DAR AL GANI 190
DAR AL GANI 190 - 41.0g (Full Slice)
Libyan Desert
Class: Carbonaceous chondrite CO3 (stone)
Found: October 1996 - Libyan Desert
Witnessed Fall: No
Notes: Some careful cutting has produced some beautiful and extremely thin slices of this carbonaceous chondrite meteorite. The dark matrix reveals chondrules, some shock veining and a surprising amount of fine grained metal
flake natural edges have fusion crust.
Provenance: Robert Elliott and Ex-Dietmar Weber Collection
Libyan Desert
Class: Carbonaceous chondrite CO3 (stone)
Found: October 1996 - Libyan Desert
Witnessed Fall: No
Notes: Some careful cutting has produced some beautiful and extremely thin slices of this carbonaceous chondrite meteorite. The dark matrix reveals chondrules, some shock veining and a surprising amount of fine grained metal
flake natural edges have fusion crust.
Provenance: Robert Elliott and Ex-Dietmar Weber Collection
Plainview (A)
PLAINVIEW (A) - 54.9g - slightly wedged slice
Plainview, Texas, USA
Class: (H5) Regolith Breccia.
Found: Likely fell in 1903 - Plainview, Texas
Witnessed Fall: No.
Total known weight: 12 kg
Notes: The Texas panhandle is well known for its abundance of meteorite finds because it is flat, with little vegetation and few natural rocks on the surface. The most famous area is southwest of Plainview, where over 900 meteorites were recovered after they fell in 1903, and were still being found as late as 1949.
Provenance: Blaine Reed
Plainview, Texas, USA
Class: (H5) Regolith Breccia.
Found: Likely fell in 1903 - Plainview, Texas
Witnessed Fall: No.
Total known weight: 12 kg
Notes: The Texas panhandle is well known for its abundance of meteorite finds because it is flat, with little vegetation and few natural rocks on the surface. The most famous area is southwest of Plainview, where over 900 meteorites were recovered after they fell in 1903, and were still being found as late as 1949.
Provenance: Blaine Reed
NWA 6623
NWA 6623 - 44.96g Slice
Class: (H5) Ordinary Chrondrite
Found: February 2011
Witnessed Fall: No.
Total known weight: 4 kg
Notes: Here is a 44.96 gram, specimen of NWA 6623. This meteorite has been classified as an H5 Chondrite, S1, W1. The total known weight is 4,000 grams. A very beautiful North African meteorite acquired in Feb/2011.
Provenance: M Cottingham
Class: (H5) Ordinary Chrondrite
Found: February 2011
Witnessed Fall: No.
Total known weight: 4 kg
Notes: Here is a 44.96 gram, specimen of NWA 6623. This meteorite has been classified as an H5 Chondrite, S1, W1. The total known weight is 4,000 grams. A very beautiful North African meteorite acquired in Feb/2011.
Provenance: M Cottingham
NWA 5205
NWA 5205 LL3.2
Chergach
CHERGACH - 12.7g Individual
Class: (H5) Ordinary Chrondrite
Found: SW El Mokhtar, Erg Chech, Timbuktu District, Mali
Witnessed Fall: Fall 2nd or 3rd July 2007
TKW:
Notes: Chergach (H5) Ordinary Chrondite Individual 12.7g 19.08.2012
Provenance: Ruben Garcia
Class: (H5) Ordinary Chrondrite
Found: SW El Mokhtar, Erg Chech, Timbuktu District, Mali
Witnessed Fall: Fall 2nd or 3rd July 2007
TKW:
Notes: Chergach (H5) Ordinary Chrondite Individual 12.7g 19.08.2012
Provenance: Ruben Garcia
Millbillillie
MILLBILLILLIE - 4.08g End-cut
Jundee Station Track, near Wiluna, Western Austrailia.
Class: Achondrite, (Polymict) Eucrite.
Fell: (approx) - 1.00pm in October 1960.
Witnessed Fall: Yes.
Total known weight: 100 - 300kg
Notes: The Millbillillie meteorite fell during the month of October 1960 in the Wiluna District of Western Australia. This Fall was witnessed by two station workers who where opening a fence gate on the Millibillie- Jundee track in Western Australia. Other Peoples saw a huge fireball descend out in the desert but the meteorite was not discovered until ten years later. Many hundreds of stones were found, with a total known weight of several hundred kilos. Millbillillie is one of the most beautiful eucrites, some pieces are brecciated, some are not. The fusion crust on most pieces is stained red by the clay soil in the region
Provenance: D. Childs
Jundee Station Track, near Wiluna, Western Austrailia.
Class: Achondrite, (Polymict) Eucrite.
Fell: (approx) - 1.00pm in October 1960.
Witnessed Fall: Yes.
Total known weight: 100 - 300kg
Notes: The Millbillillie meteorite fell during the month of October 1960 in the Wiluna District of Western Australia. This Fall was witnessed by two station workers who where opening a fence gate on the Millibillie- Jundee track in Western Australia. Other Peoples saw a huge fireball descend out in the desert but the meteorite was not discovered until ten years later. Many hundreds of stones were found, with a total known weight of several hundred kilos. Millbillillie is one of the most beautiful eucrites, some pieces are brecciated, some are not. The fusion crust on most pieces is stained red by the clay soil in the region
Provenance: D. Childs
NWA 869
NWA 869 - 26.7g
Whole Individual
Class: L3-6 Chrondritic Regolith Breccia
Found: 2000, Tindouf, Algeria, Northwest Africa
Witnessed Fall: Yes.
