Canyon Diablo
Iron, IAB, Coarse Octahedrite
Found 1891
Coconino County, Arizona, USA
50,000 years ago, a huge iron-nickel meteorite, hurtling at about 40,000 miles per hour, struck the rocky plain of Northern
Arizona with an explosive force greater than 20 million tons of TNT.
The meteorite, estimated to have been about 150 feet across weighing several hundred thousand tons, in less than a few seconds,
left a crater 700 feet deep and over 4000 feet across.
Nininger Collection Number 34.851
Odd shaped individual
From Nininger's Private Reserve - 158 gram Canyon Diablo bearing collection number 34.851 and listed in The Nininger Collection of Meteorites as an "odd shaped individual ". While there are many Nininger numbered specimens, only a small portion were retained in his collection.
ASU provenance
$600
