Well, Ariel, as a Rock hound, you should know that a tektite is not, technically, a meteorite. Meteorites, true meteorites, are rocks that formed in space and fell to the Earth's surface. A tektite is a bit of the Earth's surface thrown up into the atmosphere by the impact of a meteorite, and which falls back to Earth's surface, having melted on the way down and cooled to become glassy.
@@AgateArielthat about tektites I thought too. ;-) I have some tektites in my shelf, they Looks like something out of our cats litterbox. But I also have a piece of the actual tscheljabinsk-meteorite. But Thank You for the Video. This topic is great for an amateurastronomer like me. 🤭
First two are tektites, third one is a stony meteorite with small metal inclusions, fourth one is what seems to be an olivine-rich stony meteorite, fifth one is another tektite, sixth one is another stony meteorite with slightly larger metal inclusions. The metal you are seeing is mostly iron and nickel, with small amounts of platinum, gold, and iridium.
@AgateAriel grab a magnet and see which ones have iron... sometimes even ones you don't think would be magnetic are. And grab a flashlight... the tektites are most likelytranslucent, though dark, like many obsidian varieties.
I have one little chunk of meteroite... I got it at my local gem and mineral show when I bought some lapis but then got worried the charge didn't go through my credit card, so went back to check. The vendor was so thankful he gave it to me as a thank you! I love that little chunk of metal.
Can we have a Microscope and Meteorite video? Plus any other cool rocks. The Tektite reminds me of glass from lava. Even when you put both pieces together again, it "clinked" like glass. I'd be wearing gloves, but live wild and free!!!! Alien germs! :o)
OMG! The yellowish stuff is a 5 billion years old Zombie bacteria you've just released!! In the next 48hours we are all gonna be infected with rockhounding and we be yelling: "Stones! More stones!" 🧟🧟♂🧟♀🪨🪨
Every single time I watch your videos, your excitement about the rocks you find or cut open is just so contagious. Your excited little giggles or subtle dances are the cutest!! I started watching your content to learn more about rocks, but now I keep coming back because your energy is so addicting! Thank you for just being you Ariel!
So… the bit where you said ‘I need to get better at identifying meteorites’ Have you ever just cut open any old rock that you find? What do they look like?
A tektite is earth rocks that melted in a meteor strike, not a meteorite itself The silver spots in chondrites are metallic iron, which is why rust is an issue
Super cool! The rust part is probably because of the iron I assume? Afaik it's pretty common to find iron in stony meteorites, and it's also common to find meteorites that are mostly iron
The one with the two orange shapes made me think of the painting on the Sistine chapel cieling where God is touching his finger tip towards Adam sitting on the clouds.
Great video Ariel i really enjoy it i am happy that you liked the meteorites😁 , as a meteorite hunter and collector i have to say you did a great job cutting them open you know every gram is precious in meteorites. The tektites was good too , The meteorites you have are called stony ordinary chondrites and they have types the type L means that is low on iron the type LL means that it is low iron, low metal and there is type H that is high on metal .The first one looks like type L the second one looks like type LL3 and the last one it is type L6 a great ordinary chondrite i have the same piece my self it is so beautiful. The 3 specimens you show us they look weathered it must be many years that have fallen and discovered them later a fresh meteorite it dark crusted with fusion crust while entering earth atmosphere so fast also they are very old more than earth. I hope you treasure them well Ariel they are our space treasures.
Okay hear me out. The inside of the second to last one depicted a little space battle scene - the figure on the right had the weapon and the figure on the left had a “bullseye” on it!
The last real meteorite you cut should have been left uncut; as its features were incredible with possible some rollover and nice reglamyths and great atmospheric orientation.
Though some meteorites are stone, Most meteorites are made of iron. That's how they survive the high heat of entering the atmosphere. Which is also why many meteorites have one side that looks melted, while the other side is rough.
I was going to say that the first 2 seem suspicious, while they are made of different stuff with different mass because of usual metal content they are normally heavier for there size. Often with a fusion crust from the friction on entry.
It's so funny that you chose to cut open meteorites. I was just thinking about those over the weekend. I also wondered what they would look like if you seen one.