Total known weight: 100 - 300kg
Notes: It is quite clear that meteorite collectors in Northwest Africa have discovered a large L chondrite strewn field at an undisclosed location near Tindouf, Algeria. Individual masses are known to range from 1 g to 20 kg. It is a brecciated stone with clasts of many different types incorporated into its makeup. slices can contain large metal grains, troilite inclusions, giant chondrules, armored chondrules and almost anything else seen in stone meteorites. It is classified as an L4-6 since it has such a wide range of differing components.
Provenance: W.Harrington / IMCA#2264
Whole Individual
Class: L3-6 Chrondritic Regolith Breccia
Found: 2000, Tindouf, Algeria, Northwest Africa
Witnessed Fall: Yes.
Total known weight: 100 - 300kg
Notes: It is quite clear that meteorite collectors in Northwest Africa have discovered a large L chondrite strewn field at an undisclosed location near Tindouf, Algeria. Individual masses are known to range from 1 g to 20 kg. It is a brecciated stone with clasts of many different types incorporated into its makeup. slices can contain large metal grains, troilite inclusions, giant chondrules, armored chondrules and almost anything else seen in stone meteorites. It is classified as an L4-6 since it has such a wide range of differing components.
Provenance: W.Harrington / IMCA#2264
NWA 6621
NWA 6621 - 5.25g - End-cut
Northwest Africa
Class: (H4)
Fell: Morrocco 2011.
Witnessed Fall: No.
Total known weight: 24kg
Notes: Purchased at Tuscon show by M.Cottingham. It is a H4, S2 with a weathering grade: W1-2,.
M.Cottingham holds the main mass.
Provenance: M.Cottingham
Northwest Africa
Class: (H4)
Fell: Morrocco 2011.
Witnessed Fall: No.
Total known weight: 24kg
Notes: Purchased at Tuscon show by M.Cottingham. It is a H4, S2 with a weathering grade: W1-2,.
M.Cottingham holds the main mass.
Provenance: M.Cottingham
Haxtun
HAXTUN - 1.75g Part Slice
Colorado, USA
Class: H/L4 Chrondrite
Found: 1975, Phillips County, Colorado, USA
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 15.5 kg
Notes: This is a rare H/L4 Chrondrite, being 1 of 13 approved meteorites classified as H/L4
A weathered stone (weathering grade W4) of 15.5 kg was found in a wheat field in August of 1975.
Provenance: M.Cottingham
Colorado, USA
Class: H/L4 Chrondrite
Found: 1975, Phillips County, Colorado, USA
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 15.5 kg
Notes: This is a rare H/L4 Chrondrite, being 1 of 13 approved meteorites classified as H/L4
A weathered stone (weathering grade W4) of 15.5 kg was found in a wheat field in August of 1975.
Provenance: M.Cottingham
Juancheng
JUANCHENG
37.6g Whole Individual with Window
Class: (H5) Ordinary Chrondrite
Fell: 15th February 1997 - Shandong Province, China
Witnessed Fall: Yes.
Total known weight: 100kg
Notes: After a bright fireball accompanied by a loud explosions thousands of stones fell near Shandong, China on February 15, 1997. Classified as an H5 chondrite this was one of the more spectacular showers of meteorites in recent years. This particular specimen is an ex - Dr Dietmar Weber collection piece, and also from The Robert Elliott Collection.
Provenance: Robert Elliott & Dr Dietmar Weber
37.6g Whole Individual with Window
Class: (H5) Ordinary Chrondrite
Fell: 15th February 1997 - Shandong Province, China
Witnessed Fall: Yes.
Total known weight: 100kg
Notes: After a bright fireball accompanied by a loud explosions thousands of stones fell near Shandong, China on February 15, 1997. Classified as an H5 chondrite this was one of the more spectacular showers of meteorites in recent years. This particular specimen is an ex - Dr Dietmar Weber collection piece, and also from The Robert Elliott Collection.
Provenance: Robert Elliott & Dr Dietmar Weber
Gao-Guenie
GAO-GUENIE - 69.7g Individual
Burkina-Faso, Africa
Class: (H5) Ordinary Chrondrite
Fell: 5th March 1960, Burkina-Faso, Africa
Witnessed Fall: Yes.
Total known weight: >200kg
Notes: Gao officially named Gao-Guenie was a witnessed fall on March 5 1960. There was initially some confusion as to whether there had been two distinct falls a month apart in Burkina Faso, but specimens collected using both names are exactly the same material. It is now officially considered to be one fall and has the combined name. Thousands of stones have been found and continue to be recovered from the area. It is an H5 chondrite. Some specimens are oriented and many have interesting shapes. This particular specimen was purchased from a finder in Burkina-Faso by Robert Elliott.
