Meteor P.3


Established 1982

  
METEORITES PAGE 3


Updated 15 February 2010

ALLENDE, Mexico - Witnessed Fall  

The Allende meteorite shower occurred at 01:05 hours on 8 February 1969, over a strewnfield of some 150 square kilometers, in Chihuahua, Mexico. Allende is classified as a Carbonaceous chondrite of the Vigarano group (CV3) and has a very low petrologic number of 3.2. Thousands of pieces fell and the shower provided more carbonaceous chondrite material for study than from all previous falls of carbonaceous chondrite combined. Allende has outstanding chondrules and Calcium-Aluminum inclusions (CAIs) are found in many examples. The specimens offered here came from the E. A. King collection and were retrieved within a few days after the fall. All of these examples are pristine, not the more commonly weathered material retrieved in subsequent years of scouring the strewnfield.

 

Allende, 884 gms, a.jpg (519631 bytes)
Side a, 884 grams, about 75% crusted broken stone, $6000.00		 Allende, 884 gms, b.jpg (625112 bytes)
Side b, 884 grams stone		 Allende, 884 gms, c.jpg (524668 bytes)
Side c, 884 grams stone, large 8 mm chondrule visible

 
Allende, 2.1 gms.jpg (5979 bytes)
2.1 grams, cut fragment, SOLD		 Allende, 7.9 gms, crust.jpg (6946 bytes)
7.9 grams, part slice, crust one edge, $79.00		 Allende, 2.8 gms.jpg (5955 bytes)
2.8 grams, cut fragment, SOLD		 Allende, 7.8 gms, crust.jpg (7315 bytes)
7.8 grams, part slice, crust on 2 curved edges, $78.00		 Allende, 6.5 grams, crust.jpg (6711 bytes)
6.5 grams (a), part slice, crust on one edge, $65.00
Allende, 5.0 gms, crust.jpg (7158 bytes)
5.0 grams, part slice, crust on one edge, SOLD		 Allende, 4.3 grams,.jpg (6191 bytes)
4.3 grams, part slice, SOLD		 Allende, 5.2 gms.jpg (6509 bytes)
5.2 grams, par slice, SOLD		 Allende, 5.0 gms.jpg (6615 bytes)
5.0 grams, part slice, $45.00		 Allende, 7.7 gms, crust.jpg (6935 bytes)
7.7 grams (a), part slice, crust on one edge, SOLD
Allende, 4.7 gms.jpg (6870 bytes)
4.7 grams, cut fragment, SOLD		 Allende, 3.6 gms.jpg (5919 bytes)
3.6 grams, part slice with bore hole evident, $32.40		 Allende, 7.7 gms, crust (b).jpg (7105 bytes)
7.7 grams (b), part slice, crust on one edge, $77.00		 Allende, 6.3 gms.jpg (7157 bytes)
6.3 grams, part slice, SOLD		 Allende, 2.4 gms.jpg (6234 bytes)
2.4 grams, fragment, $18.00
Allende, 5.7 gms.jpg (6943 bytes)
5.7 grams, part slice, SOLD		 Allende, 6.5 gms (b), crust.jpg (6561 bytes)
   6.5 grams (b),   SOLD		 Allende, 6.0 gms, crust.jpg (6881 bytes)
6.0 grams, part slice, crust on one edge, $60.00		 Allende, 6.6 gms end.jpg (6806 bytes)
6.6 grams, end cut, 100% crusted exterior, SOLD		 Allende, 6.1 gms.jpg (7319 bytes)
6.1 grams, part slice, $54.90 SOLD
Allende, 5.5 gms.jpg (5988 bytes)
5.5 grams, part slice, $49.50		 Allende, 13.1 gms, crust.jpg (8390 bytes)
13.1 grams, part slice, crust on one edge, SOLD		 Allende, 15.6 gms, end.jpg (7857 bytes)
15.6 grams, end cut, some crust on exterior, $156.00		 Allende, 5.8 gms, end.jpg (6679 bytes)
5.8 grams, end cut, lots of crust on exterior, $58.00		 Allende, 20.0 gms, b.jpg (29347 bytes)
20.0 grams, cut fragment, loaded with clasts, $160.00