Lunar & Meteorite Sample Disk Program (K-12)


Resources & Activities: Meteorite Sample Disk

The Meteorite Sample disk contains six labeled meteorites encapsulated in a six-inch diameter clear Lucite disk. These pieces of meteorites represent different material of basic planetary processes: accretion, differentiation, volcanism and impacts.

Meteorite Sample disks include small samples of the following:

Name Find Location Find Date Mass (kg) Classification
ALH90411 Allan Hills, Antarctica 1990 5.8 chondrite L3
LEW87030 Lewis Cliff, Antarctica 1987 8.0 chondrite H5
Allende Allende Mexico 1969 1,000 carbonaceous chondrite
EET83227 Elephant Moraine, Ant. 1983 2.0 basaltic achondrite
Gibeon Namibia, Africa 1836 21,000 iron - octahedrite
Brenham Kansas, USA 1882 4,400 stony-iron - pallasite