A number of
iron meteorites, including a 20-tonne fragment, had previously been found in the area not far from the Hiawatha site.
Meteoriticists (me-te-or-it-i-cists--scientists who study meteorites) classify these fallen rocks into three basic categories: stony, stony-iron and
iron meteorites. Stony meteorites make up about 90% of the fallen rocks, and typically contain silicate minerals, molten cosmic dust balls, minerals and some metal.
Morasko--the largest European
iron meteorite shower.
More than a century after Britain's only
iron meteorite plummeted into a field in Shropshire, the UK's first information centre dedicated to the study of the threat of an asteroid or comet hitting earth was launched yesterday.
Also on display was a nickel shim of his
Iron Meteorite (2000) - an extremely bright surface-relief rainbow hologram with the meteorite looking so solid and tangible that at first glance one could be forgiven for thinking it a real piece of rock mounted in front of a rainbow pattern.
iron meteorite and will be mounted so that children may touch it.
But where did this great
iron meteorite come from and how did it come to take it's place in the spirits and minds of the Crees and Blackfoot who revered it as `the face of a god' and guardian of the herds?
The result is that no
iron meteorite from the past is ever found where the earliest civilizations flourished.
Caption: The high metal content of this
iron meteorite, called Lebanon, makes it appear darker and shinier than most other Martian rocks.
Farmer did, however, sell an
iron meteorite from Oman for $200,000 (OMR 77,000).
The team was able to classify it as an ataxite, a rare class of
iron meteorite with high contents of nickel.