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.
Bellsbank Quintet: A New Iron Group
THE BELLSBANK QUINTET: The Consummation of a New Iron Group—IIG The five iron meteorites displayed [...]
Martian Meteorite Ejection Ages
MARTIAN METEORITE EJECTION AGES Diagram credit: R. R. Mahajan, 46th LPSC, #1166 (2015) Diagram credit: [...]
Pneumatolytic Process
PNEUMATOLYTIC METAMORPHISM ‘Instead of the formation of the vugs through an igneous process, i.e., by [...]
Meteorite Studies: Introduction
METEORITES: A Systematic Classification Through Photographs By David Weir (Updated regularly since May 1997) “Where [...]
Methods for Dating the Age of Meteorites
Methods of Dating the Age of Meteorites Meteorites are among the oldest objects we know [...]
Systematics: Enstatite Chondrites – Subgroup Classification
PART I: CHONDRITES, METACHONDRITES PART II: PRIMITIVE ACHONDRITES, ACHONDRITES, STONY-IRONS, IRONS PART III: MARTIAN METEORITES—GEOCHEMICAL [...]
Udei Station
Iron, IAB complex, Udei Station grouplet Fell spring 1927 7° 57′ N., 8° 5′ E. [...]
Toluca
Iron, IAB complex, sLL subgroup Found 1776, known earlier 19° 34′ N., 99° 34′ W. [...]
Sutter’s Mill
CM2.0/2.1 chondriteChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of falls. Chondrites are comprised [...]
Saint Sauveur
EH5 Impact-melt brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]