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Some Meteorite Information

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  • Identifying Meteorites
  • Lunar Meteorites

No Surface Flow Features and Other Swirly Features

If it has internal swirly features or coarse surface flow features, then it is not a meteorite

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All of the photos below were sent by persons inquiring whether the rock in the photo is a meteorite. None of them is a meteorite. Note than none of them has a fusion crust.

And none of these rocks has a fusions crust.
And none of these rocks has a fusions crust.

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Prepared by: Randy L. Korotev

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis

e-mail: korotev@wustl.edu

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