Abee - (Alberta, Canada) Type -Stone Class -(EH4) impact melt breccia Fell - June 10th 1952
On the 10th June 1952, many people living in Alberta, Canada were startled by a bright fireball moving swiftly across the sky. Loud
detonations were reported during and after the fireball disappeared from sight. Five days later, a farmer in the town of Abee discovered a 3 feet
diameter, 6 feet deep crater containing a 107Kg dark fusion crusted stone.
Abee is a brecciated enstatite chondrite and represents one of the rarest known meteorite groups. Analysis has shown Abee to lack oxygen and
the stone has been dated at 4.49 billion years old. Oxygen is found in all other meteorites, but the lack of oxygen in Abee suggests that it formed
in a different region of the solar system. The current understanding of the early solar system indicates only one possible oxygen-poor
region....close to the Sun and within the orbit of planet Mercury
Cut sections of Abee reveal a dark matrix and a truly wonderful brecciation. The Canadian government forbids the export of any new meteorites,
making Abee one of the very few Canadian meteorites available.
A way cool meteorite.
Albin - Laramine County,Wyoming,U.S.A. Type -Pallasite Class -(PAL) Found -1915,recognized 1935
A mass of 83lb's was found 5 miles north of Albin in 1915.
A rancher had seen a meteorite on display in Denver and recognized it as being a meteorite in 1935.
Total weight found was 57 kilograms. This is a very beautiful Pallasite. Stony irons are rare and only make up 1.7% of falls
Allende - Chihuahua,Mexico Type - Stone ,Carbonaceous Chondrite Class - (CV3) Fell - Feb 8,1969
Fell in the area of Chihuahua, Mexico on Feb 9, 1969 The strewnfield is one of the biggest stone strewnfields ever recorded. Allende contains grains of dust from stars that existed long ago before our Solar System formed. This makes this meteorite one of the only meteorites truly containing "stardust". Ancient stardust in meteorites helps explain the evolution of the our galaxy. Allende is one of the most studied meteorites in the world. So for, this the oldest thing man has ever touched, which dates 4.5 billion years old.
This meteorite is of a rarest type known, a carbonaceous chondrite (CV3 – only 16 examples of which are known). Carbonaceous chondrites are considered to represent the most primitive material in the solar system, and are of particular interest to planetary scientists, which formed during the evolution of the our galaxy.
The fine-grained grey matrix consists largely of the silicate mineral olivine, which hosts abundant spherical chrondrules and light colored clusters of minerals known as Calcium Aluminium Inclusions (CAIs). Both chondrules and CAIs formed when superheated dust in the solar nebula cooled, crystallising CAIs and then chodrules, 10 to 50 million years before larger objects such as our planet began to form. CAIs have been isotopically dated at 4.57 billion years old (4,570,000,000 years), making this meteorite the oldest thing you will ever hold.
Perhaps even more amazing is that scientists found tiny microdiamonds within the Allende Meteorite. Studies show that these tiny diamonds came from stars that existed before our solar system formed.
In 2009 from American Mineralogist, scientists have found a new mineral only present in Allende meteorite, which is called Tistarite.
The name of the new mineral is derived from the word “star” and the composition “Ti,” implying that this new mineral
is likely a condensate among the first solids formed in the solar system at the birth of our Sun.
Allende - Chihuahua,Mexico Type - Stone ,Carbonaceous Chondrite Class - (CV3) Fell - Feb 8,1969
Fell in the area of Chihuahua, Mexico on Feb 9, 1969 The strewnfield is one of the biggest stone strewnfields ever recorded. Allende contains grains of dust from stars that existed long ago before our Solar System formed. This makes this meteorite one of the only meteorites truly containing "stardust". Ancient stardust in meteorites helps explain the evolution of the our galaxy. Allende is one of the most studied meteorites in the world. So for, this the oldest thing man has ever touched, which dates 4.5 billion years old.
This meteorite is of a rarest type known, a carbonaceous chondrite (CV3 – only 16 examples of which are known). Carbonaceous chondrites are considered to represent the most primitive material in the solar system, and are of particular interest to planetary scientists, which formed during the evolution of the our galaxy.
The fine-grained grey matrix consists largely of the silicate mineral olivine, which hosts abundant spherical chrondrules and light colored clusters of minerals known as Calcium Aluminium Inclusions (CAIs). Both chondrules and CAIs formed when superheated dust in the solar nebula cooled, crystallising CAIs and then chodrules, 10 to 50 million years before larger objects such as our planet began to form. CAIs have been isotopically dated at 4.57 billion years old (4,570,000,000 years), making this meteorite the oldest thing you will ever hold.
