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Canyon Diablo is America's classic iron meteorite.  Canyon Diablo is best known for giant impact crater located in the Arizona desert.  The Canyon Diablo crater is the world's best preserved impact crater and has been the subject of intense scientific debate and study over the last 50+ years.  This iron meteorite is a coarse octahedrite that was first recognized in 1891. This specimen is a slice which has been nitol etched to show the internal Widmanstatten pattern - this pattern....]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:56:46 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/wagon-mound--new-mexico-heirloom-meteorite-micromounts $5.00
Wagon Mound was originally found in Mora County, New Mexico, in 1932.  The finder did not publicize the meteorite and kept it in the family for more than 60 years.  Eventually, the meteorite was recognized and it was sampled for classification.  The results showed that the family rock was an L6 chondrite (moderately shocked S2) and some of this stone was cut and sold onto the collector market starting in 1999. Refer to the photos.  The black centimeter cube is shown for scal....]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:57:49 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/forestburga-classic-texas-farm-l4-find-micromounts $5.00
The farms and fields of Texas have yielded many meteorites over the last century.  Forestburg(a) is an L4 chondrite that was first discovered in Montague County Texas in 1957.  This was the first Forestburg find and more unrelated finds followed this one.  This meteorite is an L4 chondrite that is moderately shocked and weathered at S2/W4.   Refer to the photos.  The black centimeter cube is shown for scale and is not included.  You are purchasing one large or a fe....]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:50:51 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/norton-county--historic-witnessed-fall-aubrite-micros $6.88
On February 18, 1948, a massive fireball was widely witnessed across three states and fell in rural Norton County Kansas.  The main mass is a giant stone weighing approx. one ton (2000 pounds) and it was the world's largest of it's type.  The fall event created a circus-like atmosphere and it drew a lot of attention to an otherwise mundane farming area.  Now Norton County is considered an important fall in American history and every collection should have a sample of this rare met....]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:06:05 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/canyon-diablo-iron-meteorite-stable-etched-slice-154g $159.00
Canyon Diablo is America's classic iron meteorite.  Canyon Diablo is best known for giant impact crater located in the Arizona desert.  The Canyon Diablo crater is the world's best preserved impact crater and has been the subject of intense scientific debate and study over the last 50+ years.  This iron meteorite is a coarse octahedrite that was first recognized in 1891. This specimen is a slice which has been nitol etched to show the internal Widmanstatten pattern - this pattern....]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:38:00 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/canyon-diablo-iron-meteorite-stabilized-oxide-127g $5.00
Canyon Diablo is America's classic iron meteorite.  Canyon Diablo is best known for giant impact crater located in the Arizona desert.  The Canyon Diablo crater is the world's best preserved impact crater and has been the subject of intense scientific debate and study over the last 50+ years.  This iron meteorite is a coarse octahedrite that was first recognized in 1891. These specimens are "metal-oxide" - which is a partially oxidized piece of iron meteorite which has undergone ....]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:30:53 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/canyon-diablo-iron-meteorite-stabilized-oxide-357g $5.00
Canyon Diablo is America's classic iron meteorite.  Canyon Diablo is best known for giant impact crater located in the Arizona desert.  The Canyon Diablo crater is the world's best preserved impact crater and has been the subject of intense scientific debate and study over the last 50+ years.  This iron meteorite is a coarse octahedrite that was first recognized in 1891. This specimen is "metal-oxide" - which is a partially oxidized piece of iron meteorite which has undergone the....]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:29:19 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/canyon-diablo-iron-meteorite-stabilized-oxide-142g $5.00
Canyon Diablo is America's classic iron meteorite.  Canyon Diablo is best known for giant impact crater located in the Arizona desert.  The Canyon Diablo crater is the world's best preserved impact crater and has been the subject of intense scientific debate and study over the last 50+ years.  This iron meteorite is a coarse octahedrite that was first recognized in 1891. These specimens are "metal-oxide" - which is a partially oxidized piece of iron meteorite which has undergone ....]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:26:05 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/kaffir-c-nice-individual-stone-with-monnig-number-2027g-1 $6.00
