What Are Meteorites Made of, Are All Meteorites Made of Iron, and Where Do Carbonaceous Chondrites Come From?
Meteorites are rocks from outer space come in three basic groups, although there are many subgroups: stony, iron, and stony-iron. In general, stony meteorites resemble material from Earth’s crust. Iron meteorites are almost pure iron and nickel-90 percent iron and 10 percent nickel, the same metals that are believed to make up E
