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Earth and Planetary Sciences

Some Meteorite Information

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Vesicles

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If the rock has a lot of vesicles, then it is not a meteorite. Nearly all of the photos below were sent to me by people who thought the rocks were meteorites.  Many to most of them rocks below are terrestrial volcanic rocks; some are slags. None have fusion crusts because none is a meteorite.




More information on vesicles in meteorites. (OK, some meteorites do have vesicles, but not as many as in the rocks pictured here.)

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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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