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.
Dho 778
DiogeniteDiogenites belong to the evolved achondrite HED group that also includes howardites and eucrites. They [...]
Dho 378
Martian ShergottiteIgneous stony meteorite with a Martian origin consisting mainly of plagioclase (or a shocked [...]
Dho 019
Martian Shergottite olivine-phyric ∗ (depleted, permafic, reduced) Found January 24, 2000 18° 18.97′ N., 54° [...]
Dho 081
Lunar Feldspathic BrecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
Dho 908
Lunar Feldspathic Breccia (impact-melt) Found January 2003 19° 19.9′ N., 54° 47.0′ E. Nine individual [...]