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The Meteorite Collection
The meteorite collection at Eagle Hill is slowly growing. The following ones are pending verification by experts. They were either donated, traded, or purchased. Some determinations are likely to be incorrect. Some may not actually be meteorites.
Meteoritical Bulletin Database of the Meteoritical Society ... Meteorites listed with an MBD numeber are official meteorite names. Information about them can be found in the Database.
Instrumentation and techniques ... We are seeking funding to acquire instrumentation to section and study meteorites. The near-term goal is to work through techniques for properly handling them so that we can make our own determinations.
Friends of the meteorite collection
| 0028 ... Ureilite. Northwest Africa. 3.3 grams. MBD # NWA 16159. Rare. High percentage of carbon in form of graphite and nano-diamonds. Difficult to polish. Some ureilites contain amino acids. |
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| 0027 ... Carbonaceous chondrite CK6. Northwest Africa. 9.4 grams. MBD # NWA 15758. A rare primitive chondrite. Only 4.6% of meteor falls are carbonaceous chondrites. |
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| 0026 ... Winonaite (Primitive achondrite). Northwest Africa. 3.07 grams. MBD # NWA 14558. Finely dispersed iron/nickel throughout that has not seeped into veins. |
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| 0025 ... Chondrite. Northwest Africa. 171 grams. MBD # NWA 869 (L4-6). Finely scattered (L = low) iron-nickel throughout. |
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| 0024 ... Pallasite (Main Group). Northwest Africa. 5.5 grams. MBD # NWA 16099. Large olivine crystals among the iron oxides and hydroxides. |
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| 0023 ... Chondrite. Northwest Africa. 7.6 grams. MBD # NWA 869 (L4-6). Finely scattered (L = low) iron-nickel throughout. |
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| 0022 ... HED Achondrite. Diogenite (breccia). Algeria. 181.4 grams. MBD # NWA 14429. Orthopyroxene crystals are abundant throughout. |
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| 0021 ... Chondrite. Northwest Africa. 137.1 grams. Note the thick fusion crust. |
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| 0020 ... Enstatite chondrite. Algeria. 181.4 grams. MBD # NWA 2965 (EL 6/7). Rare. Highly chemically reduced. Rich in the mineral enstatite. Low oxygen.Only 2% of meteor falls are enstatite chondrites. |
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| 0019 ... Chondrite. China. 435.9 grams. |  |
| 0018 ... Chondrite. China. 81.6 grams. |  |
| 0017 ... Chondrite. China. 51.5 grams. |  |
| 0016 ... Chondrite. Northwest Africa. 51.5 grams. |  |
| 0015 ... Chondrite. China. 85.7 grams. |  |
| 0014 ... Chondrite (MBD # NWA 208). Northwest Africa. 94.1 grams. |  |
| 0013 ... Chondrite. China. 50 grams. |  |
| 0012 ... Chondrite. China. 77.7 grams. |  |
| 0011 ... Chondrite. Morocco. 122 grams. |  |
| 0010 ... Chondrite. China. 99.6 grams. |  |
| 0009 ... Chondrite. Northwest Africa. 114.4 grams. MBD # NWA 869 (L4-6). Finely scattered (L = low) iron-nickel throughout. |
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| 0008 ... Chondrite. Northwest Africa. 56.4 grams. MBD # NWA 869 (L4-6). Finely scattered (L = low) iron-nickel throughout. |
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| 0007 ... Chondrite. Morocco. 65.57 grams. |  |
| 0006 ... Chondrite. Morocco. 62.74 grams. |  |
| 0005 ... Iron Meteorite, China. 305 grams. |  |
| 0004 ... Unlikely meteorite. China. 106 grams. |  |
| 0003 ... Unlikely meteorite. China. 164 grams. |  |
| 0002 ... Unlikely meteorite. Xingjiang, China. 169 grams. |  |
| 0001 ... Chondrite. Northwest Africa. 74.4 grams. |  |