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We started collecting meteorites in the summer of 1998. Within a few years, we came to notice an event that kept recurring: …

unequilibrated chondrite

chondrites

Chondrites are the most primitive group of meteorites.  They have formation ages dating to at least 4.56 billion years before the present, …

irons

Iron meteorites can be divided into two main groups: those that formed in the cores of large differentiated bodies, and those that …

achondrites

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

stony-irons

Stony-iron meteorites are divided into two semi-related groups: mesosiderites and pallasites. Mesosiderites are a somewhat enigmatic group of generally metal-rich meteorites that have an origin …