Education & Research
Most collectables can be enjoyed for their own sake. However, learning about them is what for many of us ignites our imagination and that is especially true for meteorites and other meteorite-related materials. With a better understanding of the underlying science (geology, astronomy, astrobiology, astrophysics just to name a few disciplines), art, history, philosophy and even theology, we can now appreciate their wondrous cosmic insights, place in our collections, and importance throughout human history.
Whitecourt
Iron, IIIAB, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]
Willamette
Iron, ungroupedModifying term used to describe meteorites that are mineralogically and/or chemically unique and defy [...]
Tierra Blanca
Winonaitea partially differentiated asteroid that was disrupted just as it began to form an Fe [...]
Vigarano
CV3.3 (3.1–3.4)red Fell January 22, 1910 44° 51′ N., 11° 24′ E. At 9:30 P.M. [...]
Tucson
Iron, ungrouped (silicated, possibly unique member of CR chondriteClass named for the Renazzo meteorite that [...]
Tieschitz
H/L3.6 Fell July 15, 1878 49° 36′ N., 17° 7′ E. A single 27.4 kg [...]
NWA R-Type (Unclassified)
R chondriteChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of falls. Chondrites are comprised [...]
NWA Eucrite (Unclassified)
EucriteMost common type of achondrite meteorite and a member of the HED group. Eucrites are [...]
Vermillion
PyroxeneA class of silicate (SiO3) minerals that form a solid solution between iron and magnesium [...]
Tombigbee River
Iron, IIG (Compositionally linked to group IIAB) Found 1859 32° 14′ N., 88° 12′ W. [...]