Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Object Crashes Through New Jersey Home

Why do we keep speaking of fusion crust on iron meteorites? Eman WNBC-TV here in N.Y. showed a clip of the rock yesterday, no fusion crust that I could see. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Object Crashes Through New Jersey Home

WNBC-TV here in N.Y. showed a clip of the rock yesterday, no fusion crust that I could see. Pretty clean looking for a fresh fall. Looked kind of like an iron but no fusion crust was visible to me at least. I'm no expert by any means. Definitely caught my ear as they talked about the

Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Object Crashes Through New Jersey Home

Hi, The Monmouth object doesn't look strikingly like an iron meteorite, but you can't rule it completely based on looks. Thankfully, they provide a scale, so a rough estimate of volume can be made. The weight is given as 13 ounces, or about 370 grams. Roughing up the volume on a cylinder