Meteorites in the Hunterian Museum

The following list has been automatically generated from our computer catalogue, with little or no subsequent editing. It doesn't include impact breccias, tektites or the like. The list is in alphabetical order by meteorite type. The data given are:

museum number, name/description, weight (not always), place of fall, date of fall (where known)

For more information contact J.Faithfull@museum.gla.ac.uk


M6047
carbonaceous chondrite, type III (CV3); (Allende)
136g
Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua,
Mexico
[1.05am, 8 February, 1969]

M6042
iron meteorite (coarse octahedrite IA); (Canon Diablo); rusted fragment
Canon Diablo, [Coconino County, Arizona],
[USA]

M6460
iron meteorite (coarse octahedrite IA); [Seelaesgen]
*non loc.*

M168
iron meteorite (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Lenarto)
668.65g
[Lenarto, Saros, Slovensko],
[Slovakia]

M6073
iron meteorite; (coarse octahedrite IA); (Canon Diablo); polished slab
6469g
Canon Diablo, [Coconino County], Arizona,
[USA]

M6074
iron meteorite; (coarse octahedrite IA); (Canon Diablo); polished slab
3359g
Canon Diablo, [Coconino County], Arizona,
[USA]

M6079
iron meteorite; (hexahedrite IIA); (Coahuila); polished slab
516g
Coahuila, [Mapimi],
Mexico

M6075
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Henbury)
112.8g
Henbury, [Northern Territory],
Australia

M6081
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Henbury)
8.25lbs
Henbury, [Northern Territory],
Australia

M6082
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Henbury)
1 lb
Henbury, [Northern Territory],
Australia

M6083
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Henbury)
8 ozs
Henbury, [Northern Territory],
Australia

M6085
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Henbury)
Henbury, [Northern Territory],
Australia

100338
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Henbury)
129.17g
Henbury, [Northern Territory],
Australia

100339
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Henbury)
102.87g
Henbury, [Northern Territory],
Australia

100340
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Henbury)
62.43g
Henbury, [Northern Territory],
Australia

100341
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Henbury)
27.67g
Henbury, [Northern Territory],
Australia

M6084
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (Henbury); showing "pock-marks" and limonite glaze produced by weathering
6 ozs
Henbury, [Northern Territory],
Australia

M6076
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IIIA); (San Angelo)
388.75g
San Angelo, [Tom Green County], Texas,
[USA]

M6077
iron meteorite; (medium octahedrite IRANOM); (Grand Rapids); polished slab
357.5g
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan,
[USA]

M6078
iron meteorite; (plessitic octahedrite IRANOM); (Butler); polished slab
482g
Butler, [Bates County], Missouri,
[USA]

M4221
iron meteorite; coarse octahedrite (IA); (Cranbourne)
ca. 1990g
Berwick, south of Cranbourne, Victoria,
[Australia]

100324
iron meteorite; coarse octahedrite (IA); (Cranbourne); jar of rusted fragments
Berwick, south of Cranbourne, Victoria,
[Australia]

100467
iron meteorite; coarse octahedrite IA; (Toluca); polished slab
106.64g
Bleiberg, [Carinthia],
[Austria]

M6064
olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4), brecciated; (Ochansk); broken fragment
75.9g
Tabory Ochansk, Perm,
Russia
[1pm], Aug. 30, 1887

M6063
olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5), veined, brecciated; (Pultusk); complete individual showing fusion crust
34.23g
Pultusk, [near] Ostrolenka [on the] Narew, [Warsaw],
Poland
[7.00pm], Jan. 30, 1868

M6066
olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5); (Allegan); visible chondrules
156.6g
Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan,
[USA]
[8am], July 10, 1899,

M6037
olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5); veined and brecciated; (Pultusk)
Pultusk, [Warsaw],
Poland
[7.00pm], Jan. 30, 1868

M6033
olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6); (Estacado)
Estacado, [Hale County, Texas],
[USA]

M6067
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L4), black; (McKinney)
419.8g
McKinney, Collin County, Texas,
[USA]

M6031
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5), brecciated; (Bluff)
Bluff, Fayette Co., Texas,
[USA]

