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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′ [...]