Creston Meteorite (from Robert Ward's hammer stone) Crusted Fragment Stone Chondrite L6 - .40g

On October 23, 2015, a fireball lit up the sky over wine country east of Paso Robles, California.  The bolide displayed many colors as it went streaking across the sky, breaking.  Witnesses close to the area heard sonic booms shortly after the fireball terminated.  Sonic boom signatures were recorded by three California seismic stations.  This allowed triangulation of the approximate fall zone along with 6 Doppler hits.  The stone broke upon impact, with a total mass of 395.7 g.  As of 10 November, 108 g, 102 g and 82 g stones have also been recovered.  The total known weight of all that was recovered is 688 grams. One of those stones is called a hammer stone because it hit an object on the ground.  Usually, some kind of man-made object like a house, mailbox, or car.  This fragment came from the hammer stone that Robert Ward recovered.  Not much of this material exists and it rarely becomes available for sale on the open market.  Normally, these rare specimens are privately sold or traded from one collection to another.

This crusted fragment comes in a glass top Riker box to keep it safe during shipping.  Like all of my meteorites, it comes with my COA.  It also comes with the COA provided by Ruben Garcia.

The weight of this piece is 0.40 grams.