Full of stardust… and tiny balls called chondrules… from our […]

Full of stardust… and tiny balls called chondrules… from our early solar system… millions of years before Earth.
These ancient meteorites tell some amazing stories, detailed in each caption:
1) A light and dark mixture of chondrules with primordial matter never before seen, and nearly unmodified from its primitive formation. And some discussion from the current SciAm.
2) Baltic Sea Splash by the Bjurböle Meteorite of 1899, which screamed over Estonia toward Finland and was seen throughout the Baltics. They built a wooden shaft down through the hole blasted through the sea ice. This sample is very friable, and chondrules can be separated for study. From the Finnish museum.
3) Meteorite Fall from 1790, before Scientists Thought it Possible that Rocks Could Fall from the Sky.
4) Ring Around the Chondrules: the largest slice of NWA 12675 CV3 carbonaceous chondrite.

Altogether, a wonderful collection of birthday stones.