Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this book documents
the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summarizes the mineralogical …

After accretion of meteorite parent bodies, larger and smaller collisions have led to
significant modifications of these bodies. Involved processes include excavation of material …

The brecciation and shock classification of 2280 ordinary chondrites of the meteorite thin
section collection at the Institut für Planetologie (Münster) has been determined. The shock …

Abstract On July 15, 2021, a huge fireball was visible over Poland. After the possible strewn
field was calculated, the first and so far only sample, with a mass of 350 g, was discovered …

Planetary explorations have revealed that complex organics are widely present in the solar
system. Astronomical infrared spectroscopic observations have discovered that complex …

We have analyzed reflectance spectra (0.3–2.5 μm) of a number of ungrouped or tentatively
grouped carbonaceous chondrites (CCs), possible CC-type xenoliths in an aubrite …

CM chondrite clasts that have experienced different degrees of aqueous alteration occur in
H‐chondrite and HED meteorite breccias. Many clasts are fragments of essentially …

Asteroids and comets comprise a diverse range of undifferentiated bodies that are currently
of much interest in terms of space exploration. The meteorites called chondrites provide us …

In the last 7 years, three meteorites (Blaubeuren, Cloppenburg, and Machtenstein) found in
Germany were identified as chondrites. Two of these rocks had been recovered from the …

The Pułtusk meteorite is a brecciated H4–5 chondrite cut by darkened cataclastic zones.
Within the breccia, relict type IA, IB, and IIA chondrules, and microxenoliths of carbonaceous …