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.
NWA 773
Lunar Mingled BrecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
NWA 468
LodraniteRare type of primitive achondrite named after the Lodran meteorite that fell in Pakistan in [...]
NWA 060
CK5 Purchased August 2000 no coordinates recorded A single 604 g stone was purchased in [...]
NWA 033
C3-ungrouped Found 1999 30° 54′ N., 3° 58′ W. A stone weighing 192 g was [...]
NWA 305
E3 (probably EL3) purchased December 2000 no coordinates recorded A 210 g meteorite was purchased [...]
NWA 032
Lunar MareBroad low plains surrounded by basin-forming mountains, originally thought to be a sea (pl. [...]
NWA 011
AchondriteAn achondrite is a type of stony meteorite whose precursor was of chondritic origin and [...]
NWA 482
Lunar Feldspathic BrecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
NWA 176
Iron with silicateThe most abundant group of minerals in Earth's crust, the structure of silicates [...]
Murchison
CM2.5 (HydrationReaction of a substance with water. Click on Term to Read More subtype 1.6) [...]
NingQiang
CK3.3 Fell June 25, 1983 32° 55.5′ N., 105° 54.4′ E. At 7:00 in the [...]
Mount Tazerzait
L5 Fell August 21, 1991 18° 42′ N., 4° 48′ E. On an August afternoon, [...]
Naryilco
L/LL6 (or L) Found 1975 28° 41′ S., 141° 59′ E. A mass of 27 [...]
Nakhla
Martian NakhliteOne of the Martian SNC meteorites, nakhlites are basaltic cumulate clinopyroxenite rocks, and most [...]
Mount Vernon
Pallasite, PMG (main-group) Found ~1868, recognized 1902 36° 56′ N., 87° 24′ W. A mass [...]
Mundrabilla
Iron, IAB complex, Mundrabilla duo sLL-an Found 1911 30° 47′ S., 127° 33′ E. Initially, [...]
Monument Draw
AcapulcoitePrimitive achondrite that belongs to a small group named after the Acapulco meteorite that was [...]
Moss
CO3.6 Fell July 14, 2006 59° 27′ N., 10° 42′ E. On Friday, July 14 [...]
Monahans (1998)
H5 Fell March 22, 1998 102° 53.5′ W., 31° 36.5′ N. On a Sunday evening [...]
Moorabie
Chondrite, ungroupedModifying term used to describe meteorites that are mineralogically and/or chemically unique and defy [...]
Mount Egerton
Aubrite-anomalous (Metal-rich, light-REE-enriched) Found 1941 24° 53′ S., 117° 38′ E. The first fragments of [...]
Millbillillie
Eucrite Polymict, crystalline Fell October 1960 26° 27′ S., 120° 22′ E. This fall, occurring [...]
Milton
Pallasite, ungrouped ‘CX’ trend Found October 2000 40° 17′ 15′ N., 95° 22′ 36′ W. [...]
Mount Magnet
Iron, IAB complex, sHH subgroup Found 1916 28° 2′ S., 117° 58′ E. Two fragments [...]
LODRAN
Lodranite Acapulcoite–LodraniteRare type of primitive achondrite named after the Lodran meteorite that fell in Pakistan [...]