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Lot 6
Gao-Guenie Individual 4kg, 16.5 x 12.5 x 12cm Gao-Guenie (Burkina Faso) H5 (stone) - fell 5th March 1960 The inhabitants of Gao, a village of Burkina Faso in Western Africa, witnessed this meteorite fall. Several pieces fell through the roofs of the villager`s huts. During flight through Earth`s atmosphere, the intense heat and pressure ripped the meteorite apart into many fragments, and these were scattered over a large area. After fragmenting, each piece continued to `burn` during flight, developing a thin, black oxide skin on the exterior, very typical of stony meteorites and known to scientists as `fusion crust`.
Lot 7
Gao-Guenie Fusion crusted individual 304g, 6 x 7 x 6cm Gao-Guenie (Burkina Faso) H5 (stone) - fell 5th March 1960 The inhabitants of Gao, a village of Burkina Faso in Western Africa, witnessed this meteorite fall. Several pieces fell through the roofs of the villager`s huts. During flight through Earth`s atmosphere, the intense heat and pressure ripped the meteorite apart into many fragments, and these were scattered over a large area. After fragmenting, each piece continued to `burn` during flight, developing a thin, black oxide skin on the exterior, very typical of stony meteorites and known to scientists as `fusion crust`.
Lot 9
Gao-Guenie Many small individuals 1kg total Gao-Guenie (Burkina Faso) H5 (stone) - fell 5th March 1960 The inhabitants of Gao, a village of Burkina Faso in Western Africa, witnessed this meteorite fall. Several pieces fell through the roofs of the villager`s huts. During flight through Earth`s atmosphere, the intense heat and pressure ripped the meteorite apart into many fragments, and these were scattered over a large area. After fragmenting, each piece continued to `burn` during flight, developing a thin, black oxide skin on the exterior, very typical of stony meteorites and known to scientists as `fusion crust`.
Lot 23
Parnallee Polished part slice 12.6g, 4.3 x 2.2cm Parnallee (Tamil Nadu, India) LL3 (stone) - fell 28th February 1857 After detonations, two stones were seen to fall from the sky. Parnallee is an extremely beautiful and rare amphoterite from a classic witnessed fall in India. Cut sections reveal some of the best examples of type 3 chondrules of all meteorites. Provenance: Natural History Museum, London
Lot 24
Parnallee Polished part slice 6.6g Parnallee (Tamil Nadu, India) LL3 (stone) - fell 28th February 1857 After detonations, two stones were seen to fall from the sky. Parnallee is an extremely beautiful and rare amphoterite from a classic witnessed fall in India. Cut sections reveal some of the best examples of type 3 chondrules of all meteorites. Provenance: Natural History Museum, London
Lot 25
Pena Blanca Spring Two fusion crusted polished part slices (2) 7.2g & 5.8g Pena Blanca Spring (Brewster County, Texas, USA) Aubrite (stone) - fell 2nd August 1946 This meteorite fell into a small spring during the summer of 1946, startling several people nearby who were having lunch by the pool. One man actually jumped into the water to recover the fragments, which was fortunate because Pena Blanca Spring contains water-soluble minerals. This rare type of stony meteorite was formed by igneous processes and is called an aubrite: aubrites are formed mostly of the mineral enstatite and are also referred to as enstatite achondrites. Provenance: Monnig Collection, Texas Christian University
Lot 26
Kanashak Polished part slice 68.6g, 6 x 7cm Kunashak (Chelyabinsk Province, Russia) L6 (stone) - fell 11th June 1949 About 20 stones fell from an evening fireball over Chelyabinsk Province, Russia on 11th June 1949. Kunashak is a beautiful regolith breccia, containing very fine, black shock veins and melt pockets.
Lot 30
Long Island Polished part slice 182.9g, 16 x 9cm Long Island (Phillips County, Kansas, USA) L6 (stone) - found 1891 Several pieces, all belonging to just one fragmented stone meteorite and weighing together about 564kg, were found over a tiny area of about 5m long by 2m wide in the corner of Phillips County, three miles west of the town of Long Island.
