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. ... Expand

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Canyon Diablo

Iron, IAB complex, main group Found 1891 35° 3′ N., 111° 2′ W.     [...]

Achondrites

PART II ACHONDRITES CONTINUE TO [PART I] Chondrites [PART III] Irons [PART IV] Stony-Irons [PART [...]

Irons

PART III IRONS CONTINUE TO [PART I] ChondritesChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for [...]

Stony Irons

PART IV STONY-IRONS CONTINUE TO [PART I] ChondritesChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for [...]

Refractory Phases

PART V REFRACTORY PHASES CONTINUE TO [PART I] ChondritesChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting [...]

Classification: Chemical, Isotopic and Structural Trends

PART VI CHEMICAL, ISOTOPIC, & STRUCTURAL TRENDS FOR CLASSIFICATION CONTINUE TO [PART I] ChondritesChondrites are [...]

ALH 84001

OrthopyroxeniteA rock composed primarily of orthopyroxene. Non-terrestrial orthopyoxenites include diogenites and a single martian meteorite, [...]

Systematics: Chondrites & Metachondrites Classification

PART II: PRIMITIVE ACHONDRITES, ACHONDRITES, STONY-IRONS, IRONS PART III: MARTIAN METEORITES—GEOCHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION PART IV: DIOGENITES—IUGS [...]

Systematics: Achondrites, Primitive Achondrites, Irons & Stony Irons Classification

PART I: CHONDRITES, METACHONDRITES PART III: MARTIAN METEORITES—GEOCHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION PART IV: DIOGENITES—IUGS TAXONOMY PART V: [...]

Systematics: Martian Meteorites – Geochemical Classification

PART I: CHONDRITES, METACHONDRITES PART II: PRIMITIVE ACHONDRITES, ACHONDRITES, STONY-IRONS, IRONS PART IV: DIOGENITES—IUGS TAXONOMY [...]

Systematics: Diogenites – Classification Based on IUGS Taxonomy

PART I: CHONDRITES, METACHONDRITES PART II: PRIMITIVE ACHONDRITES, ACHONDRITES, STONY-IRONS, IRONS PART III: MARTIAN METEORITES—GEOCHEMICAL [...]

Chondrites

PART I CHONDRITES CONTINUE TO [PART II] Achondrites [PART III] Irons [PART IV] Stony-Irons [PART [...]

Pallasites: A Rare View (Part 1)

PALLASITES: A Rare View The pallasites displayed on this page are seldom represented in private [...]

Pallasites: A Rare View (Part 2)

PALLASITES: A Rare View Part II The pallasites displayed on this page are seldom represented [...]

The Legend of the Nakhla Dog

A legend has been perpetuated in the meteoriteWork in progress. A solid natural object reaching [...]

Have You Found a Meteorite?

If you think that you might have found a candidate meteoriteWork in progress. A solid [...]

Indicators of a Mercurian Meteorite

representative presently unknown Mercury is an igneous, differentiated planetary body thought to have undergone initial [...]

Collisional Disruption of a Primary Planetary Body

Collisional Disruption of a Primary Planetary Body On one scale of Solar SystemThe Sun and [...]

Zakłodzie (Zaklodzie)

Primitive Enstatite AchondriteUsed in past as synonym for Aubrites. Present definition from the Meteoritical Bulletin [...]

Zag (B)

Achondrite, ungrouped (brachinite-like) Found 1999 no coordinates recorded An oriented, fusion-crusted stone weighing 300 g [...]

Weatherford

CBa, bencubbinite Found 1926, recognized 1940 35° 30′ N., 98° 42′ W. A mass of [...]

Zag

H3–6 Fell August 4 or 5, 1998 ~27° 20′ N., 9° 20′ W. This fall [...]

Yilmia

EL6 (ELa6 in Weyrauch et al., 2018) Found 1969 31° 11′ 30′ S., 121° 32′ [...]

Zagami

Martian ShergottiteIgneous stony meteorite with a Martian origin consisting mainly of plagioclase (or a shocked [...]

Woodbine

Iron, IAB complex, Pitts grouplet Found Spring 1953 42° 20′ 48′ N., 90° 10′ 6′ [...]