Stony Meteorites – Mainly composed of silicate minerals. Iron Meteorites – Contain iron and nickel in abundance. Stony-Iron Meteorites – A mix of rock and metal. The Maryborough meteorite’s iron-rich ...
there are the iron meteorites, which again, are fairly self-explanatory. They’re rich in iron – or, often, iron-nickel compounds, sometimes with traces of sulfide and carbide minerals.
Herd says the rock in question is what’s known as an “ordinary chondrite,” the most common type of meteorite, composed of iron and nickel (hence the magnet) and various other elements includ ...
The meteorite's composition is rich in iron and crystallized minerals known as chondrules and it came out to be an incredibly rare specimen. Shockingly, only 17 meteorites have ever been recorded ...