Meteor P.8a

A single stone fell on 15 September 1897 in the Khairpur district, Sind, Pakistan, Gambat is classified as an L6 chondrite, veined, and is next to impossible for the collector to obtain. Most of this meteorite is held in the Geological Survey Museum in Calcutta, and the National History Museum in London. Here is an opportunity to acquire a scarce witnessed fall. This specimen weighs 0.736 grams and is priced at $300.00.

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. The slice on the right weighs 16.1 grams, is polished on both sides and is priced at $48.30

Cut and polished surface, $178.75

Side a

Side b

Side c

16.1 grams, crusted on top edge, $48.30

Found 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 over many desert meteorites.

3.49 grams, $8.75

3.590 grams, $9.00

8.1 grams, $18.20

9.7 grams, $21.85

2.392 grams, SOLD

2.646 grams, $6.60

Found initially in 1836 in the strewnfield of Namibia, the Gibeon meteorite was classified as a Fine Octahedrite, IVA. For many years, Gibeon meteorites were readily available; now they are seldom seen except in small slices and individuals. This is my personal collection slice I have had for many years. It weighs 157 grams and is priced at $157.00.

On 9 January 1947, two stones were seen to fall near the village of Git-Git, Baram, Bauchi District, Nigeria. The TKW for this fall in a miniscule 480 grams! Git-Git is classified as an L6 chondrite. It has a beautiful gray matrix with some metal flecking and a few very light colored clasts. The material shown here came from the Robert A. Haag collection.

2.863 grams, $186.00

2.150 grams, SOLD

3.234 grams, $324.40

2.292 grams, $229.20

3.385 grams, $338.50

1.921 grams, SOLD

2.863 grams, SOLD

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 this is the most interesting and beautiful meteorite known.

0.320 grams, $32.00

1.304 grams, $97.80

2.676 grams, SOLD

1.318 grams, $98.85

0.654 grams, SOLD

1.167 grams, $87.50

1.986 grams, SOLD

1.730 grams, SOLD

1.271 grams, $95.30

3.422 grams, SOLD

1.870 grams, $140.25

2.920 grams, SOLD

HAPPY CANYON, Texas SOLD

HAMLET, Indiana - Witnessed Fall SOLD

HAXTUN, Colorado

A single weathered stone weighing 15.5 kg was found in a wheat field near Haxtun, Phillips County, Colorado, in August 1975. Haxtun is an L4 chondrite with a rich brown matrix and very little metal flecking.

14.1 grams, $70.50

2.472 grams, SOLD

1.451 grams, SOLD

1.663 grams, SOLD

This meteorite was found in Thayer County, Nebraska, in the summer of 1965. Hebron has been classified as an H6 chondrite. Most of the material is in private ownership.

0.856 grams, SOLD, cut fragment

1.110 grams, SOLD

1.972 grams, $9.00, cut fragment

1.550 grams, $7.00, fragment

0.960 grams, SOLD

2.40 grams, partial slice, SOLD

1.822 grams, partial slice, $8.20

3.122 grams, fragment, $14.05

1.818 grams, partial slice, $8.20

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. Heredia is the only meteorite known for Costa Rica - and it is a witnessed fall! Only a little more than 1 kg of material has been preserved and virtually all of it resides in museums and repositories. This material offered here 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 partial slices are all the material I have available.

0.729 grams, SOLD

1.505 grams, $300.00

2.151 grams, $430.00

1.769 grams, SOLD

2.431 grams, SOLD

2.551 grams, $408.00, crust on upper left edge

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.

2.851 grams, SOLD

2.401 grams, SOLD

1.983 grams, SOLD

3.145 grams, SOLD

3.487 grams, some crust on top edge, SOLD

1.873 grams, SOLD