This L4 chondrite meteorite was found in Verona, Mississippi, February 7, 2000, and was confirmed by Bruce Panuska of Mississippi State University. It's weight is 3.2 pounds.
This 4.5 billion year old meteorite had been found and used as a tool by stone age men, I,000 to 2,500 years ago.
Meteorites are classified into 3 main categories: stones, stony-irons, and irons. Stones are subdivided into 2 classes: chondrites and achondrites. Chondrites get their name from the fact that they contain chondrules, tiny mineral spheruies made mostly of silicates, bound in a consolidated and fine-grained background matrix. Chondrites are the most ancient meteorites in terms of when their constituents came together to form a rock, and the most unprocessed ones in terms of how little their materials have altered since the rock was formed. Ordinary chondrites represent 79% of all falls. They are subdivided into 3 subgroups on the basis of content of free metal. H (high), L (low), and LL (very low). All ordinary chondrites are rich in the mineral olivine. Alternation grades for L chondrites range from 3 to 6. Most L chondrites are of the L6 petrologic type.
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