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Abee Slice at the Royal Ontario Museum
107 kilograms of Abee were recovered in June 1952 in a wheat field in Abee, Alberta, Canada five days after a fireball was witnessed - it is considered one of the most unusual scientific meteorites ever found
Date: 02/25/12
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1952 - Abee - 1.100 grams
Our small slice is classified as an EH4 impact-melt breccia - the only one known! This is really a one-of-a-kind meteorite!
Date: 02/25/12
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Abee - 1.100 grams
Abee was formed billions of years ago in an "oxygen poor" part of the original solar nebula - since so little oxygen was present virtually all of the iron occured as metal or as sulfide - giving a slight gunpower smell to the stone
Date: 02/25/12
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Namurachi Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico
The Almada (b) meteorite was found near the city of Aldama, in Chihuahua, Mexico in 1996 - more fragments were located in 2001
Date: 07/22/09
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Aldama (b) - 7.9 grams
Our great end-cut is classified as an H5 chondrite
Date: 07/22/09
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Aldama (b) - 7.9 grams
About 8 kilograms of material has been recovered so far of this meteorite
Date: 07/22/09
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Meteorite hunters in Antarctica
The Allan Hills A76009 meteorite was found west of Allan Nunatak on the edge of the Polar plateau in Victoria Land, Antarctica during the 1976-1977 season of ANSMET - NASA Photo
Date: 07/09/09
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Allan Hills A76009 - Fragment
Our sample comes from a huge 407 kilogram stone that was split between NASA's collection and various Japanese scientific institutions
Date: 07/09/09
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Allan Hills A76009 - Fragment
It is classified as an L6 chondrite - these early Antartica meteorites are legal to purchase
Date: 07/09/09
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Allende Strewnfield
Courtesy Ben Roesch
Date: 04/13/09
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Allende - 2.28 grams
The fireball was witnessed at on February 8, 1969 over the Mexican state of Chihuahua
Date: 01/01/00
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Allende - 2.28 grams
The Allende meteorite is the largest carbonaceous chondrite ever found on Earth
Date: 01/01/00
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Small boy with the Allende meteorite
Courtesy Brian Mason, Smithsonian
Date: 04/13/09
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Allende - .404 grams
Allende - .404 grams
Date: 01/01/00
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Allende - .404 grams
Allende - .404 grams
Date: 01/01/00
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Cusarare Falls
Located in Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico near the location of the Allende meteorite fall
Date: 04/28/09
Views: 552
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Allende - 3.6 grams
Allende - 3.6 grams
Date: 01/01/00
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Allende - 3.6 grams
Allende - 3.6 grams
Date: 01/01/00
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Arivaca - Main Mass
This stone was claimed to have been found by Carl Esparza on the Wilbur Cruce Ranch near Arivaca, Arizona in 1999 - it is a real meteorite - but not everyone believes it was actually found on the ranch - some think it is an NWA stone
Date: 06/22/09
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Arivaca - 4.56 grams
Our slice is classified as an achondrite from the eucrite group - the meteorite is a monomict breccia
Date: 06/22/09
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Arivaca - 4.56 grams
The TKW of the meteorite is about 960 grams
Date: 06/22/09
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