The Perfect Oriented Iron - Hexahedrite - 3.0 kilo
Photo by Tim Heitz
movie clip Oriented Meteorite
Beautiful gun metal blue with many flow lines. Rather than tumbling during its atmospheric entry,
as most meteorites do,this meteorite maintained a stable orientation.
Oriented meteorites were used as examples for the Apollo return capsules.
movie clip Oriented Meteorite
The Auckland Meteorite - 1.3 kilo
Fell on Jun. 13, 2004
The meteorite crashed through the roof of a house in Auckland, New Zealand
It is thought to be an ordinary chondrite and is perfectly oriented with secondary fusion crust on the backside.
This meteorite was purchased by the Auckland Museum in New Zealand
The Grosvenor Mountain iron meteorite - 1.2 kilo
(officially named GRO 85201, type IIIAB)is a beautiful example of flight orientation.
This 1198 gram specimen is 9 cm high and was collected in Antarctica in 1985.
This meteorite is at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
