How lucky treasure hunter who hoarded ‘gold’ for years discovered it was actually 4 ...
A TREASURE hunter was on cloud nine when he realised the grubby piece of rock he thought was gold turned out to be far more ...
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Types of meteorites
Their millimetre-sized granules give chondrites their name, from the Greek 'chondres' meaning sand grains. There are many varieties of chondrite, with differences in mineralogy relating to the type of ...
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We Finally Know Where Most Meteorites on Earth Actually Came From
They're so named because they're made up of small particles called chondrules, caused by the rapid cooling of molten rock. These H and L chondrite meteorites have arrived on our planet from three ...
Maryborough Meteorite: Rare space rock found in Australia by metal detectorist who thought ...
In 2015, David Hole discovered a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite in Maryborough, Australia. Initially mistaking it for a gold ...
BBC3 年
A fireball, a driveway and a priceless meteorite
The meteorite has had British scientists in raptures of joy. It's a carbonaceous chondrite - a dark stony material that retains unaltered chemistry from the formation of our Solar System 4.6 ...