Lot 31
Long Island End piece with polished face 153g, 5 x 5.5 x 3cm Long Island (Phillips County, Kansas, USA) L6 (stone) - found 1891 Several pieces, all belonging to just one fragmented stone meteorite and weighing together about 564kg, were found over a tiny area of about 5m long by 2m wide in the corner of Phillips County, three miles west of the town of Long Island.
Lot 32
Wold Cottage Fusion crusted polished part slice 42.1g, 6.5 x 5.6cm Wold Cottage (Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England) L6 (stone) - fell 13th December 1795 This rare British meteorite fell in 1795, landing within two fields distance of a large house owned by Edward Topham - a poet, playwright, landowner and well respected local magistrate who lived in The Wold Cottage, within the boundaries of a small village in Yorkshire named Wold Newton. Thanks to Magistrate Topham`s efforts in always "establishing the truth", this meteorite became the major piece in gaining worldwide acceptance that stones do sometimes fall from the sky, and so confirming the witness reports of the Ensisheim fall 303 years earlier, and paving the way for the credibility of the later L`Aigle fall in 1803. On the afternoon of 13th December 1795, a thunderstorm was raging over Wold Newton, 10 miles outside the coastal town of Scarborough. The peels of thunder and the flicker of lightning were dwarfed by a sudden, loud explosion which "alarmed the surrounding countryside and created so distinctly the sensation that something very singular had happened". Numerous people also saw a dark object passing through clouds but were unable to identify what it was. However, Topham`s shepherd was within 150 yards of the impact and a farmhand named John Shipley was so near that he was forcibly struck by mud and earth as the falling meteorite burrowed into the ground. The stone penetrated through 1 foot of soil and embedded itself into the chalk bedrock to a depth of 7 inches, creating an impact pit over 1 yard across. The stone embedded itself so firmly into the bedrock that it had to be dug out. When Topham heard about the fall and saw the large stone mass, he recorded: "All these witnesses that saw it fall agree perfectly in their account of the manner of it`s fall, and that they saw a dark body moving through the air, and ultimately strike the ground: and though from their situations and characters in life, they could have no possible object in detailing a false account of this transaction. I felt so desirous of giving this matter every degree of authenticity that as a magistrate, I took their account on oath immediately on my return into the country. I saw no reason to doubt any of their evidence after the most minute investigation of it". A monument was erected by Topham in 1799 and marks the exact spot where the meteorite landed.
Lot 33
Wold Cottage Polished part slice 13.5g, 3.9 x 2.2cm Wold Cottage (Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England) L6 (stone) - fell 13th December 1795 This rare British meteorite fell in 1795, landing within two fields distance of a large house owned by Edward Topham - a poet, playwright, landowner and well respected local magistrate who lived in The Wold Cottage, within the boundaries of a small village in Yorkshire named Wold Newton. Thanks to Magistrate Topham`s efforts in always "establishing the truth", this meteorite became the major piece in gaining worldwide acceptance that stones do sometimes fall from the sky, and so confirming the witness reports of the Ensisheim fall 303 years earlier, and paving the way for the credibility of the later L`Aigle fall in 1803. On the afternoon of 13th December 1795, a thunderstorm was raging over Wold Newton, 10 miles outside the coastal town of Scarborough. The peels of thunder and the flicker of lightning were dwarfed by a sudden, loud explosion which "alarmed the surrounding countryside and created so distinctly the sensation that something very singular had happened". Numerous people also saw a dark object passing through clouds but were unable to identify what it was. However, Topham`s shepherd was within 150 yards of the impact and a farmhand named John Shipley was so near that he was forcibly struck by mud and earth as the falling meteorite burrowed into the ground. The stone penetrated through 1 foot of soil and embedded itself into the chalk bedrock to a depth of 7 inches, creating an impact pit over 1 yard across. The stone embedded itself so firmly into the bedrock that it had to be dug out. When Topham heard about the fall and saw the large stone mass, he recorded: "All these witnesses that saw it fall agree perfectly in their account of the manner of it`s fall, and that they saw a dark body moving through the air, and ultimately strike the ground: and though from their situations and characters in life, they could have no possible object in detailing a false account of this transaction. I felt so desirous of giving this matter every degree of authenticity that as a magistrate, I took their account on oath immediately on my return into the country. I saw no reason to doubt any of their evidence after the most minute investigation of it". A monument was erected by Topham in 1799 and marks the exact spot where the meteorite landed.
