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Abbott | | | | Abbott | clastic and minor opaque | | | | | | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | none | high | | | | 3 | chondrules very sharply defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | minor primary grains only | | | | bronzite chondrite | 9.5 kg | 0.3 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | polymict regolith breccia | | | 10 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | clear, isotropic, variable abundance | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | | | 9 | | greater than 5 % deviations | | | none | definition goes here | | in weight % | | 0.2 to 1 % by weight | | Colfax County, New Mexico | | |
 | 75 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 36° 18' N., 104° 17' W. | | | | 12 to 21 % | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 349 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1951 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | 0.3 to 3 % by weight | | | | predominantly monoclinic |
Acfer 182 | | | | Acfer 182 | clastic and minor opaque | | | | | | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | elemental carbon | | none | | | | | 3 | chondrules very sharply defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | minor primary grains only | ALH 85085 meteorite | | | | | 0.02 millimeters | meteorite find | | low | | | | | | | | | | | 20 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | rare relative to other chondrite types | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | clear, isotropic, variable abundance | | | | 5 % by volume | | | | | 1691 | | greater than 5 % deviations | | | none | definition goes here | | in weight % | | 0.2 to 1 % by weight | | Algerian Sahara Desert | | |
 | | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 27° 41.40' N., 4° 22.72' E. | | | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 485755 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1991 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | about 70 % by volume | | 0.3 to 3 % by weight | | | | predominantly monoclinic |
Acfer 277 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | 0.55, 0.33 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | medium | | | | | | | Fo% 79 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Baba et al (1993), Bland et al. (1992) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | Wo% 9.6 En% 73 | |
Albin | | | | Albin | | | 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years | | | mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals | up to 37 mm diamteter | | | | | 78 to 97 kilometers | | | metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples | heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core | | | | | | 57 kg | | main group pallasite | 1 % or less by volume | | | always greater than 4 % | from homogeneous to heterogeneous | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | | | | | | schreibersite | | | | | | | | 33 | from angular fragments to rounded | | higher than that of average solar system material | | | | | | | | 1 % or less by volume | Laramine County, 5 miles north of Albin, Wyoming | | |
 | | | | | Fo 88+-1 | 35 to 85 % by volume | 41° 30' N., 104° 6' W. | PAL | 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | 7207 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1915 | | | | | | | | | |
ALH 82106 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.35 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | ALH 84136 | Fo% 95 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | | | | | | Goodrich et al. (1987b), AMN 9-3 | | Wo% 37 En% 60 | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 4.9 En% 90 | |
ALH 83014 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S1 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 5 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.13 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | unshocked | | | | | | | Fo% 82 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | no diamonds or lonsdaleite | | | AMN 8-1 | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 8.0 En% 77 | |
ALHA 77257 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.16 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 85 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | Goodrich et al. (1987b), Goodrich and Berkley (1986), Berkley and Jones (1982) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 6.8 En% 80 | |
ALHA 78019 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S1 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 5 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.05 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | unshocked | | | | | | | Fo% 76 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | no diamonds or lonsdaleite | | | Goodrich et al. (1987b), Goodrich and Berkley (1986), Berkley and Jones (1982) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 9.7 En% 71 | |
ALHA 78262 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 78 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | Goodrich et al. (1987b), Goodrich and Berkley (1986), Berkley and Jones (1982) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 8.4 En% 72 | |
ALHA81101 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | shock melted | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | much less than 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | 100 GPa or greater | | | | | meteorite find | | | mottled by melt glass | | | | | | | | | mosaicized | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | completely shattered or mosaicized | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | shock melted | | | | | | | Fo% 79 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | visible via dark matrix outlining relict grain boundaries of large, elongate grains, and a common preferred orientation of grains within relict domains -has source: Berkley JL, Taylor GJ, Keil K. Harlow GE, Prinz M 1980, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 44, 1579 -has URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1980GeCoA..44.1579B | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Berkley (1986), Saito and Takeda (1990) | | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 8.1 En% 78 | |
Asuka 87031 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | 0 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | medium | | | | | | | Fo% 79 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Yanai and Kojima (1995b) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | Wo% 7.5 En% 75 | |
Asuka 881931 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 76 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | Yanai and Kojima (1995b) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 8.8 En% 73 | |
Beeler | | | | Beeler | transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals | | | | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | low | | | | 6 | chondrules poorly defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, grains greater than 50 microns | | | | amphoterite | 8.64 kg | 0.9 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 20 | | homogeneous | | | strong | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | Ness County, Kansas | | |
