David Weir: Meteorite Studies

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Vermillion

PyroxeneA class of silicate (SiO3) minerals that form a solid solution between iron and magnesium [...]

Tombigbee River

Iron, IIG (Compositionally linked to group IIAB) Found 1859 32° 14′ N., 88° 12′ W. [...]

Wabar

Iron, IIIA, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]

Vaca Muerta

MesosideriteOne of two main types of stony-iron meteorite, the other being pallasites. Mesosiderites are a [...]

Tektites

TEKTITES AND OTHER IMPACT-RELATED MATERIAL left to right and top to bottom: Quiongshan, Hainan, China [...]