KSL.com September 01, 2026 • 03:34

Meteorite from 'once-in-a-lifetime' Great Salt Lake crash on display at University of Utah - ksl.com

By Logan Stefanich, KSL

A 774-gram fragment of the Great Salt Lake meteorite is on display at the University of Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY Every year, James Karner travels to Antarctica as the principal investigator of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites to find and collect meteorites for the whole world to study.
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Meteorite from 'once-in-a-lifetime' Great Salt Lake crash on display at University of Utah - ksl.com

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