Toluca Iron Meteorite - 161. 4 Grams, IAB - SLL Coarse Octahedrite Specimen - Large
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:16047139 | Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico |
From The David L. Ribeca Meteorite Collection - International Meteorite Collectors Association (IMCA number 4050)
Up for sale is a 161.4 gram Toluca, Iron - IAB-sLL Coarse Octahedrite Meteorite specimen, found in 1776... This is a well cared for specimen and was purchased in October, 2010...The display stand, a bent black ID label, Chain of Provenance is included along with a black, clear cover, 3-ringed, scientific and anthropological data portfolio of this specimen. Th...e 1cm "cube" is not included.
***Photos taken September, 2019***
http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=2830
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Toluca&sfor=names&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&strewn=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=24018
*Dr. Harvey H. Nininger, the American pioneer in meteorites catapulted his meteorite hunting career and collection into fame with a specially modified 1929 meteorite hunting vehicle, a specially constructed self described "ugly" jalopy he drove from the United States down to the strewn field in the Toluca Valley, Mexico, with a mechanically inclined student as partner. Those were the days right after Pancho Villa and Mexico was quite a dangerous and rip-roaring place (Boy have things changed in a lifetime). I can imagine what Nininger must have looked like to the locals with his incomprehensible but highly successful quest in which he recovered 325kgs of Toluca and spent all of his money, and then had to then turn over his specially-outfitted meteoritemobile in payment as well.*
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***Shipping is free to all U.S A. buyers***
