Canyon Diablo Meteorite

Coconino County, Arizona

Iron - Group IA - Coarse Octahedrite

About 20,000 years ago a huge meteorite crashed into the plains of the Arizona desert, forming a crater 1.2 kilometers in diameter. There are no eyewitness records. The force of the impact was so great that diamonds formed near the surface of the impact, and some quartz in the surrounding sandstone was transformed into high pressure forms known as stishovite and coesite. Meteor Crater is now a favorite tourist attraction, and meteorites were first found there in 1891. Our specimen weighs 2 lbs.