Classification of meteorites. Classification of meteorites.by Gaetan Cormier Meteorites are the ultimate clue in our solar system formation. They are the remnants of planets who never took form and they have much to tell usabout the birth of our solar system.
Meteorites comes in various sizes , shapes and composition.
We will start with the most common of meteorites, stone meteorites. Stone meteorites are the most abondant form of meteorites of all. There'sbasically 5 types of stone meteorites, H, L, LL, Carbonaceaous andAchondrites. CC'sare older than the solar system itself with an age of more than 4.6 billionyears. This means that CC's were here for a long time some of them maybecomes from exploded stars and some of them even comes from comets.