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.
Colony
CO3.0 (3.05) Found 1975, approx., recognized 1980 35° 21′ N., 98° 41′ W. A single [...]
DaG 005
CO3.1 (classification reference) Found 1995 27° 09.39′ N., 15° 57.15′ E. Many separate fragments of [...]
Coolidge
C4-ungrouped carbonaceous chondriteCarbonaceous chondrites represent the most primitive rock samples of our solar system. This [...]
DaG 013
R3.5–6, rumurutiiteMember of a rare group of chondrites, formerly named the Carlisle Lakes group, after [...]
Conception Junction
PallasiteOne of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are igneous [...]
Chicxulub Impact
Impact glass and spherules in carbonate matrixFine grained primary and silicate-rich material in chondrites that [...]
Cat Mountain
L Impact-Melt Breccia (L5 in MetBull 75) Found 1980/81, recognized 1993 32° 8.9′ N., 111° [...]
Chelyabinsk
L/LL5 Fell February 15, 2013, 9:22 A.M. 54° 49′ N., 61° 07′ E. Visit Svend [...]
Chassigny
Martian ChassigniteThe group is part of the SNC martian trio and named after the meteorite [...]
Carver
Iron, IIAB, recrystallized hexahedrite (Compositionally related to group IIG) Found before 1935 32° 30′ N., [...]