Meteorite Collection (page 3)

Piece of the Henbury iron meteorite
A pice of the Henbury iron meteorite, 28cm across, which once formed part of an asteroids core

Optical microscope image of the Barwell (Type 6) chondrite. This meteorite has experienced a significant amount of heating

On the Origin of the Pallas Iron and Others Similar to it
The title page of Ernst Chladnis book On the Origin of the Pallas Iron and Others Similar to it, and on Some Associated Natural Phenomena, which was published in 1794

Optical microscope image of the Parnallee (Type 3) chondrite
An optical microscope image of the Parnallee (Type 3) chondrite that has experienced little heating. The chondrules are clear and well-defined. The field of view is 5mm

The Beddgelert (H5) ordinary chondrite
Photograph of the Beddgelert (H5) ordinary chondrite, clearly showing flecks of iron-nickel metal

The Parnalle ordinary chondrite
The Parnallee ordinary chondrite, part of the Parnallee meteorite that fell in India in 1857

The Barwell meteorite, showing a rock frgament formed by melting of a pre-existing planetary body; this indicates that plantesimals were present when chondrules formed

Textures of different chondrule types in the Etihudna (L4) ordinary chondrite (field of view 4mm)

Porphyritic olivine and pyroxene chondrule
Microscopic image of a porphyritic olivine and pyroxene chondrule from the Palmyra (L3) ordinary chondrite (the chondrule is about 1.8mm across)

Radial pyroxene chondrule
Microscope image of a radial pyroxene chondrule from the ALH 88036 (H3.4) ordinary chondrite. The chondrule is about 2mm across

Ivuna meteorite
The Ivuna carbonaceous chondrite. This type of meteorite is the richest in volatile elements

Partially fusion-crusted stone
A 294g (10oz) partially fusion crusted stone from the Camel Donga eucrite strewn field. The orange/brown staining on the black, fusion crusted surface is staining from the local soil

Siena meteorite stone
One of the stones of the Siena meteorite shower, which fell over Siena, Italy in 1794

Chergach meteorite

British Meteorites, postcard set
Envelope containing a set of 5 postcards published by the Natural History Museum in 1922

Meteoric stone, Launton
One of a series of 5 postcards featuring British meteorites produced and sold by the museum in the 1920s

Meteoric stone, Crumlin
One of a series of 5 postcards featuring British meteorites produced and sold by the museum in the 1920s

Meteoric stone, Appley Bridge
One of a series of 5 postcards featuring British meteorites produced and sold by the museum in the 1920s

Meteoric Stone, Wold Cottage
One of a series of 5 postcards featuring British meteorites produced and sold by the museum in the 1920s

Meteoric stone, Rowton
One of a series of 5 postcards featuring British meteorites produced and sold by the museum in the 1920s

British Meteorites, leaflet
Leaflet printed to accompany a set of 5 postcards published by the Natural History Museum in 1922

Barred olivine chondrule from the Palmyra ordinary chondrite (the chondrule is about 1.2mm across)

Carbonate
The formation of carbonate on the Allan Hills martian meteorite ALH84001

Crystal structure
A cross-section through an iron meteorite which shows the alien crystal structure

Glatton meteorite
Mr Arthur Pettifor holding the Glatton meteorite which fell in Cambridgeshire on 5th May 1991

Tunguska meteorite damage, Siberia
Trees flattened on a hillside by an explosion in the atmosphere probably caused by a small piece of comet which fell on 30 June 1908. Photo taken in 1929

Meteor Crater - Arizona - 4150 feet across and 570 feet deep

Fall of meteorites at Hatford, Berkshire, UK
When meteorites fall at Hatford, Berkshire, Mistress Greene, a witness, has one dug up, though one of the diggers swoons in terror

METEORITE /
A meteor shower

Tunguska / Kulik Portrat
LEONID KULIK (1883 - 1942) Discovered the impact site, spent most his life unsuccessfully trying to prove it was a meteorite

Meteor above the Champs Elysees, Paris, France
A meteor seen above the Champs Elysees and Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France

Transportation of meteorite found by Peary in Greenland
Transportation of a large iron meteorite found at Cape York, Greenland, by the American explorer Robert Edwin Peary, and taken for display purposes to the Museum of Natural History, New York. (2 of 2)

Meteorite found by Peary in Greenland
A large iron meteorite found at Cape York, Greenland, by the American explorer Robert Edwin Peary, and taken for display purposes to the Museum of Natural History, New York. (1 of 2)

Natural Phenomena / Space /
Meteorite investigated by prof. Nordenskjold on the northwest coast of Greenland and brought back to Sweden 1st picture of 2

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