a center for getting info about meteorites

Hi!

Browse for an institution in your country that deal with geology and ask if they can make an analysis of the rock. I have done so.

How do you know you have a meteorite? Most meteorites are metallic. They are attracted by a magnet. They are heavy. They have holes produced by heat, these are called regmaglypts. Generally these arrive in one piece. These types of meteorites do not leave a streak over a rugged surface when rubbed against it, test it. The other types of meteorites, stony ones, are rarer, harder to spot and harder to identify. Because they can look like ordinary stones. But some of these can be attracted by a magnet too, very lightly. The best opportunity to identify one of these is when it has just landed, they ought have a dark lusty varnish. Not confuse with dessert varnish.

There is a guy called Randy, he is said to be a lunar geochemist expert. You can send him an email request for meteorite identification with pictures. But you should do magnetism and streak tests first.
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/realities.htm
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/what_to_do.htm

Randy L. Korotev
Research Professor
Washington University in Saint Louis
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

http://eps.wustl.edu/