David Weir: Meteorite Studies

Huckitta

PallasiteOne of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are igneous [...]

HaH 064

Ureilite Monomict/Unbrecciated Olivine–augiteHigh-Ca clinopyroxene, (Ca,Mg,Fe)SiO3, that occurs in many igneous rocks, particularly those of basaltic [...]

Gujba

CBa, bencubbinite Fell April 3,1984 11° 29′ 30′ N., 11° 39′ 30′ E. At 6:30 [...]

HaH 180

ChondriteChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of falls. Chondrites are comprised mostly [...]

HaH 119

R4, rumurutiiteMember of a rare group of chondrites, formerly named the Carlisle Lakes group, after [...]

Grosnaja

CV3.3 (~3.6)oxB Fell June 28, 1861 43° 40′ N., 45° 23′ E. A shower of [...]

Eustis

H4 Found 1918 28° 50′ N., 81° 41′ W. A highly weathered stone weighing 502 [...]

Gao-Guenie

H5, impact-melt brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]

Grady (1937)

H3.7, reduced Found 1937 34° 48′ N., 103° 19′ W. This 9.3 kg stone was [...]

Glorieta Mountain

Pallasite, PMG-am (main-group, anomalous metalElement that readily forms cations and has metallic bonds; sometimes said [...]