David Weir: Meteorite Studies

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NWA 2797

L3.8 Purchased 2005 no coordinates recorded A single unequilibrated chondriteA chondrite with heterogeneous mineral compositions [...]

NWA 2798

L3.2 Purchased 2005 no coordinates recorded Three conjoint fragments of an unequilibrated chondriteA chondrite with [...]

NWA 2965

EL3/6, impact-melt brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]

NWA 2999

AngriteType of evolved achondrite meteorite that represent some of the earliest stages of asteroidal differentiation [...]

NWA 2635

Meta-H (Achondrite-ung in MetBull 89) Found 2004 no coordinates recorded A large fragmented stone weighing [...]

NWA 2656

AcapulcoitePrimitive achondrite that belongs to a small group named after the Acapulco meteorite that was [...]

NWA 2775

Acapulcoite, FeO-rich Acapulcoite–LodraniteRare type of primitive achondrite named after the Lodran meteorite that fell in [...]

NWA 2627

Acapulcoite, transitional subgroup Acapulcoite–LodraniteRare type of primitive achondrite named after the Lodran meteorite that fell [...]

NWA 2624

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

NWA 2488

H5 Found no coordinates recorded Several fusion-crusted stones were found in the Sahara Desert of [...]

NWA 2737

Martian ChassigniteThe group is part of the SNC martian trio and named after the meteorite [...]

NWA 2646

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

NWA 2353

Meta-H (Achondrite-ung in MetBull 89) Purchased January 2004 no coordinates recorded A single meteoriteWork in [...]

NWA 2086

CV3.3 (3.1–3.4)oxB Found 2003 no coordinates recorded Numerous pieces of a carbonaceous chondriteCarbonaceous chondrites represent [...]

NWA 2388

CK6 Purchased September 2004 no coordinates recorded Four fusion-crusted stones having a combined weight of [...]

NWA 2058

H-melt rock (H chondriteOrdinary chondrites with a high content of free Ni-Fe metal (15-19 vol. [...]

NWA 2092

LL6/7 purchased 2003 no coordinates recorded A fresh (W1), mostly complete stone, weighing 320 g, [...]

NWA 2115

Diogenite Harzburgite (>40 vol% olivineGroup of silicate minerals, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4, with the compositional endpoints of forsterite [...]

NWA 2046

Martian Shergottite olivine–orthopyroxene-phyric ∗ (depleted, permafic, reducedOxidation and reduction together are called redox (reduction and [...]

NWA 1961

MesosideriteOne of two main types of stony-iron meteorite, the other being pallasites. Mesosiderites are a [...]

NWA 1955

H/L3–4 Found 2002 no coordinates recorded Several fragments totaling ~2 kg were recovered in the [...]

NWA 1925

Eucrite: Monomict, gabbroic cumulateIgneous rock composed of crystals that have grown and accumulated (often by gravitational [...]

NWA 1950

Martian Shergottite Poikilitic (formerly ‘lherzolitic’ shergottite) (intermediate, permafic, pyroxene-oikocrystic) Found January and March 2001 no [...]

NWA 1839

Meta-CO or -CV (L7 in MetBull 89) Found 2003 no coordinates recorded A 121.8 g [...]

NWA 1814

CBa, bencubbinite Found April 1999 no coordinates recorded A single stone of 156 g was [...]