[meteorite-list] Different colors of meteors/shooting stars

[Michael Mulgrew]

Jim,

This link should provide some additional info:
http://webmineral.com/help/FlameTest.shtml


Happy gazing,
Michael in so. Cal.

On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:38 PM, James Masny <sciflyer25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good evening list.  Sorry if this has been discussed before, but are
> different colors of meteors streaking through the atmosphere
> indicative of certain minerals burning up?  And what color represents
> what minerals?  I remember the 2001 Leonids, and seeing so many
> different colors - pink, blue, white, yellow, green, orange.  The
> other night, I was outside, and I caught 2 fireballs, 1 changed color
> from yellow to red, another from white to yellow.
>
> All the best
> Jim
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