Template:Meteorite Catalog Prior 1923

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Meteorite Catalogue of the Natural History Museum (London)
by George Thurland Prior, 1923^[1]

(I) Meteoric Irons or Siderites

(a) Nickel-poor Ataxites
(b) Hexahedrites
(c) Octahedrites
(d) Medium-Nickel Ataxites
(e) Nickel-rich Ataxites

(II) Meteoric Stony-irons or Siderolites

(a) Olivine Stony-irons, or Pallasites
(b) Bronzite-asmanite Stony-irons, or Siderophyres
(c) Bronzite-olivine Stony-irons, or Lodranites
(d) Hypersthene-anorthite Stony-irons, or Mesosiderites

(III) Meteoric Stones or Aerolites

(IIIa) Chondritic Meteoric Stones or Chondrites

(a) Enstatite-chondrites
(b) Bronzite-chondrites
(c) Hypersthene-chondrites

(IIIb) Non-chondritic Meteoric Stones or Achondrites

(a) Calcium-poor Achondrites

(1) Enstatite-achondrites or Aubrites, corresponding to Enstatite-chondrites
(2) Clinobronzite-olivine-achondrites or Ureilites, corresponding to Bronzite-chondrites
(3) Hypersthene-olivine-achondrites or Amphoterites (and Rodites)
(4) Hypersthene-achondrites or Diogenites Hypersthene-chondrites
(5) Olivine-achondrites or Chassignites

(b) Calcium-rich Achondrites

(1) Augite-achondrites or Angrites
(2) Diopside-olivine-achondrites or Nakhlites
(3) Clinohypersthene-anorthite-achondrites or Eucrites, including Sherghottites in which anorthite is replaced by maskelynite
(4) Hypersthene - clinohypersthene - anorthite - achondrites or Howardites

References [edit]

^ Prior, George Thurland (1923). Catalogue of meteorites : with special reference to those represented in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History). Trustees of the British Museum. p. 196.

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