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.
DaG 868
Ureilite Monomict/Unbrecciated Olivine–pigeoniteLow-Ca clinopyroxene, (Ca,Mg,Fe)SiO3, found as a major mineral in eucrites and shergottites. In [...]
Dho 015
CK4 Found January 21, 2000 18° 38.6′ N., 54° 25.8′ E. A single black, 184 [...]
Dho 010
H IMB (H6 in MetBull 84) Found December 5, 1999 no coordinates recorded Sixteen pieces [...]
Dho 011
LL7 or Meta-LL Found December 5, 1999 18° 20.7′ N., 54° 11.9′ E. A single [...]
Dho 008
H/L3.2/3.3 Found December 4, 1999 18° 20.5′ N., 54° 11.3′ E. Three stones with a [...]
DaG 734
EL4 (ELa4 in Weyrauch et al., 2018) Found Winter 1996/97 27° 7.91′ N., 16° 3′ [...]
Dho 007
EucriteMost common type of achondrite meteorite and a member of the HED group. Eucrites are [...]
Del Rio
Iron, IIF, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]
DaG 962
Iron, IAB complex (Stony iron-ung in MetBull 86) (Achondrite-ung recommended in MetBull DB) Found October [...]
Dalgaranga
Mesosiderite–A Found 1923, the craterBowl-like depression ("crater" means "cup" in Latin) on the surface of [...]