Author Robert Haag, Outback , Australia with Mundrabilla iron meteorites
La Criolla, Argentina. L6.
Fall 1985. 6.1 kg.
This is a typical freshly-fallen stone meteorite. Note the white stone inside and the black melted utside (called fusion crust). La Criolla has classic
“thumbprint” indentations that result from the high speed and very hot passage through Earth’s atmosphere.
Old woodcut from
Bacubirito, Mexico, c.
Or as we like to ask,
“Where’s Robert-o?”
(Look closely…)
