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12.6 grams GIBEON very rare as found Individual iron meteorite with COA
12.6 grams GIBEON very rare as found Individual iron meteorite with COA
12.6 grams GIBEON very rare as found Individual iron meteorite with COA

12.6 grams GIBEON very rare as found Individual iron meteorite with COA

$ 33.23

Availability: 78 in stock
  • Condition: New
  • Featured Refinements: Iron Meteorite
  • Type of Mineral: Iron/Nickel
  • Item Type: Meteorite
  • Specimen Type: Display Specimens
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    Since it's now illegal to collect and send them out of Africa these meteorites are going way up in price and fast...
    Fewer are being made available for sale, and you don't see small ones for sale on Ebay like the ones I have.  There also it's a lot of "as found" pieces.  Everyone there has looked the land over in the strewn field for the meteorites in Namibia. First found in 1836
    Gibeon
    Basic information
    Name:
    Gibeon
    This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
    Abbreviation:
    There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
    Observed fall:
    No
    Year found:
    1836
    Country:
    Namibia
    Mass:
    26 t
    Classification
    history:
    Meteoritical Bulletin:
    (1966)
    Iron
    NHM Catalogue:
    (2000)
    IVA
    MetBase:
    (2006)
    IVA
    Recommended:
    Iron, IVA
    This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA.
    Writeup
    Writeup from MB 36:
    Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy.
    [Description of paired specimen:]
    DISCOVERY OF
    NICO
    IRON METEORITE, SOUTH WEST AFRICA
    Name:
    NICO.
    The place of fall or discovery:
    The farm of Nico near the railroad station of Asab, South West Africa; φ = 25°23' S, λ = 17°47" E.
    Date of fall or discovery:
    FOUND, 1965.
    Class and type:
    IRON.
    Number of individual specimens
    : 1.
    Total weight:
    25.2 kg and 9.5 kg .
    Circumstances of the fall or discovery:
    The meteorite was found by the aborigens probably on the site of the fall.
    Source:
    Report of Dr. J. Zabringer (Heidelberg, Germany) in a letter, March 1, 1966.
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