Broken Hill Chondrite

BKH231

Large Chondrite Cross-section

A slice of the meteorite found at Broken Hill, Queenland, Australia discovery. The slice has fractures from impact and weathering. The polished side shows a darker view of the stone; the unpolished side reveals more chondrules and texture. Outer crust on the rounded side. Pack in a riker-mount style box.

99 x 99 x 8 mm

231 g slice

PPG: $4.98

$1,150.00

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Broken Hill

Location:
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
Found: 1994, December
Group:
  • Stone
Type:
  • Ordinary Chondrite
Class:
  • L6
Total known weight: 34kg

Newspapers reported a large bolide, explosions and an earth movement in the region. Searchers found this meteorite that is obviously from an earlier fall. A 34kg stone was found in an area of sand dunes; mineralogy and classification (B.Birch, Mus. of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia), homogeneous olivine, Fa25.6, J.N.Grossman, Met. Bull. 80, MAPS, 1996, 31, p.A175.