David Weir: Meteorite Studies

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NWA 10674

EucriteMost common type of achondrite meteorite and a member of the HED group. Eucrites are [...]

NWA 8159

Martian ShergottiteIgneous stony meteorite with a Martian origin consisting mainly of plagioclase (or a shocked [...]

NWA 10019

Pyroxene-plagioclase pallasiteOne of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are [...]

NWA 7030

Meta-LL click on photo for a magnified view Found 2011 no coordinates recorded A single [...]

NWA 7317

CR6 (possibly NWA 011-related) click on photo for a magnified view Purchased June 2012 no [...]

NWA 7514

R5, rumurutiiteMember of a rare group of chondrites, formerly named the Carlisle Lakes group, after [...]

NWA 7034/7533

Martian Polymict Regolith Breccia* (enriched, maficOne of the two broad categories of silicate minerals, the [...]

NWA 7325

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

NWA 7397

Martian Shergottite Poikilitic (formerly ‘lherzolitic’ shergottiteIgneous stony meteorite with a Martian origin consisting mainly of [...]

NWA 6348

Meta-L (L7 in MetBull 102 [submitted as Achondrite-ung]) Found 2010 no coordinates recorded A stone [...]

NWA 6047

CV3ox or ung (CK3 in MetBull 102) click on photo for a magnified view Found [...]

NWA 6350

Aubrite (main-group) click on photo for a magnefied view Found 2010 no coordinates recorded A [...]

NWA 6675

Aubrite (main-group) mouseover for alternate view angle Found 2010 no coordinates recorded A single heavily [...]

NWA 6704

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

NWA 6962

Achondrite, ungrouped (brachinite-like geochemistryStudy of the chemical composition of Earth and other planets, chemical processes [...]

NWA 6928

Diogenite NoriteIgneous rock composed of 90% plagioclase, 95% orthopyroxene (low-Ca pyroxene) and less than 10% [...]

NWA 5492

Chondrite, ungrouped (type 3, highly-reduced, metal-rich brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a [...]

NWA 5790/6148

Martian Nakhlite Clinopyroxenite) Found Spring 2009 no coordinates recorded Two moderately weathered friable stones having [...]

NWA 5400

Achondrite, ungrouped click on photo for a magnified view Found 2008 no coordinates recorded A [...]

NWA 5312

Diogenite Olivine–OrthopyroxeniteA rock composed primarily of orthopyroxene. Non-terrestrial orthopyoxenites include diogenites and a single martian [...]

NWA 5789

Martian Shergottite olivine-phyric ∗ (depleted, permafic, primitive mantle-derived melt) Purchased June, 2002 no coordinates recorded [...]

NWA 5804

Iron, IAB-ungrouped Purchased 2005 no coordinates recorded An unusual looking 726 g iron mass lacking [...]

NWA 5297

Meta-LL Possibly brachinite-related (Primitive achondriteAchondrite with an almost chondritic composition with age similar to the [...]

NWA 5131

CR7 or Meta-CR (LL7 in MetBull 97) Found 2007 no coordinates recorded A single stone [...]

NWA 4969

Brachinite Found 2007 no coordinates recorded A portion of a fresh, fusion-crusted stone weighing 180 [...]