Meteor P.14A


Established 1982


METEORITES PAGE 21

Updated 15 December 2011

TADJERA, Algeria - Witnessed Fall  SOLD

TALAMPAYA, Argentina - Witnessed Fall SOLD

TAMDAKHT, Morocco - Witnessed Fall

On 20 December 2008, witnesses from a number of locations in Morocco witnessed a bolide within the high Atlas Mountains. A few weeks later news of the new fall were confirmed when fragments were recovered. Tamdakht is classified as an H5 chondrite and is very fresh. The slices offered here were cut from a nice crusted fragment.

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1.708 grams, $10.25		 Tamdakht, 1.926 gms.jpg (28849 bytes)
1.926 grams, $11.55		 Tamdakht, 1.792 gms.jpg (26691 bytes)
1.792 grams, crust on upper edge, SOLD		 Tamdakht, 1.882 gms.jpg (27020 bytes)
 1.882 grams,  SOLD
Tamdakht, 27.9 gms.jpg (73913 bytes)
27.9 grams, lots of  crust, $97.65
Tamdakht, 46.7 gms.jpg (110775 bytes)
46.7 grams, some crust, $140.00
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3.130 grams, crust on upper edge, $21.90		 Tamdakht, 3.254 gms.jpg (29952 bytes)
3.254 grams, crust on upper edge, $22.80		 Tamdakht, 1.240 gms.jpg (28221 bytes)
1.240 grams, crust on upper edge, SOLD		 Tamdakht, 1.864 gms.jpg (28141 bytes)
1.864 grams, crust on upper edge, SOLD		 Tamdakht, 2.890 gms.jpg (27739 bytes)
2.890 grams, crust on upper edge, $20.25		 Tamdakht, 1.832 gms.jpg (27186 bytes)
1.832 grams, crust on upper edge, SOLD

TATAHOUINE, Foum, Tunisia - Witnessed Fall

On 27 June 1931, a shower of small meteoritic fragments fell near the village of Foum, Tunisia. The mass exploded close to ground level; consequently, most pieces are very small (<5 grams) and do not have fusion crust. Commonly referred to as the little green stones from space, Tatahouine is medium to dark green in color with black veins. It is a rare class of meteorite, a Diogenite. These fragments were collected more than 10 years ago and are quite stable. These specimens  are the last of my supply and are priced at a ridiculously low $15.00 per gram. Please order by letter designation.

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  2.350 grams,  SOLD		 Tatahouine b.jpg (27297 bytes)
2.141 grams, $32.10		 Tatahouine c.jpg (26778 bytes)
 2.315 grams,  SOLD		 Tatahouine d.jpg (27343 bytes)
  2.100 grams,   SOLD		 Tatahouine e.jpg (25517 bytes)
2.171 grams, $32.55		 Tatahouine f.jpg (25931 bytes)
1.763 grams, $26.45
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2.071 grams, $31.05		 Tatahouine h.jpg (26777 bytes)
1.877 grams, SOLD		 Tatahouine i.jpg (27571 bytes)
1.737 grams, $26.05		 Tatahouine j.jpg (26876 bytes)
1.517 grams, $22.75		 Tatahouine k.jpg (26355 bytes)
1.683 grams, $25.25		 Tatahouine l.jpg (25641 bytes)
 1.780 grams,  $26.70

TENNASILM, Estonia - Witnessed Fall

After the appearance of a cloud and detonations, a single stone fell on 28 June 1872 in Pskov, Estonia. The stone was broken into pieces by gypsies but most of it was recovered. Classified as an L4 chondrite, metal-troilite-rich, shock veined, with melt-rock clasts, Tennasilm is an intriguing meteorite. Very little of this material has shown up in the meteorite market. Here is an opportunity to obtain a difficult to find witnessed fall. Tennasilm, 4.804 gms.jpg (29299 bytes)
4.804 grams, crust on top edge, SOLD		 Tennasilm, 0.490 gms.jpg (19911 bytes)
0.490 grams, SOLD		 Tennasilm, 2.310 gms.jpg (25996 bytes)
2.310 grams, $156.00

THUATHE, Lesotho - Witnessed Fall 

On the afternoon of the 21st of July 2002, a meteorite showered the Thuathe Plateau of Lesotho, after several explosions were heard and felt by most everyone in this small country. This is the first meteorite recovered from this country which lies within the much larger country of South Africa. The shower produced more than 1000 stones, most with beautiful black fusion crust. With few exceptions, the stones are very small. Subsequent to learning of the fall through police reports, Lesotho University scientists arrived and stones were obtained from the villagers. Many of the stones were broken upon impact. In addition, many of the stones have secondary fusion crust, and some have  slickenslides. Thuathe has been classified as an H4 chondrite, and has nice metal flecks. The macro slices were cut from broken stones, all have some fusion crust; some have secondary crust. The complete stone has ~90% fusion crust.


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26.4 grams, complete crusted stone, $211.20		 Thuathe, 1.262 gms.jpg (28272 bytes)
1.262 grams, $12.60
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18.8 partial stone with crust on two faces, $150.40		 Thuathe, 2.384 gms.jpg (29708 bytes)
2.384 grams, $23.80		 Thuathe, 2.604 gms.jpg (41040 bytes)
2.604 grams, $26.00		 Thuathe, 5.386 gms.jpg (46653 bytes)
5.386 grams, $53.85

TIMOCHIN, Russia - Witnessed Fall  SOLD

TJEREBON, Indonesia - Witnessed Fall  SOLD

TJABE, Indonesia - Witnessed Fall  SOLD

TOLUCA, Mexico  SOLD

TOMAKOVKA, Ukraine - Witnessed Fall  

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas  SOLD

TRENZANO, Italy - Witnessed Fall  SOLD

TUXTUAC, Mexico - Witnessed Fall  SOLD

This meteorite fell on 16 October 1975 near Zacatecas, Mexico, and two stones were recovered. Tuxtuac is an attractive meteorite containing small specks to globules of metal. It is classified as an LL5 chondrite. Most of this material is in museums and private collections. The specimens offered here were cut from a larger slice which came from Bob Haag.