Abstract
Meteorites are solid objects that have fallen to the Earth from space. They consist primarily of silicate minerals, or iron-nickel alloys, or both, and they are classified accordingly as stones, irons, or stony irons. The stony meteorites are made up of olivine, orthopyroxene, and small amounts of other silicate minerals such as feldspar and diopside. The irons are composed mainly of the iron-nickel alloys taenite and kamacite, but they also contain troilite (FeS) and inclusions of silicate minerals. The stony-irons consist of roughly equal proportions of metallic and silicate phases.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1972 Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Faure, G., Powell, J.L. (1972). Meteorites. In: Strontium Isotope Geology. Minerals, Rocks and Inorganic Materials, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65367-4_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65367-4_10
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-65369-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-65367-4
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive