Here’s a gift idea for the holiday season — if you don’t mind something a little old, as in 4.5 billion years old. An iron meteorite found in an Ocean Falls backyard in the 1960s will be up for bids ...

An iron meteorite found in an Ocean Falls backyard in the 1960s will be up for bids in Lunds Auctioneers and Appraisers’ Top Notch auction on Dec. 10. The chunk is “older than anything you ...

Meteorites are pieces of stone or iron that have broken off from asteroids and planets and fallen from space to Earth. Meteorites have great scientific value, and rare types of meteorites also have ...

Only about 6 per cent of meteorites in collections around the world are iron-rich – these are rare and rather special beasts. They are thought to come only from asteroids that grew so large that ...

Typically, when a large space rock crashes into ... as the oceans were probably green in color from iron-rich deep waters.” ...

These are the iron meteorites ... But even if this "missing meteorite" hypothesis doesn't work out, Dr Joy believes her new hoard of space rocks demonstrates the value of regular expeditions.

But they could harvest iron from meteorites to make weapons, tools, and decorative objects. Meteoric iron is easily distinguished from terrestrial iron: It has more nickel and less carbon.

As early as 3,000 BC in Egypt, people found iron-rich rocks scattered ... the atmosphere resulting in a number of meteorites falling earthwards. One large meteorite landed in a lake near Chebarkul.