Provenance: R.Elliott (The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection)
Burkina-Faso, Africa
Class: (H5) Ordinary Chrondrite
Fell: 5th March 1960, Burkina-Faso, Africa
Witnessed Fall: Yes.
Total known weight: >200kg
Notes: Gao officially named Gao-Guenie was a witnessed fall on March 5 1960. There was initially some confusion as to whether there had been two distinct falls a month apart in Burkina Faso, but specimens collected using both names are exactly the same material. It is now officially considered to be one fall and has the combined name. Thousands of stones have been found and continue to be recovered from the area. It is an H5 chondrite. Some specimens are oriented and many have interesting shapes. This particular specimen was purchased from a finder in Burkina-Faso by Robert Elliott.
Provenance: R.Elliott (The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection)
Travis County (A)
TRAVIS COUNTY (A)
Travis County, Texas - 9.7g Slice
Class: Ordinary Chrondrite (H5)
Found: 1889, Travis County, Texas, USA
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 175.4 kg
Notes: The Original recovered piece of this meteorite was only 2.5kg. Eventually, 52 specimens were recovered from the area. Detailed studies later showed that 2 seperate falls were represented in this material. 41 of the specimens were found to be pieces of this shock-blackened chrondrite.
Provenance: B.Reed
Travis County, Texas - 9.7g Slice
Class: Ordinary Chrondrite (H5)
Found: 1889, Travis County, Texas, USA
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 175.4 kg
Notes: The Original recovered piece of this meteorite was only 2.5kg. Eventually, 52 specimens were recovered from the area. Detailed studies later showed that 2 seperate falls were represented in this material. 41 of the specimens were found to be pieces of this shock-blackened chrondrite.
Provenance: B.Reed
Tulia (D)
TULIA (D) - 14.5g Slice
Swisher County, Texas
Class: Bronzite Chrondrite (H6)
Found: Pre-1981
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 17.7 kg
Notes: Tulia (D),
I purchased this piece from Blaine Reed, who had, bought a small batch of small slices and end pieces of this particular meteorite. The piece I have is from the Oscar E. Monnig Collection,
(No.M-306.1 cut). and comes with Texas Christian University collection label .
Provenance: B.Reed / Oscar E. Monnig Collection
Swisher County, Texas
Class: Bronzite Chrondrite (H6)
Found: Pre-1981
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 17.7 kg
Notes: Tulia (D),
I purchased this piece from Blaine Reed, who had, bought a small batch of small slices and end pieces of this particular meteorite. The piece I have is from the Oscar E. Monnig Collection,
(No.M-306.1 cut). and comes with Texas Christian University collection label .
Provenance: B.Reed / Oscar E. Monnig Collection
Allende
ALLENDE
7.29g Fragment
Class: CV3 Carbonaceous Chrondrite
Found: Fell February 8th 1969, Chihuahua, Mexico
Witnessed Fall: Yes
Total known weight: >2 MT
Notes: A Bright fireball was seen in the very early morning hours. It turned out to be one of the most interesting meteorites to science and a relatively rare class. This 7.29g Allende fragment was recovered the day after the fall, in 1969. It was a part of the ASU (Arizona State University) collection.
This material is as fresh as the day the meteorite fell - nice aroma, clarity of chrondrules, nice pristine matrix. This beautiful specimen features a clearly distinct white Calcium Aluminium Inclusion (CAI) in the fractured surfaces.
Provenance: G Fujihara
7.29g Fragment
Class: CV3 Carbonaceous Chrondrite
Found: Fell February 8th 1969, Chihuahua, Mexico
Witnessed Fall: Yes
Total known weight: >2 MT
Notes: A Bright fireball was seen in the very early morning hours. It turned out to be one of the most interesting meteorites to science and a relatively rare class. This 7.29g Allende fragment was recovered the day after the fall, in 1969. It was a part of the ASU (Arizona State University) collection.
This material is as fresh as the day the meteorite fell - nice aroma, clarity of chrondrules, nice pristine matrix. This beautiful specimen features a clearly distinct white Calcium Aluminium Inclusion (CAI) in the fractured surfaces.
Provenance: G Fujihara
Wagon Mound
WAGON MOUND
4.7g Polished Part Slice
Class: L6 Chrondrite
Found: 1932 - Mora County, New Mexico
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 351kg
Notes: Wagon Mound was originally found in Mora County, New Mexico, in 1932. The finder did not publicise the meteorite and kept it in the family for more than 60 years. Eventually, the meteorite was recognised and was sampled for classification. The results showed that the family rock was an L6 chrondrite.
Provenance: G.Notkin (Meteorite Men)
4.7g Polished Part Slice
Class: L6 Chrondrite
Found: 1932 - Mora County, New Mexico
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 351kg
Notes: Wagon Mound was originally found in Mora County, New Mexico, in 1932. The finder did not publicise the meteorite and kept it in the family for more than 60 years. Eventually, the meteorite was recognised and was sampled for classification. The results showed that the family rock was an L6 chrondrite.
Provenance: G.Notkin (Meteorite Men)
Wolf Creek
WOLF CREEK
48.0g - End Cut - Polished one side
Class: Medium Octahedrite IIB
Found: 1947 - Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater , Western Australia
Witnessed Fall: No.