Perhaps even more amazing is that scientists found tiny microdiamonds within the Allende Meteorite. Studies show that these tiny diamonds came from stars that existed before our solar system formed.
In 2009 from American Mineralogist, scientists have found a new mineral only present in Allende meteorite, which is called Tistarite.
The name of the new mineral is derived from the word “star” and the composition “Ti,” implying that this new mineral
is likely a condensate among the first solids formed in the solar system at the birth of our Sun.
Allende - Chihuahua,Mexico Type - Stone ,Carbonaceous Chondrite Class - (CV3) Fell - Feb 8,1969
Fell in the area of Chihuahua, Mexico on Feb 9, 1969 The strewnfield is one of the biggest stone strewnfields ever recorded. Allende contains grains of dust from stars that existed long ago before our Solar System formed. This makes this meteorite one of the only meteorites truly containing "stardust". Ancient stardust in meteorites helps explain the evolution of the our galaxy. Allende is one of the most studied meteorites in the world. So for, this the oldest thing man has ever touched, which dates 4.5 billion years old.
This meteorite is of a rarest type known, a carbonaceous chondrite (CV3 – only 16 examples of which are known). Carbonaceous chondrites are considered to represent the most primitive material in the solar system, and are of particular interest to planetary scientists, which formed during the evolution of the our galaxy.
The fine-grained grey matrix consists largely of the silicate mineral olivine, which hosts abundant spherical chrondrules and light colored clusters of minerals known as Calcium Aluminium Inclusions (CAIs). Both chondrules and CAIs formed when superheated dust in the solar nebula cooled, crystallising CAIs and then chodrules, 10 to 50 million years before larger objects such as our planet began to form. CAIs have been isotopically dated at 4.57 billion years old (4,570,000,000 years), making this meteorite the oldest thing you will ever hold.
Perhaps even more amazing is that scientists found tiny microdiamonds within the Allende Meteorite. Studies show that these tiny diamonds came from stars that existed before our solar system formed.
In 2009 from American Mineralogist, scientists have found a new mineral only present in Allende meteorite, which is called Tistarite.
The name of the new mineral is derived from the word “star” and the composition “Ti,” implying that this new mineral
is likely a condensate among the first solids formed in the solar system at the birth of our Sun.
Burkina Faso Africa Type -Stone Diogenite, Brecciated Class -(ADIO) Fell - October 27, 1999 10:30
BILANGA, Gomponsago, Burkina Faso, Africa Fell 27 October 1999, 10:30 local time Coordinates: 12°27'N, 0°04'W Stone. Achondrite, diogenite (breccia). Total known weight: about 25 kg Mineralogical analysis: (by Dr.A.Bischoff, Institute of Planetology, Muenster, Germany) Ca-poor pyroxenene: Fs 19-22, mean Fa 20.5, plagioclase: An 75-83 Ca-pyroxene (rare: one grain): En 46.4, Wo 47.4, Fs 6.3 Oxygene isotope analysis: (by Dr.R.Clayton & Dr.T.K.Mayeda, Enrico-Fermi Institute, Univer-sity of Chicago, Illinois, USA) delta-18O: +3.41, delta-17O: +1.35 Regarding these results, Bilanga is closely related to the Shalka, India diogenite.
Brahin - Minsk, Belorussiya, Russia Type - Stony-Iron , Pallasite Class -(PAL) Found - Found in 1810
Two masses about 80 kg and 20kg were found in 1810. There has been
considerable confusion over the number and weights of known masses
found. A report of eight masses for a total of 633kg has been reported and more found
in 2004.
This is a beautiful rare pallasite peppered with olivine crystals.
It has been an affordable beautiful meteorite, great for collectors.
Lots of this was sold on e-Bay, when its all gone we will look back
and wish we had bought some and remember the days when it was cheap.
This slice shown in the picture is completely stable, with no rust.
Not all Brahin rust, it has been given a bad name.
Still even better for collectors to pick some good stuff up cheaply.
Campo-del-Cielo - Chaco, Argentina Type - Iron Nickel Iron Class -(IAB) Found - Discovered in 1576 by the Spanish
It could be said that this will be the last great iron available
to collectors for some time to come.
The Campo del Cielo (nickel-iron) meteorite
comes from one of the most interesting falls.
Many dealers speak of the New Campos, which are much more stable than the old ones.