This is a whole stone meteorite with window.  It comes from the famous Monnig Collection at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth Texas. (TCU)  This classic Texas L6 meteorite fell several thousand years ago over what is now Swisher County.  Individual pieces were eventually found and most of them are kept in the Monnig Collection.   This specimen was traded out and comes to us via the Mike Bandli Collection.  This stone has a white, hand-painted Monnig number an....]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:55:02 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/kaffir-c--nice-individual-stone-with-monnig-number-2027g $89.00
This is a whole stone meteorite with window.  It comes from the famous Monnig Collection at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth Texas. (TCU)  This classic Texas L6 meteorite fell several thousand years ago over what is now Swisher County.  Individual pieces were eventually found and most of them are kept in the Monnig Collection.   This specimen was traded out and comes to us via the Mike Bandli Collection.  This stone has a white, hand-painted Monnig number an....]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:54:51 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/canyon-diablo-shocked-coconino-sand-from-meteor-crater $8.00
When a massive iron meteorite slammed into the remote Arizona desert, it blasted out a mile-wide crater that is one of the world's most recognizable impact structures.  The impact was so violent, that it pulverized the native sandstone into a powdery-fine sand that is like flour.  This shocked sand was collected at the crater many years ago before the site was closed to collectors.  I only have a limited quantity of this material.  Don't miss your chance to own a unique impac....]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:41:46 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/american-meteorite-museum-brick-harvey-nininger-historic-rt-66-relic $24.00
This is a genuine piece of brick from the walls of Harvey Nininger's American Meteorite Museum on the old Route 66 near Meteor Crater in rural Arizona.  Now you can own a piece of meteorite history - a brick from the building where modern meteoritics was born. All that remains now of the museum is a crumbling ruin - a shadow of it's former self and a piece of American scientific history. Refer to the photos.  The photo postcard is not included.  You are purchasing the piece of b....]]> Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:17:18 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/davya-old-1940-texas-farm-find-l4-chondrite-micromount $5.00
Davy(a) L4 Chondrite Texas, 1940 Davy(a) is a football-sized (3.77kg) meteorite that was first found in 1940 and is not to be confused with another meteorite found in the same area, Davy(b).  Davy(a) was found on rural farmland in De Witt County Texas.  It has been classified as an L4 chondrite that is quite weathered with a long terrestrial age and it has experienced moderate shock (S2).    Davy(a) is a classic American meteorite find and is very representative of many....]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:13:58 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/portales-valley-witnessed-fall-h6-from-new-mexico-1998-micromount $6.00
Portales Valley H6 Chondrite New Mexico, 1998 Witnessed Fall In the early evening hours of June 13th, 1998, a bright trail of light was seen in the sky, followed by a series of explosions.  A shower of stones fell over a large area of Roosevelt County New Mexico.   One stone crashed through the roof of a barn at an angled trajectory and embedded itself into a wall.   Numerous specimens were found by local residents and meteorite hunters.   The fresh chondrite ....]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:57:58 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/pick-five-you-pick-any-5-meteorite-micromounts-for-30-free-ship $30.00
You get to pick any five (5) meteorite micromounts.  You can pick from any micromount listed in the "Meteorite Specimens - Micromounts" category of this store.   Each specimen will come with it's own labeled gemjar.  This offer does not apply to Lunar or Martian meteorites.   For a full listing of meteorites you can pick, see this link - Meteorite Micromounts To order - place this item in your cart, and tell me your 5 micromount selections by using the Order No....]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:28:46 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/holbrook-lll6-classic-witnessed-hammer-fall-arizona-1912 $6.00
Holbrook - L/LL6 chondrite, witnessed hammer fall, July 19, 1912 (6:30pm local) Arizona USA. Just as folks were sitting down to dinner around 6:30pm on July 19, 1912 in homes and ranches around Holbrook Arizona, a series of loud detonations shook the sky and countryside.  A bright fireball travelled across the sky, showering the countryside and town of Holbrook with thousands of small (most were pea-sized) meteorites.  Some of these meteorites struck rail yard facilities outside of to....]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:29:09 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/ash-creek-famous-witnessed-hammer-fall-west-texas-2009 $6.00
This is a fragment of the famous Ash Creek  Texas fall from Feb 15, 2009.  (also called "West Texas")  This fall was widely observed and created a media circus as dozens of meteorite hunters descended on the area to search local farms for additional specimens.  At least one stone  struck a tool shed, bounced, and landed at the feet of a witness.  Another meteorite was discovered by Hopper the Dog (a pet of a local farmer).  Ash Creek is rarely seen in small aff....]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:29:42 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/tulia-b-classic-1917-texas-l6-meteorite-swisher-county $5.00
