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Showing posts with label origin of meteorites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label origin of meteorites. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Classification of meteorites


While there are different classifications, one of the most important is the collecting feature of composition and origin of meteorites. In this division we find:

1) Primitive: is the most primitive material in the solar system (they have several billion years) that have remained virtually unchanged since they formed, ie never suffered melting or differentiation processes.