Vaca Muerta, “Eucrite”

Vaca Muerta is a mesosiderite: a stony-iron meteorite characterized as a mixture of core, mantle, and crustal material, all mixed together by …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …