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The Museum Gallery
World-class specimens for the
discerning collector or museum.
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inquire.
| NEW Norton County |
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Type: Aubrite
fell February 18, 1948, Kansas, USA
A rare piece of Norton County with FUSION CRUST. Comes
with University of New Mexico Institute of Meteoritics hand-painted
number and label.
See the UNM write-up on Norton County here.
Norton County is the largest achondrite fall in the world.
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Image of crust
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13.35 gram crusted fragment
SOLD
A few other pieces available. Please inquire.
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NEW Abbott
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Type: H3-6 regolith breccia
found 1951, New Mexico, USA
A nice half stone with hand-painted number and specimen card from the University of New Mexico Institute of Meteoritics.
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51.87 gram end cut
$515.00
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NEW L'Aigle
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Type: L6
fell April 26, 1803, France
The meteorite that
changed the world, convincing people that stones really do fall from the
sky. This piece comes from the Paris Museum of Natural History specimen
1480. Accompanied by TWO ORIGINAL labels -Paris Museum of Natural History and a hand-written label of unknown origin.
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32.5 gram thick slice with a dab of crust
SOLD
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NEW Caslida
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Type: H5
found 1937, Argentina
Only 5.25 kgs of this rare
chondrite is reported. This is a really nice 2.18 kg end cut that
has abundant metalflake and a hint of brecciation.
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2.18 kilogram end cut
$4500
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| Esquel |
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Type:
Pallasite
found 1951, Argentina
159 gram partial slice with
beautiful transparent golden olivine crystals. A superb
centerpiece for your collection!
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Second
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159
gram partial slice
$6360
SALE!
$4250
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| NWA 6355
- correlated with the Apollo 16 landing site! |
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Type: Lunar -
Melt-Matrix Mingled Breccia.
A single 760 gram complete stone was found in 2009 in Morocco. Only
~300 grams from this mass is publicly available. We are down to two complete slices!
A clast-laden vitric breccia consisting of fine-grained mineral debris
(pyroxene, olivine, anorthite) and sparse polycrystalline igneous
clasts in a heterogeneous, “swirly” glass matrix.
There is a close similarity in
bulk chemical composition between this grouping of lunar rocks and Apollo
16 soils.
This is one of the only
instances where lunar meteorites can be correlated with materials at a
specific landing site on the Moon. - Dr. Anthony Irving,
University of Washington
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13.43
gram complete slice
$10,000
Another
satisfied customer wrote: "My slice
is SUPERB! No more searching for sub-gram bits!"
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NEW Bereba
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Type: Eucrite
fell June 27, 1924, Burkina Faso, Africa
An incredible brecciated eucrite. Rarely offered in the size range! Cut on the KERF Industries WIRE SAW.
Comes with copies of two museum labels; originally from the Paris Museum of Natural History.
10.33 grams
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SOLD
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NEW Estherville
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Type: Stony-iron (Mesosiderite)
fell May 10, 1879, Iowa
A rare end cut from an old collection piece. A solid American fall!
178 gram end cut
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SOLD
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NEW Seymchan
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Type: Iron/Pallasite
(Type IIE)
found 1967, Russia
Stunning complete slice of the iron variety of Seymchan with deep Widmanstatten bands.
1379 gram slice
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$1500
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NEW Canyon Diablo
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Type: IAB Iron
found 1891, Meteor Crater, Arizona
This is a really nice 336 gram sculpted individual from the famous
Meteor Crater in Arizona. It boasts a hand-painted number and
specimen card from the University of New Mexico Institute of
Meteoritics.
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$575.00
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NEW Deport
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Type: Iron (IAB)
found 1926, Texas, USA
This important 162 gram
specimen is among the very first meteorites that Oscar Monnig
catalogued for his collection. This was labeled by having a flat
spot ground into them, then metal punches were used to apply his
catalog number. These were all labeled in the same style as very
early Nininger specimens; a number for the locality (number 1 was used
for Deport-the FIRST locality entered into Monnig's collection)
followed by a letter for the order in which the specimen was catalogued
(A for the first, B for the second, etc.). The curators at TCU
had no idea that Monnig ever used this system until these specimens
were discovered (Mile High Meteorites owns the only available pieces)
in a batch of mislabeled Odessa specimens.
Inspection of the Deport
specimens at TCU revealed that they indeed had at least one similarly
labeled specimen. This was an 1158.7 gram Deport individual (now
lableled M1.1) and considered the TCU collection's "first specimen" and
has the metal punch label "1B".
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162 gram historic Oscar Monnig Deport, TX Iron
$2000
Hand-stamped Monnig Number "1S"
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| Northwest
Africa 1836 |
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Type: Eucrite,
cumulate, monomict breccia
Found 2002
This unusual eucrite has been
termed the "Twisted Sister" because of its unique appearance of mangled
eucrite clasts. This complete slice weighs a meager 8.3 grams and
is less than 0.5 mm thick!
Read more about NWA 1836 here.
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Super
thin 8.3 gram complete slice SOLD
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| Leedey |
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Type: L6
Fell November 25,1943, Oklahoma, USA
This 82 gram slice was
originally part of a huge complete slice from the Monnig Collection at
TCU. Unfortunately, the slice broke in transport which left a few
smaller slices. This slice of Leedey has rich fusion crust on two
edges and a interesting whitish-green matrix. One of my favorites. A
bargain at UNDER 10.00/gram!
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$800.00
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Seymchan |
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Type:
Pallasite/IIE
found 1967, Russia
1,600 gram complete slice of a
beautiful and stable pallasite. Slices this size are very difficult to
find!
Dimensions (max.):
16.5" X 10.5"
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1600
gram complete slice
$30,000
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NEW Tamdakht
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Type: H5
fell December 20, 2008, Morocco
Thick fusion crust partially
covers this fresh large fragment of a very affordable recent fall.
Thumb prints are visible on the leading edge and shear-planes are
visible on the broken side.
Crusted fragment weighing 5.2 kilograms
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5.2 kilogram crusted fragment
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SOLD
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| Etter |
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Type: L5
chondrite
found 1965, Moore County, Texas, USA
905 gram complete slice.
The blue-green polished face is cut by a web of shock veins and
abundant troilite nuggets are also visible. One of the largest
slices of this meteorite on the market.
Dimensions (max.):
30 cm X 20 cm X 5 mm
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SOLD
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More
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Items
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11 kg
Esquel
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14 g DaG
400 Lunar
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1 kg Etter
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1.5 kg
Millbillillie
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4.0 kg
Viedma
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222 g Albin
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