David Weir: Meteorite Studies

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Desert Varnish

DESERT VARNISH This widespread desert phenomena has been considered by some to be a biogeochemical [...]

NWA 7475

NORTHWEST AFRICA 7475 click on photos for a magnified view

Bellsbank Quintet: A New Iron Group

THE BELLSBANK QUINTET: The Consummation of a New Iron Group—IIG The five iron meteorites displayed [...]

Martian Meteorite Ejection Ages

MARTIAN METEORITE EJECTION AGES Diagram credit: R. R. Mahajan, 46th LPSC, #1166 (2015) Diagram credit: [...]

Pneumatolytic Process

PNEUMATOLYTIC METAMORPHISM ‘Instead of the formation of the vugs through an igneous process, i.e., by [...]

Meteorite Studies: Introduction

METEORITES: A Systematic Classification Through Photographs By David Weir (Updated regularly since May 1997) “Where [...]

Methods for Dating the Age of Meteorites

Methods of Dating the Age of Meteorites Meteorites are among the oldest objects we know [...]

Systematics: Enstatite Chondrites – Subgroup Classification

PART I: CHONDRITES, METACHONDRITES PART II: PRIMITIVE ACHONDRITES, ACHONDRITES, STONY-IRONS, IRONS PART III: MARTIAN METEORITES—GEOCHEMICAL [...]

Udei Station

Iron, IAB complex, Udei Station grouplet Fell spring 1927 7° 57′ N., 8° 5′ E. [...]

Toluca

Iron, IAB complex, sLL subgroup Found 1776, known earlier 19° 34′ N., 99° 34′ W. [...]