[meteorite-list] Different colors of meteors/shooting stars

From: Michael Mulgrew <mikestang_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 21:50:18 -0700
Message-ID: <CAMseTy1L=5JYFx77ZSxQEz1w-LpPHcUXN+N00f6Naw4zn1_A9g_at_mail.gmail.com>

Jim,

This link should provide some additional info:
http://webmineral.com/help/FlameTest.shtml


Happy gazing,
Michael in so. Cal.

On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:38 PM, James Masny <sciflyer25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good evening list. Sorry if this has been discussed before, but are
> different colors of meteors streaking through the atmosphere
> indicative of certain minerals burning up? And what color represents
> what minerals? I remember the 2001 Leonids, and seeing so many
> different colors - pink, blue, white, yellow, green, orange. The
> other night, I was outside, and I caught 2 fireballs, 1 changed color
> from yellow to red, another from white to yellow.
>
> All the best
> Jim
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Received on Tue 10 Sep 2013 12:50:18 AM PDT