There is nothing new about "New Campo" its just in a part of the zone thats in a much better preserved state.
The original crater and strewn field is very long and narrow. The fall is located in the Gran Chaco.
a region located in the center of South America, it partially embraces the south part of Bolivia,
Paraguay and the northestern part Argentina.
Twenty-six craters have been documented in Campo del Cielo area.
The most outstanding of the craters is the Rubín de Celis.
Chunks of coal has been found at different depths in the ground.
The age measured from this coal, was estimated to be 5800 years old.
The most probable thing is that this coal is wood burned in the forest fire caused by the fall of the meteorite.
The first exploration of Campo del Cielo was the Spanish expedition Mexía de Miraval in 1576.
The British Museum was given the first piece, a 1400 pound piece for science in 1813.
The strewn field has produced many meteorites that have been highly prized by collectors.
The second largest found is 14,850 kilo's or 32,670 lb's
found in 2005
In 1992, American meteorite dealer Robert Haag was arrested by Argentine
authorities while transporting a 37 ton meteorite from the area.
Haag had purchased the mass from a local person who claimed ownership.Unfortunately, the authorities disagreed.
Haag was released and the huge meteorite remains in Argentina in a field weathering away.
This is the largest of the Campo is 37 tons.
whole sale prices for large quantities
very competitive pricing
Campo-del-Cielo - Chaco, Argentina Type - Iron Nickel Iron Class - (IAB) Found -Discovered in 1576 by the Spanish
It could be said that this will be the last great iron available
to collectors for some time to come.
The Campo del Cielo (nickel-iron) meteorite
comes from one of the most interesting falls.
Many dealers speak of the New Campos, which are much more stable than the old ones.
There is nothing new about "New Campo" its just in a part of the zone thats in a much better preserved state.
The original crater and strewn field is very long and narrow. The fall is located in the Gran Chaco.
a region located in the center of South America, it partially embraces the south part of Bolivia,
Paraguay and the northestern part Argentina.
Twenty-six craters have been documented in Campo del Cielo area.
The most outstanding of the craters is the Rubín de Celis.
Chunks of coal has been found at different depths in the ground.
The age measured from this coal, was estimated to be 5800 years old.
The most probable thing is that this coal is wood burned in the forest fire caused by the fall of the meteorite.
The first exploration of Campo del Cielo was the Spanish expedition Mexía de Miraval in 1576.
The British Museum was given the first piece, a 1400 pound piece for science in 1813.
The strewn field has produced many meteorites that have been highly prized by collectors.
The second largest found is 14,850 kilo's or 32,670 lb's
found in 2005
This is the largest of the Campo, 37 tons.
whole sale prices for large quantities
very competitive pricing
Campo-del-Cielo - Chaco, Argentina Type - Iron Nickel Iron Class - (IAB) Found -Discovered in 1576 by the Spanish
It could be said that this will be the last great iron available
to collectors for some time to come.
The Campo del Cielo (nickel-iron) meteorite
comes from one of the most interesting falls.
Many dealers speak of the New Campos, which are much more stable than the old ones.
There is nothing new about "New Campo" its just in a part of the zone thats in a much better preserved state.
The original crater and strewn field is very long and narrow. The fall is located in the Gran Chaco.
a region located in the center of South America, it partially embraces the south part of Bolivia,
Paraguay and the northestern part Argentina.
Twenty-six craters have been documented in Campo del Cielo area.
The most outstanding of the craters is the Rubín de Celis.
Chunks of coal has been found at different depths in the ground.
The age measured from this coal, was estimated to be 5800 years old.
The most probable thing is that this coal is wood burned in the forest fire caused by the fall of the meteorite.
The first exploration of Campo del Cielo was the Spanish expedition Mexía de Miraval in 1576.
The British Museum was given the first piece, a 1400 pound piece for science in 1813.
The strewn field has produced many meteorites that have been highly prized by collectors.
The second largest found is 14,850 kilo's or 32,670 lb's
found in 2005
Canyon Diablo - Meteor Crater, Arizona, U.S.A. Type - Iron, Nickel Iron Coarse Octahedrite Class - (IA) Found - in the 1870's
Canyon Diablo, is the worlds most famous meteorite, 92% iron, 7% nickel, traces of diamonds and platinum have been found inside this meteorite. Not too many years ago you could have went to Meteor Crater to collect this meteorite yourself, today it is illegal to collect at the crater, signs are posted everywhere no collecting. It is estimated that it fell 50,000 years ago and had the force of more than 100 atomic bombs. The crater is nearly 1 mile across and 600 feet deep, it flung fragments for 11 miles.
