Lot 64
Appley Bridge
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection
Auction: 18 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£3,000
Description
Fusion crusted polished fragment
Dimensions
121.7g, 5.9 x 5.2cm
Footnote
Appley Bridge (Wigan, Lancashire, England) LL6 (stone) - fell 13th October 1914
After the appearance of a bright fireball during the evening of 13th October 1914, a single mass of about 15kg was found the next day at Halliwell Farm. This meteorite is an amphoterite and classified as a rare LL6. Cut sections reveal an extremely fresh light coloured 'mottled' matrix with veining and golden sulphide inclusions. A British witnessed fall which is rarely available to collectors.
Provenance: Natural History Museum, London