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</div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Meteorite found in China</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Nantan_meteorite.jpg/290px-Nantan_meteorite.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Nantan_meteorite.jpg/435px-Nantan_meteorite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Nantan_meteorite.jpg/580px-Nantan_meteorite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Meteorite_classification" title="Meteorite classification">Group</a></th><td class="infobox-data">IIICD (2000), <b>IAB-MG</b> (2006)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composition</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Meteoric_iron" title="Meteoric iron">Meteoric iron</a>: 6.96% Nickel.<sup id="cite_ref-CR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nantan_meteorite&params=25_6_N_107_42_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°6′N</span> <span class="longitude">107°42′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.100°N 107.700°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">25.100; 107.700</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Observed_fall" class="mw-redirect" title="Observed fall">Observed fall</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Possible<sup id="cite_ref-MinDat_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MinDat-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fall date</th><td class="infobox-data">1516</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Found date</th><td class="infobox-data">1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Total_known_weight" title="Total known weight">TKW</a></th><td class="infobox-data">9,500 kilograms (20,900 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Strewn_field" title="Strewn field">Strewn field</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nantan_Meteorite_National_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Nantan_Meteorite_National_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science.jpg/240px-Nantan_Meteorite_National_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Nantan_Meteorite_National_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science.jpg/360px-Nantan_Meteorite_National_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Nantan_Meteorite_National_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science.jpg/480px-Nantan_Meteorite_National_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span><div><i>The largest fragment of Nantan meteorite exhibit in the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science" title="National Museum of Nature and Science">National Museum of Nature and Science</a>, Tokyo, Japan</i><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nantan_meteorite" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Nantan meteorite">Related media on Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Nantan meteorite</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Iron_meteorite" title="Iron meteorite">iron meteorite</a> that belongs to the <a href="/wiki/IAB_meteorite" title="IAB meteorite"> IAB</a> group and the MG (main group) subgroup.<sup id="cite_ref-Meteoritical_Bulletin_Database_Nantan_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meteoritical_Bulletin_Database_Nantan-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, pieces of the meteorite were included in an art installation for The <a 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A plaque now commemorates the occasion. <sup id="cite_ref-BullRing_and_Grand_Central_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BullRing_and_Grand_Central-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of December 2012<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nantan_meteorite&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, pieces of Nantan meteorite were on sale at <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$1</span>/g.<sup id="cite_ref-CR_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery">Discovery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantan_meteorite&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fall of the meteorite might have been observed in 1516, but it is difficult to assess if this event is connected with the pieces that were retrieved in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-MinDat_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MinDat-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The meteorite burst during passage through the atmosphere and the pieces were scattered in a <a href="/wiki/Strewn_field" title="Strewn field">strewn field</a> 28 kilometres (17 mi) long and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide near the city of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantan_(City)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nantan (City) (page does not exist)">Nantan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandan_County" title="Nandan County">Nandan County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a> (<a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-MinDat_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MinDat-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The meteorite was named after the city. </p><p>The fragments were not retrieved until the 1950s when they were gathered for <a href="/wiki/Smelting" title="Smelting">smelting</a> to make metal for the growing industrialization of China. It was found that the <a href="/wiki/Meteoric_iron" title="Meteoric iron">meteoric iron</a> contained too much <a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">nickel</a> for <a href="/wiki/Smelting" title="Smelting">smelting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MinDat_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MinDat-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description_and_Classification">Description and Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantan_meteorite&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description and Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nantan meteorite was classified as an IIICD in 2000, but was reclassified as an IAB-MG in 2006. 9,500 kilograms (20,900 lb) have been retrieved, the largest fragment having a mass of 2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb). Most fragments show strong signs of weathering, due to the long time it took to retrieve them. The <a href="/wiki/Meteoric_iron" title="Meteoric iron">meteoric iron</a> has a Nickel concentration of 6.96%.<sup id="cite_ref-CR_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantan_meteorite&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CR-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CR_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CR_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CR_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130222063357/http://www.cuttingrocks.com/gallery_meteorites1.shtml">"Nantan Nickel-Iron Meteorites"</a>. 