Canyon Diablo - Meteor Crater, Arizona, U.S.A. Type - Iron, Nickel Iron Coarse Octahedrite Class - (IA) Found - in the 1870's
Canyon Diablo, is the worlds most famous meteorite, 92% iron, 7% nickel, traces of diamonds and platinum have been found inside this meteorite. Not too many years ago you could have went to Meteor Crater to collect this meteorite yourself, today it is illegal to collect at the crater, signs are posted everywhere no collecting. It is estimated that it fell 50,000 years ago and had the force of more than 100 atomic bombs. The crater is nearly 1 mile across and 600 feet deep, it flung fragments for 11 miles.
Cape York - West Greenland, Greenland Type - Iron , Nickel Iron Medium Octahedrite Class - (IIIAB) Found - 1818
When European explorers encountered a tribe of Inuits in
northwestern Greenland in 1818, they were astounded to find knife blades, harpoon points, and engraving tools made of meteoric iron. Tools from the fabled Greenland meteorite had
been found as far as 1,400 miles away, having been transported as treasured trade goods.
The area has no natural
metal deposits, yet the abundant availability of meteoric iron
allowed the polar hunters to skip to the Iron Age and helped
them survive in an extremely harsh land.
Five expeditions from 1818 to 1883 failed to find the "Iron
Mountain" until Robert E. Peary was led by a local guide to the
site on Saviksoah Island off northern Greenland's Cape York in
1894.
The meteorite was found in three primary masses,
named the Tent or "Ahnighito" (34 tons), the Woman (2½ tons),
and the Dog (½ ton).
Over the next three years Peary's
expeditions managed to load them onto ships despite savage
weather, engineering problems, and having to build
Greenland's only railway for transporting the behemoths.
Upon
arrival in New York City, the source of Greenland's Iron Age
were sold to the American Museum of Natural History for
$40,000, where they are now on display at the Hayden
Planetarium.
Robert E. Peary
The
"Ahnighito" or Tent
meteorite from
Greenland on
display at the
American Museum
of Natural History
in New York City.
The largest of the
three Cape York
meteorites
recovered by
Robert Peary in the
late 1890s, this 34-ton hunk of iron and nickel measures 11 feet long, 7
feet high, and 5½ feet thick. Sky & Telescope photograph by Edwin L.
Aguirre, with permission from the American Museum of Natural History.
Claxton - Evans County Georgia,USA Type - Stone , Olivine hypersthene chondrite Class - (L6) Fell - December 10,1984 5:30 p.m.
Being a total weight of 1455 grams this meteorite was "delivered" into Mrs. Carutha Barnard's mailbox ---- ripping it off its post. The meteorite was found embedded 11 inches in the ground. Inside the meteorite was a light matrix; attractive color with rich grains of iron scattered over the entire surface. Galvanized metal from the mailbox was found in the embedded in the meteorite. A brilliant fireball was seen through partly cloudy skies, about 25 miles farther south of Statesboro near the town of Claxton. This is the only meteorite to ever hit a mail box and a much sought after meteorite.
Dimmitt - Castro County, Texas, USA Type - Stone , Olivine-Bronzite chondrite Class - (H4) Found - approx 1942
At least 21 stones, totalling 13.5 kg, were found; the fall may perhaps be identical with Tulia. Analysis: 24.8% total iron. Breccia, contains H5
and LL-group clasts, 364 specimens are included under the Dimmitt name
in the Monnig collection and totalling 177 kg. These may be from a single
fall.
Esquel - Chubut, Argentina Type -Pallasite Class -(PAL) Stony - iron Found - Found in 1951
This rare meteorite was discovered completely by accident as land owners excavated a water tank for livestock in 1951. When cut, this pallasite reveals a metallic nickel-iron matrix peppered with beautiful olivine crystals, the crystals are gem like in quality
Esquel - Chubut, Argentina Type -Pallasite Class -(PAL) Stony - iron Found - Found in 1951
This rare meteorite was discovered completely by accident as land owners excavated a water tank for livestock in 1951. When cut, this pallasite reveals a metallic nickel-iron matrix peppered with beautiful olivine crystals, the crystals are gem like in quality
Gao-Guenie - Upper Volta, Africa Type - Stone , Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite Class - (H5) Fell - March 5,1960
With the recent paper by Bourot-Denise et al. (1998), On 7/27/98 the Meteorite
Nomenclature Committee has decided that a new, collective name, Gao-Guenie,will be bestowed upon all meteorites formerly identified as either "Gao(Upper Volta)" (frequently truncated to "Gao") or "Guenie." It had been reported that two meteorite showers occurred one month apart in 1960 in the country now known as Burkina Faso. But, the new work confirms long-
held suspicions that the two meteorites are indistinguishable from each
other, and that there was most likely only one fall (March 5, 1960). The
confusion about this meteorite has been compounded by the fact that new
stones continue to be found almost 40 years after the fall, and are given
arbitrarily one or the other name. Henceforth, the official name for all
meteorites from this shower will be Gao-Guenie, with the names "Gao (Upper Volta)" and "Guenie" as recognized synonyms.
