Lot 162
Suizhou
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection
Auction: 18 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£400
Description
Fusion crusted fragment
Dimensions
144.5g, 8 x 4.3 x 3.2cm
Footnote
Suizhou (Suizhou County, Hubei, China) L6 (stone) - fell 15th April 1986
After the fall, around 12 pieces of the Suizhou event were recovered, totalling about 70kg. Except for a few kilograms, which have been distributed to museums and institutions around the World, virtually all of it remains at the Academy of Sciences in China.