Lot 34
Korra Korrabes Fusion crusted fragment 196.9g, 8.4 x 6.9cm Korra Korrabes (Namaland, Namibia) H3 (stone) - found November 1996 A farmer who was searching for pieces of the Gibeon meteorite discovered Korra Korrabes in 1996 in a dry riverbed. Later searches yielded more specimens, including the largest mass, which was used in a garden wall.
Lot 35
Korra Korrabes Polished full slice 114.9g, 8.2 x 6.6cm Korra Korrabes (Namaland, Namibia) H3 (stone) - found November 1996 A farmer who was searching for pieces of the Gibeon meteorite discovered Korra Korrabes in 1996 in a dry riverbed. Later searches yielded more specimens, including the largest mass, which was used in a garden wall.
Lot 36
NWA (unclassified) Individual 3.7kg, 21 x 13 x 11cm NWA unclassified (Morocco) (stone) - found 2001 Stony meteorite, collected from the hot deserts of Morocco by wandering nomads. With such collecting techniques, the exact find location and total known weight of the meteorites in any particular strewnfield is unknown.
Lot 38
Tatahouine Two fragments (2) 17.4g total Tatahouine (Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia) Diogenite (stone) - fell 27th June 1931 This diogenite achondrite type meteorite fell from a daytime fireball over the Desert in 1931 and was witnessed by the local Bedouins who collected the few fragments that fell. The larger mass blew itself apart very late and low during atmospheric passage, resulting in the complete lack of fusion crust and most of the collected fragments being less than a gram in weight.
Lot 39
Sahara 00182 Polished part slice 3.198g Sahara 00182 (Sahara Desert) CR3 (stone) - found 2000 The first known CR3. One small stone weighing only 70g was found at an undisclosed location in the Sahara desert. Abundant metal flake, armoured chondrules, a smattering of inclusions, and multi-layered chondrules make up this unique study material.
Lot 40
Sahara 00182 Polished part slice 3.118g Sahara 00182 (Sahara Desert) CR3 (stone) - found 2000 The first known CR3. One small stone weighing only 70g was found at an undisclosed location in the Sahara desert. Abundant metal flake, armoured chondrules, a smattering of inclusions, and multi-layered chondrules make up this unique study material.
Lot 42
L`Aigle Fusion crusted polished part slice 7g, 3.5 x 2.5cm L`Aigle (Orne, France) L6 brecciated (stone) - fell 26th April 1803 One of the most highly regarded historic meteorites - a witnessed fall in France over 200 years ago and one which now rates alongside Ensisheim and Wold Cottage as playing a major role in the general acceptance of the theory of "stones which fall from the sky". After the appearance of a bright fireball and loud detonations, a shower of stones fell within a 6 x 2.5 mile area of Orne in France. The many witness reports associated with this fall helped establish beyond any doubt that strange stones do indeed fall from the sky. Provenance: Natural History Museum, London
Lot 43
L`Aigle Fusion crusted fragment 27.7g, 3.7 x 2.4cm L`Aigle (Orne, France) L6 brecciated (stone) - fell 26th April 1803 One of the most highly regarded historic meteorites - a witnessed fall in France over 200 years ago and one which now rates alongside Ensisheim and Wold Cottage as playing a major role in the general acceptance of the theory of "stones which fall from the sky". After the appearance of a bright fireball and loud detonations, a shower of stones fell within a 6 x 2.5 mile area of Orne in France. The many witness reports associated with this fall helped establish beyond any doubt that strange stones do indeed fall from the sky. Provenance: Natural History Museum, London
Lot 44
Kaufman Polished part slice 203.7g, 22.5 x 8.3cm Kaufman (Kaufman County, Texas, USA) L5 (stone) - found 1893 A single mass of 23kg was found 4 or 5 miles west of Kaufman. Cut sections reveal a black matrix with larger than usual metal flakes, small troilite inclusions and many metal-rimmed `armoured` chondrules. Provenance: Monnig Collection, Texas Christian University
Lot 50
Pultusk Fusion crusted polished fragment 20.5g, 3.1 x 2.8cm Pultusk (Warsaw, Poland) H5 (stone) - fell 30th January 1868 After the appearance of a bright fireball followed by loud detonations, a shower of stones fell over an area of several square miles between Pultusk and Ostrolenka on the Narew, Poland. Many of the meteorites recovered were surprisingly small, weighing just a few grams each, and have since been nicknamed `Pultusk Peas`. Some estimate that the total number of stones must have been in the order of 100,000 but nowhere near that many have actually been recovered. This is an old, historical European fall, which has been well preserved.
