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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.
DaG 647
EucriteMost common type of achondrite meteorite and a member of the HED group. Eucrites are [...]
DaG 476
Martian ShergottiteIgneous stony meteorite with a Martian origin consisting mainly of plagioclase (or a shocked [...]
DaG 262
Lunar Feldspathic BrecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
DaG 084
Ureilite Monomict/Unbrecciated Olivine–pigeoniteLow-Ca clinopyroxene, (Ca,Mg,Fe)SiO3, found as a major mineral in eucrites and shergottites. In [...]
DaG 055
CV3red–anomalous (C3-ung in MetBull 80) Found June 1995 27° 16.03′ N., 16° 25.22′ E. A [...]
Colony
CO3.0 (3.05) Found 1975, approx., recognized 1980 35° 21′ N., 98° 41′ W. A single [...]
DaG 005
CO3.1 (classification reference) Found 1995 27° 09.39′ N., 15° 57.15′ E. Many separate fragments of [...]
Coolidge
C4-ungrouped carbonaceous chondriteCarbonaceous chondrites represent the most primitive rock samples of our solar system. This [...]
DaG 013
R3.5–6, rumurutiiteMember of a rare group of chondrites, formerly named the Carlisle Lakes group, after [...]
Conception Junction
PallasiteOne of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are igneous [...]
Chicxulub Impact
Impact glass and spherules in carbonate matrix Beloc, Haiti site Recognized in 1990 18° 22′ [...]
Cat Mountain
L Impact-Melt Breccia (L5 in MetBull 75) Found 1980/81, recognized 1993 32° 8.9′ N., 111° [...]
Chelyabinsk
L/LL5 Fell February 15, 2013, 9:22 A.M. 54° 49′ N., 61° 07′ E. Visit Svend [...]
Chassigny
Martian Chassignite Dunite click on photos for a magnified view Fell October 3, 1815 47° [...]
Carver
Iron, IIAB, recrystallized hexahedrite (Compositionally related to group IIG) Found before 1935 32° 30′ N., [...]
Carbo
Iron, IID, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]
Chinga
Iron, IVC, ataxite (Iron-ung in MetBull) Found 1913 51° 3′ 30′ N., 94° 24′ 0′ [...]
Clover Springs
MesosideriteOne of two main types of stony-iron meteorite, the other being pallasites. Mesosiderites are a [...]
Boriskino
CM2, polymict brecciaGeneral term for all breccias that are neither monomict nor dimict. Modified from [...]
Bonita Springs
H5 Found 1938, recognized 1956 26° 16′ N., 81° 41′ W. This ordinary chondriteWork in [...]
Brewster
L6 Found 1940 39° 15′ N., 101° 20′ W. In 1940, a single stone meteoriteWork [...]
Bruderheim
L6 Fell March 4, 1960 53° 54′ N., 112° 53′ W. A bolideA very bright [...]
Camel Donga
Eucrite Polymict, noncumulate (Main Group–Nuevo Laredo trend) Found January 1984 30° 19′ S., 126° 37′ [...]
Brenham
Pallasite, MG (main-group), anomalous metalElement that readily forms cations and has metallic bonds; sometimes said [...]
Canyon Diablo Graphite Nodule
Iron, IAB complex, main group Found 1891 Studies have shown that trace elementSubstance composed of [...]