| Re: Geminids - more 'fireballs'?
My mother inlaw found a strange stone the size of a good orange in her garden in the Conwy valley a couple of years ago which she gave to me. It had a blackened appearance and was quite heavy. I took it to a museum who did a test and pronounced it an iron meteorite. They looked at its structure and from memory etched a small polished area with acid? I recall the resultant pattern as a "Widmanstatten Structure"?? Therefore, they must hit the ground sometimes.
It's now in a local primary school.
When I've been out and about at night at this time of year, I've seen meteorites burn up with spectacular results and crackling sounds but never quite sure how far away they are. |