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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.
Park Forest
L5 fragmental brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
Paragould
LL5 Fell February 17, 1930 36° 4′ N., 90° 30′ W. At about 4:00 in [...]
Parnallee
LL3.7 Fell February 1857 9° 14′ N., 78° 21′ E. On February 28, 1857, at [...]
Pasamonte
AchondriteAn achondrite is a type of stony meteorite whose precursor was of chondritic origin and [...]
Old Homestead 001
Howardite Fragmental brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
Odessa
Iron, IAB complex, main group Found before 1922 31° 43′ N., 102° 24′ W. Over [...]
NWA 11577
Iron, IAB complex, sHL subgroup Found December 2016 no coordinates recorded Two iron masses with [...]
NWA 10503
Meta-CV or -ung ‘CX’ trend (AchondriteAn achondrite is a type of stony meteorite whose precursor [...]
NWA 7891
CV3-anom or ung Purchased 2012 no coordinates recorded A single stone weighing 168 g was [...]
NWA 7821
C2-ung or CM2-an Purchased 2012 Eight fragments of a single meteoriteWork in progress. A solid [...]
NWA 7822
Achondrite-ungrouped (dunite, CV-clan-related) Purchased February 2013 no coordinates recorded A single fusion-crusted stone weighing 45.8 [...]
NWA 11187
Achondrite, ungrouped (ureilite-like) click on photos for a magnified view Purchased 2016 no coordinates recorded [...]
NWA 10463
AngriteType of evolved achondrite meteorite that represent some of the earliest stages of asteroidal differentiation [...]
NWA 10674
Eucrite, polymict, anomalous mouseover for alternate view angle Purchased October 2015 no coordinates recorded Four [...]
NWA 8159
Martian ShergottiteIgneous stony meteorite with a Martian origin consisting mainly of plagioclase (or a shocked [...]
NWA 10019
Pyroxene-plagioclase pallasiteOne of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are [...]
NWA 7030
Meta-LL click on photo for a magnified view Found 2011 no coordinates recorded A single [...]
NWA 7317
CR6 (possibly NWA 011-related) click on photo for a magnified view Purchased June 2012 no [...]
NWA 7514
R5, rumurutiiteMember of a rare group of chondrites, formerly named the Carlisle Lakes group, after [...]
NWA 7034/7533
Martian Polymict Regolith Breccia* (enriched, maficOne of the two broad categories of silicate minerals, the [...]
NWA 7325
AchondriteAn achondrite is a type of stony meteorite whose precursor was of chondritic origin and [...]
NWA 7397
Martian Shergottite Poikilitic (formerly ‘lherzolitic’ shergottiteIgneous stony meteorite with a Martian origin consisting mainly of [...]
NWA 6348
Meta-L (L7 in MetBull 102 [submitted as Achondrite-ung]) Found 2010 no coordinates recorded A stone [...]
NWA 6047
CV3ox or ung (CK3 in MetBull 102) click on photo for a magnified view Found [...]
NWA 6350
Aubrite (main-group) click on photo for a magnefied view Found 2010 no coordinates recorded A [...]