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1803 - L'Aigle Meteorite
On April 26, 1803, a meteorite shower of more than 3000 fragments fell upon the town of L'Aigle in Normandy, France.
Date: 04/29/2009
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Jean-Baptise Biot
Jean-Baptise Biot investigated L'Aigle and his paper stating that the stones must be of extraterrestrial origin created the science of meteoritics
Date: 04/29/2009
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L'Aigle Meteorite Strewn Field
A historical drawing of the area of the fall
Date: 04/29/2009
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French Chateau
L'Aigle was important because at that time the existence of meteorites was harshly debated and witnessed meteorite falls were treated with great skepticism
Date: 04/29/2009
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1803 - L'Aigle - .020 grams
Our medium sized fragment is one of three samples that we have obtained of this important meteorite
Date: 01/01/2000
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L'Aigle - .020 grams
It is classified as an L6 ordinary chondrite
Date: 01/01/2000
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Ernst Florens Chladni
In 1794, Chladni published a paper in German in which he proposed that meteorites have their origins in outer space - he was ridiculed for this claim, but it was confirmed in 1803 by Jean Baptiste Biot
Date: 05/15/2009
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1803 - L'Aigle - .170 grams
Our largest sample of this historic meteorite - it shows great detail and color
Date: 05/15/2009
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L'Aigle - .170 grams
The backside of our larger sample of the L'Aigle meteorite which came from the NEMS
Date: 05/15/2009
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L'Aigle samples drawer at the NHM London
An important and incredible collection of L'Aigle individuals and slices - Image courtesy Mark Crawford, NHM London
Date: 05/15/2009
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French L'Aigle Sample Label
We obtained a small sample fragment of the L'Aigle piece identified by this label from Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle in France
Date: 01/01/2000
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1803 - L'Aigle - Fragment
This is our very small L'Aigle fragment which came from the Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle of France
Date: 01/01/2000
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1794 - Siena Meteorite Investigation
Prior to L'Aigle meteorite, the investigation of the fall of stones at Siena, Italy on June 16, 1794 scientifically documented the this meteorite fall and started an important reexamination of the true source of meteorites
Date: 05/15/2009
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1794 - Siena - .012 grams
Our small Siena meteorite fragment fell south of Siena in Toscana, Italy in 1794 as a shower of stones ranging in weight from a few milligrams to 3 kilograms - the fall was witnessed by many people
Date: 01/01/2000
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Siena - .012 grams
The meteorite is classified as an LL5 chondrite
Date: 01/01/2000
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Map of Bayern
The location in Gemany of the fall of the Eichstädt meteorite
Date: 05/15/2009
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Neuschwanstein Castle
Photo courtesy Werner Boehm
Date: 09/29/2008
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Ernst Chladni and Napoleon Bonaparte
Chladni's famous meteorite paper wes titled "On the Origin of the Pallas Iron and Others Similar to it, and on Some Associated Natural Phenomena"
Date: 05/15/2009
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1785 - Eichstädt Meteorite - Original Stones
These samples are located in the Das Naturhistorische Museum of Vienna - photo courtesy Austromet
Date: 05/15/2009
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1785 - Eichstädt - .062 grams
Our sample of the 3 kilogram meteorite fell on February 19, 1785 - the countryside was covered with a foot of snow and a worker at a brick kiln saw it fall from the clouds after a violent thunderclap
Date: 01/01/2000
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Eichstädt - .062 grams
The meteorite is classified as an H5 chondrite - in 1785 the original stone was possessed by Baron Homspech - the Canon of Eichstädt and Bruchsal in Bavaria - he passed a sample to the scientists of the time
Date: 05/15/2009
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