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About the Meteoritical Bulletin Database

This database has been constructed and is maintained by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society. Contact Jeff Grossman (jgrossman@nasa.gov) for additional information or to report suspected errors.

Purpose

The primary function of this database is to provide authoritative information about meteorite names. The correct spelling, complete with punctuation and diacritical marks, of all known meteorites recognized by the Meteoritical Society may be found in this compilation. Official abbreviations for many meteorites are documented here as well. The database also contains status information for meteorites with provisional names, and listings for specimens of doubtful origin and pseudometeorites.

In addition, this database is a clearinghouse for basic information about each meteorite, including the classification, place and year of discovery, whether if was observed to fall, references to catalogues in which the meteorite is described, and known synonyms that may be encountered in the literature. The catalogues that are indexed here, including the Catalogue of Meteorites from the Natural History Museum in London, the commercial program MetBase, the Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter, and the Meteoritical Bulletin contain detailed information about the meteorites, including narratives of the discovery, mineralogy, petrology, specimen locations, chemical and isotopic composition, and references to the literature.

A seconday purpose of this database is to provide an interface to map services for the display of geographic information about meteorites. Two are currently implemented here. If the user has installed the free NASA program World Wind, links are provided for each meteorite to zoom the program to the find location. The database also provides links to the Google Maps service for the display of find locations.

Construction of the database

The primary source of information in this database is the Catalogue of Meteorites. It is considered the authoritative source of information on meteorite names up to the time of its last publication (2002). Data from the Catalogue have been supplemented by the more recent compilation in "MetBase" (v7.1, 2005). Issues of the Meteoritical Bulletin that post-date MetBase 7.1 will be used to provide information on the most recent meteorite names approved by the Nomenclature Committee.

In cases where data in the Catalogue and MetBase differ, both are listed in the present database. These two compilations both rely on the Meteoritical Bulletin for information on new meteorites. The reasons for disagreement are varied, and may include typographical errors or attempts by the authors to incorporate literature data (especially on classification) that post-date the original entry in the Meteoritical Bulletin. No attempt is made here to arbitrate these discrepancies. Instead, a "recommended" value is given, which is based solely on the opinions of the compiler of the present database (Grossman).

Update history

