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Chondrite meteorites

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A chondrite (, ) is a stony (non-metallic) meteorite that has not been modified by either melting or differentiation of the parent body. They are formed when various types of dust and small grains in the early Solar System accreted to form primitive asteroids. Some such bodies that are captured in the planet's gravity well become the most common type of meteorite by arriving on a trajectory toward the planet's surface. Estimates for their contribution to the total meteorite population vary between 85.7% and 86.2%.

Murchison meteorite

meteorite that fell in Murchison, Victoria, Australia.

200px|thumb|Chondrules in the chondrite classification Grassland. A millimeter scale is shown. 200px|thumb|Chondrules in the Carbonaceous Chondrite NWA 13887 thumb|200x200px|Chondrules in a thin section of ordinary chondrite observed under polarized light/analyzed. A chondrule (from Ancient Greek χόνδρος chondros, grain) is a round grain found in a chondrite. Chondrules form as molten or partially molten droplets in space before being accreted to their parent asteroids. Because chondrites represent one of the oldest solid materials within the Solar System and are believed to be the building bl

Sylacauga meteorite

meteorite which broke into pieces over Alabama, one of which hit Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges

Allende meteorite

CV3 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite

Kaidun meteorite

Meteorite found in Yemen

stony meteorite

meteorite fallen in April 1803

stony meteorite

1864 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite fall in southwestern France

Chelyabinsk meteorite

fragments of the asteroid that exploded over Siberia on February 15, 2013

Adelie Land meteorite

stony meteorite

Pultusk meteorite

olivine-bronzite chondrite (oivine-bronzite chondrite)

Gao-Guenie meteorite

meteorite that fell in 1960

Hadley Rille meteorite

meteorite on the Moon

Albareto meteorite

olivine-hypersthene chondrite L4

Sutter's Mill meteorite

Bench Crater meteorite

meteorite found on the Moon

Itqiy meteorite

Tenham meteorite

chondritic meteorite that fell in 1879 in a remote area of Australia near the Tenham station, South Gregory, in western Queensland

meteorite landing on Earth

Kesen meteorite

Kainsaz meteorite

Karoonda meteorite

1930 South Australian meteorite

meteorite that fell in 1795 nesr Wold Cottage farm

Richardton meteorite

Winchcombe meteorite

meteorite that hit England in 2021

Buzzard Coulee meteorite

November 20, 2008 Canadian meteorites

The Adzhi-Bogdo is a chondrite meteorite weighing . It was found on October 30, 1949, in Govi-Altay, Mongolia.

carbonaceous chondrite