P.S. the “cool box design” you mentioned in the beginning is the polished cross section of a typical iron meteorite. Meteorites are primarily composed of iron, iron/nickel and would be very difficult for you to cut on your current system. But polished and cleaned iron cross section is the pattern you see on the box design, which is what makes real meteorites so beautiful and valuable. Very valuable.
I was really hoping to see an iron rock with iron crystals all. The way through it. You should really buy one just for this channel because I've never seen a more beautiful metorite before 😊, 🙏💜🕊️
I have a decent sized piece of the Campo Del Cielo meteorite, I decided to hover my Geiger counter over it and I was surprised to see that the meteorite fragment was faintly radioactive
That area on the outside of the third one is called a fusion skin. It is the area that was facing our atmosphere when it entered, hence it being burnt.
you can find a lot in Egypt. If you travel for tourism and go for desert safari especially in South in temple of karnak, that area. One major sign that you have meteorite is the formation of glass in the middle of the desert. The big chunks of glass found randomly, which happen when the heat force the sand to react after melting.
Tektites are made because of an impact, but it’s Warth material that blasted off and came back down.. The meteorites are weathered, but look genuine to me.. They have iron nickel flakes in them.. I buy them and make hearts and stuff for necklaces and I wrap them..
The 2nd one with the brown just might be just dirt from inpact. The last one I really loved! Also if you could find a good microscope I bet it would be awesome to see.
I believe those "tektites" are more properly called impactite. The website states, "Muong Nong may represent some form of impact melt sheet glass". Tektites are pieces of molten material that are thrown into the atmosphere and fall back to Earth.
My four yr old grandson watching this … “Agate lady, that tektite is not space rocks. Not a meterorite. You guess wrong.” Me- be nice to the lady on you tube. The joy of 4 yr old science nerds.
I found one on a frozen lake in Wisconsin. I brought it to a geologist and he paid me a lot of money for it. So I sold it to him. It was fist sized and was full iron. And pretty heavy. To me it looked like hematite.
Most of the metals in the meteorites you cut (not the tektites) are nickel and iron. This type of meteorite (chondrites) contains an undifferentiated mixture of rock and metals. Unlike the Earth, which cooled slowly such that most of the metals are in the core and most of the rocky material is towards the outside, the asteroids that the meteorites came from called quickly. That’s because they were relatively small. It also means that the meteorites formed at the end of beginning of the solar system. That’s the oldest thing you will ever touch. It’s more than 4 billion years old!
I definitely wouldn't want to cut open the meteorite I have, it would totally mess up my blade. It's a solid iron/nickel Campo Del Cielos meteorite from Argentina.
Wow If that is a true meteorite, that's small pocket could have been analyzed for different types of gases and trace elements to find out what was in that or it could have just been an iron pocket, that has rusted away. But would have been interesting to find out what's in that small brownish pocket
Were any of them magnetic? And I noticed they all had the little white dots inside, wonder what that's about? Would change the world if someone ever found a fossil inside a meteorite.
7:45 it looks like silhouette of a soldier with rifle on the right and left is the unfortunate one receiving the death blow because he brought a knife to pew pew fight 🤔
Well, Ariel, as a Rock hound, you should know that a tektite is not, technically, a meteorite. Meteorites, true meteorites, are rocks that formed in space and fell to the Earth's surface. A tektite is a bit of the Earth's surface thrown up into the atmosphere by the impact of a meteorite, and which falls back to Earth's surface, having melted on the way down and cooled to become glassy.
Wow that is so cool! Thank you for sharing! I gotta get better at doing my research, I was just so excited to cut them open 😅
@@AgateArielthat about tektites I thought too. ;-) I have some tektites in my shelf, they Looks like something out of our cats litterbox. But I also have a piece of the actual tscheljabinsk-meteorite.
But Thank You for the Video. This topic is great for an amateurastronomer like me. 🤭
Yes you are right about tektite.