Date	Updated by	Description
23 May 2013	jgrossman	Released 17 assorted meteorites
16 May 2013	jgrossman	Released SaU 559
14 May 2013	jgrossman	Released 3 meteorites from around world
12 May 2013	jgrossman	Moved all meteorites approved in 2013 to MB 102. Getting ready to finalize MB 101
11 May 2013	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA
9 May 2013	jgrossman	Released 3 US and 3 NWA OCs
6 May 2013	jgrossman	Released 17 assorted meteorites
3 May 2013	jgrossman	Released 15 NWAs and 1 Oman meteorite
1 May 2013	jgrossman	Released 58 GRV meteorites
27 Apr 2013	jgrossman	Released Agoudal and 14 other meteorites from northwest Africa
26 Apr 2013	jgrossman	Added Burns
25 Apr 2013	jgrossman	Released 51 Chilean OCs
24 Apr 2013	jgrossman	Released 2 NWAs and Keystone Lake
21 Apr 2013	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA
15 Apr 2013	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA
12 Apr 2013	jgrossman	Released 9 NWAs
3 Apr 2013	jgrossman	Released 8 NWAs
29 Mar 2013	jgrossman	Released 43 desert OCs
28 Mar 2013	jgrossman	Released 14 desert meteorites including 2 falls
27 Mar 2013	jgrossman	Released NWA 7755
18 Mar 2013	jgrossman	Released Chelyabinsk
9 Mar 2013	jgrossman	Released 2 Yuccas and new Yucca DCA, plus 2 NWAs. Added News feature.
7 Mar 2013	jgrossman	Released RaS 318
6 Mar 2013	jgrossman	Released Timber Lake and two NWAs
1 Mar 2013	jgrossman	Released 20 desert meteorites
26 Feb 2013	jgrossman	Released 35 NWAs
25 Feb 2013	jgrossman	Released AMN 36(1) meteorites
20 Feb 2013	jgrossman	Released 15 NWA OCs
16 Feb 2013	jgrossman	Released 4 NWAs
6 Feb 2013	jgrossman	Released 7 NWA OCs
5 Feb 2013	jgrossman	Released 11 desert meteorites and Ouadangou
1 Feb 2013	jgrossman	Released 18 NWAs and 1 Chilean meteorites
29 Jan 2013	jgrossman	Released 31 meteorites from Chile and NWA
28 Jan 2013	jgrossman	Released 42 desert meteorite from all over
20 Jan 2013	jgrossman	Released coordinates for 50 San Juan meteorites
16 Jan 2013	jgrossman	Released 9 Chilean OCs
15 Jan 2013	jgrossman	Released 2 NWA OCs
11 Jan 2013	jgrossman	Released 19 Chilean OCs
9 Jan 2013	jgrossman	Released 2 OCs
4 Jan 2013	jgrossman	Updated classification of NWA 7034
3 Jan 2013	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA OC
1 Jan 2013	jgrossman	Released 24 assorted meteorites
22 Dec 2012	jgrossman	Released Sterley
20 Dec 2012	jgrossman	Released 9 NWAs
18 Dec 2012	jgrossman	Released 12 assorted meteorites
17 Dec 2012	jgrossman	Released Blakeman
12 Dec 2012	jgrossman	Released 12 African and 1 US meteorite
11 Dec 2012	jgrossman	Released 5 misc. meteorites
10 Dec 2012	jgrossman	Released 2 NWAs
7 Dec 2012	jgrossman	Released NWA 7531
6 Dec 2012	jgrossman	Released 18 NWA EOCs
5 Dec 2012	jgrossman	Released 99 Oman EOCs and NWA 7489
30 Nov 2012	jgrossman	Released 7 NWAs and Ischgl
29 Nov 2012	jgrossman	Released 1 Oman and 1 NWA meteorite
24 Nov 2012	jgrossman	Released 15 desert meteorites
21 Nov 2012	jgrossman	Released 3 desert meteorites
19 Nov 2012	jgrossman	Released two Arizona meteorites
18 Nov 2012	jgrossman	Released 16 assorted meteorites
9 Nov 2012	jgrossman	Released 12 desert meteorites
8 Nov 2012	jgrossman	Released 69 desert meteorites
6 Nov 2012	jgrossman	Released DaG 1061
31 Oct 2012	jgrossman	Released 3 African meteorites and updated info on 2 US finds
30 Oct 2012	jgrossman	Released 2 Oman and 8 NWA meteorites
26 Oct 2012	jgrossman	Released 19 African meteorites
23 Oct 2012	jgrossman	Released 2 Chilean and 6 NWA meteorites
19 Oct 2012	jgrossman	Released 54 OCs from Oman
18 Oct 2012	jgrossman	Released 34 meteorites from Oman and NWA
12 Oct 2012	jgrossman	Released 17 relict meteorites from Sweden and 17 desert meteorite from all over
5 Oct 2012	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA and Wiltshire/Lake House
