KILABO, Nigeria - Witnessed
Fall
On 21 July 2002,
after observation of a
brilliant fireball, two loud detonations were heard a few minutes later. Several
persons heard the meteorite hit the ground. Upon impact, it fragmented into
hundreds of pieces and was scattered among several villages. A total weight of ~7 kg of material
was recovered. This meteorite was classified as an LL6 chondrite, brecciated. It has heavy black shock veins and displays
quite well.
11.75 gram fragment with slicken-slide, $70.50
|
6.11 grams, SOLD |
9.20 gram fragment with crust, $64.40 |
2.760 grams, $22.00, partial slice |
15.2 gram fragment with crust, $106.40 |
4.81 gram fragment with crust, SOLD |
17.3 gram fragment with crust, $121.10 |
4.982 grams, $39.50, partial slice |
20.8 grams, $145.60
with slicken-slide |
15.4 gram fragment with crust, $107.80 |
KOBE, Japan - Witnessed
Fall - Also a hammer
According to The Meteoritical
Bulletin, "A fireball was
widely observed in the western prefectures of Kobe City. Shortly after a
detonation was heard, one stone was recovered in Tsukushigaoka, Kita-ku, in the
northern part of the city. It broke into 20 pieces after penetrating the roof of
the house of Ryoichi Hirata; much of the material ended up on a bed." The
total mass of this fall was a miniscule 136 grams. Kobe is only the second
known fall of a CK4 meteorite (Karoonda being the other). And,
aside from Maralinga, all other CK4 meteorites are Antarctica and Desert finds.
The Kobe museum purchased the roof section where the meteorite smashed through,
and the bedroom ceiling section with the hole; and signed a permanent agreement
with the owner to display these sections with the meteorite at the museum.
In addition to the preceding
information, I received further documentation directly from Mr. Dirk Ross, the
person who retrieved some of this meteorite. Dirk initially received word of the
fall from his students in Kobe. After the police were finished with their crime
scene investigation, and the authorities learned it was a meteorite that punched
through the roof, Dirk approached the Hirata family about the fall. He learned
that the vacuum cleaner used to clean the daughter's bed and surrounding area
still retained the bag, which fortunately had
not been emptied. He purchased the vacuum cleaner bag, thoroughly inspected the
residue and removed several very small fragments. With the exception of less
than 2 grams of material, the balance of the meteorite is in museums in Japan,
and like most Japanese meteorites, will never be available to the collector. Exceedingly
rare and quite expensive, Kobe will be one of the most elusive meteorites to
grace any collection. These 6 specimens are all I have for sale. A photocopy of
Dirk Ross's hand written information card, which includes his signature, will
accompany each specimen.
0.0012 grams, SOLD |
0.0320 grams, $384.00 |
0.0014 grams, SOLD |
0.0014 grams, SOLD |
0.034 grams, $408.00 |
0.236 grams, $2832.00 |
KUNASHAK, Russia - Witnessed Fall - Also
a hammer
This meteorite fell on 11 June
1949 in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia. Kunashak is classified as an L6
chondrite. It has virtually no black fusion
crust (as we normally think) but does retain some exterior roughness. Kunashak
is a regolith breccia with black veins and some melt pockets. The 20 stones
collected weighed about 200 kilos but very little of this beautiful meteorite has ever been
released by the Academy of Sciences, Moscow, and offered for
sale to collectors. All slices shown here are nicely polished. The brecciation
and veining on some slices does not show well in the photos. I cut two of
the larger slices in order to add several small partial slices to this listing. At
least one building was reportedly struck by this meteorite shower.
KUNYA-URGENCH, Turkmenistan - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
KYUSHU, Japan - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