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href="/wiki/Category:Meteorite_groups" title="Category:Meteorite groups">group</a><br /> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Meteorite_grouplets" title="Category:Meteorite grouplets">grouplet</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chondrite" title="Chondrite">Chondrite</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carbonaceous_chondrite" title="Carbonaceous chondrite">Carbonaceous</a> <ul><li>CB</li> <li>CH</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CI_chondrite" title="CI chondrite">CI</a></li> <li>CK</li> <li>CM</li> <li>CO</li> <li>CR</li> <li>CV</li> <li>C ungrouped</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enstatite_chondrite" title="Enstatite chondrite">Enstatite</a> <ul><li>EH</li> <li>EL</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chondrite#Kakangari_chondrites" title="Chondrite">Kakangari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordinary_chondrite" title="Ordinary chondrite">Ordinary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/H_chondrite" title="H chondrite">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_chondrite" title="L chondrite">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LL_chondrite" title="LL chondrite">LL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chondrite#Rumuruti_chondrites" title="Chondrite">Rumuruti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Achondrite" title="Achondrite">Achondrite</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Primitive_achondrite" title="Primitive achondrite">Primitive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acapulcoite" title="Acapulcoite">Acapulcoite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brachinite" title="Brachinite">Brachinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IAB_meteorites" class="mw-redirect" title="IAB meteorites">IAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IIICD_meteorite" title="IIICD meteorite">IIICD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodranite" title="Lodranite">Lodranite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ureilite" title="Ureilite">Ureilite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winonaite" title="Winonaite">Winonaite</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asteroidal_achondrite" class="mw-redirect" title="Asteroidal achondrite">Asteroidal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angrite" title="Angrite">Angrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aubrite" title="Aubrite">Aubrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HED_meteorite" title="HED meteorite">HED</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diogenite" title="Diogenite">Diogenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucrite" title="Eucrite">Eucrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howardite" title="Howardite">Howardite</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_meteorite" title="Lunar meteorite">Lunar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Impact_breccia" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact breccia">Impact breccia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mare_basalts" class="mw-redirect" title="Mare basalts">Mare basalts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lunar_meteorites" title="List of lunar meteorites">List</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Martian_meteorite" title="Martian meteorite">Martian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Africa_7034" title="Northwest Africa 7034">Basaltic Breccia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Africa_7034" title="Northwest Africa 7034">NWA 7034</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chassignites" class="mw-redirect" title="Chassignites">Chassignites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaidun_meteorite" title="Kaidun meteorite">Kaidun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakhlite" title="Nakhlite">Nakhlites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthopyroxenite" title="Orthopyroxenite">Orthopyroxenite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001" title="Allan Hills 84001">ALH84001</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martian_meteorite#Shergottites" title="Martian meteorite">Shergottites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Martian_meteorites" title="List of Martian meteorites">Martian meteorites list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_meteorites_on_Mars" class="mw-redirect" title="List of meteorites on Mars">Meteorites on Mars list</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iron_meteorite" title="Iron meteorite">Iron</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>IC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IIAB_meteorites" title="IIAB meteorites">IIAB</a></li> <li>IIC</li> <li>IID</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IIE_iron_meteorite" title="IIE iron meteorite">IIE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IIG_meteorite" title="IIG meteorite">IIG</a></li> <li>IIIAB</li> <li>IIIE</li> <li>IIIF</li> <li>IVA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IVB_meteorite" title="IVB meteorite">IVB</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stony-iron_meteorite" title="Stony-iron meteorite">Stony-iron</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mesosiderite" title="Mesosiderite">Mesosiderite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallasite" title="Pallasite">Pallasite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pallasite_main_group" title="Pallasite main group">Main group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Station_group" title="Eagle Station group">Eagle Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyroxene_pallasite_grouplet" title="Pyroxene pallasite grouplet">Pyroxene</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Structural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ataxite" title="Ataxite">Ataxite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexahedrite" title="Hexahedrite">Hexahedrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octahedrite" title="Octahedrite">Octahedrite</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Obsolete terms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amphoterite" title="Amphoterite">Amphoterite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonmagmatic_meteorite" title="Nonmagmatic meteorite">Nonmagmatic meteorite</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mineralogy" title="Mineralogy">Mineralogy</a> <br />and <a href="/wiki/Petrology" title="Petrology">petrology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Characteristics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meteorite_shock_stage" title="Meteorite shock stage">shock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_known_weight" title="Total