Mont Dieu Iron Meteorites for Sale

Location: Mont Dieu, Ardennes, France (49° 33'N, 4° 52'E)

Found: 1994, July.

Classification: Iron, ungrouped (listed as IIE in Met Bull 81)

Description: Iron, fine octahedrite (IIE). A man found a 45 kg rusted mass in the forest of Mont Dieu. Subsequently, many other fragments were found (~50), ranging up to 95 kg. Total mass >360 kg. Classification and description (J. T. Wasson, UCLA; C. Perron, MNHNP): bulk metal composition, 0.434 wt% Co, 7.55 wt% Ni, 23.2 ppm Ga, 63 ppm Ge, 8.3 ppm As, 4.9 ppm Ir, 0.861 ppm Au; widmanstätten pattern irregular; contains abundant troilite and schreibersite and rare chromite, silicate, metallic Cu; all fragments deeply rusted. See Desrousseaux et al. (1996) for details. Specimens: half of total mass, MNHNP; remainder with private collectors. (From Met Bull 81.)

Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.


# MD28-9	# MD32-9	# MD33-2	# MD39-3	About Scale: Each photo has a small one centimeter cube. That's a little less than a half inch on a side. The coin above is a US dime.
Weight: 28.9 gm	Weight: 32.9 gm	Weight: 33.2 gm	Weight: 39.3 gm
Features: Etched end	Features: Etched part slice	Features: Etched part slice	Features: Etched part slice
Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: sold


# MD44-5	# MD46-8	# MD48-71	# MD49-7	# MD232-9
Weight: 44.5 gm	Weight: 46.8 gm	Weight: 48.7 gm	Weight: 49.7 gm	Weight: 232.9 gm
Features: Etched slice	Features: Etched part slice	Features: Etched slice	Features: Etched part slice	Features: Etched end
Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: $750