Astoria, IIIAB
21.45 kilogram main mass. Photos by Marlin Cilz.
Bear Creek, IIIAB
Bear Creek is a historic American iron that’s pretty hard to come by. We try not to buy slices or part-slices in …
Mount Vernon, Pallasite
From O. C. Farrington’s 1915 Catalogue of the Meteorites of North America, to January 1, 1909. Despite its rather large total known …
Forestburg (b), L5
Here’s a chunk of a fairly uncommon American meteorite, which has otherwise been ~diced and distributed. From the Meteoritical Bulletin: 192.2 grams
Kennard, H5
This stone was obtained by Ralph Velich in 1961, and he documented everything fastidiously from then onwards. He described how he obtained …
Monument Draw, acapulcoite
There are a few dozen acapulcoites known today, but, back when Monument Draw was found, it was one of only a few …
[Nevada], unclassified achondrite
From Jason: I found this ~1 gram stone in December of 2015 in Nevada and had it set aside with 3 – …
Saint Augustine, IID
I don’t have much to add to the Meteoritical Bulletin write-up for this unusual iron. Here’s an image of the 21 kilogram …
Willcox Playa 010, lodranite
This stone was found on our return trip from Texas, with Camp Wood in the trunk of the car. We stopped to …
Trenton, IIIAB
Trenton is a historic American iron first discovered in the 1850s in Wisconsin. Masses of Trenton were initially known simply as the …