iron meteorite

I saw the gray side of the rough iron meteorite itself, half-buried in the sand at the bottom of the pit.

The surface of a suspected iron meteorite is polished to a high luster and nitric acid is poured upon it.

It has been suggested that this “crater” was formed by the fall of an enormous iron meteorite, or small asteroid.

The Willamette iron meteorite, weighing 16½ tons, lay in a forest when found and was not deeply buried.

The Bacubirito iron meteorite, weighing 20 tons, lay in soft soil, barely beneath the level of the surface.