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i am affiliated with geodes etc. jlacroix1. i manage both stores. we appreciate your business no matter which store you buy fromi am affiliated with geodes etc. jlacroix1. i manage both stores. we appreciate your business no matter which store you buy from. jackH-4-6-2648 gm canyon diablo meteorite with stand from arizona meteorite craterWEIGHT: 648 gm. 3X2.75X1.35 inch 1.4+ POUNDS;international customers may have to pay duty and or vat taxuses, seeCanyon Diablo (disambiguation).Canyon DiabloCanyon Diablo iron meteorite fragment (IAB) 2,641 gramsTypeIronStructural Ni; 0.46% Co; 0.26% P; 1% C; 1% S; 80ppm Ga; 320ppm Ge; 1,9ppm IrCountryUnited StatesRegionCoconino fallNoFall date49000 years ago[2]Found date1891TKW30tonnesStrewn fieldYesEtched slice showing aWidmanstätten patternRelated media on Wikimedia Commons
TheCanyon Diablometeoriterefers to the many fragments of theasteroidthat createdMeteor Crater(also called Barringer Crater),[3]Arizona, United States. Meteorites have been found around the crater rim, and are named for nearbyCanyon Diablo, which lies about three to four miles west of the crater.
History
The impactor fell about 50,000 years ago.[4]Initially known and used by pre-historicNative Americans, Canyon Diablo meteorites have been collected and studied by the scientific community since the 19th century. Meteor Crater, from the late 19th to the early 20th century, was the center of a long dispute over the origin of craters that showed little evidence of volcanism. That debate was largely settled by the early 1930s, thanks to work byDaniel M. Barringer, F.R. Moulton, andHarvey Harlow Nininger.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
In 1953,Clair Cameron Pattersonmeasured ratios of thelead isotopesin samples of the meteorite. ThroughU-Pb radiometric dating, a refined estimate of theage of the Earthwas obtained: 4.550 billion years (± 70 million years).[12]
Composition and classification
This meteorite is an ironoctahedrite(coarse octahedrite). Minerals reported from the meteorite include:
