Hunting meteorites

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The Goose Lake specimen -- an iron meteorite -- was found at Goose Lake, California in 1938. It is currently on display at the National Museum of Natural History.

For more info:
The Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET)
Smithsonian - National Museum of Natural History

By CBSNews.com senior editor David Morgan

Credit: Smithsonian Institution/Department of Mineral Sciences