4 Oct 2012	jgrossman	Released 10 NWAs
2 Oct 2012	jgrossman	Released Battle Mountain
29 Sep 2012	jgrossman	Released one NwA
28 Sep 2012	jgrossman	Released 13 African and 1 Omani OC
21 Sep 2012	jgrossman	Released 19 Omani and 1 NWA meteorite
18 Sep 2012	jgrossman	Released 14 Omani and 1 Chilean meteorite
15 Sep 2012	jgrossman	Released 8 desert OCs
12 Sep 2012	jgrossman	Released Lixian and 7 NWAs
4 Sep 2012	jgrossman	Released meteorites from AMN 35(2)
31 Aug 2012	jgrossman	Corrected NWA 5436/NWA 6436 from 30 August release
30 Aug 2012	jgrossman	Released Deming, Youxi, one NWA
28 Aug 2012	jgrossman	Released 9 NWAs
23 Aug 2012	jgrossman	Released 25 meteorites from all over
22 Aug 2012	jgrossman	Released 12 NWAs
17 Aug 2012	jgrossman	Released 16 desert meteorites
14 Aug 2012	jgrossman	Released another NWA
12 Aug 2012	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA
11 Aug 2012	jgrossman	Released four desert meteorites
31 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released Whetstone Mtn coords
30 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released 3 NWA and 3 Nullarbor meteorites
29 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Added oxygen isotope plotting capability; released 13 NWAs
28 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA
27 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released 11 NWAs and 14 Chilean meteorites
26 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA
24 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA and Rio Rancho
23 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released 4 NWAs
17 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released Alkali Flat and 3 NWAs
11 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released 26 Oman meteorites
9 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA and 129 Oman meteorites
7 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released 13 NWAs
5 Jul 2012	jgrossman	Released one NWA
15 Jun 2012	jgrossman	Released MN21 meteorites
11 Jun 2012	jgrossman	Released 14 NWAs
6 Jun 2012	jgrossman	Released Khatyrka
1 Jun 2012	jgrossman	Released NWA 4165
31 May 2012	jgrossman	Released 19 NWAs and 1 StV
30 May 2012	jgrossman	Released 5 misc meteorites
29 May 2012	jgrossman	Released Silistra, 1 NWA, and 44 meteorites from Australia and Oman
25 May 2012	jgrossman	Released 7 NWAs and Lynch 002
22 May 2012	jgrossman	Released Sutter's Mill and 11 StV meteorites
19 May 2012	jgrossman	released 1 NWA
18 May 2012	jgrossman	Released one NWA
17 May 2012	jgrossman	Released 12 NWAs
16 May 2012	jgrossman	Released 11 NWAs
15 May 2012	jgrossman	Released 4 NWAs
9 May 2012	jgrossman	Added 7 Oman OCs
2 May 2012	jgrossman	Released 5 NWAs
1 May 2012	jgrossman	Released 113 Oman EOCs
30 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released 3 Sleeper Camp meteorites
27 Apr 2012	jgrossman	released 1 NWA
26 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA and 2 Oman meteorites
25 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released Ackerly
24 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released 8 NWAs
23 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released 12 NWAs
21 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released 9 NWAs and 26 Antarctics
20 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released 2 NWAs and Nova 011
14 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released 45 NWAs and BM 004
10 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released 6 NWAs
4 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released BM 005
1 Apr 2012	jgrossman	Released 31 NWAs
14 Mar 2012	jgrossman	Released Northwest Africa 7107
13 Mar 2012	jgrossman	Released Mangum and 16 NWAs
8 Mar 2012	jgrossman	Released 28 meteorites from NWA, USA
