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METEORITES PAGE
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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.

1.708 grams, $10.25 |

1.926 grams, $11.55 |

1.792 grams, crust on upper edge, SOLD |

1.882 grams, SOLD |

27.9 grams, lots of crust, $97.65 |

46.7 grams, some crust, $140.00 |

3.130 grams, crust on upper edge, $21.90 |

3.254 grams, crust on upper edge, $22.80 |

1.240 grams, crust on upper edge, SOLD |

1.864 grams, crust on upper edge, SOLD |

2.890 grams, crust on upper edge, $20.25 |

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.

2.350 grams, SOLD |

2.141 grams, $32.10 |

2.315 grams, SOLD |

2.100 grams, SOLD |

2.171 grams, $32.55 |

1.763 grams, $26.45 |

2.071 grams, $31.05 |

1.877 grams, SOLD |

1.737 grams, $26.05 |

1.517 grams, $22.75 |

1.683 grams, $25.25 |

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. |

4.804 grams, crust on top edge, SOLD |

0.490 grams, SOLD |

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.

26.4 grams, complete crusted stone, $211.20 |

1.262 grams, $12.60 |

18.8 partial stone with crust on two faces, $150.40 |

2.384 grams, $23.80 |

2.604 grams, $26.00 |

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.


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