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Named Meteorites - A to M

Date: 03/11/09
Size: 216 items
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Abee Slice at the Royal Ontario Museum

Abee Slice at the Royal Ontario Museum

107 kilograms of Abee were recovered in June 1952 in a wheat field in Abee, Alberta, Canada five days after a fireball was witnessed - it is considered one of the most unusual scientific meteorites ever found

Date: 02/25/12
Views: 871
1952 - Abee - 1.100 grams

1952 - Abee - 1.100 grams

Our small slice is classified as an EH4 impact-melt breccia - the only one known! This is really a one-of-a-kind meteorite!

Date: 02/25/12
Views: 709
Abee - 1.100 grams

Abee - 1.100 grams

Abee was formed billions of years ago in an "oxygen poor" part of the original solar nebula - since so little oxygen was present virtually all of the iron occured as metal or as sulfide - giving a slight gunpower smell to the stone

Date: 02/25/12
Views: 671
Namurachi Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico

Namurachi Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico

The Almada (b) meteorite was found near the city of Aldama, in Chihuahua, Mexico in 1996 - more fragments were located in 2001

Date: 07/22/09
Views: 1288
Aldama (b) - 7.9 grams

Aldama (b) - 7.9 grams

Our great end-cut is classified as an H5 chondrite

Date: 07/22/09
Views: 872
Aldama (b) - 7.9 grams

Aldama (b) - 7.9 grams

About 8 kilograms of material has been recovered so far of this meteorite

Date: 07/22/09
Views: 764
Meteorite hunters in Antarctica

Meteorite hunters in Antarctica

The Allan Hills A76009 meteorite was found west of Allan Nunatak on the edge of the Polar plateau in Victoria Land, Antarctica during the 1976-1977 season of ANSMET - NASA Photo

Date: 07/09/09
Views: 805
Allan Hills A76009 - Fragment

Allan Hills A76009 - Fragment

Our sample comes from a huge 407 kilogram stone that was split between NASA's collection and various Japanese scientific institutions

Date: 07/09/09
Views: 794
Allan Hills A76009 - Fragment

Allan Hills A76009 - Fragment

It is classified as an L6 chondrite - these early Antartica meteorites are legal to purchase

Date: 07/09/09
Views: 722
Allende Strewnfield

Allende Strewnfield

Courtesy Ben Roesch

Date: 04/13/09
Views: 739
Allende - 2.28 grams

Allende - 2.28 grams

The fireball was witnessed at on February 8, 1969 over the Mexican state of Chihuahua

Date: 01/01/00
Views: 723
Allende - 2.28 grams

Allende - 2.28 grams

The Allende meteorite is the largest carbonaceous chondrite ever found on Earth

Date: 01/01/00
Views: 714
Small boy with the Allende meteorite

Small boy with the Allende meteorite

Courtesy Brian Mason, Smithsonian

Date: 04/13/09
Views: 777
Allende - .404 grams

Allende - .404 grams

Allende - .404 grams

Date: 01/01/00
Views: 681
Allende - .404 grams

Allende - .404 grams

Allende - .404 grams

Date: 01/01/00
Views: 694
Cusarare Falls

Cusarare Falls

Located in Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico near the location of the Allende meteorite fall

Date: 04/28/09
Views: 665
Allende - 3.6 grams

Allende - 3.6 grams

Allende - 3.6 grams

Date: 01/01/00
Views: 681
Allende - 3.6 grams

Allende - 3.6 grams

Allende - 3.6 grams

Date: 01/01/00
Views: 648
Arivaca - Main Mass

Arivaca - Main Mass

This stone was claimed to have been found by Carl Esparza on the Wilbur Cruce Ranch near Arivaca, Arizona in 1999 - it is a real meteorite - but not everyone believes it was actually found on the ranch - some think it is an NWA stone

Date: 06/22/09
Views: 720
Arivaca - 4.56 grams

Arivaca - 4.56 grams

Our slice is classified as an achondrite from the eucrite group - the meteorite is a monomict breccia

Date: 06/22/09
Views: 720
Arivaca - 4.56 grams

Arivaca - 4.56 grams

The TKW of the meteorite is about 960 grams

Date: 06/22/09
Views: 680
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