David Weir: Meteorite Studies
Tambo Quemado
Iron, IIIB, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]
St. Genevieve County
Iron, IIIF, octahedrite Found during FallMeteorite seen to fall. Such meteorites are usually collected soon [...]
Steinbach
Iron, IVA-an (silica-rich orthopyroxeniteA rock composed primarily of orthopyroxene. Non-terrestrial orthopyoxenites include diogenites and a [...]
Taza
Iron, ungroupedModifying term used to describe meteorites that are mineralogically and/or chemically unique and defy [...]
SAU 290
CH3 chondriteChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of falls. Chondrites are comprised [...]
Selma
H4 Found March 26, 1906 32° 24′ N., 87° 0′ W. A 310-pound, quadrangular, pyrimidal-shaped [...]
Seemore Downs 001
L/LL4 Found April 1991 30° 35′ S., 125° 13′ E. When found in Western Australia, [...]
Shallowater
Enstatite achondriteUsed in past as synonym for Aubrites. Present definition from the Meteoritical Bulletin states [...]
Stannern
Eucrite Monomict, noncumulate (Stannern trend) Fell May 22, 1808 49° 17′ N., 15° 34′ E. [...]
Smara
Eucrite Polymict Found April 2000 26° 41′ N., 11° 44′ W. A single 12.87 kg [...]