METEORITES PAGE
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Updated 1January
2012
L'Aigle, France - Witnessed
Fall
Reportedly,
a shower of more than 3000 stones fell north of L'Aigle, Orne, Normandy,
France, on 26 July 1803. Upon hearing of this event, the French Academy
of Science dispatched Jean-Bapiste Biot to investigate the phenomenon.
After his field work was completed, Biot distinguished two kinds of
evidence of an extraterrestrial origin for the stones. Physical evidence
of the sudden appearance of a large number of identical stones similar
to previous meteorites, and further evidence by the large number of
witnesses who saw a "rain of stones thrown by the meteor" as
well as their diversity of profession, interests, and social status.
L'Aigle is the most famous meteorite in history for it proved the theory
that stones did fall from the sky. Although a relatively large fall (~37
kg), L'Aigle is of such importance in history that it is very difficult
to obtain. Valued highly by all meteorite institutions, it is expensive.
L'Aigle is classified as an L6 chondrite, brecciated. The partial
slices offered here are reasonably priced compared to some dealers
asking prices of more than $1000.00 per gram.

2.698 grams, $1349.00
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2.260 grams, SOLD
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0.924 grams, SOLD |

1.06 grams, crust on upper edge, $654.00 |

2.756 grams, crust on upper edge, $1653.00 |
LEIGHTON, Alabama -
Witnessed Fall SOLD
LEMMON, South Dakota
A 6.68 kg stone was found by a women
in Perkins County, South Dakota, 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 ~300 grams of this meteorite are available to the
collector. South Dakota meteorites are seldom available in the collector's
market.

3.250 grams, $11.35 |

2.680 grams, $9.35 |

3.446 grams, $12.05 |

2.884 grams, $10.05 |

6.7 grams, $23.45, in 50 mm by 50 mm box |

4.224 grams, $14.75, in 50 mm by 50 mm box |
LIMERICK, Ireland - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
LISSA, CZECH REPUBLIC - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
LITTLE PINEY, Missouri - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
LONG ISLAND, Kansas SOLD
LOST CITY, Oklahoma - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
LUCE, France - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
LUOTOLAX, Finland - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
MALAKAL, Sudan -
Witnessed Fall SOLD
MALAMPAKA, Tanzania - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
MALOTAS, Argentina - Witnessed
Fall
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 from an uncommon location. Each will please someone.

4.515 grams, $67.70 |

4.848 grams, $72.70 |

3.724 grams, SOLD |

4.300 grams, $64.50 |

3.563 grams, SOLD |

37.8 grams, $400.00 |
MANGWENDI, Zimbabwe -
Witnessed Fall SOLD
MANYCH, Russia - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
MENOW, Germany - Witnessed Fall
SOLD
MARILIA, Brazil -
Witnessed Fall
A
shower of stones was seen to fall on 5 October 1971 in Sao Paulo,
Brazil, and at least 7 of these were recover. The total weight of this
H4 chondrite is ~2.5 kg and not readily available to collectors. The
partial slice offered here weighs 1.774 grams and is priced at $248.35.
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MARION, Iowa -
Witnessed Fall
After
detonations, a stone was seen to fall on 25 February 1847, 9 miles south of
Marion, Linn County, Iowa. Later, two additional stones were recovered. Marion
is classified as an L6 chondrite, veined. Most of this meteorite resides in
museums and it is seldom seen in the meteorite market. All of the partial slices
offered here will make some collector happy.

4.732 grams, $165.60 |

6.216 grams, SOLD |

4.966 grams, $173.80 |

5.652 grams, SOLD |

8.036 grams, $281,25 |

6.020 grams, $210.70 |
MESSINA, Sicily - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
MIGHEI, Ukraine - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
MILES, Australia SOLD
MILLBILLILLIE,
Australia - Witnessed
Fall
A large fireball
was observed in October 1960 and an object fell to earth in the Wiluna district,
Western Australia. Ten years later the first of the stones were recovered and
the meteorite was classified as an Achondrite, monomict Eucrite. Complete stones
show a distinctive orange coloration on the exterior. Millbillillie has the
typical light gray interior and good fusion crust similar to most Eucrites.