Total known weight: 1000kg
Notes: Discovered in 1947 by an aerial survey, the Wolfe Creek Crater is the second largest rimmed meteorite crater in the world. Located in the flat plains of the northeastern edge of the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia, it Measures more than 870 meters (2850 feet) across and 50 meters (164 feet) Almost all of the meteoritic material around Wolfe Creek has been altered to a high degree from weathering. Un-weathered material from this area is extremely rare.
Provenance: D.Childs
48.0g - End Cut - Polished one side
Class: Medium Octahedrite IIB
Found: 1947 - Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater , Western Australia
Witnessed Fall: No.
Total known weight: 1000kg
Notes: Discovered in 1947 by an aerial survey, the Wolfe Creek Crater is the second largest rimmed meteorite crater in the world. Located in the flat plains of the northeastern edge of the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia, it Measures more than 870 meters (2850 feet) across and 50 meters (164 feet) Almost all of the meteoritic material around Wolfe Creek has been altered to a high degree from weathering. Un-weathered material from this area is extremely rare.
Provenance: D.Childs
Gan Gan
GAN GAN
5.242g - Etched Part Slice
Class: Iron of IVA
Found: 1984, Chubut, Argentina
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 83kg
Notes: An 83 kg iron meteorite was found by a person collecting pine cones in Chubut, Argentina. This particular piece i purchased from D.Childs with M.Graul provenance.
Provenance: D.Childs / M.Graul
5.242g - Etched Part Slice
Class: Iron of IVA
Found: 1984, Chubut, Argentina
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 83kg
Notes: An 83 kg iron meteorite was found by a person collecting pine cones in Chubut, Argentina. This particular piece i purchased from D.Childs with M.Graul provenance.
Provenance: D.Childs / M.Graul
Seymchan
SEYMCHAN
128.34g Etched Slice
Class: IIE Iron
Found: 1967 Magadan district, Russia
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 351kg
Notes: The Seymchan meteorite was initially classified in 1974 as a rare IIE iron meteorite. Over a decade later it was reclassified as an Ungrouped Iron as new results showed it was not an IIE iron meteorite. Then in 2004 more finds of the Seymchan meteorite consisted of silicates in the form of olivine crystals. Because of this interesting discovery the Seymchan was reclassified again as a main group pallasite. Specimens vary widely in their appearance with some being completely siderite (iron) while other areas are nearly all silicate (stony material) with a small amount of iron between the olivine. Others are a mix of both. This specimen is completely iron and has been etched to show off the Widmanstätten pattern.
Provenance: S.Arnold (Meteorite Men)
128.34g Etched Slice
Class: IIE Iron
Found: 1967 Magadan district, Russia
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 351kg
Notes: The Seymchan meteorite was initially classified in 1974 as a rare IIE iron meteorite. Over a decade later it was reclassified as an Ungrouped Iron as new results showed it was not an IIE iron meteorite. Then in 2004 more finds of the Seymchan meteorite consisted of silicates in the form of olivine crystals. Because of this interesting discovery the Seymchan was reclassified again as a main group pallasite. Specimens vary widely in their appearance with some being completely siderite (iron) while other areas are nearly all silicate (stony material) with a small amount of iron between the olivine. Others are a mix of both. This specimen is completely iron and has been etched to show off the Widmanstätten pattern.
Provenance: S.Arnold (Meteorite Men)
Canyon Diablo
CANYON DIABLO
14.4g - Etched Part Slice
Class: Iron IAB - MG
Found: 1841, Coconio County, Arizona
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight:
Notes: 49,000 years ago an asteroid plunged into what would later be North Central Arizona, creating Meteor Crater. Thousands of fragments of the asteroid were scattered by the explosion over the area. Named Canyon Diablo meteorites after the river gorge near the crater they are among the most historically significant meteorites available to collectors. Made of nickel-iron with inclusions of graphite and other minerals they are classified as Coarse Octahedrite Iron Meteorites. The smaller fragments show the effects of being torn apart by the tremendous crater-forming explosion. Thin sharp edges and twisted metal are typical features of the meteorites from Meteor Crater.
Provenance: Litho-crafts
14.4g - Etched Part Slice
Class: Iron IAB - MG
Found: 1841, Coconio County, Arizona
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight:
Notes: 49,000 years ago an asteroid plunged into what would later be North Central Arizona, creating Meteor Crater. Thousands of fragments of the asteroid were scattered by the explosion over the area. Named Canyon Diablo meteorites after the river gorge near the crater they are among the most historically significant meteorites available to collectors. Made of nickel-iron with inclusions of graphite and other minerals they are classified as Coarse Octahedrite Iron Meteorites. The smaller fragments show the effects of being torn apart by the tremendous crater-forming explosion. Thin sharp edges and twisted metal are typical features of the meteorites from Meteor Crater.
Provenance: Litho-crafts
Muonionalusta
MUONIONALUSTA - 51.9g Etched Part Slice
Norbotten, Sweden
Class: Fine Octahedrite Iron of IVA
Found: 1906 - Muonionalusta, Kiruna, Norbotten, Sweden,
Fell: approx -30,000 years ago
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: Unknown, hundreds of specimens have been found.