6 Mar 2012	jgrossman	Released 6 NWA OCs
3 Mar 2012	jgrossman	Released Griffith Wash and 13 desert meteorites
2 Mar 2012	jgrossman	Released 28 desert meteorites
29 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released NWA 6363 and Uasara
28 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released 3 Acfers and San Bernardino Wash
25 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released AMN 35(1) meteorites
23 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released 32 desert meteorites
22 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA OC
21 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released 25 meteorites from hot and cold deserts
18 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released Corn and 3 NWAs
17 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released Benesov (a) and (b), several NWAs, and update to Berthoud
16 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released 2 NWA OCs
6 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released NWA 7063
5 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released 3 African meteorites
2 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released Bernic Lake
1 Feb 2012	jgrossman	Released 6 Antarctics and 6 NWAs
31 Jan 2012	jgrossman	Released 21 assorted meteorites
24 Jan 2012	jgrossman	Released 2 NWAs
19 Jan 2012	jgrossman	Released 8 assorted meteorites from all over
17 Jan 2012	jgrossman	released Tissint
13 Jan 2012	jgrossman	Added 24 FRO ordinary chondrites
11 Jan 2012	jgrossman	Released DaG 1053
9 Jan 2012	jgrossman	Released Dho 1627
2 Jan 2012	jgrossman	Released 3 Antarctic meteorites
22 Dec 2011	jgrossman	Released Northwest Africa 6901
16 Dec 2011	jgrossman	Released 17 NWAs and 2 from Chile
14 Dec 2011	jgrossman	Added Yelland 001
9 Dec 2011	jgrossman	Released 17 OCs from Pecora Escarpment plus Estación Imilac, PdM 004, Huaxi
5 Dec 2011	jgrossman	Released one NWA
3 Dec 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 OCs from western US
2 Dec 2011	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA
29 Nov 2011	jgrossman	Released 20 NWAs and 1 Chilean meteorite
28 Nov 2011	jgrossman	Released 2 NWAs
22 Nov 2011	jgrossman	Released 9 NWA OCs
21 Nov 2011	jgrossman	Released 14 Chilean OCs
18 Nov 2011	jgrossman	Released 16 Chilean OCs
14 Nov 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 NWA and 3 Los Vientos meteorites
9 Nov 2011	jgrossman	Released 5 desert meteorites and Bunker Hill
6 Nov 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 Chinese irons
5 Nov 2011	jgrossman	Released 17 N. African meteorites
3 Nov 2011	jgrossman	Released NWA 7015
26 Oct 2011	jgrossman	Added 2 NWAs and El Mirage Dry Lake 004
25 Oct 2011	jgrossman	Added 2 NWA OCs
24 Oct 2011	jgrossman	Released 24 meteorites and discredited Inningen
19 Oct 2011	jgrossman	Released Powell Peak 001
13 Oct 2011	jgrossman	Released 8 Ksar Ghilane OCs
6 Oct 2011	jgrossman	Released 2 NWA and 1 North American OC
3 Oct 2011	jgrossman	Released 5 NWAs
29 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released 11 Chilean and 1 NWA OC
26 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released Thika fall and 19 desert meteorites from 3 continents
25 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released San Juan 055
23 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 Dhofars and an NWA
21 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released Qasr Tarcine, LV098, NWA 3193
20 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Added BW 032
19 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released 12 Chilean and 21 NWAs
17 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released 8 from Chile, 1 from Oman, 1 NWA
16 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 NWAs and two Texas finds
