Norton County
Stone, Achondrite, (Aubrite).
This wonderful meteorite fell on February 18, 1948 at 4 PM in Kansas,
USA. The spectacular daytime fireball was seen all over the Western
USA. There were several masses including the main mass, a huge stone
weighing 2,360 pounds which made it the largest stony meteorite on Earth
until Jilin fell in 1976. This is a very rare meteorite which is almost
entirely comprised of enstatite. It is very hard to get nice small specimens
of this meteorite since almost 100% is in the University of New Mexico
collection.
These are from a large museum
trade which I completed on July 2, 2001. UNM has virtually all of the
Norton County in the world, and they are trading very hard for it. I
had to offer a large amount of valuable Lunar material to acquire these
pieces, thus the price is rising! I did get to hand pick the specimens
you see here, so you are guaranteed the best of the best! You
will look for a long time before you find such pieces
crusted Norton County!
NC 1: 33.90 gram fragment, UNM#15256.
$1695.00 |
NC 2: 72.03 gram fragment, UNM#15418.
$3600.00 |
NC 3: 30.14 gram fragment, UNM#15427.
$1507.00 |
NC 4: 8.92 gram fragment, UNM#15140. $446.00
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NC 5: 7.34 gram fragment, UNM#15140.
$367.00 |
NC 6: 3.32 gram fragment UNM#16030.
SOLD |