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• #METEORITE IDENTIFICATION HOW TO#

Identifying Meteoites Primitive Meteorites Processed Meteorites. Louis Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences SUMMARY: Primitive meteorites are remnants of the solar nebula. Meteorite information - Washington University in St. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies (The Field Museum, Chicago) Regmaglypts or Thumb-prints: While meteorites dont have holes, sometimes they will have what are called Regmaglypts or more commonly thumb-prints.

#METEORITE IDENTIFICATION HOW TO#

Worth - See their I Think I Found A Meteorite page for information on how to schedule an appointment to have your sample examined by an expert. Meteorites which have fallen recently may have a black 'ash-like' crust on their surface. Also, keep an eye on the Museum Events page for when the museum will host an Identification Day.Īlso check the outreach information at the Jackson School of Geosciences. The Texas Memorial Museum has a meteorite collection on display in the Hall of Geology and Paleontology which you might want to visit to see some examples of meteorites for comparison. GitHub - gerardponsds/Meteorite-Identification: Project. Stony meteorites known as chondrites are by far the most common type of meteorite found. We don't have a meteorite specialist in the astronomy department, so here are the steps that we recommend you take to get your rock identified. Project in which meteorites where to be detected from drone obtained images using Deep Learning. Over the years we've gotten a fair number of calls and emails about rocks that people think might be meteorites.