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 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 [...]