Why do metiorites look like rocks on the outside?

sequoianoir

Because many of them are made of ROCK ! Dec 27 02, 5:18 PM

greencavalier

What a strange question in the first place? Anyone wanting to know the answer would SURELY look up 'meteorite' in a dictionary - meteorite = meteor that has fallen to earth as a lump of stone or metal. Not that hard. The fact that student has clearly not done this makes me think he does not like looking things up in dictionaries. Hmmmm. Also, the generally yah-boo-sucks tone of many of his posts leads me to believe that I have solved a great mystery of our time, and unmasked his secret identity. Student is none other than my 8 year old son, who knows everything about everything and is never wrong, but cannot open a dictionary except to look up rude words. And by the way..... http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Physics/Comets/p00668c.html Most meteorites are made of rock. This rock typically contains minerals which are commonly found on Earth - olivine, pyroxene and plagioclase, for example. These minerals contain silicon and oxygen and small amounts of iron and nickel. Other meteorites are not made of rock but are made almost entirely of iron and nickel. Dec 27 02, 8:00 PM

sequoianoir

Thank you Greencavalier for confirming that most METEORITES look like rock because they are made out of ROCK ! Not sure what student's METIORITES look like though !!! Dec 27 02, 8:11 PM