Notes: Muonionalusta is located north of the artic circle in the northern part of Sweden and the first meteorite was found in 1906 by two children who were tending cattle near the village of Kitkiöjärvi in northermost Sweden. While kicking at stones lying on the ground, one child suddenly
struck an exceptionally heavy and rusty object, which they took home to the village.
It was later identified as an iron meteorite. Since then hundreds of specimens have been
found.
Provenance: M.Miller
Norbotten, Sweden
Class: Fine Octahedrite Iron of IVA
Found: 1906 - Muonionalusta, Kiruna, Norbotten, Sweden,
Fell: approx -30,000 years ago
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: Unknown, hundreds of specimens have been found.
Notes: Muonionalusta is located north of the artic circle in the northern part of Sweden and the first meteorite was found in 1906 by two children who were tending cattle near the village of Kitkiöjärvi in northermost Sweden. While kicking at stones lying on the ground, one child suddenly
struck an exceptionally heavy and rusty object, which they took home to the village.
It was later identified as an iron meteorite. Since then hundreds of specimens have been
found.
Provenance: M.Miller
Morasko
MORASKO - 32.5g Etched Part Slice
Poznan, Poland
Class: IIICD iron
Found: North of Poznan,Poland
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 290kg
Notes: This meteorite was found in 1914. Soldiers, digging trenches 10km to the North of Poznan, unearthed a 77.5kg piece of iron which was identified as a meteorite. Further pieces were discovered from time to time, but it wasn't before the late 1950's that the ponds and pits near the find locations were thought to be impact craters. The Morasko field consists of 8 craters between 5m and 110m. It is one of only 15 meteorites associated with impact craters larger than 10 meters. This meteorite was classified as an octahedrite, coarse (2.5mm), IA. It was then re-classified as a IIICD iron by CHOI et al. in 1995.
Provenance: M.Miller
Poznan, Poland
Class: IIICD iron
Found: North of Poznan,Poland
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 290kg
Notes: This meteorite was found in 1914. Soldiers, digging trenches 10km to the North of Poznan, unearthed a 77.5kg piece of iron which was identified as a meteorite. Further pieces were discovered from time to time, but it wasn't before the late 1950's that the ponds and pits near the find locations were thought to be impact craters. The Morasko field consists of 8 craters between 5m and 110m. It is one of only 15 meteorites associated with impact craters larger than 10 meters. This meteorite was classified as an octahedrite, coarse (2.5mm), IA. It was then re-classified as a IIICD iron by CHOI et al. in 1995.
Provenance: M.Miller
Gibeon
GIBEON - 51.2g Individual
Great Nama Land, Namibia
Class: Iron, IVA
Found: Great Nama Land, Namibia
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 26 Metric Tons
Notes: Gibeon is a medium octahedrite iron which means that is shows a medium Widmanstatten pattern when cut and etched. It is one of the most stable irons having a little higher nickel content and fewer inclusions then some other common iron meteorites. It was discovered 1836 in Great Nama land in Namibia. Many large masses were found then and pieces have continued to be found to the present. But, it is becoming scarce to the collecting market and nice individuals are now much less often seen for sale. This specimen was purchased from Robert Elliot and is an ex-Dr Ronnie MacKenzie collection piece.
Provenance: R.Elliott & Ex-Dr Ronnie McKenzie Collection
Great Nama Land, Namibia
Class: Iron, IVA
Found: Great Nama Land, Namibia
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 26 Metric Tons
Notes: Gibeon is a medium octahedrite iron which means that is shows a medium Widmanstatten pattern when cut and etched. It is one of the most stable irons having a little higher nickel content and fewer inclusions then some other common iron meteorites. It was discovered 1836 in Great Nama land in Namibia. Many large masses were found then and pieces have continued to be found to the present. But, it is becoming scarce to the collecting market and nice individuals are now much less often seen for sale. This specimen was purchased from Robert Elliot and is an ex-Dr Ronnie MacKenzie collection piece.
Provenance: R.Elliott & Ex-Dr Ronnie McKenzie Collection
Sikhote-alin
SIKHOTE-ALIN
33g Individual
Class: Iron Octahedrite
Found: Feb 12, 1947 - Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Russia
Witnessed Fall: Yes
Total known weight: 23000kg
Notes: A shower of fireballs fell in the Sikhote-Alin mountains, Russia. The total weight recovered is over 23000 kg. This was the largest fall in recent history. When the main mass exploded, it blasted fragments in every direction, with pieces even found embedded in nearby tree.
Provenance: J. Strope
33g Individual
Class: Iron Octahedrite
Found: Feb 12, 1947 - Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Russia
Witnessed Fall: Yes
Total known weight: 23000kg
Notes: A shower of fireballs fell in the Sikhote-Alin mountains, Russia. The total weight recovered is over 23000 kg. This was the largest fall in recent history. When the main mass exploded, it blasted fragments in every direction, with pieces even found embedded in nearby tree.