9 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released Assamakka
3 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released NWA 6903
2 Sep 2011	jgrossman	Released Thumb Butte
30 Aug 2011	jgrossman	Released 4 Acfer CRs and one NWA
28 Aug 2011	jgrossman	Released 49 meteorites from Oman and NWA
27 Aug 2011	jgrossman	Released two OCs from NWA and Conception Junction
1 Aug 2011	jgrossman	Released NWA 6875 + 6887; update Chandler
28 Jul 2011	jgrossman	Released 2 OCs from US dry lakes
19 Jul 2011	jgrossman	Released Jepara and 41 NWAs
18 Jul 2011	jgrossman	Released 4 NWAs, Soltmany, Villa Regina
7 Jul 2011	jgrossman	Released Ksar el Hajoui
6 Jul 2011	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA
1 Jul 2011	jgrossman	Released 2 NWAs and SaU 525
30 Jun 2011	jgrossman	Added 3 African finds and Salar de Atacama
27 Jun 2011	jgrossman	Released Kosice
23 Jun 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 NWAs
8 Jun 2011	jgrossman	Released NWA 6850 and Sawyer
6 Jun 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 NWAs
2 Jun 2011	jgrossman	Released 2 NWAs
31 May 2011	jgrossman	Released 4 NWAs and one Libyan OC
28 May 2011	jgrossman	Released 1 NWA and a few problematic OCs from MB20
27 May 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 NWAs + Shawnee
26 May 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 NWAs and 347 Yamato meteorites from MN20
22 May 2011	jgrossman	Released 4 meteorites from SW USA
20 May 2011	jgrossman	Released DaG 1054
18 May 2011	jgrossman	released DaG 1055 and NWA 6710
17 May 2011	jgrossman	Released one Dhofar and 8 NWAs.
13 May 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 NWAs
12 May 2011	jgrossman	Released 2 NWAs
11 May 2011	jgrossman	Released Mason Gully and Kemer
10 May 2011	jgrossman	Released NWA 6697
6 May 2011	jgrossman	Released Llano River and three NWAs
4 May 2011	jgrossman	Released Varre-Sai and NWA 6592
3 May 2011	jgrossman	Released SaU 427
2 May 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 NWAs and one Libyan meteorite
28 Apr 2011	jgrossman	Release 6 Oman and 8 NWA meteorites
27 Apr 2011	jgrossman	Released 10 new African meteorites
25 Apr 2011	jgrossman	Released Stump Spring 083
23 Apr 2011	jgrossman	Released 6 NWA OCs
15 Apr 2011	jgrossman	Released 5 new NWA lunar meteorites
12 Apr 2011	jgrossman	Released 10 NWA OCs
7 Apr 2011	jgrossman	Released JaH 360 and 319 and 3 NWAs
6 Apr 2011	jgrossman	Released JaH 395
1 Apr 2011	jgrossman	Released Red Canyon Lake
27 Mar 2011	jgrossman	Released 4 new NWAs
1 Mar 2011	jgrossman	Released 6 new OCs
22 Feb 2011	jgrossman	Released Javorje, Camp Creek, and Chandler
15 Feb 2011	jgrossman	Released AMN 34(1) and some NWAs
14 Feb 2011	jgrossman	Released 4 NWAs and 2 meteorites from SW USA
31 Jan 2011	jgrossman	Released 3 new NWAs
21 Jan 2011	jgrossman	Released 19 NWAs
18 Jan 2011	jgrossman	Released 2 NWAs and 4 Australians
14 Jan 2011	jgrossman	Released 15 NWA OCs
7 Jan 2011	jgrossman	Released RdDL 068
6 Jan 2011	jgrossman	Released 2 NWA OCs
4 Jan 2011	jgrossman	Release 13 new meteorites
1 Jan 2011	jgrossman	Added two new craters from Earth Impact DB
30 Dec 2010	jgrossman	Added two new NWAs
29 Dec 2010	jgrossman	Released 3 new NWAs
28 Dec 2010	jgrossman	Released 11 new NWA meteorites
22 Dec 2010	jgrossman	Updated tables for final version of MB98
18 Dec 2010	jgrossman	Released 34 Oman and NWA OCs
15 Dec 2010	jgrossman	Released Gove, Mt Moroto and 4 NWAs
12 Dec 2010	jgrossman	Released 7 new meteorites and one reclassification
9 Dec 2010	jgrossman	Added two NWAs
9 Dec 2010	jgrossman	Added NWA 800
8 Dec 2010	jgrossman	Added Boulder Mine and Willcox Playa 009
30 Nov 2010	jgrossman	Added Lorton
28 Nov 2010	jgrossman	Added two NWA OCs
18 Nov 2010	jgrossman	Added Coyote Dry Lake 318
16 Nov 2010	jgrossman	Released 14 NWAs and Nova 010
