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Sericho   contributed by Stefano Prosperi   MetBul Link


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23.368 grams. 40 x 30 x 40 mm.   Pallasite

TKW 2.8 tons. Fall not observed. Found 2017 in Kenya.

From the MetBul:
In 2016, two brothers were searching for their camels and came across several large, dense stones west of the village of Habaswein and south of Sericho, Kenya. There are no rocks in this area, so they decided they were meteorites. They spent several weeks collecting them with engine hoists and moving them to their homes in Habaswein. Though recognized as meteorites in 2016, the masses had been known to camel-herders for decades. One village elder said that as a child, he and his brothers would play on top of the stones.

 


Stefano writes:
Nice little Skeleton Sericho.


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John Divelbiss
 2/19/2020 3:11:53 PM
Nice specimen Stefano. To me the Sericho meteorite has a weathering range of 2 to 6 ...stunning and stable: to nice but oxidizing: on to Huckitta-like and with some even beautiful: and then to the worst that is just crumbling, oxidating rusting crap. $0.10/g to $10/g. Now that is diversity in a meteorite. :/
Twink Monrad
 2/19/2020 5:23:54 AM
Spectacular specimen!
 

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