To hold in your hand a piece of the solar system, a rock from space older than the earth itself, this is whats so intriguing about collecting meteorites. Tumbling through space from places unknown, these stones survived a violent passage through the atmosphere to crash land on earth. For many millions, even billions of years they have been floating in space in total darkness, at zero gravity conditions, and at extremely cold temperatures and now after all that, it has come to rest in your hand. (now thats cool !)