@@AgateArielthank you for being brave so that we don't have to lol
She did admit that was in not an expert in the beginning of the video
First two are tektites, third one is a stony meteorite with small metal inclusions, fourth one is what seems to be an olivine-rich stony meteorite, fifth one is another tektite, sixth one is another stony meteorite with slightly larger metal inclusions. The metal you are seeing is mostly iron and nickel, with small amounts of platinum, gold, and iridium.
That is so cool! Thank you for letting me know!
@AgateAriel grab a magnet and see which ones have iron... sometimes even ones you don't think would be magnetic are.
And grab a flashlight... the tektites are most likelytranslucent, though dark, like many obsidian varieties.
Kina sad that the comments have to do the research for her....
Yup agreed @@hammelsprung3998
I have one little chunk of meteroite... I got it at my local gem and mineral show when I bought some lapis but then got worried the charge didn't go through my credit card, so went back to check. The vendor was so thankful he gave it to me as a thank you! I love that little chunk of metal.
That is such a lush way to gain something beautiful ❤
Can we have a Microscope and Meteorite video? Plus any other cool rocks. The Tektite reminds me of glass from lava. Even when you put both pieces together again, it "clinked" like glass. I'd be wearing gloves, but live wild and free!!!! Alien germs! :o)
Ariel, you have a wonderful on camera personality! Keep making videos!
It’s so cool that they look like space inside!! I didn’t expect that at all, but I suppose it makes sense. This was a fun and interesting video!
Right!! I really thought that was cool!
@@AgateArieltektites are meteorite glasssssssss!
I would absolutely pass right over those Northwest Africa Meteorites but then you cut them open and they're super cool.
OMG! The yellowish stuff is a 5 billion years old Zombie bacteria you've just released!! In the next 48hours we are all gonna be infected with rockhounding and we be yelling: "Stones! More stones!" 🧟🧟♂🧟♀🪨🪨
Bahaha the only kind of zombie apocalypse I want! 🤣
@@AgateAriel The yellow within the tektites may be devitrified glass.
@AgateAriel #worthit ?
Kinda like that only we'll all get turned into Tyranids.
Zombie Rockpocolipse@@AgateAriel
I made the mistake of watching Creepshow as a kid. I was terrified of meteorites for years. (And I still kind of am.)
That first one you cut open is extra cool as it looks like a shooting star going across. :)
Every single time I watch your videos, your excitement about the rocks you find or cut open is just so contagious. Your excited little giggles or subtle dances are the cutest!! I started watching your content to learn more about rocks, but now I keep coming back because your energy is so addicting!
Thank you for just being you Ariel!
I think my barbecue is full of meteorites.
So… the bit where you said ‘I need to get better at identifying meteorites’
Have you ever just cut open any old rock that you find? What do they look like?
A tektite is earth rocks that melted in a meteor strike, not a meteorite itself
The silver spots in chondrites are metallic iron, which is why rust is an issue
Ahhh thank you!!
They sent you that many meteorites! Dang. I thought they tried to scoop them all up and that they kept them. Cool
I love to watch how excited you get. Holding an object from space would be so amazing. 😁
Super cool! The rust part is probably because of the iron I assume? Afaik it's pretty common to find iron in stony meteorites, and it's also common to find meteorites that are mostly iron
It would be so cool to see these tumbled!
The one with the two orange shapes made me think of the painting on the Sistine chapel cieling where God is touching his finger tip towards Adam sitting on the clouds.
Thats what I thought❤
Very cool! That last one was awsome! ♥
Loved the video ❤❤❤ so much fun and your enthusiasm is such a mood booster ❤
Just think those gas bubbles inside the rock have come from outer space! It's so awesome.
Great video Ariel i really enjoy it i am happy that you liked the meteorites😁 , as a meteorite hunter and collector i have to say you did a great job cutting them open you know every gram is precious in meteorites. The tektites was good too , The meteorites you have are called stony ordinary chondrites and they have types the type L means that is low on iron the type LL means that it is low iron, low metal and there is type H that is high on metal .The first one looks like type L the second one looks like type LL3 and the last one it is type L6 a great ordinary chondrite i have the same piece my self it is so beautiful. The 3 specimens you show us they look weathered it must be many years that have fallen and discovered them later a fresh meteorite it dark crusted with fusion crust while entering earth atmosphere so fast also they are very old more than earth. I hope you treasure them well Ariel they are our space treasures.
