METEORITE- Very Rare BONDOC - Mesosiderite, Phillippines, ASU Specimen - 8.82g
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Here is a 8.82 gram, part slice of The BONDOC - Meteorite. This mesosiderite - stony- iron type of meteorite was recovered by H.H. Nininger in 1962. This particular specimen came from the ASU Collection- Specimen #684 and comes with a label copy from that collection. This one is a truly amazing specimen. Writeup from MB 25: NEW BONDOC PENINSULA STONY-IRON METEORITE, THE PHILIPPINES Name : BONDOC PENINSULA . The place of fall or discovery : Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon Island, the Philippines. Date of fall or discovery : FOUND, 1956. Class and type : STONY-IRON? (unusual); 70% of its polished surface of 255 sq. cm i s stony class, 11% iron and 17% stony-iron (mesosiderite). Specific weight varies from 3.26 to 6.35. Number of individual specimens : 1. Total weight : 886.788 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery : The meteorite was received by Dr. H. H. Nininger in August 1962 (Sedona, Arizona, USA). Source : Report of Dr. H. H. Nininger (Sedona, USA) to E. L. Krinov in a letter, IX, 15, 1962. Michael Cottingham’s Meteorite Collecting History and (Mini) Bio… I first started my cosmic journey with meteorites in 1996. I have always been interested in Natural History and ever since I was very young, I have collected rocks, fossils, artifacts and the like. In fact, I have been pretty darn good at finding unusual Natural History objects.
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