Identifying meteorites Meteorite fusion crust Photos people have sent me of things that look like meteorites, 1 Photos people have sent me of things that look like meteorites, 2 Planetary impact breccias Basalt Quartz, calcite, magnetite, and hematite in meteorites Scratch test How big are meteorites? Not every rock that falls from the sky is a meteorite Density & specific gravity Regmaglypts Vesicles, vugs, and amygdules Metal, iron, & nickel Metal in ordinary chondrites Iron-oxide concretions and nodules 1 Streak Slag Meteorwrongs
