Meteorite specimens

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MM001

SAN ANGELOS OCTAHEDRITE

San Angelos, Texas, USA

A slice of iron meteorite showing character-

istic Widmanstätten pattern. Widmanstätten

patterns are intergrowths of nickel-rich taenite

and nickel-poor kamacite.

Specimen size: approx. 5.1 cm X 3.9 cm X 0.7 cm Weight: 76 grams

MM002

IMILAC PALLASITE

Atacama Desert, Atacama, Chile

A slice of stony-iron meteorite showing

olivine crystal sections imbedded in an iron-

nickel groundmass with a Widmanstätten

pattern

Specimen size: approx. 6.3 cm X 4.2 cm X 0.5 cm Weight: 46.5 grams

MM003

BRAUNAU HEXAHEDRITE

Trutnov, Czechoslovakia

A slice of iron meteorite showing fine,

parallel Neumann lines often displayed by

hexahedrites. Neumann lines apparently

indicate shock-induced defornation of the

nickel-iron minerals that form the meteorite.

Specimen size: approx. 3.5 cm X 1.7 cm X 0.4 cm Weight: 10.5 grams

MM004

NORTHWEST AFRICA -

UNCLASSIFIED

Morocco

Specimen size: approx. 9.5 cm X 7.3 cm X 0.4 cm Weight: 99 grams

MM005

UDEI STATION OCTAHEDRITE

Benue Province, Nigeria

A slice of iron meteorite with silicate mineral

inclusions.

Specimen size: approx. 12 cm X 8.1 cm X 0.6 cm Weight: 208.5 grams

This meteorite collection is available. If you're interested, send us an e-mail.