Lot 55
Kainsaz Polished part slice 33.5g, 4.5 x 4.4cm Kainsaz (Tatar Republic, Russia) CO3.1 (stone) - fell 13th September 1937 Kainsaz is a rare Russian carbonaceous chondrite and a witnessed fall back in 1937. Carbonaceous chondrites represent some of the most primitive of all meteorites and are intensely studied. Many small chondrules and a surprising amount of fine nickel-iron metal flake are visible in cut sections of this rare meteorite.
Lot 57
Northbranch Polished end piece 2kg, 28.6 x 18 x 7.6cm Northbranch (Jewell County, Kansas, USA) H5 (stone) - found 1972 A single piece was found in a grain field in 1972 - the finder took it to a local university and was initially told that he did not have a meteorite. In 1997 it was studied in greater detail by professional meteoriticists and confirmed as a genuine meteorite. The Northbranch meteorite is now officially recognised and recorded in the Meteoritical Bulletin of the Meteoritical Society.
Lot 59
Zag Fusion crusted polished end piece 220g, 6.3 x 4.6 x 3.8cm Zag (Morocco) H3-6 regolith breccia (stone) - fell 4th/5th March 1998 After a huge fireball and loud explosions that were seen and heard for hundreds of miles, this meteorite fell to Earth in Morocco during early March 1998. Zag has since been given the rather rare and unusual classification of an H3-6 regolith breccia. There may be more to the classification yet to come, as blue halite salt crystals have since been found in the H3 regions of some pieces, containing extraterrestrial liquid water. Zag is only the second known meteorite ever to feature this.
Lot 62
Moss Fusion crusted fragment 19.8g, 4 x 2.5 x 2.5cm Moss (Moss, Norway) CO3.5 (stone) - fell 14th July 2006 On July 14th at about 10:10am, a brilliant fireball was observed from southeast Norway and from parts of southwest Sweden. The luminous event, along with accompanying sonic booms, was observed by thousands. One man heard what sounded like an explosion, then a whizzing followed by a loud bang. No more than 2 metres away, a 45g stone from this new fall hit a piece of metal roofing material before shattering into several pieces. He assumed that it was somehow related to the nearly constant detonations that occur at a nearby military airfield, until his brother-in-law suggested that it might be a meteorite. He was right, and the search began for more Moss meteorites. A second stone was found, soon after a family returned home from their holiday. The father was out preparing their back garden for his daughter`s birthday, when he noticed that several branches had been broken off his plum tree and that there was a hole in the ground. Upon investigation, he retrieved a 750g whole stone meteorite.
Lot 63
Moss Polished fragment 4.28g Moss (Moss, Norway) CO3.5 (stone) - fell 14th July 2006 On July 14th at about 10:10am, a brilliant fireball was observed from southeast Norway and from parts of southwest Sweden. The luminous event, along with accompanying sonic booms, was observed by thousands. One man heard what sounded like an explosion, then a whizzing followed by a loud bang. No more than 2 metres away, a 45g stone from this new fall hit a piece of metal roofing material before shattering into several pieces. He assumed that it was somehow related to the nearly constant detonations that occur at a nearby military airfield, until his brother-in-law suggested that it might be a meteorite. He was right, and the search began for more Moss meteorites. A second stone was found, soon after a family returned home from their holiday. The father was out preparing their back garden for his daughter`s birthday, when he noticed that several branches had been broken off his plum tree and that there was a hole in the ground. Upon investigation, he retrieved a 750g whole stone meteorite.
