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Meteorites and Related
Geology Specimens for Sale

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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.


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Kesen, Japan, 1850
 
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Witnessed Fall, July 13, 1850
 
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.

Kesen, 14.54 gram fragment, 25mm x 20mm x 13mm, $ 1,160.00  
 
 
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, Czech Republic
Lissa is an L6, veined chondrite that fell over Stredocesky on September 3, 1808. The 2.24 grams specimen above has fusion crust along one edge.
 
 
 
 
 
Luce, France, 1768
 
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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, $ 396.00
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Luce, Sarthe, France
Falling over Sarthe, France on September 13, 1768, Luce is an L6 chondrite. Rare, rare, rare.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
Peekskill, New York, a difficult meteorite to acquire
 
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.

 
 
 
 
Olmedilla de Alacron, Spain, 1929
 
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Nice, clean, free of oxides, 8.6 gram display specimen.
 
Olmedilla de Alacron
Olmedilla de Alacron fell over New Castillia, Spain on February 26, 1929. It's an H5, veined, xenolithic chondrite.
8.6 gram fragment, 30mm x 16mm x 12mm, SOLD
 
 
 
 
 
Pultusk, Poland, 1868
 
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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.
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
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.

Offered, 132 grams, 62mm x 44mm x 13mm (tapers to 2mm along top edge) $1,240.00 
 
L'Aigle, France, 1803
 
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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.
 
 
 
 
 
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.

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
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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

 
 
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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