Lot 67
Kendleton
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection
Auction: 18 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£813
Description
Fusion crusted half individual
Dimensions
216g, 7.6 x 4 x 4cm
Footnote
Kendleton (Fort Bend County, Texas, USA) L4 (stone) - fell 2nd May 1939
A shower of stones fell at Kendleton, 44 miles southwest of Houston, Texas. Photographs of the trail and observations of the path of the meteor were obtained. 13 complete stones and about 15 fragments were recovered, giving a low total known weight of just 6.9kg.
Provenance: Monnig Collection, Texas Christian University