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On July 21, 2002, a brilliant fireball lit up the night sky over Kilabo Nigeria. Loud explosions were heard and a meteorite was found in a small crater. This fresh LL6-chondrite meteorite has a brecciated grey matrix with metal flecks.
Refer to the photo. The black centimeter cube is shown for scale and is not included. Your specimen will be selected from the same lot shown. You will get the biggest fragment remaining in the lot or several small fragments. Your purchase will include a labelled gemjar for safe storage.
From the Meteoritical Bulletin entry on Kilabo :
Kilabo
Nigeria
Fell 2002 July 21, 19:30 hrs local time
Ordinary chondrite (LL6)
Mr. Mallam Yahava Muhammad of Hadejia, Nigeria, observed a brilliant fireball moving south to north. Two loud detonations were heard several minutes later. Mr. Mallam Audu and several neighbours in Kilabo heard the stone fall and later recovered it. The meteorite was found in the crater measuring 35 cm wide by 20 cm deep in sandy soil. The meteorite had fragmented on impact into many pieces, the largest of which was 2.2 kg. A total weight of ~19 kg was recovered. Stones were recovered in five villages in the region, with the largest piece in Kilabo. Classification (P. Sipiera, Harper; M. Zolensky, JSC): olivine, Fa31.1, CaO <0.09, predominantly=""><0.05. low="" ca-pyroxene,="" fs27.1="" pmd="0.02." abundant="" coarse-grained="" plagioclase,="" mainly="" an84or5,="" ranges="" from="" an61or25="" to="" an86or3.="" coarse-grained="" diopside="" and="" troilite="" are="" abundant;="" pentlandite="" is="" a="" minor="" phase.="" the="" meteorite="" is="" brecciated,="" with="" thick="" black="" shock="" veins="" present.="" shock="" stage="" is="" s3,="" weathering="" grade="" is="" w0.="" specimens:="" type="" specimen,="" 30="" g,="">PSF; main mass Mr Avraham Wysznski, SIMAT USA Inc., New York, NY, USA.