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.
Georgetown
Iron, IAB-complex, ungroupedModifying term used to describe meteorites that are mineralogically and/or chemically unique and [...]
Gibeon
Iron, IVA, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]
DIVNOE
AchondriteAn achondrite is a type of stony meteorite whose precursor was of chondritic origin and [...]
Dho 979
Ureilite Monomict/Unbrecciated Olivine–pigeoniteLow-Ca clinopyroxene, (Ca,Mg,Fe)SiO3, found as a major mineral in eucrites and shergottites. In [...]
Dho 1275
L7 (or Meta-L) Found February 6, 2003 18° 49.71′ N., 54° 38.37′ E. A single [...]