METEORITE CALI COLOMBIA, Rare House Smasher #001

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Cali Colombia Fell July 6, 2007 at ~4:30 PM. (Chondrite, most likely H type 3) "At ~4:30 PM on July 6th, 2007, a massive fireball appeared over the Cordillera Occidental (Western range of the Andes mountains) just north of the Calima lake. As it appeared, it quickly broke into two large pieces heading south. After a couple of seconds, a sonic boom reverberated over the mountains and upper Cauca Valley. People in the affected area said that the explosions were so strong they shook the ground and homes so badly that they thought they might collapse. Windows in Restrepo, Darien, and Yotoco were shattered by the force of the sonic boom! The bolide passed just to the east of the town of Restropo, w it exploded into a massive cloud of smoke and fire and continued to the south, towards the city of Cali more than 50 km away. Eyewitnesses suggest that the body exploded at least three times, all three causing loud thundering booms. Only a minute or two later, in the slums on the outskirts of Cali, a shower of stones pelted the Barrios of Mariano Ramos, Laureano Gomez, Ciudad Cordoba, and Antonio Narino. People in the city of Cali reported seeing a smoke trail and flashes to the north of the city over the Andes mountains, and hearing several rumbles that resembled thunderclaps. The actual fireball was nearly invisible to them however, as it was heading directly toward the city. People in the Cauca Valley to the east of the city did see the fireball traveling from north to south very clearly. In the densely populated area w the meteorites landed, four homes were impacted by meteorites, and three other pieces have been found in the streets. It is clear that hundreds if not more stones should have fallen, but the direction of travel takes the strewnfield directly into the giant municipal garbage dump, and sugarcane fields which are flooded with water and extremely dense vegetation. " This write up is courtesy of Michael Farmer Meteorites! The Stone up for sale in this Auction is from CALI #001, is a better description of this particular stone: Cali #001 N0323.946 W07631.022Barrio Mariano Ramos EXACT WEIGHT of this stone unknown, but I estimate it to be ~65 to 80 grams. "This stone impacted the home of Yuly Melecio in the Barrio Mariano Ramos neighborhood of Cali. She lives on the second floor of a building and the stone impacted her rooftop and penetrated both the zinc metal and ceramic roof tiles. She was at home at the time, and heard a sound like thunder outside. She told her son who was outside on the back balcony to come inside, as she thought a storm was coming. Moments later, a loud crash shook the home and when she went into the bedroom, she saw pieces of stone and roof tiles on the floor. T was sunlight shining through a new hole in the roof and the floor tile had been chipped by the meteorite." Courtesy Michael Farmer Meteorites. This is a 0.130 gram of fragments of Cali #001,. I have also included a piece of roof tile, which is featured in the photo on the right side of the photo. All specimens come with identification card. Please keep in mind that t is less than 280 grams of this meteorite in existence and that is probably all t will ever be of the Cali Meteorite. I purchased a large piece directly from Michael Farmer and in my classic ebay style, I now offer smaller pieces to the many who can not afford a big specimen. This is an opportunity that most likely will NEVER be seen again. Thanks to Mike Farmer for chasing down another Classic! 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. However, I had never found a meteorite and I didn't even know w to... read more

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