[meteorite-list] "How Do You Know It's A Meteorite"?

From: Bob King <nightsky55_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:39:02 -0500
Message-ID: <99c1e91a0804071039u68254e88td1bdca62d0d154a4_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,
I always tell people that a particular found meteorite has the same
characteristics and chemical makeup as the hundreds of witnessed falls
that have been carefully studied by science. We know those came from
outer space. "And this one in my hand matches those."
Bob

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Mark Ford <mark.ford at ssl.gb.com> wrote:
> >> "How do you know it's a meteorite"?
>
> Something like
>
> - Because it meets some or all of the criteria that have been established over many decades to indicate it is of meteoritic origin. Such as having a fusion crust, possible presence of Nickel, and chemical or physical structure that places it amongst the other rocks of identical composition (and thus origin).
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Received on Mon 07 Apr 2008 01:39:02 PM PDT