Meteor P.10a

After a bright fireball and many detonations, a shower of stones fell on 6 January 1985 east of Estancion La Criolla and about 15 km west north west of Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina. La Criolla is classified as L6 chondrite. Many slices show veining. The fusion crust is as nice as one could want!

1.735 grams, SOLD

2.147 grams, $47.20, partial slice, crust

2.227 grams, $49.00, end cut, crusted

1.737 grams, $38.20, partial slice, crust

2.545 grams, SOLD

1.130 grams, $24.85, partial slice, crust

2.665 grams, SOLD

This beautiful meteorite was found about 1940 mixed among stones in a fence row in Greenwood County, Kansas. Lamont is a Stony-iron, Mesosiderite, with a nice mix of metal interspersed within dark brown matrix material. These slices have been well prepared and are protected to inhibit rusting. These slices were difficult to scan to reveal the metal within the matrix; each is much more beautiful in hand.

3.714 grams, $55.00

4.526 grams, $67.00

5.972 grams, $89.00

6.076 grams, $91.00

3.786 grams, SOLD

2.118 grams, $31.00

On 25 November 1943, a shower of stones fell in Dewey County, Oklahoma, and more than 20 pieces were recovered. Leedey is an L6 chondrite with a light color matrix. Much of the Leedey material is found in the TCU and ASU collections and it is not always available. These are very nice partial slices, polished on one side.

6.8 grams, SOLD

4.6 grams, $41.40,

4.128 grams, $41.25, crust on upper right edge

8.876 grms, SOLD

5.658 grams, $65.50, crust on top edge

6.836 grams, $61.50

A 6.68 kg stone was found in Perkins County, South Dakota, by a women sometime before 1984, and was placed in her driveway border until it was recognized as a meteorite and purchased in 1998. Lemmon was classified as an H5 chondrite and a only a few slices were removed prior to the main mass being sold to a private collector. Only some 300 grams of this meteorite are available to the collector. South Dakota meteorites are seldom seen.

6.47 grams, $19.40

7.20 grams, $21.60

7.66 grams, $23.00

6.44 grams, $19.30

9.03 grams, $27.00

7.41 grams, $22.20

0.282 grams, $170.00

According to The Meteoritical Bulletin, after the appearance of a luminous meteor, on 13 February 1839, a single stone fell near Little Piney and Pine Bluff, Pulaski County, Missouri. Less than 500 grams of this L5 chondrite have been preserved in museum collections. As far as I know, this is the only time it has ever been offered for sale in the meteorite marketplace. This meteorite location is nearly impossible to obtain. Here is a great opportunity to add a super location to your collection.

0.038 grams, SOLD

On the evening of 3 January 1970, this meteorite collided with Earth. Lost City is classified as an H5 chondrite and is of significant historical importance as it is the only meteorite observed by the Prairie Photographic network. The partial slice offered here weighs 9.30 grams, with crust along the upper edge, and is priced at $4650.00.
Trade offers of rare witnessed falls will be considered.

On the afternoon of 22 June 1931 a large shower of stones fell over a large area NE of Malotas, Salavina department, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, Malotas is classified as an H5 chondrite, gas-rich, and very little of this material has ever shown up in the meteorite marketplace. The partial slices offered here do not have crust but are still nice clean specimens of an uncommon location. Each will please someone.

4.515 grams, $67.70

4.005 grams, SOLD

1.055 grams, SOLD

4.300 grams, $64.50

3.563 grams, SOLD

1.155 grams, SOLD

2.525 grams, $45.45

Here is an attractive LL6 chondrite, which fell on 7 March 1934, on the bank of the Shawanoya River in Mashonaland, Zimbabwe. This meteorite displays a rich and busy matrix. Most of this meteorite is locked away in repositories so very few grams are available to the meteorite collector.

6.165 grams, SOLD

1.575 grams, SOLD

3.4 grams, $95.20

Only 3 broken pieces of Messina were recovered from the fall of 16 July 1955 in the Upper Camara Valley of Sicily. Messina is classified as an L5 chondrite and is not an easy meteorite location to acquire. This is my only piece for sale. It weighs 0.776 grams and is priced at SOLD. Here is another scarce meteorite for someone to add to their collection.

A large mass was found on open shrub farmland in Queensland, Australia, in 1992. Miles is classified as an Iron, Octahedrite, IIE, with silicate inclusions. Most of the Miles meteorite resides in repositories in Australia. This well prepared slice weighs 57.3 grams and is priced reasonably at $300.00.

A shower of stones fell over a large area in the Southern Province, including the villages of Chizuni and Chiteba, on 5 October 1950. Many pieces were collected but the total weight is unknown. Monze is classified as an L6 chondrite and contains good metal flecking.

1.790 grams, SOLD

2.175 grams, $17.50, crust on upper edge

2.713 grams, S0LD

4.170 grams, SOLD

The Meteoritical Bulletin 85, 2001, provides a good account of this fall: After a bright fireball was observed in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia, and a sonic boom was heard in northern Morovia, a 214 gram stone passed through a Spruce tree and was collected from a garden. Two more stones were collected later in May and June. The fall was videotaped allowing for the calculation of orbital parameters. The fall occurred on 6 May 2000 and less than 633 grams of this H5 chondrite exist, virtually all retained in the Czech Republic. This is a rare fall with a wonderful story.

0.950 grams, crust along top edge, $285.00

This meteorite was found in 1941 about 12 miles Northeast of Mt. Egerton, in the Gascoyne River area of Western Australia. Only small fragments are found, most less than one gram. Mount Egerton consists of iron-rich enstatite crystals which have discolored by weathering. It is classified as a Ca-poor anomalous Aubrite. Not often available, these are very clean specimens. Priced at only $18.00 per gram, these are attractive reasonably priced specimens. Just let us know of your needs and we will do our best to fill the order.

3.5 grams, $43.75

7.7 grams, $96.25

First found in 1964 in the Meekatharra district of Western Australia, this interesting Stony-iron is classified as a Mesosiderite, subgroup A1. Mount Padbury is seldom seen in the meteorite market, and typically only as fragments. Offered here are two single stones and a cut and diamond lapped small fragment. Prices are well below what other dealers are asking for this attractive Mesosiderite.

5.4 grams, $81.0

On the afternoon of 21 August 1991 a single large stone weighing ~110 kg was seen to fall in Tahoua, Niger, by a young Tuareg boy. Numerous pieces of this meteorite were distributed to local inhabitants and the main mass resides in the Swiss Meteorite Lab. Mount Tazerzait is classified as an L5 chondrite.

Several masses of the Muonionalusta meteorite have been found since the initial discovery in the glacial sediments near Kiruna in 1906. This is a fine Octahedrite (IVA) with shock-hatched kamacite structure, and a very nice Widmanstatten pattern. There are not many meteorites from Sweden, especially an iron.

On Sunday morning, 28 September 1969, a fireball exploded and showered a five square mile area in and around Murchison, Victoria, Australia, with thousands of stones and fragments of a smelly and rare meteorite. Murchison is a carbonaceous chondrite of the Mighei group, hence its designation as a CM2. Literally full of organic compounds, Murchison is the most important and most studied of all meteorites. In addition, it is one of the most primitive meteorites known. Considered to be essentially unchanged since the formation of the solar system, Murchison is most likely cometary in origin, and the only meteorite theorized to have originated outside our solar system. Murchison contains water and numerous amino acids, along with carbon, providing the potential building blocks for life on earth. The specimens available here are pristine pieces broken from a larger mass purchased shortly after the fall. At least one building was struck during this meteorite shower.