Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

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Torrington is an ordinary (H6) meteorite that fell in 1944, in Wyoming. Photo copyright ASU/CMS/D. Schrader.

Nanjemoy is an ordinary (H6) chondrite that fell at noon on February 10, 1825, in Maryland. It was the first recorded meteorite fall in the state. Photo copyright ASU/CMS/D. Schrader.

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