9 Nov 2010	jgrossman	Add Hyattville and NWA 6543
1 Nov 2010	jgrossman	Moved to new home at LPI
26 Oct 2010	jgrossman	Added 27 meteorites from around the world
25 Oct 2010	jgrossman	Added two NWAs
20 Oct 2010	jgrossman	Added NWA 4806
18 Oct 2010	jgrossman	Added 6 Lucernve Valley OCs
16 Oct 2010	jgrossman	Added 28 desert EOCs
12 Oct 2010	jgrossman	Added 37 new meteorites
1 Oct 2010	jgrossman	Added 15 San Juan (Chile) OCs and 3 NWAs
21 Sep 2010	jgrossman	Added 27 NWA irons
16 Sep 2010	jgrossman	Added five NWA irons
12 Sep 2010	jgrossman	New meteorites from AMN 33(2)
2 Sep 2010	jgrossman	Added Northwest Africa 5644
26 Aug 2010	jgrossman	Added 5 African irons
25 Aug 2010	jgrossman	Added Mifflin, New Deal, and 3 irons
23 Aug 2010	jgrossman	Add NWA 3191
11 Aug 2010	jgrossman	added NWA 5937, 5938
3 Aug 2010	jgrossman	Added Tieret 001-007
21 Jul 2010	jgrossman	Added 4 new NWAs
12 Jul 2010	jgrossman	Add Gebel Kamil
10 Jul 2010	jgrossman	Final data from MB97 entered
8 Jul 2010	jgrossman	Added Tungsten Mountain 541
2 Jul 2010	jgrossman	Added Chocolate Mountains
1 Jul 2010	jgrossman	Added En Naffatiyah
20 Jun 2010	jgrossman	Added NIPR newsletter 19 meteorites
14 Jun 2010	jgrossman	Added 6 Tungsten Mountain meteorites
8 Jun 2010	jgrossman	Added Buffalo Gap and Camp Wood irons
2 Jun 2010	jgrossman	Added 4 new irons
1 Jun 2010	jgrossman	Added NWA 6203
28 May 2010	jgrossman	Renamed Fezzou (a) and (b) to NWA 6325 and 6326
21 May 2010	jgrossman	Added Fezzou (a) and (b)
19 May 2010	jgrossman	Added NWA 2986
14 May 2010	jgrossman	Added 11 new NWAs
14 May 2010	jgrossman	Added 13 new NWAs
10 May 2010	jgrossman	Added NWA 6157
7 May 2010	jgrossman	Added 4 new NWAs
5 May 2010	jgrossman	12 new meteorites from all over were added
29 Apr 2010	jgrossman	Added Plescoi and Redwater
21 Apr 2010	jgrossman	Added 112 new OCs from Oman
2 Apr 2010	jgrossman	Add Jesenice, Kirishi, and 2 from Oman
26 Mar 2010	jgrossman	Added UAE 020 and corrected other UAE data
23 Mar 2010	jgrossman	Added 2 new Russian OCs
22 Mar 2010	jgrossman	Added 5 new OCs from the US
10 Mar 2010	jgrossman	Taoudenni added
9 Mar 2010	jgrossman	Added 13 ordinary chondrites from Oman and US
6 Mar 2010	jgrossman	Added 2 Dhofar chondrites
17 Feb 2010	jgrossman	Added 3 Libya, 2 Oman, and Daule (Ecuador)
16 Feb 2010	jgrossman	Added predictive search box. Let Jeff Grossman know if you hate this.
11 Feb 2010	jgrossman	Added AMN 33(1) meteorites plus more from Arabian Peninsula
10 Feb 2010	jgrossman	Added 6 new desert meteorites
1 Feb 2010	jgrossman	Added La Cienega and Coffeyville
28 Jan 2010	jgrossman	Added 43 meteorites from Arabian Peninsula and Antarctica
25 Jan 2010	jgrossman	Added 9 meteorites from Great Sand Sea
24 Jan 2010	jgrossman	Added Larned
12 Jan 2010	jgrossman	Added two more Nullarbor meteorites
11 Jan 2010	jgrossman	Added 22 Nullarbor meteorites
27 Dec 2009	jgrossman	60 new Omani ordinary chondrites
22 Dec 2009	jgrossman	Six new approvals
17 Dec 2009	jgrossman	Added Paris, NWA 5782 and NWA 5966
9 Dec 2009	jgrossman	Added NWA 5960 and 5990
29 Nov 2009	jgrossman	Added NWA 5790
25 Nov 2009	jgrossman	Added 67 new NWAs
4 Nov 2009	jgrossman	Entered tables and writeups from MB96
3 Nov 2009	jgrossman	Added 253 new finds, 248 from NWA, 4 US, 1 Argentina
23 Oct 2009	jgrossman	Added 2 NWA and 13 JaH meteorites
15 Oct 2009	jgrossman	Major code changes, but no changes for end users except writeup formats
7 Oct 2009	jgrossman	Added 950 chinese antarctic meteorites
22 Sep 2009	jgrossman	Added 4 new Chinese meteorites
4 Sep 2009	JGrossman	Added 198 meteorites from AMN 32(2)
1 Sep 2009	JGrossman	Inserted 23 meteorites for MB97
26 Aug 2009	JGrossman	Users can now get summary or revision history of each record.
8 Jul 2009	JGrossman	Added 3 NWAs and RC 110 for MB96
29 Jun 2009	JGrossman	Add 7 new NWAs for MB96
27 Jun 2009	JGrossman	Insert Bi'r Tazit
