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.
Carbo
Iron, IID, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]
Chinga
Iron, IVC, ataxite (Iron-ung in MetBull) Found 1913 51° 3′ 30′ N., 94° 24′ 0′ [...]
Clover Springs
MesosideriteOne of two main types of stony-iron meteorite, the other being pallasites. Mesosiderites are a [...]
Boriskino
CM2, polymict brecciaGeneral term for all breccias that are neither monomict nor dimict. Modified from [...]
Bonita Springs
H5 Found 1938, recognized 1956 26° 16′ N., 81° 41′ W. This ordinary chondriteWork in [...]
Brewster
L6 Found 1940 39° 15′ N., 101° 20′ W. In 1940, a single stone meteoriteWork [...]
Bruderheim
L6 Fell March 4, 1960 53° 54′ N., 112° 53′ W. A bolideA very bright [...]
Camel Donga
Eucrite Polymict, noncumulate (Main Group–Nuevo Laredo trend) Found January 1984 30° 19′ S., 126° 37′ [...]
Brenham
Pallasite, MG (main-group), anomalous metalElement that readily forms cations and has metallic bonds; sometimes said [...]
Canyon Diablo Graphite Nodule
Iron, IAB complex, main group Found 1891 Studies have shown that trace elementSubstance composed of [...]