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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DaG 647

EucriteMost common type of achondrite meteorite and a member of the HED group. Eucrites are [...]

DaG 476

Martian ShergottiteIgneous stony meteorite with a Martian origin consisting mainly of plagioclase (or a shocked [...]

DaG 262

Lunar Feldspathic BrecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]

DaG 084

Ureilite Monomict/Unbrecciated Olivine–pigeoniteLow-Ca clinopyroxene, (Ca,Mg,Fe)SiO3, found as a major mineral in eucrites and shergottites. In [...]

DaG 055

CV3red–anomalous (C3-ung in MetBull 80) Found June 1995 27° 16.03′ N., 16° 25.22′ E. A [...]