It’s probably not a meteorite. Let’s check.
Many universities have stopped answering, because almost none of the rocks they get come from space. Meteorwrong runs guided kitchen tests, breaks the news kindly, and sends the rare real one to a lab.
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Think you found a meteorite? AI triage, a partner lab, then a marketplace for the real ones.
Universities get hundreds of “is this a meteorite?” messages a year, and many no longer reply. Meteorwrong guides you through simple kitchen tests and reads your photos. Rare candidates go to a partner lab, and only lab-classified pieces can be sold, each with a paper trail.
- Step 01
Guided kitchen tests and a photo read
Simple tests at home, guided step by step, while AI reads your photos and gives its verdict in honest probabilities.
- Step 02
Real candidates go to a partner lab
If your rock passes, you get a prepaid shipping kit to a partner lab for classification, and help filing with the Meteoritical Bulletin.
- Step 03
Classified pieces can be sold
A consignment marketplace for lab-classified specimens only, each with chain of custody, the lab report and a check on where it was found.
Built for rock hounds, detectorists and heirs of “a meteorite”.
An honest AI triage
Guided kitchen tests and a photo read, answered in probabilities, with the lab path always on offer.
A lab referral package
A prepaid shipping kit to a partner lab for classification, and help filing with the Meteoritical Bulletin.
A marketplace with a paper trail
Only lab-classified specimens, each with chain of custody, a lab report and a find-location legality check.
First up: First, a free triage link for anyone asking “is this a meteorite?” on the rock forums.
The world just changed.
What changed, and where it was reported.
LSU says hundreds of people contact it each year believing they found, inherited or bought a meteorite, and it cannot confirm samples or issue certificates.
LSUUCLA no longer accepts suspected meteorites, Arizona State won’t return such emails, and Minnesota says fewer than 1 in 1,000 objects shown to it proved to be meteorites.
University of MinnesotaA meteorite punched through a house roof in McDonough, Georgia, on 2025-06-26. UGA said it is older than Earth, and it made national news.
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One person and 4 AI agents.
The agents, all day
- Guiding kitchen tests
- Reading rock photos
- Writing kind, honest verdicts
- Checking find-location rules
- Keeping the meteor-wrongs gallery
What a person does
Only partner labs and scientists classify a specimen, and they are paid for it. A person handles and ships every physical piece between finder, lab and buyer. A lawyer reviews the find-location rules, and marketplace funds sit with a payment provider.
What if you wrongly say it’s not a meteorite?
That is the risk we take most seriously. We answer in probabilities, not verdicts, and the lab path is always on offer, so nobody should throw away a real one on our word.
Do you certify meteorites?
No, never. Only partner labs classify specimens. A piece is listed only after a lab has classified it, with its report and chain of custody.
Is a rock I found mine to sell?
Not always. Finds on US federal land are not the finder’s, and some countries ban meteorite export. Every listing gets a find-location check built on rules a lawyer has reviewed.
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