Almahata Sitta, polymict breccia
2008 TC3 was a roughly 80 tonne, ~4.1 meter diameter asteroid discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on October 6, 2008: …
Bilanga, diogenite
The Bilanga diogenite fell on October 27, 1999 into and between the villages of Bilanga-Yanga and Gomposago, in Burkina-Faso. The fall was …
Bishopville, aubrite
Bishopville was the first meteorite acquired by Charles Upham Shepard, an important early American meteoriticist and collector. Dr. H. H. Nininger compiled …
[California], unclassified achondrite
This stone was found by Jason at a new hunting location in California, in December 2014. It weighs 0.855 grams (with a …
Dar al Gani, olivine-phyric shergottite
These stones are paired with DaG 476 et al. Many classified and unclassified stones have come from the region. They are olivine-phyric …
Itqiy, EH7-anomalous
This meteorite is largely comprised of enstatite, and it is presumed to be a partial melt derived from an E or EH-chondrite …
Millbillillie, eucrite
Millbillillie is an odd one; it was apparently witnessed to fall in October 1960, but no one bothered to track down the …
Monument Draw, acapulcoite
There are a few dozen acapulcoites known today, but, back when Monument Draw was found, it was one of only a few …
Mount Egerton, anomalous aubrite
The Meteoritical Bulletin entry for Mount Egerton is a bit sparse. Here is a book describing the meteorite and its discovery. (5MB) …
[Nevada], unclassified achondrite
From Jason: I found this ~1 gram stone in December of 2015 in Nevada and had it set aside with 3 – …
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 5363/5400, ungrouped achondrite
This meteorite is a primitive achondrite. It retained ~10% metal, some sulfides, and hasn’t changed much since it was a chondrite. It …
NWA 3159/6964, eucritic impact melt
This is a stunning meteorite. It is comprised of a mess of light eucritic clasts surrounded by rivers of vesicular black melt. …
NWA 5744, Lunar troctolite
This stone is one of many pairings to NWA 5744 & others. It is a granulitic, troctolitic breccia: -a “troctolite” is a …
NWA 6470, anorthositic regolith breccia
This wonderful meteorite is comprised mostly of vitrified 4.3 billion year old Lunar highlands rock. It’s a complex breccia with at least …
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 7022, Lunar feldspathic breccia
The fusion-crusted and oriented ~385 gram main mass of Northwest Africa 7022 displays the meteorite’s two lithologies beautifully. The meteorite is a …
NWA 7034, Martian regolith breccia
This is a unique meteorite for a number of reasons. In a nutshell: 1) At ~4.4 billion years old, it is either …
NWA 7799, ureilite
This stone is a pretty one, destined to remain provisional and unclassified. Fortunately, the fusion crust and thinly crusted break reveal the …
NWA 7809, enstatite achondrite
This meteorite was initially classified as an aubrite, but Udry et al. took a closer look at this stone and a few …
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, enstatite crystal
This stone is a single large enstatite crystal, presumably from an aubrite. It weighs 77 grams, and is comprised of two fitting …
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 …
NWA, ureilite
This beautiful, slightly fluted heat shield is probably a ureilite. 505 grams. Thanks to Mohammed Ismaily.
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 …
Pasamonte, achondrite
Pasamonte is an unusual meteorite. Early work pegged it as a polymict eucrite, but more recent studies have shown that its oxygen …
Serra Pelada, eucrite
Serra Pelada is a fairly typical, but pretty, brecciated Eucrite. Bulletin write-up: Many thanks to Ricardo Gazillo Neto, for making this 65.3 …
Superior Valley 014, acapulcoite
Our first “meteorite hunt” was in Gold Basin in 1999, but we went on our first cold hunts a year or so …
Tiglit, aubrite
As of 2023, Tiglit is one of 11 witnessed aubrite falls, and it’s ~the only one collectors can obtain fusion-crusted individuals of. …
Tirhert, eucrite
This spectacular eucrite fell on July 9, 2014. I don’t have much to add to the Bulletin write-up: Here’s a beautiful 42 …
Tissint, depleted olivine-phyric shergottite
On July 18, 2011, a fireball was witnessed near a town called Tata, in Morocco. Sonic effects were heard by the sparsely …
Willcox Playa 010, lodranite
This stone was found on our return trip from Texas, with Camp Wood in the trunk of the car. We stopped to …
Winona, winonaite
Winonaites are a class of meteorites that fall under a broader group called “primitive achondrites.” If you look at their bulk chemistry, …
Zakłodzie, ungrouped enstatite achondrite
Zaklodzie appears to be a completely recrystallized enstatite chondrite. The resulting texture is unlike most other meteorites, including primitive achondrites. Images from …