Lot 64
Appley Bridge Fusion crusted polished fragment 121.7g, 5.9 x 5.2cm Appley Bridge (Wigan, Lancashire, England) LL6 (stone) - fell 13th October 1914 After the appearance of a bright fireball during the evening of 13th October 1914, a single mass of about 15kg was found the next day at Halliwell Farm. This meteorite is an amphoterite and classified as a rare LL6. Cut sections reveal an extremely fresh light coloured `mottled` matrix with veining and golden sulphide inclusions. A British witnessed fall which is rarely available to collectors. Provenance: Natural History Museum, London
Lot 65
Appley Bridge Fusion crusted polished part slice 34.4g, 5.9 x 3.8cm Appley Bridge (Wigan, Lancashire, England) LL6 (stone) - fell 13th October 1914 After the appearance of a bright fireball during the evening of 13th October 1914, a single mass of about 15kg was found the next day at Halliwell Farm. This meteorite is an amphoterite and classified as a rare LL6. Cut sections reveal an extremely fresh light coloured `mottled` matrix with veining and golden sulphide inclusions. A British witnessed fall which is rarely available to collectors. Provenance: Natural History Museum, London
Lot 66
Appley Bridge Polished fragment 15.8g, 3.5 x 2.8 x 2cm Appley Bridge (Wigan, Lancashire, England) LL6 (stone) - fell 13th October 1914 After the appearance of a bright fireball during the evening of 13th October 1914, a single mass of about 15kg was found the next day at Halliwell Farm. This meteorite is an amphoterite and classified as a rare LL6. Cut sections reveal an extremely fresh light coloured `mottled` matrix with veining and golden sulphide inclusions. A British witnessed fall which is rarely available to collectors. Provenance: Natural History Museum, London
Lot 67
Kendleton Fusion crusted half individual 216g, 7.6 x 4 x 4cm Kendleton (Fort Bend County, Texas, USA) L4 (stone) - fell 2nd May 1939 A shower of stones fell at Kendleton, 44 miles southwest of Houston, Texas. Photographs of the trail and observations of the path of the meteor were obtained. 13 complete stones and about 15 fragments were recovered, giving a low total known weight of just 6.9kg. Provenance: Monnig Collection, Texas Christian University
Lot 68
Barwell Fragment 910g, 12 x 8 x 6cm Barwell (Leicestershire, England, UK) L6 (stone) - fell 24th December 1965 Affectionately known as the `Christmas Meteorite`, the Barwell meteorite fell to Earth on the small English town of Barwell at 4:20pm on Christmas Eve 1965. The huge aerial explosion and sonic boom shook the town and scared residents. Some fragments bounced off a car, one broke a house window and ended up in a plant pot (the owner unwittingly threw it away!). A larger piece put a sizeable crater (impact pit) in a resident`s driveway. Another fragment penetrated a garage roof, pierced the bonnet of the parked car, and wedged itself alongside the engine block. Christmas carollers later reported that they had walked over fragments of the meteorite without recognising their significance. Many pieces of the freshly fallen Barwell chondrite (together totalling the approximate size of a Christmas turkey!) were quickly recovered after they fell, meaning that most specimens have a very fresh and light coloured matrix with little staining. Not only is this one of the few, very rare, English witnessed falls, but is one of the small percentages of meteorites, which actually hit something man-made - a property that`s cherished by meteorite collectors. This sizeable specimen of Barwell is one of the largest ever released to the private collecting market by a museum. Provenance: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Lot 69