On March 5,1960 in the village of Gao in western Africa near the area of Upper Volta-Ghana border. Some of these meteorites actually crashed through the roofs of peoples huts. Sixteen pieces were originally recovered, later as much as 300 kilograms would be found. Gao slices show a beautiful matrix with lots of metal flakes.
Gao-Guenie - Upper Volta, Africa Type - Stone , Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite Class - (H5) Fell - March 5,1960
With the recent paper by Bourot-Denise et al. (1998), On 7/27/98 the Meteorite
Nomenclature Committee has decided that a new, collective name, Gao-Guenie, will be bestowed upon all meteorites formerly identified as either "Gao(Upper Volta)" (frequently truncated to "Gao") or "Guenie." It had been reported that two meteorite showers occurred one month apart in 1960 in the country now known as Burkina Faso. But, the new work confirms long-
held suspicions that the two meteorites are indistinguishable from each
other, and that there was most likely only one fall (March 5, 1960). The
confusion about this meteorite has been compounded by the fact that new
stones continue to be found almost 40 years after the fall, and are given
arbitrarily one or the other name. Henceforth, the official name for all
meteorites from this shower will be Gao-Guenie, with the names "Gao (Upper Volta)" and "Guenie" as recognized synonyms.
On March 5,1960 in the village of Gao in western Africa near the area of Upper Volta-Ghana border. Some of these meteorites actually crashed through the roofs of peoples huts. Sixteen pieces were originally recovered, later as much as 300 kilograms would be found.
Gibeon - Great Nama, Namibia, Africa Type - Iron , Nickel Iron Fine Octahedrite Class - (IVA) Found - 1836
The Gibeon meteorite is a very beautiful unusual meteorite that has a unique fine octahedral crystalline pattern throughout, known as the Widmanstatten pattern. The Widmanstatten pattern shows banding of nickel and iron that only occurs under near zero gravity conditions at extremely cold temperatures at an estimated one degree cooling per thousand years for millions of years. Its composed of 87% iron, 10% nickel. The Gibeon meteorite was recovered in 1836 from a desolate area in Namibia, Africa. Although the native inhabitants knew about it before then, they used this material for weapons and tools. It is a fragment of an exploded star or asteroid and is many times more rare than diamonds or gold.
Gibeon - Great Nama, Namibia, Africa Type - Iron , Nickel Iron Fine Octahedrite Class - (IVA) Found - 1836
The Gibeon meteorite is a very beautiful unusual meteorite that has a unique fine octahedral crystalline pattern throughout, known as the Widmanstatten pattern. The Widmanstatten pattern shows banding of nickel and iron that only occurs under near zero gravity conditions at extremely cold temperatures at an estimated one degree cooling per thousand years for millions of years. Its composed of 87% iron, 10% nickel. The Gibeon meteorite was recovered in 1836 from a desolate area in Namibia, Africa. Although the native inhabitants knew about it before then, they used this material for weapons and tools. It is a fragment of an exploded star or asteroid and is many times more rare than diamonds or gold.
Gibeon - Great Nama, Namibia, Africa Type - Iron , Nickel Iron Fine Octahedrite Class - (IVA) Found - 1836
The Gibeon meteorite is a very beautiful unusual meteorite that has a unique fine octahedral crystalline pattern throughout, known as the Widmanstatten pattern. The Widmanstatten pattern shows banding of nickel and iron that only occurs under near zero gravity conditions at extremely cold temperatures at an estimated one degree cooling per thousand years for millions of years. Its composed of 87% iron, 10% nickel. The Gibeon meteorite was recovered in 1836 from a desolate area in Namibia, Africa. Although the native inhabitants knew about it before then, they used this material for weapons and tools. It is a fragment of an exploded star or asteroid and is many times more rare than diamonds or gold.
