Darwin Glass from Tasmania Australia 3.94g Individual Impact Glass impactite Terrestrial pairing is further excluded

Terrestrial pairing is further excluded by the different physical appearance of these two meteorites

Some are mistakenly calling it the largest meteorite to fall in North America

The measurements are about 138x77x2mm

Name: Northwest Africa 15629 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name

it makes it a rare one for sure

Darwin Glass from Tasmania Australia 3.94g Individual Impact Glass impactite Terrestrial pairing is further excludedDarwin glass is an impactite. Its a glass made up of a part of the earths crust that melted when an iron meteorite crashed into western Tasmania almost one million years ago. This impact generated a large amount of energy (enough to melt the crust, picture probably the equivalent of several atomic bombs), and created the Darwin Crater. Many craters around the world have glass which formed from the heat of the impact. But, the Mount Darwin Crater has