PUBLISHED WORKS, SCIENCE ARTICLES
AND METEORITE ADVENTURES
By Geoffrey Notkin

My articles have appeared in national and international publications, including Meteorite, Rock & Gem, Seed, Meteoryt (Poland), Paleontograph, The Tucson EZ-Guide (Gem Show guide), Mushroom (Germany), and in numerous other online and print media.

A selection of those articles are available online by clicking on the images below. All articles are © by Geoffrey Notkin, or the respective publisher. Please contact me for permission before re-using any material on this site.

A complete bibliography is available here.
 

LINGUA FRANCONIA:
Deciphering Arizona's Meteorite Graveyard

Professor Jim Kriegh — discoverer of the Gold Basin meteorite — and I journey to Franconia, Arizona to hunt in a newly discovered strewnfield. We meet up with seasoned meteorite hunters Mike Miller, Ruben Garcia, and Sonny Clary and learn about their exciting new hunting techniques.

This article originally appeared in Meteorite magazine Volume 10, No. 1, August, 2004
 

THE LEGEND OF GLORIETA MOUNTAIN

I interview famed meteorite hunter Steve Schoner and trace his decades-long quest for an elusive gem-studded pallasite buried in the mountains of central New Mexico. His story begins with a childhood meeting with the legendary H.H. Nininger and ends with an extraordinary discovery.

This article originally appeared in Meteorite magazine Volume 7, No. 1, February, 2001