Tulia (b) is an attractive L6 chondrite that was first discovered in 1917 in Swisher County Texas.  The area is also home to other meteorite finds and at first this find was not recognized as being seperate from the Tulia (a) H5 chondrite find.  The legendary Harvey Nininger was involved the Tulia finds and he is the one who brought it to the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History.  This meteorite shows a mottled matrix with metal fleck. Refer to the photo.  The black centi....]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:37:55 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/lanton-rare-missouri-iron-meteorite-from-howell-county-1932 $8.00
The Lanton iron meteorite (IIIAB) was unearthed from Howell County Missouri.  It was found in 1932, buried in the ground and covered in a thick rind of oxidized shale.  The meteorite has a low nickel content, which usually spells doom for ancient meteorites such as these because low nickel meteorites rust quicker.  But, this meteorite is shock-hardened and this probably helped preserve it.  The vast majority of this meteorite is in the collection of the Missouri Bureau of Geo....]]> Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:16:24 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/northbranch-highly-shocked-h5-chondrite-from-kansas-1972 $5.00
Northbranch is a classic American meteorite (H5 chondrite) find that was first discovered in a farmer's field in Jewell County Kansas in 1972.   Northbranch is highly-shocked and it is well known for it's prominent shock veins. Refer to the photo.  Your specimen will consist of one large or a few small fragments selected from the larger lot shown in the photo.  The black centimeter cube is shown for scale and is not included.  Your purchase will include a labelled gemja....]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:01:45 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/meteorite-collection-28-different-labelled-specimens-in-a-display $139.00
This handsome 12" x 8" Riker box display has a black pebblegrain finish and a glass lid.  Underneath the glass lid in black foam cutouts are 28 different meteorite specimens.  Each specimen comes in a labelled gemjar.  The labels are facing up in the gemjars, so the specimens can be identified easily without removing the jars from the display.  Of course, each specimen can be removed and handled or examined if desired.  This is an entire meteorite collection in one kit....]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:22:14 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/park-forest-display-illinois-hammer-meteorite-2003-l5-chondrite $29.00
This handsome meteorite display contains a genuine fragment of the Park Forest L5 chondrite meteorite that fell over the Cook County area of Illinois on March 26, 2003.  Park Forest meteorites showered over populated areas, and a number of homes, vehicles, and man-made objects were impacted.  Park Forest is a famous "hammer" meteorite that is a must have for any collector.  (see the Meteoritical Bulletin entry below) This display contains a small sample micromount of Park Fores....]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:33:13 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/travisa-h5-chondrite-from-texas-1889 $5.00
Tulia(b) is a L6 chondrite that was found in Travis County Texas in 1889.  Tulia is a classic American find and every collection of US or Texas falls should have a Travis The original Tulia finds were worked by the Harvey Nininger. This offer is for several small fragments selected from the same lot shown in the photo.  The black centimeter cube is shown for scale and is not included.  Your purchase includes a labelled gemjar. ... From the Meteoritical Bulletin Entry on Travis(....]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:16:54 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/canyon-diablo-unsorted-meteoritic-shale-spheroids $5.99
These tiny iron spheroids and shale fragments originate from the area around the Canyon Diablo impact crater in Arizona.  The desert around the crater is littered with rusted scraps of nickel iron (meteorites) and these tiny spheroids.  When the giant iron impactor slammed into the desert floor, the resulting catastrophic explosion vaporized a large portion of the meteorite.  This vaporized portion condensed in the atmosphere and rained down as solidified droplets of meteoritic ni....]]> Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:55:10 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/canyon-diablo-spheroids-remnants-of-vaporized-impactor $7.00
These tiny iron spheroids originate from the area around the Canyon Diablo impact crater in Arizona.  The desert around the crater is littered with rusted scraps of nickel iron (meteorites) and these tiny spheroids.  When the giant iron impactor slammed into the desert floor, the resulting catastrophic explosion vaporized a large portion of the meteorite.  This vaporized portion condensed in the atmosphere and rained down as solidified droplets of meteoritic nickel iron.  Tho....]]> Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:51:26 GMT