Nuevo Mercurio Meteorite | 0.62 Grams | End Cut | H5 | Rare and Fresh Witness Fall | Zacatecas, Mexico | SO24 Faden Quartz Clarity: Eye Clean

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Description

Clarity: Eye Clean

This is a superb whole specimen of the famous Northwest Africa 2965 meteorite weighing 45

Color: Clear White

and possibly explosive fragmentation upon impact

Weight: 88 Grams / 3

Nuevo Mercurio Meteorite | 0.62 Grams | End Cut | H5 | Rare and Fresh Witness Fall | Zacatecas, Mexico | SO24 Faden Quartz Clarity: Eye CleanThis is a great end cut of the Nuevo Mercurio meteorite. Nuevo Mercurio is classified as a Stone Olivine bronzite H5 chondrite. It fell on 15 Dec 1978 in Zacatecas, Mexico. At 1850 hrs on December 15, 1978, a bright fireball, traveling NE to SW and visible over a radius of at least 200 km, exploded over north central Mexico and scattered meteorites over an elliptical area more than 10 km in length. A total of around 300 individuals were found totaling

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