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.
Whitecourt
Iron, IIIAB, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]
Willamette
Iron, ungroupedModifying term used to describe meteorites that are mineralogically and/or chemically unique and defy [...]
Tierra Blanca
Winonaitea partially differentiated asteroid that was disrupted just as it began to form an Fe [...]
Vigarano
CV3.3 (3.1–3.4)red Fell January 22, 1910 44° 51′ N., 11° 24′ E. At 9:30 P.M. [...]
Tucson
Iron, ungrouped (silicated, possibly unique member of CR chondriteClass named for the Renazzo meteorite that [...]
Tieschitz
H/L3.6 Fell July 15, 1878 49° 36′ N., 17° 7′ E. A single 27.4 kg [...]
NWA R-Type (Unclassified)
R chondriteChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of falls. Chondrites are comprised [...]
NWA Eucrite (Unclassified)
EucriteMost common type of achondrite meteorite and a member of the HED group. Eucrites are [...]
Vermillion
PyroxeneA class of silicate (SiO3) minerals that form a solid solution between iron and magnesium [...]
Tombigbee River
Iron, IIG (Compositionally linked to group IIAB) Found 1859 32° 14′ N., 88° 12′ W. [...]
Wabar
Iron, IIIA, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]
Vaca Muerta
MesosideriteOne of two main types of stony-iron meteorite, the other being pallasites. Mesosiderites are a [...]
Tektites
TEKTITES AND OTHER IMPACT-RELATED MATERIAL left to right and top to bottom: Quiongshan, Hainan, China [...]
Tafassasset
Primitive AchondriteAchondrite with an almost chondritic composition with age similar to the primordial chondrites. These [...]
Tagish Lake
C2-ungrouped Fell January 18, 2000 59° 42′ 15.7′ N., 134° 12′ 4.9′ E. Several hundred [...]
Tatahouine
Diogenite OrthopyroxeniteA rock composed primarily of orthopyroxene. Non-terrestrial orthopyoxenites include diogenites and a single martian [...]
Thiel Mountains
PallasiteOne of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are igneous [...]
Tazewell
Iron, IAB complex, sLH subgroup Found 1853 36° 26′ N., 83° 45′ W. A mass [...]
Tambo Quemado
Iron, IIIB, octahedrite Found before 1950 14° 40′ S., 74° 30′ W. A mass of [...]
St. Genevieve County
Iron, IIIF, octahedrite Found during FallMeteorite seen to fall. Such meteorites are usually collected soon [...]
Steinbach
Iron, IVA-an (silica-rich orthopyroxeniteA rock composed primarily of orthopyroxene. Non-terrestrial orthopyoxenites include diogenites and a [...]
Taza
Iron, ungrouped plessitic octahedrite Found 2000 no coordinates recorded Many individual masses from this rare [...]
SAU 290
CH3 chondriteChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of falls. Chondrites are comprised [...]
Selma
H4 Found March 26, 1906 32° 24′ N., 87° 0′ W. A 310-pound, quadrangular, pyrimidal-shaped [...]
Seemore Downs 001
L/LL4 Found April 1991 30° 35′ S., 125° 13′ E. When found in Western Australia, [...]