David Weir: Meteorite Studies

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Guadalupe y Calvo

Iron, IIAB, hexahedriteOne of the main types of iron meteorites composed almost entirely of kamacite [...]

Guanaco

Iron, IIG compositionally linked to group IIAB Found 2000 25° 06′ S., 69° 32′ W. [...]

Georgetown

Iron, IAB-complex, ungroupedModifying term used to describe meteorites that are mineralogically and/or chemically unique and [...]

Gibeon

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

DIVNOE

AchondriteAn achondrite is a type of stony meteorite whose precursor was of chondritic origin and [...]

Dho 979

Ureilite Monomict/Unbrecciated Olivine–pigeoniteLow-Ca clinopyroxene, (Ca,Mg,Fe)SiO3, found as a major mineral in eucrites and shergottites. In [...]

Dho 1275

L7 (or Meta-L) Found February 6, 2003 18° 49.71′ N., 54° 38.37′ E. A single [...]

D’Orbigny

Angrite Basaltic/Quenched Found July 1979 37° 40′ S., 61° 39′ W. This relatively fresh, 16.55 [...]

Dho 1180

Lunar Mingled Breccia (basalt-bearing fragmental regolithMixture of unconsolidated rocky fragments, soil, dust and other fine [...]

Esquel

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