Barwell Polished fragment 11.7g, 2 x 2.2 x 1.6cm Barwell (Leicestershire, England, UK) L6 (stone) - fell 24th December 1965 Affectionately known as the `Christmas Meteorite`, the Barwell meteorite fell to Earth on the small English town of Barwell at 4:20pm on Christmas Eve 1965. The huge aerial explosion and sonic boom shook the town and scared residents. Some fragments bounced off a car, one broke a house window and ended up in a plant pot (the owner unwittingly threw it away!). A larger piece put a sizeable crater (impact pit) in a resident`s driveway. Another fragment penetrated a garage roof, pierced the bonnet of the parked car, and wedged itself alongside the engine block. Christmas carollers later reported that they had walked over fragments of the meteorite without recognising their significance. Many pieces of the freshly fallen Barwell chondrite (together totalling the approximate size of a Christmas turkey!) were quickly recovered after they fell, meaning that most specimens have a very fresh and light coloured matrix with little staining. Not only is this one of the few, very rare, English witnessed falls, but is one of the small percentages of meteorites, which actually hit something man-made - a property that`s cherished by meteorite collectors. This sizeable specimen of Barwell is one of the largest ever released to the private collecting market by a museum. Provenance: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Lot 70
Glenrothes Fragment 0.6g Glenrothes (Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland) H5 (stone) - found summer 1998 The Glenrothes meteorite is the first ever meteorite to be found on UK soil. Several small fragments were found in relative close proximity to each other by Rob Elliott, and considered to be part of a small individual stone meteorite, which broke apart and fragmented during many years of freeze/thaw exposure to the UK`s cold and damp weather. The total known weight of this find is 14.8g. No more fragments have been found after exhaustive searching of the locality and the site has almost certainly yielded all of the fragments that can practically be recovered.
Lot 71
Zaklodzie Polished part slice 7g, 4 x 3.5cm Zaklodzie (Lubelskie County, Poland) (enst achon-ungr) (stone) - found September 1998 Mr. Stanislaw Jachymek found an 8.68kg stone, partially covered with fusion crust, beside a dirt road while he was searching for rocks and fossils. This strange meteorite proved to be something of an enigma during study, but has now been classified and officially accepted as a rare enstatite achondrite-ungrouped.
Lot 72
Zaklodzie Polished part slice 7.8g, 3.8 x 3.8cm Zaklodzie (Lubelskie County, Poland) (enst achon-ungr) (stone) - found September 1998 Mr. Stanislaw Jachymek found an 8.68kg stone, partially covered with fusion crust, beside a dirt road while he was searching for rocks and fossils. This strange meteorite proved to be something of an enigma during study, but has now been classified and officially accepted as a rare enstatite achondrite-ungrouped.
Lot 74
Sarir Qattusah 001 Polished part slice 11.8g, 4 x 3.7cm Sarir Qattusah 001 (Libyan Sahara) LL(L)3 (stone) - found October 1994 The Sarir Qattusah 001 meteorite was found in the Libyan Sahara Desert in October 1994. Classified as a rare LL(L)3, this meteorite is one of the most unequilibrated chondrites of all the petrologic types lower than 3.5. The total known weight of Sarir Qattusah 001 is a low 796g, making it very hard to obtain, and contains some of the most beautifully preserved multi-coloured chondrules which have altered little since formation, over 4.5 billion years ago.
Lot 75
Dar al Gani 400 Fragment 0.052g Dar al Gani 400 (Sahara) Lunar (stone) - found 1998 A 1.425kg, partly fusion crusted stone was found in Dar al Gani in the Libyan Sahara. Analysis at the Max Planck Institute reveals a lunar origin. One of the most treasured meteorites, originating from our closest neighbour.
Lot 76
Dar al Gani 262 Polished fragment 0.672g Dar al Gani 262 (Sahara) Lunar (stone) - found 23rd March 1997 This meteorite has been classified as a polymict anorthositic breccia - a meteorite ejected through asteroid impact from the Highland region of our Moon. From the 5th edition Catalogue of Meteorites: "A single 513 g stone was found in the Sahara. Classification and description (A. Bischoff and D. Weber, Munster): contains clasts up to 1 cm, mainly anorthositic lithologies and crystalline impact melt breccias, and glass fragments and spherules (partly devitrified) embedded in a fine-grained, well-consolidated matrix; bulk plagioclase, An >95^; olivine, Fa 20-71^; low-Ca pyroxene, Fs 26-63^; has shock veins; contains metal particles (5-26 wt% Ni), ilmenite, troilite, Ti-Cr-spinel; meteorite is moderately weathered." Lunar meteorites are highly prized amongst collectors and scientists alike.