 | 20 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 38° 32' N., 100° 13' W. | | | | about 2 % | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 715 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | | | | | | | | | 1924 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | orthorhombic |
Beenham | | | | Beenham | transparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystals | | | | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | low | | | | 5 | chondrules readily delineated | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, 2 to 50 micron grains | | | | hypersthene chondrite | 44.4 kg | 0.7 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | veined | | | 5 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 44 | | homogeneous | | | moderate | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | township 25, range 30E., in Union County, New Mexico | | |
 | 50 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 36° 13 N., 103° 39' W. | | | | 5 to 10 % | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 1256 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | | | | | | | | | 1937 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | less than 20 % monoclinic |
Bonita Springs | | | | Bonita Springs | transparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystals | | | | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | high | | | | 5 | chondrules readily delineated | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, 2 to 50 micron grains | | | | bronzite chondrite | 41.8 kg | 0.3 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 76 | | homogeneous | | | moderate | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | between Bonita Beach Rd. and Imperial River halfway between U.S. 41 and beach | | |
 | 75 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 26° 16' N., 81° 41' W. | | | | 12 to 21 % | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 1267 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | | | | | | | | | 1938 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | less than 20 % monoclinic |
Brenham | | | | Brenham | | | 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years | | | mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals | typically one centimeter | | | | | 78 to 97 kilometers | | | metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples | heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core | | | | | | 1.5 tons | | main group pallasite | 1 % or less by volume | | | always greater than 4 % | heterogeneous some regions have no olivine crystals | | | | | | | | | extreme | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | | | | | | schreibersite | | | | | | | | 33 | from angular fragments to rounded | | higher than that of average solar system material | | | | | | | | 1 % or less by volume | Kiowa County, Kansas | | |
 | | | | | Fo 88+-1 | 35 to 85 % by volume | 37° 36' N., 99° 12' W. | PAL | 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | 7207 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1882 | | | | | | | | | |
Cat Mountain | | | | Cat Mountain | transparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystals | | | | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | low | | | | 5 | chondrules readily delineated | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, 2 to 50 micron grains | | | | hypersthene chondrite | | 0.7 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | Impact Melt Breccia | | | 5 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 44 | | homogeneous | | | moderate | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | Tucson, Arizona | | |
 | 50 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 32° 8.9' N., 111° 6.7' W. | | | | 5 to 10 % | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 1256 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | | | | | | | | | 1980/81 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | less than 20 % monoclinic |
Dingo Pup Donga | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | 0.5 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | size-sorted layers | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | medium | | | | | | | Fo% 84 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Berkley et. al (1980) | euhedral, non-interlocking grains | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | Wo% 5.0 En% 81 | |
Eagle Station | 1.34 milligram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | 0.070 % by weight | Eagle Station | | 0.18 % by weight | | | 38.7 % by weight | | | | | | | | | | 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years | | | mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals | typically one centimeter | | | | | 78 to 97 kilometers | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | 36.3 kg | | meteorite find | 1 % or less by volume | | | always greater than 4 % | from homogeneous to heterogeneous | | | | 42.2 % by weight | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | 0.031 % by weight | | 45.1 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | | | | | | 2.4 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | | 1691 | from angular fragments to rounded | | higher than that of average solar system material | 19.0 % by weight | | | | | | | 1 % or less by volume | 0.75 miles from Eagle Station, Carroll County, Kentucky | | 104 |
 | | 26.0 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | more ferroan than main group pallasite | 75 to 80 % by volume | 38° 37' N., 84° 58' W. | PAL | | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | 485755 kg | | | | | | | | | | 2.66 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | 1880 | 404 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | | | | 79.8 mg# or 100 * Mg/(Mg + Fe) | | |
EET 83225 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | medium | | | | | | | Fo% 87 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | AMN 8-1 | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | Wo% 10 En% 78 | |
EET 83309 | | | | EET 83309 | | | | | | | bre - chia | | | | | | | common in clasts | | | | no chondrules | | | | typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | Antarctic meteorite | | | | | | | | 0.27 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) for monomict ureilitic clasts | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | smaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | Elephant Moraine, Antarctica | | | | | | | | Fo% 80-84 for monomict ureilitic clasts | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | | | | | | Prinz et al. (1987) | | | | | 1983 | | | | | | | | Wo% variable En% variable for monomict ureilitic clasts | |
EET 87511 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | EET 87717 meteorite | Fo% 85 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 4.5 En% 82 | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | Berkley (1990), AMN 11-2 | | Wo% 36 En% 55 | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | | |
EET 87517 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.5 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 92 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | AMN 11-2 | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 5.0 En% 87 | |
