Rare discovery
A new kind of meteorite discovered in Sweden could be a fragment from a giant asteroid belt collision 470 million years ago. [ Read the full report]
An unusual fossil find
A fossil chondrite meteorite and nautiloid shell from the Thorsberg quarry in Sweden. Both fell to the seafloor during the Ordovician Period. [ Read the full report]
Historic stone
Pink limestone from the Thorsberg quarry has been mined for building stone in Sweden since the 12th century. [ Read the full report]
Expert eye
One of the quarry owners inspects a limestone layer where fossil meteorites are found. Quarry workers have discovered 101 fossil meteorites in the past two decades. [ Read the full report]
As it fell
A fossil chondrite meteorite still in its limestone bed. Almost all the meteoritic minerals are altered to clay. Only tough chromite spinels remain. [ Read the full report]
Ancient textures
A fossil meteorite with chondrules, glassy droplets that are the solar system's oldest solid material. The lower photograph is a close-up of the chondrules. [ Read the full report]
