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Sericho   contributed by Mike Miller, IMCA 2232   MetBul Link


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40.7 grams. 81 x 49.9 x 1.2-2.6 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.

 


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Jim Strope
 8/24/2023 6:17:07 AM		 Beautiful slice. Sericho is very under-rated.
John lutzon
 8/20/2023 4:19:36 PM		 Beautiful banding and metal arrangement, with a gorgeous etch. Majical metal master Mike.
Jimi Shorten #6204
 8/20/2023 11:34:57 AM		 Thats a beautiful etch job Mike. Beautiful piece.
Bernd Pauli
 8/20/2023 11:12:41 AM		 Great Widmanstaetten pattern and beautiful olivines. Thanks for sharing with us!
 

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