[Rockhounds] A fireball, a driveway and a priceless meteorite

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Rob Wilcock, his wife Cathryn and daughter Hannah are astounded to find
themselves at the centre of a major scientific discovery.

It was their property in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, that was hit by the
most valuable space rock ever to fall on the UK.

The meteorite has had British scientists in raptures of joy.

It's a carbonaceous chondrite - a dark stony material that retains
unaltered chemistry from the formation of our Solar System 4.6 billion
years ago, and, as such, could give us fresh insights on how the planets
came into being.

The first thing the Wilcock family knew about it was when they heard a dull
thud outside their house on the night of Sunday 28 February.

   https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56337876