EET 87720 | | | | EET 87720 | | | | | | | bre - chia | | | | | | | common in clasts | | | | no chondrules | | | | typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | Antarctic meteorite | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | smaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | Elephant Moraine, Antarctica | | | | | | | | Fo% 79-87 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | | | | | | Warren and Kallemeyn (1991), AMN 12-3, AMN 13-1 | | Wo% 35 En% 52 | | | 1987 | | | | | | | | Wo% 8.0 En% 83 | |
EET 90019 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | | Fo% 89 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | | | | | | AMN 15-1 | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 10 En% 80 | |
Eustis | | | | Eustis | transparent, recrystallized, small crystals | | | | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | high | | | | 4 | chondrules well defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, grains than 2 microns | | | | bronzite chondrite | 0.502 kg | 0.3 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 37 | | less than 5 % mean deviations | | | weak | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | Eustis, Florida | | |
 | 75 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 28° 50' N., 81° 41' W. | | | | 12 to 21 % | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 1251 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | | | | | | | | | 1918 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | greater than 20 % monoclinic |
FRO 90036 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | shock melted | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | much less than 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | 100 GPa or greater | | | | | meteorite find | | | mottled by melt glass | | | | | | | | | mosaicized | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | completely shattered or mosaicized | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | shock melted | | | | | | | Fo% 80 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 3.0 En% 81 | shock metamorphism | visible via dark matrix outlining relict grain boundaries of large, elongate grains, and a common preferred orientation of grains within relict domains -has source: Berkley JL, Taylor GJ, Keil K. Harlow GE, Prinz M 1980, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 44, 1579 -has URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1980GeCoA..44.1579B | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Baba et al. (1993), Folco (1992) | | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | FRO 90168 meteorite | | | | | |
FRO 90054 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.58, 0.75 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | FRO 93008 | Fo% 87 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 4.8 En% 84 | | | | | | Folco (1992), Fioretti and Molin (1996) | curved meeting in triple junctions | Wo% 39 En% 55 | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | | |
Glorieta Mountain | 2.04 milligram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | Glorieta Mountain | | | 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years | | | mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals | typically one centimeter | | | | | 78 to 97 kilometers | | | metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples | heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core | | | | | | 143 kg | | main group pallasite | 1 % or less by volume | | | always greater than 4 % | from homogeneous to heterogeneous | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | | 20.8 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | | schreibersite | | | | 5.9 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | | 33 | from angular fragments to rounded | | higher than that of average solar system material | | | | | | | | 1 % or less by volume | ranch of Mrs. Roival near Canonçito, New Mexico, five miles south of Glorieta Mountain | | |
 | | 8.19 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | Fo 88+-1 | 35 to 85 % by volume | 35° 34' N., 105° 49' W. | PAL | 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | 7207 kg | | | | | | | | | | 2.29 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | 1884 | 280 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | | | | | | |
Goalpara | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | shock melted | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | much less than 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | 100 GPa or greater | | | | | meteorite find | | | mottled by melt glass | | | | | 0.33 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | mosaicized | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | completely shattered or mosaicized | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | shock melted | | | | | | | Fo% 79 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | visible via dark matrix outlining relict grain boundaries of large, elongate grains, and a common preferred orientation of grains within relict domains -has source: Berkley JL, Taylor GJ, Keil K. Harlow GE, Prinz M 1980, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 44, 1579 -has URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1980GeCoA..44.1579B | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Berkley et. al (1980) | | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 4.4 En% 76 | |
GRA 95205 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | | Fo% 79 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 4.0 En% 77 | | | | | | AMN 20-1 | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | | |
Grady (1937) | | | | Grady (1937) | clastic and minor opaque | | | the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | sharp optical extinction, irregular fractures | | S1 | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | none | high | | | | 3 | chondrules very sharply defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | minor primary grains only | | less than 5 GPa | | bronzite chondrite | 9.3 kg | 0.3 millimeters | S1 shock stage chondrite | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | sharp optical extinction, irregular fractures | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | clear, isotropic, variable abundance | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | sharp optical extinction, irregular fractures | | | 9 | | greater than 5 % deviations | | | none | definition goes here | | in weight % | | 0.2 to 1 % by weight | | Grady, New Mexico | unshocked | |
 | 75 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 34° 48' N., 103° 19' W. | | | | 12 to 21 % | before, during or after other types of metamorphism | 3.7 | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 349 kg | | shock metamorphism | | orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite | | | | | | | | 1937 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | 0.3 to 3 % by weight | | | | predominantly monoclinic |
