2007-01-22 13:49:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Add it to my collection, unless it is unusually big then I'd donate it to a local college's collection. Meteorites are found all the time, and all over the place. Their value is mostly as an oddity since most meteorites originate from the same place in our solar system.
2007-01-22 17:39:17 · answer #1 · answered by lynn y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do some basic tests on it, like finding out it's specific gravity, streak color, hardness, type of fracture, etc. If it matched the characteristics of other meteorites, I would then contact an expert (like at a museum, university, or even a collector) to see what they thought. Next, I would have it appraised. Depending on the quality I would either loan it to a museum, offer it for sale, or display it in my home.
2007-01-22 13:59:35 · answer #2 · answered by Sp. Gr. 0.98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get it appraised at a college or rock shop. You can sell it if its big enough.
And the government isn't going to take it away from you unless its radioactive.
2007-01-22 13:57:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's probably worthless. You may take it to a geology lab at a nearby college for verification. If it is valuable, they may keep it "in the name of the government". Otherwise, you may keep it for a souvenir, or throw it away.
2007-01-22 13:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would contact the Pacific Science Center since I live in Seattle and then go from there
2007-01-22 13:57:05 · answer #5 · answered by undercovernudist 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would sell it if it is truly a metorite it is very valuable, far from worthless
2007-01-22 14:19:57 · answer #6 · answered by geo3598 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
e-mail NASA
2007-01-22 13:57:10 · answer #7 · answered by da_hammerhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