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METEORITES TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 1 (You are on Page 1): Meteorites from AFRICA (Stony Iron - Sahara Desert), SOUTH AMERICA (Campo del Cielo - Argentina), and UNITED STATES (Canyon Diablo - Arizona); AFRICA (Gibeon); AFRICA (Northwest Africa 869 - Algeria); AUSTRALIA (Henbury); ARIZONA (Canyon Diablo) and CHINA (Nantan); Meteorite Jewelry-Africa

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Page 2 Meteorites from RUSSIA (Sikhote Alin) and ARGENTINA (Campo del Cielo)

Page 3 Tektites from Czechoslovakia (Moldavite) and Thailand

Willamette Meteorite From the state of Oregon, this is the largest meteorite found in the United Sates and the sixth largest in the world. Iron-nickel meteorite, composed of 91% iron, 7.62% nickel, and a small percentage of cobalt and phosphorus. Now on display at the American Museum of natural History in New York.

THREE METEORITE FRAGMENTS in Riker box Box is 4-3/8 x 3-3/8 x 7/8" thick with glass window. Stony Iron Meteorite fragment from Sahara Desert, Morocco, Africa (A), Meteorite fragment from Campo del Cielo, Argentina, South America (B), and Meteorite fragment from Canyon Diablo, Arizona, North America (C) Weights in grams for A, B, C
#X-1-4 Weights: A-15.2 g, B-14.9 g, C-6.1 g $62	#X-1-5 Weights: A-5.4 g, B-13.6 g, C-5.9 g $56

Hoba Iron Meteorite, the biggest single meteorite known, is still in the ground in Namibia, Africa. Estimated at 66 tons, part had rusted away - it may have been 110 tons. Photo from 1920's; this is an ataxite form of meteorite. WHATTAROCK FROM SPACE!

AFRICAN METEORITE

Another meteorite field was found in 1836 by English Army Captain/Explorer Sir James E. Alexander, but it was already well known and used by native people for tools and weapons before this as they picked pieces from the strewn field.

Classified as a fine Octahedrite IVA 7.93% Ni, 0.41% Co, 0.04% P, 2.0 ppm Ga, 0.12 ppm Ge, 2.3 ppm Ir., iron meteorite (the English version: 90% iron, 8% nickel, 0.4% cobalt and 0.04% phosphorus.

Here are some small specimens available now (every specimen comes with an information card and map)...

AFRICA METEORITE FRAGMENTS $8 EACH
#X-4. 0.7 gram, 5/16" across.	#X-5 , 0.7 gram, 3/8" across.	#X-6. 0.7 gram, 3/8" across.

Some cool Gibeon meteorite pendants made of cut pieces that show the great Widmanstatten etched pattern in them...

AFRICA GIBEON METEORITE SLICES Note: we can do pendants of any of the slices below for an additional $5. Keep in mind, however, that the 3/16" thick pieces make them heavier than they look. Many actually resemble the shape of some of our U.S. states though this is a coincidence and not by design. (we found Nevada, Virginia, Nebraska, Illinois, Montana, and California, for instance)
#X-20 17 grams, 1-1/2" long x 7/8" wide x 1/4" thick $68	#X-21 9 grams, 7/8" long x 5/8" wide x 3/16" thick $38	#X-24 12 grams, 1-1/4" long x 1-3/8" wide x 1/4" thick $51
#X-25 9 grams, 1-1/4 x 3/4 x 3/16" thick $36	#X-26 10 grams, 1-1/8 x 1-1/8 x 3/16" thick $40	#X-27 11 grams, 1 x 7/8 x 3/16" thick $44
#X-30 13 grams, 1-1/4 x 1-3/16 x 3/16" thick $52	#X-31 13 grams, 1 x 7/8 x 3/16" thick $52	#X-32 14 grams, 1-3/8 x 1-3/16 x 3/16" thick $56
#X-33 14 grams, 1-1/2 x 1 x 3/16" thick $56	#X-34 17 grams, 1-7/16 x 1-3/8 x 3/16" thick $68	#X-36 17 grams, 1-3/4 x 1 x 3/16" thick $68
#X-38 18 grams, 1-3/8 x 1-3/16 x 3/16" thick $72	#X-39 20 grams, 2 x 1 x 3/16" thick $80	#X-40 20 grams, 1-1/4 x 1 x 3/16" thick $80
#X-41 20 grams, 2 x 3/4 x 3/16" thick $80	#X-42 20 grams, 1-3/16 x 7/8 x 3/16" thick $80	#X-43 21 grams, 1-3/16 x 1-1/16 x 3/16" thick $84
#X-44 22 grams; 1-9/16 x 1-3/16 x 3/16" thick $88	#X-45 23 grams; 1-7/8 x 1-3/16 x 3/16" thick $92	#X-46 23 grams, 1-15/16 x 1-1/8 x 3/16" thick $92
#X-47 26 grams, 1-7/8 x 1 x 3/16" thick $104
NORTHWEST AFRICA #869 METEORITE SLICES in Riker display Boxes Box is 4-3/8 x 3-3/8 x 7/8" thick with glass window. Discovered in 2000, #869 is one of the biggest meteorite finds from North West Africa. It's made of thousand of fusion-crusted parts being as small as an ounce to over 50 pounds, with a total weight of 7 metric tons that has been recovered. Classified as fragmental breccia stone Chondrite L-5 Type L3-6, Regolith Breccia, from Morocco, Algeria. Found in 2000, near Tindouf, Algeria. $48 each
#X-50-1 6.13 grams	#X-50-2 6.43 grams	#X-50-3 6.98 grams

