Ural scientists published photos of Chelyabinsk meteorite made with a microscope. 
Photo from open sources Chelyabinsk meteorite under a microscope
As the correspondent of the “New Region”, scientists of the Institute physics of metals of the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences examined a fragment of a cosmic body found near a wormwood on Lake Chebarkul, using an electron microscope with an increase in 500 times.
A photo from open sources
In the macro photograph of the wreck you can see the chondra – the main a sign confirming the extraterrestrial origin of the substance. Chondras are rapidly solidified drops of molten silicate substances and are the main structural elements of 90% meteorites called chondrites.
A photo from open sources
The chemical composition of the fragment is specified, but it is known that it is part of stone-metal chondritis, which may include more than a dozen chemical elements, including silicates, aluminum, nickel, iron, sulfur and others, says “Russian newspaper”.
Currently fragments of a meteorite that fell in the Southern Urals 15 February, scientists from several Ural universities are studying.
Meanwhile, today it became known that in the Etkul region several dozen fragments of a meteorite were found, mainly less than 5 millimeters, a third – from 1 to 2 centimeters, but there is one – by far the largest of those found – ranging in size from 3 to 4 centimeters.