HaH 064 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | 0.65 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | Hammadah al Hamra | medium | | | | | | | Fo% 78 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 4.6 En% 77 | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Weber and Bischoff (1996), Weber and Bischoff (1998) | | Wo% 32 En% 55 | | HaH | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | | |
HaH 119 | | | | HaH 119 | transparent, recrystallized, small crystals | | | the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | undulatory extinction | | S3 | 0 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | | | | | 4 | chondrules well defined | enriched in 17O isotope | | secondary, grains than 2 microns | Rumuruti meteorite | 15 to 20 GPa | | rumurutiite | 0.352 kg | 0.4 millimeters | S3 shock stage chondrite | | | | | | | highly oxidized | | | unbecciated | | | 0.1 % by volume | W4 | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | | | planar fractures, undulatory extinction, irregular fractures | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 36 % by volume | | clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fractures | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 1691 | | less than 5 % mean deviations | | | weak | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | Hammadah al Hamra | weakly shocked | |
 | | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 28° 30.87' N., 12° 53.81' E. | | | | | before, during or after other types of metamorphism | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 485755 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite | | | | | | | HaH | April 1995 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | greater than 40 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | greater than 20 % monoclinic |
Hajma | | | | Hajmah | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | 0.596 kg | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | Hajmah, Oman | medium | |
 | | | | | Fo% 85 | | 19° 55' N., 56° 15' E. | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Hutchison (1977) | curved meeting in triple junctions | Wo% En% | | | 1958 | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | Wo% 9.0 En% 78 | |
Haxtun | | | | Haxtun | transparent, recrystallized, small crystals | | | the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | undulatory extinction, partially isotropic, planar deformation features | | S4 | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | low | | | | 4 | chondrules well defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, grains than 2 microns | | 30 to 35 GPa | | hypersthene chondrite | 15.53 kg | 0.7 millimeters | S4 shock stage chondrite | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | weak mosaicism, planar fractures | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | weak mosaicism, twinning on (100), planar fractures | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 21 | | less than 5 % mean deviations | | | weak | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | 21 km SSE of Haxtun, Colorado | moderately shocked | |
 | 50 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 40° 27.4' N., 102° 34.7' W. | | | | 5 to 10 % | before, during or after other types of metamorphism | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 1197 kg | | shock metamorphism | | orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite | | | | | | | | August 1975 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | greater than 20 % monoclinic |
Hughes 009 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | 0.7 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | medium | | | | | | | Fo% 87 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 4.9 En% 84 | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Wlotzka (1994), Goodrich (1998) | curved meeting in triple junctions | Wo% 37 En% 56 | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | | |
Imilac | | | | Imilac | | | 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years | | | mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals | typically one centimeter | | | | | 78 to 97 kilometers | | | 9.9% Ni, 21.1 ppm Ga, 46.0 ppm Ge, 0.071 ppm Ir | heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core | | | | | | 240 kg | | main group pallasite | 1 % or less by volume | | | always greater than 4 % | from homogeneous to heterogeneous | | | | | | | | | | grade 2 (subject to weathering) | | | | | | | | schreibersite | | | | | | | | 33 | from angular fragments to rounded | | higher than that of average solar system material | | | | | | | | 1 % or less by volume | Atacama Desert southwest of Imilac, Chile | | |
 | | | | | Fo 88+-1 | 35 to 85 % by volume | 24° 12.2' S., 68° 48.4' W. | PAL | 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | 7207 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1820 | | | | | | | | | |
Isna | | | | Isna | clastic and minor opaque | | | | | | | in weight % | | | | 13 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | elemental carbon | | none | | | | | 3 | chondrules very sharply defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | minor primary grains only | Ornans meteorite | | | | | 0.15 millimeters | Antarctic meteorite | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 to 5 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | rare relative to other chondrite types | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | clear, isotropic, variable abundance | | | | 34 % by volume | | | | | 1691 | | greater than 5 % deviations | | | none | definition goes here | | in weight % | | 0.2 to 1 % by weight | | Nile River near Luxor, Egypt | | |
 | | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 24° 50' N., 31° 40' E. | | | | | | 3.7 | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 485755 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1970 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 48 % by volume | | 0.3 to 3 % by weight | | | | predominantly monoclinic |
Jalanash | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | 0.15 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | medium | | | | | | | Fo% 81 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Weber and Bischoff (1998) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | Wo% 7.8 En% 75 | |
Kenna | | | | Kenna | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | 10.9 kg | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | 0.25 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | Roosevelt County, New Mexico | medium | |
 | | | | | Fo% 79 | | 33° 54' N., 103° 33.2' W. | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Berkley et. al (1980) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | February 1972 | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | Wo% 9.8 En% 72 | |
LEW 85328 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.33 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 80 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | AMN 10-1 | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 9.0 En% 74 | |
