After several days of searching, on May 2, meteorite hunters finally found a special meteorite fragment in the area east of Natchez, Mississippi, in the southern United States, which was a meteorite in the sky near the Louisiana-Mississippi border that exploded over the southern United States on April 27.
Meteorite fragments do not look very large, only the size of pebbles, estimated to be only a few hundred grams, but it is very likely to be worth a lot, 10 times the price of gold, or even hundreds of times, such a small piece may sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, the price may be higher.
The photos show that the surface of the meteorite fragment has been burned to a total of darkness by thousands of degrees Celsius, but the impact on the ground has made part of the outer surface peel, revealing a light blue color inside, which shows that the hardness of the meteorite fragment itself is not very large, and may be a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite, which means that the value of the meteorite fragment is extremely high.
Carbonaceous chondrite meteorites are very fragile, like a loose briquette mixed with impurities, hence the name, rich in a variety of organic matter, amino acids and water, that is, carbonaceous chondrite meteorites carry substances closely related to life, and may even carry life directly.
Some scientists have believed that the life of the earth does not originate from the evolution of the earth itself, but from space, and may be a large number of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites that bring life or organic matter closely related to life to the earth, and life multiplies, so there is today's vibrant earth.
Therefore, carbonaceous chondrite meteorites are of great scientific research value, and may be able to find new solutions to the origin of life on Earth, which is not entirely derived from the evolution of Earth, but is provided by outer space.
On April 27, after an unidentified loud noise suddenly appeared over the southern United States, an extremely fast fireball exploded in the sky near the Louisiana-Mississippi border, and the unknown noise and fireball frightened the residents of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
NASA Meteoroid Environment Office estimates show that the speed of the fireball exceeds 24 km / s, and it is said that the speed of the International Space Station when flying around the earth is extremely fast, reaching 7.8 km / s, and it will fly around the earth in 90 minutes, but the speed of the fireball is nearly 3 times the speed of the space station.
The fireball exploded 34 miles above, equivalent to 3 tons of TNT explosion energy, producing a loud noise and disintegrating into fragments, meteorite hunters found a special meteorite fragment in the area east of Natchez, Mississippi, one of them, although according to U.S. law, the meteorite belongs to the landowner.
In fact, there are really a lot of meteorites on the earth, almost every day there are a large number of meteorites coming, but we don't know, the earth has existed for billions of years, so there are many meteorites on the earth, some buried deep in the soil, some exist in the wilderness.
In February 2021, a bright fireball appeared in Gloucestershire, England, and the next day, a special meteorite fragment was found in the Cotswold town of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, about 300 grams, which experts confirmed to be a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite, which is very rare.
In October 2021, a Canadian woman was awakened by a loud noise and then found that there was a black stone at the head of the bed, which was not an ordinary stone but a meteorite from outer space, and although the house was punched out of a large hole, the woman was still very happy, saying that she was lucky. Interesting and informative scientific content, please pay attention to the only WeChat public account: Interesting Exploration