We cannot see the whole stone but what we see looks flatter than most. (I would like to see the inside of this one.) The stone fits in someone’s hand.
#Picture of a meteoroid crack
Below the large crack on the left the fusion crust is thin and what appear to be clasts are visible. The interior is lighter than the fusion crust. Shiny fusion crust with contraction cracks. It is more spherical than most meteorites. There are no linear fractures, swirls, or straight lines on the broken surface. The exposed interior is lighter than the fusion crust. (There is no fusion crust on the broken surface.) Fusion crust covers rounded portions of the stone and crust has contraction cracks. The stone broke after or shortly before landing. The reddish spots on the broken interior are rust from oxidation of grains the iron-nickel metal. This one has shallow regmaglypts, but no contractions cracks. This one broke apart in the atmosphere leaving edges that were rounded by ablation after the breakup but before it landed.
![picture of a meteoroid picture of a meteoroid](https://s.inyourpocket.com/gallery/the-algarve/2019/10/portugal-2935109-1920.jpg)
Stone 06. Rounded shape with no sharp edges, except where broken. The fusion crust is shiny, with contraction cracks, and chipped. Look closely and you can see vesicular (bubbly) fusion crust just below the missing crust. The fusion crust is shiny, but somewhat rougher than in others depicted here. Exposed interior is lighter than the fusion crust. Shiny fusion crust with contraction cracks some crust has chipped off. Stone 02. Rounded shape with no sharp edges. Stony meteorites are not as large as many people think. Shiny fusion crust, crust has contraction cracks (the glass cracks as it cools), and some crust has chipped off. In the captions I state the reasons I think the rock is a meteorite. Several are from people who either bought them or inherited someone else’s collection. Only 3 or 4 were from people who claimed to have found them in North America. More than half these photos were sent by persons who found the rocks in deserts of Northern Africa or the Mideast. Probably for less than 1 in 500 photos have I thought, “Yes, that might be a meteorite.” Meteorites can not be identified from photos with 100% accuracy, but all of photos below are of things I believe to be meteorites with 50-99% confidence.
![picture of a meteoroid picture of a meteoroid](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2020/NYR/2020_NYR_18513_0034_000(massive_sikhote-alin_meteorite_natural_sculpture_from_interplanetary_s060030).jpg)
Unsure why a meteoroid is different to meteor, comet or asteroid? Learn the difference between a comet, asteroid, meteoroid, meteor & meteorite.I have examined thousands of photos that people have sent to me over the past 20+ years.To this date there have been around 1000 collected ‘falls’ and 40000 ‘finds’. Meteorites that are observed as they fall through the Earth’s atmosphere and later recovered are called ‘falls’, all others are called ‘finds’. When many meteors occur in a close time frame in the same part of the sky it is called a meteor shower.Īround 500 meteorites reach the Earth’s surface every year but of those only around 5 ever make it to scientists for study. Meteors are easier to see during the lower light conditions of night.Ī small percentage of meteoroids fly on a path that goes into the Earth’s atmosphere and then back out again, they are known as Earth grazing fireballs. The Earth’s atmosphere experiences millions of meteors every day. The fastest meteoroids travel through the solar system at a speed of around 42 kilometres per second (26 miles per second). If you’ve ever looked up at the sky at night and seen a streak of light or ‘shooting star’ what you are actually seeing is a meteor.Ī meteoroid that survives falling through the Earth’s atmosphere and colliding with the Earth’s surface is known as a meteorite. They range in size from dust to around 10 metres in diameter (larger objects are usually referred to as asteroids).Ī meteoroid that burns up as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere is known as a meteor. A meteoroid is a small rock or particle of debris in our solar system.