Provenance: J. Strope
Sikhote-alin
SIKHOTE-ALIN (Shrapnel)
Class: Iron Octahedrite
Found: Feb 12, 1947 - Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Russia
Witnessed Fall: Yes
Total known weight: 23000kg
Notes: A shower of fireballs fell in the Sikhote-Alin mountains, Russia. The total weight recovered is over 23000 kg. This was the largest fall in recent history. When the main mass exploded, it blasted fragments in every direction, with pieces even found embedded in nearby tree.
Provenance: D.Childs
Class: Iron Octahedrite
Found: Feb 12, 1947 - Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Russia
Witnessed Fall: Yes
Total known weight: 23000kg
Notes: A shower of fireballs fell in the Sikhote-Alin mountains, Russia. The total weight recovered is over 23000 kg. This was the largest fall in recent history. When the main mass exploded, it blasted fragments in every direction, with pieces even found embedded in nearby tree.
Provenance: D.Childs
Gebil Kamil
GEBIL KAMIL - 64.1g, Individual
Class: Ungrouped Iron Ataxite
Found: 19th February 2009, East Uweinat Desert, Egypt.
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 1.6 MT
Notes: The Kamil crater was identified in February 2009 by V. De Michele, the former curator of the Natural History Museum in Milan, Italy. A total of about 1600 kg of Gebel Kamil iron meteorite shrapnel was found. The thousands of shrapnel pieces range in mass from less than 1 gram to 35 kg plus a single 83 kg regmaglyped individual.
Provenance: D. Childs
Class: Ungrouped Iron Ataxite
Found: 19th February 2009, East Uweinat Desert, Egypt.
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 1.6 MT
Notes: The Kamil crater was identified in February 2009 by V. De Michele, the former curator of the Natural History Museum in Milan, Italy. A total of about 1600 kg of Gebel Kamil iron meteorite shrapnel was found. The thousands of shrapnel pieces range in mass from less than 1 gram to 35 kg plus a single 83 kg regmaglyped individual.
Provenance: D. Childs
Gebil Kamil
GEBIL KAMIL - 43g, Individual
Class: Ungrouped Iron Ataxite
Found: 19th February 2009, East Uweinat Desert, Egypt.
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 1.6 MT
Notes: The Kamil crater was identified in February 2009 by V. De Michele, the former curator of the Natural History Museum in Milan, Italy. A total of about 1600 kg of Gebel Kamil iron meteorite shrapnel was found. The thousands of shrapnel pieces range in mass from less than 1 gram to 35 kg plus a single 83 kg regmaglyped individual.
Provenance: D. Childs
Class: Ungrouped Iron Ataxite
Found: 19th February 2009, East Uweinat Desert, Egypt.
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 1.6 MT
Notes: The Kamil crater was identified in February 2009 by V. De Michele, the former curator of the Natural History Museum in Milan, Italy. A total of about 1600 kg of Gebel Kamil iron meteorite shrapnel was found. The thousands of shrapnel pieces range in mass from less than 1 gram to 35 kg plus a single 83 kg regmaglyped individual.
Provenance: D. Childs
Chinga
CHINGA - 10.8g, Part Slice
Tyva, Russia
Class: Ungrouped Iron, (Ataxite)
Found: 1913, Respublika Tyva, Russia
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 209.4 kg
Notes: Iron meteorite types result from the amount of nickel they contain. On the high end of nickel content are the Ataxite group of iron meteorites. These have so much nickel that they no longer will show a Widmanstatten figure when etched. But, that does not mean they are not fascinating meteorites and far more rare then the octahedrites that have the pattern. Chinga as an Ataxite lives up to everything which one would want from such a special class of meteorite. Having a high nickel content it is easy to keep and when polished makes a perfect example of what meteorite metal is like when not treated the way ancients would have seen this metal before smelting from ore made iron no longer the gift metal from the heavens.
Provenance: D.Childs
Tyva, Russia
Class: Ungrouped Iron, (Ataxite)
Found: 1913, Respublika Tyva, Russia
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 209.4 kg
Notes: Iron meteorite types result from the amount of nickel they contain. On the high end of nickel content are the Ataxite group of iron meteorites. These have so much nickel that they no longer will show a Widmanstatten figure when etched. But, that does not mean they are not fascinating meteorites and far more rare then the octahedrites that have the pattern. Chinga as an Ataxite lives up to everything which one would want from such a special class of meteorite. Having a high nickel content it is easy to keep and when polished makes a perfect example of what meteorite metal is like when not treated the way ancients would have seen this metal before smelting from ore made iron no longer the gift metal from the heavens.
Provenance: D.Childs
Campo Del Cielo
CAMPO DEL CIELO - 423g Individual
Chaco Province, Argentina
Class: Iron IAB-MG
Found: 1576 - Chaco Province, Argentina
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight:
Notes: The first record of the Campo was in 1576. A Spanish governor learned of the iron from the Indians who reportedly believed that it had fallen from heaven. The governor sent an expedition under the command of one Captain de Miraval who brought back a few pieces of a huge iron mass he called Meson de Fierro (large table of iron). The next record of Campo Del Cielo meteorites was about 200 years later in the late 1770s. The Spanish thought some pieces might be silver ore, but once they tried to process it, they found that it was only iron. This may have been the Meson de Fierro.
