Even meteorites less graceful in external appearance can dazzle when sliced open like a grapefruit.
He bases that claim on the number of chondritic meteorites that have clearly been magnetised.
It was chosen because its composition is also similar to that of known Martian meteorites.
For people only find meteorites, or record strikes, where there are people to do so.
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Large sculptural meteorites remain in high demand, their value determined less by scientific than artistic appraisal.
Chemical analysis of martian meteorites has revealed that Mars boasts more manganese than Earth.
It clearly had a molten past and was formed from lighter materials than most meteorites.
"The composition is not at all unusual as far as meteorites go, " he said.
If any of the fragments make it to the ground, only then are they called meteorites.
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But only a tiny fraction of the meteorites which fall to earth today are carbonaceous chondrites.
Iridium is normally rare at the earth's surface, but it is more abundant in meteorites.
There are many examples of Moon meteorites that look this way, but no SNC ones.
There are also different oxygen isotopes in this meteorite than in younger Martian meteorites.
One difference between Eros and ordinary meteorites, however, is that the asteroid is not magnetic.
The most useful aspect of this similarity is that it confirms the value of studying meteorites.
The state of the dolomite sample after re-entry could help in the identification of these missing meteorites.
It was of a variety known as ordinary chondrites, which make up most meteorites found on Earth.
Some of the more intriguing meteorites are partly composed of carbon-based materials, including amino acids and sugars.
The scientists examined two Martian meteorites that formed in the planet's mantle, the layer under the crust.
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Although widely acknowledged to be ubiquitous in chondritic meteorites, their formation has been a mystery since 1877.
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In the far distant past, immense meteorites meteors that slam into Earth likely contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs.
It was originally classified as a eucrite, a group of meteorites thought to be from the asteroid Vesta.
Everyone knows it is supposed to be strong enough to resist meteorites, but it has never been tested.
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The Vatican Observatory is located inside the palazzo, complete with a telescope and a world-class collection of meteorites.
Iridium is a metal which is rare in our planet's crust but more abundant in many asteroids and meteorites.
But organic molecules could be manufactured on Mars from nonlife sources, or they could come from meteorites and comets.
Meteorites are among the rarest collectibles on earth: Pitt says there are probably fewer than one million in existence.
But he did say that its composition is different from meteorites from Mars.
One in every 20 meteorites that strikes Earth is a piece of Vesta.
Inclusions are the minerals that get trapped inside meteorites as they are forming.
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