Description

This piece shows very well and would look great in any collection! 

This is a very interesting and unique shaped specimen! Tons of character! Very meteoritic in shape and size. A must have for the serious collector!

This is a 179 gram specimen of the Canyon Diablo Meteorite. This individual has had the rust removed by a special process to bring back the origional look. 

The first known meteorites from Arizona were found in the 1880s by sheepherders in Canyon Diablo, several miles west of Meteor Crater, which was known during those times to area cattlemen and settlers as Coon Butte. Meteor Crater, located about 20 miles west of Winslow, Arizona.

 Meteor Crater, now a national landmark, finally became the first impact crater on Earth generally recognized as such by the scientific community. Today it is known that Meteor Crater was created by the impact of an iron asteroid weighing several hundred thousand tons which approached at a relatively low angle and traveling at approximately 11 miles per second (40,000 miles per hour).

It disintegrated just prior to impact sometime around 50,000 years ago, with thousands of pieces breaking off the larger masses and scattering over the surrounding area. The explosion at the moment of impact is estimated to have been the equivalent of a 1.7 megaton bomb, creating an impact crater nearly a mile in diameter.

The Meteor Crater is a huge hole--about three quarters of a mile wide and 600 feet deep. The resulting crater is 3400 feet across, is about 600 feet from rim to floor, and has a rim that rises 200 feet above the plain.

We have been in the meteorite business for over 17 years, so you can expect honesty and quality as well as 100 percent satisfaction.  We personally slice and etch or polish and clean each piece we do so we know exactly what has been done to the specimen. We stand behind all our material; if you ever have any trouble please don't hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to fix it. Meteorite slices and individuals DO rust- so don't believe anyone who tells you that they don't just because they have been "treated" with something. They will require some minimal maintenance; and we can help you with that!