Tree Frog Science: Iron

The Natural History Museum's Hall of Meteorites contains around 5,000 specimens of meteorites.

Meteorites contain iron.
Iron is a transition metal, and is said to be the most common element on Earth.
Iron is the 4th most common element in the Earth's crust.
Iron is the most commonly used metal.
Iron rusts.
Pure iron is softer than aluminum, yet it is commonly mixed with other metals to create steel structural supports for buildings.
Is able to conduct electricity and heat.

Get this: iron is the 6th most abundant element IN THE UNIVERSE.

Now if that doesn't make this element worthy of the title, "incredibly interesting" then allow me to elaborate...

The extensive use of iron lead to an entire era named the "Iron Age." In the Iron age the element becomes more widespread and is used too create nearly everything. (Everything from jewelry to weapons anyway.) My point is that with the use of the very common element Fe humans were able to create things differently thus civilization evolved.

Who knows?! It may be that with a sword made out of iron someone back then carved a path towards the future discovery/creation of the periodic table.

Okay so I'll admit it. That was not very interesting. Truth be told iron really isn't all that interesting. Other than the fact that iron occasionally plummets down from the sky in the form of meteors it's really boring.

Or is it?

I have to say that all of the elements on the periodic table are interesting. There is a sense of mystery behind it all. I believe only time can truly unravel some of the mysteries, for what is a solved answer if it will be proven wrong in time?

So I leave you with a quote from Albert Einstein,