Meteorite "Gretna"

Title

Meteorite "Gretna"

Description

Origin: Gretna, IA
Sample Weight: 979.5 g
Total Weight: 58.7 kg

L5 olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Original red-brown fusion crust shows on one surface. Grains of metal are in pure metal phase and are Ni-Fe grains interspersed with some grains of a bronze color that are FeS (Triolite).

Acquired from H.H. Nininger

Identifier

mr_005

Collection

Meteorites

Source

Display Case F3

Date

1912