Description
On offer: fragment of this rare meteorite fall.
Dimensions: 3 x 2 mm
What you get: this fragment, a plastic box with label at the back, a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Type: L6 chondrite
Country: France
Date of fall: August 1837
Total mass: 1.5 kg
A meteorite fell in August 1837 at Esnandes. The exact date is not known and no article in the local press at that time can be found. The finder was a peasant, who saw the meteorite fall, and said he burned his hands while trying to pick up the stone. He also claimed to have “experienced a strong electric shock.” The stone weighed 1.5 kg and broke on impact. Fragments were sent to the Natural History Cabinet of Bordeaux and then to the Institut de France in Paris.