1.874 grams, full slice, $46.85
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1.804 grams, full slice, SOLD |

1.038 grams, end cut, SOLD |

3.420 grams, full slice, not parallel cut, SOLD |

1.710 grams, full slice, $42.75 |

2.620 grams, full slice, SOLD |

1.432 grams, end cut, $35.80 |

1.900 grams, full slice, $47.50 |

2.696 grams, full slice, SOLD |

1.846 grams, full slice, $46.15 |
MISSHOF, Latvia - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
MONAHANS (1998),
Texas - Witnessed Fall
Two stones fell
on 22 March 1998, in the city of Monahans, Ward County, Texas, after a fireball
was witnessed over a wide area from the fall site. One of the stones impacted an
asphalt city street; the other landed near where some boys were playing
basketball. One stone remains with the city of Monahans; the second stone was
auctioned and the proceeds set up in college funds for the boys who found it.
Monahans is an H5 chondrite with light and dark clasts in a gray-colored
pulverized matrix containing grains of purple halite and sylvite. This meteorite
is next to impossible to obtain, and then only in tiny fragments. The micros
shown here were obtained from Steve Arnold who received them as part his
commission in brokering the boy's stone. Each is priced at $30.00.
MONZE, Zambia - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
MOORESFORT, Ireland - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
MORAVKA, Czech Republic - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
MOUNT EGERTON, Australia
This meteorite was found prior to
1941
about 12 miles Northeast of Mount 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 fragments. Priced at only $12.00 per gram, these
are attractive and reasonably priced specimens. My records indicate that I
purchased a small bag of fragments from Blaine Reed in Tucson in 1998. These
have been "lost" in my boxes of miscellaneous stuff for awhile.

0.370 grams, $4.45 |

0.489 grams, SOLD |

0.780 grams, SOLD |

0.876 grams, SOLD |

0.672 grams, SOLD |

0.714 grams, SOLD |

0.450 grams, SOLD |

0.420 grams, SOLD |

0.954 grams, $11.45 |

0.686 grams, $8.20 |

0.526 grams, $6.30 |

0.520 grams, $6.25 |
MOUNT PADBURY, Australia
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 two cut and
diamond lapped small fragments. Prices are well below what other dealers are asking
for this attractive Mesosiderite.
MOUNT TAZERZAIT, Niger - Witnessed Fall
| A single stone was seen to
fall by a Tuareg boy on 21 August 1991, and many pieces were distributed
by a Tuareg man. The fall occurred in Tahoua, Niger, and the meteorite
was classified as an L5 chondrite. Even though the total weight was
large (110 kg), very little of this meteorite has entered the
marketplace. This is not an easy location to obtain. |

5.290 grams, SOLD |

2.122 grams, SOLD |

6.74 grams, $60.65 |

3.180 grams, $28.60 |

5.950 grams, SOLD |

3.172 grams, $28.50 |

5.250 grams, $47.25 |

4.050 grams, $36.45 |

3.804 grams, $34.20 |
MOUNT VERNON, Kentucky

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The Meteoritical Bulletin
lists Mount Vernon as a Stony-iron, Pallasite, main group, angular
olivine shape. The mass of ~159 kg was found ~7 NE of Hopkinsville,
Kentucky, in 1868 but it was not recognized as a meteorite until 1902.
Although it has dark olivine, the meteorite is stable and seldom
available in the meteorite market. This partial slice weighs 7.8 grams
and is priced at a reasonable SOLD, nearly
one-half the price per gram of the last recorded sale I could find. This
specimen has been in my personal collection and, though I admire
Pallasites, it no longer fits my collecting interests. |


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