Description
On offer: a nice 1.01g part slice of this rare US meteorite.
Dimensions: ~8 x 6 mm
What you get: this 1.01g part slice, a plastic box with label at the back, a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Type: Iron, IVA
Country: USA, Kansas
Date of find: 1980
Total mass: 13.63 kg
Page City
Thomas County, Kansas, USA
Found 1980
Iron, fine octahedrite (IVA)
A 13.63 kg iron meteorite was found by Ernest Kistler while he was plowing a field. Classification and description (J. Wasson, UCLA): bulk metal Co = 0.42 wt%, Ni = 9.55 wt%, Ga = 2.08 ppm, As = 14.3 ppm, Ir = 0.324 ppm, Au = 2.680 ppm. Specimens: 355 g, Cilz; 4 kg, Schwade; 403 g, NHMV; 78 g, UCLA.
