But they could harvest iron from meteorites to make weapons, tools, and decorative objects. Meteoric iron is easily distinguished from terrestrial iron: It has more nickel and less carbon.

As the name suggests, these are made of rock. Only about 6 per cent of meteorites in collections around the world are iron-rich – these are rare and rather special beasts. They are thought to ...

In southern Poland, iron objects made from a single meteorite were uncovered by archaeologists. The artifacts were discovered during excavations at two early Iron Age cemeteries, Częstochowa ...