Meteorite impact glass from the Great Sand Sea - https://galactic-stone.com/libyan-desert-glass-lot-of-quality-individuals-60g/

#ndwgoecountdown Meteoriten – Boten aus dem All

Immer wieder bahnen sich Gesteinsbrocken aus dem Weltall ihren Weg auf die Erde. Meteoriten sind interessant für Forschende. Denn die Brocken sind Zeitzeugen der Entstehung des Sonnensystems. Ihre genaue Zusammensetzung kann helfen zu verstehen, wie das Sonnensystem zu dem Ort wurde, den wir heute kennen. Mit echten Meteoriten zum Anfassen!

https://www.goettinger-nacht-des-wissens.de/nach-einrichtungen/max-planck-institut-fuer-sonnensystemforschung/

@ndw_goe @thegoecampus

"16 Gram Moldavite - Besednice, Czech Republic - Studio Mineralia: The Earth Art Gallery"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsqSFZQkl-c

Because you all want to see this meteorite hit the earth.

(Only problem: it’s just a halo around the sun combined with a contrail. Still amazingly beautiful, but not a meteorite)

Campo del Cielo. Argentina, 4500 years ago.
#privateCollection
#Meteorite

Ischgl Meteorite.

Maria Gritsevich, Jarmo Moilanen, Jaakko Visuri, Matthias M. M. Meier, Colin Maden, Jürgen Oberst, Dieter Heinlein, Joachim Flohrer, Alberto J. Castro-Tirado, Jorge Delgado-García, Christian Koeberl, Ludovic Ferrière, Franz Brandstätter, Pavel P. Povinec, Ivan Sýkora, Florian Schweidler, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Measuring the elastic properties of the Gibeon #meteorite using laser ultrasound: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359646225001290?via%3Dihub -> Laser ultrasound used to reveal the elasticity of space rock for the first time: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/elasticity-space-rock

Unclassified NWA chondrite meteorite with fusion crust.

In the News: https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-april-roundup

April was an exciting month at the SETI Institute, full of discoveries that push the boundaries of our understanding of life beyond Earth, including #exoplanet #K218b, #Mars and its carbonates, plus #Phobos, #Deimos, and a mudball #meteorite.

https://www.europesays.com/uk/68504/ Research on meteorite impact rewrites Scotland’s geological history #Britain #crater #Environment #evolution #Geology #GreatBritain #MarineLife #Meteorite #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom

It Rained!

Is it a ground strike meteorite or a ground based green laser?
#Aurora #AuroraBorealis #AurorainScotland #nightsky #meteorite
http://scozmosphotery.co.uk/2025/05/01/it-rained/

Billion-year-old impact in Scotland sparks questions about life on land

New research from the University of St Andrews has revealed that a meteorite which struck northwestern Scotland occurred about 200 million years later than previously thought, in a discovery that not only rewrites this part of Scotland’s geological history but alters our understanding of the conditions during the evolution of non-marine life on Earth.

Previously believed to have occurred 1.2 billion years ago, the impact created the Stac Fada Member, a layer of rock that holds vital clues to Earth’s ancient past, including how meteorite strikes may have influenced the planet’s environment and life.

#life #Scotland #meteorite #evolution

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/billion-old-impact-scotland-sparks-052715913.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFcZxIKp0mD7Cnsi5fQHg4ClH1Dx4H3O9ZizpqOkhZDL-QOJg5pxC7W4JkaeLfO7vSc2LlLkx81-nG9Kx6TPkrbns_lfTIEau-6ZXnbqsrarkvQJ6ZOPdaJcA0Z_gh3THgPCy4bXoS5huUEuS5ufkO7RTl6jTkI2NAMM8jf5f2ai

https://www.europesays.com/uk/31991/ NASA’s Perseverance Rover Is Investigating a Mysterious Dark Stone of “Uncertain” Origin #JezeroCrater #Meteorite #Nasa #PerseveranceRover #Science #SkullHill #UK #UnitedKingdom

Meteorite Market Trends.

This will be an ongoing mega-thread that will be updated regularly.

If you have an interest in collecting #meteorites, please bookmark this thread for future reference.

This idea was inspired by my original meteorite mentor, Michael Blood. Michael penned a similar monthly column for Meteorite Magazine back in the aughts, and I hope to continue the tradition of offering regular insights on trends in the meteorite collecting community.

Unclassified stony chondrite #meteorite recovered from the Saharan Desert in Morocco.

This small stone is about the size of a walnut and has a polished window showing the interior matrix.

From the Galactic Stone & Ironworks collection of #meteorites.

Perihelion history and atmospheric survival as primary drivers of the Earth’s #meteorite record: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02526-6.epdf?sharing_token=N1gXlIzEPb7HFMX1zDU3u9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NIJ88DNAYJV522iLYvMxlGISLkl3tRZvdpYOY08AaOS9-gCI8YjximAz4HxMN4aUm700xFrjRyfO7dhs9EWQ1aiwynCv7ahpuPPz8YHDsVomHr76Ph75j86yrfcOBdKosYFJ_VLeEwTdFQFi44Z3TMJl0TaV4znyrjiRk8I15JxXh0b_M55GtPqn7I6POqXcUCUIb9odwewJCnjcPXlf1Fpp1In5WXKaGhuPpGjoUYqATYIYyeOfCveqko-D9Jq4pLgSfdvb4YLxSUnVs_SM_-&tracking_referrer=gizmodo.com -> Scientists may have solved a puzzling space rock mystery: https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-release/scientists-may-have-solved-a-puzzling-space-rock-mystery/ -> Most Carbon-Rich Asteroids Never Make It to Earth—and Now We Know Why: https://gizmodo.com/most-carbon-rich-asteroids-never-make-it-to-earth-and-now-we-know-why-2000588954 - a study of thousands of space rocks may explain why a common type in space is so uncommon on our planet.

Wow...

Wilkes Land crater: The giant hole in East Antarctica's gravitational field likely caused by a meteorite

Researchers have proposed many origins for a gravity anomaly in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, but the latest evidence suggests the subglacial hole is an impact crater measuring 315 miles across.

#Antarctica #crater #meteorite

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/wilkes-land-crater-the-giant-hole-in-east-antarcticas-gravitational-field-likely-caused-by-a-meteorite

Probably some of the coolest objects we've ever scanned in our #microXRF @VUBrussel were these Indonesian #Kris daggers. Turns out some of them were likely forged with #meteorite metal! Read all about it in our manuscript in MAPS:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.14340