METEORITES PAGE 3
UPDATED 10 March 2008
ALLENDE, Mexico - Witnessed
Fall - Also a hammer The
Allende meteorite shower occurred at 01:05 hours on 8 February 1969, over a
strewnfield of some 150 square kilometers, in Chihuahua, Mexico. Allende is
classified as a Carbonaceous chondrite of the Vigarano group and has a very low petrologic
number of 3.2 (CV3). Thousands of pieces fell and the shower provided more
carbonaceous chondrite material for study than from all previous falls of
carbonaceous chondrite combined.
Allende has outstanding chondrules and Calcium-Aluminum inclusions (CAIs) are
found in many examples. The specimens offered here came from the E. A. King
collection and were retrieved within days after the fall. All of these examples
are pristine, not the more commonly weathered material retrieved in subsequent years of scouring the
strewnfield.
2.1 grams, cut fragment, $18.90 |
7.9 grams, part slice, crust one edge, $79.00 |
2.8 grams, cut fragment, $25.20 |
7.8 grams, part slice, crust on 2 curved edges, $78.00 |
6.5 grams (a), part slice, crust on one edge, $65.00 |
5.0 grams, part slice, crust on one edge, SOLD |
4.3 grams, part slice, SOLD |
5.2 grams, par slice, SOLD |
5.0 grams, part slice, $45.00 |
7.7 grams (a), part slice, crust on one edge, SOLD |
4.7 grams, cut fragment, SOLD |
3.6 grams, part slice with bore hole evident, $32.40 |
7.7 grams (b), part slice, crust on one edge, $77.00 |
6.3 grams, part slice, SOLD |
2.4 grams, fragment, $18.00 |
5.7 grams, part slice, $51.30 |
6.5 grams (b), part slice, crust on 2 edges, $65.00 |
6.0 grams, part slice, crust on one edge, $60.00 |
6.6 grams, end cut, 100% crusted exterior, $66.00 |
6.1 grams, part slice, $54.90 SOLD |
5.5 grams, part slice, $49.50 |
13.1 grams, part slice, crust on one edge, $131.00 |
15.6 grams, end cut, some crust on exterior, $156.00 |
5.8 grams, end cut, lots of crust on exterior, $58.00 |
20.0 grams, cut fragment, loaded with
clasts, $160.00 |
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