New Zealand meteorites

These are the casts of meteorites found in New Zealand, showing how they vary in colour and size. Each green bar along the top of the scale represents 1 centimetre.

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Andrew herbert
29 December 2024

Yes the Morten meteorite looks like one piece I own and holds a magnet I found it on the plains fusion crust Black good red brown weight is 1181g 4years to find it and test spectrum scope nickel if it is would that be the 11 or 12 pthe oh otherness are all black-and myrecent find are magnetic plus what could be non magnetic piece no one scene my ones I need a genuine cosmos chemist I could Work with trust in nz ex farm hand rowellen home bush rd sth nz new world carbon chon in my collection one petrified piece tree clear ly see bark Profesional could study on offer real exciting find good year to everyone read my story .

Simon Trigg
29 March 2011

I was fortunate enough to see a spectacular meteor shower just south of Auckland in 2009. As I was driving over the Bombays heading south late at night, I was awestruck when 'flashes' brighter than any firework lit up the sky one after the other in quick succession. There were probably 4 or 5 seperate flashes in total. Amazing stuff!

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