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Born in 1959, Jon Larsen is a citizen scientist, jazz guitarist, and artist. Throughout his career as a musician, he produced more than 600 jazz records with legendary musicians, founded the group Hot Club de Norvège, and was awarded several prestigious awards.
Ever curious, Jon Larsen began his search for stardust in 2009, finally identifying the world's first urban micrometeorite in 2015. Since then Jon Larsen has held lectures all over the world, sharing his findings with renowned scientific institutions including NASA.
Today, he studies micrometeorites full-time as a guest researcher at the University of Oslo.
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Born in 1960 and holding degrees from the University of Oslo and the Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Jan Braly Kihle is an acclaimed mineralogist with numerous publications and patents in the fields of geology, chemistry, and optronics.
Through his work with Jon Larsen and others, Jan has excelled as a product designer for companies specializing in optics and high-end hi-fi equipment, such as Electrocompaniet.
Today he is the Head Geologist at the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway.
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Micrometeorites are mineral remnants from before the planets were formed. While most are particles shed by asteroids and comets, some are older than the Sun, and others have traveled to Earth from the outermost reaches of space.
It is truly astonishing that these tiny specks of stardust that are no larger than the periods in these sentences, can be collected and identified. They travel unfathomable distances, plummet through the Earth's atmosphere, scream to a halt, mix with terrestrial and anthropogenic imposters, and can somehow still be discovered and photographed in extraordinary detail.
For more than a century, scientists searched for stardust in populated areas, but only found the enigmatic micrometeorites in prehistoric sediment and remote areas, such as the blue ice of Antarctica, deserts, glaciers, and the vast expanse of outer space. Even though radar measurements confirmed that up to 100 metric tonnes of micrometeorites land on Earth every day, it was believed that finding stardust among the limitless mounds of dust here on Earth, was impossible.
This all changed in February 2015 with Jon Larsen's breakthrough discovery of the first urban micrometeorite, NMM 1, a slightly translucent barred olivine spherule that Jon found in the sludge of a Norwegian rain gutter.
After seven years of searching — seven years of becoming an expert at identifying every possible type of earth- and human-made spherule — Jon Larsen, Norway's most celebrated jazz guitarist, made history and revolutionized the field of Micrometeoritics.
Since then, Jon's legendary partnership with Jan Braly Kihle, a renowned minerologist from the University of Oslo, has produced the world's first high resolution images of micrometeorites in breathtaking color.
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Micrometeorites are mineral remnants from before the planets were formed. While most are particles shed by asteroids and comets, some are older than the Sun, and others have traveled to Earth from the outermost reaches of space.
It is truly astonishing that these tiny specks of stardust that are no larger than the periods in these sentences, can be collected and identified. They travel unfathomable distances, plummet through the Earth's atmosphere, scream to a halt, mix with
terrestrial and anthropogenic imposters, and can somehow still be discovered and photographed in extraordinary detail.
For more than a century, scientists searched for stardust in populated
areas, but only found the enigmatic micrometeorites in prehistoric sediment and remote areas, such as the blue ice of Antarctica, deserts, glaciers, and the vast expanse of outer space. Even though radar measurements confirmed that up to
100 metric tonnes of micrometeorites land on Earth every day, it was believed that finding stardust among the limitless mounds of dust here on Earth, was impossible.
This all changed in February 2015
with Jon Larsen's breakthrough discovery of the first urban micrometeorite, NMM 1, a slightly translucent barred olivine spherule that Jon found in the sludge of a Norwegian rain gutter.
After seven years of searching — seven years of becoming an expert at identifying every possible type of earth- and human-made spherule — Jon Larsen, Norway's most celebrated jazz guitarist, made history and revolutionized the field of
Micrometeoritics.
Since then, Jon's legendary partnership with Jan Braly Kihle, a renowned minerologist from the University of Oslo, has produced the world's first high resolution images of micrometeorites in breathtaking color.
micrometeorites in breathtaking color.
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Jon Larsen and Jan Braly Kihle have amassed the world's most expansive collection of urban micrometeorites and they want you to follow in their footsteps.
Jon Larsen revolutionized the study of micrometeorites when he became the first person to discover a micrometeorite from an urban environment. Then a new form of art emerged when he and Jan Braly Kihle created the world's first high resolution photographs of micrometeorites in colour.
Learn about the singular moment that led to Jon's groundbreaking discovery
and the phone call that kickstarted a truly epic friendship.
Jon Larsen revolutionized the study of micrometeorites when he became the first person to discover a micrometeorite from an urban environment. Then a new form of art emerged when he and Jan Braly Kihle created the world's first high resolution photographs of micrometeorites in colour.
Learn about the singular moment that led to Jon's groundbreaking discovery and the phone call that kickstarted a truly epic friendship.
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This season's collection features a variety of stunning micrometeorites. From mountainous cryptocrystalline turtlebacks and bewitching glass spherules to ultra rare giants. Available for a limited time only.