Description
0.057g fragment with crust. Sold in a box with label/certificate of authenticity.
Hessle, a rare and famous swedish meteorite that fell in 1869.
The Hessle meteorite shower occurred on January 1, 1869 at about 12:30 pm. After detonations, a shower of stones, weighing from about 1.8kg to a few grams each, fell over an area about 3 x 9 miles; some fell upon ice a few inches thick without breaking it, and powdery, carbonaceous matter was found in association with the stones.
