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.
Gao-Guenie
H5, impact-melt brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
Grady (1937)
H3.7, reducedOxidation and reduction together are called redox (reduction and oxidation) and generally characterized by [...]
Glorieta Mountain
PallasiteOne of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are igneous [...]
Guadalupe y Calvo
Iron, IIAB, hexahedriteOne of the main types of iron meteorites composed almost entirely of kamacite [...]
Guanaco
Iron, IIG compositionally linked to group IIAB Found 2000 25° 06′ S., 69° 32′ W. [...]