In fact, the price usually goes down as the size of the piece increases. He also doubts that anyone would buy the pieces offered on Ebay for the asking price. Experts expect they might fetch maybe half. So if the market value of a meteorite is almost impossible to determine, then what's the actual value of the rock from Sumatra?
He thinks it might have been about one metre across when it entered the Earth's atmosphere. Breaking up upon entry, only a few pieces would have made it to the ground - one of which crashed through the roof of Josua Hutagalung's house. The one thing that's certain about meteorites is the scientific value of such finds. The meteorite found in Sumatra is a carbonaceous chondrite, "remnants of the early solar system offer a window back in time to events that occurred prior to planet formation", Jason Scott Herrin, of the Earth Observatory Singapore, told the BBC.
As they contain organic compounds and have been crashing on to Earth since the very beginning of our planet, meteorites "may have brought with them the building blocks of early life", he explains. In essence, this means that stones like the one found by Josua can give scientists clues into the very beginning of life on Earth. It's a scientific payout that won't be measured in millions of dollars, but is at the heart of why people are fascinated by meteorites to begin with.
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Muonionalusta Meteorite Pendant 8. NWA Meteorite 2. The meteorite is a mix of white and brown mineral crystals with associated glasses. NWA is a visually attractive meteorite of a rare type. NWA Meteorite 4. Northwest Africa NWA Achondrite meteorites are meteorites without the round chondrule structures. Eucrites are one of the many types of achondrites. Thought to form on larger bodies in space where the rocks can differientiate they have more igneous type compositions.
When a meteorite is made up of angular bits of rock it is called a breccia. If it is made of bits from several sources it is called a polymict breccia. This stone is a polymict eucrite breccia. It has not free metal, but is rich in light and dark mineral clasts with a beautiful honey color matrix.
Moldavite Tektite 5. NWA Meteorite 6. NWA R3 Meteorite NWA meteorite is a breccia with angular clasts set in a metal-free matrix with well-formed separated unequilibrated chondrules. Rumaruti meteorites are one of the scarcest types. R chondrites are often breccias and are often a mixture of petrological types. NWA has chondrules of just the single type 3 variety. NWA Eucrite-pmict Meteorite Chico Meteorite The metal in parts of the meteorite is now tiny blebs of microscopic size that give areas of the stone a silvery metallic sheen.
The mineral portion of the meteorite has been melted so much that it runs through the stone as swirling and twisted bands of glassy rock. There are areas bordering the melt that have preserved in them a more normal chondritic appearance.
The specimens we are selling were cut from large slices that had been polished on one side already. We have kept them the way they are with one side finished to polish and the other as laboratory cut. The unpolished side actually shows features of the stone that are concealed when polished. Aiquile Meteorite I am not a geologist. You did not ask me a question. I have answered your questions several times before yet you continue to send me photos of rocks that are clearly not meteorites.
You are not learning. I do not want to look at every rock you find. I do this as a volunteer service and do not get paid. You sent me underexposed or poorly focused photos. You have not told me why you think your rock is a meteorite based on the information that I have provided here. The object in photo is clearly not a meteorite to anyone who has studied the photos and information provided here. You want me to buy rocks or help you sell rocks that you think are meteorites.
Not my job. I am a poor retired scientist. Find a meteorite dealer. There are lots of them on the internet. You ask me what a rock is worth. I do not know. Ask a meteorite dealer. You sent photos of several or many rocks. You think that you have found more than one meteorite? I do not have time to look at your whole rock collection.
You do not tell me your real name. You say that you rock contains diamonds, carbonados, or that you can see the nickel. It does not work that way.
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