The majority of meteorite finds are stony meteorites, consisting mostly of silicate minerals. There are two main types of stony meteorite: chondrites (some of the oldest materials in the solar system) ...

The less common of the two types of stony meteorites are the so-called “achondrites”. These do not have the distinctive round particles of chondrites, because they experienced melting on ...

Analysis found the samples were ordinary chondrites, the most common type of stony meteorite found on Earth, accounting for about 86 percent of all space rocks recovered. — Spooky fireball ...

As we know, meteorites can be split into three groups: stony, irons and stony-irons. If you look at the world collections of meteorites, the vast majority are stony meteorites; only 5.5% are ...