Copyright - M.Bandli - Historic Meteorites
ASH CREEK
West, Texas - Fell Feb. 15, 2009
L6 Chondrite
Six meteorites totaling over 50 grams from the Ash Creek meteorite recovered by M. Bandli. Details on each stone are provided below including in-situ photography.
Click the photo above to read the editor's adventure hunting the strewnfield.
Collection No. B188.1 - A 15.2 gram individual found in a cotton field. Note the troilite bleb on the surface of the crust.
Collection No. B188.2 - A 4.26 gram individual found in a pasture. Note the frothy primary crust that overlaps secodary crust. This meteorite stabilized briefly during entry.
Collection No. B188.3 - A 7.76 gram individual found in a crop-field.
Collection No. B188.4 - 17.15 gram individual with frothy fusion crust. Specimen was found in a shallow impact pit in a crop field.
Collection No. B188.5 - A 1.195 gram individual (almost passed up as rabbit feces!) found in a crop field.
Collection No. B188.6 - An 8.15 gram individual found in a an impact pit.