Metallic spherules
Part of Hall of Meteorites.
Part of Hall of Meteorites.
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More than 80 percent of the Canyon Diablo meteorite that formed Meteor Crater vaporized into a hot mushroom cloud of meteoritic metal, which later condensed to form these spherical bits of iron. Meteorite specialist Harvey Nininger discovered them in 1946 by attaching a magnet to the end of a cane and sweeping it around the crater. Spheres like these help to prove that a given crater formed from an iron meteorite explosion.
METALLIC SPHERULES
Coconino County, Arizona, USA
AMNH T116-T119