How To Identify a Meteorite

Think you've found a meteorite? Professor Chris Herd in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences is also curator of the University of Alberta Meteorite Collection. Learn from an expert how to tell whether a rock is a meteorite!

[LivingBGLegend]

Mine has passed all of the tests... just found it yesterday while looking for agates

[whitneylethbridge]

I think I definitely found a meteor. Passes all the tests

[hadassahLacbongan]

I think I found a meteorite, it perfectly match your descriptions.

[ManuelDeMello]

I was fishing off Cape May, New Jersey on a commercial clam boat. When this item came up from the bottom of the sea it looks like a meteor or maybe some kind a rock I’m not sure but it’s black smooth on one side in the other half is almost like a dark yellow goldish color.

[thehomicidalduck]

Didn't find one yet but found lots of cool slag in my school's gravel

[chriscooper]

I’m in Valley Village California where are you at dude !!!

[ChefNourhan]

Wondering what tektites are really worth also rocks with fossils in it

[jennodine]

Just uploaded my photos to your site. I look forward to hearing from your people.

[salems]

I have small one I try it with magnetic test, it's works !!! Thanx

[cockandrews]

I once was getting high at night on an old country road when a streak of red fell a few yards in front of the car scared the hell out of me but now i wanna go find it with a metal detector

[MM-behh]

I have a tick given to me in Tanzania that a geologists aid was a meteorite. It’s very heavy and shiny almost like a piece of chrome but not smooth. He-said is a super rare one . Who knows. Where can I send a photo??

[lindaboone]

Very interesting information. Thank you for sharing this with me.

[nuke]

I really hate this comment sections because everybody is asking questions that the video answers. "I HAVE A METEORIDE, WHERE DO I SEND YOU PICS" look at the damn fricking video, there's a link they give to you, instructions are really simple and clear, holy cow dude, it really drives me nuts.

[kingpatot]

i found one here in the Philippines. it attracts to a magnet.

[siriusleigh]

Just because I rock, doesn't mean I'm made of stone.
Not all meteorites are magnetic. They're not all super dense (heavier than they look) either.

[ronaldgomez]

What if d meteorite was only found in present time..wud it be a eggshell attach on it?

[amandaray]

I'm pretty sure I have found a 1, 814g meteorite, And 7 meters fragments that rang from 19g- 49g. How or where can I get them verified and documented?

[ReyPalacios-vbgc]

Sir good pm please help me about the meteorite I'm holding meteorite?

[canitawashington]

1:30 is so funny. Why did I watch it over 3 times. 😂

[KawasakiRamey]

Mine is brownish non magnetic with a silvery powder inside