Stony-iron meteorites consist of almost equal parts iron-nickel metal and silicate minerals including precious and semi-precious gemstones. They are considered some of the most beautiful meteorites.

Around the year 1800, the British chemist Edward Charles Howard acquired several suspected meteorites, including examples of each of the three main meteorite types recognized today: stony, iron ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity stumbled upon a dark grey, golf-ball-size object last week that looks nothing like the typical red-orange rocks that are normally seen on Mars.

Iron meteorites: Typically consist of approximately 90 to 95% iron, with the remainder comprised of nickel and trace amounts of heavy metals, including iridium, gallium and sometimes gold.

This rare type of meteorite offers insight into asteroid formation, as well as earth’s geologic processes. by Chau Tu, on October 6, 2014. ... (the olivine grains are surrounded by an iron- and nickel ...

These types of meteorites have been discovered on both Earth and Mars in the past, ... (ChemCam) instrument revealed that the rock is an iron-nickel meteorite. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) ...

These types of meteorites come from the molten cores of asteroids. This dark, lumpy, golf ball-size object is an iron-nickel meteorite. NASA's Curiosity rover discovered it on Mars on Oct. 30, 2016.

Rock Found In Search Of Gold Ends Up Being Much More Valuable The rock, now known as the Maryborough meteorite, is so heavy because it is packed with extremely dense types of iron and nickel.

An ancient space rock discovered in a Swedish quarry is a type of meteorite never before found on Earth, scientists reported June 14 in the journal Nature Communications. “In our entire civilization, ...