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Are meteorites harmful to human health?
Meteorites are usually harmless to people, because most meteorites have no radioactive substances.

The main component of most meteorites is silicon dioxide, which is similar to the main component of stones on earth. Some meteorites are mainly composed of iron and nickel, and a few meteorites contain a lot of rare metals.

Generally speaking, meteorites will not produce harmful radiation to human body as long as they do not contain high radioactive metal substances such as uranium, thorium and radium.

Meteorites consist of iron and nickel;

Most meteorites come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and a few come from the moon and Mars. Meteorites can be roughly divided into; Stone meteorite, iron meteorite, stone-iron mixed meteorite. Every kind of meteorite has its sub-items.

Lunar meteorites can be divided into volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks. Lunar basalt is one of the main rocks that make up the moon. Its colors are black, white, deep purple, purplish red, green, dark green, grayish green, yellow, brownish yellow and mixed colors. Porphyry structure and almond-shaped structure coexist with biotite.