Birthday Meteorites

Birthday Meteorites

Upper left is a 4.02 gram partially crusted part slice of Utrecht. This is an L6 vnd. meteorite that fell June 2, 1843 in Utrecht, Netherlands. TKW for this meteorite is 9.7 kgs. and was acquired from Moritz Karl.

Upper right is a 9.6 gram part slice of Meester-Cornelis. This is an H5 meteorite that fell June 2, 1915 in Java, Indonesia. TKW for this meteorite is 24.75 kgs. and was acquired from the Jay Piatek collection.

Shown below is a 1.75 crusted fragment of Buschhof. This is an L5 vnd. meteorite that fell June 2, 1863 in Zemgale, Latvia. TKW for this meteorite is 5 kgs. and was acquired from Dave Gheesling through Mike Bandli.

Thanks to all that made it possible for me to collect these rare birthday meteorites of mine!

© Dave Schultz

Column: Meteorite Of The Month