Registry:	EJ009
Mineral Name:	Zagami
Source:	Nigeria
Mineral Size:	7.095g
Sale Price:	$3,500.00
Description:

As reported by the Meteoritical Society:

Name: Zagami
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1962
Country: Nigeria
Mass: 18 kg
Classification  2000: Martian (shergottite)   2006: Shergottite-basaltic

On an October afternoon in 1962, this meteorite landed about 10 feet away from a farmer who was trying to chase crows from his corn field. The farmer heard a tremendous explosion and was buffeted by a pressure wave. After a puff of smoke and a thud, the meteorite buried itself in a hole about 2 feet deep. Weighing at about 18,000 grams, the Zagami meteorite is the largest single individual Mars meteorite ever found. The meteorite was sent to the Kaduna Geological Survey and placed in a museum. Some years later, Robert Haag, a meteorite dealer, traded for a large portion of the Zagami meteorite.

Huge fragment (for a Shergottite!).

About 36 x 16 x 6mm.