ROCKS  FROM  OUTER  SPACE

&  IMPACT  EVENTS

Wolf Meteorite Crater, western Australia.

(Photo of poster on public display at FMNH, Chicago, Illinois, USA).

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PLANETARY  METEORITES

LUNAITES SHERGOTTITE

(Moon rocks)              (Martian rock)

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IRON  METEORITES

OCTAHEDRITE

HEXAHEDRITE

ATAXITE

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CHONDRITE  METEORITES

ORDINARY CHONDRITES

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES

BENCUBBINITE

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ACHONDRITE  METEORITES

ACAPULCOITE EUCRITE

                                                (rock from Vesta)

UREILITE BRACHINITE

                                         (rock from Nenetta)

ANGRITE AUBRITE

(rock from Eger)

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STONY-IRON  METEORITES

PALLASITE MESOSIDERITE

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IMPACT  ROCKS

TEKTITES K-T BOUNDARY CLAY

(impact splash glasses)                       (impact fallout layer)

IMPACT BRECCIAS IMPACTITES

KOFELSITE                    "PSEUDOTACHYLITE"

(impactite or frictionite)                                                        

SHATTERCONES

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EXTRASOLAR  ROCKS  &  MINERALS

CARBONADO DIAMONDITE

(apparently a supernova-generated rock)

Info. and photos of microrocks & mineral micrograins from other stars (= pre-solar IDPs, or interstellar dust particles)

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Meteoritical Bulletin (Info. & meteorite database assembled by the International Society for Meteoritics and Planetary Science)

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