Provenance: D.Childs
Chaco Province, Argentina
Class: Iron IAB-MG
Found: 1576 - Chaco Province, Argentina
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight:
Notes: The first record of the Campo was in 1576. A Spanish governor learned of the iron from the Indians who reportedly believed that it had fallen from heaven. The governor sent an expedition under the command of one Captain de Miraval who brought back a few pieces of a huge iron mass he called Meson de Fierro (large table of iron). The next record of Campo Del Cielo meteorites was about 200 years later in the late 1770s. The Spanish thought some pieces might be silver ore, but once they tried to process it, they found that it was only iron. This may have been the Meson de Fierro.
Provenance: D.Childs
Campo Del Cielo
BABY CAMPO DEL CIELO'S
CAMPO DEL CIELO - Individuals
Chaco Province, Argentina
Class: Iron IAB-MG
Found: 1576 - Chaco Province, Argentina
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight:
Notes: The first record of the Campo was in 1576. A Spanish governor learned of the iron from the Indians who reportedly believed that it had fallen from heaven. The governor sent an expedition under the command of one Captain de Miraval who brought back a few pieces of a huge iron mass he called Meson de Fierro (large table of iron). The next record of Campo Del Cielo meteorites was about 200 years later in the late 1770s. The Spanish thought some pieces might be silver ore, but once they tried to process it, they found that it was only iron. This may have been the Meson de Fierro.
Provenance: D.Childs
CAMPO DEL CIELO - Individuals
Chaco Province, Argentina
Class: Iron IAB-MG
Found: 1576 - Chaco Province, Argentina
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight:
Notes: The first record of the Campo was in 1576. A Spanish governor learned of the iron from the Indians who reportedly believed that it had fallen from heaven. The governor sent an expedition under the command of one Captain de Miraval who brought back a few pieces of a huge iron mass he called Meson de Fierro (large table of iron). The next record of Campo Del Cielo meteorites was about 200 years later in the late 1770s. The Spanish thought some pieces might be silver ore, but once they tried to process it, they found that it was only iron. This may have been the Meson de Fierro.
Provenance: D.Childs
Brahin Pallasite
BRAHIN PALLASITE - 16g Polished Slice
Class: Iron Pallasite
Found: 1810, Brahin, Minsk, Belorussia
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: >1050kg
Notes: According to the "Catalogue of Meteorites", "two masses of about 80 kg and 20 kg, respectively, were found in 1810 and 1819 ". A third specimen was located in 1911, and several other examples of this attractive pallasite are reported to have been recovered, with the latest find having been made in 1979. This is a very nice 16g polished slice that I purchased from Ruben Garcia and was my first real meteorite buy.
Provenance: R. Garcia
Class: Iron Pallasite
Found: 1810, Brahin, Minsk, Belorussia
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: >1050kg
Notes: According to the "Catalogue of Meteorites", "two masses of about 80 kg and 20 kg, respectively, were found in 1810 and 1819 ". A third specimen was located in 1911, and several other examples of this attractive pallasite are reported to have been recovered, with the latest find having been made in 1979. This is a very nice 16g polished slice that I purchased from Ruben Garcia and was my first real meteorite buy.
Provenance: R. Garcia
Admire Pallasite
ADMIRE - 12g Polished Part Slice
Kansas, United States
Class: Pallasite PMG
Found: 1881, Lyon County, Kansas, United States
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight:
Notes: Admire is a Stony-Iron, Pallasite and was first found in Lyon County, Kansas in 1881, by a farmer ploughing his fields. Over the years numerous individuals have been recovered and some of the nicer specimens exhibit lovely olivine gem crystals throughout the matrix and exterior.
Provenance: D.Childs
Kansas, United States
Class: Pallasite PMG
Found: 1881, Lyon County, Kansas, United States
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight:
Notes: Admire is a Stony-Iron, Pallasite and was first found in Lyon County, Kansas in 1881, by a farmer ploughing his fields. Over the years numerous individuals have been recovered and some of the nicer specimens exhibit lovely olivine gem crystals throughout the matrix and exterior.
Provenance: D.Childs
Tatahouine
TATAHOUINE - 5.2g Fragment.
Foum, Tatahouine, Tunisia.
Class: Achondrite, Diogenite.
Found: 1931, June 27, ( 01:30 hrs). Foum, Tatahouine, Tunisia
Witnessed Fall: Yes.
Total known weight: 12 kg
Notes: The Tatahouine meteorite fell on June 27, 1931 at 1:30 am in Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia. A fireball was seen to explode in the Tunisian desert and many hundreds of small fragments showered down on the desert four kilometers Northeast from the village.
Provenance: M. Law
Foum, Tatahouine, Tunisia.
Class: Achondrite, Diogenite.
Found: 1931, June 27, ( 01:30 hrs). Foum, Tatahouine, Tunisia
Witnessed Fall: Yes.
Total known weight: 12 kg
Notes: The Tatahouine meteorite fell on June 27, 1931 at 1:30 am in Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia. A fireball was seen to explode in the Tunisian desert and many hundreds of small fragments showered down on the desert four kilometers Northeast from the village.
