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The Faucett Meteorite was found in Missouri, USA in 1966.
Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/237
Oriented meteorite found near Baker, California.
Vahe Martirosyan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2fwtmtB
Los Angeles, UCLA, Meteorite Gallery, 2019.02.17 (23)
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A slice of the Allende Meteorite, observed to fall on February 8, 1969 in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Jon Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/9yD8wi
Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/829400
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/221
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/198
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Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2os2FJM
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The face of Allende — an Ancient Meteorite
Allende is the most studied meteorite in the world. Thousands of scientific papers have been written about the meteorite and its components.Flickr
Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2nE1d4b
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All it's cracked up to be — the fresh fusion crust of a Ghadamis meteorite
This HaH 346 (aka Ghadamis) is my first meteorite with a fresh fusion crust showing differential heating from oriented entry.Flickr
Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/203
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Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oqM8bZ
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A whole Black Beauty from Mars
This as close to “unobtainium” as I have found on Earth. An exceptionally unusual shiny black meteorite find was recovered in 2011 in Morocco by Aziz Habibi (I bought it from him). Officially named NWA 7034, it was nicknamed “Black Beauty” by Dr.Flickr
Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/230
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/266
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Jon Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/8zXHxK
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Jon Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/8DdZcG
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SaU 001 slice
This is a nice 34 gram polished slice of the SaU 001 L 4/5 chondrite discovered in Oman in 2000. Lots of interesting chondrules here! In a riker box.Flickr
Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/162
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/225
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/106
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/163
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James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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James St. John, via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/oeC4S3
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Ordinary chondrite (North West Africa 869 Meteorite) 1
Ordinary chondrite - North West Africa 869 Meteorite. (cut slice; ~7.7 centimeters across at its widest) Chondrites are the most common type of meteorites that fall to Earth.Flickr
Thomas Heaphy with courtesy to Mrs. Sowerby, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
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Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2ngXUkF
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Made in Space: the A-T-G-C bases of our DNA! 🌎 ☄
A bombshell published in Nature today: All of the bases in DNA and RNA have now been found in meteorites, providing further support to the hypothesis that life’s precursors arrived on Earth from abiotic origins in space.Flickr
James St. John, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2hzVCy8
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Ordinary chondrite (NWA 11054 Meteorite, northwestern Africa)
Ordinary chondrite (North West Africa 11054 Meteorite) from the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. (cut & polished slice; ~6.1 centimeters across at its widest) Chondrites are the most common type of meteorites that fall to Earth.Flickr
Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/261
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Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons and Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2ndqTvm
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A Henbury Meteoritic Masterpiece
Michael Farmer’s described this 6.7 kg Henbury as “a masterpiece” and the Christies’ curator called it “the best lot in the sale.Flickr
Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/201
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James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/272
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/288
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Jon Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/abEzoG
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/139
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/312
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/247
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/2193068
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/330
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/88
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/215
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Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/150
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© Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/ahWMr5
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The rich history of the Brahin Pallasite
It finally arrived from the Gomel region of Belarus. This may be the oldest thing I have held in my hands at 4.2 billion years old.Flickr