achondrites

Achondrites are a very diverse goup of meteorites representing a wide range of developmental processes in the Solar System.  Some have crystallization …

Millbillillie, eucrite

Millbillillie is an odd one; it was apparently witnessed to fall in October 1960, but no one bothered to track down the …

NWA 2482, polymict eucrite

Technically, this stone is the remaining main mass of “NWA 2482,” but it belongs to a fairly substantial pairing group.  This meteorite …

NWA 3197, anomalous howardite

This odd meteorite is a mix of a few different things: the typical HED eucritic and diogenitic material make up most of …

NWA 6497, polymict eucrite

This stone came already-cut from a dealer.  It weighs 44.6 grams and is a brecciated eucrite.  Of note — some clasts were …

NWA 7831, diogenite

This meteorite isn’t even approved yet, but it’s a stunning diogenite comprised mostly of translucent, crystalline orthopyroxene.  I don’t know of any …

NWA, howardite

22 gram fresh HED with gemmy green pyroxene crystals.  Stones like this aren’t too special today, but, back in the late 1990s …

Palo Blanco Creek, eucrite

There is nearly no information on Palo Blanco Creek in the Meteoritical Bulletin.  The stone was found in 1954 and weighed 1,482 …