Description
On offer: a nice 1.8g part slice of this rare meteorite.
Dimensions: ~26 x 12 mm
What you get: this 1.8g part slice, a plastic box with label at the back, a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Type: L6 chondrite
Country: Finland
Date of find: 1964
Total mass: 7 kg
DISCOVERY OF SALLA STONY METEORITE, FINLAND
Name: SALLA.
The place of fall or discovery: The village Salmivaara, Saala district, Finland; φ = 66°48′ N, λ = 28°27′ E.
Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the summer of 1964.
Class and type: STONY, olivine – hypersthene chondrite.
Number of individual specimens: 1.
Total weight: 2.9 kg.
Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by Kauko Piisila.
Source: Report of Prof. H. B. Wiik (Otaniemi, Finland) and Prof. B. Mason (New York, USA) V. 29, 1964.
