Crumlin Meteorite Slice L5 Chondrite - .473g Witnessed Fall 1902 United Kingdom

On September 13, 1902, at around 10:30am, a man by the name of Mr. W John Adams was working on the Walker farm at Crosshill near Crumlin.  He was picking apples along with two others.  Suddenly, they heard a loud thunder noise.  When the meteorite made impact, it sounded like an explosion.  They had no idea what it was.  It hit about 20 yards from them.  The men raced to the impact site to find a 9.5-pound rock embedded about 2-3 feet into the Earth.  They claim that it was hot to the touch and remained so for about an hour.  Belfast was hosting the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science when the meteorite hit.  The news of this fall spread fast.  An amateur astronomer by the name of W H Milligan sent a telegram to Sir Lazarus, Director of the Natural History Department of the British Museum.  Sir Fletcher left that day and arrived on September 26.  This man acquired the meteorite and left for Liverpool the same day.  This all happened so fast that it upset a lot of Irish societies.  They felt that the meteorite should remain there with them.  Unfortunately, the meteorite was never returned to them.  Today, the Crumlin Meteorite resides in the Science Museum, South Kensington, London.  The Crumlin Meteorite features in the top 10 largest meteorites to fall in the United Kingdom.  It has been classified as an L5 chondrite with a total known mass of 4.26 kilos.

This slice comes in a glass top Riker box to keep it safe during shipping.  Like all of my meteorites, it comes with a COA.

The weight of this piece is 0.473 grams.