Images of Meteorite Hand Specimens
Channel: Dominik Hezel
Date: 2023-04-12

The various meteorite types are quite distinctive in hand species, i.e., sections of those. Chondrites are conglomerates and are visibly dominated by about mm-small, roundish grains – the chondrules. Differentiated Meteorites from an asteroids mantle have magmatic or brecciated structures, and can easily be mistaken for a terrestrial rock. Iron meteorites originate from the core of asteroids are easily identified by their reflectance and Widmanstätten exsolution patterns. Pallasites were likely formed at the core-mantle boundary of asteroids, and consists of metal and silicate, typically olivine.