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.
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. [...]