David Weir: Meteorite Studies
Mount Magnet
Iron, IAB complex, sHH subgroup Found 1916 28° 2′ S., 117° 58′ E. Two fragments [...]
LODRAN
LodraniteRare type of primitive achondrite named after the Lodran meteorite that fell in Pakistan in [...]
Lost Creek
H3.8 Found 1916 39° 07′ 27′ N., 98° 10′ 04′ W. A single 4,018 g [...]
Mayo Belwa
Aubrite (main-group) Impact-melt brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of [...]
Luotolax
Howardite Fragmental brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
La’Gad 002
PallasiteOne of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are igneous [...]
Miles
Iron, IIE, silicated octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite [...]
Lowicz
MesosideriteOne of two main types of stony-iron meteorite, the other being pallasites. Mesosiderites are a [...]
Kenna
Ureilite Monomict/Unbrecciated Olivine–pigeoniteLow-Ca clinopyroxene, (Ca,Mg,Fe)SiO3, found as a major mineral in eucrites and shergottites. In [...]
Juancheng
H5 Fell February 15, 1997 35° 32′ N., 115° 23′ E. At 11:23 P.M. local [...]