Nakhla Dog Meteorites, Meteorites for Sale, Meteorite

BUZZARD COULEE
H4
Fell November 20, 2008
Wilton Rural Municipality, Saskatchewan, Canada

On November 20, 2008, Canadian residents from Alberta to Saskatchewan were treated to a massive bolide and sonic booms .

The largest meteorite fall in Canadian history touched down in the rolling prairies near the towns of Marsden and Lone rock and was quickly tracked by Canadian scientists.

After a very short period of recovery, snow fell and hid all the stones. The environment, however, is quite arid and the snow sublimates, thus preserving the stones. Broken surfaces reveal a fresh interior.

As the snow evaporated in late March, recovery efforts resumed and at this point the one thousand stone mark has been passed. 90% of the land was locked up by Canadian institutions but we were lucky enough to find a farmer who was willing to let any and all hunt his 650 acres of rolling canola and pea fields. Myself and fellow collector Mike Bandli recovered 74 stones, half of which went to the farmer.

Canadian law prohibits the exportation of meteorites without proper permits so our stones presently reside in Canada with paperwork already filed. The average waiting time for approval is six months but some scientists have told me that with the massive weight of this fall things may move swifter as most Canadian institutions are assured a piece through professional courtesy.

Collectors living in Canada can recieve their stones immediately.

In order to recoup expedition costs, we are pre-selling our stones with a money back guarantee if the permits are for some reason denied.

The farmer we worked with wanted 50% by weight but allowed us to sort the piles, allowing us to keep only the best pieces.

All pieces come with GPS coordinates.

All pieces will come with a copy of the export permit.

The photos are not the best quality (washed out), they were taken at 2am on one of our hotel beds before handing them off to a Canadian resident for export permits. Brief notes were taken but we can not answer specific questions about the stones due to the fact that they are 1600 miles away.

While the overall count is high, most of the stones are locked up with the Universities of Calgary and Edmonton and will be slow to hit the market, if ever. The plows are once again plowing, what remains will now fall to slow decay and very few choice stones will make it to the retail market.

Presently Sold Out

In situ photo for color correctness