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Are meteorites classified as igneous rocks?
Or are they metamorphic? I'm quite certain they're not sedimentary. Maybe they are not any of those.
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- AndrewLv 55 years agoFavorite Answer
It would depend on the type of meteorite. Iron meteorites are technically igneous since they crystallized from a 'magma' of liquid iron-nickel. Some stony achondrites are also igneous and contain igneous cumulate textures. Some are brecciated though as a result of impact metamorphism in which case they are obviously metamorphic.
Chondrites are a bit funny though. They are formed from material that condensed directly from the solar nebula, so they are really neither igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic.
