Viñales Meteorite Fall From Cuba - 3. 6 Gram Stone
Item History & Price
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ViñalesL6Pinar del Rio, CubaFell 2019 Feb 01 A bright bolide accompanied by loudsonic booms flew across the province of Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, at 1:17 pm localtime on 1 February 2019. A long smoke trail was also observed. The residentsthought a plane had crashed, as they heard explosions and then ground rumblinglasting 15 to 20 s. A meteorite shower fell on Vinales Valley, a nationalmonument since 1978 and a UNESCO world heritage site. The a...rea is covered by aforest and fields. The first and some of the largest stones were collected nearthe monument "Mural of Prehistory" by artist Leovigildo Gonzalez Morillo.Others were discovered in and around Viñales and throughout the Viñales Valley.Some of the meteorite individuals penetrated the ground, one of them brokethrough an asphalt road, and many were recovered from rooftops.Hundreds ofindividual samples were collected by the local residents. The stones arecovered by black fusion crust with reddish smears of a laterite clay. Thesubstance of the meteorite of light gray color can be seen in small areas ofthe broken crust. The masses of stones are in a range 2 to 1100 g. In total, about 50-100 kg of the meteorite were collected.*** Shipping is usually sent via US Postal Service and I am happy to combine shipping for multiple purchases. I am happy to hold sending orders and combine future auctions into one shipment if desired as long as payment occurs at each auction close.I recommend insurance as I will not be held responsible for uninsured lost or damaged parcels. Cost of U.S. delivery insurance is 2% of the total or $2.00, whichever is more. Changes to the USPS International insurance policy now require a rather expensive upgrade to Express Mail before they will agree to insure. For those who wish to insure foreign delivery please message me and I’ll be happy to send you the price.
