Murray is a carbonaceous (CM2) chondrite that fell September 20, 1950 in Kentucky. Photo copyright ASU/CMS/D. Schrader.

Drum Mountains is an iron (IIIAB) meteorite found in Utah, in 1944. Image copyright ASU/CMS/D. Schrader.

Baldwyn is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell the day of February 2nd, 1922, in Mississippi. Image copyright ASU/CMS/D. Schrader.

Sioux County is an achondrite (eucrite-mmict) that fell in Nebraska August 8th, 1933.  The meteorite’s fall to Earth was well-recorded as it was mistaken for an earthquake by some, and written up in local newspapers.  This article first appeared on page 5 of the Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), Thursday, August 10, 1933: Report Meteor Buried…

Northwest Africa 7611 (NWA 7611) is a lunar meteorite found near the Algeria-Morocco border in May, 2012. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 102), the stone shows: …no fusion crust, smooth exterior with numerous light- and dark-colored clasts, saw cuts reveal brecciated texture with white feldspar and green-brown pyroxene and olivine grains (up to 3…