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HIGH QUALITY! HISTORIC WITNESSED FALL! BEST ALLENDE CV3 METEORITE! 1.336 GMS

$ 23.36

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Type of Mineral: CV3 Carbonaceous
  • Featured Refinements: Meteorite Slice
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item Type: Meteorites
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Origin: Solar System
  • Specimen Type: Slice
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico

    Description

    AMAZING ALLENDE METEORITE!!!
    HISTORIC
    WITNESSED FALL FROM MEXICO!!!
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    SPECIMEN WEIGHT: 1.336 GRAMS!!!
    FALL OF
    PUEBLITO DE ALLENDE
    STONY METEORITE SHOWER, MEXICO
    Name:
    PUEBLITO DE ALLENDE.
    The place of fall or discovery:
    The village of Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico; φ = 26°58'N, λ = 105°19'W.
    Date of fall or discovery:
    FALL, February 8, 1969, 7
    h
    05
    m
    GMT.
    Class and type:
    STONY, carbonaceous chondrite, type III.
    Number of individual specimens:
    METEORITE SHOWER, several dozen were collected.
    Total weight:
    Over 100 kg.
    Circumstances of the fall or discovery:
    The huge fireball lighted up thousands of square miles of Northern Mexico and Southwestern United States. The fireball travelled from south to north. A meteorite shower spread over
    50
    square kilometers area. There are several pits; the biggest one is 60 cm across and 15 cm deep. Search and preliminary investigation of the meteorites were carried out by Dr. E. King (NASA), Drs. B. Mason and R. Clarke (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA) and others.
    Source:
    A telegram and the information reports No. 383, 387, 389, 394, 396, 401 and 402 of the Center for Short-lived Phenomena of the Smithsonian Institution, Cambridge, USA.
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