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.
Chicxulub Impact
Impact glass and spherules in carbonateMineral or compound containing carbon and oxygen (i.e. calcium carbonate, [...]
Cat Mountain
L Impact-Melt BrecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different [...]
Chelyabinsk
L/LL5 Fell February 15, 2013, 9:22 A.M. 54° 49′ N., 61° 07′ E. Visit Svend [...]
Chassigny
Martian ChassigniteThe group is part of the SNC martian trio and named after the meteorite [...]
Carver
Iron, IIAB, recrystallized hexahedriteOne of the main types of iron meteorites composed almost entirely of [...]