Saturday, May 1, 2010

North Carolina HAS Discoverd Meteorites!

North Carolina has had many meteorite finds in the countys listed below,

Alexander County

Anson County

Bertie County

Brunswick County

Cadwell County

Caswell County

Cherokee County

Chowan County

Clay County

Cumberland County

Davison County

Davie County

Franklin County

Guilford County

Northhampton County

Orange County

Person County

Randolph County

Rockingham County

Scotland County

Stokes County

Watauga County

dates of meteorite have been spotted since the late 1700's in North Carolina some that have been found date  back to the year 1234 most meteorite has been found near the Davie County Area, the most exspensive meteorite sold in North Carolina was sold for 3.1 million dallors September, 14th 2005. Archeologist say 32% of the worlds Meteorite is in North Carolina, Only 54 meteorites have been found in North Carolina archeologist predict there is still 95,000,000  meteorites are still left in North Carolina witch leaves the total estimate of 28 Billion Dallors of meteorite to be left in the state. The most recent metorite in North Carolina was found January, 15th 2010 by  Trent Wills of Orange County North Carolina. Below are some pictures of the meteorites found in North Carolina.

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