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Unusual shape: iron-nickel meteorites are rarely rounded. Instead, they have an irregular shape with unusual pits like finger prints in their surface called “regmaglypts.” Fusion crust: stony ...

Iron meteorites are mainly made of an iron-nickel alloy with a distinctive crystalline structure known as a Widmanstätten texture. Bands are formed by varying levels of nickel. There can be wide ...

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The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday was a meteor, according to NASA.So what is a meteorite?

The iron-nickel meteorite, nicknamed Cacao, is about a foot across and clearly made up of different stuff than its overwhelmingly rust-colored surroundings.

Iron-nickel meteorites are relatively uncommon, accounting for only about 5% of recovered impactors and that’s probably because of how they are formed.

Meteorites are composed of materials such as iron-nickel alloys, silicate minerals, and sometimes semi-precious stones like olivine. They are generally classified into three types: iron meteorites ...

Meteorite crater discovered in French winery Date: February 22, 2023 Source: Goethe University Frankfurt Summary: Countless meteorites have struck Earth in the past and shaped the history of our ...

On Cool Sword Day, we pay respects to starmetal, thunderbolt iron, meteorite swords — enduring icons of fantasy books, movies, and TV shows.