CAMPO DEL CIELO – Campitos 
Iron Meteorite (IAB)

"Field of Heaven" is the English translation for this historic meteorite from Argentina. First discovered in 1576, it is one of the world's oldest documented meteorite finds. 

CHERGACH (AKA MALI) – A WITNESSED FALL 
Stone meteorite, chondrite, classification pending

A new meteorite fall was reported in the Republic of Mali in Western Africa in June or July of 2007, making this stone one of the most recent meteorite arrivals on earth. It has an extremely rich, black fusion crust.

The first specimens were tentatively named Mali, but the name has been tentatively revised to Chergach (provisional), after the nearby town of Erg Chech. Classification on this stone is pending, but it is clearly a brecciated chondrite and may be an impact melt

MILLBILLILLIE – A WITNESSED FALL 
Stone meteorite, polymict eucrite (EUC)

Not only is Millbillillie a very rare witnessed-fall eucrite, it is also a visually appealing meteorite.

Eucrites are achondrites (stone meteorites without chondrules) — volcanic rock from other worlds, and comprised largely of silicate minerals.

Millbillillie meteorites are light in weight, similar to terrestrial pumice, so even a specimen as modest as 6 or 7 grams can still be enjoyed and studied without magnification. Millbillillies typically exhibit a dazzling color combination: glossy black fusion crust mixed with bright orange Australian desert soil which adhered to the crust, producing a color contrast of unique and striking beauty.

The afternoon fall occurred in October of 1960, and was witnessed by only two men, near the town of Wiluna in Western Australia.

CANYON DIABLO 
Iron Meteorite (IAB) 

America's most famous meteorite, Canyon Diablo, is found in the area surrounding Arizona's magnificent Meteor Crater — the best preserved meteorite crater on Earth.

BRENHAM, KANSAS 
Pallasites from the famous strewnfield 

Meteorites were first found in Brenham by frontier farmers in the 1880s. Since then some of America's most accomplished meteorite hunters have scoured the flat fields of Kiowa County, including Dr. Harvey Nininger and H.O. Stockwell.  

In the past year, famed hunter Steve Arnold made remarkable new finds there. Geoff Notkin was lucky enough to hunt Brenham with him, and they recovered a number of specimens together. These are authentic Steve Arnold finds and carry a very special provenance!  

HENBURY 
Iron Meteorite (IIIAB) 

The Henbury iron was discovered in 1931 and is associated with twelve impact craters in central Australia. Henbury irons display one of the best desert patinas of any meteorite — a reddish-crimson color slowly acquired over hundreds of years.  

MUNDRABILLA 
Iron Meteorite (IAB) 

A remarkable Australian iron, Mundrabillas are known for their unusual zoomorphic shapes, many of which seem to resemble animals or modern sculptures. Mundrabilla is a medium octahedrite with an attractive etch pattern. It is found in a very remote area of Western Australia. All specimens are as-found, with an orange/ochre patina.  

NORTHWEST AFRICAN UNCLASSIFIED CHONDRITES – "NWA XXX" 
Stone Meteorite (H and L Chondrites) 

These stone meteorites were found in the Saharan Desert in Northwest Africa, likely by nomads. In order to classify them it would be necessary to cut off a section for analysis. Although they are exceedingly rare when compared to terrestrial rocks, these are the most abundant type of meteorite and are referred to as "common chondrites." H and L (designating the amount of metal contained) type chondrites have been already extensively studied, and so these attractive stones have been left intact. Composed largely of spherical grain-like silicate chondrules, these stone meteorites were likely once part of the crust of a planet or large asteroid. Some academics believe that chondrules are older than the solar system! 

GIBEON 
Iron Meteorite (IVA) 

The Gibeon iron, from the Namib Desert, has a sculpted appearance, stability, attractive etch pattern, and lovely, rich desert patina.  

The etched pattern is called Widmanstätten patterns, or Thomson structures. These patterns are unique figures of long nickel-iron crystals, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites and some pallasites. They consist of a fine interleaving of kamacite and taenite bands or ribbons called lamellæ. Commonly, in gaps between the lamellæ, a fine-grained mixture of kamacite and taenite called plessite can be found.

LIBYAN DESERT GLASS

Libyan Desert Glass (sometimes referred to as Egypt or Egyptian Desert Glass) is a rare and beautiful impact glass, found in only one remote location on Earth, near the Libyan/Egyptian border.

It is associated with an ancient meteorite impact, which occurred somewhere in the North African deserts. Quality specimens are translucent, and also display pseudo regmaglypts, possibly caused by wind erosion, or by ablation when molten fragments were thrown into the air following impact. Perhaps the most enchanting of all meteorite-related collectibles, Libyan Desert Glass is now extremely difficult to obtain, as removing material from the site is prohibited by the Egyptian government.

MOLDAVITES

Moldavites are stunning rich green impact glasses created by the heat and pressure of an ancient meteorite impact. They are found in a few areas within Bohemia and Moravia in the Czech Republic, and the Republic of Moldova, which gives these captivating impactites their name.

Some experts believe that moldavites are associated with the Nordlinger Ries impact crater event. If that is correct it would make them approximately 15 million years old. While most impact specialists believe moldavites were created from melted terrestrial matter, they do display some characteristics associated with meteorites.

GARDNOS BRECCIA

From the meteorite crater near Gardnos, Norway.

Studies so far indicate that a point in time corresponding approximately to the Cambro- Ordovician transition that a meteorite of a few hundred meters in diameter fell into the Lower Palaeozoic sea blasting a crater through its deposits of carbonaceous shale and deep into the underlying crystalline gneisses.

ALAMO BRECCIA 

The early Late Devonian, wet-target Alamo Event at southern Nevada resulted in one of the best-exposed and well-dated impact deposits ever documented. 

Gujba

Formation of metal and silicate globules in Gujba: A new Bencubbin-like meteorite fall

This Nigeria meteorite is the first observed fall (3 April 1984) of a Bencubbin-like meteorite. Gujba texturally resembles Bencubbin and QUE94411 except that, in Gujba, the coarse metal and silicate nodules are round and generally unfragmented. The compositions of the metal and silicates in Gujba are similar to those of other Bencubbin-like meteorites

Gujba is a coarse-grained meteorite fall composed of

• 41 vol% large kamacite globules,
• 20 vol% large light-colored silicate globules with cryptocrystalline, barred pyroxene and barred olivine textures,
• 39 vol% dark-colored, silicate-rich matrix, and rare refractory inclusions.

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