Meteor P.6


Established 1982


METEORITES PAGE 6

Updated 10 October 2011

DAR-AL-GANI 023, Libya SOLD

DASHOGUZ, Turkmenistan - Witnessed Fall  SOLD

 DAULE, Ecuador - Witnessed Fall

The Meteoritical Bulletin states "People in Daule and the surrounding region heard a series of loud detonations and, moments later, two stones were seen to fall. A single stone fell outside a home next to the Daule river, Guyas, Ecuador. The homeowner was less than 5 meters from the stone which penetrated nearly 1 meter into the mud and bounced out, landing on the surface. He picked up the stone moments later. Another stone was reported to have impacted in a flooded rice paddy and sent a fountain of water several meters into the air; this stone has not been recovered." This meteorite landed about 9:00 am on 23 March 2008 and the homeowner hid the stone in his house until it was rescued by Hans Koser and Mike Farmer. Most of this meteorite has been dispersed to museums and collections; therefore, not much is available in the marketplace. Even though it has been classified as an L5 chondrite, there is a nice mix of metal in every partial slice. The crust on this meteorite is very thin and irregular on the edges.

Additional information: There were 3 stones seen to fall; 2 were recovered quickly after the fall. The 3rd stone landed in  about 1.5 meters of water in a rice paddy but has not been confirmed as located. One stone of ~5 kg was taken by the police and sent to Quito for study and, most likely, will never be released. The 2nd stone of ~6.5 kg is the one hidden by the finder for approximately 18 months until Hans and Mike acquired it. Less than 1.5 kg are available to the collector,

Daule is the only known meteorite from Ecuador - and a witnessed fall!!!

 

Daule, 4.110 gms.jpg (41472 bytes)
4.110 grams, $184.95		 Daule, 2.100 gms.jpg (35876 bytes)
2.100 grams, crust on upper edge, $105.00		 Daule, 1.828 gms.jpg (35607 bytes)
1.828 grams, $82.25		 Daule, 8.6 gms.jpg (438082 bytes)
8.6 grams, crust on curved edge, $430.00. In glass mount		 Daule, 1.786 gms.jpg (42256 bytes)
1.786 grams, $80.35		 Daule, 2.280 gms.jpg (39740 bytes)
2.280 grams, $102.60


DAVY (a), Texas

 

Found in De Witt County, Texas, in 1940, this meteorite was reclassified as an L4 chondrite. With a deep rich brown matrix, Davy (a) is another example of an inexpensive Texas location. Davy (a), 1.636 gms.jpg (34012 bytes)
1.636 grams, SOLD		 Davy (a), 4.600 gms.jpg (43805 bytes)
4.600 grams, $11.50		 Davy (a), 5.144 gms.jpg (43255 bytes)
5.144 grams, SOLD		 Davy (a), 2.630 gms.jpg (36329 bytes)
2.630 grams, SOLD

DELAWARE,  Arkansas SOLD

DEMINA, Russia - Witnessed Fall SOLD 

DESURI, India - Witnessed Fall  SOLD

DHURMSALA, India - Witnessed Fall  SOLD

DIEP RIVER, South Africa - Witnessed Fall  

 

On 4 November 1906 a single stone of ~1kg fell through the iron  roof of a house located on a farm called Hermitage in Cape Province, South Africa. The stone is an L6 chondrite and only a few grams are noted as outside the South African Museum in Cape Town. This is an extremely rare meteorite, one of those nearly impossible to get locations. The material offered here originally came from the American Museum of Natural History, New York.
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0.690 grams, crust on upper edge, $414.00		 Diep River, 0.600 gms, a.jpg (19832 bytes)
0.600 grams (a), $300.00		 Diep River, 0.560 gms.jpg (19789 bytes)
0.560 grams, $280.00		 Diep River, 0.526 gms.jpg (19416 bytes)
0.526 grams, $263.00		 Diep River, 0.424 gms.jpg (21890 bytes)
 0.424 grams,  SOLD		 Diep River, 0.600 gms, b.jpg (21641 bytes)
0.600 grams (b), $300.00

DOKACHI, Bangladesh - Witnessed Fall  SOLD