LEW 85440 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | small rounded olivine grains (poikilitic) | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.43, 0.50 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | LEW 88012 meteorite | Fo% 92 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 5.0 En% 87 | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | small rounded pyroxene grains (poikilitic) | | Takeda et al. (1992), Takeda (1989), Takeda et al. (1988b), AMN13-2, AMN 13-3 | curved meeting in triple junctions | Wo% 36 En% 59 | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | | |
LEW 86216 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | shock melted | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | much less than 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | 100 GPa or greater | | | | | meteorite find | | | mottled by melt glass | | | | | 0.02 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | mosaicized | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | completely shattered or mosaicized | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | shock melted | | | | | | | Fo% 81 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 1.7 En% 88 | shock metamorphism | visible via dark matrix outlining relict grain boundaries of large, elongate grains, and a common preferred orientation of grains within relict domains -has source: Berkley JL, Taylor GJ, Keil K. Harlow GE, Prinz M 1980, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 44, 1579 -has URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1980GeCoA..44.1579B | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Berkley (1990) | | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | | |
LEW 87165 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 6 (out of date) | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | | Fo% 85 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 9 kg (out of date) | | | | | | | AMN 12-1, AMN 13-1 | | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Fs% 13 ? | |
LEW 88006 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 82 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | AMN 13-2 | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 8.0 En% 76 | |
LEW 88772 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | | Fo% 84 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | | | | | | AMN 16-1 | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 11 En% 78 | |
LEW 88774 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | 0.83-0.87 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | 6% chromite | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | medium | | | | | | | Fo% 75 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 4.2 En% 75 | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Warren and Kallemeyn (1994), Prinz et. al (1994) | | Wo% 33 En% 53 | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | | |
META 78008 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | 0.05, 0.37 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | medium | | | | | | | Fo% 77 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 4.5 En% 76 | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Takeda et al. (1989) | | Wo% 32 En% 55 | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | Wo% 16 En% 66 | |
Monument Draw | | | | Monument Draw | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | chondritic abundances of plagioclase and troilite; | | | Acapulco meteorite | | | | 0.5245 kg | | Antarctic meteorite | | | | | | | | | | | | medium grained | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, metal with some troilite and some sodic plagioclase | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | | | | | | | | | | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 miles NW of Andrews, Texas | | |
 | | | | | | | 32° 30.2' N., 102° 44.6' W. | | | fine- to coarse-grained equigranular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | ultrametamorphism, partial melting with some melt migration | 485755 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1985 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | | | | | | | |
Moorabie | | | | Moorabie | clastic and minor opaque | | | the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | undulatory extinction, partially isotropic, planar deformation features | | S4 | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | none | low | | | | 3 | chondrules very sharply defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | minor primary grains only | | 30 to 35 GPa | | hypersthene chondrite | 14.1 kg | 0.7 millimeters | S4 shock stage chondrite | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | weak mosaicism, planar fractures | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | clear, isotropic, variable abundance | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | weak mosaicism, twinning on (100), planar fractures | | | 10 | | greater than 5 % deviations | | | none | definition goes here | | in weight % | | 0.2 to 1 % by weight | | 130 miles north of Broken Hill close to Boolka, 10 miles south of Moorabie Bore, New South Wales | moderately shocked | |
 | 50 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 30° 6' S., 141° 4' E. | | | | 5 to 10 % | before, during or after other types of metamorphism | 3.8 | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 131 kg | | shock metamorphism | | orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite | | | | | | | | before 1965 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | 0.3 to 3 % by weight | | | | predominantly monoclinic |
Mount Egerton | | | | Mount Egerton | | | | | | | | | | enstatite crystals up to 8.5 cm x 5 cm x 2.8 cm | | | | | | | | mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | 1.7 kg | | meteorite find | | | | always greater than 4 % | | | highly reduced with very little FeO | | | | | | | extreme | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | enstatite, forsterite, sodic plagioclase, metal, numerous sulfides | | | | | | enstatite | | | | | | | 9 | | | higher than that of average solar system material | | | | | | | | | Mount Egerton, Australia | | |
 | | | | | | | 24° 53' S., 117° 38' E. | AUB | | breccias of igneous lithologies | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | melted and crystallized residues from partial melting | 1205 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1941 | | | | | | | | | |
Mulga North | | | | Mulga North | transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals | | | | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | high | | | | 6 | chondrules poorly defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, grains greater than 50 microns | | | | bronzite chondrite | 2.42 kg | 0.3 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 44 | | homogeneous | | | strong | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | Western Australia | | |
 | 75 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 30° 11' S., 126° 22' E. | | | | 12 to 21 % | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 11357 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | | | | | | | | | 1964 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | orthorhombic |
