Learn About Meteorite Identification
Free, fact-based guides for meteorite finders, written by Treasure Coast Meteorite Co., an IMCA member dealer, and matched to the checks the free screening runs.
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How to Tell If a Rock Is a Meteorite
The full walkthrough of the at-home checks: magnet response, density, fusion crust, the streak test, and the interior, in the order a screening runs them.
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Meteorite or Meteorwrong? The Rocks That Fool Everyone
Hematite, magnetite, slag, industrial iron, lava rock, pyrite, and dark weathered stones. Why each one fools people, and the single test that settles it.
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I Found a Possible Meteorite. What Now?
From a free screening to a laboratory test to selling or keeping a confirmed find. The honest path, step by step.
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Have a rock in hand right now?
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