16 Jun 2009	JGrossman	Added member photos from EOM; changed display of photo information
1 Jun 2009	JGrossman	Added NWA 5515 for MB96
27 May 2009	JGrossman	Added 2 new NWAs for MB96
26 May 2009	JGrossman	Revised and updated pallasite classifications
25 May 2009	JGrossman	Added NWA 4296 and two new Saudi nomenclature areas
24 May 2009	JGrossman	Software update. Updated crosslinks code. Many other internal changes.
22 May 2009	JGrossman	Added four new meteorites for MB96
20 May 2009	JGrossman	Corrected pairings of 8 Dhofar meteorites from MB87
18 May 2009	JGrossman	Added Maribo fall
14 May 2009	JGrossman	Changed handling of footnotes in MetBull tables.
11 May 2009	JGrossman	Added La Luz and 9 Dhofar eucrites
27 Apr 2009	JGrossman	Added 20 new NWAs for MB96
17 Apr 2009	JGrossman	Final tables and writeups from MB95 added
16 Apr 2009	JGrossman	Added 39 new meteorites for MB96
11 Apr 2009	JGrossman	Added 5 new meteorites for MB96
3 Apr 2009	JGrossman	Added 285 Yamato classifications from MN18
1 Apr 2009	JGrossman	Added 1 new NWA meteorite
10 Mar 2009	JGrossman	Added 9 new Tunisian meteorites
4 Mar 2009	JGrossman	Added 212 new ANSMET meteorites
3 Mar 2009	JGrossman	Added 3 new NWAs
26 Feb 2009	JGrossman	Added Tamdakht for MB95
25 Feb 2009	JGrossman	Added Nuevo Mercurio (c) for MB95
13 Feb 2009	JGrossman	Added Bunburra Rockhole for MB95
12 Feb 2009	JGrossman	Added 48 new meteorites for MB95
30 Jan 2009	JGrossman	Added links to Chinese database for GRV meteorites
29 Jan 2009	JGrossman	Added Ban Cho Lae
9 Jan 2009	JGrossman	Added 115 Oman meteorites
23 Dec 2008	JGrossman	Added lots of GRV meteorites, dozens of NWAs and 5 others
17 Dec 2008	JGrossman	Final data and writeups from MB94 added
4 Nov 2008	JGrossman	Updated interface - better handling of historical classifications
30 Oct 2008	JGrossman	Added Eldee 001 and 002
22 Sep 2008	JGrossman	Updated interface - better catalog searches and Antarctic information
8 Sep 2008	JGrossman	Added 19 new NWAs and 315 AMN 31(2) meteorites
18 Aug 2008	JGrossman	Added 4 new NWAs
8 Aug 2008	JGrossman	Added Yamato 984028 from MN 17
6 Aug 2008	JGrossman	Final entries made for all meteorites in MB93
8 Jul 2008	JGrossman	New cross-referencing tools added; fix Inner Mongolia name
27 Jun 2008	JGrossman	Added 3 new meteorites for MB94
15 May 2008	JGrossman	Added 5 new meteorites for MB94
7 May 2008	JGrossman	Added Kavarpura for MB94
4 May 2008	JGrossman	57 new meteorites approved for MB94
17 Apr 2008	JGrossman	29 new meteorites approved for MB94
6 Mar 2008	JGrossman	200 new NWA approvals and ~300 new provisional names
5 Mar 2008	JGrossman	Added 749 new NIPR classifications from MN16 and 395 new Chinese Antarctics
4 Mar 2008	JGrossman	Added 104 new GRV meteorites
26 Feb 2008	JGrossman	4 new NWAs, plus 94 Chinese and 5 Koreamet Antarctic meteorites added
17 Feb 2008	JGrossman	Added AMN 31(1) meteorites
30 Jan 2008	JGrossman	Added NWA 5000 and 4882
23 Jan 2008	JGrossman	Added Burstall
14 Jan 2008	JGrossman	Added 205 newly approved meteorites
13 Jan 2008	JGrossman	Added Nova 006-009
10 Jan 2008	JGrossman	Added USGS custom map controls
7 Jan 2008	JGrossman	Added Carancas
1 Jan 2008	JGrossman	11 newly approved meteorites
10 Dec 2007	JGrossman	Added 3 newly approved Aussie meteorites
26 Nov 2007	JGrossman	Final text editing for MB92 entries completed
17 Oct 2007	JGrossman	400 new NWA provisional names added
28 Sep 2007	JGrossman	11 new meteorites for MB93
31 Aug 2007	JGrossman	Added data for AMN 30(2)
31 Jul 2007	JGrossman	New version of display pages for individual meteorites
26 Jul 2007	JGrossman	Initial entry of all MB92 data
14 Jul 2007	JGrossman	Changed search items under Classes pull-down menu
15 Jun 2007	JGrossman	Updated addresses of many collections; new links to explanations of meteorite classifications.
