Meteorites come from many different types of bodies in the solar system which results in many different types of meteorites. Our meteorites for sale catalog contains the following types of meteorites.
Iron meteorites are those made of nickel-iron. These may represent the material from the core of a large body or several bodies in space. Our Iron Meteorites For Sale catalog contains the following meteorites, Canyon Diablo, Odessa, Henbury, Muonionalusta, Sikhote-Alin Individuals, and Sikhote-Alin Shrapnel.
Chondrites are stony-meteorites with small spherical structures called chondrules. Our Chondrite Meteorites For Sale catalog has Chergach, NWA Meteorites or Northwest Africa Meteorites, and Sahara 99676.
Carbonaceous chondrites make up a small percentage of all stony-meteorites and are a type of chondritic meteorite which contains carbon in the form of organic compounds. Our Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorites For Sale catalog has Allende Meteorites and Karoonda Meteorites.
The "A" on Achondrite means no or not and refers to the fact that these stony-meteorites have no chondrules. They may have been heated or smashed by impacts or formed on a larger body where gravity prevented the formation of spherical structures and formed layers instead. In our Achondrite Meteorites For Sale catalog we currently have the NWA 1109 Meteorite.
Lunar and Martian meteorites. These are very rare and have reached Earth because of impacts on the Moon or Mars which have sent a small amount of material out into space eventually reaching our planet as meteorites. Please check out our Moon and Mars Meteorite Display Boxes. They make wonderfully unique gifts that really are out of this world.
Stony-Irons are made up by the Pallasites which have crystals of olivine mixed with nickel-iron and the Mesosiderites which have silicate minerals mixed with the nickel-iron.