Images of meteorites & tektites from my collection

The majority of images were obtained by scanning specimens on a flatbed scanner; Only pictures of the larger specimens were acquired by regular digital photography.

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Specimens

Stone meteorites

Allende CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. Endpiece, 0.35 g.

Reggane 003 H4 olivine-bronzite chondrite. Slice, 2.7 g.

Iron meteorites

Nantan CDIII coarse octahedrite. Complete specimen, 4.2 g.

	Sikhote-Alin (Сихоте-Алинь) IIB coarsest octahedrite. Complete specimen, 13.7 g. Two sides shown in these pictures differ significantly in the fusion crust and regmaglypts.

Stony-iron meteorites

Brenham Pallasite. Slice, 2.0 g.

Seymchan Pallasite with a lot of metal. Slice, 270 g.

Tektites

Indochinite Complete specimen, 63.0 g.

Wallpapers / close-ups

These specimens are very typical, so they make good examples of what the internal structure of different meteorite groups usually looks like. They also make great wallpapers for your desktop (at this time available in 1024x768 only).

Stone meteorites

Dar Al Gani (DAG) 477 L6 olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Almost no metal grains can be seen, chondrules are mostly undistinguishable from the surrounding matrix.

Sahara 99477 L6 olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Some metal can be seen in this slice, but chondrules are blurred and hard to tell from the matrix.

North-West Africa (NWA) 869 L5 olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Metal flakes can be seen in most parts of the cut, chondrules are numerous and usually easy to tell apart. from the matrix.

Gao (formerly Upper Volta, also known as Gao-Guenie) H5 olivine-bronzite chondrite. Metal flakes are well visible as are the chondrules.