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METEORITES PAGE 9 Updated 18 April 2008 GAO-GUENIE, Burkina Faso - Witnessed Fall At least 16 stones fell about 60 km north of the town of Leo, near the Upper-Volta-Ghana border, in the district of Gourounsi, Burkina Faso. This H5 chondrite, brecciated, fell 5 March 1960 at 1700 hours. This 143 grams end cut has a beautifully cut and polished surface with one nice metal bleb and two large black clasts (impact melt?). All three exterior faces have clean fusion crust. This specimen is priced at only $1.25 per gram, $178.75.
GHUBARA, Oman Found in 1954 in the Oman desert in 1954, Ghubara became one of the first of many meteorites from this area. It is popular as it is classified as an L5 chondrite, black, xenolithic. The stage of weathering (W2) and fresh internal material reflect a welcome appearance to many desert meteorites.
GIRGENTI, Sicily, Italy - Witnessed Fall Here is a great rarity from the island of Sicily. Girgenti fell on 10 February 1853 and three stones were recovered. This meteorite has been well preserved in meteorite repositories and has been virtually unavailable to collectors until a small amount (~100 grams) was released in a trade. Girgenti is an L6 chondrite with dark shock veins running through it. Even though expensive, more than one specimen of Girgenti has sold for $200.00 per gram in the meteorite market. Offered here are the last of my well prepared slices for considerably less (~$80.00 per gram). Only a handful of private collections can boast an example of this meteorite. GIT-GIT, Nigeria - Witnessed Fall
GLATTON, England - Witnessed Fall - SOLD GLORIETTA MOUNTAIN - See METEORITES PAGE 24 GUJBA, Namibia - Witnessed Fall After a brilliant fireball was witnessed and an explosion was heard by numerous people, a conical meteorite fell in a corn field near the village of Bogga Dingare, Yobe, Nigeria, on 3 April 1984. The local villagers hammered the meteorite into many pieces and most of the material was dispersed and lost.. The description and classification at UCLA specify this meteorite to be a Bencubbin-like meteorite with large metal nodules and pyroxene crystals. It is the only witnessed fall of a Bencubbin type meteorite. This beautiful and unique meteorite contains fabulous pyroxene crystals. Not only rare and unusual but one of the "gotta-have" meteorites for display and visual enjoyment. My personal opinion is that this is the most interesting and beautiful meteorite available.
HAPPY CANYON, Texas
HAMLET, Indiana -
Witnessed Fall
- Also a hammer SOLD
HEREDIA, Costa Rica - Witnessed Fall After
the appearance of a fireball and detonations, many stones fell in Heredia on 1
April 1857. This meteorite is classified as an H5 chondrite, gas rich,
brecciated. Only a little more than 1 kg of material has been preserved and
virtually all of it resides in museums and repositories. This material came from
the Gottingen University collection in Gottingen, Germany. Here is the
opportunity of a lifetime to acquire a rare location with a very small TKW.
These are all I have available.
HESSLE, Sweden - Witnessed Fall SOLD HOMESTEAD, Iowa - Witnessed Fall On the evening of 12 February 1875 a brilliant fireball traveled across central Iowa and, after detonations, scattered about 100 stones over an 18 square mile area from Amana to Boltonville in Iowa County. Homestead is an L5 chondrite, brecciated, and veined.
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