Murphy has been putting together a catalog of Colorado meteorites and hopes to publish soon. The museum's collection of iron, stony-iron and achondrite meteorites is used by scientists and some ...

These were meteorites that came from Vesta (the second largest asteroid in the Solar System), the Moon, and Mars, and are known as achondrites. "Meteorites fall into two broad categories ...

Meteorites are primarily stony chondrites, but also include iron-rich achondrites and pallasites. Studying meteors provides insight into the universe's early stages, from small rocky bodies to ...