Rare meteorites are forgotten for more than a century

A rare meteorite was formed shortly after the pictorial solar system was forgotten for 140 years.

At an estimated age of 4.6 billion years, the meteorite was found by an amateur Dutch astronomer after he conducted a test of his collection.

According to the NewScientist.com news site, it was awarded to the Natural Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands, this week.

Rare meteorite containing CM carbonaceous chondrite triggered a meteorite hunt in California in 2012 - (Photo: meteoriteusa.com)

'This is a very unusual thing when a rare meteorite stays there for many years' , according to geologist Leo Kriegsman.

On October 27, 1873, the meteorite fell into the Dutch village of Diepenveen, and was dug up by two witnesses before giving to a village school principal.

The meteorite remained in the school for 140 years until it was delivered to a collector in 2009.

The meteorite is very rare, composed of C M carbonaceous chondrite , the same type of meteorite that fell into central California in 2012.

In the world, currently less than 1% of meteorites in the collection are composed of CM carbonaceous chondrite .