M170
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5), brecciated; (Chandakpur); fragment showing fusion crust
14.81g
Valley of Beras, [Buldhana, Maharashtra],
India
fell with two others, 6th June 1838

M6032
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5); (Ergheo)
Ergheo, Brava,
[Somalia]
12 July, 1899

M6043
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5); (Ergheo); cut and polished slice
110g (when bought)
Amana Erghoe [?],
[Somalia]
4 July 1889

M6034
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6), brecciated; (L'Aigle)
L'Aigle, [Orne],
France
[1.00pm], April 26, 1803

M6061
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6), brecciated; (L'Aigle); fragment showing fusion-crust
40.19g
L'Aigle, Orne,
France
[1pm, April 26, 1803]

M6035
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6), veined; (Long Island)
Long Island, Philips Co., Kansas,
[USA]

M6036
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6), veined; (Mocs)
Mocs, [Cluj], Kolos Co., (Transylvania),
[Romania]
[4.00pm], 3 Feb., 1882

M6089
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6), veined; (Mocs); complete individual showing fusion crust
Mocs, [Cluj], (Kolos, Transylvania),
[Romania]
[4.00pm], 3 Feb., 1882

M172
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6); (High Possil);
High Possil, Glasgow, [Strathclyde],
[Scotland]
morning of April 5, 1804

M6065
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6); (Holbrook); complete individual with fusion crust
544g
Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona,
[USA]
[7.15pm], July 19, 1912,

M6060
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6); (Middlesborough)
3.18g
Middlesborough, (Yorkshire), [Cleveland]
[England]
[3.35pm, March 14, 1881]

M6062
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6); (St. Michel)
105.7g
St. Michel, [Mikkeli],
Finland
[7.25pm], July 12, 1910,

M173
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6); (Wold Cottage); fragment showing fusion crust
33.29g
Wold Cottage, Thring, Yorkshire,
[England]
[3.30pm], 13th December, 1795

M6459
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6); [Kheragur]
[Kheragur], Agram, [Uttar Pradesh],
India
[March 28,1860]

M6038
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L9); (Holbrook)
Holbrook, [Navajo County], Arizona,
[USA]
[7.15pm], July 19, 1912

M6030
olivine-hypersthene chondrite (amphoterite LL6); (Dhurmsala)
Dhurmsala, [Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh],
India
[2.15 pm], July 14, 1860

M169
pallasite (Krasnojarsk)
94.64g
Yenesei[sk, about 145 miles south of Krasnojarsk], Siberia,
[USSR (Russia)]

M6070
pallasite; (Admire)
1842g (from catalogue)
Admire, Lyon County, Kansas,
[USA]

M175
pallasite; (Imilac)
233.25g
Imilac, (Desert of Atacama),
[Chile]

M167
pallasite; (Imilac); cut and polished slab
593.2g (in 1968)
[Imilac, Atacama Desert],
[Chile]

M6068
pallasite; (Imilac); large fragment
1368g
Imilac, [Atacama Desert],
[Chile]

M6069
pallasite; (Imilac); polished slab
1041g
Imilac, [Atacama Desert],
[Chile]

M6080
pallasite; (Imilac); polished slab
995.2g
Imilac, [Atacama Desert],
[Chile]

M174
pallasite; (Krasnojarsk)
6.88g
Mount Kemirs, between Krasnojarsk and Abekansk, Siberia,
[USSR (Russia)]

M6458
pallasite; [Krasnojarsk]
[Krasnojarsk], Siberia,
[USSR (Russia)]

M9990
stony-iron meteorite (mesosiderite); (Mount Padbury)
Mount Padbury, [Meekathara], W[estern] Australia,
[Australia]

M6040
stony-iron meteorite (mesosiderite); (Vaca Muerta)
Atacama [Desert],
[Chile]

M6072
stony-iron meteorite (mesosiderite);(Vaca Muerta); sawn fragment
8.47g
Lllano del Inca, (35 leagues S.E.of Taltal), Atacama,
[Chile]

M6071
stony-iron meteorite; (mesosiderite); (Crab Orchard)
1119.6g
Crab Orchard, [Rockwood, Cumberland County], Tennessee,
[USA]



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