Astoria, IIIAB
21.45 kilogram main mass. Photos by Marlin Cilz.
21.45 kilogram main mass. Photos by Marlin Cilz.
From the chondrite information page, the petrographic classification scheme works kind of like this: completely altered by water into clay (no known …
This bediasite was reportedly found several decades ago, and it tips the scale at 49.2 grams. It comes via Mr. and Mrs. …
We started collecting meteorites in the summer of 1998. Within a few years, we came to notice an event that kept recurring: …
On February 15th, 2009 at around 11AM local time, a small asteroid entered the atmosphere and broke up over Birome, Texas. Larger …
This strewn field from New Mexico was discovered in the late 1970s. The total known weight is just a few kilograms, and …
Chondrites are the most primitive group of meteorites. They have formation ages dating to at least 4.56 billion years before the present, …
Iron meteorites can be divided into two main groups: those that formed in the cores of large differentiated bodies, and those that …
Achondrites are a very diverse goup of meteorites representing a wide range of developmental processes in the Solar System. Some have crystallization …
Stony-iron meteorites are divided into two semi-related groups: mesosiderites and pallasites. Mesosiderites are a somewhat enigmatic group of generally metal-rich meteorites that have an origin …