Murchison meteorite

[max power]

Hi all thought I'd share some photos of my Murchison meteorite.
It was found in 1969 by my mother in Murchison it has been locked away ever since so I think its time for it to be seen by others
It weighs 125g still has a very strong smell and has quite a bit of fusion crust on it.
She was offered $1000 for it in 1969 so glad she didn't take it

 

[AtomRat]

That's an amazing find mate and for it to still be in your hands is even better! Do you have any photographs or documentation on the find at all from 69? ( newspaper clipping? )

 

[max power]

Thanks Atomrat sorry no nothing like that, there is a bit of info on the net.

 

[AtomRat]

Highly interesting mate and mysterious

 

[kawman]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murchison_meteorite

 

[kawman]

there may still be some parts of it to be found in that area...

 

[max power]

Kawman it would be nice to have a look around but I think it's all private property around that area maybe some door knocking
I wonder how well it would have held up against the elements?

 

[Goldtarget]

That smell is quite literally out of this world, strange.
Be nice to have a few bits tucked away, certainly not impossible to find more but such a well publicized sky rock coupled with the access issues where it landed I reckon you might have more luck looking for some a little less obvious. After the event many people collected up fragments, but I guess you never know your luck.

 

[Sandta]

Wow wow wow !!
That is so cool

 

[Ramjet]

Very cool.,

 

[Havinago]

Very cool alien poo :lol:

 

[Outback]

Wow ! You have one of the rarest type meteorites known ' a carbonaceous chondrite .
It has many different amino acids ~ the precursors for life .

The value is far greater then gold per gram , try & not handle it as that could affect the value .

Congratulations