Nilpena | | | | Nilpena | | | | | | | bre - chia | | | | | | | common in clasts | | | | no chondrules | | | | typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | polymict ureilite | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | smaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | North Haig meteorite (possibly) | Fo% 80 for monomict ureilitic clasts | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | | | | | | Jaques and Fitzgerald (1982) | | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 9.0 En% 75 for monomict ureilitic clasts | |
North Haig | | | | North Haig | | | | | | | bre - chia | | | | | | | common in clasts | | | | no chondrules | | | | typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | polymict ureilite | | | | | | | | 0.26 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | smaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | Nilpena meteorite (possibly) | Fo% 76-92 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | | | | | | Berkley et. al (1980) | | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% variable En% variable | |
Nullabor 010 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S1 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 5 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.33 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | unshocked | | | | | | Nova 001 meteorite | Fo% 79 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | no diamonds or lonsdaleite | | | Treiman and Berkley (1994) | curved meeting in triple junctions | Wo% En% | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 9.0 En% 73 | |
Okechobee | | | | Okechobee | transparent, recrystallized, small crystals | | | | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | low | | | | 4 | chondrules well defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, grains than 2 microns | | | | hypersthene chondrite | 1 kg | 0.7 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 21 | | less than 5 % mean deviations | | | weak | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | | | |
 | 50 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 26° 41' N., 80° 48' W. | | | | 5 to 10 % | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 1197 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | | | | | | | | | 1916 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | greater than 20 % monoclinic |
Old Homestead 001 | | Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite | | Homestead 001 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | 0.783 kg | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica | | | | | | eucrite-diogenite mixture | | | | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia | | |
 | | | | | | | 31° 10' S., 127° 45' E. | AHOW | | coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing | 41 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | June 1991 | | | | | | | | | |
PCA 82506 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | small rounded olivine grains (poikilitic) | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.48 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 78 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | small rounded pyroxene grains (poikilitic) | | Goodrich et al. (1987b), Berkley (1986) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 6.0 En% 76 | |
QUE 93336 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | medium | | | | | | QUE 93341 meteorite | Fo% 77 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | AMN 18-1 | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | Wo% 10 En% 72 | |
Ragland | | | | Ragland | clastic and minor opaque | | | | | | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | none | low | | | | 3 | chondrules very sharply defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | minor primary grains only | | | | amphoterite | 12.1 kg | 0.9 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | clear, isotropic, variable abundance | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | | | 5 | | greater than 5 % deviations | | | none | definition goes here | | in weight % | | 0.2 to 1 % by weight | | wheat field in New Mexico | | |
 | 20 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 34° 46' 4" N., 103° 33' 33" W. | | | | about 2 % | | 3.4 | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 90 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1982 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | 0.3 to 3 % by weight | | | | predominantly monoclinic |
Reid 013 | | | | Reid 013 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | Brachina meteorite | | | | 0.330 kg | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, augite, Fe-sulfide, some orthopyroxene and some sodic plagioclase | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | Nullarbor, Western Australia | | |
 | | | | | | | 30° 05' S., 128° 55' E. | | | medium- to coarse-grained equigranular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | metamorphosed chondrite, partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | | | | | formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field | | | | | | 1991 | | | | | | | | | |
RKPA 80239 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | small rounded olivine grains (poikilitic) | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 83 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | small rounded pyroxene grains (poikilitic) | | Goodrich et al. (1987b), Berkley (1986) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 6.7 En% 78 | |
Roosevelt County 027 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.25 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 79 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | Goodrich et al. (1987a) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 8.0 En% 75 | |
Sahara 97021 | | | | Sahara 97021 | transparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystals | | | the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | undulatory extinction | | S3 | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | low | | | | 5 | chondrules readily delineated | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, 2 to 50 micron grains | | 15 to 20 GPa | | amphoterite | 0.895 kg | 0.9 millimeters | S3 shock stage chondrite | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 % by volume | W2 | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | planar fractures, undulatory extinction, irregular fractures | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fractures | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 9 | | homogeneous | | | moderate | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | Sahara Desert | weakly shocked | |
 | 20 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | y° 08' 52" N., x° 28' 49" W. | | | | about 2 % | before, during or after other types of metamorphism | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 184 kg | | shock metamorphism | | orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite | | | | | | | | February 1997 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | less than 20 % monoclinic |
