo of the calendar will be reserved for Topher Spinnato. The remaining eleven months will include photos taken by members of our amazing community! We will send a free calendar to each of the eleven people we choose to feature. The real prize for this contest is the glory and honor of having your meteorite photo chosen to represent a month in the year 2026. We are announcing the contest much earlier this year due to an overwhelming number of requests to have these ready to ship in time for Christmas. You guys asked and we're making it happen!

Contest rules:
* Your photo does not need to be a meteorite witnessed fall. (The reason we call it a Witnessed Fall Calendar is due to the daily photos. The contest is for the monthly photos)
* Get creative! The bar has been set really high after last year.
* Its better to photograph exotic and rare meteorites as opposed to more commonly known meteorites such as Chelyabinsk or Sikhote-Alin.
* This contest is open to all ages.
* One photo submission per person.
* Only individuals are eligible. Companies are not eligible.
* We will allow individuals to submit on behalf of non-profits, educational institutions.
* Photo must be uploaded to your own Google drive or Google Photo Album and then shared with meteoritephotocontest@gmail.com
* Please make sure to give me permission to edit the folder so I can download your photo.
* Please include the name of the meteorite and the weight in grams.
* Please include your full name and the country you live in when submitting your photo!
* By submitting your photo, you are sharing the digital rights to the photo with Topherspin Meteorites (Not exclusive rights, you still retain the right to use your own photo)
* If your photo is chosen for the calendar, your name will be credited on the photo in the calendar.
* We prefer that submissions include classified meteorites only. We know that we’re potentially missing out on some great unclassified beauties, but we just don’t want to sift through the mountain of meteorwrong photos we will receive without enforcing this rule. Exception: Please feel free to include provisional meteorites that are in the process of being classified.
* Photos should be in widescreen/landscape orientation
* Submissions must be received by Monday, October 20th at midnight so get snapping!!
* We will start accepting preorders for calendar after we announce the winners of the photo contest.
* These calendars make great Christmas/Hanukkah gifts for the meteorite lover in your life!
* If you thought our 2024 and 2025 calendars were awesome, wait until you see our 2026 calendar!

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STARTING NOW.....



Date & Time: Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at 5:30 PM Arizona Time



Join us TONIGHT for our weekly Knowledge Bolide Crew online hangout, hosted by Topherspin Meteorites. We’re keeping things casual with an Open Mic Night!



This is your chance to share Show & Tell of ANY theme, but tonight the theme is Proposed New Classifications and Achondrites with an emphasis on Diogenites and rare Ungrouped Achondrites.



Of course, since it is open mic night, anything goes—as long as it's loosely tied to meteorites, astronomy, space travel, geology, or science. No pressure, no strict agenda—just an open forum where conversations can go anywhere, from chondrule formation to panspermia, planetary impacts, or the search for extraterrestrial life!



And, of course, we always welcome conversations related to Lil' Butters. 🐶✨



🔹 New to the hangout? No worries! Our meetings are open to all. You can jump in, listen, share, or just hang out. No camera? No problem! Participate as much or as little as you’d like.



🔹 Why join? Some of our best, most thought-provoking discussions happen on these free-flowing nights. You never know where the conversation will take us!



Zoom meeting ID:

Official Hangout Meeting Number: 822 1476 2737

Password: Topherspin



*Log into your Zoom account and enter the meeting ID number and password. If you do not have a Zoom account, you can create one for free. If you do not want to create a free Zoom account, you need to at least register your email with Zoom.



https: //www.zoom.us/join



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6 months ago | [YT] | 13

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JOIN US RIGHT NOW - THE CLASSIFICATION PROCESS WITH DANIEL SHEIKH!

We are currently logged into Zoom with our preferred meteorite classifier who is letting us have a peek behind the curtain so to speak, while he extracts data from a meteorite thin section while using the SEM. Come watch the classification process live! I've attached a few screenshots from our live meeting. Our classifier has even let us choose the points on the meteorite thin section to extract the data from. It is so cool to be this intimately involved in the scientific process. :)



Zoom Log-In Number: 822 1476 2737

Password: Topherspin



What is Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)? Scanning electron microscopy is a type of electron microscopy that produces images by rastering a focused electron beam across the surface of a sample. This technique produces detailed images of a specimen's surface.



What is Rastering? Rastering, also known as rasterization, is the process of converting images described in a vector format (made of mathematical descriptions of lines and shapes) into a raster format (a grid of pixels). This conversion is necessary for displaying or printing the image on devices that use pixels, like computer screens and printers.

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