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The Maryborough Meteorite was found in May 2015 in Australia.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/2293440

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Maryborough meteorite

Stony, Ordinary Chondrite
Museums Victoria Collections
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NWA 7302 Meteorite Thin Section - HDR composite from scans with Pathscan Enabler 5.

Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2hWGYQd

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NWA 7302 Meteorite Thin Section - HDR

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Fragment of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite that fell on February 15, 2013 in Russia.

Pavel Maltsev, pavelmaltsev.ru, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Bjurböle Meteorite fell on March 12, 1899 into the frozen Baltic Sea. It created a hole in the ice about 50 kilometers from Helsinki. It was recovered from the sea.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/149

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Bjurbole meteorite

Stony, Ordinary Chondrite
Museums Victoria Collections
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The Tulia (a) Meteorite was found in 1917 in Texas, USA.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/271

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Tulia (a) meteorite

Stony, Ordinary Chondrite
Museums Victoria Collections
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A fragment of the Knyahinya Meteorite that fell on June 9, 1866 in Ukraine.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/169

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Knyahinya meteorite

Stony, Ordinary Chondrite
Museums Victoria Collections
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The Kainsaz Meteorite fell on September 13, 1937 in Tatarstan.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International). Color edits.

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/131

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Kainsaz meteorite

Stony, Carbonaceous Chondrite
Museums Victoria Collections
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The Sikhote-Alin Iron Meteorite fell on February 12, 1947 in Primorsky Territory, Russia.

H. Raab (User:Vesta), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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The Erg Chech 002 Meteorite was found in 2020 in Algeria.

Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2kuWqgA

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Erg Chech EC 002 Megacryst — 4cm long!

Meteorite hunter Michael Farmer: “Most amazing crystal I’ve ever seen in a meteorite bar none.” This is the 17g slice with the largest crystal found so far (cut from 1,175g stone).
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The Maltahoehe fragment of the Gibeon Iron Meteorites. The Gibeon Iron Meteorites were found by the Nama and used since prehistoric times.

Meteorite Recon, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Gujba Meteorite fell in Nigeria on April 3, 1984.

Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2jgCe7p

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The Mysterious Gujba Meteorite — condensed from the Nebular Gases 4.6 billion years ago

Gujba is a bencubbinite, an extremely exotic meteorite class and is the only witnessed bencubbinite fall. The local people of Bogga Dingare witnessed this 1984 fall and hammered most of it into little pieces.
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The Gibeon Iron Meteorites were found by the Nama and used since prehistoric times.

Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/9J2kjd

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The Gibeon meteorite

Explore Ben Sutherland's 118786 photos on Flickr!
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A slice of the Allende Meteorite, observed to fall on February 8, 1969 in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International). Color edits.

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/2093402

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A slice of the Allende Meteorite, observed to fall on February 8, 1969 in Chihuahua, Mexico. Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International). Color edits. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/2093402
A slice of the Allende Meteorite, observed to fall on February 8, 1969 in Chihuahua, Mexico. Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International). Color edits. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/2093402

Allende meteorite

Stony, Carbonaceous Chondrite
Museums Victoria Collections
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The Benld Meteorite fell on September 29, 1938 in Illinois, USA; it is a "hammer," since it penetrated a car.

Shsilver at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Estherville Meteorite fell on May 10, 1879 in Iowa, USA.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/2154416

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Estherville meteorite

Stony-Iron, Mesosiderite
Museums Victoria Collections
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A slice of the Faith Meteorite that was found in 1952 in South Dakota, USA.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/251

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Faith meteorite

Stony, Ordinary Chondrite
Museums Victoria Collections
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The Roper River Iron Meteorite was found in 1953 in Australia.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/9

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Roper River meteorite

Iron, Octahedrite, medium
Museums Victoria Collections
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The Chinguetti Meteorite was found in 1916 in Mauritania.

SI National Museum of Natural History, CC0 via https://www.si.edu/object/chinguetti:nmnhmineralsciences_1017013

Color and cropping edits.

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Chinguetti | Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution
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Etched slice of the Hamersley Range (Roebourne?) Iron Meteorite; found in Australia.

© Raimond Spekking, Attribution via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Estherville Meteorite fell on May 10, 1879 in Iowa, USA.