Sahara 97096 | | | | Sahara 97096 | clastic and minor opaque | | | | | | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | none | high | | | | 3 to 5 | chondrules very sharply defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | minor primary grains only | | | | E chondrite | 28 kg | 0.2 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | zero | highly reduced with very little FeO | | | | | | 8 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | clear, isotropic, variable abundance | | | | less than 2 to 15 % by volume | | | | | 1691 | | greater than 5 % deviations | | | none | definition goes here | | in weight % | | 0.2 to 1 % by weight | | Sahara | | |
 | | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | y° 01' 43" N., x° 32' 21" W. | | | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 485755 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1997 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | 0.3 to 3 % by weight | | | | predominantly monoclinic |
Sahara 99555 | | | | Sahara 99555 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | Angra dos Reis meteorite | | | | 2.710 kg | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | Al-Ti-diopside, anorthite, calcic olivine | | | | | | augite | | | | | | | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sahara Desert | | |
 | | | | | | | | ACANOM | | fine- to coarse-grained igneous | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | crystallized melts, cumulates (?) | 485755 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | May 1999 | | | | | | | | | |
Sahara meteorite | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1691 | | | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | Sahara desert | | | | | | | | | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | | | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | 485755 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | | |
Seemore Downs | | | | Seemore Downs | transparent, recrystallized, small crystals | | | | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | low | | | | 4 | chondrules well defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, grains than 2 microns | | | | amphoterite | 0.429 kg | 0.9 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 2 | | less than 5 % mean deviations | | | weak | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | Western Australia | | |
 | 20 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 30° 35' S., 125° 13' E. | | | | about 2 % | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 124 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | | | | | | | | | April 1991 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | greater than 20 % monoclinic |
Selma | | | | Selma | transparent, recrystallized, small crystals | | | | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | high | | | | 4 | chondrules well defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, grains than 2 microns | | | | bronzite chondrite | 140.7 kg | 0.3 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 37 | | less than 5 % mean deviations | | | weak | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | Dallas County, Alabama, 2 miles N. of Selma near the Summerfield road | | |
 | 75 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 32° 24' N., 87° 0' W. | | | | 12 to 21 % | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 1251 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | | | | | | | | | 1906 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | greater than 20 % monoclinic |
Springwater | 3.18 milligram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | 0.004 % by weight | Springwater | | 0.33 % by weight | 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume | | 39.0 % by weight | | | | | | | | | | 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years | | | mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals | typically one centimeter | | | | | 78 to 97 kilometers | | | metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples | heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core | | | | | | 67.6 kg | | main group pallasite | 1 % or less by volume | | | always greater than 4 % | from homogeneous to heterogeneous | | | | 43.9 % by weight | | main mass at Arizona State Univ. | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | 0.021 % by weight | | 20.4 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | | schreibersite | | | | 7.7 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | | 33 | from angular fragments to rounded | | higher than that of average solar system material | 17.2 % by weight | | | | | | | 1 % or less by volume | 100 miles west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | | 51 |
 | | 8.84 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | Fo 82 | 35 to 85 % by volume | 52° 0' N., 108° 18' W. | PAL | 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume | | | | |
 | | | 7207 kg | | | | | | | Yanhua Zhou, Steele, I.M. 1993, Lunar Planet. Sci. 24, 1573 | | | 0.54 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | Summer, 1931 | 169 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis | | | | | | 82.0 mg# or 100 * Mg/(Mg + Fe) | | |
Theil Mountains | | | | Theil Mountains | | | 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years | | | mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals | typically one centimeter | | | | | 78 to 97 kilometers | | | often minerals not found on Earth | heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core | | | | | | 28.6 kg | | Antarctic meteorite | 1 % or less by volume | | | always greater than 4 % | from homogeneous to heterogeneous | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | | | | | | schreibersite | | | | | | | | 1691 | from angular fragments to rounded | | higher than that of average solar system material | | | | | | | | 1 % or less by volume | NE base of Mount Wrather, Antarctica | | |
 | | | | | Fo 88+-1 | 35 to 85 % by volume | 85° 23.9' S., 86° 35.4' W. | PAL | 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | 485755 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | December 7, 1961 | | | | | | | | | |
Tierra Blanca | | | | Tierra Blanca | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | IAB-silica related | | | Winona meteorite | | | | 0.860 kg | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, metal with some troilite and some sodic plagioclase | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | | | | | | | | | | 1691 | | | | | | | | | troilite, metal, daubreilite, schreibersite, graphite | | | Tierra Blanca Creek 10 km SW of Canyon, Texas | | |
 | | | | | | | 34° 56' N., 102° 01' W. | | | fine- to coarse-grained equigranular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | ultrametamorphism, partial melting with some melt migration | 485755 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | before 1965 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | | | | | | | |
Vermillion | | | | Vermillion | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years | | | large mm sized pyroxene crystals poikilitically containing small olivine grains | 1.5 cm | | | | | 78 to 97 kilometers | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | 34.36 kg | | meteorite find | 1 % or less by volume | | | always greater than 4 % | from homogeneous to heterogeneous | | | 0.7 % by volume (orthopyroxene) | | | | | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1691 | rounded to subrounded 1.5 cm | | higher than that of average solar system material | | | | | | | | 0.2 % by volume | grain field in Marshall County, Kansas | | |
