Top 10 Most Expensive Meteorites Ever Offered Up on Earth
Expensive because it has gemstones in it - peridot (olivine). Peridot is the bright spots you see - light goes through the gems and they shine. The dark parts are metal - iron with nickel.
This meteorite is thought to be 4.5 billion years old (the age of our planet).
In the image you see its owner, I believe.
One of the largest meteorites found on Earth. Discovered in 1902, it weighed more than 16 tonnes when found in Oregon, US.
Another rare pallasite meteorite (with gem peridot) found in Missouri in a farmer's field
It also has gemstones in it - peridot. Peridot is the greenish-yellowish part or the meteorite. The rest is iron with nickel. It was purchased by the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.
This meteorite has 3 larger fragments and many smaller ones. The image shows one of the 3 big ones.
A Martian meteorite is a meteorite blasted off from the surface of Mars. Zagami fell in Nigeria in 1962
It is the only meteorite to have injured large numbers of human beings - over 1,500 people required medical treatment that day (in 2013, Russia).
This meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere with a speed of 60,000-69,000 km/h or 40,000-42,900 mph. It exploded in an air burst over Chelyabinsk Oblast. The explosion generated a bright flash, producing a hot cloud of dust and gas, many surviving small fragmentary meteorites, as well as a large shock wave.
Came from the moon, landed in Libya in 1998.
It is the largest Mars meteorite discovered on Earth to date. It landed in Nigeria in 1962
It is an iron meteorite that fell in Namibia in prehistoric times.