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Fragments of a broken 4 gram piece from the Sutter's Mill Meteorite.
Peter Jenniskens (SETI Institute) and Eric James (NASA Ames), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Piece of the Oldenburg Meteorite that fell on September 10, 1930 in Germany.
Ernst Unkraut-Brüning, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
The Stannern Meteorite exhibit at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany. It fell on May, 22, 1808 in the Czech Republic.
Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Mainmass of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 3009 Meteorite.
Norbert Gesser, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne Meteorite that fell on September 29, 1799 in France.
Musée Vert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
A slice of the New Concord Meteorite; from Ohio, USA. At the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Etched slice of the Odessa Iron Meteorite at the Naturhistorisches Museum Nürnberg, Germany.
From the Odessa Meteor Crater southwest of the city of Odessa, Texas.
Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Slice of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 6212 Meteorite.
Jon Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr: flic.kr/p/8p4b8V
"One of the larger recovered fragments of the asteroid and meteoroid 2008 TC₃." December 8, 2008 Sudan.
Peter Jenniskens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Slice of the Ensisheim Meteorite at the exhibit in the Naturmuseum Freiburg, Germany.
Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Northwest Africa (NWA) 5549 Iron Meteorite at Arizona State University.
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Kaali Crater Meteorite from the Estonian island of Saaremaa.
Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2ngzo29
The Touchstone for Meteoritic Mythology — from Kaali Crater, Estonia
A peek inside the rare Kaali Crater meteor from Estonia. I just obtained this, a complement to the main mass I obtained earlier. On rare occasion in the era before science, a meteor would explode in the sky near a populated area.Flickr
Cover of "Comets, Meteors, and Meteorites. (Guide leaflet, No. 77, American Museum of Natural History)," by Chester Reeds (1933). Color edits and cropping.
It presumably shows the "Saviksue" or Cape York Meteorite, used by locals for centuries, shown to Peary in 1894. The main mass was renamed Ahnighito by Peary (it was also called the "Tent"). Other pieces include the Woman and the Dog.
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"The Suizhou meteorite shower occurred on April 15, 1986 in Dayanpo, Suizhou Prefecture, Hubei Province at 6:50 pm."
Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2iSmcYS
CHINA'S SUIZHOU METEORITE FEATURING THE NEWLY DISCOVERED MINERAL "TUITE"
The Suizhou meteorite shower occurred on April 15, 1986 in Dayanpo, Suizhou Prefecture, Hubei Province at 6:50pm, a witnessed fall. Suizhou is most widely known for containing a mineral never before seen in nature.Flickr
An oriented fragment of the Sikhote-Alin Meteorite, at the Museum of Natural History, Florence.
Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Piece of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite.
"This specimen was found on a field between the villages of Deputatsky and Emanzhelinsk on February 18, 2013."
Svend Buhl / Meteorite Recon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Piece of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite.
Photographer: Rodney Start. Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
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Canyon Diablo Meteorite; found 1891 Arizona, USA. Photo taken at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute.
Dsdugan, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A slice of the Homestead Meteorite that fell on February 12, 1875 in Iowa, USA.
Jon Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Etched slice of the Toluca meteorite (first find date uncertain, Mexico ~1776). Exhibit in the Naturmuseum Freiburg, Germany.
Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A piece of the Seymchan Meteorite, it was first found in Magadanskaya Oblast, Russia in June 1967.
Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
GIF animation showing the fall of a meteorite as it transitions between Meteoroid - Meteor (Bolide) - Meteorite.
Meteor126, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Slice of the DaG 1037 Martian Meteorite.
Flickr via Steve Jurvetson: flic.kr/p/2kFHWmG (CC BY 2.0)
The Inner Beauty of Mars — DaG 1037 with trapped Martian Atmosphere
This slice was made by others, but it best reveals what lies within my 2kg Martian stone. My focus is on the vesicles that riddle the darker shock-melt areas.Flickr
Johnstown Meteorite; fell July 6, 1924 in Colorado, USA.
Photographer: Rodney Start. Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
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The Weekeroo Station Iron Meteorite was found 1924 in Australia; photo showing etched surface taken at the Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University.
Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Ochansk Meteorite; it fell on August 18, 1887 in Russia.
Photographer: Rodney Start. Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
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Three small pieces of the Pultusk Meteorite; it fell on January 30, 1868 in Poland.
Photographer: Rodney Start. Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
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Seen here is a slice of the Moorabie Meteorite, which fell before 1965 in Australia.
Sample at the Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin.
Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
An oriented fragment of the Sikhote-Alin Meteorite.
Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr: flic.kr/p/bWaeno
Shooting Star
You can see the ballistic streaks of melting metal coming in hot at Mach 36… a glorious moment frozen in place… the fiery end to a long arc from the asteroid belt.Flickr
The Marília Meteorite fell on October 5, 1971 in Brazil.
Gabisfunny, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Adamana Meteorite found in Arizona; at the University of Arizona Mineral Museum.
Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Article about conical meteorites: eos.org/articles/goldilocks-me…
Goldilocks Meteors Carved into Cones
Their “just right” shape lends some shooting stars flight stability and symmetry.Mary Caperton Morton (Eos)
Campo del Cielo Meteorite seen at the Naturhistorisches Museum Nürnberg.
Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A piece of the Seymchan Meteorite, it was first found in Magadanskaya Oblast, Russia in June 1967.
Dsdugan, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Zag Meteorite; its fall date is listed as August 4 or 5, 1998; Morocco.
Photographer: Rodney Start. Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
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The Bath Furnace Meteorite at the Field Museum of Natural History. It fell on November 15, 1902 in Bath Furnace, Kentucky, USA.
James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Cranbourne meteorite No. 1 known as the Bruce Meteorite (photograph held by State Library of Victoria, accession no. H36595)
Photographer: Richard Daintree, State Library of Victoria, Public Domain (Licensed as Public Domain Mark).
Piece of the Bensour Meteorite, found 11 February 2002 on the border of Morocco and Algeria.
Jon Taylor via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) flic.kr/p/9aB11F
In 1865 the Aumale Meteorite fell in Bouira, Algeria.
Photographer: Rodney Start. Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International).
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Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld, in 1870, and the meteoritic block of iron found by Ovifak from "Le ciel" 5th ed. (1877) by Amédée Guillemin.
non identifié, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fragments of the Korra Korrabes Meteorite were found in Namaland, Namibia in November 1996.
Photographer: Rodney Start. Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
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