Canyon Diablo Meteorite - Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA (52 grams)
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(Iron meteorite)
Medium size fragment
Fell about 50,000 years ago
Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA
About 50,000 years ago, a huge nickel-iron meteorite, travelling about 15 kilometres per second, struck Arizona with an explosive force greater than 20 million tonnes of TNT.
The meteorite, estimated to have been about 50 metres across and weighing several hundred thousand tonnes, left a crater 1.2 kilometres in diameter. The crater, known as Barringer Crater, is the best preserved meteorite crater on Earth.
(Iron meteorite)
Medium size fragment
Fell about 50,000 years ago
Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA
About 50,000 years ago, a huge nickel-iron meteorite, travelling about 15 kilometres per second, struck Arizona with an explosive force greater than 20 million tonnes of TNT.
The meteorite, estimated to have been about 50 metres across and weighing several hundred thousand tonnes, left a crater 1.2 kilometres in diameter. The crater, known as Barringer Crater, is the best preserved meteorite crater on Earth.
Most of the meteorite vaporised on impact but many fragments have been recovered from the nearby desert and are named after Canyon Diablo, a canyon to the west.
This piece is from an old collection. It is provided in a display box with a glass lid and a comprehensive label.
Click on a picture for a larger image
This piece is from an old collection. It is provided in a display box with a glass lid and a comprehensive label.
Click on a picture for a larger image
Size: 5 x 3.5 x 1 centimetres
Weight: 52 grams
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