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New England Meteoritical Services
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Meteorites
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Geology
Specimens for Sale
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On-Line Catalogue, Page
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Conditions of Sale
Specimens are offered on a first-come, first serve
basis. All material is guaranteed to be exactly as described. A Certificate of
Authenticity is included with each meteoritical specimen. For ordering please
go to the Ordering page. All major credit cards accepted including PayPal.
Checks are welcome but please email us first so that we may confirm
availability and hold the specimen for you.
Questions on any specimens? lab@meteorlab.com
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Kesen, Japan, 1850
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Witnessed Fall, July 13, 1850
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Fell in Honshu, Japan on July 13, 1850. Kesen is a
stone, H4, chondrite. This is a clean, solid (not friable) 14.54 gram fragment
of an important Japanese Fall. Specimens of Japanese meteorites are very
difficult to acquire.
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gram fragment, 25mm x 20mm x 13mm, $ 1,160.00 |
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Lissa, Czech Republic, 1808
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| Lissa, H5, 1.14 grams, 15mm x 10mm x 4mm,
$182.00 |
.Lissa, H5, 2.24 grams, 18mm x 16mm x 4mm,
SOLD |
.Lissa, H5, 4.92 grams, 28mm x 20mm x 4mm,
$590.00 |
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| Lissa,
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| Lissa is an L6, veined chondrite
that fell over Stredocesky on September 3, 1808. The 2.24 grams specimen above
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| Luce, 0.68 grams, 11mm x 9mm x 5mm,
$374.00 |
.Luce, 1.40 grams, 11mm x 10mm x 12mm,
SOLD |
.Luce, 0.72 grams, 17mm x 8mm x 4mm, $
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| Luce,
Sarthe, France |
| Falling over Sarthe, France on
September 13, 1768, Luce is an L6 chondrite. Rare, rare, rare. |
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Peekskill, New York,
1992
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Peekskill, H6, very nice breccia and veining, 3.02
grams, 17mm x 15mm x 7mm, $573.00
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Peekskill, H6, nice breccia, 1.38 grams, 14mm x
12mm x 7mm, $262.00
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Peekskill, H6, 2.38 grams, 20mm x 8mm x 7mm,
fusion crust along top surface, breccia, veining, $590.00
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Peekskill, New York, a difficult
meteorite to acquire
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The Fall of this meteorite was spectacular - it
smashed into the trunk of a car on October 9, 1992 in Peekskill, New York.
Peekskill is classified as a stone, H6 chondrite. This specimen is lab
prepared, clean, with one polished surface.
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Olmedilla de Alacron, Spain,
1929
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Nice, clean, free of oxides, 8.6 gram display
specimen.
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| Olmedilla
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| Olmedilla de Alacron fell over New
Castillia, Spain on February 26, 1929. It's an H5, veined, xenolithic
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30mm x 16mm x 12mm, SOLD |
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| Pultusk, H5, 3.72 grams, 25mm x 17mm x 3mm,
fusion crust, lots of clean unoxidized metal flakes, $292.00 |
.Pultusk, H5, 3.14 grams, 25mm x 21mm x 3mm,
chondrules, nice breccia, $235.00 |
.Pultusk, H5, 4.52 grams, 22mm x 20mm x 3mm,
bright metal flakes, breccia, chondrules, fusion crust. $384.00 |
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| Pultusk,
Warsaw, Poland |
| This is another great European
fall. Warsaw Poland on January 30, 1868 saw a large shower of stones from a
bolide that exploded, lighting up the sky. Pultusk is a brecciated H5
chondrite. These are nice, thin-cut slices, two with fusion crust, all showing
the brecciated interior of this 1800's era Fall. |
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4 Rare, Historic
Meteorites
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Weston, Connecticut, USA
H4
Chondrite, Fell December 14, 1807
Nice
chondrule definition for an H4 chondrite. Lab-prepared slice, 1.54 grams, 25mm
x 16mm x 2mm $290.00
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L'Aigle, France
L6
Chondrite, Fell April 26, 1803
Fragment, 5.25 grams, 21mm x 19mm x 8mm SOLD
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Trenzano, Italy
H3/4
Chondrite, Fell November 12, 1856
Fusion crusted fragment, 16.2 grams, 26mm x 21mm x 17m, SOLD
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Nulles, Spain
Lab
prepared polished slice, partial fusion crust on one edge, H6 Chondrite, Fell
November 5, 1851
1.7
grams, 19mm x 13mm x 2mm SOLD
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Carbo, Mexico, 1923
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Carbo, a IID medium octahedrite, is a stable iron
meteorite that was found in Sonora, Mexico in 1923. This large specimen
presents an impressive Widmanstatten Pattern and a huge troilite nodule
surrounded by schreibersite as seen in this polished and etched specimen above.
Carbo is one of the most vivid iron meteorites for display.
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grams, 62mm x 44mm x 13mm (tapers to 2mm along top edge) $1,240.00
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| L'Aigle, L6, 0.90 grams, 13mm x 14mm x 3mm,
fusion crust on one edge, metal flakes, $190.00 |
.L'Aigle, L6, 5.92 grams, 24mm x 17mm x 15mm,
bright, unozidized metal flakes in matrix, fragment with one prepared surface,
SOLD |
.L'Aigle, L6, 2.40 grams, 22mm x 10mm x 8mm,
one prepared surface, clean, chondrules, metal, $384.00 |
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| L'Aigle,
Orne, France |
| An estimated several thousand
small stones fell over Orne, France on April 26, 1803. "Huge" defines
both the fall and it's significance in the history of meteoritics. The detailed
report of the phenomena by J.B. Biot, Chemist, first established beyond doubt
the fact that stones can fall from outer space, (J.B.Biot, Mém. Inst.
