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.

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JAH 026

L3.1 Found April 26, 2000 19° 13.7′ N., 55° 10.8′ E. Seventeen fragments of this [...]

Inman

L/LL3.4 Found August 1966 38° 15′ N., 98° 40′ W. A single stone weighing 7.25 [...]

Indarch

EH4 (EHa4 in Weyrauch et al., 2018) Fell April 7, 1891 39° 45′ N., 46° [...]

Itqiy

EH7-anomalous or Meta-EH-an (partial melt residue) Fell ~1990 26° 35.45′ N., 12° 57.13′ W. Following [...]

Ilafegh 009

EL Melt Rock (EL7 in MetBull 71; Primitive Enstatite AchondriteUsed in past as synonym for [...]