São Julião de Moreira, IIAB

This rare Portuguese iron was discovered in 1883, and was thoroughly distributed, with much of the material being lost.  In the Handbook …

Sikhote-Alin, IIAB

The single largest meteorite fall in modern history occurred on February 12th, 1947, at ~10:38 am local time.  In Primorsky Krai, a …

Tamarugal, IIIAB

Tamarugal was discovered in Chile in 1903.  It is one of a handful of ‘ancient’ meteorites, with a terrestrial age of approximately …

Tishomingo, Ungrouped Iron

The Tishomingo meteorite is a Ni-rich ataxite that displays a unique, almost microscopic structure.  When found, it consisted of a massive 260 …

Toluca, IAB-sLL

A comprehensive description of the history and discovery of Toluca can be found in Farrington’s 1915 Catalog of North American Meteorites.  It …

NWA 7406, EL3

EL3’s are extraordinarily rare.  This stone is one of the four approved non-Antarctic EL3’s, as of 2020.  Here’s the main mass of …

Trenton, IIIAB

Trenton is a historic American iron first discovered in the 1850s in Wisconsin.  Masses of Trenton were initially known simply as the …

NWA 7411, CV3

This brick of a meteorite is a specimen that we bring to every outreach event.  Chondrules, big CAIs, it’s perfect.  And it’s …

NWA 7634, carbonaceous chondrite

This ~850 gram carbonaceous chondrite is something of an enigma.  The original classification was “CO3,” with a description that described it as …