***For Sale*** This is one a awesome stone!! For sale is a spectacular halfstone from the Katol meteorite. This stone is an early recovery and its shape and the crust is almost as good as it gets. It has nice thumbprinting, and very fine flow lines in places. ex. Simon De Boer $500.00 OBO with free shipping within the US. International buyers welcome. PayPal only please. Writeup from MB 102: Katol 21° 15 50N, 78° 35 29E Fell in Maharashtra, India on May 22, 2012, at 14:10 local time. Classification: Ordinary chondrite L6. A large meteor shower occurred over the town of Katol in the Nagpur District of India. The visual event was followed by 30 to 50 s of sonic booms. At least 30 stones were recovered by GSI in an ellipse centered around 21°15.837’N and 78°35.485’E. The fall was described by Mahajan and Murty (2012). Physical characteristics: The largest stone is around 1 kg. Crust ranges from glossy (in stones that have little attraction to a magnet) to black and dull. In addition to the stones, at least five iron-rich objects were collected, the largest being a 7 × 5 × 2 cm, 136 g oriented shield. Total recovered mass is in excess of 13 kg. Interior of the fresh stones is medium grained with a sugary texture, and mottled whitish gray with distinct, scattered, light apple-green crystals to 1 mm. Black chromite to 1 mm. Thin shock veins common. One slice shows a thick several mm-thick, straight shock vein. Scattered clusters (to 200 μm) of transparent, honey-brown Ca-Cl phosphates visible in the fresh stones. On contact with water, the stones rapidly (within minutes) become orange stained. Thank you for the consideration! Brandon IMCA #9312
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:15:08 +0000
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