Our Meteorite – Ataxite

We have a meteorite that we found, we believe it is an ataxite.We have kept it in our display case in this old house for a few years now. We really enjoy talking about when we found it. It makes us remember the family when it was a little younger and more easily excited. We have done research on it; we even got a couple books on meteorites. We have not become experts and appreciate any enlightenment you are willing to share with us. You can post a comment here, they are almost automatically approved, or submit an email to pettingilldrew@gmail.com. From what we have come to understand, most meteorites have names assigned to them. Typically, the name assigned to the meteorite is the place where it fell or was found. Only before a meteorite is issued a name it is categorized or classified by type. We have sent images and paid a small amount to a Geo Labs, they will apparently look at it eventually and respond with visual confirmation of the meteorite to be extraterrestrial as apparent or a rock which is terrestrial, if they recognize a classification of the meteorite, they convey that as well. Once you have this letter, then you can submit it to a sister organization to have it further examined. The sister organization will perform their own analysis [we are unsure if this is visual or they must obtain some cut piece of the meteorite] once this is complete then they assist you in the steps of havimg meteorilogical society name the meteorite. Until the Meteorite is analyzed, and re-analyzed, classified and named may take months or years. Every meteorite is unique and ours is very special. Until that time it is classified we thought it would be informative and potentially educational to share with interested parties. We appreciate any commentary or feedback you may have. This is the outside of the meteorite.

We polished a small section of the underside, Valarie pointed out that the polished section resembles the deep-sea anglerfish. It reveals circular shaped chondrules, some of which have fused together when a collision occurred whilst it was a meteor in space.

The meteorite is very heavy for its size, it weighs 1.3 pounds, we believe the meteorite contains olivine and pyroxene or extraterrestrial peridot gemstones, some of them are very large and protrude from the meteorite. We believe some of the gemstones you see protruding from this meteorite are the largest ever found. One of the stones alone protruding measures 14mm X 13mm. If you removed a small portion of the head of the meteorite, you could retrieve the gemstone, it would produce the largest extraterrestrial peridot gemstone known to man. If you feel as though some information which has been conveyed here is inaccurate or lacks some more accurate description, please communicate that we would like to be as accurate as possible. We believe it is an ataxine meteorite.