Provenance: M. Law
NWA 4664
NWA 4664
4.4g - Polished Part Slice
Class: Diogenite
Found: 2006 - Algeria, Northwest Africa
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 6kg
Notes: NWA 4664, is believed to be a sample of mantle material from the asteroid 4 Vesta. However
it is a typical monomict Diogenite achrondrite. The characteristic broken pyroxene crystals of all sizes are present, but this unusual polymict breccia Diogenite also contains countless small clasts of dark magnesium-rich olivine and plagioclase feldspar. These unusual breccia features can be easily seen with the naked eye, but a hand lens or low power microscope reveals a totally spectacular view.
Provenance: M.Law
4.4g - Polished Part Slice
Class: Diogenite
Found: 2006 - Algeria, Northwest Africa
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 6kg
Notes: NWA 4664, is believed to be a sample of mantle material from the asteroid 4 Vesta. However
it is a typical monomict Diogenite achrondrite. The characteristic broken pyroxene crystals of all sizes are present, but this unusual polymict breccia Diogenite also contains countless small clasts of dark magnesium-rich olivine and plagioclase feldspar. These unusual breccia features can be easily seen with the naked eye, but a hand lens or low power microscope reveals a totally spectacular view.
Provenance: M.Law
NWA 4473
NWA 4473
6.0g Part Slice
Class: Polymict Brecciated Diogenite
Found: 2006 - Northwest Africa
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 7kg
Notes: An exceedingly rare Unique Polymict / Brecciated Diogenite Achrondrite found 2006 in the Sahara Desert. This meteorite looks so lunar-like that it caused great excitement when first discovered. Although not a Lunaite, its has the distinction of being rarer by weight. It was found to be a very unusual breccia composed of polycrystalline clasts and mineral debris derived from impact mixing of several Diogenite rock bodies. Unlike typical Howardites and previously known Polymict Diogenites, it does not appear to containany balsaltic Eucrite debris at all. This means several rocks below the Eucritic level were sampled and integrated into this meteorite while still part of its presumed parent body 4 Vesta.
Provenance: The Hupe Collection
6.0g Part Slice
Class: Polymict Brecciated Diogenite
Found: 2006 - Northwest Africa
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 7kg
Notes: An exceedingly rare Unique Polymict / Brecciated Diogenite Achrondrite found 2006 in the Sahara Desert. This meteorite looks so lunar-like that it caused great excitement when first discovered. Although not a Lunaite, its has the distinction of being rarer by weight. It was found to be a very unusual breccia composed of polycrystalline clasts and mineral debris derived from impact mixing of several Diogenite rock bodies. Unlike typical Howardites and previously known Polymict Diogenites, it does not appear to containany balsaltic Eucrite debris at all. This means several rocks below the Eucritic level were sampled and integrated into this meteorite while still part of its presumed parent body 4 Vesta.
Provenance: The Hupe Collection
UNCLASSIFIED Diogenite
NWA 6386 (Unclassified)
3.70g Polished Endcut
Class: Diogenite (Unclassified)
Found: April 2010 - Northwest Africa
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 226g
Notes: NWA 6386 was found in North West Africa and purchased out of Erfoud, in April 2010. This meteorite was analysed by Ray Pickard of Bathurst Observatory, and is a moderately shocked Diogenite cataclastic breccia with closely packed clasts. This particular meteorite has not been published in the Metbull as an official classification which means "It hasn't been classified yet". It has been tested and analysed as a Diogenite, but until it is published it has to be titled an Unclassified.
Provenance: G. Fujihara
3.70g Polished Endcut
Class: Diogenite (Unclassified)
Found: April 2010 - Northwest Africa
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 226g
Notes: NWA 6386 was found in North West Africa and purchased out of Erfoud, in April 2010. This meteorite was analysed by Ray Pickard of Bathurst Observatory, and is a moderately shocked Diogenite cataclastic breccia with closely packed clasts. This particular meteorite has not been published in the Metbull as an official classification which means "It hasn't been classified yet". It has been tested and analysed as a Diogenite, but until it is published it has to be titled an Unclassified.
Provenance: G. Fujihara
NWA (unclassified) 6945
NWA (Unclassified) 6945 - 1.78g
Class: Unclassified
Found: 2010 - Sahara Desert, Northwest Africa
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 240kg
Notes: NWA 6945 was found in the Sahara Desert, North West Africa in 2010. Even though it has not been officially classified in the met bull, yet. It has been tested and results showed that it is a Achrondrite Polymict Diogenite. This meteorite has to remain as Unclassified until it is officially published.
Provenance: F.Kuntz
Class: Unclassified
Found: 2010 - Sahara Desert, Northwest Africa
Witnessed Fall: No
Total known weight: 240kg
Notes: NWA 6945 was found in the Sahara Desert, North West Africa in 2010. Even though it has not been officially classified in the met bull, yet. It has been tested and results showed that it is a Achrondrite Polymict Diogenite. This meteorite has to remain as Unclassified until it is officially published.
Provenance: F.Kuntz
NWA 7132 Mesosiderite
NWA 7132
NWA
Mesosiderite