known weight">TKW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteorite_weathering" title="Meteorite weathering">weathering</a></li></ul></li> <li>Grains <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chondrule" title="Chondrule">chondrule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presolar_grains" title="Presolar grains">presolar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_meteorite_minerals" title="List of meteorite minerals">Minerals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calcium%E2%80%93aluminium-rich_inclusion" title="Calcium–aluminium-rich inclusion">Ca–Al-rich inclusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_materials" title="Extraterrestrial materials">extraterrestrial materials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteoric_iron" title="Meteoric iron">meteoric iron</a></li></ul></li> <li>Patterns <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neumann_lines" title="Neumann lines">Neumann lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Widmanst%C3%A4tten_pattern" title="Widmanstätten pattern">Widmanstätten</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CI1_fossils" title="CI1 fossils">CI1 fossils</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Meteorites by <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Meteorites_by_find_location" title="Category:Meteorites by find location">find location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Meteorites_by_type" title="Category:Meteorites by type">type</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Meteorite_prizes" title="Category:Meteorite prizes">Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Meteoritics_publications" title="Category:Meteoritics publications">Journals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Meteorite_organizations" title="Category:Meteorite organizations">Organizations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><i>See also:</i> <a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">Asteroid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_entry" title="Atmospheric entry">Atmospheric entry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">Comet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_event" title="Impact event">Impact event</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteor" class="mw-redirect" title="Meteor">Meteor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meteor_shower" title="Meteor shower">shower</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteoroid" title="Meteoroid">Meteoroid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_object" title="Near-Earth object">Near-Earth object</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Meteorites_by_name" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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name</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_meteorites_on_Earth" title="List of largest meteorites on Earth">Largest meteorites on Earth</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">A–B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aarhus_(meteorite)" title="Aarhus (meteorite)">Aarhus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abee_(meteorite)" title="Abee (meteorite)">Abee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelie_Land_meteorite" title="Adelie Land meteorite">Adelie Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adhi_Kot_(meteorite)" title="Adhi Kot (meteorite)">Adhi Kot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adzhi-Bogdo" title="Adzhi-Bogdo">Adzhi-Bogdo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agen_(meteorite)" title="Agen (meteorite)">Agen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akbarpur_(meteorite)" title="Akbarpur (meteorite)">Akbarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albareto_(meteorite)" title="Albareto (meteorite)">Albareto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aletai_meteorite" title="Aletai meteorite">Aletai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Hills_77005" title="Allan Hills 77005">Allan Hills 77005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Hills_A81005" title="Allan Hills A81005">Allan Hills A81005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001" title="Allan Hills 84001">Allan Hills 84001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegan_(meteorite)" title="Allegan (meteorite)">Allegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allende_meteorite" title="Allende meteorite">Allende</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambapur_Nagla" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambapur Nagla">Ambapur Nagla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andura" class="mw-redirect" title="Andura">Andura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angers_(meteorite)" title="Angers (meteorite)">Angers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angra_dos_Reis_meteorite" title="Angra dos Reis meteorite">Angra dos Reis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ankober_(meteorite)" title="Ankober (meteorite)">Ankober</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anlong_(meteorite)" title="Anlong (meteorite)">Anlong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annaheim_meteorite" title="Annaheim meteorite">Annaheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appley_Bridge_meteorite" title="Appley Bridge meteorite">Appley Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbol_Solo_(meteorite)" title="Arbol Solo (meteorite)">Arbol Solo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_(meteorite)" title="Archie (meteorite)">Archie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arroyo_Aguiar_(meteorite)" title="Arroyo Aguiar (meteorite)">Arroyo Aguiar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assisi_(meteorite)" title="Assisi (meteorite)">Assisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atoka_meteorite" title="Atoka meteorite">Atoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avanhandava_(meteorite)" title="Avanhandava (meteorite)">Avanhandava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baszk%C3%B3wka_(meteorite)" title="Baszkówka (meteorite)">Baszkówka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beardsley_meteorite" title="Beardsley meteorite">Beardsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bendeg%C3%B3_meteorite" title="Bendegó meteorite">Bendegó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellsbank_meteorite" title="Bellsbank meteorite">Bellsbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bench_Crater_meteorite" title="Bench Crater meteorite">Bench Crater (Moon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_meteorite" title="Benton meteorite">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bia%C5%82ystok_(meteorite)" title="Białystok (meteorite)">Białystok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blithfield_meteorite" title="Blithfield