Do meteor craters contain metals or crystals?

The first thing to realise is that meteorites are tiny. The amount of extra-terrestrial material that actually makes it to the earth's surface is very small compared with the size of the crater that can be produced. What meteorite craters do not contain, by and large, is meteorites! read more

A meteorite crater would contain crystalline silicate minerals and rocky materials with some nickel-iron, iridium, or other metals. A crater could contain some crystals or metals from the earth, or from the meteorite. read more

Stony iron meteorites are about half metal, half crystals of green or orange olivine. Stony meteorites contain small flecks of metal that are evenly distributed throughout the meteorite. The metal in a meteorite has the unusual characteristic of containing up to 7% nickel. read more

The largest meteorite ever found, Namibia’s Hoba meteorite, is an iron meteorite. Stony-Iron Meteorites Stony-iron meteorites have nearly equal amounts of silicate minerals (chemicals that contain the elements silicon and oxygen) and metals (iron and nickel). read more