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: …
Aldama (a), IIIAB
Meteoritical Bulletin entry for Aldama (a). This iron’s medium-octahedral structure has been partly recrystallized by natural or artificial heating, followed by rapid …
American Meteorite Laboratory Set
This lot of three specimens came from an estate sale in a small town in Southern Alaska. They were kept safely in …
Aba Panu, L3.6-6
In the afternoon of April 19, 2018, a flash of light and deafening roar startled the residents of Southwestern Nigeria. There were …
Astoria, IIIAB
21.45 kilogram main mass. Photos by Marlin Cilz.
Aiquile, H5
On November 20, 2016, a bright daytime fireball split the sky above Aiquile, Bolivia. A local named Hugo Cardona quickly snagged a …
What are CAIs?
CAIs. Calcium aluminum inclusions. What’s so special about them and why do people who study meteorites talk about them so much? Well, …
chondrite classification
From the chondrite information page, the petrographic classification scheme works kind of like this: completely altered by water into clay (no known …
Australite, Tektite
At 6.1 grams, this is one of the larger complete examples I have seen. It exhibits wonderful contraction cracking and a very …
Arispe, Mexico
Here are some photos from a 2003 expedition to Arispe. Unfortunately, we didn’t find any meteorites, but it was a memorable trip …