SI National Museum of Natural History, CC0 via https://www.si.edu/object/estherville:nmnhmineralsciences_1033220

Color and cropping edits.

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Estherville | Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution
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The PAT 91501,50 Meteorite was found in Antarctica in 1991.

SI National Museum of Natural History, CC0 via https://www.si.edu/object/pat-9150150:nmnhmineralsciences_1032060

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PAT 91501,50 | Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution
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The Murrili Meteorite was found on November 27, 2015 after being observed to fall by the Australia Desert Fireball Network (DFN).

Rmhowie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Fragment of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite that fell on February 15, 2013 in Russia.

Pavel Maltsev, pavelmaltsev.ru, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Saint-Sauveur Meteorite fell on July 10, 1914 in France.

Muséum de Toulouse, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Mbale Meteorite fell on August 14, 1992 in Uganda.

Lothar Monshausen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/65McTq

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Meteorit Mbale (Uganda)

Am 14. August 1992 ist der Meteorit bei Mbale/Uganda auf die Erdoberfläche gefallen. Klassifizierung: Stone Chondrite L5-6, Total weight: 100kg.
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A fragment of the Canyon Diablo Iron Meteorites, pieces of the object that created Meteor Crater in Arizona, USA.

SI National Museum of Natural History, CC0 via https://www.si.edu/object/canyon-diablo:nmnhmineralsciences_1018110

Color and cropping edits.

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Canyon Diablo | Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution
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Endcut of the Chwichiya 002 Meteorite that was found in Western Sahara on June 10, 2018.

Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2nDWEaM

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Endcut of Chwichiya 002, a rare C3.00-ungrouped, and potentially CT3 as it is a member of the recently proposed CT Group

TLDR; it's a pristine time capsule from before the Earth formed... and with embedded pre-solar grains (remnants of a solar system older than ours by a few billion years that went supernova).
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A fragment of the New Concord Meteorite that fell on May 1, 1860 in Ohio, USA.

© Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Goose Lake Iron Meteorite was found on October 13, 1938 near Goose Lake, USA.

SI National Museum of Natural History, CC0 via https://www.si.edu/object/geology-exhibits-natural-history-building-goose-lake-meteorite:siris_arc_402184

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Geology Exhibits, Natural History Building - Goose Lake Meteorite | Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution
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The Mauerkirchen Meteorite fell on November 20, 1768 in Austria.

Attribution: © Raimond Spekking.

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The Ahnighito fragment of the Cape York Meteorites at the American Museum of Natural History (~1910s).

Newberry, Public Domain via Wikimedia. Color edits.

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The Youndegin Iron Meteorite was found in 1884 in Australia.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/89

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Youndegin meteorite

Iron, Octahedrite, coarse
Museums Victoria Collections
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Meteorite fragment (not labelled/numbered) that was found in Hammadah al Hambra, Libya.

Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Meteorite fragment (not labelled/numbered) that was found in Hammadah al Hambra, Libya.

Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The first mass of the Bencubbin Meteorite was found in 1930 in Australia.

SI National Museum of Natural History, CC0 via https://www.si.edu/object/bencubbin:nmnhmineralsciences_1020332

Cropping and color edits.

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Bencubbin | Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution
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The "Agpalilik" fragment of the Cape York Meteorite, found in Greenland by Peary in 1894.

FunkMonk FunkMonk (Michael B. H.), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Meteorite MAC 88105,125 was found in Antarctica in 1988.

SI National Museum of Natural History, CC0 via https://www.si.edu/object/mac-88105125:nmnhmineralsciences_1023720

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MAC 88105,125 | Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution
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A slice of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 5717 Meteorite.

Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2kFTZ21

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NWA 5717 — Dual Lithologies of Primordial Matter Never Seen Before

NWA 5717 contains primordial matter never before seen and it contains the pristine constituents of the solid planets.
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The Molong Meteorite was found in 1912 in Australia.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/135

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Molong meteorite

Stony-Iron, Pallasite
Museums Victoria Collections
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A sliced fragment of a Rainbow Meteorite; found in 1994 in Australia.

Photographer: Bernard Day, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International). Color edits.

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/333

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Rainbow meteorite

Stony, Carbonaceous Chondrite
Museums Victoria Collections
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