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CHONDRITES (Carbonaceous)

ACFER 270 CR 2 Found 1991 Aguemour, Algeria	ALLENDE (whole) CV 3 Fell Feb. 8, 1969 Chiahuahua, Mexico	ALLENDE (slice) CV 3 Fell Feb. 8, 1969 Chiahuahua, Mexico	AXTELL CV 3 Found 1943 McLenna Co., TX, USA

ISNA CO 3 Found 1970 Luxor, Egypt	LOONGANA 001 C 3-4 UNGR Found 1990 Western Australia	MURCHISON CM 2 Fell Sept. 28, 1969 Victoria, Austrlia	ORGUEIL C II Fell May 14, 1864 France

ORNANS CO 3 Fell July 8, 1868 Doubs, France	VIGARANO CV 3 Fell Jan. 22, 1910 Italy

CHONDRITES (Enstatite)

ABEE EH Fell June 9, 1952 Alberta, Canada

CHONDRITES (Ordinary)

ABBOTT H6 Found 1951 New Mexico, USA	AVANHANDAVA H4 Found 1952 Sao Paulo, Brazil	BEENHAM L5 veined Found 1937 New Mexico, USA	BOVEDY L3 Fell Apr. 25, 1969 Northern Ireland

CHICO L6 impact melt breccia Found 1954 Colfax Co., NM, USA	CORREO (whole) H4 Found 1976 Valencia Co., NM, USA	CORREO (slice) H4 Found 1976 Valencia Co., NM, USA	EL HAMMAMI H5 Found 1997 Mauritania


GARABATO H5 Found 1995 Santa Fe, Argentina	JULESBURG L3.6 Found 1983 Colorado, USA	OLIVENZA LL5 Fell Jun. 19, 1924 Badajoz, Spain	PARNALLEE LL3.6 Fell Feb. 28, 1857 Madura, India

PINTO MOUNTAINS L6 Found 1954 California, USA	PORTALES VALLEY H6 Fell June 13, 1998 New Mexico, USA	RAGLAND LL3.4 Found 1982 New Mexico, USA	SIERRA COUNTY H5 Found 1962 New Mexico, USA

ZAG H3-6 Fell August, 1998 Western Sahara

ACHONDRITES

CACHARI Eucrite Found 1916 Argentina	CUMBERLAND FALLS Aubrite Found 1919 Kentucky, USA	HUGHES 004 Howardite Found 1991 South Australia	JOHNSTOWN Diogenite Fell July 6, 1924 Colorado, USA

KAPOETA Howardite Fell Apr. 22, 1942 Equatoria, Sudan	MELROSE (b) Howardite Found 1971 New Mexico, USA	MILLBILLILLIE Eucrite Fell Oct, 1960 Western Australia	NORTON COUNTY Aubrite Fell Feb. 18, 1948 Norton Co., KS, USA

NORTON COUNTY Aubrite Fell Feb. 18, 1948 Norton Co., KS, USA	PALO BLANCO CREEK Eucrite Found 1954 New Mexico, USA	PASAMONTE Eucrite Fell Mar. 24, 1933 New Mexico, USA

LUNAR METEORITES

NWA 482 Polymict breccia Found 2001 Northwest Africa

MARTIAN METEORITES

NAKHLA Nakhlite Fell June 28, 1911 Alexandria, Egypt	SHERGOTTY Shergottite Fell Aug. 25, 1865 Bihar, India	ZAGAMI Shergottite Fell Oct. 3, 1962 Katsina, Nigeria

IRONS

ALDAMA (a) IIIAB Found 1985 Chihuahua, Mexico	CANYON DIABLO IAB Found 1891 Arizona, USA	EL CAPITAN IIIAB Found 1893 New Mexico, USA	FOUR CORNERS IAB Found 1924 New Mexico, USA

GIBEON IVA Found 1836 Hardap, Namibia/td>	LANDES IAB Found 1930 West Virginia, USA	NAVAJO IIAB Found 1921 Apache Co., AZ, USA	OCOTILLO IAB Found 1990 California, USA

SACRAMENTO MTNS IIIAB Found 1890 New Mexico, USA	SIKHOTE-ALIN IIAB Fell Feb. 12, 1947 Maritime Prov., Russia	TRES CASTILLOS Ungrouped (IRUNGR) Found 1992 Chihuahua, Mexico

STONY-IRONS

ACOMITA Pallasite Found 1962 Cibola Co., NM, USA	GLORIETA MTN. Pallasite Found 1884 Santa Fe Co., NM, USA	VACA MUERTA Mesosiderite Found 1861 Atacama, Chile

IMPACTITES

INDOCHINITE Tektite	LIBYAN DESERT GLASS Libyan Desert	MOLDAVITE Moldauthein, Bohemia	SHATTERCONE Wells Creek, TN, USA

SUEVITE Reis Crater, Germany	TEKTITE Flanged button

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