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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.
NWA 1152
CV3-anomalous (C3-ung in MetBull 86) Found 1999 no coordinates recorded A single stone weighing 98 [...]
NWA 994 (Provisional)
C3-ungrouped Purchased January 2001 no coordinates recorded Three adjoining fragments constituting a single 22 g [...]
NWA 1222
EL5 purchased 1999 no coordinates recorded A single stone weighing 2,800 g was found in [...]
NWA 974
E6, ungroupedModifying term used to describe meteorites that are mineralogically and/or chemically unique and defy [...]
NWA 1058
ChondriteChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of falls. Chondrites are comprised mostly [...]
NWA 978
R3.8, rumurutiiteMember of a rare group of chondrites, formerly named the Carlisle Lakes group, after [...]
NWA 998
Martian Nakhlite Clinopyroxenite Purchased 2001 no coordinates recorded A 456 g nakhliteOne of the Martian [...]
NWA 999
Eucrite Monomict, noncumulate (Main Group–Nuevo Laredo trend) purchased 2001 no coordinates recorded Multiple stones and [...]
NWA 1068
Martian ShergottiteIgneous stony meteorite with a Martian origin consisting mainly of plagioclase (or a shocked [...]
NWA 595
Primitive AchondriteAchondrite with an almost chondritic composition with age similar to the primordial chondrites. These [...]