The Sky Has Fallen on Our Heads ...

[StoneRoad]

To (mis-) quote Vitalstatistix ...

The recent fireball / meteor seen in SW England is now, officially, a meteorite, as some bits have been found on the ground .
It is also a somewhat rare type ...

plenty of details from the Beeb [9th March 2021]

Gloucestershire meteorite is first UK find in 30 years - BBC News

 

[2hats]

Few hundred grammes of a type 2 CM carbonaceous chondrite. There are potentially a few kg of it lying around but given its organic nature and the weather, especially this week, that's going to decay into a much less valuable goop quite quickly.

Fireball meteorite that blazed across the UK recovered from a driveway

For the first time in 30 years, a meteorite has been recovered in the UK

www.nhm.ac.uk

The Open University

Open University scientist Dr Richard Greenwood explains what it's like - for him and for science - to be the first to confirm and identify the 'Winchcombe meteorite' which will be housed at the Natural History Museum in London.

ounews.co