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.
Haxtun
H/L4 Found August 1975 40° 27.4′ N., 102° 34.7′ W. A 15.53 kg stone was [...]
Holbrook
L/LL6 Fell July 19, 1912 34° 54′ N., 110° 11′ W. Accompanied by detonations heard [...]
Happy Canyon
EL-chondrite, Impact-Melt Rock (EL6/7 in MetBull 54) (Primitive Enstatite AchondriteUsed in past as synonym for [...]
Huckitta
PallasiteOne of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are igneous [...]
HaH 064
Ureilite Monomict/Unbrecciated Olivine–augiteHigh-Ca clinopyroxene, (Ca,Mg,Fe)SiO3, that occurs in many igneous rocks, particularly those of basaltic [...]
Gujba
CBa, bencubbinite Fell April 3,1984 11° 29′ 30′ N., 11° 39′ 30′ E. At 6:30 [...]
HaH 180
ChondriteChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of falls. Chondrites are comprised mostly [...]
HaH 119
R4, rumurutiiteMember of a rare group of chondrites, formerly named the Carlisle Lakes group, after [...]
Grosnaja
CV3.3 (~3.6)oxB Fell June 28, 1861 43° 40′ N., 45° 23′ E. A shower of [...]
Eustis
H4 Found 1918 28° 50′ N., 81° 41′ W. A highly weathered stone weighing 502 [...]
Gao-Guenie
H5, impact-melt brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
Grady (1937)
H3.7, reduced Found 1937 34° 48′ N., 103° 19′ W. This 9.3 kg stone was [...]
Glorieta Mountain
Pallasite, PMG-am (main-group, anomalous metalElement that readily forms cations and has metallic bonds; sometimes said [...]
Guadalupe y Calvo
Iron, IIAB, hexahedriteOne of the main types of iron meteorites composed almost entirely of kamacite [...]
Guanaco
Iron, IIG compositionally linked to group IIAB Found 2000 25° 06′ S., 69° 32′ W. [...]
Georgetown
Iron, IAB-complex, ungroupedModifying term used to describe meteorites that are mineralogically and/or chemically unique and [...]
Gibeon
Iron, IVA, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]
DIVNOE
AchondriteAn achondrite is a type of stony meteorite whose precursor was of chondritic origin and [...]
Dho 979
Ureilite Monomict/Unbrecciated Olivine–pigeoniteLow-Ca clinopyroxene, (Ca,Mg,Fe)SiO3, found as a major mineral in eucrites and shergottites. In [...]
Dho 1275
L7 (or Meta-L) Found February 6, 2003 18° 49.71′ N., 54° 38.37′ E. A single [...]
D’Orbigny
Angrite Basaltic/Quenched Found July 1979 37° 40′ S., 61° 39′ W. This relatively fresh, 16.55 [...]
Dho 1180
Lunar Mingled Breccia (basalt-bearing fragmental regolithMixture of unconsolidated rocky fragments, soil, dust and other fine [...]
Esquel
Pallasite, MG (main-group) low-Δ17O subgroup (see details on the Imilac page) Found 1951 42° 54′ [...]
Eagle Station
Pallasite, Eagle Station group (possibly CK- or CO-related) ‘The Butterfly’ Found 1880 38° 37′ N., [...]
Estherville
MesosideriteOne of two main types of stony-iron meteorite, the other being pallasites. Mesosiderites are a [...]