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METEORITES PAGE
9
Updated 8
February 2010
GAMBAT, Pakistan
- Witnessed Fall
| 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. |
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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. 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 |
GHUBARA, Oman
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
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9.7 grams, $21.85 |

2.392 grams, SOLD |

2.646 grams, $6.60 |
GIBEON, Namibia
| 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. |
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GIRGENTI, Sicily, Italy - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
GIT-GIT, Nigeria - Witnessed
Fall
| 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 |
GLATTON, England - Witnessed
Fall SOLD
GLORIETTA MOUNTAIN SOLD
GRETNA, Kansas SOLD
GUARENA, Spain - Witnessed Fall
SOLD
GUJBA, Nigeria - 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 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.
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14.1 grams, $70.50 |

2.472 grams, SOLD |

1.451 grams, SOLD |

1.663 grams, SOLD |
HEBRON, Nebraska
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 |
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. 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 |
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.
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 |


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