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One of our viewers, a Gold Miner, has a question. He has found good candidates for meteorites. Let's have a look...

Meteorites?

He has found these items in a desert in the Southwest US. They have a black crust on the outside. The stones are silver gray on the inside. He wants to know if these are meteorites.

A spectrogram reveals the following details:

Element	Parts per Million
silicon	>20,000
iron	>20,000
manganese	>20,000
nickel	10,000
copper	10,000
cobalt	5,000
aluminum	500
magnesium	500
titanium	500
chromium	200
lead	100
silver	100

So what do you think.

If the stones are meteorites, he would like to sell them.

Forward your information to us at astro@va.net.

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