I was visiting a lab today to look over a non-space related experiment, and as we were walking out of the building, one of the hosts casually said, "Oh, and over there's the meteorite." I did a double-take. "What? Did you say meteorite?!" They did. The guy who arranged for it to be analyzed and cataloged came out of his office and explained how it was found and talked a bit about it. I just HAD to hold it! Some details about this big hunk of space metal:

  • 25.9 kg (57 lbs for you Americans)
  • 3rd largest meteorite ever found in Idaho, and one of 8 of this type ever found in Idaho
  • One of only 136 meteorites recognized as this type of iron-nickel on earth
  • Its official listing

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