 | | | | | | 14 % by volume | 39° 44.18' N., 96° 21.68' W. | PAL | | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | 485755 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | May, 1991 | | | | | | | | | |
Wells | | | | Wells | clastic and minor opaque | | | | | | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | none | low | | | | 3 | chondrules very sharply defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | minor primary grains only | | | | amphoterite | 4.135 kg | 0.9 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | most common chondrite observed from falls | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | clear, isotropic, variable abundance | | | | 10 to 15 % by volume | | | | | 5 | | greater than 5 % deviations | | | none | definition goes here | | in weight % | | 0.2 to 1 % by weight | | grain field in Texas | | |
 | 20 % of total iron | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 33° 3' N., 101° 56' W. | | | | about 2 % | | 3.3 | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 90 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | 1985 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | 0.3 to 3 % by weight | | | | predominantly monoclinic |
Y-74123 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | | Fo% 79 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | | | | | | Takeda et al. (1979a), Takeda et al. (1979b), Takeda (1987) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 6.8 En% 75 | |
Y-74130 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.5, 1 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | | Fo% 78 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 4.2 En% 78 | | | | | | Takeda et al. (1989), Goodrich (1986b) | | Wo% 32 En% 55 | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 14 En% 68 | |
Y-74154 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | shock melted | | | | | | | no chondrules | | | | | much less than 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | 100 GPa or greater | | | | | meteorite find | | | mottled by melt glass | | | | | | | | | mosaicized | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | completely shattered or mosaicized | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | shock melted | | | | | | | Fo% 84 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | visible via dark matrix outlining relict grain boundaries of large, elongate grains, and a common preferred orientation of grains within relict domains -has source: Berkley JL, Taylor GJ, Keil K. Harlow GE, Prinz M 1980, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 44, 1579 -has URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1980GeCoA..44.1579B | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Yanai and Kojima (1995b) | | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% 8.1 En% 79 variable due to interstitial or shock melts | |
Y-74659 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.52 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 91 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 4.5 En% 88 | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | Takeda et al. (1979a), Takeda (1987), Takeda and Yanai (1978) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 7.3 En% 86 | |
Y-790981 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S4-S6 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | from 20 GPa to 100 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions | | | | | 0.11 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | sub-grain boundaries may be prominent | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | medium | | | | | | | Fo% 78 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | diamonds and/or lonsdaleite | | | Goodrich et al. (1987b), Berkley (1986), Takeda (1987) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding | | Wo% 8.9 En% 73 | |
Y-791538 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.45 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 91 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | Wo% 4.9 En% 88 | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | Yanai and Kojima (1995b), Takeda et al. (1992), Takeda (1989) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 9.0 En% 84 | |
Y-791839 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | | | | | | | Fo% 75 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | | | | | | Yanai and Kojima (1995b) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | | | Wo% variable En% variable | |
Y-82100 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | 0.2 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 81 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | Yanai and Kojima (1995b) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | Wo% 8.6 En% 77 | |
Y-8448 | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | | | S2-S3 | | | 0 % | | | | no chondrules | | | | | 1 mm | | | | often minerals not found on Earth | | | | less than 20 GPa | | | | | meteorite find | | | | | | | | | | | | large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | | | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | 1691 | | | | | | | | | | | | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | low | | | | | | | Fo% 78 | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | AURE | | coarse-grained granular | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | partial melting residue | 485755 kg | | shock metamorphism | | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | | | Yanai and Kojima (1995b) | curved meeting in triple junctions | | | | when the meteorite was found | | | | | | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | | variable | |
Yilmia | | | | Yilmia | transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals | | | | | providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid | | in weight % | | | | 0.1 to 1 % by volume | which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism | | | oldest and most primitive rock in solar system | less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification | | | | low | | | | 3 to 6 | chondrules poorly defined | often minerals not found on Earth | | secondary, grains greater than 50 microns | | | | E chondrite | 24 kg | 0.6 millimeters | meteorite find | | | | | | zero | highly reduced with very little FeO | | | | | | 15 % by volume | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | | | | agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories | devitrified, absent | | | | less than 2 to 15 % by volume | | | the range over at which the alteration took place | | 1691 | | homogeneous | | | strong | definition goes here | | in weight % | | less than 0.2 % by weight | | Western Australia | | |
 | | | greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship | | | | 31° 11' 30" S., 121° 32' E. | | | | | | | which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | less than 0.5 % by weight | | 485755 kg | | thermal metamorphism | | | | | | | | | | 1969 | | asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter | 60 to 80 % by volume | | less than 1.5 % by weight | | | | orthorhombic |