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.
Dho 500
Primitive AchondriteAchondrite with an almost chondritic composition with age similar to the primordial chondrites. These [...]
Dho 125
Acapulcoite Acapulcoite–LodraniteRare type of primitive achondrite named after the Lodran meteorite that fell in Pakistan [...]
Dho 225
CM-anom or ung Possible ‘CY’ ChondriteChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of [...]
Dho 732
Achondrite, ungroupedModifying term used to describe meteorites that are mineralogically and/or chemically unique and defy [...]
Dho 182
Eucrite Monomict, noncumulate (Main Group–Nuevo Laredo trend) Found February 9, 2000 18° 56′ 30′ N., [...]
Dho 778
Diogenite, anomalous OrthopyroxeniteA rock composed primarily of orthopyroxene. Non-terrestrial orthopyoxenites include diogenites and a single [...]
Dho 378
Martian Shergottite high-Al basalt ∗ (enriched, maficOne of the two broad categories of silicate minerals, [...]
Dho 019
Martian Shergottite olivine-phyric ∗ (depleted, permafic, reduced) Found January 24, 2000 18° 18.97′ N., 54° [...]
Dho 081
Lunar Feldspathic BrecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
Dho 908
Lunar Feldspathic Breccia (impact-melt) Found January 2003 19° 19.9′ N., 54° 47.0′ E. Nine individual [...]