Lot 77
Dar al Gani 262 Fragment 0.102g Dar al Gani 262 (Sahara) Lunar (stone) - found 23rd March 1997 This meteorite has been classified as a polymict anorthositic breccia - a meteorite ejected through asteroid impact from the Highland region of our Moon. From the 5th edition Catalogue of Meteorites: "A single 513 g stone was found in the Sahara. Classification and description (A. Bischoff and D. Weber, Munster): contains clasts up to 1 cm, mainly anorthositic lithologies and crystalline impact melt breccias, and glass fragments and spherules (partly devitrified) embedded in a fine-grained, well-consolidated matrix; bulk plagioclase, An >95^; olivine, Fa 20-71^; low-Ca pyroxene, Fs 26-63^; has shock veins; contains metal particles (5-26 wt% Ni), ilmenite, troilite, Ti-Cr-spinel; meteorite is moderately weathered." Lunar meteorites are highly prized amongst collectors and scientists alike.
Lot 78
Ouzina Polished part slice 11.1g, 3.1 x 1.6 x 1.1cm Ouzina (Algerian Border, Morocco) R4 (stone) - found 1999 One of the very rarest types of meteorites - a Rumurutiite. Ouzina has a light brown matrix with blue/grey coloured chondrules. In true Rumurutiite fashion, nickel iron metal is almost completely absent, having oxidised-out while still in space.
Lot 80
Millbillillie Individual with polished face 153.5g, 6.5 x 4.5 x 6cm Millbillillie (Wiluna District, Western Australia) AEUC (stone) - fell October 1960 A bright fireball was witnessed in October 1960, and a meteorite appeared to fall on the plain of Millbillillie and Jundee stations. No searches were made as a result of the sighting, but the first specimen was recovered from an area of red clay in 1970. Millbillillie is a rare calcium rich eucrite achondrite, widely accepted to have originated from Vesta, our brightest naked eye asteroid. Being Ca-rich, the fusion crust on Millbillillie specimens is a glossy, shiny black and fine flowlines are visible over much of the surface.
Lot 81
Johnstown Fusion crusted fragment 13.2g, 3.5 x 3cm Johnstown (Weld County, Colorado, USA) ADIO (stone) - fell 6th July 1924 The Johnstown meteorite fell during daylight hours. The loud detonations and sonic booms halted a baseball game and it disrupted a funeral attended by 200 mourners when part of it impacted onto the church steps. Johnstown is a rare diogenite and widely accepted to have originated from Vesta, our brightest naked eye asteroid.
Lot 86
Rjurbole Fragment 29.6g, 3.5 x 2.5 x 3cm Bjurbole (Borga, Nyland, Finland) L/LL4 (stone) - fell 12th March 1899 The Bjurbole is the largest meteorite recovered in Finland to date. It fell after a bright fireball and sonic booms were witnessed by many people, and broke into many pieces after impacting on thick sea ice off the Gulf of Finland. The hole in the ice measured 40 centimetres wide, and silt was spread over a large area around the hole. Divers recovered pieces in the silt from a total depth of 8 metres. This is a friable meteorite, well noted for its large chondrules.
Lot 88
Messina Four small fragments (4) 0.186g Messina (Messina, Sicily, Italy) L5 (stone) - fell 16th July 1955 This meteorite fell in Sicily during the early afternoon of 16th July 1955. Only one quarter of the stone`s mass was ever recovered, consisting of three broken pieces weighing 2025g, 338g and 42g - making a very low total known weight of only 2.4kg Provenance: Natural History Museum, London
Lot 90
Jilin Fusion crusted fragment 1.62kg, 19 x 10.5 x 9.5cm Jilin (Jilin, China) H5 (stone) - fell 8th March 1976 After a fireball and several loud detonations, a shower of stones fell totalling around 4 tonnes. The largest piece recovered weighed almost 2 tonnes. The Jilin event is the largest fall of stony meteorites on record. Of the 4 tons recovered, one piece weighing 1.77 tons produced an impact pit 6 metres deep. This huge mass fell only 200 metres from a house and is the largest piece of stone meteorite ever found.
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