Many fireballs have a green hue and that is from atmospheric oxygen as determined through spectral analysis of meteors.
Copper abundance in meteorites is rare. I used to think the green was probably from nickel. Elton --- "Gary K. Foote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Those are the only two fireballs I've seen. I > believe the green color is > caused by copper content in a bolide.?... Maybe I'm > off-base with that > tho. > > Gary > > > Gary- > > > > How many fireballs have you seen that weren't > green? > > > > Chris > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
