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Updated 16
June 2009
NADIABONDI,
Burkina Faso - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
NAKHLA, Egypt -
Witnessed Fall SOLD
NARYILCO,
Australia
One stone
weighing 27 kg was found 5 miles west of Corkwood Tank, in Queensland,
Australia. This LL6 chondrite retained fresh fusion crust. Naryilco is brecciated
with shock veins and contains light-dark clasts. It is an attractive meteorite
when polished as these partial slices have been finished on one side.
4.078 grams, SOLD |

2.785 grams, SOLD |

3.697 grams, SOLD |
4.495 grams, $80.90,
crust on curved edge |
NERFT, Latvia -
Witnessed Fall SOLD
NEW HALFA, Sudan -
Witnessed Fall SOLD
NEW ORLEANS - Witnessed
Fall
As stated in the
Meteoritical Bulletin 88, 2004, "On
the afternoon of 23 September 2003, a meteorite crashed through the two-story
home of Ray and Judy Fausset, who were not home at the time; neighbors said they
heard a "terrific noise." Two observations of a fireball were
recorded. The main mass of the meteorite was found in the crawl space under the
house. Powdery meteorite debris and fragments were found along the penetration
path throughout the house." Three fragments weighing more than 19kg were
recovered from the crawl space and ~100 grams were recovered from outside the
house. New Orleans is classified as an H5 chondrite. Because of the moisture in
the crawl space and the high humidity climate of the city of New Orleans, light oxidation of
interior metal is evident on small specimens. Only about 1 kg of this meteorite was sold by
the Fausset's; but now, the whereabouts of the Fausset family and the
existence of the balance of the
material is unknown because of hurricane Katrina.
NINGQIANG, China - Witnessed
Fall After
detonations, a single stone, broken into 4 parts, was recovered. The fall occurred
on 25 June 1983 in Ningqiang County, Shanxi Province, China, and only ~100 grams
has been released from the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjiang, China.
Ningqiang is classified as a Carbonaceous chondrite, type 3, ungrouped
(C3-UNGR). Any of these cut fragments will make a great addition to someone's
collection.

2.130 grams, $426.00 |

0.846 grams, $169.20 |

1.438 grams, $287.60 |

0.898 grams, $179.60 |

1.320 grams, $264.00 |

2.124 grams, $424.80 |
NOBLESVILLE, Indiana - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
NORTON
COUNTY, Kansas - Witnessed Fall SOLD


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