HENBURY (Australia) METEORITES in Riker box Box is 4-3/8 x 3-3/8 x 7/8" thick with glass window. Iron-nickel meteorite that fell about 5,000 years ago near Henbury Cattle Station outside of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. Discovered in 1931. The original meteor was estimated to have weighed several tons before disintegrating prior to impact, leaving visible 13 craters, ranging from 30 to 700 feet wide. Classified as Medium Octahedrite. Individually priced.
#X-80-1 3 grams $45	#X-80-2 6.3 grams $55

CANYON DIABLO METEORITES ARIZONA Canyon Diablo, Arizona's famous Meteor Crater, is North America's most famous meteorite site. In Coconino County, Arizona, it was identified in 1897. 4-5 billion years old, it fell to earth 35-50,000 years ago and left a crater 3/4 of a mile across. The original meteor actually vaporized from the impact, but 30 tons of meteors have been recovered in the large strewn field (now illegal, protected land). Composed of coarse iron (IA) Octahedrite, it is 92% iron and 7% nickel. What a piece of history! Click on the link below to see an animation of what the impact is believed to have looked like! http://www.meteorcrater.com/index2.htm
CANYON DIABLO Arizona METEORITES Most can be made into a simple pendant for $5 more, just ask!
#X-107 2 7/8" x 2" x 1/8" thick. Great slice of the Diablo shows the Widmanstatten pattern typical of this type of meteorite. 60 grams (2.1 ounces). $109	#X-110-B 16 grams, 1-1/16 x 7/8 x 1/2" $37	#X-110-C 16 grams, 1-1/16 x 3/4 x 3/8" $37
#X-114-Q 0.8 gram, 1/2 x 5/16 x 1/8" $5	#X-115 Nice solid specimen, 288 grams, measures 4-1/4" long x 2-1/4" wide x 3/8" thick $375	#X-149 Genuine meteorite dust & particles from the floor of the Arizona meteor crater! 1 1/2" glass vial. The original meteor vaporized upon impact, leaving particles such as these. Use the magnet (included) to see them! Authentication card included. $6.00/set
#X-150 Found near Winslow, Coconio County, Arizona. Classified as coarse Octahedrite. In riker box4-3/8 x 3-3/8 x 7/8" thick with glass window. 26.5 grams $66

Below is our stop east of Flagstaff, Arizona, near Winslow at the famous Meteor Crater.

Large fragments have been found, yet one man spent his life's fortune and energies digging at the center and all around the crater trying to find the main meteorite. It turns out the impact was so violent that the main meteor vaporized. Equipment was finally abandoned at the bottom (it's soooo far down, it's hard to comprehend from the photos).

You will see a cutout of an astronaut figure on the right side of the tenth picture, showing where the astronauts have trained. Also see the test capsule there at the Visitor's Center. It was so windy, they closed down the rim after we stepped back inside the Visitor's Center.

Also note the "road from nowhere to nowhere" that we came in on.

NANTAN (Nandan), CHINA METEORITES

This meteorite fall was recorded in the year 1516 (sightings of falls are rare).

"During summertime in May of Jiajing 11th year, stars fell from the NW direction, 5-6 fold long, waving like snakes and dragons. They were bright as lightning and disappeared in seconds."

From Lihu and Yaozhai towns, the Ladan and Baya area, Nandan County, Guangxi, China (25.1 N/107.7 E), the strewn field covers an area 17 miles long x 5 miles wide.

Made of Iron 92.35% (Fe) and (Ni) 6.96% (iron & nickel) and 10 + other rare minerals including kamacite & taenite, this is coarse octahedral IIICD iron meteorite.

During China's Industrial Revolution (1958), common people were told to find all iron to be melted down for the steel furnaces for the New China, even using their pots and pans. People picked up these rocks, but could not melt them. Geologists were sent to investigate, discovering this large strewn field of genuine meteorites, then finding this quotation in their historical documents for this area that corroborated what it was.

I'll tell you something else, folks, I forgot about the magnetic properties of meteorites. I had these sitting next to my computer while I measured and priced them, and lost LOTS of programs from my computer as a result!

DO NOT put these specimens next to electronic equipment, okay??

NANTAN CHINA METEORITE FRAGMENTS polished, small specimens, average 0.5 gram in each specimen set $ 8.00 - (you get exactly what's in the photo)
#X-169-D	#X-169-E	#X-169-F	#X-169-H
#X-169-I	#X-169-M	#X-169-N	#X-169-R
#X-169-T	#X-169-V	#X-169-Y	#X-169-Z
#X-170-B	#X-170-C	#X-170-D	#X-170-G