meteorite">Blithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_Island_meteorite" title="Block Island meteorite">Block Island (Mars)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bovedy_(meteorite)" title="Bovedy (meteorite)">Bovedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brachina_meteorite" title="Brachina meteorite">Brachina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahin_(meteorite)" title="Brahin (meteorite)">Brahin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braunschweig_meteorite" title="Braunschweig meteorite">Braunschweig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenham_(meteorite)" title="Brenham (meteorite)">Brenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buzzard_Coulee_meteorite" title="Buzzard Coulee meteorite">Buzzard Coulee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">C–D</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Campo_del_Cielo" title="Campo del Cielo">Campo del Cielo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canyon_Diablo_(meteorite)" title="Canyon Diablo (meteorite)">Canyon Diablo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_York_meteorite" title="Cape York meteorite">Cape York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carancas_meteorite" class="mw-redirect" title="Carancas meteorite">Carancas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambord_meteorite" title="Chambord meteorite">Chambord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chassigny_(meteorite)" title="Chassigny (meteorite)">Chassigny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteorite" title="Chelyabinsk meteorite">Chelyabinsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chergach" title="Chergach">Chergach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinga_meteorite" title="Chinga meteorite">Chinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinguetti_meteorite" title="Chinguetti meteorite">Chinguetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claxton_meteorite" title="Claxton meteorite">Claxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coahuila_meteorite" title="Coahuila meteorite">Coahuila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbourne_meteorite" title="Cranbourne meteorite">Cranbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Orbigny_meteorite" title="D'Orbigny meteorite">D'Orbigny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dronino_meteorite" title="Dronino meteorite">Dronino</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">E–F</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Station_meteorite" title="Eagle Station meteorite">Eagle Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Ali_meteorite" title="El Ali meteorite">El Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbogen_(meteorite)" title="Elbogen (meteorite)">Elbogen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensisheim_(meteorite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ensisheim (meteorite)">Ensisheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esquel_(meteorite)" title="Esquel (meteorite)">Esquel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukang_(meteorite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukang (meteorite)">Fukang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">G–H</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gao%E2%80%93Guenie_meteorite" title="Gao–Guenie meteorite">Gao–Guenie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gay_Gulch_meteorite" title="Gay Gulch meteorite">Gay Gulch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gebel_Kamil_(meteorite)" title="Gebel Kamil (meteorite)">Gebel Kamil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibeon_(meteorite)" title="Gibeon (meteorite)">Gibeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Lake_meteorite" title="Goose Lake meteorite">Goose Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_meteorite" title="Grant meteorite">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadley_Rille_meteorite" title="Hadley Rille meteorite">Hadley Rille (Moon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heat_Shield_Rock" title="Heat Shield Rock">Heat Shield Rock (Mars)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Possil_meteorite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High Possil meteorite (page does not exist)">High Possil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoba_meteorite" title="Hoba meteorite">Hoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_(meteorite)" title="Homestead (meteorite)">Homestead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hraschina_meteorite" title="Hraschina meteorite">Hraschina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huckitta_(meteorite)" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Krasnojarsk_(meteorite)" title="Krasnojarsk (meteorite)">Krasnojarsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Aigle_(meteorite)" title="L'Aigle (meteorite)">L'Aigle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lac_Dodon" title="Lac Dodon">Lac Dodon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loreto_(meteorite)" title="Loreto (meteorite)">Loreto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%81owicz_(meteorite)" title="Łowicz (meteorite)">Łowicz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">M–N</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mackinac_Island_meteorite" title="Mackinac Island meteorite">Mackinac Island (Mars)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mbosi_meteorite" title="Mbosi meteorite">Mbosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_meteorite" title="Middlesbrough meteorite">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millbillillie_(meteorite)" title="Millbillillie (meteorite)">Millbillillie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineo_(meteorite)" title="Mineo (meteorite)">Mineo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Milone_(meteorite)" title="Monte Milone (meteorite)">Monte Milone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_meteorite" title="Moss meteorite">Moss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundrabilla_(meteorite)" title="Mundrabilla (meteorite)">Mundrabilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muonionalusta" title="Muonionalusta">Muonionalusta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murchison_meteorite" title="Murchison meteorite">Murchison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakhla_meteorite" title="Nakhla meteorite">Nakhla</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nantan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neuschwanstein_(meteorite)" title="Neuschwanstein (meteorite)">Neuschwanstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Africa_3009" title="Northwest Africa 3009">Northwest Africa 3009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Africa_7034" title="Northwest Africa 7034">Northwest Africa 7034</a></li> <li><a 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