15 Apr 2007	JGrossman	Revised search interface; improved whats new functionality.
10 Apr 2007	JGrossman	Made about a dozen small corrections to MB91 entries.
28 Mar 2007	JGrossman	Major update to finalize MB91 entries.
16 Feb 2007	JGrossman	Added meteorites from AMN 30(1).
27 Nov 2006	JGrossman	Added links to the NIPR database. Also, changed the status of thousands of unclassified NIPR specimens to "Provisional"
26 Sep 2006	JGrossman	Added Hambleton, Bhawad, and Moss, approved in recent votes
12 Sep 2006	JGrossman	All data from the final version of MB90 are entered in database and the PDF file for MB90 is posted
2 Sep 2006	JGrossman	Added meteorites from AMN 29(2).
1 Sep 2006	JGrossman	Added some long overdue meteorites approved in June, 2006, for MB91.
2 Aug 2006	JGrossman	Added ability to limit searches to those that have photos.
17 Jul 2006	JGrossman	Added links to photos in Encyclopedia of Meteorites.
15 Jun 2006	JGrossman	Deleted Dhofar 1301. It was a duplicate entry.
28 May 2006	JGrossman	Bug Fix!!! Lat/longs were not being stored with enough precision, resulting in some round-off errors in the seconds column. This has been fixed.
27 May 2006	JGrossman	Updated to version 2 of Google Maps API
11 May 2006	JGrossman	Added Dho 1428, NWA 2828, NWA 4301
10 May 2006	JGrossman	Added UAE 001
5 Apr 2006	JGrossman	Added 174 known impact craters from Earth Impact Database
3 Apr 2006	JGrossman	Added Mafuta for MB90
28 Mar 2006	JGrossman	Added 3 Yamato shergottites from MN 14(1)
26 Mar 2006	JGrossman	Restructured database and changed results page for individual meteorites
22 Feb 2006	JGrossman	Added 597 meteorites from AMN 29(1)
16 Feb 2006	JGrossman	Added JaH 123 and 130, left over from vote 3
13 Feb 2006	JGrossman	Synchronized database with new release of MetBase, v7.2
6 Feb 2006	JGrossman	Added hundreds of meteorites from MB90 Vote 3. 100 non-ordinary chondrites are listed under What's New
16 Jan 2006	JGrossman	Added 9 meteorites from recent NomCom votes
26 Dec 2005	JGrossman	Fixed many html coding errors; report errors or anomalies to jgrossman(at)usgs.gov
18 Nov 2005	JGrossman	Added states/provinces and ability to search by geographic area
16 Nov 2005	JGrossman	Added proximity searches to details pages
14 Nov 2005	JGrossman	Added NWA 869
1 Nov 2005	JGrossman	Database attempts to decipher address codes in writeups
30 Oct 2005	JGrossman	Data from tables in MB87-89 added to database
28 Oct 2005	JGrossman	Added Acfer 371 and DaG 1026 (from MB89 but not in database)
25 Oct 2005	JGrossman	Added NWA 2737 writeup
21 Oct 2005	JGrossman	Writeups back to MB38 scanned and entered into database
10 Oct 2005	JGrossman	Added Meridiani Planum
9 Oct 2005	JGrossman	Added ability to search by Bulletin
6 Oct 2005	JGrossman	Added NIPR classifications from Met. Newsletter 13(1)
21 Sep 2005	JGrossman	Added results for MB90 vote 1
1 Sep 2005	JGrossman	Added ANSMET meteorites from AMN 28(2)
13 Jul 2005	JGrossman	Added SaU 290 for MB90
1 Jul 2005	JGrossman	Added NWA 2737 for MB90
25 Jun 2005	JGrossman	Added the first 4 meteorites approved for MB90
16 Jun 2005	JGrossman	Added 43 writeups from MB89, online only; added feature to limit searches by meteorite classes
14 Jun 2005	JGrossman	Final revisions to data from Met. Bell. 89.
2 Jun 2005	JGrossman	Added provisional names of meteorites from NWA, current through end of year 2003.
31 May 2005	JGrossman	First round of corrections to Met. Bull. 89 data. A few meteorites added, 10 or so writeups edited.
25 May 2005	JGrossman	Addition of writeups from the Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter, 1994-2005.
15 May 2005	JGrossman	Addition writeups from the Meteoritical Bulletin, 1992-2005; addition of full-text search capability for writeups.
11 May 2005	JGrossman	Addition of preliminary data from Met. Bull. 89.
23 Apr 2005	JGrossman	Initial release of database.