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Meteorites

Meteorites are stones from space.

Gallery of Meteorites
Photo gallery of various meteorites

Meteorites from Other Planets
Rocks from the Moon and Mars are found on the ground on Earth.

Gallery of Meteorwrongs
Meteorite expert Randy Korotev has a most instructive set of photos of rocks that are not meteorites.

Meteorites and Their Properties
An online book by David Kring of the Lunar and Planetary Lab in Tucson.

The Meteoritical Society
Founded in 1933 to promote the study of extraterrestrial materials.

Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET)
A site at Case Western Reserve University with pictures, stories, background, and links about this groundbreaking collection program.

Canada: The Prairie Meteorite Search
This program sends an expert around to make "roadshow" presentations and examine Canadians' odd stones.

Lunar Meteorites
Randy Korotev at Washington University in St. Louis has photos, explanations, and sources on this important subset of space rocks.

Mars Meteorites
Ron Baalke's page at the Jet Propulsion Lab.

Mercurian Meteorites
Researchers argue that meteorites from Mercury can reach Earth far more easily than once thought (PDF preprint).

Kato's Collections
Shinichi Kato has a huge meteorite gallery.

LaBenne Meteorites
Lunar, martian, and ordinary meteorites of all kinds for sale or for ogling.

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