Vol. 20 August 1974 No. 3 METEORITES OF VIRGINIA F. B. Hoffer A meteoroid is any naturally occurring...meteoroid passes through the atmosphere. The term meteorite is used for any solid object (meteoroid) that...also contain the minerals plessite, troilite, schreibersite, cohenite, chromite, and graphite. (a) Octahedrites-6...engineers in the designing of spacecraft. 18 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Vol. 20 ' l History's...times, it was widely held that the fall of a meteorite was a manifestation of God's wrath. ~ e t e o |