France, 1806, 7, p.224 ). These are great, stable specimens of an important
Fall. |
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Eagle, Nebraska, 1946
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Eagle, Cass County, Nebraska, USA
Eagle is a brecciated, enstatite chondrite, EL6
that fell over Nebraska on October 01, 1946. There are no oxides on this
prepared specimen.
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Eagle, 10.2 grams, 37mm x 25mm x 3mm,
$340.00
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6 Rare Carbonado Diamonds
Black Diamonds from Space
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Carbonado Diamond
1.65ct, 10m x 5mm x 4mm,
SOLD
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Carbonado Diamond
.72ct, 5mm x 6mm x 3mm $144.00
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Carbonado Diamond
1.7ct, 8mm x 7mm x 3.6mm $340.00
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Carbonado Diamond
2.20ct, 7mm x 7mm x 5mm, $440.00
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Carbonado Diamond
2.53ct, 10mm x 6mm x 4mm SOLD
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Carbonado Diamond
2.85ct, 9mm x 5mm x 6mm SOLD
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Current data on Carbonado Diamonds
Carbonado or "black" diamonds, are
exotic diamonds found in Brazil and the Central African Republic. They are
unusual for being the color of charcoal and full of frothy bubbles. These
diamonds can also have a face that looks like melted glass.
A research team led by Stephen Haggerty of Florida
International University in Miami has presented a new study that these
"stones" were brought to Earth by an asteroid billions of years ago.
The findings were published online in the journal "Astrophysical Journal
Letters" on December 20, 2006.
The scientists exposed polished pieces of these
stones, now known as carbonado diamonds, to extremely intense infrared light.
The test revealed the presence of many hydrogen-carbon bonds, indicating that
the diamonds probably formed in a hydrogen-rich environment-such as that found
in space. The diamonds also showed strong similarities to tiny nanodiamonds,
which are frequently found in meteorites. Astrophysicists have developed
theories predicting that nanodiamonds form easily in the stellar explosions
called supernovas, which scatter debris through interstellar space.
Haggerty maintains that the deposits in the
Central African Republic and Brazil, came from the impact of a diamond-rich
asteroid millions of years ago, when South America and Africa were joined. So
even though the two diamond fields are now thousands of miles apart, they're
remnants of a single, original deposit. Haggerty estimated that the asteroid
must have been about half a mile (one kilometer) in diameter.
The unusual bubbles seen in specimens of
carbonados probably came from fizzing gases when the diamonds were forming,
Haggerty added. This adds further credence to the extraterrestrial origin
theory, since conventional diamonds form under immense pressure deep beneath
the Earths crust, where gas bubbles simply couldn't form.
Carbonado diamonds also contain a mineral called
osborneite, which has been found only in meteorites and comet dust recovered by
the recent Stardust mission. Additionally, adding to the evidence for an
extra-terrestrial origin, carbonado diamonds have never been reported among any
of the other 600 tons of "conventional" diamonds mined, sorted,
graded, traded, cut, and polished in the last century. Hopefully, researchers
will eventually identify a carbonado parent body in the Asteroid Belt."
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Castalia, North Carolina, USA
1874
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| Castalia, H5, 3.72 grams,18mm x 13mm x 5mm,
nice inclusions, overall groundmass is a grey breccia, $540.00 |
.Castalia, H5, 4.7 grams,25mm x 18mm x 5mm,
large chondrule, breccia, very nice display. SOLD |
.Castalia, H5, 5.30 grams, 19mm x 18mm x 5mm,
clasts and inclusions, clean, not friable. $745.00 |
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| Castalia,
Nash County, North Carolina, USA |
| Falling over Nash County, North
Carolina on May 14, 1874, the Castalia meteorite is a breccia and xenolithic H5
chondrite. The three specimens offered are rarely seen, sliced sections of a
xenolithic clast within the grey-colored breccia of Castalia. |
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Asteroid Presentation Set
Many meteorites originate from asteroids but we're
not sure of the pairings. With asteroid Vesta however, we do know. Vesta's
reflectance spectra is a perfect match with this meteorite.
This Asteroid Presentation Set contains a slice of
a rare type of meteorite called a eucrite. It is enclosed within a display case
that is easily opened for examination. Includes an oak base, engraved brass
label, and Certificate of Authentication.
Asteroid Display Set, $ 98.00
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Stardust
This is a great gift. The meteorite in this set
formed 4.56 billion years ago in the solar nebula and contains interstellar
grains - remnants of an earlier star that lived out it's life and exploded
before the formation of our Sun.
Not only does this meteorite contain stardust but
at 4.56 billion years old, it represents some of the oldest known unchanged
matter. Included: oak base, engraved brass label, Certificate of
Authenticity.
Touch this meteorite and you're touching a
star.
Stardust Display Set, $ 98.00
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3 Meteorite Reference Set
For any level of interest, this distinctive set contains
laboratory prepared slices of the three types of meteorites - Stone, Stony-iron
- Iron. Each set includes three meteorites protected in a clear display case,
an oak base, engraved brass label, and Certificate of
Authenticity.
3 Specimen Meteorite Reference Set, 5" x 9" oak
base, $ 98.00
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