The last meteorite looks like what a rock version of a foil card would look like in a pack of collectible cards 🤣
This woman needs to watch more horror movies.
You never crack open a meteorite..
Well, she’s probably already been replaced by a shapeshifting alien.
Platinum palladium, nickel, gold ,silver, iron are some of the flex that could be an immeteorite
@@chriss8206 it's iron with high nickel content, and the other metals are generally small amounts mixed into the iron.
I bet you're one of those people that find a rock with a face on it and instantly think it's an effigy. Meteorite... lol
Ariel, the rock looks dope. Im about to steal one of those and add it to my collection. 😂
Okay hear me out. The inside of the second to last one depicted a little space battle scene - the figure on the right had the weapon and the figure on the left had a “bullseye” on it!
I totally see it! 🎉
The last real meteorite you cut should have been left uncut; as its features were incredible with possible some rollover and nice reglamyths and great atmospheric orientation.
Though some meteorites are stone, Most meteorites are made of iron. That's how they survive the high heat of entering the atmosphere. Which is also why many meteorites have one side that looks melted, while the other side is rough.
Awesome! Was hoping you would do a video like this haha. I'd wanna take a gold pan and pan out the saw dust see what other metally bits are in those 🤔
Tektites not meteorite, tektites form from molten sand/dirt from heat of a meteor impact.
You’re right! I kinda forgot about that lol thank you!
Both r super awesome!!! Fun vid, thanks sister!!
Meteorite whizzing through space for billions of years, never thought it would end up on a diamond saw on youtube ......
0% chance that those are meteorites from outer space.
They would be worth a fortune.
I was going to say that the first 2 seem suspicious, while they are made of different stuff with different mass because of usual metal content they are normally heavier for there size. Often with a fusion crust from the friction on entry.
Another great video :-) You were given a very nice assortment of meteorites. I checked the website. Looks promising.
It's so funny that you chose to cut open meteorites. I was just thinking about those over the weekend. I also wondered what they would look like if you seen one.
P.S. the “cool box design” you mentioned in the beginning is the polished cross section of a typical iron meteorite. Meteorites are primarily composed of iron, iron/nickel and would be very difficult for you to cut on your current system. But polished and cleaned iron cross section is the pattern you see on the box design, which is what makes real meteorites so beautiful and valuable. Very valuable.
Ayone else waiting for the blob to leap out and swallow her?
Got my coffee ready lets go!!!
You just murdered your diamond blade !
R.I.P🤣
Hi Ariel! I love this video! I'm thinking the brown dirt is just earth fro the impact.
Tektites are impact glass
Yeahhh I forgot about that 😅
I was really hoping to see an iron rock with iron crystals all. The way through it. You should really buy one just for this channel because I've never seen a more beautiful metorite before 😊, 🙏💜🕊️
I have a decent sized piece of the Campo Del Cielo meteorite, I decided to hover my Geiger counter over it and I was surprised to see that the meteorite fragment was faintly radioactive
3:20 it looks like gold!
I'm going to say a few Meteorwrongs and a possible real space rock?? 🤔😎
A home adventure this was fantastic and to see all off it beautiful and thank you for sharing this time with us
I find the last kind you cut open sometimes.. .
But mine are all.. .
Not spot.. .
The heavy brown one with the sparkles could contain iron. Good for making magic swords lol
That area on the outside of the third one is called a fusion skin. It is the area that was facing our atmosphere when it entered, hence it being burnt.
you can find a lot in Egypt. If you travel for tourism and go for desert safari especially in South in temple of karnak, that area. One major sign that you have meteorite is the formation of glass in the middle of the desert. The big chunks of glass found randomly, which happen when the heat force the sand to react after melting.
Real meteorites do not have gas vapor holes.
Tektites are made because of an impact, but it’s Warth material that blasted off and came back down.. The meteorites are weathered, but look genuine to me.. They have iron nickel flakes in them.. I buy them and make hearts and stuff for necklaces and I wrap them..
