Largest meteorite found in America
11.6 gram shale piece
Type - Iron Medium Octahedrite - shocked and recrystallized
Class - (III) 91% iron - 8% nickel
Found - 1902 - 15.5 ton, 32,000 lb's
and Planetary Sciences in New York and its estimated 50 million people have touched it.
Willamette 29.5lb piece offered at BONHAM'S AUCTION
October 28, 2007
14 grams of Martian Meteorite traded for Williamette
14 grams of Martian Meteorite traded for Williamette