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British and Irish Meteorite Collections

Inventory of the meteorites held by the Ulster Museum. This information was kindly provided by Mike Simms. Click here to return to the main Museums page.

Ordinary Chondrites
  • Crumlin, L5 (25.5g part slice) Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland #
  • Sprucefield, L3.7 (9.3g part slice) Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland #
  • Bovedy, L3.7 (61.3g part slice) Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland #
  • Mooresfort, H5 (9.32g crusted fragment) Tipperary, Ireland #
  • Alfianello, L6 (96g cut stone) Brescia, Italy #
  • Plainview, H5 (38.6g cut stone) Hale County, Texas, USA
  • La Criolla, L6 (23g stone) Entre Rios Province, Argentina, South America
  • Gao, H5 (730g stone) Burkina Faso, Africa
  • Gao, H5 (75g endcut) Burkina Faso, Africa #
  • Pultusk, H5 (20g stone) Warsaw, Poland
  • Forrest (b), L6 (32.6g part slice) Western Australia
  • Owasco, L6 (31.3g slice) Kimball County, Nebraska, USA
  • Mount Tazerzait, L5 (186g fragment) Niger, Africa
  • Chico Hills, H4 (100.2g endcut) Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
Carbonaceous Chondrites
  • Murchison, CM2 (11.6g crusted fragment) Victoria, Australia #
  • Allende, CV3 (1780g whole stone) Chihuahua, Mexico #
Irons
  • Henbury, IIIAB (121.5g etched half) Northern Territory, Australia
  • Canyon Diablo, IAB (3805g) Arizona, USA #
  • Canyon Diablo, weathered 'iron shale' (48.5g) Arizona, USA
  • Gibeon, IVa (1355g etched half) Namibia, Africa #
  • Gibeon, IVa (113kg) Namibia, Africa #
  • Gibeon, IVa (495g 'egg') Namibia, Africa #
  • Landes, IAB (23.8g part slice) West Virginia, USA
  • Hoba, IVB Ni-rich Ataxite (73.4g part slice) Grootfontein, Namibia, Africa
  • Mundrabilla, IAB UNGR (128.5g etched half) Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia
  • Santa Catherina, IAB UNGR (27.9g weathered endcut) Brazil, South America
  • Santa Rosa, IC Ataxite (1.9g) Tunja, Boyaca, Columbia
  • Santiago Papasquiero, UNGR (742.9g slice) Drango, Mexico #
  • Chinga, UNGR (3210g) Tann Tuva, Turvinskaya, Russia #
  • Chinga, UNGR (110.2g slice) Tann Tuva, Turvinskaya, Russia
  • Chinga, UNGR (176g slice) Tann Tuva, Turvinskaya, Russia
  • Odessa I, IA (249.5g) Ecton County, Texas, USA
  • Tishomingo, UNGR (47.7g part slice) Johnson County, Oklahoma, USA
Pallasites
  • Imilac, MG (133.9g part slice) Atacama Desert, Chile
  • Imilac, MG (~25g skeletal with some olivine) Atacama Desert, Chile
  • Seymchan, MG (3450g etched slice) Magadan, Russia #
  • Esquel, MG (~500g part slice) Argentina, South America #
Mesosiderites
  • Vaca Muerta, MES (69g slice) Chile, South America #
Achondrites
  • Johnstown, DIOG (2g fragments) Weld County, Colorado, USA
  • Millbillillie, EUC (240g whole) Western Australia #
  • Dhofar 467, LUN (6.39g endcut) Oman #

# Indicates those meteorites on display (as of 19th January 2010)

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