The second one is gorgeous.
I'd marry this woman, but I don't think I could present her a rock worthy enough.
I can. Already found tons of gems. all for her.
The 2nd one with the brown just might be just dirt from inpact. The last one I really loved! Also if you could find a good microscope I bet it would be awesome to see.
Thank you for the videos ❤
I believe those "tektites" are more properly called impactite. The website states, "Muong Nong may represent some form of impact melt sheet glass". Tektites are pieces of molten material that are thrown into the atmosphere and fall back to Earth.
Wow very beautiful stones😲👍
Perfect timing! I am sick at home watching your other rock videos, when this one popped up. Thanks! :)
Aww yay! I hope you feel better soon!
@@AgateAriel Thank you!
My four yr old grandson watching this …
“Agate lady, that tektite is not space rocks. Not a meterorite. You guess wrong.”
Me- be nice to the lady on you tube.
The joy of 4 yr old science nerds.
Ariel, when will you announce the winner to the free rock giveaway 🤔🤔🤔 ???? Also, the saw looks fun to use. Lol😂
Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for your cool video 🎉
0ut of this world
Thanks for sharing!
You cut the most interesting rocks 🎉
You should try tumbling some!!!
I have some from Mexico. They're super heavy and redish brown.
Not fighting and lifting the arm on the saw the whole time? Who are you?
You need to try and polish those!
I found one on a frozen lake in Wisconsin. I brought it to a geologist and he paid me a lot of money for it. So I sold it to him. It was fist sized and was full iron. And pretty heavy. To me it looked like hematite.
Meteorite's don't have gas pockets in side
Most of the metals in the meteorites you cut (not the tektites) are nickel and iron. This type of meteorite (chondrites) contains an undifferentiated mixture of rock and metals. Unlike the Earth, which cooled slowly such that most of the metals are in the core and most of the rocky material is towards the outside, the asteroids that the meteorites came from called quickly. That’s because they were relatively small. It also means that the meteorites formed at the end of beginning of the solar system. That’s the oldest thing you will ever touch. It’s more than 4 billion years old!
So cool 😎👍
Agreed!
Cool 😎👍
I definitely wouldn't want to cut open the meteorite I have, it would totally mess up my blade. It's a solid iron/nickel Campo Del Cielos meteorite from Argentina.
If you ever go crazy and decide to, please PLEASE video it so I can see! I want to live vicariously through you!
The shiny stuff in the first african meteor is pyrite
Apart from the alien death virus inside which destroyed the Xartazzian Empire, the metallic flecks are probably not silver but iron and nickle.
Shine a light through the tektites!
Wow If that is a true meteorite, that's small pocket could have been analyzed for different types of gases and trace elements to find out what was in that or it could have just been an iron pocket, that has rusted away. But would have been interesting to find out what's in that small brownish pocket
Honestly… they just look like rocks you might find at the foot of a volcano off a beach…
What will you do with those now? If you want I’m offering to make you a cabochon or 2 with them.
👍👍👍👍👍👍 very good meteorite good video
Is the last one metallic?
Hi, Are you selling any of the half pcs. ? ?
Thanks
If you acid etch the cut surface you will find the metal crystal structure.
I thought most meteorires were iron and nickel , it suprised me the ones you had were stone.
Were any of them magnetic? And I noticed they all had the little white dots inside, wonder what that's about? Would change the world if someone ever found a fossil inside a meteorite.
Yay!!!
Hi! Can u link your rock cutter? Thanks!
Can you tumble a meteorite? I think they look cool when tumbled.
Hey random question did you study at UNR because its a rock-ology school due to its mining history
But just curious
You can put a magnet 🧲 to them and it will stick because of all the iron in them.
nice one enjoy❤
I came here to say these same things. And ask how they posted these for sale
Scotch marks are called fusion crust . Yes you're correct .
The sparkles are nickel chondrules ( kondrules ) .
the ease way to tell is with a magnet
7:45 it looks like silhouette of a soldier with rifle on the right and left is the unfortunate one receiving the death blow because he brought a knife to pew pew fight 🤔