Carbonaceous Chondrite

1,551 meteorites · 3,519.4 kg total mass

Carbonaceous chondrites are carbon-rich, primitive meteorites containing organic compounds, water-bearing minerals, and pre-solar grains. They provide clues about the early solar system.

Classifications in This Group

CM2
416
CO3
336
CV3
256
CR2
135
CK5
94
CK4
75
CH3
22
CM1
19
CM1/2
18
CK6
17
Chondrite-ung
15
CK3
13
CO3.5
12
CK4/5
12
CI1
9
CR
8
CO3.2
8
CB
8
CO3.6
7
CO3.3
7
CK5/6
6
CO3.1
6
CO3.4
5
CBa
5
CBb
5
CV3-an
4
CO3.0
4
CM
4
CO3.8
3
CK3-an
3
CK
3
CK4-an
3
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Name Mass
Elephant Moraine 90049 18.0 g
Thiel Mountains 07007 18.0 g
Allan Hills 88045 18.0 g
Patuxent Range 91546 17.9 g
Miller Range 07383 17.8 g
Elephant Moraine 92070 17.8 g
Elephant Moraine 92168 17.7 g
Asuka 881473 17.7 g
Yamato 791745 17.6 g
Elephant Moraine 92011 17.5 g
Miller Range 090288 17.4 g
Miller Range 07679 17.3 g
Meteorite Hills 00711 17.0 g
Northwest Africa 2549 17.0 g
Yamato 980165 17.0 g
Lewis Cliff 87016 16.8 g
Allan Hills 84043 16.8 g
Elephant Moraine 92094 16.7 g
Miller Range 07293 16.7 g
Lookout Hill 16.6 g
Yamato 794078 16.5 g
Miller Range 07445 16.4 g
Miller Range 07696 16.4 g
Miller Range 07560 16.4 g
Elephant Moraine 96010 16.3 g
Miller Range 090154 16.3 g
Dominion Range 10121 16.2 g
MacAlpine Hills 87320 16.2 g
Yamato 86693 16.2 g
Northwest Africa 7121 16.1 g
Miller Range 07298 16.0 g
Dhofar 955 16.0 g
Miller Range 090483 15.9 g
Meteorite Hills 00694 15.9 g
LaPaz Icefield 04809 15.8 g
Miller Range 07669 15.8 g
Miller Range 07444 15.8 g
Queen Alexandra Range 99680 15.7 g
Meteorite Hills 01073 15.7 g
LaPaz Icefield 04796 15.7 g
Elephant Moraine 90017 15.6 g
Miller Range 07697 15.5 g
Larkman Nunatak 06873 15.5 g
Elephant Moraine 90022 15.5 g
Larkman Nunatak 06868 15.4 g
LaPaz Icefield 031268 15.4 g
Queen Alexandra Range 99886 15.3 g
Miller Range 07292 15.3 g
Elephant Moraine 96098 15.3 g
Elephant Moraine 83311 15.3 g