Search for remains of the fallen meteorite in Ohio

Advice, meteorites, especially in the United States, have great commercial value, but if they are fresh, like this one, from this event, they also have great value for science, since they can preserve rare isotopes that are not on our planet, that is, atoms with a very peculiar combination that does not exist on our planet, they can also have organic compounds, they can show the intact fusion crust of heat from the entry into the Earth's atmosphere.

And if you alter it, the value also drops a lot, the recommendations are, document everything before touching it, take photos of the site, with a scale, a ruler, or if you don't have a ruler, a coin is enough, because by putting the coin next to it you have a reference of the size of that object, of this meteorite, take the exact GPS coordinates, you can do it with your mobile phone, the date and time, the description of the place and the context. All of this is essential to officially classify it and it also increases its value because a meteorite without provenance loses a lot of both monetary value and scientific usefulness.

Then, if you touch it, use clean gloves or better tongs or aluminum foil, wrap it, wrap it immediately and leave it wrapped, never touch it with your bare hands because the oils that we have on our hands naturally, the bacteria contaminate and accelerate the oxidation of these pieces, keep it dry and protected, put it in a closed bag with a desiccant, silica packet, always keep it in a cool and dry place.

Do not clean it, or cut it, leave the fusion crust because it is interesting or anything that is attached, do not use water, brushes, or anything, leave it as it is, immediately contact local experts, in Ohio, for example, they recommend the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, It is the ideal place because they also have experience with the subject of meteorites or send data to the meteorite society, Meteoritical.org There in the United States this association for the issue of meteorites.

If it is valuable, you can donate a sample to a museum and keep the rest, this does not mean losing value, you will not be losing value if you later want to sell it, because what you do by giving a sample to a museum or a scientific entity, You are really increasing the legitimacy and value of that meteorite, because then those scientists are going to analyze it and can discover very interesting things, with which you are giving more personality to that object, it would no longer be a vulgar meteorite, it would be a meteorite with a scientific study behind it, which multiplies its value.

And of course, remember that all this is in plural because you have reached an agreement with the owner of the land, do not sell it, nor publish it without official documentation and classification, nor having previously agreed with the owner of the land, of course and do not send it to NASA, at NASA they are saturated with supposed meteorites, they have enough to create a great pyramid of Giza with all the rocks that they send, it is better the Cleveland Museum of Natural History would be the ideal place to go in Ohio. The same applies to meteorites found in your region, in your country, etc., local or national natural history museums are the main guarantors of the scientific value of that meteorite, of that piece.

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