Description
On offer: a nice 0.100g fragment of this UK meteorite fall.
Dimensions: ~5 x 4 mm
What you get: this 0.100g fragment, a plastic box with label at the back, a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Type: LL6 chondrite
Country: UK
Date of fall: October 13, 1914
Total mass: 15 kg
The Appley Bridge meteorite is a meteorite that hit ground at Halliwell Farm in Appley Bridge, Lancashire, England at around 8:45 PM on Tuesday, 13 October 1914.
After local residents saw a bolide, the meteorite was subsequently found in a farmer’s field in the village the following day. It was 18 inches (460 mm) below the surface of the field, with the appearance of burnt iron, and weighed almost 33 pounds (15 kg).
An article in Scientific News (No. 2588, 30 October 1914) stated “a small fragment which had been detached from the larger mass was put on view in a shop-window at Appley Bridge.”
A book on this meteorite fall was published a few years ago.
