Description
On offer: a fragment of this seldom seen meteorite fall.
Dimensions: ~3 x 1.5 mm
What you get: this fragment, a plastic box with label at the back, a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Type: H3-5 chondrite
Country: France, Ain
Date of fall: September 7, 1753
Total mass: 14 kg
On September 7, 1753, at 1 p.m., loud detonations and a whistling sound were heard over an area of about thirty kilometers near Vonnas in the heart of Bresse in France. Several fragments of the Luponnas meteorite (14 kg in total), a chondrite, were found in the following days.
