Lot 136
Kilabo
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection
Auction: 18 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£350
Description
Fusion crusted fragment
Dimensions
27.3g, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.3cm
Footnote
Kilabo (Kilabo, Nigeria) LL6 (stone) - fell 21st July 2002
At 7:30pm local time, a bright fireball was seen over Hedeija, accompanied by loud detonations. Moments later, several stones were heard to fall and later recovered.
Provenance: Dupont Collection, Planetary Studies Foundation, Illinois